76th Tank Division
{{short description|Tank division of the Soviet military}}
{{Infobox military unit
| unit_name = 76th Tank Division
| dates = 1968{{endash}}1987
| country = Soviet Union
| branch = Soviet Army
| type = Armored
| command_structure = 28th Army
| garrison = Brest
}}
The 76th Tank Division was a mobilization tank division of the Soviet Army. It was based in Brest and became a territorial training center in 1987. The training center became a storage base in 1989.
History
The 76th Tank Division was formed on 31 October 1968Feskov et al 2013, p. 203 as part of the 28th Army to replace the 30th Guards Motor Rifle Division, which became part of the Central Group of Forces after Operation Danube. The division was an unmanned mobilization division, consisting only of an equipment set. Its pre-assigned officers served with the 50th Guards Motor Rifle Division. The division included the 624th and 625th Tank Regiments, and the numbers of the other subunits are not known.Feskov et al 2013, p. 229 On 1 December 1987 it became the 514th Territorial Training Center. On 15 August 1990, it became the 5356th Weapons and Equipment Storage Base.Feskov et al 2013, p. 460 On 19 November 1990, CFE treaty holdings reported that the storage base's equipment set was mostly composed of T-62 tanks.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ww2.dk/new/army/td/76td.htm|title=76th Tank Division|last=Holm|first=Michael|date=|website=www.ww2.dk|publisher=|access-date=2016-08-06}}Feskov et al 2013, p. 231
References
- {{Cite book|title=Вооруженные силы СССР после Второй Мировой войны: от Красной Армии к Советской|last=Feskov|first=V.I.|last2=Golikov|first2=V.I.|last3=Kalashnikov|first3=K.A.|last4=Slugin|first4=S.A.|publisher=Scientific and Technical Literature Publishing|year=2013|isbn=9785895035306|location=Tomsk|language=Russian|trans-title=The Armed Forces of the USSR after World War II: From the Red Army to the Soviet: Part 1 Land Forces}}
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Category:Military units and formations established in 1968
Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1987