Division Table of Organization and Equipment
| Armoured | RAPID | Mountain | Infantry | ||
| TOTAL | 3 | 4 | 10 | 17 | |
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| HQ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Engineer Regiment | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| ASC Battalion | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| EME Battalion | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Signals Regiment | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Provost Unit (Military Police) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Aviation Platoon | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Tank Transporter Companies | + | ||||
| Medical Battalion | 1 | ||||
| Ordnance Battalion | 1 | ||||
| Reconnaissance & Support Battalion | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| HQ Company | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| R & S Companies | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Field Artillery Brigade | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 120mm mortar Light Battery | 1 | ||||
| 105mm towed Field Regiment | 3 | ||||
| 155mm towed Medium Regiment * | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | |
| Medium MLRS Battery | 1 | 1 | |||
| SATA Battery | 1 | 1 | |||
| Air Defense Artillery Brigade | 1 | ||||
| SP medium SAM regiment | 1 | ||||
| SP light (SA-13/16) regiment | 1 | ||||
| SP Tunguska Gun/Missile regiment | 1 | ||||
| Armored Brigade HQ | 3 | 1 | |||
| Brigade Signal Company | 1 | ||||
| Armoured Regiment ** | 5 - 6 | 2 | |||
| Mechanized Infantry Battalion *** | 4 | 2 | |||
| Infantry Brigade HQ | 2 | 3 | 3 **** | ||
| Brigade Signal Company | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Infantry Battalion | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
| TOTAL | 3 | 4 | 10 | 17 | |
| 53 - armoured regiment ** | 45 | 8 | |||
| 44 - mechanized infantry bn *** | 36 | 8 | |||
| 267 - infantry battalion | 24 | 90 | 153 | ||
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* 155mm Medium Regiments - 18 guns each ** 62 tanks per regiment, T-72 regiments had 55 tank regiments consist of a "brick" of 55 to 70 tanks: 30 operational tanks 15 training tanks (operational in wartime) 10 maintenance reserve tanks *** 58 BMP, 1050 personnel **** Some sources report that an Infantry Division consists of 3 to 5 Infantry Brigades, an Armoured Regiment and an Artillery Brigade. | |||||
In 1965 the sole armored division had 4 tank regiments in one brigade and 3 motor infantry battalions in a second brigade. At that time an Armored Regiment included the Regimental HQ Troop x 3 tanks, and 3 squadrons x 14 tanks, each of HQ Troop x 2 tanks and 4 Troops x 3 tanks.
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