The199th Motor Rifle Division was a motorized infantry division of theSoviet Army from 1970 to 1989. The division was based inKrasny Kut,Primorsky Krai and became a storage base in 1989.[1]
The division was formed in January 1970 in Krasny Kut, Primorsky Krai. It was subordinated to the5th Red Banner Army. During the Cold War, the division was maintained at 70% strength. On 1 October 1989, it became the 5506th Weapons and Equipment Storage Base.[1][2]
Feskov, V.I.; Golikov, V.I.; Kalashnikov, K.A.; Slugin, S.A. (2013).Вооруженные силы СССР после Второй Мировой войны: от Красной Армии к Советской [The Armed Forces of the USSR after World War II: From the Red Army to the Soviet: Part 1 Land Forces] (in Russian). Tomsk: Scientific and Technical Literature Publishing.ISBN9785895035306.