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242nd Motor Rifle Division information


242nd Motor Rifle Division
Active1972–1989
Country242nd Motor Rifle Division Soviet Union
BranchSoviet Army
TypeMotorized infantry
Garrison/HQAbakan

The 242nd Motor Rifle Division was a motorized infantry division of the Soviet Army. The division existed from 1972 to 1988 and was based in Abakan. The division became a storage base in 1989 and was disbanded in 2009.[1]

  1. ^ Holm, Michael. "242nd Motorised Rifle Division". www.ww2.dk. Retrieved 2016-01-03.

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