Soviet Light Division c. 1987

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Originally Posted by Eukie

For my own project, I took the line "The possibility of using light divisions was not excluded in theatres with mountainous terrain" to heart and wrote up an army list for the Northern Norway/North Cape Strategic Area, where the second-line formations are already down to a battalion of T-55s, three companies of PT-76s, and GT-S and GT-T all-terrain tractors in place of armoured personnel carriers. Replace the battalion of T-55s with a battalion of BMD-1s and it's already 90% of the way to a Light Motor-Rifle Division.

That's a clever application of the concept. Mountainous regions in Iran (1e) would also be an appropriate setting for LMR operations.

Another use for Soviet-style light divisions would be performing occupation duty in territory that isn't being actively disputed by peer-level OPFOR- for example, in parts of Romania (1e).

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