Subordinate Units and Fighting Strength
Modern Russian airborne divisions are relatively smaller formations, in manpower terms; typically, they number around over 5,000 men. The Tula Division was until 2005 the exception to this rule, numbering over 7,000 men. The reason for this was that it included 3 Parachute Landing Regiments, whereas the other 3 VDV divisions had only two such regiments. In 2005, however, the 119th Parachute Landing Regiment was disbanded and the division was thus bought essentially into line with the other 3 divisions. As of 2006, the subordinate units of the division are as follows:
- 51st Parachute Landing Regiment, Tula
- 137th Parachute Landing Regiment, Ryazan
- 1182nd Artillery Regiment, Yefremov
- 107th Independent Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Naro-Fominsk
- 322nd Independent Engineer Battalion, Tula
- 731st Independent Communications Battalion, Tula
- 43rd Independent Repair Battalion, Tula
- 110th Independent Transport Squadron, Tula
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