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(December 2017) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) At the end of the Cold War in 1989 the Bulgarian People's Army structure was as follows: Contents 1 Ministry of People's Defence 1.1 Bulgarian People's Army 1.1.1 1st Balkan Front 1.1.1.1 1st Army 1.1.1.2 2nd Army 1.1.1.3 3rd Army 1.1.1.4 Land forces' units organization and equipment 1.1.2 Air Forces and Air Defence 1.1.2.1 1st Air Defence Division 1.1.2.2 2nd Air Defence Division 1.1.2.3 10th Composite Aviation Corps 1.1.2.4 People's Higher Air Force School 1.1.2.5 Air Force and Air Defence Forces Equipment 1.1.3 Military Sea Fleet 1.1.3.1 Varna Naval Base 1.1.3.2 Atia Naval Base 1.1.3.3 Military Sea Fleet Equipment 1.2 Construction Troops 2 Ministry of the Interior 2.1 Border Troops 2.2 Interior Troops 3 Ministry of Transport 3.1 Transport Troops 4 Postal and Long Distance Messaging Committee 4.1 Signal Troops 5 References Ministry of People's Defence Bulgarian People's Army 1st Balkan Front In case of war the Bulgarian People's Army's Land Forces Command would have formed the 1st Balkan Front with the three Bulgarian armies and wartime reinforcements. Additional Soviet units would also come under its command (particularly 10th Army of the Soviet Union (10th Air Army ?),[1] planned to deploy between the fifth and tenth day after a full mobilization in the area between Silistra, Tolbukhin, Varna and Omurtag)[2] According to Lieutenant-General Hristo Hristov (former Chief of the Land Forces and Chief of the Georgi Rakovski Military Academy😞 "For that purpose the Land Forces Command was formed in 1973. Its first chief was Colonel-General Hristo Dobrev, with the rank of Deputy Minister of People's Defence. At a conference about the organization of the armed forces of about ten years ago [around 2003] he has formulated the need for the formation of the LFC as such: "It is well known, that according to the operational plans of the Supreme Headquarters of the Warsaw Pact Organization our country was supposed to form a frontal Operational-Strategical Formation (фронтово оперативно-стратегическо обединение), mainly including the Bulgarian People's Army with the mission in case of an aggression launched against the People's Republic of Bulgaria to mount defensive action on the southern state border in order to secure the deployment on Bulgarian soil of additionally one Soviet and one Romanian front, after which with the support of the Soviet Strategic Missile Troops the three fronts were, with the support of the Soviet Black Sea Fleet [which at that point would have absorbed the Bulgarian and the Romanian Navies] to launch a strategic operation aimed at the total destruction of the aggressor... Our men were excellent trained. Our Land Forces at the moment [the 1970s] numbered around 60~62 000 men, the exercises were constant. Each division executed annually one winter and one summer exercise in full strength. The three army headquarters - one command exercise under the leadership of the respective army commander and one command exercise under the leadership of the Land Forces Main Staff annually. The massive exercises of the Land Forces, normally during the summers normally included an army headquarters from the Soviet Army and occasionally an army headquarters from the Romanian Army. On the Balkan operational direction our armed forces were planned to cooperate with them."[3] The headquarters of the 1st Balkan Front had direct command of the following units: Frontal Command, Sofia Directly Subordinated Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff:[4] 68th Independent Parachute-Reconnaissance Regiment (Plovdiv, an equivalent of the Soviet GRU-Spetsnaz, the Intelligence Directorate even had a "Spetsnaz"-Department with that exact name and the responsibility for combat readiness and mission planning of the Specnaz units). The regiment was formed on October 1, 1975 by bringing together the battalion-sized 68th (in Plovdiv) and 86th Training Parachute-Reconnaissance Base (in Musachevo village, immediately to the east of Sofia. The bases, called "Training" (Учебна Парашутно-Разузнавателна База - Резерв на Главното Командване (УПРБ-РГК)) for maskirovka were special mission units, directly subordinated to the General Staff with the capabilities to execute covert intelligence gathering and direct actions deep in the enemy rear of the two NATO adversaries in the region - Greece and Turkey respectively. Each of the bases was composed of a Command; Staff and Staff Services; 3 Para-Recon Companies of 6 Para-Recon Groups each (composed of 7 people: a commanding officer, a master sergeant executive commander, a radiotelegraphist, a senior intelligence gatherer, an intelligence gatherer, an intelligence gatherer/ grenadier and a military interpreter); a Training Company, a Signals Company and diverse support and supply units. The newly formed 68th IPRR included a Command; Staff and Staff Services; 3 x Para-Recon Battalions; Diversionary-Reconnaissance Detachment (reinforced company, specialised in direct actions, upgraded to a full battalion in 1989); Training Battalion; Signals Battalion and support and supply units. The full compliance to Soviet GRU-Spetsnaz standards since the formation of the regiment is also noted in the specification of the Para-Recon Groups, which were renamed Spetsnaz-Reconnaissance Groups (Разузнавателни Групи със Специално Назначение (РГСН)).[5] The regiment is the forerunner of the modern 68th Special Forces Brigade. ?. Independent Brigade for Radio-intercept and Radio-technical Reconnaissance OSNAZ (?. Отделната Бригада за Радио и Радиотехническо Разузнаване ОСНАЗ) in Musachevo, just to the east of Sofia (the ELINT and Radio Interception units of the BPA were called OSNAZ from the Russian ОСобое НАЗначение (roughly translated as "of specific purpose"), Electronic Warfare, such as the N, S and NS type units were called SPETSNAZ (same as the special forces units) from the Russian СПЕЦиальное НАЗначение (translated as "of special purpose")) Directorate for Signals and Electonics of the General Staff: 62nd Signals Brigade, in Gorna Malina - with the escalation in the nuclear armament between the two Cold War camps a plan was devised by the Bulgarian government, that in the case of a full-sized conflict as a redundancy measure in order to retain command and control the higher echelon of the Bulgarian Communist Party and the senior military command was to be divided in three groups and evacuated to nuclear blast-protected bunkers in the Bulgarian mountains. Next to the functions of the Signals Regiment in the Sofia suburb of Suhodol, the brigade also had the functions of maintaining the higher military communication lines. For that reason the 62nd Brigade had at least three dispersed signals regiments for government communications, such as the 75th Signals Regiment (Lovech), the 65th Signals Regiment (Nova Zagora) and at least one additional unknown Signals Regiment in the Rila-Pirin mountain massive. The modern successor of the 62nd Signals Brigade are the Stationary Communication and Information System (Стационарна Комуникационна Информационна Система (СКИС))[6] of the Defence Staff (which fulfills also the tasks of SIGINT and Cyber Defence next to its strategic communications mission) and the Mobile Communication and Information System (Мобилна Комуникационна Информационна Система (МКИС)) of the Joint Forces Command.[7] Electronic Warfare Department (Отдел за Радиоелектронна Борба към Генералния Щаб (ОРЕБ-ГЩ)) (a General Staff department, headed by a Colonel) Stationary Battalion for Radiojamming (Стационарен Батальон за Радиосмущения) Unit for Radioelectronic Control (Отряд за Радиоелектронен Контрол) (The unit's task was to control the radioelectronic signature of the own forces and to manage their survivability against jamming by the enemy. U.S. DOD "electronic protection".) Central Workshop (Централна Работилница) several Signals intelligence units including in Berkovitsa, Gorna Oryahovitsa etc. Higher Military Medical Institute, in Sofia (Висш Военно-Медицински Институт (ВВМИ)), the armed forces' medical service. The Director of the Higher Military Medical Institute is in charge of all medical and recreational units of the BPA and is also the armed forces' Surgeon-General (as of 2017 as well). Land Forces Directly Subordinated 76th Missile Brigade, in Telish, with 8x OTR-23 Oka ballistic missile launchers 135th Front Mobile Missile-Technical Base, in Telish 31st Frontal Anti-aircraft Missile Brigade, in Stara Zagora, with 3x anti-aircraft missile divisions armed with 2K11 Krug air defence systems Electronic Warfare Service (Служба за Радиоелектронна Борба (Служба РЕБ)) (a General Staff department, headed by a Colonel) Independent Frontal Electronic Warfare Battalion type "NS" (Отделен Фронтови Батальон за Радиоелектронна Борба тип "НС"), splits in wartime in Independent Frontal Electronic Warfare Battalion type "N" (Отделен Фронтови Батальон за Радиоелектронна Борба тип "Н") (tasked to jam the enemy communictions) Independent Frontal Electronic Warfare Battalion type "S" (Отделен Фронтови Батальон за Радиоелектронна Борба тип "С") (tasked to jam the enemy's targeting systems and thus protect the own forces and locations from guided weapons) 3rd Frontal Radio-technical Battalion, in Nova Zagora[2] 55th Pontoon Engineer Brigade, in Belene (tasked with ensuring that Romanian and Soviet reinforcements could cross the Danube) The Bulgarian People's Army education institutions would have formed the following units in wartime: "Georgi Sava Rakovski" Military Academy, in Sofia - a motor rifle division "Vasil Levski" People's Higher Combined Arms School, in Veliko Tarnovo - a motor rifle division "Hristo Botev" Reserve Officers School, in Pleven - a motor rifle division "Georgi Benkovski" People's Higher Air Force School, in Dolna Mitropoliya - a motor rifle division "Georgi Dimitrov" People's Higher Artillery and Air Defence School, in Shumen - a front artillery division and an anti-tank artillery brigade 84th Frontal Artillery Division - Reserve of the High Command (84-та Фронтова Артилерийска Дивизия - Резерв на Главното Командване) - formed for the massive Shield-82 (Щит-82) exercise of the Warsaw Pact Organisation, after which put in cadre status. Each brigade included four fire divisions of 18 pieces each, for a total of 72 systems in each brigade.[8] 85th Mixed Artillery Brigade (85-а Смесена Артилерийска Бригада) (100-mm BS-3 guns and 122-mm 2А-19 guns) 86th Heavy Howitzer Artillery Brigade (86-а Тежка Гаубична Артилерийска Бригада) (152-mm D-20 gun-howitzers) 87th Howitzer Artillery Brigade (87-а Гаубична Артилерийска Бригада) (122-mm М-30 howitzers) 89th Rocket Artillery Brigade (89-а Реактивна Артилерийска Бригада) (BM-21 „Grad“ MLRS) Destroyer Anti-Tank Artillery Brigade - Reserve of the High Command (Изтребителна Противотанкова Артилерийска Бригада - РГК (ИПТАБр - РГК)) Command; Staff; Command and Reconnaissance Battery; 5 DATA-divisions of 3 batteries of 6 MT-12 antitank guns and supporting units[9] 1st Army 1st Army, in Sofia, with the strike direction of Yugoslavia and Greece 1st Motor Rifle Division, in Slivnitsa 3rd Motor Rifle Regiment, in Slivnitsa 5th Motor Rifle Regiment, in Slivnitsa 48th Motor Rifle Regiment, in Breznik 65th Tank Regiment, in Botevgrad 18th Artillery Regiment, in Bozhurishte 37th Anti-aircraft Missile Regiment, in Slivnitsa 1st Reconnaissance Battalion 1st Anti-tank Artillery Division 1st Missile Division, in Samokov 1st Multiple Rocket Launch Artillery Division 1st Engineer Battalion 1st Signal Battalion, in Slivnitsa 1st Transport Battalion 1st Supply Battalion 1st Maintenance Battalion 1st Artillery Reconnaissance and Control Battery 1st Chemical Defence Company 1st Commandant's Company (Military Police) 1st Divisional Detachment for Medical Support (Medical-Sanitary Battalion in wartime) 3rd Motor Rifle Division, in Blagoevgrad 14th Motor Rifle Regiment, in Simitli 19th Motor Rifle Regiment, in Kresna and Sandanski) 28th Motor Rifle Regiment, in Gotse Delchev 11th Tank Regiment, in Bansko 36th Artillery Regiment, in Razlog 49th Anti-aircraft Missile Regiment, in Blagoevgrad 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion 3rd Self-propelled Field Artillery Division, in Bansko 3rd Anti-tank Artillery Division, in Simitli 3rd Missile Division, in Grudovo, in Razlog 3rd Multiple Rocket Launch Artillery Division 3rd Engineer Battalion 3rd Signal Battalion 3rd Transport Battalion 3rd Supply Battalion 3rd Maintenance Battalion 3rd Artillery Reconnaissance and Control Battery 3rd Chemical Defence Company 3rd Commandant's Company (Military Police) 3rd Divisional Detachment for Medical Support (Medical-Sanitary Battalion in wartime) 21st Motor Rifle Division, in Pazardzhik (a training/reserve formation to be brought up to strength in times of war) 30th Motor Rifle Regiment, in Pazardzhik 101st Motor Rifle Regiment, in Smolyan 102nd Motor Rifle Regiment, in Devin 103rd Motor Rifle Regiment, in Ardino 105th Artillery Regiment, in Smolyan Anti-aircraft Missile Regiment 21st Reconnaissance Battalion 21st Anti-tank Artillery Division 21st Missile Division, in Pazardzhik 21st Multiple Rocket Launch Artillery Division 21st Engineer Battalion 21st Signal Battalion 21st Transport Battalion 21st Supply Battalion 21st Maintenance Battalion 21st Artillery Reconnaissance and Control Battery 21st Chemical Defence Company 21st Commandant's Company (Military Police) 21st Divisional Detachment for Medical Support (Medical-Sanitary Battalion in wartime) 9th Tank Brigade, in Gorna Banya suburb of Sofia - according to the memories of Colonel (Ret.) Yanko Roshkev, the brigade's commanding officer at the end of the 1980s and the beginning of the 1990s, the brigade had a special force structure, due to its immediate proximity to the country's capital. It had a total of 182 main battle tanks in 3 tank battalions (1st, 2nd and 3rd Tank Battalions of 49 MBTs each), 1 regular (9th Motor Rifle Battalion) and 1 mobilization (10th Motor Rifle Battalion, mobilized around the political changes in the end of 1989) motor rifle battalions (each with its own tank company of (10 MBTs each?) and an additional separate tank company (of 13 MBTs ?) for the security of the General Staff building in Sofia and 2MBTs in the Brigade HQ for the brigade's CO and XO.[10] Rocket Artillery Brigade 46th Army Tactical Missile Brigade, in Samokov 128th Mobile Missile-Technical Base, in Samokov 5th Army Artillery Regiment, in Samokov 19th Army Destroyer Anti-Tank Brigade (19тa Армейскa Изтребителна Противотанкова Артилерийска Бригада), in Samoranovo (the brigade also had ATGMs (9M14 Malyutka, also known in the Bulgarian army as "first generation ATGM") until 1981, when the systems were transferred to the front-line MR divisions) Command (Командване) Staff (Щаб) Reconnaissance and Fire Control Battery (Батарея за Разузнаване и Управление (БРУ)) 1st Destroyer Anti-Tank Artillery Division (1ви Изтребителен Противотанков Артилерийски Дивизион (1ви ИПТАДн) 1st, 2nd and 3rd Batteries - 6x MT-12 antitank guns per battery 2nd Destroyer Anti-Tank Artillery Division (2ри Изтребителен Противотанков Артилерийски Дивизион (2ри ИПТАДн) 4th, 5th and 6th Batteries - 6x MT-12 antitank guns per battery 3rd Destroyer Anti-Tank Artillery Division (3ти Изтребителен Противотанков Артилерийски Дивизион (3ти ИПТАДн) 7th, 8th and 9th Batteries - 6x 100mm self-propelled SAU-100 (probably PT-SAU T-100 tank destroyers on T-34 chassis?) 4th Destroyer Anti-Tank Artillery Division (4ти Изтребителен Противотанков Артилерийски Дивизион (4ти ИПТАДн) 10th, 11th and 12th Batteries - 6x 100mm self-propelled SAU-100 (probably PT-SAU T-100 tank destroyers on T-34 chassis?) support units Army Air Defence Artillery Regiment (in wartime 4 divisions x 4 batteries x 6 100 mm air defense guns KS-19, reduced strength in peacetime, only for training - 2 divisions x 1 battery x 2 platoons of a single gun each) 1st Army Radio-technical Battalion, in Sofia 59th Army Chemical Defence Regiment, in Musachevo 88th Army Engineer Regiment, in Kyustendil 97th Army Signal Regiment, in Sofia 1st Army Independent Electronic Warfare Battalion type "N", in Sofia 1st Army Cable Laying Signal Battalion in Sofia 1st Parachute-Reconnaissance Battalion, in Gorna Banya suburb of Sofia Army Artillery-Reconnaissance Battalion Pontoon Bridge Engineer Battalion, in Kyustendil 2nd Army 2nd Army, in Plovdiv, with the strike direction of Greece and Turkey 2nd Motor Rifle Division, in Stara Zagora 22nd Motor Rifle Regiment, in Harmanli 38th Motor Rifle Regiment, in Stara Zagora 49th Motor Rifle Regiment, in Simeonovgrad 196th Motor Rifle Regiment, in Chirpan 41st Artillery Regiment, in Stara Zagora Anti-aircraft Missile Regiment, in Nova Zagora 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion 2nd Anti-tank Artillery Division 2nd Missile Division, in Stara Zagora 2nd Multiple Rocket Launch Artillery Division 2nd Engineer Battalion 2nd Signal Battalion, in Nova Zagora 2nd Transport Battalion 2nd Supply Battalion 2nd Maintenance Battalion 2nd Artillery Reconnaissance and Control Battery 2nd Chemical Defence Company 2nd Commandant's Company (Military Police) 2nd Divisional Detachment for Medical Support (Medical-Sanitary Battalion in wartime) 17th Motor Rifle Division, in Haskovo 31st Motor Rifle Regiment, in Haskovo 34th Motor Rifle Regiment, in Momchilgrad 78th Motor Rifle Regiment, in Krumovgrad 66th Motor Rifle Regiment, in Haskovo 87th Artillery Regiment, in Kardzhali 66th Anti-aircraft Missile Regiment, in Dimitrovgrad 17th Reconnaissance Battalion 17th Anti-tank Artillery Division 17th Missile Division, in Dimitrovgrad 17th Multiple Rocket Launch Artillery Division 17th Engineer Battalion 17th Signal Battalion, in Ivaylovgrad 17th Transport Battalion 17th Supply Battalion 17th Maintenance Battalion 17th Artillery Reconnaissance and Control Battery 17th Chemical Defence Company 17th Commandant's Company (Military Police) 17th Divisional Detachment for Medical Support (Medical-Sanitary Battalion in wartime) 5th Tank Brigade, in Kazanlak 11th Tank Brigade, in Karlovo Rocket Artillery Brigade 56th Army Tactical Missile Brigade, in Marino Pole 129th Mobile Missile-Technical Base, in Marino Pole 4th Army Artillery Regiment, in Asenovgrad 23rd Army Destroyer Anti-Tank Artillery Regiment (23ти Армейски Изтребителен Противотанков Артилерийски Полк (23ти АИПТАП)) in Plovdiv (around 1988-89 the regiment received 9M113 Konkurs, mounted on BRDM-2 (the ATGM-armed variant is known as BRDM-3) and became of mixed structure with 3 ATGM and 6 artillery batteries. On 1. September 1989 converted to 23rd Department for Reservists and Anti-Tank Artillery Training and Armament and Equipment Storage (23ти Отдел за Подготовка на Резервисти и Противотанкова Артилерия и Съхранение на Въоръжение и Техника (23ти ОПРПАСВТ)) 1st Destroyer Anti-Tank Artillery Division (1ви Изтребителен Противотанков Артилерийски Дивизион (1ви ИПТАДн)) 1st Battery - 4x BRDM-3; 2nd and 3rd Batteries - 6x MT-12 antitank guns 2nd Destroyer Anti-Tank Artillery Division (2ри Изтребителен Противотанков Артилерийски Дивизион (2ри ИПТАДн)) 4th Battery - 4x BRDM-3; 5th and 6th Batteries - 6x MT-12 antitank guns 3rd Destroyer Anti-Tank Artillery Division (3ти Изтребителен Противотанков Артилерийски Дивизион (3ти ИПТАДн)) 7th Battery - 4x BRDM-3; 8th and 9th Batteries - 6x MT-12 antitank guns Army Air Defence Artillery Regiment (in wartime 4 divisions x 4 batteries x 6 100 mm air defense guns KS-19, reduced strength in peacetime, only for training - 2 divisions x 1 battery x 2 platoons of a single gun each) 2nd Army Radio-technical Battalion, in Plovdiv Army Chemical Defence Regiment Army Engineer Regiment Army Signal Regiment, in Plovdiv 2nd Army Independent Electronic Warfare Battalion type "N", in Parvomay 2nd Army Cable Laying Signal Battalion, in Plovdiv 2nd Parachute Reconnaissance Battalion, in Sliven Army Artillery-Reconnaissance Battalion 3rd Army 3rd Army, in Sliven, with the strike direction of Turkey 7th Motor Rifle Division, in Yambol [11] 12th Motor Rifle Regiment, in Elhovo 42nd Tank Regiment, in Yambol 53rd Motor Rifle Regiment, in Bolyarovo 82nd Motor Rifle Regiment, in Yambol 20th Artillery Regiment, in Yambol Anti-aircraft Missile Regiment 7th Missile Division, in Boyanovo village, Elhovo Municipality 7th Multiple Rocket Launch Artillery Division, in Yambol 7th Anti-Tank Artillery Division, in Yambol 7th Artillery Reconnaissance and Control Battery, in Yambol 7th Reconnaissance Battalion 7th Engineer Battalion 7th Signal Battalion, in Yambol 7th Transport Battalion, in Yambol 7th Supply Battalion, in Yambol 7th Maintenance Battalion 7th Chemical Defence Company 7th Commandant's Company (Military Police), in Yambol 7th Divisional Detachment for Medical Support (7ми Дивизионен Отряд за Медицинско Осигуряване, Medical-Sanitary Battalion in wartime) 16th Motor Rifle Division, in Burgas 16th Motor Rifle Regiment, in Sredets 33rd Motor Rifle Regiment, in Zvezdets 37th Motor Rifle Regiment, in Tsarevo 96th Motor Rifle Regiment, in Dolni Chiflik 88th Artillery Regiment, in Sredets (at some point in the 1980s reduced to 88th Artillery Support Division) Anti-aircraft Missile Regiment 16th Reconnaissance Battalion Self-propelled Field Artillery Division 16th Anti-tank Artillery Division 16th Missile Division, in Grudovo 16th Multiple Rocket Launch Artillery Division 16th Engineer Battalion 16th Signal Battalion 16th Transport Battalion 16th Supply Battalion 16th Maintenance Battalion 16th Artillery Reconnaissance and Control Battery 16th Chemical Defence Company 16th Commandant's Company (Military Police) 16th Divisional Detachment for Medical Support (Medical-Sanitary Battalion in wartime) 18th Motor Rifle Division, in Shumen (a training/reserve formation to be brought up to strength in times of war) 29th Motor Rifle Regiment, in Shumen 40th Motor Rifle Regiment, in Razgrad 45th Motor Rifle Regiment, in Dobrich 86th Tank Regiment, in Shumen 47th Artillery Regiment, in Targovishte Anti-aircraft Missile Regiment 18th Reconnaissance Battalion 18th Anti-tank Artillery Division 18th Missile Division, in Shumen 18th Multiple Rocket Launch Artillery Division 18th Engineer Battalion 18th Signal Battalion 18th Transport Battalion 18th Supply Battalion 18th Maintenance Battalion 18th Artillery Reconnaissance and Control Battery 18th Chemical Defence Company 18th Commandant's Company (Military Police) 18th Divisional Detachment for Medical Support (Medical-Sanitary Battalion in wartime) 13th Tank Brigade, in Sliven 24th Tank Brigade, in Aytos Rocket Artillery Brigade 66th Army Tactical Missile Brigade, in Kabile 130th Mobile Missile-Technical Base, at Bezmer Air Base 45th Army Artillery Regiment, in Targovishte (each combat division has 3 fire batteries) Regimental Command (Kомандване) Regimental Staff (Щаб) Fire Control Battery (Батарея за Управление) 1st 130-mm Gun Artillery Division (1ви 130-мм Оръдеен Артилерийски Дивизион) 2nd 130-mm Gun Artillery Division (cadred) (2ри 130-мм Оръдеен Артилерийски Дивизион) (кадриран) 3rd 152-mm 152 mm Howitzer-Gun Artillery Division (3ти 152-мм Гаубично-оръдеен Артилерийски Дивизион с МЛ-20) 4th 152-mm 152 mm Howitzer-Gun Artillery Division (cadred) (4ти 152-мм Гаубично-оръдеен Артилерийски Дивизион с МЛ-20) (кадриран) 5th 122-mm Rocket Artillery Division (5ти Реактивен артилерийски дизивион с БМ 21 "Град") Training Mixed Artillery Division (Учебен Смесен Артилерийски Дивизион) support units (обслужващи подразделения) 55th Army Destroyer Anti-Tank Artillery Regiment (55ти Армейски Изтребителен Противотанков Артилерийски Полк (55ти АИПТАП)) in Karnobat (until 1981 the regiment had 1st Division of 3 batteries armed with 9M14 Malyutka, mounted on BRDM-2, 2nd Division of 3 MT-12 batteries (6 guns per battery), 3rd Division of 3 SAU-100 batteries with SAU-100 (PT-SAU T-100 on T-34 chassis) of 6 guns per battery and 4th Division, identical to the 3rd and cadred in peacetime. In 1981 it lost its Malyutka missile systems and transformed to three identical divisions of 3 batteries of 6 MT-12 antitank guns each. Then in 1987 it transferred a division's worth of MT-12s (18 pieces) to the Higher Artillery School in Shumen as mobilization reserve for the formation of a wartime anti-tank division under its cadred Destroyer Anti-Tank Artillery Brigade - Reserve of the High Command. At the same time 55th Regiment received 9M113 Konkurs, mounted on BRDM-2s and converted to mixed structure 1st Destroyer Anti-Tank Artillery Division (1ви Изтребителен Противотанков Артилерийски Дивизион (1ви ИПТАДн)) 1st Battery - 4x BRDM-3; 2nd and 3rd Batteries - 6x MT-12 antitank guns 2nd Destroyer Anti-Tank Artillery Division (2ри Изтребителен Противотанков Артилерийски Дивизион (2ри ИПТАДн)) 4th Battery - 4x BRDM-3; 5th and 6th Batteries - 6x MT-12 antitank guns 3rd Destroyer Anti-Tank Artillery Division (3ти Изтребителен Противотанков Артилерийски Дивизион (3ти ИПТАДн)) 7th Battery - 4x BRDM-3; 8th and 9th Batteries - 6x MT-12 antitank guns Army Air Defence Artillery Regiment (in wartime 4 divisions x 4 batteries x 6 100 mm air defense guns KS-19, reduced strength in peacetime, only for training - 2 divisions x 1 battery x 2 platoons of a single gun each) 3rd Army Radio-technical Battalion, in Sliven Army Chemical Defence Regiment Army Engineer Regiment Army Signal Regiment, in Sliven 3rd Army Independent Electronic Warfare Battalion type "N", in Sliven 3rd Army Cable Laying Signal Battalion, in Sliven 3rd Parachute Reconnaissance Battalion, in Sliven (3ти Парашутно-разузнавателен батальон (3ти ПРБ)) Army Artillery-Reconnaissance Battalion Land forces' units organization and equipment[edit] The eight motor rifle divisions were not all organized in the same way. Four fielded a tank regiment and three motor rifle regiments and four divisions fielded four motor rifle regiments. Also the two training/reserve divisions (18th, 21st) were partially equipped with older equipment. Motor Rifle Division Motor Rifle Regiment 3x Motor Rifle Battalions, with MT-LB armored personnel carriers Tank Battalion, with T-55 main battle tanks Reconnaissance Company, with BRDM-2 armored cars and tracked BRM "Sova" reconnaissance vehicles Anti-tank Artillery Battery, with towed 100mm T-12 anti-tank guns Air Defence Battery, with a mix of Strela 1 and ZSU-57-2 vehicles Engineer Company Motor Rifle Regiment 3x Motor Rifle Battalions, with BTR-60 wheeled armored personnel carriers Tank Battalion, with T-55 main battle tanks Reconnaissance Company, with BRDM-2 armored cars and tracked BRM "Sova" reconnaissance vehicles Anti-tank Artillery Battery, with towed 100mm T-12 anti-tank guns Air Defence Battery, with a mix of Strela 1 and ZSU-57-2 vehicles Engineer Company Motor Rifle Regiment 3x Motor Rifle Battalions, in trucks and lorries Tank Battalion, with T-55 main battle tanks Reconnaissance Company, with BRDM-2 armored cars and tracked BRM "Sova" reconnaissance vehicles Anti-tank Artillery Battery, with towed 100mm T-12 anti-tank guns Air Defence Battery, with a mix of Strela 1 and ZSU-57-2 vehicles Engineer Company Tank Regiment (Replaced by a fourth MT-LB-equipped motor rifle regiment in the 2nd, 7th, 16th, and 17th motor rifle divisions) 3x Tank Battalions, with T-55 main battle tanks (T-62 main battle tanks in a few units) Motor Rifle Battalion, with MT-LB armored personnel carriers Reconnaissance Company, with BRDM-2 armored cars and tracked BRM "Sova" reconnaissance vehicles Air Defence Battery, with a mix of Strela 1 and ZSU-57-2 vehicles Engineer Company Logistic, maintenance, chemical defence, medical, and signal units Artillery Regiment 3x Field Artillery Division, with 18x towed 122mm M-30 howitzers Heavy Howitzer Artillery Division, with 18x towed 122mm ML-20 howitzers (Were being replaced with towed 152mm D-20 howitzers in the late 1980ies) Self-propelled Field Artillery Division, with 18x self-propelled 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika howitzers (Not present in training/reserve divisions) Logistic, maintenance, chemical defence, medical, security, and signal units Air Defence Regiment 5x Anti-aircraft Missile batteries, with either Kub or Osa air defence systems Logistic, maintenance, chemical defence, medical, security, and signal units Reconnaissance Battalion, with BRDM-2 armored cars and tracked BRM "Sova" reconnaissance vehicles (Training/reserve divisions fielded a mix of BRDM-1 and BTR-40 armored cars) Anti-tank Artillery Division, with towed 100mm T-12 anti-tank guns and BRDM-2 vehicles in the anti-tank variant with Konkurs anti-tank missiles (Some units fielded older towed 100mm BS-3 or towed 85mm D-48 anti-tank guns) Missile Division, with 4x 9K52 Luna-M ballistic missile launchers (Were being replaced with OTR-21 Tochka in the late 1980ies) Multiple Rocket Launch Artillery Division, with 18x 122mm BM-21 Grad multiple rocket launchers Engineer Battalion Signal Battalion Transport Battalion Supply Battalion Maintenance Battalion Artillery Reconnaissance and Control Battery Chemical Defence Company Commandant's Company (Military Police) Medical-Sanitary Battalion The only armoured formation in the Army of the Kingdom of Bulgaria was the Armoured Brigade, based in Sofia and armed with German equipment. After the end of the Second World War and the signing of the Paris peace treaty by Bulgaria in 1947, the Soviet Union began to strengthen the armed forces of its new satellite state. In addition to the Armoured Brigade a new tank regiment was formed in Samokov with 65 T-34 tanks (in 1947) and an armoured troops school was formed in Botevgrad (in 1950). A formation of 1st Tank Division also started in Kazanlak in 1947 with T-34s, only to be disbanded in 1949 with its four tank regiments to be converted into tank brigades and subordinated to the 1st, 2nd, 3rd Army and the General Reserve respectively. The front line infantry divisions started forming tank battalions (one each) and a several hundred trophy German tanks were transferred to Bulgaria to form a static fortified defensive line along the Turkish border, unofficially called the "Krali Marko Line". Later, when the T-54 and T-55 started replacing the T-34 in larger quantities, some of the retired Soviet tanks were added. In 1950 two new tank divisions were formed (in Sofia and Kazanlak), but with the technological advancements and the increase in weight and dimensions of the tanks at that time after an evaluation it was decided, that the predominantly mountainous terrain of Bulgaria is unsuitable for the deployment of tank divisions and the Bulgarian Land Forces reformed their tank forces into brigades and regiments.[12] 333 Т-72s of Soviet and Czechoslovak manufacture delivered until the collapse of the Socialist block and spread between the 9th and 13th tank brigades and training centers. The 5th, 11th and 24th tank brigades and the tank regiments with T-55s. The 220 T-62s put in reserve storage. In 1992 another 100 T-72s and 100 BMP-1s received second-hand from Russia, went to the 24th Tank Brigade. The five active tank brigades (9th in the 1st Army, 5th and 11th in the 2nd Army and 13th and 24th in the 3rd Army) were organized as follows: Tank Brigade 3x Tank Battalions, with T-72 main battle tanks or T-55 Motor Rifle Battalion, with BMP-23 infantry fighting vehicles or BMP-1 Self-propelled Field Artillery Division, with 18x self-propelled 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika howitzers Reconnaissance Company, with BRDM-2 armored cars and tracked BRM "Sova" reconnaissance vehicles Anti-aircraft Missile Battery, with 4x Strela-10 air defence systems Missile Division, with 2x 9K52 Luna-M ballistic missile launchers (Were being replaced with OTR-21 Tochka in the late 1980ies) Engineer Company Logistic, maintenance, chemical defence, medical, and signal units The three rocket artillery brigades were organized as follows: Rocket Artillery Brigade 3x Rocket Artillery Divisions, with 18x 122mm BM-21 Grad multiple rocket launchers Rocket Artillery Division, with 130mm RM-51 multiple rocket launchers Logistic, maintenance, chemical defence, medical, security, and signal units The three army tactical missile brigades were organized as follows: Army Operation-Tactical Missile Brigade - one for each army, a Frontal Operation-Tactical Missile Brigade as General Reserve 2x Missile Divisions, with 4x R-300 Elbrus (Scud-B) ballistic missile launchers, the frontal brigade armed with R-400 Oka Logistic, maintenance, chemical defence, medical, security, and signal units The three army artillery regiments were organized as follows: Army Artillery Regiment 3x Field Artillery Divisions, with 18x towed 122mm M-30 howitzers Long Range Artillery Division, with 18x towed 130mm M-46 howitzers Heavy Howitzer Artillery Division, with 18x towed 122mm ML-20 howitzers (Were being replaced with towed 152mm D-20 howitzers in the late 1980ies) Logistic, maintenance, chemical defence, medical, security, and signal units The three army anti-tank regiments were organized as follows: Army Anti-tank Regiment 3x Anti-tank Artillery Division, with 12x towed 100mm T-12 guns and 6x BRDM-2 vehicles in the anti-tank variant with Konkurs anti-tank missiles Logistic, maintenance, chemical defence, medical, security, and signal units Air Forces and Air Defence See also: List of Bulgarian Air Force bases The headquarters of the Air Forces and Air Defence were in Sofia.[13] Air Forces and Air Defence Headquarters Air Force and Air Defence Headquarters (Щаб на Военновъздушните сили и Противо-въздушната Отбрана (Щаб на ВВС и ПВО)), Sofia (Aviation Square at Tsarigradsko shose, popularly known as the "Fourth Kilometer Area") Electronic Warfare Section (Отделение РЕБ) 89th Independent Electronic Warfare Battalion type "S" (89ти Отделен батальон РЛС тип "С") (Ihtiman Mountain) Central Command Post, in Boyana, Sofia Reserve Command Post, in Bozhurishte Deputy Chief of Staff of the AF and ADF, Chief of the Aerotechnical Engineer Service of the Air Force and Air Defence Scientific Research Base for Exploitation and Repair of Aviation Materiel (Научно-изследователска База за Експлоатация и Ремонт на Авиационна Техника (НИБЕРАТ)) (Vrazhdebna Airfield) Deputy Chief of Staff of the AF and ADF in Charge of Mechanization and Automatization of the Command and Control of the Troops Military Computing Center (Военен Изчислителен Център) Deputy Chief of Staff of the AF and ADF in Charge of Regulation of Air Activities Integrated Joint Air Traffic Control Service (Интегрирана Единна Авиодиспечерска Служба) 16th Transport Air Regiment, Vrazhdebna Airfield (Sofia) 1/16th Transport Air Squadron (unofficially Air Landing - десантна), flying An-24, An-26 2/16th Transport Air Squadron (unofficially Air Transport / Liaison - транспортна / свързочна), flying Let L-410UVP-E, An-30, An-2 Special Service Flight, flying 2 Tupolev Tu-134 and 1 Yak-40 When the 10th Mixed Air Corps was formed in 1961 the 16th Transport Air Regiment was part of it, but later it was subordinated directly to the Air Force and Air Defence Forces Headquarters, as the regiment was planned to form Directorate of the Military Transport and Specialised Aviation (Управление на Военнотранспортната и Специалната Авиация (ВТА и СА)) during wartime, when the national airline BGA Balkan would have been mobilized.[14] The two air defence divisions were coordinated by an Air Defence Command Post in Sofia. The separation line between their areas of responsibility ran along a line from Ruse through Nova Zagora to Svilengrad.[15] 1st Air Defence Division 1st Air Defence Division, in Bozhurishte, protecting the country's Southwest Dobroslavtsi Airfield (near Sofia) 18th Fighter Air Regiment (18ти Изтребителен Авиационен Полк (18ти ИАП)) (Dobroslavtsi Airfield) 1/18th Fighter Air Squadron, Dobroslavtsi Air Base, flying MiG-23MF/ML/MLA/UB ? Independent Aviation Technical Battalion (? Отделен Авио-технически Батальон (? ОАТБ)) 18th Independent Battalion for Signals and Radio- and Lighting Technical Support (18ти Отделен Батальон за Свръзки и Радиосветотехническо Осигуряване (18ти ОБРСТО)) Gabrovnitsa Airfield (near Mihaylovgrad, present day Montana) 18th Fighter Air Regiment (18ти Изтребителен Авиационен Полк (18ти ИАП)) (Dobroslavtsi Airfield) 2/18th Fighter Air Squadron, Gabrovnitsa Air Base, flying MiG-23MLD/UB ? Independent Aviation Technical Battalion (? Отделен Авио-технически Батальон (? ОАТБ)) 11th Independent Battalion for Signals and Radio- and Lighting Technical Support (11ти Отделен Батальон за Свръзки и Радиосветотехническо Осигуряване (11ти ОБРСТО)) 1st Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade, Bozhurishte, protecting Sofia and Western Bulgaria Brigade Command and Staff (Bozhurishte) Group of Divisions S-200 (Група дивизиони С-200) (Kostinbrod - Ponor village) - S-200 "Vega" SAM 1st Fire Division S-200 (1ви огневи дивизион С-200 (одн С-200)) 2nd Fire Division S-200 (2ри огневи дивизион С-200 (одн С-200)) Technical Division (технически дивизион (тдн)) Missile Air Defence Division (зенитно-ракетен дивизион (зрдн)) (Bankya suburb of Sofia) - S-300PMU SAM Missile Air Defence Division (зенитно-ракетен дивизион (зрдн)) (Samokov) - S-75M "Volhov" SAM Missile Air Defence Division (зенитно-ракетен дивизион (зрдн)) (Yarlovo village near Samokov) - S-75M "Volhov" SAM Missile Air Defence Division (зенитно-ракетен дивизион (зрдн)) (Ihtiman) - S-75M "Volhov" SAM Missile Air Defence Division (зенитно-ракетен дивизион (зрдн)) (Baykal village near Pernik) - S-75M "Volhov" SAM Missile Air Defence Division (зенитно-ракетен дивизион (зрдн)) (Stanke Dimitrov, present day Dupnitsa) - S-125 "Neva" SAM Missile Air Defence Division (зенитно-ракетен дивизион (зрдн)) (Lyulin mountain) - S-125 "Neva" SAM Missile Air Defence Division (зенитно-ракетен дивизион (зрдн)) (Bozhurishte) - S-125 "Neva" SAM Missile Air Defence Division (зенитно-ракетен дивизион (зрдн)) (Musachevo village near Sofia) - S-125 "Neva" SAM Technical Division (технически дивизион (тдн)) (Yana Railway Station village) Technical Division (технически дивизион (тдн)) (Radomir) 2nd Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade, in Plovdiv, protecting central Bulgaria Brigade Command and Staff (Plovdiv) Missile Air Defence Division (зенитно-ракетен дивизион (зрдн)) (Dimitrovgrad) - S-75M "Volhov" SAM Missile Air Defence Division (зенитно-ракетен дивизион (зрдн)) (Byala Cherkva village) - S-75M "Volhov" SAM Missile Air Defence Division (зенитно-ракетен дивизион (зрдн)) (Trilistnik village) - S-75M "Volhov" SAM Missile Air Defence Division (зенитно-ракетен дивизион (зрдн)) (Haskovo) - SA-75 "Dvina" SAM, converted to S-75M "Volhov" SAM in 1990. Missile Air Defence Division (зенитно-ракетен дивизион (зрдн)) (Yagodovo village) - S-125 "Neva" SAM Missile Air Defence Division (зенитно-ракетен дивизион (зрдн)) (Tsaratsovo village) - S-125 "Neva" SAM Technical Division (технически дивизион (тдн)) (Mavrudovo village, near Krumovo airfield) 1st Radio-technical Brigade, in Bozhurishte 2nd Air Defence Division 2nd Air Defence Division, in Yambol, protecting the country's Southeast Ravnets Airfield (near Burgas) 17th Fighter Air Regiment (18ти Изтребителен Авиационен Полк (18ти ИАП)) (Ravnets Airfield) 1/17th Fighter Air Squadron, flying MiG-29/UB 53rd Independent Aviation Technical Battalion (53ти Отделен Авио-технически Батальон (53ти ОАТБ)) 15th Independent Battalion for Signals and Radio- and Lighting Technical Support (15ти Отделен Батальон за Свръзки и Радиосветотехническо Осигуряване (15ти ОБРСТО)) Balchik Airfield (Balchik) 17th Fighter Air Regiment (18ти Изтребителен Авиационен Полк (18ти ИАП)) (Ravnets Airfield) 2/17th Fighter Air Squadron, flying MiG-21PFM/US 45th Independent Aviation Technical Battalion (45ти Отделен Авио-технически Батальон (45ти ОАТБ)) 27th Independent Battalion for Signals and Radio- and Lighting Technical Support (27ми Отделен Батальон за Свръзки и Радиосветотехническо Осигуряване (27ми ОБРСТО)) 3rd Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade (3та Зенитно-ракетна Бригада (3та зрбр)), in Burgas, protecting the oil refinery in Burgas, the naval bases in Varna and Burgas, and Eastern Bulgaria Brigade Command and Staff (Burgas) unofficially the Burgas groupment Missile Air Defence Division (зенитно-ракетен дивизион (зрдн)) (Debelt) - S-75M "Volkhov" SAM Missile Air Defence Division (зенитно-ракетен дивизион (зрдн)) (Pchela village, near Elhovo) - SA-75 "Dvina" SAM Missile Air Defence Division (зенитно-ракетен дивизион (зрдн)) (Chernomorec village, near Sozopol) - SA-75 "Dvina" SAM Missile Air Defence Division (зенитно-ракетен дивизион (зрдн)) (Pomorie) - S-125 "Neva" SAM Technical Division (технически дивизион (тдн)) (Rusokastro village, near Burgas) unofficially the Varna groupment Missile Air Defence Division (зенитно-ракетен дивизион (зрдн)) (Vladislavovo, Varna) - SA-75 "Dvina" SAM Missile Air Defence Division (зенитно-ракетен дивизион (зрдн)) (Kamchia village) - SA-75 "Dvina" SAM Missile Air Defence Division (зенитно-ракетен дивизион (зрдн)) (Oborishte village) - SA-75 "Dvina" SAM Missile Air Defence Division (зенитно-ракетен дивизион (зрдн)) (Galata village) - S-125 "Neva" SAM Technical Division (технически дивизион (тдн)) (Lyuben Karavelovo village, near Varna) 10th Radio-technical Regiment, in Yambol 10th Composite Aviation Corps Headquarters (Щаб на 10ти Смесен Авиационен Корпус (Щаб 10ти САК)), Plovdiv airfield Command Post, Plovdiv airfield Kolyu Ganchevo Air Base (Stara Zagora) 13th Helicopter Air Regiment of Combat Helicopters (13ти Вертолетен Авиационен Полк - Бойни Вертолети (13ти ВАП - БВ)) 1/13th Attack Helicopter Air Squadron, flying Mi-24D 2/13th Attack Helicopter Air Squadron, flying Mi-24D/V 42nd Independent Aviation Technical Battalion (42ри Отделен Авио-технически Батальон (42ри ОАТБ)) 21st Independent Battalion for Signals and Radio- and Lighting Technical Support (21ви Отделен Батальон за Свръзки и Радиосветотехническо Осигуряване (21ви ОБРСТО)) Graf Ignatievo Airfield (near Plovdiv) 19th Fighter Air Regiment (19ти Изтребителен Авиационен Полк (19ти ИАП)) 1/19th Fighter Air Squadron, flying MiG-21bis/UM 2/19th Fighter Air Squadron, flying MiG-21bis/UM 39th Independent Aviation Technical Battalion (39ти Отделен Авио-технически Батальон (39ти ОАТБ)) 19th Independent Battalion for Signals and Radio- and Lighting Technical Support (19ти Отделен Батальон за Свръзки и Радиосветотехническо Осигуряване (19ти ОБРСТО)) Uzundzhovo Airfield (near Haskovo) 21st Fighter Air Regiment (21ви Изтребителен Авиационен Полк (21ви ИАП)) 1/21th Fighter Air Squadron, flying MiG-21MF/UM 2/21th Fighter Air Squadron, flying MiG-21MF/UM 81st Independent Aviation Technical Battalion (39ти Отделен Авио-технически Батальон (39ти ОАТБ)) 21st Independent Battalion for Signals and Radio- and Lighting Technical Support (21ви Отделен Батальон за Свръзки и Радиосветотехническо Осигуряване (21ви ОБРСТО)) Bezmer Airfield (near Yambol) 22nd Fighter-Bomber Air Regiment (22ри Изтребително-бомбардировъчен Авиационен Полк (22ри ИБАП)) 1/22nd Fighter-Bomber Air Squadron, flying Su-25K/UBK 2/22nd Fighter-Bomber Air Squadron, flying Su-25K/UBK ? Independent Aviation Technical Battalion (? Отделен Авио-технически Батальон (? ОАТБ)) 22nd Independent Battalion for Signals and Radio- and Lighting Technical Support (22ри Отделен Батальон за Свръзки и Радиосветотехническо Осигуряване (22ри ОБРСТО)) Cheshnegirovo (Sadovo) Airfield (near Plovdiv) 25th Fighter-Bomber Air Regiment (25ти Изтребително-бомбардировъчен Авиационен Полк (25ти ИБАП)) 1/25th Fighter-Bomber Air Squadron, flying MiG-23BN/UB 2/25th Fighter-Bomber Air Squadron, flying MiG-23BN/UB ? Independent Aviation Technical Battalion (? Отделен Авио-технически Батальон (? ОАТБ)) 25th Independent Battalion for Signals and Radio- and Lighting Technical Support (25ти Отделен Батальон за Свръзки и Радиосветотехническо Осигуряване (25ти ОБРСТО)) Tolbukhin Airfield (present day Dobrich) 26th Reconnaissance Air Regiment (26ти Разузнавателен Авиационен Полк (26ти РАП)) 1/26th Reconnaissance Air Squadron, flying MiG-21R/F-13 (R)/US 2/26th Reconnaissance Air Squadron, flying Su-22M4, Su-22UM3K Independent Air Flight for Operational Reconnaissance, flying MiG-25RBT, MiG-25RU 30th Independent Aviation Technical Battalion (30ти Отделен Авио-технически Батальон (30ти ОАТБ)) 26th Independent Battalion for Signals and Radio- and Lighting Technical Support (26ти Отделен Батальон за Свръзки и Радиосветотехническо Осигуряване (26ти ОБРСТО)) Krumovo Airfield (Plovdiv IAP) 44th Helicopter Air Regiment (44ти Вертолетен Авиационен Полк (44ти ВАП)) 1/44th Helicopter Air Squadron, flying Mi-8T 2/44th Helicopter Air Squadron, flying Mi-17 3/44th Helicopter (Training) Air Squadron, flying Mi-2 ? Independent Aviation Technical Battalion (? Отделен Авио-технически Батальон (? ОАТБ)) 44th Independent Battalion for Signals and Radio- and Lighting Technical Support (44ти Отделен Батальон за Свръзки и Радиосветотехническо Осигуряване (44ти ОБРСТО)) Troops Aviation Repair Workshop Graf Ignatievo (Войскова Авиационна Ремонтна Работилница - Граф Игнатиево (ВАРР)) Troops Aviation Repair Workshop Bezmer (Войскова Авиационна Ремонтна Работилница - Безмер (ВАРР)) Troops Aviation Missile Repair Workshop (Войскова Авиационна Ремонтна Работилница за Ракети (ВАРРР)) (Graf Ignatievo) 10th Signals Regiment (10ти Свързочен Полк), in Plovdiv 10th Radio-Technical Battalion, in Plovdiv (supporting the flight activities of the corps' air regiments, with radar posts located at the airfields) People's Higher Air Force School The modern Bulgarian Air Force Training originates from 1955, when by order #182/ 1955 (July 6, 1955) the commander of the People's Higher Air Force School transferred 1st Combat Training Air Squadron (1ва Учебно-Бойна Авиационна Ескадрила (1. УБАЕ)) with its Yak-11 trainers from Telish Air Base to Kamenets Air Base and transformed it into 2nd Combat Training Air Regiment (2ри Учебно-Боен Авиационен Полк (2. УБАП)) with its 2 Yak-11 squadrons transitioning to Yak-17 and Yak-23. In the following year the air regiment transitioned to MiG-15/MiG-15bis/UMiG-15, and then to MiG-17s in 1963. In 1967 the 2nd Combat Training Air Regiment split in 2 separate combat-training air regiments. 1st Combat Training Air Regiment relocated to Shtraklevo Air Base close to Ruse with two MiG-17 squadrons and a third squadron relocated to Dolna Mitropoliya. The remainder of 2nd Combat Training Air Regiment stayed in Kamenets with two MiG-17 squadrons, retaining its designations. In 1969 the 1st Combat Training Air Regiment (1 CATR) formed a fourth MiG-17 squadron at Dolna Mitropoliya (1st and 2nd at Straklevo, 3rd and 4th at Dolna Mitropoliya AB). In 1971 the 3rd and 4th Squadrons split from the 1st CTAR, becoming 1st and 2nd Squadrons of a newly formed 3rd Combat Training Air Regiment at Dolna Mitropoliya. The replacement of the MiG-17 with L-29 Delfín jet trainers started in 1964 at 2nd CTAR at Kamenets with small numbers used for the training of flight instructors. In 1965 the training of air force cadets on the L-29 started from the 3rd Squadron of 1st CTAR at Dolna Mitropoliya, and continued with the progress in deliveries with the 1st and 2nd Squadrons in Shtraklevo and the newly formed 4th Squadron in Dolna Mitropoliya. The 2nd CTAR converted its 1st Squadron to MiG-21 in 1984 and its 2nd Squadron to L-39 in 1986. People's Higher Air Force School "Georgi Benkovski" (Висше Народно Военновъздушно Училище "Георги Бенковски" (ВНВВУ)) (Dolna Mitropoliya Air Base) Shtraklevo Airfield (near Ruse) 1st Combat Training Air Regiment (1ви Учебно-боен Авиационен Полк (1ви УБАП)) 1/1st Training Air Squadron, flying L-29 Delfín 2/1st Training Air Squadron, flying L-29 Delfín 3/1st Training Air Squadron, flying L-29 Delfín 34th Independent Aviation Technical Battalion (34ти Отделен Авио-технически Батальон (34ти ОАТБ)) 12th Independent Battalion for Signals and Radio- and Lighting Technical Support (12ти Отделен Батальон за Свръзки и Радиосветотехническо Осигуряване (12ти ОБРСТО)) Kamenets Airfield (near Pleven) 2nd Combat Training Air Regiment (2ри Учебно-боен Авиационен Полк (2ри УБАП)) 1/2nd Training Air Squadron, flying MiG-21PFM/UM 2/2nd Training Air Squadron, flying L-39ZA Albatros ? Independent Aviation Technical Battalion (? Отделен Авио-технически Батальон (? ОАТБ)) ? Independent Battalion for Signals and Radio- and Lighting Technical Support (? Отделен Батальон за Свръзки и Радиосветотехническо Осигуряване (? ОБРСТО)) Dolna Mitropoliya Airfield (near Pleven) 3rd Independent Training Air Squadron (3та Отделна Учебна Авиационна Ескадрила (3та ОУАЕ)), flying L-29 Delfín 49th Independent Aviation Technical Battalion (49ти Отделен Авио-технически Батальон (49ти ОАТБ)) 4th Independent Battalion for Signals and Radio- and Lighting Technical Support (4ти Отделен Батальон за Свръзки и Радиосветотехническо Осигуряване (4ти ОБРСТО)) Troops Aviation Repair Workshop Dolna Mitropoliya (Войскова Авиационна Ремонтна Работилница - Долна Митрополия (ВАРР)) Air Force and Air Defence Forces Equipment In 1989 the air force's inventory consisted of: 51x MiG-21PFM interceptors, 35x MiG-21MF and 36x MiG-21bis fighters, 33x MiG-21UM two-seat trainers, 6x MiG-21R and 11 obsolete MiG-21F-13(R) reconnaissance aircraft 18x Su-22M4, 3x Su-22UM3K 7x MiG-23MF, 11x MiG-23ML/MLA and 15x MiG-23MLD fighters, 33x MiG-23BN attack aircraft, 15x MiG-23UB two-seat trainers (8x MiG-23s lost in accidents until 1989) 2x MiG-25RBT ELINT-reconnaissance aircraft, 1x MiG-25RU two-seat trainer (single seaters nr. 731 and 754 (a third single-seater nr. 736 lost in 1984), twin seater nr. 51, the three remaining aircraft exchanged with the Soviet Union in 1990 for 5 second hand Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23MLD) 32x Su-25K attack aircraft, 3x Su-25UBK two-seat trainers 12x MiG-29A fighters, 4x MiG-29UB two-seat trainers 38x Mi-24D and 6x Mi-24V attack helicopters 20x Mi-17 transport helicopters (of them 4 PP variant for EW) around 84 L-29 Delfín two-seat trainers at 18x L-39ZA Albatros two-seat trainers (another 18 delivered in 1990) a further 36x MiG-21bis fighters were delivered in 1990 from Soviet Air Force stocks, 18 each for the conversion of the fighter squadrons in Balchik and Uzundzhovo. 14x Mi-2 and 7x Mi-8 helicopters 3x An-2, 3x An-24, 5x An-26, 1x An-30, 1x Yak-40, 2x Tu-134, 5x Let L-410UVP-E (of them 1 in photo variant) passenger and transport planes. The three anti-aircraft missile brigades were equipped with the following air defence systems: 20x S-75M Volkhov high-altitude air defence systems 30x S-125 Pechora mobile air defence systems 25x S-200 Vega long range air defence systems 10x S-300 air defence systems Military Sea Fleet Adhering to the Soviet military tradition the navy of the Bulgarian People's Army was called the Military Sea Fleet (Военноморски флот (ВМФ)). The merchant marine, which was to mobilize in wartime in support of the regular navy was called Bulgarian Sea Fleet (Български Морски Флот (БМФ)). Military Sea Fleet Staff, in Varna[16] Electronic Warfare Section (Отделение РЕБ) Independent Electronic Warfare Battalion type "NS" (Отделен батальон тип "НС") (one company type N for jamming of enemy communications and one company type S for jamming of enemy targeting systems) 8th Submarine Division, Varna Naval Base, with 4x Romeo-class submarines (Two were decommissioned without replacement in 1990, one in 1992) 81 "Victory" (“Победа”, delivered in 1972, former Soviet S-57), 82 "Victoria" (“Виктория”, delivered in 1972, former Soviet S-212), 83 "Hope" (“Надежда”, delivered in 1983, former Soviet S-36), 84 "Glory" (“Слава”, delivered in 1985, former Soviet S-38) (traditional female names) 2nd Coastal Missile Brigade, south of Varna, with 4K51 Rubezh anti-ship missiles 10th Missile & Torpedo Boat Brigade, in Sozopol (mixed composition of the divisions, the torpedo boats had the dual role to attack enemy vessels with their torpedoes and to provide target acquisition for the missile boats) 122 (Commander's cutter, 10-ton Soviet project 371) 10th Missile & Torpedo Boat Division missile boats Project 205: 101 "Lightning" (“Светкавица”, delivered in 1982, former Soviet R-496, improved project 205U); 102 "Hurricane" (“Ураган”, delivered in 1977, former Soviet R-169, improved project 205U); 103 "Storm" (“Буря”, delivered in 1971, former Soviet R-176?, basic project 205) torpedo boats Project 206: 104 "Eagle" (“Орел”), 105 "Hawk" (“Ястреб”), 106 "Albatross" (“Албатрос”) 11th Missile & Torpedo Boat Division missile boats Project 205: 111 "Typhoon" (“Тайфун”, delivered in 1982, former Soviet R-496, improved project 205U); 112 "Thunder" (“Гръм”, delivered in 1977, former Soviet R-169, improved project 205U); 113 "Whirlwind" (“Смерч”, delivered in 1971, former Soviet R-176?, basic project 205) torpedo boats Project 206: 114 "Snow leopard" (“Барс”), 115 "Jaguar" (“Ягуар”), 116 "Panther" (“Пантера”) Coastal Base Sozopol (Брегова База Созопол, the brigade's logistic formation) 274 (fireboat project 364 of Soviet build) 25th Signals Regiment, in Varna 63rd Anti-submarine Helicopter Squadron, at Chayka (Bulgarian for "seagull") Independent Naval Helicopter Base in Varna (in the Chayka suburb), flying 8x Mi-14PL anti-submarine helicopters (nr. 801, and nr. 810 of the original ten were lost), 1 x Mi-14BT (nr. 811; nr. 812 had been retired in 1986 and the minesweeping equipment removed from 811. Afterwards nr. 811 was used for transport tasks) and 1 x Ka-25C (Hormone-B, nr. 821, used for OTH targeting of the shore-based AShM systems). 65th Maritime Special Reconnaissance Detachment (65-ти Морски Специален Разузннавателен Отряд (65ти МСРО)), in Varna (Tihina) (Navy frogmen) 130mm Coastal Artillery Training Battery, in Varna (in wartime the navy would mobilize the 1st (Varna) and 2nd (Burgas) Coastal Artillery Regiments with 5 batteries each) People's Higher Naval School "Nikola Vaptsarov", in Varna 44th Battalion for Surveillance and Signals - Danube River, in Ruse (44-ти батальон за наблюдение и свръзки - река Дунав) (Radar and SIGINT)[17] Rear (Тил) (logistic services) Varna Naval Base Varna Naval Base, in Varna 2 commander's cutters of project 371 1st Anti-Submarine Ships Division Riga-class frigates: 11 "Bold" (“Дръзки”, delivered in 1957, former Soviet Black Sea Fleet SKR-67), 12 "Brave" (“Смели”, delivered in 1958, former Black Sea Fleet SKR-53, replaced on Sept 4 1989 by the Koni-class frigate 11 "Brave", this caused renumbering of the Riga-class ships, but they were retired only a year later), 13 "Cheerful" (“Бодри”, delivered in 1985, former Soviet Baltic Fleet SKR "Kobchik") (note that "Bold", "Brave" and "Cheerful" are adjectives in plural) Poti-class small ASW ships: 14 "Brave" (“Храбри”, delivered in 1975, former Soviet MPK-106), 15 "Fearless" (“Безстрашни”, delivered in 1975, former Soviet MPK-125) (note that "Brave" and "Fearless" are adjectives in plural) 3rd Minesweepers Division 31 “Iskar” (“Искър”), 32 “Tsibar” (“Цибър”), 33 “Dobrotich” (“Добротич”), 34 “Captain-Lieutenant Kiril Minkov” (“Капитан-лейтенант Кирил Минков”), 35 “Captain-Lieutenant Evstati Vinarov” (“Капитан-лейтенант Евстати Винаров”), 36 “Captain I Rank Dimitar Paskalev” (“Капитан I-ви ранг Димитър Паскалев”) (minehunters project 257D/DME, Soviet second hand, NATO reporting name Vanya) 5th Minesweepers Division (Coastal Base Balchik) 51 - 56 (minehunters of project 1259.2 project "Malachite", NATO reporting name Olya, built in Michurin), 2 auxiliary cutters of project 501 (former auxiliary minesweeping boats) and a commander's cutter of project 371 18th Independent Division of Special Purpose Ships (former 18th Harbour Area Security Ships, includes supply, rescue and support ships and small patrol craft) 300 "General Vladimir Zaimov" (“Генерал Владимир Заимов”) (Command ship Bulgarian project 589, built in Ruse, also used for SIGINT of the Turkish Navy) 221 "Jupiter" (“Юпитер”) (East German fire-/ tugboat project 700, used as fireboat, salvage tugboat, submarine rescue ship and target tow for the coastal artillery and ships) 401 "Admiral Branimir Ormanov" (“Адмирал Бранимир Орманов”) (Polish project 861-МВ hydrographic ship, built in 1977) 206 "Captain I Rank Dimitar Dobrev" (“Капитан І ранг Димитър Добрев”) (Polish project 1799 (class 130 for the Soviet Navy) degaussing ship, built in 1988, the modern Polish Navy ship ORP Kontradmirał Xawery Czernicki is a development on the same hull type) 311 "Anton Ivanov", later "Mitsar" and "Anlain" (“Антон Иванов”, “Мицар”, “Анлайн”, Auxiliary transport (replenishment) ship Bulgarian project 102, built in Ruse in 1979, main task was to provide en route replenishment for the Bulgarian ships, committed to the Soviet Navy Operational Mediterranean Squadron) 223 (diving support boat Bulgarian project 245, built in Varna in 1980) 121, 215 and 216 (multirole motor cutters Bulgarian project 160, built in Varna) 1 fireboat type L26, pennant number changed several times (built in Rostock, GDR in 1954-55) 218 and 219 (auxiliary cutters, former minesweeping boats type R376 "Sever") 55th Battalion for Surveillance and Signals (55-ти батальон за наблюдение и свръзки) (Radar and SIGINT) Repair Workshop Shore based support units Atia Naval Base Atia Naval Base, east of Burgas (in the 1970s the Burgas Naval Base relocated to Atia with the corresponding change in name) 2 commander's cutters of project 371 4th Small Anti-Submarine Ships Division Poti-class small ASW ships: 41 "Flying" (”Летящи”, delivered in 1982, former Soviet MPK-77), 42 "Vigilant" (“Бдителни”, delivered in 1982, former Soviet MPK-148), 43 "Persistent" (“Напористи”, delivered in 1982, former Soviet MPK-109), 44 "Stern (Rigorous)" (“Строги”, delivered in 1975 to Varna, transferred in 1982 to Burgas, former Soviet MPK-59) (note that "Flying", "Vigilant", "Persistent" and "Rigorous" are adjectives in plural) 6th Minesweepers Division 61 “Breeze” (“Бриз”), 62 “Squall” (“Шквал”), 63 “Surf” (“Прибой”), 64 “Storm” (“Щорм”) (minehunters project 1265 "Yakhont") 65, 66, 67, 68 (minesweepers project 1258E “Korund”, NATO reporting name Yevgenya) 7th Landing Ships Division 701 “Sirius” (“Сириус”) and 702 “Antares” (“Антарес”) (Polish project 770Е medium tank landing ships, NATO reporting name Polnocny) 703 - 712 (Soviet project 106K small tank landing ship and auxiliary minelayers, practically self-propelled landing barges, built in Ruse and Burgas, NATO reporting name Vydra) (another 14 project 106K small tank landing ships and auxiliary minelayers mothballed after construction and stored by Bulgarian Sea Fleet (the state-owned merchant marine) as wartime mobilization stock) 96th Independent Division of Special Purpose Ships (former 96th Harbour Area Security Ships, includes supply, rescue and support ships and small patrol craft) 301 "Captain Kiril Halachev" (“Капитан Кирил Халачев”) (Command ship Bulgarian project 589, built in Ruse) 302 "Bolshevik" (“Болшевик”, Auxiliary transport (replenishment) ship Bulgarian project 102, built in Ruse in 1987, main task was to provide en route replenishment for the Bulgarian ships, committed to the Soviet Navy Operational Mediterranean Squadron) 323 (diving support boat Bulgarian project 245, built in Varna in 1980) 331 (torpedo salvage boat Bulgarian project 205, built in Varna in 1980) 312 and 313 (multirole motor cutters Bulgarian project 160, built in Varna) 1 fireboat type L26, pennant number changed several times (built in Rostock, GDR in 1954-55) 57 and 58 (auxiliary cutters, former minesweeping boats type R376 "Sever") 66th Battalion for Surveillance and Signals (66-ти батальон за наблюдение и свръзки) (Radar and SIGINT) Coastal Radiolocation Station "Periscope I" (ELINT unit) Repair Workshop Shore based support units Military Sea Fleet Equipment In 1989 the people's navy's inventory consisted of: 4x Romeo-class submarines 3x Riga-class frigates (One decommissioned in 1989, two in 1990) 1x Koni-class frigate (Commissioned in December 1989) 6x Poti-class anti-submarine warfare corvettes 1x Pauk-class corvette (Commissioned in 1989, a second Pauk corvette was transferred from the Soviet Union in 1990) 6x Osa-class missile boats 6x Shershen-class torpedo boats 2x Polnocny-class landing ships 6x Vanya-class minesweepers 4x Yevgenya-class minesweepers 4x Sonya-class minesweepers 6x Olya-class minesweepers 34x R376 type "Yaroslavets" axillary cutters in various configurations Construction Troops The Construction Troops (Строителни войски) were a military formation tasked with labour work for the development of the country. Made up mostly of men from minorities and men deemed unreliable for service in the armed forces the construction troops were organized in seven Construction Divisions: three based in Sofia and one each in Plovdiv, Stara Zagora, Varna and Pleven. MAIN DIRECTORATE OF THE CONSTRUCTION TROOPS (Главно управление на Строителните Войски)[18] Command (Командване) Chief of the Main Directorate of the Construction Troops (Началник на Главно управление на СВ) First Deputy-Chief and Chief of the Political Department (Зам.-началник на СВ, той е и началник на Политическо управление на СВ) Deputy-Chief of the Construction Troops in Charge of the Construction Troops (Зам.-началник на СВ по строителството) Deputy-Chief of the Construction Troops in Charge of the Rear (logistics) (Зам.-началник на СВ, той е и началник тил на СВ) Deputy-Chief of the Construction Troops in Charge of the Economical Matters (Зам.-началник на СВ по икономическите въпроси) Staff (Щаб) Independent Departments and Branches of the MDCT (Самостоятелни управления и отдели в ГУСВ) Operational Formations: 1st Construction Mechanized Division (1ва Строителна Механизирана Дивизия (1. СМД)) (Sukhodol, Sofia) Command; Staff; Supply Company (Sukhodol, Sofia) Training Battalion (Учебен Батальон) (Golemo Buchino, Pernik Province) Special Battalion (Специален Батальон, for pre-production of building elements) (Sukhodol, Sofia; Pernik and Stanke Dimitrov) 1st Construction Regiment (1. Строителен Полк) (Botevgrad) (battalion and platoon in Botevgrad; battalion in Pravets) 2nd Construction Regiment (2. Строителен Полк) (Kyustendil) (battalion in Kyustendil; cadred battalions in Bobov Dol and Stanke Dimitrov, cadred platoon in Tran) 3rd Construction Regiment (3. Строителен Полк) (Pernik) (companies and platoons in Pernik, Samokov and the villages around them; cadred battalion in Bornaevo) 4th Construction Regiment (4. Строителен Полк) (Blagoevgrad) (battalions in Blagoevgrad, Sukhodol, Sofia, Petrich, Ilindentsi, cadred companies in Gotse Delchev and at the "Belmeken-Sestrimo" water supply cascade and a platoon at the Rila Monastery) Automobile Machinery Regiment - Sofia (Автомашинен Полк - София) (Sukhodol, Sofia; Blagoevgrad, Pernik, Kyustendil, Samokov and Botevgrad) 5th Construction Mechanized Division (5та Строителна Механизирана Дивизия (5. СМД)) (Pleven) Command; Staff; Supply Company and Training Battalion (Pleven) 1st Construction Regiment (1. Строителен Полк) (Roman) (5 battalions and a company in Roman) 2nd Construction Regiment (2. Строителен Полк) (Yasen) (battalion in Yasen, companies in Pleven, Lovech, Yasen and Zlatna Panega) 3rd Construction Regiment (3. Строителен Полк) (Vratsa) (companies and Vratsa, Vidin, Kozloduy and Slatina, platoon in Boychinovtsi) 4th Construction Regiment (4. Строителен Полк) (Veliko Tarnovo) (two battalions in Veliko Tarnovo, platoon in Svishtov) 5th Construction Regiment (5. Строителен Полк) (Gabrovo) (two battalions and three companies in Gabrovo and the nearby villages) Automobile Machinery Regiment - Pleven (Автомашинен Полк - Плевен) (Yasen) (cadred battalions in Yasen, Roman and Veliko Tarnovo, cadred companies in Yasen and Vratsa) 6th Construction Mechanized Division (6та Строителна Механизирана Дивизия (6. СМД)) (Plovdiv) Command; Staff; Supply Company and Training Battalion in Plovdiv, a platoon in Koprivshtitsa 1st Construction Regiment (1. Строителен Полк) (Sopot) (battalions in Sopot, Kalofer and Karnare, platoon in Klisura) 2nd Construction Regiment (2. Строителен Полк) (Panagyurishte) (battalion and company in Panagyurishte, battalion in Elshitsa and a platoon at the Copper Refinery Complex "Medet") 3rd Construction Regiment (3. Строителен Полк) (Smolyan) (battalions in Smolyan and Kardzhali, companies in Pamporovo, Madan and Smilyan) 4th Construction Regiment (4. Строителен Полк) (Plovdiv) (battalion in Plovdiv, companies in Svilengrad, Peshtera and Hisar, platoons in Parvomai and Laki) Independent Construction Battalion (Velingrad) (7 platoons in Velingrad, platoon in Tsvetino and platoon in Yadenitsa) Automobile Machinery Regiment - Plovdiv (5. Автомашинен Полк - Пловдив) (Plovdiv) (companies in Plovdiv, Smolyan, Sopot and Panagyurishte, platoons in Plovdiv and Velingrad) Divisionary Special Company (blacksmith workshop) (Plovdiv) 13th Construction Mechanized Division (13та Строителна Механизирана Дивизия (13. СМД)) (Varna) Command; Staff; Supply Company and Training Battalion (Varna) 1st Construction Regiment (1. Строителен Полк) (Devnya) (two battalions in Devnya, battalion in Kipra) 2nd Construction Regiment (2. Строителен Полк) (Varna) (battalion and two companies in Varna, battalion in Novi Pazar) 3rd Construction Regiment (3. Строителен Полк) (Shumen) (battalion in Shumen, battalion and two companies in Matnitsa) 4th Construction Regiment (4. Строителен Полк) (Devnya) 5th Construction Regiment (5. Строителен Полк) (Smyadovo) Independent Service Regiment - Varna (Отделен Полк – Услуга – Варна) (Varna) Independent Service Regiment - Devnya (Батальон – Услуга – Девня) (Devnya) Independent Service Battalion - Ruse (Батальон – Услуга – Русе) (Ruse) Automobile Machinery Regiment - Varna (Автомашинен Полк - Варна) (Varna) (battalions in Varna, Shumen and Devnya, companies in Varna and Smyadovo) Disciplinary Rehabilitation Battalion (Дисциплинарен изправителен батальон) (Chernevo) 18th Construction Mechanized Division (18та Строителна Механизирана Дивизия (18. СМД)) (Stara Zagora) Command; Staff; Supply Company and Training Battalion (Stara Zagora) 1st Construction Regiment (1. Строителен Полк) (Sliven) (two battalions in Sliven, battalion in Bratya Kunchevi) 2nd Construction Regiment (2. Строителен Полк) (Burgas) (battalion in Burgas, companies in Primorsko and Malko Tarnovo, platoons in Sarafovo, Grudovo and Vlas) 3rd Construction Regiment (3. Строителен Полк) (Kazanlak) (battalion in Kazanlak, battalion in Sheynovo and a battalion at the Buzludzha) 4th Construction Regiment (4. Строителен Полк) (Yambol) (battalion and company in Yambol, battalion in Elhovo) 5th Construction Regiment (5. Строителен Полк) (Radnevo) (battalion in Mednikarevo, companies in Radnevo, Stara Zagora and Yabalkovo and a service company in Troyanovo) Divisionary Service Company - Stara Zagora (Дивизионна Рота – Услуга – Стара Загора) (Stara Zagora) Special Battalion - Stara Zagora (Специален батальон – Стара Загора) (Stara Zagora) Automobile Machinery Regiment - Stara Zagora (Автомашинен Полк - Стара Загора) (Stara Zagora) (battalions in Sliven, Kazanlak and Radnevo, companies in Burgas and Yambol) Disciplinary Rehabilitation Battalion (Дисциплинарен изправителен батальон) (Mednikarevo) 20th Construction Mechanized Division (20та Строителна Механизирана Дивизия (20. СМД)) (Gorublyane, Sofia) Command; Staff; Supply Company (Gorublyane, Sofia) and Training Battalion (Chelopechene) 1st Construction Regiment (1. Строителен Полк) (Busmantsi) (battalion and company in Busmantsi, battalion in Bukhovo, platoon in Zhivkovo) 2nd Construction Regiment (2. Строителен Полк) (Darvenitsa, Sofia) (three battalions and a company in Darvenitsa) 3rd Construction Regiment (3. Строителен Полк МОК „Елаците“) (Ravna Reka) (3 battalions at the Mining Refining Complex "Elatsite") 4th Construction Regiment (4. Строителен Полк) (Chelopech) (two battalions in Chelopech, company in Mirkovo) Special Regiment (Специален полк) (Busmantsi) (two battalions and a company in Busmantsi) Special Regiment (Специален полк) (Chelopechene) (company and platoon in Chelopechene, company in Chelopech) 1st Service Regiment (1. Полк – Услуга) (Bukhovo) 2nd Service Regiment (2. Полк – Услуга) (Sofia) Automobile Machinery Company (Автомашинна Рота) (Chelopechene) 25th Construction Mechanized Division (25. Строителна Механизирана Дивизия) (Sofia) (housing construction) Command; Staff; Supply Company; Training Battalion (Sofia) 1st Construction Regiment (1. Строителен Полк) (Zemlyane, Sofia) 2nd Construction Regiment (2. Строителен Полк) (Obelya, Sofia) 3rd Construction Regiment (3. Строителен Полк) (Boyana - the National Cinema Center, Sofia) 4th Construction Regiment (4. Строителен Полк) (Obelya, Sofia) Special High Construction Battalion (Специален Батальон Батальон за Работа по Високи Обекти) (Zemlyane, Sofia) Automobile Machinery Regiment - Obelya (Автомашинен Полк - Обеля) (Obelya, Sofia) Service Company (Осигурителна Рота) (Lagera, Sofia) Electrical Machinery and Installation Brigade (Електромашинна и монтажна бригада) (Sofia) Command; Staff; Supply Platoon; Heavy Transportation and Mechanization Company (Sofia) 1st Installation Regiment (1. Монтажен Полк) (Sofia) Independent Installation Platoon (Самостоятелен Монтажен Взвод) (Chelopech) 1st Installation Battalion (1. Монтажен Батальон) (Sofia) 2nd Installation Battalion (2. Монтажен Батальон) (Blagoevgrad) 2nd Installation Regiment (2. Монтажен Полк) (Plovdiv) 1st Installation Battalion (1. Монтажен Батальон) (Smolyan) 2nd Installation Battalion (2. Монтажен Батальон) (Sopot) 3rd Installation Battalion (2. Монтажен Батальон) (Sliven) 3rd Installation Regiment (3. Монтажен Полк) (Varna) 1st Installation Battalion (1. Монтажен Батальон) (Devnya) 2nd Installation Battalion (2. Монтажен Батальон) (Shumen) 9th Construction Mechanization Brigade (9. Бригада за строителна механизация) (Chelopechene, Sofia) Command; Staff; Supply Platoon; Construction Platoon (Chelopechene, Sofia) Lift Transport Battalion (Самостоятелен Подемно-транспортен Батальон) (Chelopechene, Sofia) Automobile Machinery Battalion (Самостоятелен Автомашинен Батальон) (Iskar Railway Station) Automobile Machinery Battalion (Самостоятелен Автомашинен Батальон) (Chelopech) Building Materials Mixtures Regiment (Полк за строителни разтвори) (Chelopechene) (concrete mixing trucks) Combined Repair Workshop (Обединена ремонтна работилница) (Chelopechene) Support Institutions: Complex Institute for Scientific Research, Development, Project and Implementation Activities of the Construction Troops (Комплексен Институт за Научноизследователска, Развойна, Проектантска и Внедрителска Дейност на Строителни Войски (КИНИРПВД – СВ)) (Sofia) Direction (Направление Научно-изследователска и Развойна Дейност) Direction Laboratories, Experimentation and Implementation (Направление Лаборатории, Експериментиране и Внедряване) Direction Projects (Направление Проектиране) Higher People's Military School for Construction "General Blagoi Ivanov" (Висше Народно Военно Строително Училище (ВНВСУ) „Ген. Благой Иванов“) (Sofia)[19] Intermediate Military Construction Sergeant School (Средно сержантско военно строително училище (ССВСУ)) School for Installation Cadres (Школа за монтажни кадри) (Burgas) Ministry of the Interior Border Troops The Border Troops (Гранични войски) were a paramilitary formation under the Ministry of the Interior tasked with guarding Bulgaria's borders. Heavily concentrated on Bulgaria's iron curtain border with NATO members Greece and Turkey the Border Troops would have come under the Ministry of People's Defence in times of war. After the Cold War the border troops were reformed as Border Police. Until 1946 the Bulgarian border guard was a task of the regular army and each infantry regiment in proximity of the border had a border guard company.[20] In 1946 the new Communist regime formed an independent service, dedicated to the border security on August 10, 1946 as the Border Militsiya, but this name lasted only until October 8, whet it was renamed to Border Troops. The service initially numbered 8 Border Sectors (Гранични сектори (ГС)). The service was modeled on the Soviet Border Troops. Unlike them the Bulgarian Border Troops were not part of the State Security service, but subordinated to the Ministry of the Interior (between 1962 and 1972 to the Ministry of People's Defence). The internal structure of the troops was overhauled with ministerial order #44 from March 9, 1950 as follows: the highest formations (the Border Sectors) were renamed into Border Detachments (Гранични Отряди (ГО), an equivalent of a motorised rifle regiment in the army, but with a smaller manpower, and increased from 8 to 10) the battalion equivalents were renamed from Border Sections to Border Commandatures (Гранични Комендатури (ГК)) the company equivalents were renamed from Border Subsections to Border Outposts (Гранични Застави (ГЗ)) As a military formation each Border Detachment had its Command, Staff and supporting units. The number of the detachments varied through the Communist Era from 8 sectors at the formation of the Border Troops, to 10 in 1950 and 17 at the height of the service's build-up, to 12 in 1989, of which 1 was a training formation. The organization of the Border Troops, as published by the Committee for Disclosing the Documents and Announcing Affiliation of Bulgarian Citizens to the State Security and Intelligence Services of the Bulgarian People's Army (A public commission, authorised by law of the Parliament to study the repressive apparatus of the Communist regime and to establish the connection of individuals to it [21]) in a collection book of declassified documents, was as follows:[22] Directorate of the Border Troops (Управление на Гранични войски (УГВ)) Headquarters (Щаб, with 11 departments, such as Operations; Combat Training; Communications; Engineering etc.) Intelligence Section (Разузнавателно отделение (РО)) Intelligence Desk (Разузнаване (Р)) Counter-Intelligence Desk (Контраразузнаване (К)) Political Section (Политическо отделение (ПО), with 8 departments, such as Political Education; Editorial of the Border Troops official magazine; Technical Editorial; Library etc.) Rear (Тил, logistical services, 5 departments) Training Border Detachment (Учебен Граничен Отряд (УГО)) (Ivaylovgrad, former 18th Border Detachment) Sergeant School for Working Dog Handlers (Сержантска школа за инструктори на служебни кучета (СШИСК) (Berkovitsa) Supply and Support Battalion (Батальон за Обслужване и Осигуряване (БОО)) Border Detachments: 1st Border Detachment - Vidin (1ви Граничен Отряд – Видин (1 ГО)) including a Border Ships Division (Дивизион Гранични Кораби) for patrols on the Danube river 2nd Border Detachment - Dragoman (2ри Граничен Отряд – Драгоман (2 ГО)) 11th Border Detachment - Kyustendil (11ти Граничен Отряд – Кюстендил (11 ГО)) 3rd Border Detachment - Petrich (3ти Граничен Отряд – Петрич (3 ГО)) 6th Border Detachment - Gotse Delchev (6ти Граничен Отряд – Гоце Делчев (16 ГО)) 4th Border Detachment - Smolyan (4ти Граничен Отряд – Смолян (4 ГО)) 5th Border Detachment - Momchilgrad (5ти Граничен Отряд – Момчилград (5 ГО)) 13th Border Detachment - Lyubimets (13ти Граничен Отряд – Любимец (13 ГО)) 6th Border Detachment - Elhovo (6ти Граничен Отряд – Елхово (6 ГО)) 7th Border Detachment - Malko Tarnovo (7ми Граничен Отряд – Малко Търново (7 ГО)) 8th Border Detachment - Burgas (8ми Граничен Отряд – Бургас (8 ГО)) including a Border Ships Division (Дивизион Гранични Кораби) for patrols on the Bulgarian Black Sea coastline The border guards were conscripts, which underwent their training at the border detachment they were assigned to. After that those, who have displayed higher skills in the training process were sent to the Training Border Detachment for an NCO course. Of them small numbers were selected for training as working dog handlers at the K-9 Sergeant School. The officer candidates of the Border Troops studied at the Ground Forces Combined Arms Higher School in Veliko Tarnovo and the career development of Border Troops officers was carried out through courses at the Military Academy in Sofia and training institutes of the Soviet Border Troops in the Soviet Union. Interior Troops[edit] The Interior Troops (Bulgarian: Вътрешни Войски (ВВ)) did not exist throughout the whole period of Communist rule in Bulgaria. They were formed during two distinct periods in the presence of a signifficant organized paramilitary force in opposition to the regime. The first such threat was the Goryani movement. In a report to the Central Committee of the Bulgarian Communist Party dated from October 12, 1948 the at the time Minister of the Interior Anton Yugov informs that for combating the anti-communist partizans 13 special combat units with 1 350 men in total have been formed. He brings to the attention of the Committee, that due to their composition of regular Militsioners, family men in their mid-30s and older, a rising tension and physical strain has been observed because of the long periods of patrolling and fighting in the mountains where the Goryanes were active. For that reason Yugov suggests that a specialized Interior Troops arm should be formed in order to facilitate the utilization of conscripts for the Ministry of the Interior with the same conditions of military service as the conscripts of the Bulgarian Army, but trained in the specific counter-insurgency skills needed for such operations. In his report the minister suggests that initially about 1 000 conscripts should be trained by the 13 special combat units in order to relieve their personnel, after which additional 3 000 should be inducted to boost their numbers, with the corresponding reduction in manpower of the regular Militsiya by 3 000 men.[23] Later the numbers of the IT increased to a division and even after the Goryani movement was destroyed their build-up continued to over 12 000 in two divisions and two specialized brigades with their own tanks, artillery, AAA, combat engineers etc., before their abrupt disbandment in 1961. The second installment of the Bulgarian Interior Troops is from 1985 in connection to the Revival Process. A wave of terror attacks in the first half of the 1980s, including a bomb attack on a special passenger train coach for mothers traveling with little children on March 9, 1985 at Bunovo railway station,[24] organized by the Turkish National-Liberation Movement terror organization, called for the re-establishment of a dedicated counter-insurgency paramilitary force in the structure of the Ministry of the Interior, to deal with the internal terror threat in cooperation with the State Security (Държавна Сигурност (ДС)) and the People's Militsiya (Народна Милиция (НМ)). The Interior Troops were tasked with counter-insurgency in mountainous and woodland terrain, riot control and security of locations of particular and strategic importance. The force was reinstated in 1985 and at the Boyana Roundtable Conference in the first half of 1990 convened between the Bulgarian Communist Party (recently renamed to Bulgarian Socialist Party) and the Union of Democratic Forces to reach an agreement about the reform of the country in light of radical changes in Eastern Europe it was publicly made clear (in response to a question about that), that the Interior Troops number 2 000 men in 6 battalions, plus the SOBT.[25] The latter however is incorrect. The Specialized Counter-Terrorism Force (abbreviated SOBT in Bulgarian) has from its formation to present day (2017) been the premier counter-terrorism unit of the country, strategically subordinated directly to the Minister of the Interior as an independent agency in its own right. The confusion comes from the fact, that a security regiment of the IT has been based in Vranya, near the former Vrana Palace in barracks recently vacated by the State Security's Fifth Department (Department for Safety and Protection) (Пето управление (Управление за безопасност и охрана (УБО)), the higher state functionaries' close protection service. Since the abolition of the Bulgarian monarchy the palace has been turned into an official residence with permanent presence from the Ministry of the Interior. The battalion in question was the quick reaction paramilitary force for the capital Sofia. In fact the Vranya Battalion and the SOBT are located in adjacent barracks, which causes the confusion. The Interior Troops battalions were organised as rifle battalions with BTR-60s, trucks, automatic rifles, machine guns, mortars and anti-tank rockets. In 1990-91 the Border and the Interior Troops were amalgamated into the Troops of the Ministry of the Interior (Войски на МВР), then separated again. In 1993 the Interior Troops were renamed into Gendarmery, the traditional name from the time of the monarchy, banned after that for their role in hunting down communist partizans. Recently the Gendarmery has been absorbed into the Ministry of the Interior's Main Directorate "National Police" and as of 2017 the former Interior Troops and Gendarmery after that exist in the form of Specialized Police Forces (Специализирани Полицейски Сили) within the National Police. In 1989 they consisted of: Interior Troops Directorate (Управление “Вътрешни войски”) (Sofia) (Detachment 72300) 1st Independent Operational Security Regiment (1ви Самостоятелен Оперативно-охранителен Полк) (Vrana Palace, Sofia) (Detachment 72345 (44270 before the establishment of the IT)) 1st Independent Operational Battalion (1ви Самостоятелен Оперативен Батальон) (Kardzhali) (Detachment 72350) 2nd Independent Operational Battalion (2ри Самостоятелен Оперативен Батальон) (Razgrad) (Detachment 72355) 3rd Independent Operational Battalion (3ти Самостоятелен Оперативен Батальон) (Dzhebel) (Detachment 72360) 4th Independent Operational Battalion (4ти Самостоятелен Оперативен Батальон) (Novi Pazar) (Detachment 72365) 5th Independent Operational Battalion (5ти Самостоятелен Оперативен Батальон) (Brezovo) (Detachment 72370) 6th Independent Operational Battalion (6ти Самостоятелен Оперативен Батальон) (Burgas) (Detachment 72375) Ministry of Transport Transport Troops The Ministry of Transport Troops were a paramilitary formation divided into railway construction brigades and automobile transportation brigades tasked with the construction and maintenance of transport infrastructure. In case of war the Transport Troops would have come under the Ministry of People's Defence. Postal and Long Distance Messaging Committee Signal Troops The Postal and Long Distance Messaging Committee Troops (Войски на Комитета по пощи и далекосъобщения) were a paramilitary formation tasked with building and maintaining the communication infrastructure of state institutions, including phone lines, TV towers, civil air traffic communications, etc. In war time the troops would have fallen under the Ministry of People's Defence. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outline_of_the_Bulgarian_People's_Army_at_the_end_of_the_Cold_War
Perun Posted April 12, 2022 Author Posted April 12, 2022 Structure of the Czechoslovak People's Army 1989 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search At the end of the Cold War in 1989 the Czechoslovak People's Army structure was as follows:[1] The article is based on the Czech Ministerstvo národní obrany 1950-1990 website, which lists all units of the Czechoslovak People's Army in existence between 1950 and 1990, with their location, subordination, equipment and changes over time. Contents [hide] 1 Ministry of National Defence 1.1 General Staff of the Czechoslovak People's Army 1.2 Western Military District 1.2.1 1st Army 1.2.2 4th Army 1.2.3 Eastern Military District 1.2.4 Air Forces Command 1.2.4.1 10th Air Army 1.2.4.1.1 1st Fighter Division 1.2.4.1.2 34th Fighter-Bomber Division 1.2.5 Air Defence Command 1.2.5.1 2nd Air Defence Division 1.2.5.2 3rd Air Defence Division 1.3 Regimental and Battalion Organization 2 Sources 3 References Ministry of National Defence[edit] Ministry of National Defence in Prague Main Missile Troops and Artillery Directorate Central Ammunition Depot in Týniště nad Orlicí 6th Armament Base in Olomouc Ammunition Depot Hronsek Ammunition Depot Sklené Ammunition Depot Trenčín Ammunition Depot Poprad Military Repair Plant Moldava nad Bodvou Separate Ammunition Depot Moldava nad Bodvou Military Repair Plant Nováky Separate Ammunition Depot Nováky Main Political Department Political Military Academy in Bratislava Main Medical Department Main Military Transport Directorate 150th Military Traffic Office in Čierna nad Tisou Main Construction and Accommodation Directorate 1st Road Construction Brigade in Pardubice 103rd Road Construction Battalion in Klecany 104th Road Construction Battalion in Nepomuk 107th Road Construction Battalion in Chrudim 108th Road Construction Battalion in Prague 109th Road Construction Battalion in Stará Boleslav 112th Road Construction Battalion in České Budějovice 113th Road Construction Battalion in Týn nad Vltavou 115th Road Construction Battalion in Týn nad Vltavou 116th Road Construction Battalion in Horažďovice 2nd Road Construction Brigade in Bratislava 101st Road Construction Battalion in Vyškov 102nd Road Construction Battalion in Liptovský Mikuláš 105th Road Construction Battalion in Bratislava 106th Road Construction Battalion in Levice 110th Road Construction Battalion in Zbraslav 114th Road Construction Battalion in Levice Equipment Department Quartermaster Department Combat Training Department Educational Department Military Ground Forces University in Vyškov Military Air Forces University in Košice 1st Air School Regiment in Přerov with MiG-21F-13 fighters 1st Flight School Squadron 2nd Flight School Squadron 3rd Flight School Squadron 4th Flight School Squadron 28th Air Base Battalion 11th Electronic Support Battalion 2nd Air School Regiment in Košice with Aero L-29 Delfín and L-39 Albatros jet trainers 1st Flight School Squadron 2nd Flight School Squadron 3rd Flight School Squadron 4th Flight School Squadron 20th Air Base Battalion 4th Electronic Support Battalion 3rd Air School Regiment in Piešťany with Mi-2 helicopters 1st Flight School Squadron 2nd Flight School Squadron 3rd Air Base and Electronic Support Battalion Foreign Air Forces Training Center in Košice 10th Military Air Forces Maintenance Center in Prešov Military Technical University in Liptovský Mikuláš Engineer Troops Department Repair Base 042 in Olomouc Fuel Distribution Department Chemical Troops Department NBC-detection Center in Hostivice Professional Sport Army Center DUKLA in Banská Bystrica Veterinary Service Section Military Veterinary Research and Training Institute in Košice Automobile Repair Plant Zlatovce in Trenčín Central Tank and Automobile Depot in Nitra General Staff of the Czechoslovak People's Army[edit] General Staff of the Czechoslovak People's Army in Prague Main Intelligence Directorate 78th Special Purpose Radio Center in Litoměřice 22nd Special Purpose Airborne Brigade in Prostějov Headquarters and Staff Company 1st Special Reconnaissance Division 2nd Special Reconnaissance Division 3rd Special Reconnaissance Division Support Weapons Company Special Signal Center Training Center Main Operations Directorate 101st Headquarters Battalion in Prague 102nd Headquarters Battalion in Prague Main Signal Troops Directorate Signal Operating Center Signal Node of the General Staff Topographical Department Military Topographic Institute in Dobruška Military Cartographic Institute in Harmanec Military Geographic Institute in Prague 5th Geodetic Detachment in Opava Central Topographic Maps Depot in Prague Research Center 090 in Prague Western Military District[edit] District HQ 9th Tank Division 1st Army 1st Tank Division 2nd Motor Rifle Division 19th Motor Rifle Division 20th Motor Rifle Division 4th Army 3rd Motor Rifle Division 4th Tank Division 15th Motor Rifle Division Soviet HQ 18th Motor Rifle Division 15th Tank Division 31st Tank Division 48th Motor Rifle Division Western Military District main units and Soviet formations (in red) in 1989 Western Military District Operational Structure in 1989 (click to enlarge) Western Military District in Tábor 2nd Headquarters Regiment in Tábor 247th Support Battalion in Tábor (Code Name for the Intelligence Directorate of the Western Military District) 6th Headquarters Guard Battalion in Příbram 71st Airborne Assault Battalion in Chrudim Headquarters Platoon Parachute Airborne Company Anti-tank Squad Mortar Squad Supply Platoon 7th Artillery Division in Pardubice 17th High Power Artillery Division in Žamberk Command and Artillery Reconnaissance Battery 1st Self-propelled Guns Battery with 4x 203mm 2S7 Pion self-propelled guns 2nd Self-propelled Guns Battery with 4x 203mm 2S7 Pion self-propelled guns Self-propelled Mortars Battery with 4x 240mm 2S4 Tyulpan self-propelled mortars 71st Cannon Artillery Brigade in Žamberk Command and Artillery Reconnaissance Battery 1st Cannon Artillery Division with 18x 130mm M1954 towed howitzers 2nd Cannon Artillery Division with 18x 130mm M1954 towed howitzers 3rd Cannon Artillery Division with 18x 130mm M1954 towed howitzers 4th Cannon Artillery Division with 18x 130mm M1954 towed howitzers Transport Company 74th Rocket Launcher Brigade (a reserve formation only activated in war) Command and Artillery Reconnaissance Battery 1st Rocket Launcher Division with 18x RM-70 122mm multiple rocket launchers 2nd Rocket Launcher Division with 18x RM-70 122mm multiple rocket launchers 3rd Rocket Launcher Division with 18x RM-70 122mm multiple rocket launchers 4th Rocket Launcher Division with 18x RM-70 122mm multiple rocket launchers 75th Heavy Howitzer Artillery Brigade in Pardubice Command and Artillery Reconnaissance Battery 1st Heavy Howitzer Artillery Division with 18x 152mm SpGH DANA self-propelled howitzers 2nd Heavy Howitzer Artillery Division with 18x 152mm SpGH DANA self-propelled howitzers 3rd Heavy Howitzer Artillery Division with 18x 152mm SpGH DANA self-propelled howitzers 4th Heavy Howitzer Artillery Division with 18x 152mm SpGH DANA self-propelled howitzers 311th Heavy Artillery Brigade in Jince 11th Heavy Artillery Division with SS-1C Scud-B tactical ballistic missiles 12th Heavy Artillery Division with SS-1C Scud-B tactical ballistic missiles 13th Heavy Artillery Division with OTR-23 Oka theatre ballistic missiles 82nd Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade in Jihlava 183rd Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion with 2K11 Krug systems 185th Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion with 2K11 Krug systems 187th Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion with 2K11 Krug systems 1st Transport Brigade in Olomouc 1st Transport Battalion in Vysoké Mýto 3rd Transport Battalion in Česká Třebová 16th Fuel Transport Battalion in Čáslav 16th Transport Battalion in Senica 3rd Transport Brigade in Hlučín 66th Transport Battalion in Vrútky 73rd Transport Battalion in Hlučín 74th Transport Battalion in Vrútky 76th Fuel Transport Battalion in Čereňany 11th Supply Brigade in Bílina 11th Transport Battalion in Dobříš 12th Transport Battalion in Nechranice 13th Transport Battalion in Nechranice 14th Transport Battalion in Lešany 15th Fuel Transport Battalion in Stříbro 98th Medical Evacuation Battalion in Terezín 21st Supply Brigade in Pardubice 21st Transport Battalion in Pardubice 22nd Transport Battalion in Bílek 23rd Transport Battalion in Dolní Bousov 24th Transport Battalion in Čáslav 25th Fuel Transport Battalion in Pardubice 38th Medical Evacuation Battalion in Těchonín 58th Medical Evacuation Battalion in Znojmo 7th Road Bridge Engineer Brigade in Hodonín 74th Road Engineer Battalion in Rajhrad 75th Road Bridge Engineer Battalion in Znojmo 78th Pontoon Bridge Battalion in Hodonín 78th Engineer Material Depot in Hodonín 10th Pontoon Bridge Brigade in Kostelec nad Labem 101st Pontoon Battalion 102nd Pontoon Battalion 103rd Pontoon Battalion 104th Pontoon Battalion 10th Transport Battalion 32nd Road Engineer Brigade in Horní Počaply 251st Road Engineer Battalion in Bílina 252nd Road Engineer Battalion in Prachatice 253rd Road Engineer Battalion in Horní Počaply 254th Road Construction Battalion in Přelouč 255th Road Bridge Engineer Battalion in Horní Počaply 256th Special Road Bridge Engineer Battalion Teplice 5th Signal Brigade in Strašice 1st Signal Battalion 2nd Signal Battalion 3rd Signal Battalion 6th Radio-technical Brigade in Plzeň 6th Operating Battalion 66th Radio-technical Battalion with P-15 UH and P-18 VHF radars and 1RL111D target acquisition radars 67th Radio-technical Battalion with PRV-16 radar altimeters 7th Special Purpose Electronic Intelligence Brigade in Zbiroh 60th Signal Battalion in Unhošť Headquarters Company Operating Company Radio Telex Company Special Purpose Radio Company 77th Special Purpose Electronic Intelligence Battalion in Velká Hleďsebe 77th Radio Surveying SW Company 77th Radio Surveying VHF Company 77th Radio Surveying and Targeting Company 77th Automatic Radio Surveying and Targeting Company 77th Combat Support and Services Company 78th Special Purpose Electronic Intelligence Battalion in Klenčí pod Čerchovem 78th Radio Surveying HF Company 78th Radio Surveying VHF Company 78th Radio Surveying and Targeting Company 78th Automatic Radio Surveying and Targeting Company 78th Combat Support and Services Company 79th Special Purpose Electronic Intelligence Battalion in Litoměřice 79th Radio Surveying HF Company 79th Radio Targeting MIDDLE Company 79th Combat Support and Services Company 701st Radio Targeting Special Purpose Company 702nd Radio Targeting Special Purpose Company 703rd Radio Targeting Special Purpose Company 704th Radio Targeting Special Purpose Company 52nd Long Distance Signal Communications Brigade in Lipník nad Bečvou 1st NCO Training Battalion 2nd Cable Battalion 3rd Radio Relay Battalion Maintenance Company Support Company 59th Directional Stations Signal Brigade in Beroun 1st Battalion 2nd Battalion 3rd Battalion 4th Battalion 102nd Chemical Defence Brigade in Liberec 51st Chemical Protection Battalion 61st Field Decontamination Battalion 77th Radiation and Chemical Reconnaissance Battalion 65th Equipment Decontamination Battalion 1st Electronic Warfare Regiment in Kolín 11th Tank Maintenance Regiment in Hrdly 1st Civil Defence Regiment in Kutná Hora 4th Civil Defence Regiment in Varnsdorf 7th Civil Defence Regiment in Bučovice 31st Command and Reconnaissance Squadron in Bechyně 1st Helicopter Detachment 2nd Helicopter Detachment 31st Air Base and Electronic Support Company 10th Anti-aircraft Systems Maintenance Base in Jaroměř 2K12 Kub Technical Battery 2K11 Krug Technical Battery Transport Battery 11th Artillery Base in Jince 41st Artillery Transport Battalion in Dašice 1st Transport Battery 2nd Transport Battery (Reserve unit) Signal Battery Logistic Platoon Service Platoon 311th Tank Training Battalion at the Hradiště Military Training Area 313th Tank Training Battalion at the Boletice Military Training Area 1st District Tank Depot in Ústí nad Orlicí, with branches in Zdice and Vamberk 1st District Quartermaster Material Depot in Rychnovek, with branches in Terezín and České Budějovice 1st District Engineer Depot in Dolní Bousov, with branches in Janská, Jaroměř, Dobříš and Hněvkovice 1st District Signal Depot and Maintenance Base in Červené Pečky, with a branch in Červený Újezd 1st District Chemical Defence Depot in Račice nad Trotinou, with branches in Rumburk, Olomouc and Zásmuky 1st District Transport Depot in Nový Jičín, with branches in Poprad, Nemecká, Vysoké Mýto, Kutná Hora and Ostrava 1st District Political and Educational Material Depot in České Budějovice, with branches in Brno and Čáslav 1st District Equipment Depot in Jaroměř, with branches in Brno and Staré Město 1st District Fuel Depot in Chlumec nad Cidlinou, with branches in Halenkov and Mošnov 1st District Medical Equipment Depot in Liberec, with branches in Dobrá, Golčův Jeníkov and Krásná Lípa 1st District Building Materials Depot in Hradec Králové 2nd Armaments Depot in Jaroměř, with a branch in Terezín 21st Bridging Equipment Depot in Chrudim 1st Army[edit] 1st Army Structure in 1989 (click to enlarge) 1st Army in Příbram: 1st Headquarters Battalion in Příbram 1st Tank Division in Slaný (in case of full mobilization would have also formed the 16th Tank Division) 1st Tank Regiment in Strašice 2nd Tank Regiment in Rakovník 21st Tank Regiment in Žatec 3rd Motor Rifle Regiment in Louny with BVP-1 tracked infantry fighting vehicles 1st Artillery Regiment in Terezín 1st Separate Rocket Launcher Division in Terezín with OTR-21 Tochka tactical ballistic missiles 13th Separate Rocket Launcher Division in Čihadla with 9K52 Luna-M artillery rocket systems 1st Command and Artillery Reconnaissance Battery in Slaný 5th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment in Žatec with 9K33 Osa surface-to-air missile systems 1st Reconnaissance Battalion in Podbořany 3rd Engineer Battalion in Terezín 2nd Signal Battalion in Slaný 1st Supply Battalion in Bílina 1st Maintenance Battalion in Žatec 5th Chemical Defence Battalion in Slaný 5th Medical Battalion in Terezín 2nd Motor Rifle Division in Sušice 23rd Tank Regiment in Holýšov 10th Motor Rifle Regiment in Janovice nad Úhlavou with BVP-1 tracked infantry fighting vehicles 11th Motor Rifle Regiment in Klatovy with OT-64 wheeled armored transports vehicles 12th Motor Rifle Regiment in Domažlice with OT-64 wheeled armored transports vehicles 8th Artillery Regiment in Klatovy 2nd Separate Rocket Launcher Division in Holýšov with 9K52 Luna-M artillery rocket systems 2nd Command and Artillery Reconnaissance Battery in Sušice 2nd Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment in Janovice nad Úhlavou with 2K12 Kub surface-to-air missile systems 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion in Janovice nad Úhlavou 4th Engineer Battalion in Střelské Hoštice 4th Signal Battalion in Sušice 2nd Supply Battalion Klatovy 2nd Maintenance Battalion in Klatovy 2nd Chemical Defence Battalion in Kdyně 2nd Medical Battalion 19th Motor Rifle Division in Plzeň 11th Tank Regiment in Plzeň 57th Motor Rifle Regiment in Stříbro with BVP-1 tracked infantry fighting vehicles 67th Motor Rifle Regiment in Bor with OT-64 wheeled armored transports vehicles 104th Motor Rifle Regiment in Tachov with OT-64 wheeled armored transports vehicles 47th Artillery Regiment in Plzeň 19th Separate Rocket Launcher Division in Bor with 9K52 Luna-M artillery rocket systems 19th Command and Artillery Reconnaissance Battery in Plzeň 11th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment in Stříbro with 2K12 Kub surface-to-air missile systems 19th Reconnaissance Battalion in Tachov 11th Engineer Battalion in Plzeň 11th Signal Battalion in Plzeň 19th Supply Battalion in Příchovice 19th Maintenance Battalion in Plzeň 11th Chemical Defence Battalion in Plzeň 11th Medical Battalion 20th Motor Rifle Division in Karlovy Vary 12th Tank Regiment in Podbořany 49th Motor Rifle Regiment in Mariánské Lázně with BVP-1 tracked infantry fighting vehicles 65th Motor Rifle Regiment in Cheb with OT-64 wheeled armored transports vehicles 74th Motor Rifle Regiment in Karlovy Vary with OT-64 wheeled armored transports vehicles 38th Artillery Regiment in Kynšperk nad Ohří 20th Separate Rocket Launcher Division in Stružná with 9K52 Luna-M artillery rocket systems 20th Command and Artillery Reconnaissance Battery in Karlovy Vary 12th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment in Mariánské Lázně with 2K12 Kub surface-to-air missile systems 20th Reconnaissance Battalion in Cheb 12th Engineer Battalion in Kadaň 12th Signal Battalion in Karlovy Vary 20th Supply Battalion in Ostrov 20th Maintenance Battalion in Podbořany 12th Chemical Defence Battalion in Karlovy Vary 12th Medical Battalion 321st Heavy Artillery Brigade in Rokycany 21st Heavy Artillery Division with SS-1C Scud-B tactical ballistic missiles 22nd Heavy Artillery Division with SS-1C Scud-B tactical ballistic missiles 21st Artillery Base in Kostelec nad Orlicí servicing the missiles of the 321st Heavy Artillery Brigade 322nd Cannon Artillery Brigade in Dobřany Command and Artillery Reconnaissance Battery 1st Cannon Artillery Division with 18x 130mm M1954 towed howitzers 2nd Cannon Artillery Division with 18x 130mm M1954 towed howitzers 3rd Cannon Artillery Division with 18x 152mm SpGH DANA self-propelled howitzers 4th Cannon Artillery Division with 18x 152mm SpGH DANA self-propelled howitzers 5th Cannon Artillery Division with 18x 152mm SpGH DANA self-propelled howitzers 51st Engineer Brigade in Litoměřice Engineer Battalion Engineer Battalion Engineer Battalion 51st Engineer Roadblocking Battalion 51st Engineer Transit Battalion 1st Supply Brigade in Terezín 2nd Transport Battalion in Terezín 3rd Transport Battalion in Terezín 4th Transport Battalion in Terezín 5th Transport Battalion in Terezín 6th Fuel Transport Battalion in Rakovník 175th Medical Evacuation Battalion in Nechranice 171st Anti-aircraft Missile Regiment in Rožmitál pod Třemšínem with 20x 2K12 Kub surface-to-air missile systems Headquarters Battery 1st Firing Battery 2nd Firing Battery 3rd Firing Battery 4th Firing Battery 5th Firing Battery Technical Battery 216th Anti-tank Regiment in Most 1st Anti-tank Division with 12x 100mm vz. 53 anti-tank cannons and 6x BRDM-2 vehicles in the anti-tank variant with Konkurs anti-tank missiles 2nd Anti-tank Division with 12x 100mm vz. 53 anti-tank cannons and 6x BRDM-2 vehicles in the anti-tank variant with Konkurs anti-tank missiles 3rd Anti-tank Division with 12x 100mm vz. 53 anti-tank cannons and 6x BRDM-2 vehicles in the anti-tank variant with Konkurs anti-tank missiles 91st Pontoon Regiment in Litoměřice 1st Signal Regiment in Plzeň-Bory 1st Signal Battalion 2nd Signal Battalion 3rd Signal Battalion 11th Long Distance Signal Communications Regiment in Plzeň 3rd Electronic Warfare Regiment in Mariánské Lázně 71st Special Purpose Electronic Intelligence Regiment in Kladno 71st Radio Surveying HF Company 71st Radio Surveying VHF Company 71st Radio Surveying and Targeting Company 71st Automatic Radio Surveying and Targeting Company 71st Combat Support and Services Company 1st Reconnaissance Artillery Division in Holýšov 1st Radio-technical Battalion in Holýšov Light Radio-technical Company Heavy Radio-technical Company Signal Company 103rd Chemical Defence Battalion in Lešany 11th Road Construction Battalion in Horažďovice 1st Radiation Center in Příbram 1st Command and Reconnaissance Squadron in Plzeň-Bory 1st Helicopter Detachment with 2x Mi-2 helicopters to support the 1st Tank Division in wartime 2nd Helicopter Detachment with 2x Mi-2 helicopters to support the 2nd Motor Rifle Division in wartime 19th Helicopter Detachment with 2x Mi-2 helicopters to support the 19th Motor Rifle Division in wartime 20th Helicopter Detachment with 2x Mi-2 helicopters to support the 20th Motor Rifle Division in wartime 1st Air Base and Electronic Support Company 101st Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Reconnaissance Squadron in Stříbro with Tupolev Tu-143 VR-3 Rejs drones 11th Signal and Radio-technical Services Company in Příbram 4th Army[edit] 4th Army Structure in 1989 (click to enlarge) 4th Army in Písek: 4th Headquarters Battalion in Písek 3rd Motor Rifle Division in Kroměříž (in case of full mobilization would have also formed the 26th Motor Rifle Division) 33rd Tank Regiment in Přáslavice 4th Motor Rifle Regiment in Hodonín with OT-64 wheeled armored transports vehicles 5th Motor Rifle Regiment in Mikulov with BVP-1 tracked infantry fighting vehicles 6th Motor Rifle Regiment in Uherské Hradiště with OT-64 wheeled armored transports vehicles 361st Artillery Regiment in Hranice 14th Separate Rocket Launcher Division in Přáslavice with 9K52 Luna-M artillery rocket systems 3rd Command and Artillery Reconnaissance Battery in Kroměříž 13th Anti-Aircraft Regiment in Bzenec 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion in Kroměříž 2nd Engineer Battalion in Břeclav 3rd Signal Battalion in Kroměříž 3rd Supply Battalion in Kroměříž 3rd Maintenance Battalion in Kroměříž 13th Chemical Defence Battalion in Bzenec 13th Medical Battalion 4th Tank Division in Havlíčkův Brod 7th Tank Regiment in Jindřichův Hradec 8th Tank Regiment in Jihlava 13th Tank Regiment in Čáslav 9th Motor Rifle Regiment in Znojmo with BVP-1 tracked infantry fighting vehicles 6th Artillery Regiment in Jemnice 4th Separate Rocket Launcher Division in Jemčina with 9K52 Luna-M artillery rocket systems 4th Command and Artillery Reconnaissance Battery in Havlíčkův Brod 4th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment in Bzenec with 2K12 Kub surface-to-air missile systems 4th Reconnaissance Battalion in Jindřichův Hradec 6th Engineer Battalion in Jindřichův Hradec 5th Signal Battalion in Havlíčkův Brod 4th Supply Battalion in Havlíčkův Brod 4th Maintenance Battalion in Jihlava 6th Chemical Defence Battalion in Havlíčkův Brod 6th Medical Battalion 9th Tank Division in Tábor 14th Tank Regiment in Písek 17th Tank Regiment in Týn nad Vltavou 18th Tank Regiment in Tábor 79th Motor Rifle Regiment in Benešov with BVP-1 tracked infantry fighting vehicles 362nd Artillery Regiment in Lešany 9th Separate Rocket Launcher Division in Jistebnice with OTR-21 Tochka tactical ballistic missiles 9th Command and Artillery Reconnaissance Battery in Jistebnice 9th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment in Strakonice with 2K12 Kub surface-to-air missile systems 9th Reconnaissance Battalion in Kašperské Hory 8th Engineer Battalion in Týn nad Vltavou 9th Signal Battalion in Tábor 9th Supply Battalion in Písek 9th Maintenance Battalion in Písek 4th Chemical Defence Battalion in Vráž 4th Medical Battalion 15th Motor Rifle Division in České Budějovice (in case of full mobilization would have also formed the 18th Motor Rifle Division) 20th Tank Regiment in České Budějovice 51st Motor Rifle Regiment in Český Krumlov with OT-64 wheeled armored transports vehicles 62nd Motor Rifle Regiment in Prachatice with BVP-1 tracked infantry fighting vehicles 68th Motor Rifle Regiment in Vimperk with OT-64 wheeled armored transports vehicles 36th Artillery Regiment in České Budějovice 15th Separate Rocket Launcher Division in Vimperk with 9K52 Luna-M artillery rocket systems 15th Command and Artillery Reconnaissance Battery in České Budějovice 1st Anti-Aircraft Regiment in České Budějovice 15th Reconnaissance Battalion in Vimperk 15th Engineer Battalion in České Budějovice 1st Signal Battalion in České Budějovice 15th Supply Battalion in Kaplice 15th Maintenance Battalion in České Budějovice 1st Chemical Defence Battalion in České Budějovice 1st Medical Battalion 331st Heavy Artillery Brigade in Hranice 31st Heavy Artillery Division with SS-1C Scud-B tactical ballistic missiles 32nd Heavy Artillery Division with SS-1C Scud-B tactical ballistic missiles 31st Artillery Base in Kostelec nad Orlicí servicing the missiles of the 331st Heavy Artillery Brigade 332nd Cannon Artillery Brigade in Jičín Command and Artillery Reconnaissance Battery 1st Cannon Artillery Division with 18x 130mm M1954 towed howitzers 2nd Cannon Artillery Division with 18x 130mm M1954 towed howitzers 3rd Cannon Artillery Division with 18x 152mm SpGH DANA self-propelled howitzers 4th Cannon Artillery Division with 18x 152mm SpGH DANA self-propelled howitzers 5th Cannon Artillery Division with 18x 152mm SpGH DANA self-propelled howitzers 1st Engineer Brigade in Pardubice 107th Engineer Battalion 108th Engineer Battalion 109th Engineer Battalion 1st Engineer Roadblocking Battalion 1st Engineer Transit Battalion 4th Supply Brigade in Pacov 41st Transport Battalion in Pacov 42nd Transport Battalion in Pacov 43rd Transport Battalion in Písek 44th Transport Battalion in Kaplice 45th Fuel Transport Battalion in Benešov 97th Medical Evacuation Battalion in Pacov 251st Anti-aircraft Missile Regiment in Kroměříž with 20x 2K12 Kub systems Headquarters Battery 1st Firing Battery 2nd Firing Battery 3rd Firing Battery 4th Firing Battery 5th Firing Battery Technical Battery 217th Anti-tank Regiment in Lešany 1st Anti-tank Division with 12x 100mm vz. 53 anti-tank cannons and 6x BRDM-2 vehicles in the anti-tank variant with Konkurs anti-tank missiles 2nd Anti-tank Division with 12x 100mm vz. 53 anti-tank cannons and 6x BRDM-2 vehicles in the anti-tank variant with Konkurs anti-tank missiles 3rd Anti-tank Division with 12x 100mm vz. 53 anti-tank cannons and 6x BRDM-2 vehicles in the anti-tank variant with Konkurs anti-tank missiles 72nd Pontoon Regiment in Kamýk nad Vltavou 2nd Signal Regiment in Písek 1st Signal Battalion 2nd Signal Battalion 3rd Signal Battalion 24th Long Distance Signal Communications Regiment in Písek 4th Electronic Warfare Regiment in Český Krumlov 74th Special Purpose Electronic Intelligence Regiment in Horažďovice 74th Radio Surveying HF Company 74th Radio Surveying VHF Company 74th Radio Surveying and Targeting Company 74th Automatic Radio Surveying and Targeting Company 74th Combat Support and Services Company 5th Reconnaissance Artillery Division in Rychnov nad Kněžnou 4th Radio-technical Battalion in Vimperk Light Radio-technical Company Heavy Radio-technical Company Signal Company 105th Chemical Defence Battalion in Jaroměř 14th Road Construction Battalion in Vimperk 4th Radiation Center in Písek 52nd Command and Reconnaissance Squadron in Havlíčkův Brod 3rd Helicopter Detachment with 2x Mi-2 helicopters to support the 3rd Motor Rifle Division in wartime 4th Helicopter Detachment with 2x Mi-2 helicopters to support the 4th Tank Division in wartime 9th Helicopter Detachment with 2x Mi-2 helicopters to support the 9th Tank Division in wartime 15th Helicopter Detachment with 2x Mi-2 helicopters to support the 15th Motor Rifle Division in wartime 52nd Air Base and Electronic Support Company 104th Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Reconnaissance Squadron in Strakonice with Tupolev Tu-143 VR-3 Rejs drones 4th Signal and Radio-technical Services Company in Strakonice Eastern Military District[edit] District HQ 13th Tank Division 14th Tank Division 30th Motor Rifle Division Eastern Military District main units and Soviet formations (in red) in 1989 Eastern Military District Operational Structure in 1989 (click to enlarge) Eastern Military District in Trenčín corresponding to the Slovak Socialist Republic. In case of war the district would have been supported by the 30th Guards Motor Rifle Division of the Soviet Union's Central Group of Forces. 2nd Headquarters Battalion in Trenčín Eastern Military District Staff Operation Department Organization and Mobilization Department Penitentiary Battalion in Sabinov Regional Administrative Military Commands Political Department Signal Department 2nd Signal Center in Trenčín 42nd Signal Battalion in Trenčín 2nd Computing Center in Trenčín Signal Specialist Training Center in Poprad 2nd District Signal Depot and Repair in Nové Mesto nad Váhom Military Signal Office Banská Bystrica Military Signal Office Bratislava Military Signal Office Košice Intelligence Department Topographical Department 2nd District Topographic Depot in Kremnica with detachments in Trenčín and Nemšová 2nd District Map Production Detachment in Nemšová 8th Department (Counter-espionage) Artillery and Rocket Troops Department Artillery and Rocket Armament Department Air Defence Troops Department Engineer Troops Department 2nd District Engineer Depot in Nové Mesto nad Váhom 6th Engineer Brigade in Sereď 167th Engineer Battalion 168th Engineer Battalion 169th Engineer Battalion 6th Engineer Roadblocking Battalion 6th Engineer Transit Battalion Combat Training Department Military Training Area Kežmarok Military Training Area Lešť Military Training Area Turecký Vrch Military Training Area Kamenica nad Cirochou Chemical Troops Department 2nd Radiation Center in Trenčín Civil Defence Department 5th Civil Defence Regiment in Žilina 6th Civil Defence Regiment in Malacky Tank and Automobile Department 2nd District Tank and Automobile Depot in Nemšová 4th Supply Brigade in Hlohovec 18th Transport Battalion in Michalovce 71st Transport Battalion in Prešov 72nd Transport Battalion in Brezno 75th Transport Battalion in Trnava 76th Transport Battalion in Zvolen 77th Transport Battalion in Hlohovec 78th Transport Battalion in Žilina 79th Fuel Transport Battalion in Michalovce 99th Medical Evacuation Battalion in Komárno Political Department 2nd District Political and Educational Material Depot in Trenčín Personnel Department Construction and Accommodation Department Regional Military Construction and Accommodation Office Banská Bystrica Regional Military Construction and Accommodation Office Bratislava Regional Military Construction and Accommodation Office Košice 2nd Road Construction Company in Kežmarok 3rd Road Construction Company in Záhorie Educational Department Air Force Military School in Prešov (Ground crews, flying crews and weather service school) Military School Martin (Infantry school) Military School Nitra (Tank and truck driving school) Military School Nové Mesto nad Váhom (Signal school) Military School Žilina (Chemical Defence, construction and accommodation school) Military School Liptovský Mikuláš (Air-defence school) Military School Valašské Meziříčí (Supply and transport school) Military Music School in Roudnice nad Labem Military Secondary School "Jan Žižka" Opava Military Secondary School "Jan Žižka" Moravská Třebová Military Secondary School "Jan Žižka" Praha Military Secondary School "Slovak National Uprising" in Banská Bystrica Fuels and Lubricants Department Equipment Department 2nd District Chemical Depot in Čereňany 2nd District Equipment Depot in Vrútky Equipment Maintenance Base Zvolen Equipment Maintenance Base Nitra Military Transport Department Regional Military Traffic Office Banska Bystrica Regional Military Traffic Office Bratislava Regional Military Traffic Office Košice Quartermaster Department 2nd District Quartermaster Depot in Nitra Medical Department 2nd District Medical Depot in Liptovský Mikuláš Military Hospital Bratislava with detachments in Plavecké Podhradie and Trnava Military Hospital Košice with a detachment Podolínec Military Hospital Ružomberok with a detachment in Vrútky 2nd District Hygienic Epidemiological Detachment in Bratislava 4th Veterinary Detachment in Trnava 13th Tank Division in Topoľčany (in case of full mobilization would have also formed the 17th Tank Division) 10th Tank Regiment in Martin 15th Tank Regiment in Martin 64th Tank Regiment in Levice 8th Motor Rifle Regiment in Vajnory with BVP-1 tracked infantry fighting vehicles 3rd Artillery Regiment in Senica 16th Separate Rocket Launcher Division in Bratislava with 9K52 Luna-M artillery rocket systems 13th Command and Artillery Reconnaissance Battery in Topoľčany 3rd Anti-Aircraft Regiment in Nitra 13th Reconnaissance Battalion in Bratislava 1st Engineer Battalion in Sereď 13th Signal Battalion in Topoľčany 13th Supply Battalion in Hlohovec 13th Maintenance Battalion in Martin 3rd Chemical Defence Battalion in Topoľčany 3rd Medical Battalion in Topoľčany 14th Tank Division in Prešov (in case of full mobilization would have also formed the 32nd Motor Rifle Division) 60th Tank Regiment in Kežmarok 103rd Tank Regiment in Humenné 55th Motor Rifle Regiment in Trebišov with OT-64 wheeled armored transports vehicles 63rd Motor Rifle Regiment in Michalovce with BVP-1 tracked infantry fighting vehicles 49th Artillery Regiment in Brezno 21st Separate Rocket Launcher Division in Brezno with 9K52 Luna-M artillery rocket systems 14th Command and Artillery Reconnaissance Battery in Prešov 10th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment in Poprad with 2K12 Kub surface-to-air missile systems 14th Reconnaissance Battalion in Prešov 10th Engineer Battalion in Banská Bystrica 14th Signal Battalion in Prešov 14th Supply Battalion in Bardejov 14th Maintenance Battalion in Prešov 10th Chemical Defence Battalion in Prešov 10th Medical Battalion in Prešov Air Forces Command[edit] Air Forces Command Structure in 1989 (click to enlarge) Air Force Command in Prague 3rd Air Transport Regiment at Prague Airport Mixed Special Purpose Squadron flying Mi-8PS-11 (VIP Transport) Air Traffic Control Center Prague Airport Air Traffic Control Center Bratislava Airport Air Force Logistics in Prague 1st Air Force Construction Battalion in Opatovice nad Labem Air Force Maintenance Base Trenčín Air Force Maintenance Base Banská Bystrica 6th Fuels and Lubricants Depot in Zemianske Kostoľany Air Defence Supply (Ammunition) Base in Dětřichov nad Bystřicí Central Air Storage Base in Štěpánov 1st Central Technical Material Depot in Štěpánov 2nd Central Technical Material Depot in Bruntál 3rd Central Air Force Depot in Zvolen 5th Central Air Force Depot in Maršová-Rašov 6th Central Arms and Ammunition Depot in Konice Airborne Material and Equipment Depot in Čeladná 10th Air Army[edit] 10th Air Army in Hradec Králové 10th Headquarters Battalion in Hradec Králové 1st Mixed Air-Transport Regiment in Ostrava 1st Squadron flying An-12 and An-26 planes 2nd Squadron flying L-410 planes 3rd Squadron flying Mi-17 helicopters 25th Air Base Battalion 52nd Electronic Support Battalion 11th Helicopter Regiment in Plzeň 1st Attack Squadron flying Mi-24D helicopters 2nd Attack Squadron flying Mi-24V helicopters 3rd Squadron flying Mi-17 helicopters 111th Air Base Battalion 11th Signal and Electronic Support Company 47th Air-Reconnaissance Regiment in Hradec Králové 1st Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron flying MiG-21R 2nd Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron flying Su-22M4 3rd Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron flying Aero L-29R 24th Air Base Battalion 2nd Electronic Support Battalion in Pardubice 12th Electronic Support Battalion in Hradec Králové 1st Air Base Company "S" 51st Helicopter Regiment in Prostějov 1st Squadron flying Mi-8 helicopters 2nd Squadron flying Mi-24D helicopters 3rd Squadron flying Mi-17 helicopters 51st Air Base Battalion 51st Signal and Electronic Support Company 10th Signal Regiment in Klecany Headquarters Company 1st Signal Battalion 2nd Signal Battalion 3rd Signal Battalion 10th Signal Cable Laying Battalion in Klecany 10th Signal Center in Hradec Králové 10th Radar Center in Hradec Králové 2nd Air Force Construction Battalion in Bechyně 3rd Air Force Construction Battalion in Plzeň 46th Air Troops Maintenance Center in Brno 49th Fuel Transport Battalion in Čáslav 10th Air Army Base in Pardubice 10th Air Army Technical Material Depot in Rakovník 10th Air Army Ammunition Depot in Chrast with a detachment in Rakovník 10th Air Army Signals and Electronic Support Maintenance Center in Olomouc Air Force Training Base in Kuchyňa for live fire exercises 77th Air Base and Electronic Support Company 1st Air Force Training Center in Ostrava training troops for maintenance units 2nd Air Force Training Center in Olomouc training troops for air base operationing units Air Force Electronic Support Training Center in Prostějov training troops for electronic support units 1st Fighter Division[edit] 1st Fighter Division in Bechyně 4th Fighter Regiment in Pardubice 4th Fighter Regiment Command Post 1st Fighter Squadron flying MiG-21MF 2nd Fighter Squadron flying MiG-21MF 3rd Fighter Squadron flying MiG-21MA 6th Air Base Battalion 22nd Electronic Support Battalion 5th Fighter Regiment in Dobřany 5th Fighter Regiment Command Post 1st Fighter Squadron flying MiG-21MF 2nd Fighter Squadron flying MiG-21MF 3rd Fighter Squadron flying MiG-21MA 18th Air Base Battalion 3rd Electronic Support Battalion 9th Fighter Regiment in Bechyně 9th Fighter Regiment Command Post 1st Fighter Squadron flying MiG-21PF 2nd Fighter Squadron flying MiG-21PF 3rd Fighter Squadron flying MiG-21PF 4th Fighter Squadron flying MiG-21PFM 10th Air Base Battalion 10th Electronic Support Battalion 31st Signal and Radio-technical Service Battalion in Bechyně 31st Air Force Maintenance Battalion in Dobřany 34th Fighter-Bomber Division[edit] 34th Fighter-Bomber Division in Čáslav 6th Fighter-Bomber Regiment in Přerov 6th Fighter-Bomber Regiment Command Post 1st Fighter-Bomber Squadron flying MiG-21MF 2nd Fighter-Bomber Squadron flying Su-22M4 11th Air Base Battalion 1st Electronic Support Battalion 20th Fighter-Bomber Regiment in Náměšť nad Oslavou 20th Fighter-Bomber Regiment Command Post 1st Fighter-Bomber Squadron flying Su-22M4 2nd Fighter-Bomber Squadron flying Su-22M4 19th Air Base Battalion 51st Electronic Support Battalion 28th Fighter Bomber Regiment in Čáslav 28th Fighter-Bomber Regiment Command Post 1st Fighter-Bomber Squadron flying MiG-23BN 2nd Fighter-Bomber Squadron flying MiG-23BN 21st Air Base Battalion 7th Electronic Support Battalion 30th Ground Attack Regiment in Pardubice 30th Ground Attack Regiment Command Post 1st Ground Attack Squadron flying Su-25K 2nd Ground Attack Squadron flying Su-25K 22nd Air Base Battalion 12th Electronic Support Battalion 34th Signal and Radio-technical Service Battalion in Čáslav 34th Air Force Maintenance Battalion in Čáslav Air Defence Command[edit] Air Defence Command Structure in 1989 (click to enlarge) Air Defence Command in Stará Boleslav (named: 7th Air Defence Army until 1976) Air Defence Central Command Post in Stará Boleslav 7th Headquarters Battalion in Stará Boleslav 17th Signal Regiment in Stará Boleslav 7th Electronic Warfare Battalion in České Budějovice Command and Control Company On-board Radar Jammer Company Radio Navigation and VHF Signal Jammer Company 7th Air Defence Signals and Electronic Support Maintenance Battalion in Stará Boleslav 7th Air Defence Maintenance Battalion in České Budějovice Air Defence Weather Center in Prague Slovakia Weather Forecasting Center in Bratislava Air Defence Training Center in Karviná training troops for anti-aircraft missile units Air Defence Radio-technical Training Center in Zvolen training troops for radio-technical units 2nd Air Defence Division[edit] 2nd Air Defence Division in Brno 2nd Air Defence Division Command Post in Rebešovice Ground Control Intercept 1 - Tuřany radar station Ground Control Intercept 2 - Stará Ves nad Ondřejnicí radar station Ground Control Intercept 3 - Hlohovec radar station Ground Control Intercept 4 - Močiar radar station Ground Control Intercept 5 - Mierovo radar station 2nd Headquarters Battalion in Rebešovice 8th Fighter Regiment at Brno–Tuřany Airport 8th Fighter Regiment Command Post 1st Fighter Squadron flying MiG-21PF 2nd Fighter Squadron flying MiG-21PF 3rd Fighter Squadron flying MiG-21PFM 31st Air Base Battalion 17th Electronic Support Battalion 76th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade in Brno[2] defending the city of Brno 76th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade Command Post at Brno–Tuřany Airport 1st Anti-Aircraft Missile Division in Rohozec with S-75M Volkhov high-altitude air defence systems 2nd Anti-Aircraft Missile Division in Ketkovice with S-75M Volkhov high-altitude air defence systems 3rd Anti-Aircraft Missile Division in Vranovice with S-75M Volkhov high-altitude air defence systems 4th Anti-Aircraft Missile Division in Kobeřice u Brna with S-75M Volkhov high-altitude air defence systems 5th Anti-Aircraft Missile Division in Brno-Líšeň with S-125 Neva mobile air defence systems 6th Anti-Aircraft Missile Division in Sokolnice with S-125 Neva mobile air defence systems 7th Anti-Aircraft Missile Division in Ořechov with S-125 Neva mobile air defence systems 8th Anti-Aircraft Missile Division in Omice with S-125 Neva mobile air defence systems 1st Technical Division in Neslovice Anti-Aircraft Missile Group of the 76th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade in Rapotice 9th Anti-Aircraft Missile Division in Rapotice with S-200 Vega long range air defence systems 10th Anti-Aircraft Missile Division in Rapotice with S-200 Vega long range air defence systems 2nd Technical Division in Rapotice 77th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment in Ostrava defending the city of Ostrava 1st Anti-Aircraft Missile Division in Oldřišov with S-75M Volkhov high-altitude air defence systems 2nd Anti-Aircraft Missile Division in Stará Ves nad Ondřejnicí with S-75M Volkhov high-altitude air defence systems 3rd Anti-Aircraft Missile Division in Nový Jičín with S-75M Volkhov high-altitude air defence systems 4th Anti-Aircraft Missile Division in Frýdek-Místek with S-75M Volkhov high-altitude air defence systems 1st Technical Division in Frýdek-Místek 186th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade in Pezinok defending the city of Bratislava 1st Anti-Aircraft Missile Division in Lozorno with S-75M Volkhov high-altitude air defence systems 2nd Anti-Aircraft Missile Division in Pezinok with S-75M Volkhov high-altitude air defence systems 3rd Anti-Aircraft Missile Division in Rohovce with S-75M Volkhov high-altitude air defence systems 4th Anti-Aircraft Missile Division in Kalinkovo with S-75M Volkhov high-altitude air defence systems 5th Anti-Aircraft Missile Division in Stupava with S-75M Volkhov high-altitude air defence systems 6th Anti-Aircraft Missile Division in Devínska Nová Ves with S-75M Volkhov high-altitude air defence systems 7th Anti-Aircraft Missile Division in Rusovce with S-125 Neva mobile air defence systems 8th Anti-Aircraft Missile Division in Most pri Bratislave with S-125 Neva mobile air defence systems 1st Technical Division in Viničné 2nd Radio-technical Brigade in Brno 22nd Headquarters Battalion in Brno 61st Radar Battalion in Brno Command Post of 61st Electronic Battalion in Brno-Tuřany Command Company in Sokolnice 610th Radar Company in Sokolnice operating the Tuřany radar station 611th Mobile Radar Company in Moravské Budějovice 612th Mobile Radar Company in Božice 613th Mobile Radar Company in Lavičky 62nd Radar Battalion in Stará Ves nad Ondřejnicí Command Post of 62nd Electronic Battalion in Stará Ves nad Ondřejnicí Command Company in Stará Ves nad Ondřejnicí 620th Radar Company in Stará Ves nad Ondřejnicí operating the Stará Ves nad Ondřejnicí radar station 621st Mobile Radar Company in Chropyně 622nd Mobile Radar Company in Polička 63rd Radar Battalion in Hlohovec Command Post of 63rd Electronic Battalion in Hlohovec Command Company in Hlohovec 630th Radar Company in Hlohovec operating the Hlohovec radar station 631st Mobile Radar Company in Starý Hrozenkov 632nd Mobile Radar Company in Šurany 64th Radar Battalion in Zvolen Command Post of 64th Electronic Battalion in Močiar Command Company in Zvolen 640th Radar Company in Močiar operating the Močiar radar station 641st Mobile Radar Company in Cerovo 642nd Mobile Radar Company in Veľká Ida 65th Radar Battalion in Mierovo Command Post of 65th Electronic Battalion in Mierovo Command Company in Mierovo 650th Radar Company in Mierovo operating the Mierovo radar station 651st Mobile Radar Company in Moravská Nová Ves 652nd Mobile Radar Company in Zohor 653rd Mobile Radar Company in Rusovce 22nd Signal Battalion in Brno Weather Radar and Meteorological Center Brno 3rd Air Defence Division[edit] 3rd Air Defence Division in Žatec 3rd Air Defence Division Command Post in Větrušice Ground Control Intercept 1 - Lažany radar station Ground Control Intercept 2 - Stod radar station Ground Control Intercept 3 - Třebotovice radar station Ground Control Intercept 4 - Nepolisy radar station Ground Control Intercept 5 - Planá radar station Ground Control Intercept 6 - Drnov radar station 3rd Headquarters Battalion in Žatec and Větrušice 1st Fighter Regiment in České Budějovice 1st Fighter Regiment Command Post 1st Fighter Squadron flying MiG-23MF 2nd Fighter Squadron flying MiG-23MF 3rd Fighter Squadron flying MiG-23MF 4th Fighter Squadron flying MiG-23ML 1st Air Base Battalion 6th Electronic Support Battalion 11th Fighter Regiment in Žatec 11th Fighter Regiment Command Post 1st Fighter Squadron flying MiG-29 2nd Fighter Squadron flying MiG-29 3rd Fighter Squadron flying MiG-29 23rd Air Base Battalion 5th Electronic Support Battalion 71st Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade in Drnov defending the Central Bohemian Region with the capital Prague 71st Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade Command Post in Drnov 1st Anti-Aircraft Missile Division in Přestavlky with S-75M Volkhov high-altitude air defence systems 2nd Anti-Aircraft Missile Division in Kačice with S-75M Volkhov high-altitude air defence systems 3rd Anti-Aircraft Missile Division in Zdejcina with S-75M Volkhov high-altitude air defence systems 4th Anti-Aircraft Missile Division in Stará Huť with S-75M Volkhov high-altitude air defence systems 5th Anti-Aircraft Missile Division in Bukovany with S-75M Volkhov high-altitude air defence systems 6th Anti-Aircraft Missile Division in Přehvozdí with S-75M Volkhov high-altitude air defence systems 7th Anti-Aircraft Missile Division in Vlkava with S-75M Volkhov high-altitude air defence systems 8th Anti-Aircraft Missile Division in Byšice with S-75M Volkhov high-altitude air defence systems 9th Anti-Aircraft Missile Division in Miskovice with S-125 Neva mobile air defence systems 10th Anti-Aircraft Missile Division in Jeneč with S-125 Neva mobile air defence systems 11th Anti-Aircraft Missile Division in Točná with S-125 Neva mobile air defence systems 12th Anti-Aircraft Missile Division in Velké Přílepy with S-125 Neva mobile air defence systems 13th Anti-Aircraft Missile Division in Přelíc with S-125 Neva mobile air defence systems 14th Anti-Aircraft Missile Division in Bratronice with S-125 Neva mobile air defence systems 15th Anti-Aircraft Missile Division in Mořina with S-125 Neva mobile air defence systems 16th Anti-Aircraft Missile Division in Mníšek pod Brdy with S-125 Neva mobile air defence systems 1st Technical Division in Chyňava 2nd Technical Division in Stará Boleslav Anti-Aircraft Missile Group of the 71st Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade in Dobříš 17th Anti-Aircraft Missile Division in Dobříš with S-200 Vega long range air defence systems 18th Anti-Aircraft Missile Division in Dobříš with S-200 Vega long range air defence systems 19th Anti-Aircraft Missile Division in Dobříš with S-200 Vega long range air defence systems 3rd Technical Division in Dobříš 185th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment in Kralovice defending the city of Plzeň 2nd Anti-Aircraft Missile Division in Bochov with S-75M Volkhov high-altitude air defence systems 3rd Anti-Aircraft Missile Division in Pernarec with S-75M Volkhov high-altitude air defence systems 4th Anti-Aircraft Missile Division in Přeštice with S-75M Volkhov high-altitude air defence systems 5th Anti-Aircraft Missile Division in Nové Mitrovice with S-75M Volkhov high-altitude air defence systems 1st Technical Division in Hadačka 3rd Radio-technical Brigade in Chomutov 33rd Headquarters Battalion in Chomutov 51st Radar Battalion in Hrušovany Command Post of 51st Electronic Battalion in Lažany Command Company in Lažany 510th Radar Company Lažany operating the Lažany radar station 511th Mobile Radar Company in Mikulášovice 512th Mobile Radar Company in Martiněves 52nd Radar Battalion in Stod Command Post of 52nd Electronic Battalion in Stod Command Company in Stod 520th Radar Company in Stod operating the Stod radar station 521st Mobile Radar Company in Poleň 522nd Mobile Radar Company in Zhůří 523rd Mobile Radar Company in Katovice 53rd Radar Battalion in Třebotovice Command Post of 53rd Electronic Battalion in Třebotovice Command Company in Třebotovice 530th Radar Company in Třebotovice operating the Třebotovice radar station 531st Mobile Radar Company in Třeboň 532nd Mobile Radar Company in Přední Výtoň 533rd Mobile Radar Company in Horní Vltavice 534th Mobile Radar Company in Nová Bystřice 54th Radar Battalion in Nepolisy Command Post of 54th Electronic Battalion in Nepolisy Command Company in Nepolisy 540th Radar Company in Nepolisy operating the Nepolisy radar station 541st Mobile Radar Company in Chrášťany 542nd Mobile Radar Company in Senožaty 543rd Mobile Radar Company in Adršpach 55th Radar Battalion in Planá Command Post of 55th Electronic Battalion in Planá Command Company in Planá 550th Radar Company in Planá operating the Planá radar station 551st Mobile Radar Company in Aš 552nd Mobile Radar Company in Hřebečná 56th Radar Battalion in Drnov Command Post of 56th Electronic Battalion in Drnov Command Company in Drnov 560th Radar Company in Drnov operating the Drnov radar station 561st Mobile Radar Company in Jesenice 562nd Mobile Radar Company in Břasy 563rd Mobile Radar Company in Ratiboř 23rd Signal Battalion in Žatec Weather Radar and Meteorological Center Žatec Regimental and Battalion Organization[edit] Below follow the organizations of the regiments in the Tank and Motor Rifle divisions: By the end of the Cold War the standard main battle tank in the Czechoslovak tank regiments was the T-72M or T-72M1 of which Czechoslovakia had built 973. Some of the tank units in motor rifle divisions still fielded the locally produced T-54A. Tank Regiment: Command Platoon Reconnaissance Company (3x Reconnaissance Platoons) 3x Tank Battalions (each: Command Squad, 3x Tank Companies, Maintenance Squad, Supply Platoon, Battalion First Aid Station) Motor Rifle Company (Only in tank regiments of tank divisions) Rocket Launcher Battery (Command Platoon, 3x Firing Platoons with two RM-51 130mm multiple rocket launchers each, Supply Platoon) Anti-aircraft Battery (Command Squad, 2x Anti-aircraft Platoons with 6x M53/59 Praga twin 30mm self-propelled anti-aircraft guns each, Supply Squad. By 1989 only the 1st and 9th Tank divisions had replaced the 6x M53/59 Praga in their 2nd Anti-aircraft platoon with 4x 9K35 Strela-10 tracked self-propelled anti-aircraft missile systems. With the end of the Cold War further acquisitions for the other tank divisions were canceled.) Signal Company (Signal Platoon, Radio Platoon) Engineer Company (Engineer Platoon, Machinery Platoon) Chemical Defence Company (Command Squad, Radiation and Chemical Reconnaissance Platoon, Special Decontamination Platoon) Maintenance Company (Tracked Vehicles Workshop, Wheeled Vehicles Workshop, Armament Workshop, Signal Workshop, Special Workshop, Vehicle-towing Squad) Supply Company (2x Transport Platoons, Materiel Supply Squad, Water Treatment Squad, Food Supply Squad) Regimental First Aid Station Motor rifle units fielded the locally produced BVP-1 tracked infantry fighting vehicle and the OT-64 wheeled armored transports vehicle. Motor Rifle Regiment: Command Platoon Reconnaissance Company (3x Reconnaissance Platoons) 3x Motor Rifle Battalions (each: Command Squad, 3x Motor Rifle Companies, Mortar Battery, Anti-tank Guided Missile Platoon, Anti-aircraft Platoon, Signal Squad, Maintenance Squad, Supply Platoon, Battalion First Aid Station) Tank Battalion (Command Squad, 3x Tank Companies, Maintenance Squad, Supply Platoon, Battalion First Aid Station) Anti-tank Guided Missile Battery (Command Squad, 3x Firing Platoons, ATGM Training Squad; armed with Konkurs anti-tank guided missiles) Rocket Launcher Battery (Command Platoon, 3x Firing Platoons with two RM-51 130mm multiple rocket launchers each, Supply Platoon) Anti-aircraft Battery (Command Squad, 3x Anti-aircraft Platoons with 6x M53/59 Praga twin 30mm self-propelled anti-aircraft guns each, Supply Squad. By 1989 only the 15th Motor Rifle division had replaced the 6x M53/59 Praga in its 2nd Anti-aircraft platoon with 4x 9K35 Strela-10 tracked self-propelled anti-aircraft missile systems. With the end of the Cold War further acquisitions for the other motor rifle divisions were canceled.) Signal Company (Signal Platoon, Radio Platoon) Engineer Company (Engineer Platoon, Machinery Platoon) Chemical Defence Company (Command Squad, Radiation and Chemical Reconnaissance Platoon, Special Decontamination Platoon) Maintenance Company (Tracked Vehicles Workshop, Wheeled Vehicles Workshop, Armament Workshop, Signal Workshop, Special Workshop, Vehicle-towing Squad) Supply Company (2x Transport Platoons, Materiel Supply Squad, Water Treatment Squad, Food Supply Squad) Regimental First Aid Station Divisional artillery regiments were organized as follows: (Note: 1st Army divisional artillery regiments replaced their 122mm M1938 towed howitzers with 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled howitzers in the late 1980s)[3][4] Artillery Regiment: Command and Artillery Reconnaissance Battery 1st Artillery Division with 18x 122mm M1938 towed howitzers (Command Platoon, 3x Firing batteries, Signal Platoon, Supply Platoon, Maintenance Platoon, First Aid Station) 2nd Artillery Division with 18x 122mm M1938 towed howitzers (Command Platoon, 3x Firing batteries, Signal Platoon, Supply Platoon, Maintenance Platoon, First Aid Station) 3rd Artillery Division with 18x 152mm SpGH DANA self-propelled howitzers in tank divisions, respectively 18x 152mm M1937 S towed howitzers in motor rifle divisions (Command Platoon, 3x Firing batteries, Signal Platoon, Supply Platoon, Maintenance Platoon, First Aid Station) Rocket-Launcher Division with 18x RM-70 122mm multiple rocket launchers (Command Platoon, 3x Firing batteries, Signal Platoon, Supply Platoon, Maintenance Platoon, First Aid Station) Anti-Tank Division with 12x 100mm vz. 53 anti-tank cannons and 6x BRDM-2 in the anti-tank version armed with Konkurs anti-tank missiles (Only in Motor Rifle Divisions; Command Platoon, 3x Firing batteries, Signal Platoon, Supply Platoon, Maintenance Platoon, First Aid Station) Fire Support Battery Sound-ranging and Reconnaissance Battery Supply Battery Maintenance Battery Divisional anti-aircraft missile regiment were organized as follows and began to introduce either 20x 2K12 Kub or 20x 9K33 Osa surface-to-air missile systems in the early 1980s. When the Cold War ended all divisions except for the 13th Tank division and the 3rd and 15th Motor Rifle divisions had received Kub or Osa systems: Anti-aircraft Missile Regiment: Headquarters Battery 1st Firing Battery 2nd Firing Battery 3rd Firing Battery 4th Firing Battery 5th Firing Battery Technical Battery Civil defence regiments supported the authorities during times of national disaster: Civil Defence Regiment: Engineer Battalion Chemical Defence Battalion Premedical Care Battalion Divisional reconnaissance battalions were organized as follows: Reconnaissance Battalion: Headquarters and Staff 1st Reconnaissance Company 2nd Reconnaissance Company Long Range Reconnaissance Company SIGINT Company Signal Platoon Support Platoon Divisional separate rocket launcher divisions were organized as follows:[5] Separate Rocket Launcher Division: Command Battery 1st Firing Battery with 2x ballistic missile launchers 2nd Firing Battery with 2x ballistic missile launchers Signal Battery Technical Support Platoon with 4x missile reloads Divisional Chemical Defence battalions were organized as follows: Chemical Defence Battalion: Radiation and Chemical Reconnaissance Platoon 1st Special Decontamination Company 2nd Special Decontamination Company Maintenance Platoon Source is: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outline_of_the_Czechoslovak_People's_Army_at_the_end_of_the_Cold_War
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Perun Posted April 12, 2022 Author Posted April 12, 2022 (edited) Hungarian Peoples Army 1987 március 1-jével átállt a Néphadsereg hadosztály-ezred szervezetről dandár szervezetre. Na ki tud segíteni összeszedni? V. Hadsereg, Székesfehérvár 5. önálló harckocsiezred (hadműveleti-harcászati rakétadandár), Tapolca ??. harckocsi felderítő zászlóalj (harcászati rakétaosztály), Nagykanizsa ??. harckocsi felderítő zászlóalj (harcászati rakétaosztály), Kiskunfélegyháza ??. harckocsi felderítő zászlóalj (harcászati rakétaosztály), Szentes ??. harckocsi felderítő zászlóalj (harcászati rakétaosztály), Jászberény ??. harckocsi felderítő zászlóalj (harcászati rakétaosztály), Tapolca??? 5. Csobánc sorozatvető tüzérezred, Tapolca 7. légvédelmi rakétaezred, Keszthely 87. Bakony harcihelikopter dandár, Szentkirályszabadja 89. Szolnok vegyes szállítórepülő dandár, Szolnok 34. Bercsényi László felderítő zászlóalj, Szolnok 90. Asbóth Oszkár vezetésbiztosító és futárrepülő ezred, Börgönd 93. Vitéz Háry László vegyes repülő osztály, Tököl 5. Alba Régia rendészeti ezred, Székesfehérvár 15. Esze Tamás híradóezred, Vác 123. Eötvös József vonalépítő híradóezred, Ercsi 52. Hunyadi Mátyás javítóezred, Szabadszállás 60. Szeged műszaki dandár, Szeged 5. elektronikai-harc ezred, Kiskunfélegyháza I. Hadtest, Tata 37. Savaria gépesített lövészdandár, Szombathely 33. ??? gépesített lövészdandár, Zalaegerszeg 25. Klapka György harckocsidandár, Tata 31. Hunyadi János harckocsidandár, Rétság 8. Kinizsi Pál harckocsidandár,Tapolca ??. ??? tüzérdandár, ??? 93. Jurisics Miklós páncéltörő tüzérezred, Szombathely 14. Rába légvédelmi rakétaezred, Győr 18. Br. Nádasdy Ferenc műszaki ezred, Győr??? ??. ??? pontonos hidászezred, ??? 74. Arrabona felderítő zászlóalj, Győr II. Hadtest, Kaposvár 14. Thury György gépesített lövészdandár, Nagykanizsa 26. Bottyán János gépesített lövészdandár, Lenti 108. Mészáros Lázár gépesített lövészdandár, Baja 63. ??? gépesített lövészdandár, Nagyatád 35. Dobó István harckocsidandár, Kalocsa 101. Szigetvári Zrínyi Miklós tüzérdandár, Pécs 44. Tóth Ágoston tüzérdandár, Marcali 27. Magyar Bálint páncéltörő tüzérezred, Marcali 18. légvédelmi rakétaezred, Nagykanizsa 13. Türr István műszaki ezred, Baja ??. ??? pontonos hidászezred, ??? ??. ??? felderítő zászlóalj, ??? III. Hadtest, Cegléd 5. Bocskai István gépesített lövészdandár, Mezőtúr 62. Bercsényi Miklós gépesített lövészdandár, Hódmezővásárhely 65. Damjanich János gépesített lövészdandár, Nyíregyháza 80. Török Ignác gépesített lövészdandár, Abasár 145. ??? harckocsidandár, Szabadszállás 10. Dózsa György tüzérdandár, Cegléd 36. Gábor Áron páncéltörő tüzérdandár, Kiskunhalas 15. Kalocsa légvédelmi rakétaezred, Kalocsa 87. Szentes műszaki ezred, Szentes ??. ??? pontonos hidászezred, ??? 24. Bornemissza Gergely felderítő zászlóalj, Eger Budapest Katonai Kerület ??. Honvéd Folyami Flotilla, Újpest 301. Gáspár András műszaki mentőezred, Aszód 32. Budapest őrezred, ??? 40. Galga vezetésbiztosító ezred, Aszód A nyolcvanas évek elején a hadrend a következő volt (vázlatosan) : 5. Hadsereg, Székesfehérvár 7. gépesített lövészhadosztály, Kiskunfélegyháza 8. gépesített lövészhadosztály, Zalaegerszeg 9. gépesített lövészhadosztály, Kaposvár 11. harckocsi hadosztály, Tata 3. Hadtest, Cegléd 4. gépesített lövészhadosztály, Gyöngyös 15. gépesített lövészhadosztály, Nyíregyháza Air force At the end of the Cold War (1989), the Air Defense had... Hungarian units: 11th SAM Brigade, defending Budapest (capital), with 6 S-75M Volhov (SA-2E) and 6 S-125M Neva (SA-3B) batteries. 104th SAM Regiment, defending Dunaujváros (industrial center), with 3 S-75M Volhov (SA-2E) and 2 S-200VE Vega-E (SA-5B) batteries. 105th SAM Regiment, defending Miskolc (industrial center), with 3 S-75M Volhov (SA-2E) batteries. Hungarian pilots has the most flight time in the '80s which exceeded the 100 hours a year. This number is descending more and more since that and by 1995. it reached the annual 50-60 hours. As the budget of the Ministery of Defence provided less money for 1996. there were two choices for the future. They provide 30-40 hours flight time for every pilot or they provide some 80-90 hours for some pilots while the others fly only a few hours to keep their capacity for fly. Even the first possibility was bad for the pilots because even the annual 60 hours flight was not enough to keep the skill of pilots they reached by years of hard training. In case of the second possibility the best pilots would fly enough to keep or even encrease their skill and they could take the other pilots to their skill level in a while if it is necessery. The ommited pilots would have language and theoretical training in the same time. Eventually the second possibility was chosed and the annual flight time of the pilots is about 40 hours at the moment. On the other hand we could say that Hungarian pilots always achieved the appreciation of the western military pilots visited to Hungary who often has more than 200 flight hours a year. Structure 3 tactical fighter regiments with 7 squadrons 1 helicopter regiment with 5 squadrons 1 mixed transport aircraft brigade with 4 squadrons 1 mixed transport aircraft division 3 training squadrons Currently operating types fighter aircrafts 22/6 MiG-29 A/UB 10/2 MiG-23 MF/UB 32/8 MiG-21 bis/UM attack/reconnaissance aircrafts 9/2 Su-22 M3/UM3 (1) training aircrafts 12 Jak-52 19 L-39 ZO transport aircrafts 12 An-26 2 L-410 Z-43 helikopterek: 39 Mi-24 D (2) 48 Mi-8 TB/Mi-17 35 Mi-2 The units of the Hungarian Airforce 59th Dezsô Szentgyörgyi Tactical Fighter Regiment - Kecskemét This is the most important unit in the airforce. The task of the unit is the airdefence of the E part of Hungary. Both squadrons are flying with MiG-29 which is currently the most modern type of the Hungarian Airforce. Current type 2 squadrons ( 22/6 ) MiG-29 A/UB 47th Pápa Tactical Fighter Regiment - Pápa This unit is responsible for the airdefence of the NW part of Hungary. This regiment was the most important unit in Hungary for a long because here operate the 1 squadron MiG-23 aircraft which was the most advanced fighter of the airforce until the arrival of the MiG-29. Beside the MiG-23s also this is the homebase of 1 squadron MiG-21. Current type 1 squadron ( 10/2 ) MiG-23 MF/UB 1 squadron ( 12/2 ) MiG-21 bis/UM 31st Kapos Tactical Fighter Regiment - Taszár (3) The unit's task is the airdefence of the SW part of Hungary. This is the only one fighter regiment which has three squadrons. Beside the special attack/ reconnaissance Su-22 squadron two MiG-21 squadrons are also based here. Current type 1 squadron ( 9/2 ) Su-22 M3/UM3 2 squadron ( 20/6 ) MiG-21 bis/UM 87th Bakony Helicopter Regiment - Szentkirályszabadja This is the only one unit which operate attack helicopters. Beside the two squadrons Mi-24 one squadron Mi-8 and Mi-17 and one special electronic countermeasure Mi-17 squadron are also based here. Current type 2 squadrons ( 39 ) Mi-24 D 1 squadron Mi-8 1 squadron Mi-17 1 squadron ( 2 ) Mi-17 PP 89th Szolnok Mixed Transport Aircraft Brigade - Szolnok The task of the unit is the transportation of the political and military leadership of the country and other transport missions for the Hungarian Defence Forces. This is performed by 1 squadron An-26 transport aircraft, 2 squadrons Mi-8 and 1 squadron Mi-2 transport helicopter. Current type 1 squadron An-26 2 squadrons Mi-8 1 squadrons Mi-2 Vitéz László Háry Mixed Transport Aircraft Division - Tököl The task of the division is the transportation of the political and military leadership of the country. This is performed by An-26, L-410 and Z-43 aircrafts. Current type ( 2 ) An-26 ( 2 ) L-410 Z-43 Szolnok Airforce Academy - Szolnok The academy trains and instructs the pilots and the technicians for the airforce. The academy has 1 squadron propeller driven Jak-52 and 1 squadron L-39 jet trainig aircrafts and 1 squadron Mi-2 training helicopter. Current type 1 squadron ( 12 ) Jak-52 1 squadron ( 19 ) L-39 ZO 1 squadron Mi-2 There were riverine flotila. Good source for Hungarian Peoples Army is pdf document: 3rd world war in south-west europe 1989. Edited April 12, 2022 by Perun
Perun Posted April 12, 2022 Author Posted April 12, 2022 5 minutes ago, sunday said: Excuse me, but apart of pasting wikipedia entries, what do you intend to do? Wikipedia uses good sources. I plan to put all WP armies on one place and to make WP OOB document update as we plan to do with NATO OOB
Perun Posted April 12, 2022 Author Posted April 12, 2022 1985 Order of Battle[edit] Following is the order of battle in 1985, shortly before the fall of communism in Poland. Ministry of Defense[edit] Ministry of National Defence (Poland) and GHQ, Armed Forces of the People's Republic of Poland Military Education Inspectorate Jozef Berna Rocket Forces and Artillery Academy Air Defense Artillery Academy Gen. Jakuba Jasinskiego Army Engineering Academy Tadeusz Kościuszki Armored Forces Academy Polish General StaffSignal Forces Directorate Signal Forces College Polish Armed Forces General Staff and Command College Territorial Defense Inspectorate Technology Inspectorate Aviation Technology Committee Naval Technological Committee Military Technical Academy Quartermaster Directorate Chaplaincy Service of the Armed Forces Munitions Command Military Communications Command Armed Forces Medical Academy Armed Forces Quartermaster Service Academy Cadres Department Political Affairs Directorate Organizational Committee Committee for Military Education Dzerzhinsky Political-Military Academy in Warsaw Political Officers Central School Military History Institute Finance and Treasury Office Organizational Inspections Department Headquarters and General Staff, Internal Military Service Land Forces Military Police Warsaw MD Pomerania MD Silesia MD Air Force Security Command Naval Military Police Air Defense Forces IMS IMS Military Academy Polish People's Army Land Forces[edit] Organisation of the Polish People's Army in 1985[2] Land Forces Headquarters, in WarsawPolish Front Command, in Warsaw (would have formed the Warsaw Pact’s Northern Front with an authorized strength of 205,620 soldiers in wartime)[citation needed]6th Pomerania Air Assault Division, in Kraków (reduced to 6th Airborne Pomorska Airborne Brigade in 1986) 6th Air Assault Battalion, in Niepołomice 10th Air Assault Battalion, in Oświęcim 16th Kołobrzeski Air Assault Battalion, in Kraków 18th Kołobrzeski Air Assault Battalion, in Bielsko-Biała 5th Mixed Artillery Battalion, in Wola Justowska 8th Supply Battalion, in Kraków 1st Transport Company 15th Medical Company 24th Dropzone and Landing Sites Security Company Weapons Maintenance Workshop Automotive Maintenance Workshop 120th Anti-aircraft Artillery Battery, in Kraków 11th Sapper Company, in Kraków 6th Signal Company, in Kraków 22nd Chemical Defence Company, in Kraków 7th Łużycka Naval Assault Division, in Gdańsk (reduced to 7th Łużycka Coastal Defence Brigade in 1986) 33rd Company Command, in Gdańsk 4th Pomerania Assault Regiment, in Lębork 34th Budziszyński Assault Regiment, in Słupsk 35th Gdańsk Assault Regiment, in Gdańsk 11th Amphibious Tank Battalion, in Gdańsk 20th Rocket Artillery Battalion, in Gdańsk 41st Tactical Missile Battalion, in Gdańsk 11th Sapper Battalion, in Lębork 7th Maintenance Battalion, in Słupsk 52nd Reconnaissance Company, in Lębork 29th Anti-aircraft Artillery Battery, in Gdańsk 23rd Signal Company, in Gdańsk 7th Chemical Defence Company, in Słupsk 7th Supply Company, in Gdańsk 23rd Medical Company, in Gdańsk Traffic Management Company, in Gdańsk 1st Warsaw Engineer Brigade, in Brzeg 2nd Signal Brigade, in Wałcz 3rd Warsaw Missile Artillery Brigade, in Biedrusko (Tactical Ballistic Missiles) 4th Chemical Defence Regiment, in Brodnica 2nd Internal Signal Regiment, in Bialystok 2nd Radio-technical Reconnaissance Regiment, in Przasnysz 8th Electronic Warfare Regiment, in Grudziądz 10th Radio-location Reconnaissance Regiment, in Dziwnów 15th Antitank Artillery Regiment, in Gniezno 61st Surface-to-Air Missile Artillery Brigade, in Skwierzyna 91st Wejherowo Anti-tank Artillery Regiment, in Gniezno 1st Assault Battalion (Special Forces), in Dziwnów Pomeranian Military District[edit] Pomeranian Military District, in Bydgoszcz (Readiness level A, would have formed 1st Combined-Arms Army with 91,000 soldiers in wartime)8th Dresden Mechanized Division, in Koszalin 16th Dnowsko-Łużycki Tank Regiment, in Słupsk 28th Sudecki Mechanized Regiment, in Kołobrzeg 32nd Budziszyński Mechanized Regiment, in Kołobrzeg 36th Łużycki Mechanized Regiment, in Trzebiatów 4th Artillery Regiment, in Kołobrzeg 83rd Anti-aircraft Artillery Regiment, in Kołobrzeg 47th Rocket Artillery Battalion, in Szczecin 1st Tactical Missile Battalion, in Trzebiatów 15th Division Artillery Commander Command Battery, in Kołobrzeg 5th Reconnaissance Battalion, in Kołobrzeg 19th Sapper Battalion, in Unieście 13th Signal Battalion, in Koszalin 8th Supply Battalion, in Koszalin 8th Maintenance Battalion, in Koszalin 39th Medical Battalion, in Kołobrzeg 64th Chemical Defence Company, in Koszalin 12th Szczecin Mechanized Division, in Szczecin 25th Dresden Medium Tank Regiment, in Szczecin 5th Kołobrzeski Mechanized Regiment, in Szczecin 9th Zaodrzański Mechanized Regiment, in Stargard 41st Mechanized Regiment, in Szczecin 2nd Artillery Regiment, in Szczecin 124th Anti-aircraft Artillery Regiment, in Szczecin 21st Rocket Artillery Battalion, in Szczecin 22nd Tactical Missile Battalion, in Szczecin 87th Division Artillery Commander Command Battery 16th Reconnaissance Battalion, in Szczecin 2nd Sapper Battalion, in Stargard Szczeciński 33rd Signal Battalion, in Szczecin 12th Supply Battalion, in Kobylanka 8th Maintenance Battalion, in Gryfice 45th Medical Battalion, in Stargard Szczecin 19th Chemical Defence Company, in Stargard 15th People's Guards Mechanized Division, in Olsztyn (disbanded in 1988) 35th Tank Regiment, in Ostróda 37th Mechanized Regiment, in Morąg 50th Mechanized Regiment, in Lidzbark 75th Mechanized Regiment, in Bartoszyce 9th Artillery Regiment, in Olsztyn 46th Anti-aircraft Artillery Regiment, in Olsztyn 19th Tactical Missile Battalion, in Morąg Division Artillery Commander Command Battery 12th Reconnaissance Battalion, in Biskupiec 46th Sapper Battalion, in Olsztyn 29th Signal Battalion, in Olsztyn Supply Battalion Maintenance Battalion Medical Battalion Chemical Defence Company 16th Kaszubska Armored Division, in Elbląg 1st Warsaw Tank Regiment, in Elbląg 51st Kościerski Tank Regiment, in Braniewo 60th Kartuski Tank Regiment, in Elbląg 55th Mechanized Regiment, in Braniewo 16th Artillery Regiment, in Braniewo 13th Anti-aircraft Artillery Regiment, in Elbląg 48th Rocket Artillery Battalion, in Malbork 4th Tactical Missile Division, in Malbork Division Artillery Commander Command Battery 17th Reconnaissance Battalion, in Elbląg 47th Sapper Battalion, in Tczew 43rd Signal Battalion, in Elbląg 16th Supply Battalion, in Elbląg Maintenance Battalion, in Elbląg 57th Medical Battalion, in Braniewo 61st Chemical Defence Company, in Elbląg 20th Warsaw Armored Division, in Szczecinek 24th Dresden Tank Regiment, in Stargard 28th Saski Tank Regiment, in Czarne 68th Tank Regiment, in Budowo 49th Warszaw Mechanized Regiment, in Wałcz 36th Artillery Regiment, in Budowo 75th Anti-aircraft Artillery Regiment, in Rogowo 26th Rocket Artillery Battalion, in Stargard 7th Tactical Missile Battalion, in Budowo Division Artillery Commander Command Battery 8th Reconnaissance Battalion, in Stargard 73rd Sapper Battalion, in Gryfice 63rd Signal Battalion, in Szczecinek Supply Battalion, in Szczecinek Maintenance Battalion Medical Battalion, in Stargard Chemical Defence Company 2nd Pomerania Artillery Brigade, in Choszczno (Tactical Ballistic Missiles) 5th Mazurska Engineer Brigade, in Szczecin 6th Warsaw Cannon Artillery Brigade, in Toruń 7th Howitzer Artillery Brigade, in Toruń 2nd Pomerania Chemical Defence Regiment, in Grudziądz 4th Łużycki Signal Regiment, in Bydgoszcz 14th Sudecki Anti-tank Artillery Regiment, in Kwidzyn 56th Special Troops Company, in Szczecin (Long Range Reconnaissance) Silesian Military District[edit] Silesian Military District, in Wrocław (Readiness level B, would have formed 2nd Combined-Arms Army with 89,500 soldiers in wartime)2nd Warsaw Mechanized Division, in Nysa 15th Tank Regiment, in Gliwice 6th Mechanized Regiment, in Częstochowa 27th Mechanized Regiment, in Kłodzko 33rd Mechanized Regiment, in Nysa 37th Artillery Regiment, in Kędzierzyn-Koźle 99th Anti-aircraft Artillery Regiment, in Ząbkowice Śląskie 2nd Tactical Missile Division, in Kędzierzyn-Koźle 37th Division Artillery Commander Command Battery, in Nysa 10th Reconnaissance Battalion, in Nysa 18th Sapper Battalion, in Nysa 48th Signal Battalion, in Nysa 2nd Supply Battalion, in Nysa 2nd Maintenance Battalion, in Nysa Medical Battalion 21st Chemical Defence Company, in Nysa 4th Pomerania Mechanized Division, in Krosno Odrzańskie 18th Tank Regiment in Wędrzyn 11th Złotowski Mechanized Regiment, in Krosno Odrzańskie 12th Mechanized Regiment, in Gorzów Wielkopolski 17th Dresden Mechanized Regiment, in Międzyrzecz 22nd Artillery Regiment, in Sulechów 128th Anti-aircraft Artillery Regiment, in Czerwieńsk 24th Tactical Missile Division, in Sulechów Division Artillery Commander Command Battery 4th Reconnaissance Battalion, in Międzyrzecz 5th Sapper Battalion, in Krosno Odrzańskie 4th Signal Battalion, in Krosno Odrzańskie 4th Supply Battalion, in Krosno Odrzańskie 4th Maintenance Battalion, in Krosno Odrzańskie 65th Medical Battalion, in Krosno Odrzańskie 20th Chemical Defence Company, in Międzyrzecze 5th Saska Armoured Division, in Gubin 23rd Tank Regiment, in Słubice 27th Tank Regiment, in Gubin 73rd Tank Regiment, in Gubin 13th Mechanized Regiment, in Kożuchów 113th Artillery Regiment, in Kostrzyn nad Odrą 5th Anti-aircraft Artillery Regiment, in Gubin 25th Rocket Artillery Battalion, in Gubin 18th Tactical Missile Division, in Kostrzyn nad Odrą 84th Division Artillery Commander Command Battery, in Gubin 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion, in Gubin 14th Sapper Battalion, in Kostrzyn nad Odrą 59th Signal Battalion, in Gubin 5th Supply Battalion, in Kostrzyn nad Odrą 5th Maintenance Battalion, in Gubin 56th Medical Battalion, in Gubin 60th Chemical Defence Company, in Gubin 10th Sudeten Armoured Division, in Opole 2nd Tank Regiment, in Opole 10th Tank Regiment, in Opole 13th Tank Regiment, in Opole 25th Mechanized Regiment, in Opole 39th Artillery Regiment, in Tarnowskie Góry 18th Anti-aircraft Artillery Regiment, in Jelenia Góra 8th Tactical Missile Division, in Tarnowskie Góry 83rd Division Artillery Commander Command Battery, in Tarnowskie Góry 7th Reconnaissance Battalion, in Brzeg 41st Signal Battalion, in Opole 21st Sapper Battalion, in Świdnica Supply Battalion, in Opole Maintenance Battalion, in Opole 54th Medical Battalion, in Opole 58th Chemical Defence Company, in Opole 11th Dresden Armored Division, in Żagań 3rd Tank Regiment, in Żagań 8th Tank Regiment, in Żagań 29th Tank Regiment, in Żagań 42nd Mechanized Regiment, in Żary 33rd Artillery Regiment, in Żary 66th Anti-aircraft Artillery Regiment, in Bolesławiec 43rd Rocket Artillery Battalion, in Żary 10th Tactical Missile Battalion, in Żary 17th Division Artillery Commander Command Battery, in Żagan 9th Reconnaissance Battalion, in Żagań 16th Sapper Battalion, in Żary 34th Signal Battalion, in Żagań Supply Battalion, in Żagań 11th Maintenance Battalion, in Żagan 11th Medical Battalion, in Żagan 17th Chemical Defence Company, in Żagan 4th Łużycka Engineer Brigade, in Gorzów Wielkopolski 5th Pomerania Artillery Brigade, in Głogów 14th Howitzer Artillery Brigade, in Głogów 18th Artillery Brigade, in Bolesławiec (Tactical Ballistic Missiles) 1st Chemical Defence Regiment, in Zgorzelec 6th Security Regiment, in Wrocław 10th Saski Signal Regiment, in Wrocław 20th Anti-tank Artillery Regiment, in Pleszew 62nd Special Forces Company, in Bolesławiec (Long Range Reconnaissance) Warsaw Military District[edit] Warsaw Military District, in Warsaw (Readiness level C, would have formed 4th Combined-Arms Army with 64,700 soldiers in wartime)1st Warsaw Mechanized Division, in Legionowo 11th Tank Regiment, in Giżycko 1st Praski Mechanized Regiment, in Wesoła 2nd Berliń Mechanized Regiment, in Skierniewice 3rd Berliń Mechanized Regiment, in Ciechanów 1st Berliń Artillery Regiment, in Bartoszyce 1st Darnicki Anti-aircraft Artillery Regiment, in Modlin 5th Tactical Missile Battalion, in Giżycko Division Artillery Commander Command Battery 1st Reconnaissance Battalion 1st Sapper Battalion, in Pułtusk Signal Battalion, in Legionowo 1st Supply Battalion, in Legionowo 1st Maintenance Battalion, in Łomża 53rd Medical Battalion, in Skierniewice 1st Chemical Defence Company, in Siedlce 3rd Pomerania Mechanized Division, in Lublin (disbanded in 1988) 5th Tank Regiment, in Włodawa 7th Mechanized Regiment, in Lublin 8th Mechanized Regiment, in Hrubieszów 45th Mechanized Regiment, in Siedlce 3rd Artillery Regiment, in Chełm 18th Anti-aircraft Artillery Battalion, in Siedlce 42nd Tactical Missile Battalion, in Choszczno Division Artillery Commander Command Battery 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, in Lublin Sapper Battalion 53rd Signal Battalion, in Lublin 3rd Supply Battalion, in Lublin 3rd Maintenance Battalion, in Lublin Medical Battalion Chemical Defence Company 9th Mechanized Division, in Rzeszów 26th Tank Regiment, in Sanok 4th Mechanized Regiment, in Kielce 14th Kołobrzeski Mechanized Regiment, in Tarnów 30th Mechanized Regiment, in Rzeszów 40th Artillery Regiment, in Jarosław 23rd Anti-aircraft Artillery Battalion, in Jarosław 44th Tactical Missile Battalion, in Toruń Division Artillery Commander Command Battery 23rd Reconnaissance Battalion, in Jarosław 13th Sapper Battalion, in Dębica 30th Signal Battalion, in Rzeszów 17th Supply Battalion, in Łańcut Maintenance Battalion Medical Battalion Chemical Defence Company 1st Warsaw Cannon Artillery Brigade, in Węgorzewo 8th Howitzer Artillery Brigade, in Węgorzewo 2nd Warszawska Engineer Brigade, in Kazuń Nowy 32nd Łużycka Artillery Brigade, in Orzysz (Tactical Ballistic Missiles) 3rd Chemical Defence Regiment, in Biskupiec 5th Podhale Rifles Regiment, in Kraków 9th Signal Regiment, in Białobrzegi 15th Anti-aircraft Artillery Regiment, in Gołdap 80th Anti-tank Artillery Battalion, in Suwałki 48th Special Forces Company, in Kraków (Long Range Reconnaissance) Map of Army locations[edit] 6 Air Assault Div. 7th Naval Assault Div. 3 Missile Artillery Bde 1 Engineer Brigade 2 Signal Brigade Pomeranian District 8 Mech Div. 12 Mech Div. 15 Mech Div. 16 Armored 20 Armored 7 Howitzer Artillery Bde 6 Cannon Art. Bde 2 Artillery Brigade 5 Engineer Brigade Silesian District 2 Mech. Div. 4 Mech. Div. 5 Armored 10 Armored 11 Armored 4 Engineer Brigade 14 Howitzer Artillery Bde 5 Cannon Art. Bde Warsaw District 1 Mech. Div. 3 Mech. Div. 9 Mech. Div. 1 Cannon Artillery Bde 8 Howitzer Artillery Bde 32 Artillery Brigade 2 Engineer Brigade Air Force[edit] Polish Air Force Polish Air Force Headquarters (Poznań)Air Education CommandPolish Air Force Academy 38th Training Regt 58th Training Regt 60th Training Regt 61st Training Regt Strategic Air Fighter Corps 2nd "Bradenburg" Air Fighter-Bomber Division - Piła 3rd "Bradenburg" Air Fighter-Bomber Division - Świdwin 4th "Pomerania" Air Fighter-Bomber Division - Malbork Air Combat Auxiliary and Transport Command 32nd Air Interceptor Regt 49th Helicopter Regt 56th Helicopter Regt 13th Air Transport Regt - Kraków 36th Air Transport Regt 37th Air Transport Regt- Warsaw Navy[edit] Polish Navy Polish Navy Headquarters (Gdynia)Political Service and Headquarters Command Central Band of the Polish Navy Polish Navy Fleet Forces 3rd Flotilla 8th Coastal Defense Flotilla 9th Coastal Defense Flotilla Land formations under Navy HQ 3rd Independent Marine Anti-Tank Regiment 6th Marine Radio-electronic Regiment 11th Naval Engineering Regiment Naval Technical and Support Command 9th Artillery Division (Coastal), under the Naval Technical Base Naval Warehouses Polish Naval Aviation 7th Naval Fighter Regt 16th Naval Aviation Regt (Special Purpose) 15th Patrol Squadron 18th Air Engineers Squadron 42nd Naval Aviation Repair and Maintenance Workshops Naval Education and Training Command Polish Naval Academy "Heroes of Westerplatte" - Gdynia Central Naval Specialists School Naval Sailing Institute Naval Divers School Air Defense Force[edit] Polish Air Defense Force, 1985[3] Air Defense Force Headquarters - Warsaw 1st Air Defense Corps - Warsaw 1st Air Defense Fighter Regiment - Mińsk Mazowiecki 10th Air Defense Fighter Regiment - Łask 3rd Air Defense Surface-to-Air Missile Brigade - Warsaw 1st Air Defense Radiotechnical Brigade - Warsaw 2nd Air Defense Corps - Bydgoszcz 26th Air Defense Fighter Regiment - Zegrze Pomorskie 28th Air Defense Fighter Regiment - Słupsk 34th Air Defense Fighter Regiment - Babie Doły 4th Air Defense Surface-to-Air Missile Brigade - Gdynia 26th Air Defense Surface-to-Air Missile Brigade - Gryfice 2nd Air Defense Radiotechnical Brigade - Bydgoszcz 3rd Air Defense Corps - Wrocław 11th Air Defense Fighter Regiment - Wrocław 39th Air Defense Fighter Regiment - Mierzęcice 62nd Air Defense Fighter Regiment - Poznań-Krzesiny 1st Air Defense Surface-to-Air Missile Brigade - Bytom 79th Air Defense Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment - Poznań 3rd Air Defense Radiotechnical Brigade - Wrocław Territorial Army[edit] Polish Territorial Defense Forces TDF Headquarters (Warsaw) Internal Defense Forces of the Ministry of National Defense[edit] IDF Units under the National Defense Commission and the State Committee for Territorial Defense 1st IDF Brigade - Góra Kalwaria 2nd IDF Brigade 5th IDF Brigade 14th IDF Brigade 8th IDF Regiment 20th IDF Logistics Brigade - Kielce 2nd IDF Signals Regiment Ground defense units of the IDF 3rd IDF Regiment - Lublin 13th IDF Regiment - Gdańsk 15th IDF Regiment - Prudnik 10th IDF Regiment IDF Pontoon Units IDF Engineering and Rescue units 2nd IDF Engineering and Rescue Battalion 4th IDF Engineering and Rescue Battalion 6th IDF Engineering and Rescue Battalion Territorial Defense Forces of the Ministry of National Defense[edit] TDF Engineering Battalions IDF Area Defense Battalions sourc is: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_People's_Army_order_of_battle#1985_Order_of_Battle
Perun Posted April 12, 2022 Author Posted April 12, 2022 GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC (GDR) NATIONALE VOLKSARMEE (NVA) (National People´s Army) Landstreitkraefte (Ground Forces) (These forces are dedicated to the GSFG/WGF) Note: The GDR disbanded one tank regiment from each active division from February 1989 to 1990. They are marked with a (d). 1. Kommando Landstreitkraefte (Kdo LaSK, HQ Ground Forces) - Potsdam, GDR 2. Military District V („Northern Army“) - Neubrandenburg, GDR: a. 9th Panzer Division (Cat A) - Eggesin, GDR: 1) 21st Tank Regiment - Torgelow/Spechtberg: 94 T-72, 13 BMP-1, 4 ZSU-23-4, 4 SA-13, 6 BRDM-3, 12 2S1, 8 BRDM-2, 3 BLG 60M (AVLB) 2) 22nd Tank Regiment - Torgelow/Spechtberg: 94 T-72, 13 BMP-1, 4 ZSU-23-4, 4 SA-13, 6 BRDM-3, 12 2S1, 8 BRDM-2, 3 BLG 60M 3) 23rd Tank Regiment (d) - Stallberg: 94 T-72, 13 BMP-1, 4 ZSU-23-4, 4 SA-13, 6 BRDM-3, 12 2S1, 8 BRDM-2, 3 BLG 60M 4) 9th MR Regiment - Drögeheide: 81 BMP-1, 20 BMP-2, 40 T-72, 4 ZSU-23-4, 4 SA-13, 18 2S1, 6 BRDM-3, 8 BRDM-2, 3 BLG 60M 5) 9th Artillery Regiment - Karpin: 36 2S1, 18 2S3 6) 9th MRL Battalion - Karpin: 18 RM-70 (122mm MRL) 7) 9th Air Defense Regiment - Karpin: 20 SA-6 😎 9th Recon Battalion - Drögeheide: 8 BRDM-2, 12 BMP-1, 2 BRM-1K 9) 9th SSM Battalion - Spechtberg: 4 SS-21 10) 9th Engineer Battalion - Karpin/Eggesin: 4 BLG 60M, 4 BTM, 8 GSP 55, 6 PTS-M, 18 PMP, 4 TMM, 12 MT-LB, 20 BRDM-2 b. 1st Motorized Rifle Division (Cat A) - Potsdam, GDR: 1) 1st MR Regiment - Oranienburg: 98 BTR-70, 3 BMP-1, 40 T-55, 6 ZSU-23-4, 18 D-30, 6 BRDM-3, 8 BRDM-2, 3 BLG 60M 2) 2nd MR Regiment - Stahnsdorf: 98 BTR-70, 3 BMP-1, 40 T-55, 6 ZSU-23-4, 18 D-30, 6 BRDM-3, 8 BRDM-2, 3 BLG 60M 3) 3rd MR Regiment - Brandenburg: 101 BMP-1, 40 T-55, 4 ZSU-23-4, 18 2S1, 6 BRDM-3, 8 BRDM-2, 3 BLG 60M 4) 1st Tank Regiment (d) - Beelitz: 94 T-55, 13 BMP-1, 4 ZSU-23-4, 6 BRDM-3, 12 2S1, 8 BRDM-2, 3 BLG 60M 5) 1st Artillery Regiment - Lehnitz: 36 D-30, 18 2S3 6) 1st MRL Battalion - Beelitz: 18 RM-70 (122mm MRL) 7) 1st Air Defense Regiment - Brück: 20 SA-6 😎 1st Recon Battalion - Beelitz: 8 BRDM-2, 12 BMP-1, 2 BRM-1K 9) 1st SSM Battalion - Gross Behnitz: 4 FROG-7 10) 1st Engineer Battalion - Kirchmöser: 4 BLG 60M, 4 BTM, 8 GSP 55, 6 PTS-M, 18 PMP, 4 TMM, 12 MT-LB, 20 BRDM-2 11) 1st Anti-Tank Battalion - Beelitz: 16 MT-12 AT guns, 8 BRDM-3, 16 MT-LB c. 8th Motorized Rifle Division (Cat A) - Schwerin, GDR: 1) 27th MR Regiment - Sternbuchholz: 101 BMP-1, 40 T-55, 4 ZSU-23-4, 18 2S1, 6 BRDM-3, 8 BRDM-2, 3 BLG 60M 2) 28th MR Regiment - Rostock: 98 BTR-70, 3 BMP-1, 40 T-55, 6 ZSU-23-4, 18 D-30, 6 BRDM-3, 8 BRDM-2, 3 BLG 60M 3) 29th MR Regiment - Hagenow: 98 BTR-70, 3 BMP-1, 40 T-55, 6 ZSU-23-4, 18 D-30, 6 BRDM-3, 8 BRDM-2, 3 BLG 60M 4) 8th Tank Regiment (d) - Goldberg: 94 T-55, 13 BMP-1, 4 ZSU-23-4, 4 SA-13, 6 BRDM-3, 12 2S1, 8 BRDM-2, 3 BLG 60M 5) 8th Artillery Regiment - Rostock: 36 D-30, 18 2S3 6) 8th MRL Battalion - Sternbuchholz: 18 RM-70 (122mm MRL) 7) 8th Air Defense Regiment - Sternbuchholz: 20 SA-8 😎 8th Recon Battalion - Hagenow: 8 BRDM-2, 12 BMP-1, 2 BRM-1K 9) 8th SSM Battalion - Goldberg: 4 FROG-7 10) 8th Engineer Battalion - Hagenow: 4 BLG 60M, 4 BTM, 8 GSP 55, 6 PTS-M, 18 PMP, 4 TMM, 12 MT-LB, 20 BRDM-2 11) 8th Anti-Tank Battalion - Sternbuchholz: 16 MT-12 AT guns, 8 BRDM-3, 16 MT-LB d. 5th SSM Brigade - Demen: 12 SCUDb e. 5th SAM Regiment - Basepohl: 27 SA-4 f. 5th Artillery Regiment - Dabel: 36 2S1, 18 D-20 g. 5th Helicopter Regiment - Basepohl: 20 Mi-24, 11 Mi-8, 4 Mi-2, 4 Mi-9 h. 5th Engineer Regiment - Pasewalk: 20 TMM, 36 PMP, 24 GSP, 24 PTS-M, 12 BTM i. 5th Anti-Tank Battalion - Dabel: 16 MT-12 AT guns, 8 BRDM-3, 16 MT-LB k. 5th Special Recon Company - Glöwen/Goldberg 3. Military District III („Southern Army“) - Leipzig, GDR: a. 7th Panzer Division (Cat A) - Dresden: 1) 14th Tank Regiment - Spremberg: 31 T-55, 63 T-72, 13 BMP-1, 4 ZSU-23-4, 3 SA-13, 6 BRDM-3, 12 2S1, 8 BRDM-2, 3 BLG 60M 2) 15th Tank Regiment - Cottbus: 94 T-55, 13 BMP-1, 4 ZSU-23-4, 4 SA-13, 6 BRDM-3, 12 2S1, 8 BRDM-2, 3 BLG 60M 3) 16th Tank Regiment (d) - Grossenhain: 94 T-72, 13 BMP-1, 4 ZSU-23-4, 4 SA-13, 6 BRDM-3, 12 2S1, 8 BRDM-2, 3 BLG 60M 4) 7th MR Regiment - Marienberg: 101 BMP-1, 40 T-55, 4 ZSU-23-4, 4 SA-13, 18 2S1, 6 BRDM-3, 8 BRDM-2, 3 BLG 60M 5) 7th Artillery Regiment - Frankenberg: 36 2S1, 18 2S3 6) 7th MRL Battalion - Frankenberg: 18 RM-70 (122mm MRL) 7) 7th Air Defense Regiment - Zeithain: 20 SA-6 😎 7th Recon Battalion - Dresden: 8 BRDM-2, 12 BMP-1, 2 BRM-1K 9) 7th SSM Battalion - Zeithain: 4 SS-21 10) 7th Engineer Battalion - Dresden: 4 BLG 60M, 4 BTM, 8 GSP 55, 6 PTS-M, 18 PMP, 4 TMM, 12 MT-LB, 20 BRDM-2 Note: In case of conflict, all tank regiments to be fully equipped with T-72. b. 4th Motorized Rifle Division (Cat A) - Erfurt, GDR: 1) 22nd MR Regiment - Mühlhausen: 98 BTR-70, 3 BMP-1, 40 T-55, 6 ZSU-23-4, 18 D-30, 6 BRDM-3, 8 BRDM-2, 3 BLG 60M 2) 23rd MR Regiment - Bad Salzungen: 101 BMP-1, 40 T-55, 4 ZSU-23-4, 18 2S1, 6 BRDM-3, 8 BRDM-2, 3 BLG 60M 3) 24th MR Regiment - Erfurt: 98 BTR-70, 3 BMP-1, 40 T-55, 6 ZSU-23-4, 18 D-30, 6 BRDM-3, 8 BRDM-2, 3 BLG 60M 4) 4th Tank Regiment (d) - Gotha: 94 T-55, 13 BMP-1, 4 ZSU-23-4, 6 BRDM-3, 12 2S1, 8 BRDM-2, 3 BLG 60M 5) 4th Artillery Regiment - Erfurt: 36 D-30, 18 2S3 6) 4th MRL Battalion - Erfurt: 18 RM-70 (122mm MRL) 7) 4th Air Defense Regiment - Erfurt: 20 SA-6 😎 4th Recon Battalion - Bad Salzungen: 8 BRDM-2, 12 BMP-1, 2 BRM-1K 9) 4th SSM Battalion - Erfurt: 4 FROG-7 10) 4th Engineer Battalion - Bad Salzungen: 4 BLG 60M, 4 BTM, 8 GSP 55, 6 PTS-M, 18 PMP, 4 TMM, 11 MT-LB, 20 BRDM-2 11) 4th Anti-Tank Battalion - Bad Salzungen: 16 MT-12 AT guns, 8 BRDM-3, 16 MT-LB c. 11th Motorized Rifle Division (Cat A) - Halle, GDR: 1) 16th MR Regiment - Bad Frankenhausen: 101 BMP-1, 40 T-55, 4 ZSU-23-4, 4 SA-9, 18 2S1, 6 BRDM-3, 8 BRDM-2, 3 BLG 60M 2) 17th MR Regiment - Halle: 98 BTR-70, 3 BMP-1, 40 T-55, 6 ZSU-23-4, 18 D-30, 6 BRDM-3, 8 BRDM-2, 3 BLG 60M 3) 18th MR Regiment - Weissenfels: 98 BTR-70, 3 BMP-1, 40 T-55, 6 ZSU-23-4, 4 SA-13, 18 D-30, 6 BRDM-3, 8 BRDM-2, 3 BLG 60M 4) 11th Tank Regiment (d) - Sondershausen: 94 T-55, 13 BMP-1, 4 ZSU-23-4, 4 SA-9, 6 BRDM-3, 12 2S1, 8 BRDM-2, 3 BLG 60M 5) 11th Artillery Regiment - Wolfen: 36 D-30, 18 2S3 6) 11th MRL Battalion - Wolfen: 18 RM-70 (122mm MRL) 7) 11th Air Defense Regiment - Weissenfels: 20 SA-8 😎 11th Recon Battalion - Bad Frankenhausen: 8 BRDM-2, 12 BMP-1, 2 BRM-1K 9) 11th SSM Battalion - Hermsdorf: 4 FROG-7 10) 11th Engineer Battalion - Zeithain: 4 BLG 60M, 4 BTM, 8 GSP 55, 6 PTS-M, 18 PMP, 4 TMM, 16 MT-LB, 21 BRDM-2 11) 11th Anti-Tank Battalion - Halle: 16 MT-12 AT guns, 8 BRDM-3, 16 MT-LB d. 3rd SSM Brigade - Tautenhain: 12 SCUDb e. 3rd SAM Regiment - Hohenmölsen: 27 SA-4 f. 3rd Artillery Regiment - Leipzig: 36 2S1, 18 D-20 g. 3rd Helicopter Regiment - Cottbus: 19 Mi-24, 17 Mi-8, 4 Mi-2, 4 Mi-9 h. 3rd Engineer Regiment - Gera: 20 TMM, 36 PMP, 24 GSP, 24 PTS-M, 12 BTM i. 3rd Anti-Tank Battalion - Zwickau: 16 MT-12 AT guns, 8 BRDM-3, 16 MT-LB k. 3rd Special Recon Company - Rudolstadt: 4. Kdo LaSK assets: a. 40th Air Assault (Parachute) Regiment (Cat A) - Lehnin: b. 40th Artillery Brigade - Berlin-Johannisthal: c. 40th MRL Battalion - Schildow: 18 RM-70 (122mm MRL) d. 2nd Engineer Regiment - Storkow: 20 TMM, 36 PMP, 24 GSP, 24 PTS-M, 12 BTM e. 13th Reserve MR Regiment (has to be mobilized) f. 13th Reserve Tank Regiment (has to be mobilized) g. 15th Reserve Tank Regiment (has to be mobilized) h. 6 Reserve MR Battalions (13, 15, 23, 25, 33, 43, all have to be mobilized) i. 6 Frontier Regiments along border with NORTHAG k. 6 Frontier Regiments along border with CENTAG l. Frontier Regiments around Berlin Note: In case of war, 3rd and 5th Artillery regiments grow to brigades, 2nd, 3rd and 5th Engineer regiments grow to brigades, 3rd and 5th Anti-Tank battalions grow to regiments, 3rd and 5th Special Recon companies grow to battalions. GDR Reserves Note: The GDR had five reserve Motorized Rifle Divisions. Mobilization was so effective that all five divisions could be combat ready within two days. 1. 5 Motorized Rifle Divisions: with T-54/T-55, BMP-1, BTR-60, SA-6, D-20, D-30 a. 6th MRD - Königswartha: Reserve of the Supreme Commander of the GSFG/WGF b. 10th MRD - Ronneburg: Assigned to Military District III (“Southern Army”) c. 17th MRD - Petersroda: Assigned to 8th Guards Army (GSFG/WGF) d. 19th MRD - Wulkow: Assigned to 2nd Guards Tank Army (GSFG/WGF) e. 20th MRD - Bredenfelde: Assigned to Military District V (“Northern Army”) Besondere Gruppierung Berlin (Special Grouping Berlin) Note: In case of war these units were assigned with the task to take West-Berlin. HQ Ground Forces (Kommando Landstreitkraefte) would command them. a. 1st NVA Motorized Rifle Division - Potsdam b. 6th GSFG/WGF Motorized Rifle Brigade - Berlin c. 5th Frontier Regiment - Potsdam d. 33rd Frontier Regiment - Berlin-Treptow e. 34th Frontier Regiment - Gross Glienicke f. 35th Frontier Regiment - Berlin-Hohenschönhausen g. 38th Frontier Regiment - Berlin-Hennigsdorf h. 39th Frontier Training Regiment - Berlin-Wilhemshagen i. 40th Frontier Training Regiment - Oranienburg k. 42nd Frontier Regiment - Kleinmachnow l. 44th Frontier Regiment - Potsdam-Babelsberg m. 40th Air Assault (Parachute) Regiment - Lehnin n. 34th Transport Helicopter Squadron - Brandenburg-Briest o. 18th VP Regiment (Paramilitary Police) - Basdorf p. 19th VP Regiment (Paramilitary Police) - Basdorf q. Artillery Assets (most likely 40th Artillery Brigade) r. 2nd Engineer Brigade(Regiment in peacetime) - Storkow Equipment Holdings 1988/1989 Tanks: 120 PT-76, 601 T-54, 1562 T-55 (319 AM2/AM2B), 549 T-72 IFV/APC: 1112 BMP-1, 24 BMP-2, 1468 BTR-60, 1266 BTR-70, 759 BTR-152, 545 MT-LB, 299 BRDM-1, 1579 BRDM-2, 199 BTR-50, 15 BRM-1K Towed Artillery: 395 122mm D-30, 407 122mm M-1938, 175 130mm M-46, 137 152mm D-20 SP Artillery: 374 2S1, 96 2S3 MRL: 265 RM-70, 58 BM-21 SAM: 40 SA-3, 42 SA-4, 24 SA-5, 107 SA-6, 41 SA-8b, 12 SA-9, 12 SA-10, 36 SA-13 Mortars (120mm and over): 216 120mm M-120, 75 120mm 2B11 SSM Launchers: 22 FROG-7, 8 SS-21, 2 SS-23 (apparently a number of SCUDs returned to USSR in 1989) AT Guns: 64 85mm D-48, 267 100mm T-12 AA Guns: 924 ZU-23, 128 ZSU-23-4, 244 57mm S-60 Helicopters: 25 Mi-2, 54 Mi-8, 36 Mi-8TB, 51 Mi-24 Aircraft: Fighter/Ground Attack: 18 Mig-23BN, 54 Su-22 Recon: 22 Mig-21 Fighter: 251 Mig-21F/MF/PF/U, 47 Mig-23, 24 Mig-29 Luftstreitkraefte (Air Force) 1. 1st Air Defense Division - Cottbus, GDR a. 1st Fighter Wing - Holzdorf: b. 3rd Fighter Wing - Preschen: c. 7th Fighter Wing - Drewitz (deactivated 10/23/1989): d. 8th Fighter Wing - Marxwalde (=Neuhardenberg nowadays): e. 31st SAM Regiment - Strassgräbchen/Kamenz: f. 41st SAM Brigade - Ladeburg/Bernau: g. 51st SAM Brigade - Spötau/ Sömmerda: 2. 3rd Air Defense Division - Neubrandenburg, GDR a. 2nd Fighter Wing - Trollenhagen: b. 9th Fighter Wing - Peenemünde: c. 13th SAM Regiment - Dargelütz/Parchim: d. 43rd SAM Brigade - Sanitz/Rostock: 3. Front- and Military Transport Air Forces - Strausberg, GDR a. 37th Fighter-Bomber Wing - Drewitz: b. 77th Fighter-Bomber Wing - Kronskamp/Laage: c. 47th Recon Squadron - Preschen: 22 MiG-21RF d. 87th Recon Squadron - Drewitz (in build up): 22 MiG-21RF e. 34th Transport Helicopter Squadron - Brandenburg-Briest: Naval Air Forces a. 28th Naval Air Wing - Laage: b. 18th Naval Helicopter Squadron - Parow: This is V6 of NVA_OOB_1989 document that I find on internet, i dont know web adress or author. Also good source for NVA OOB, but for 1988., is https://www.relikte.com/literatur.htm
Perun Posted April 12, 2022 Author Posted April 12, 2022 (edited) About the romanian army to&e in 1989: 1st Army HQ Bucharest -1st and 9th Mechanised Divisions, 57th Tank Division, 4th Mountain Brigade, 43th Tactical Missile Brigade, 2nd Army HQ Buzau -10th and 67th Mechanised Divisions, 32 Tactical Missile Brigade, 8th and 17th Artillery Brigades, -2nd Mountain Brigade, 3rd Army HQ Craiova 2nd and 18th Mechanised Divisions, 5th Mountain Brigade, 4th Army HQ Cluj Napoca 11th and 81th Mechanised Divisions, 6th Tank Division, 1st Mountain Brigade, 37th Tactical Missile Brigade, I am pretty sure that here are all the major tactical formations of the ground army, but without the units in reserve, activated only in case of war. Even if it look impressive this army was more a paper army with thousand of conscripts working in economy and agriculture and poor tactical training for major units. I remember very well that general Degeratu once said that in 1989 when he was an officer in the Command of 4th Army in Cluj he was really scared of the perspective of a hungarian invasion in Transilvania, which, even without soviet help, could led to a occupation of western Transilvania, up to Cluj -Dej line. 1st Army HQ Bucharest -1st Mecanised Division /Tudor Vladimirescu-Debretin/ HQ Bucharest - -1st and 2nd Mech. Rgt-s Bucharest, both with TR-85 tanks, TAB-71/-77 apc-s, TABC-79 rec., Md.1982 120mm mortars, DAC-665T 6x6 trucks, a.o. -3rd Mech. Rgt. Slatina, with TR-85 tanks, few MLI-84 ifv-s, TAB-71/-77 apc-s, TABC-79 rec., Md.1982 120mm mortars, DAC-444T and -665T 6x6 trucks, a.o. -10th Mech. Rgt. Slobozia, with TR-85 tanks, TAB-71/-77 apc-s, TABC-79 rec., Md.1982 120mm mortars, DAC-665T 6x6 trucks, a.o. -1st Tank Rgt. Targoviste, with T-55A and few T-72 tanks, BTR-50PK and PU apc-s, SU-100M sp guns, few 2S1 122mm sp how., URAL and SR-114 trucks, -1st Artillery Rgt. -Slatina ??, M-30 122mm how, Md.1981 152mm how, few APR-40 Md1977 122mm mrls, SR-114s, DAC-443T, and some TMA-83 tractors ??, 57th Tank Division /Constantin Brancoveanu/ HQ Bucharest-Pantelimon -22nd Tank Rgt. Mihai Bravu, with TR-85 tanks, TAB-71/-77 apc-s, TABC-79 rec., few M120 120mm mortars, DAC-665T 6x6 trucks, a.o. -20th Tank Rgt. Giurgiu, with TR-85 tanks, TAB-71/-77 apc-s, TABC-79 rec., few M120 120mm mortars, DAC-665T 6x6 trucks, a.o. -28th Tank Rgt. Pantelimon ??, with TR-85 tanks, TAB-71/-77 apc-s, TABC-79 rec., few M120 120mm mortars, DAC-665T 6x6 trucks, a.o. -7th Mech. Rgt. Ploiesti with TR-85 tanks, MLI-84 ifv-s, TAB-71M and TAB-77 apc-s, few TABC-79 rec., Md.1982 120mm mortars, some TAB-71AR with 82mm PM-37 mortars, DAC-444T and 665T trucks, -30th ?? Artillery Rgt. Videle ?? - M-30 122mm how, Md.1981 152mm how, few APR-40 Md1977 122mm mrls, SR-114s, DAC-443T, and few TAR-76 tractors ??, -2nd Mountain Brigade /Sarmizegetusa/ -Brasov command TAB-71A R-1451 apc-s, some TABC-79 rec., some MLVM-81 apc-s, Md.1982 76mm guns, Md.1982 120mm mortars, AG-9 73mm rr-s, MR-2 14,5mm hmg-s, SR-114 and DAC-443T trucks, -4th Mountain Brigade /Posada/ -Curtea de Arges - almost the same as the 2nd, probably without MLVM apc-s, -43rd Tactical Missile Brigade -Marsa near Sibiu with 8K14 systems and AT-T heavy tractors -16th Artillery Regiment -Slobozia with some Md.1982 130mm guns, Md.1981 152mm how., M-160/M-1943/ 160mm heavy mortars, some APR-40 /Md.1977/ 122mm mrls, some ATS-59G and TAR-76 tractors, -29th Antitank Artillery Regiment -Alexandria with some Md.1975 100mm atg-s, 9P122 BRDM-based atgw-s, some BRDM-2U command, some ATS-59G and TAR-76 tractors, -1st Engineer Regiment -Ramnicu Valcea with PR-71/DAC-665G pontoon bridge system, BAT-M bulldozers, IMR machines, some TCG-80 rec. vehicles, -2nd Pontoon Regiment -Turnu Magurele with PR-71/DAC-665G pontoon bridge system, -48th Communication Regiment -Bucharest -?? army-level reccon bataillon with BRDM-2 vehicles for 1st Army HQs. 2nd Army HQ Buzau -integrated to the WP command in case of war, -9th Mechanised Division /Marasesti/-HQ Constanta, -34th Mech. Rgt.-Topraisar with TR-77 tanks, TAB-71M apc-s, TABC-79A R-1451 command, TABC-79 rec., Md.1982 120mm mortars, MR-4 14,5mm aa hmg-s, AG-9 73mm. rr-s, ZiS-3 76mm field guns, DAC-444T/-665T trucks and some TABC-AR 82mm sp mortars, -36th Mech. Rgt.-Medgidia with TR-77 tanks, TAB-71M and few TAB-77 apc-s, TABC-79A R-1451 command, TABC-79 rec., Md.1982 120mm mortars, MR-4 14,5mm aa hmg-s, AG-9 73mm. rr-s, ZiS-3 76mm field guns, DAC-444T/-665T trucks and some TABC-AR 82mm sp mortars, -40th Mech. Rgt.-Mihail Kogalniceanu with TR-77 tanks, TAB-71M apc-s, TABC-79A R-1451 command, TABC-79 rec., Md.1982 120mm mortars, MR-4 14,5mm aa hmg-s, AG-9 73mm. rr-s, ZiS-3 76mm field guns, DAC-444T/-665T trucks and some TABC-AR 82mm sp mortars, -18th Tank Rgt.-Basarabi with TR-77 tanks, some BTR-50PK and PU-2 (command), TABC-79A R-1451 command, TABC-79 rec., SU-100 sp guns, few M-120 120mm mortars, MR-4 14,5mm aa hmg-s, AG-9 73mm. rr-s, ZiS-3 76mm field guns, DAC-443T and SR-114/-132 trucks, -13th Arty. Rgt.-Medgidia with M-30 122mm how., Md.1981 152mm. how., some APR-40 122mm mrls, DAC-444T/-665T trucks and TMA-83 tractors, -185th Rec. Btl.-Medgidia with TABC-79 and DAC-443T trucks, -?? Antitank Arty Btl -Topraisar -203th Tactical Missile Btl. -16th Antitank Artillery Regiment -Cobadin ?? with Md.1977 100mm at guns, 9P122 BRDM atgm systems, ATS-59G and TAR-76 tractors, DAC-665T trucks, BRDM-2U command vehicles, -67th Mechanised Division /Siret/-HQ Braila, -301st Mech. Rgt.-Galati with TR-77 tanks, TAB-71M apc-s, TABC-79A R-1451 command, TABC-79 rec., Md.1982 120mm mortars, MR-4 14,5mm aa hmg-s, AG-9 73mm. rr-s, ZiS-3 76mm field guns, DAC-444T/-665T trucks and some TABC-AR 82mm sp mortars, -282nd Mech. Rgt.-Focsani with TR-77 tanks, TAB-71M and few TAB-77 apc-s, TABC-79A R-1451 command, TABC-79 rec., Md.1982 120mm mortars, MR-4 14,5mm aa hmg-s, AG-9 73mm. rr-s, ZiS-3 76mm field guns, DAC-444T/-665T trucks and some TABC-AR 82mm sp mortars, -321st Mech. Rgt.-Ramnicu Sarat with TR-77 tanks, TAB-71M apc-s, TABC-79A R-1451 command, TABC-79 rec., Md.1982 120mm mortars, MR-4 14,5mm aa hmg-s, AG-9 73mm. rr-s, ZiS-3 76mm field guns, DAC-444T/-665T trucks and some TABC-AR 82mm sp mortars, -267th Tank Rgt.-Braila with TR-77 tanks, some TAB-71M, TABC-79A R-1451 command, TABC-79 rec., few M-120 120mm mortars, MR-4 14,5mm aa hmg-s, AG-9 73mm. rr-s, ZiS-3 76mm field guns, DAC-443T and SR-114/-132 trucks, -285th Arty. Rgt.-Braila with M-30 122mm how., ML-20 152mm. how., some APR-21 122mm mrls, SR-114/-132 Bucegi trucks and AT-S tractors, -528th Rec. Btl.-Braila with TABC-79 and DAC-443T trucks, -?? Antitank Arty Btl -Galati -10th Mechanised Division /Stefan cel Mare/-HQ Iasi, -15th Mech. Rgt.-Iasi with TR-77 tanks, TAB-71M apc-s, TAB-71A R-1451 command, TABC-79 rec., Md.1982 120mm mortars, MR-4 14,5mm aa hmg-s, AG-9 73mm. rr-s, ZiS-3 76mm field guns, DAC-444T/-665T trucks and some TABC-AR 82mm sp mortars, -33rd Mech. Rgt.-Botosani with TR-77 tanks, TAB-71 and few BTR-60PB apc-s, TAB-71A R-1451 command, TABC-79 rec., M-120 120mm mortars, MR-4 14,5mm aa hmg-s, AG-9 73mm. rr-s, ZiS-3 76mm field guns, DAC-444T/-665T trucks and some TAB-71AR 82mm sp mortars, -38th Mech. Rgt.-Piatra Neamt with TR-77 tanks, TAB-71M apc-s, TAB-71A R-1451 command, TABC-79 rec., M-120 120mm mortars, MR-4 14,5mm aa hmg-s, AG-9 73mm. rr-s, ZiS-3 76mm field guns, DAC-444T/-665T trucks and some TABC-AR 82mm sp mortars, -29th Tank Rgt.-Roman /?? uncertain/ with T-55 tanks, some BTR-50PK, BTR-50PU command, BTR-60PU-s, few M-120 120mm mortars, ZU-2 14,5mm aa hmg-s, ZiS-3 76mm field guns, SR-114/-132 trucks, MTP/BTR-50P evac. -63rd Tank Rgt.-Bacau with T-55 tanks, BTR-50PK, BTR-50PU command, BRDM-2s, SU-100M sp guns, ZU-2 14,5mm aa hmg-s, ZiS-3 76mm field guns, SR-114/-132 trucks, MTP/BTR-50P evac. and SU-100T tractors, -3rd Arty. Rgt.-Bacau with M-30 122mm how., D-20 152mm. how., Skoda M1934 150mm., some APR-21 122mm mrls, SR-114/-132 Bucegi trucks and AT-S tractors The 2nd Army Command -direct subordinated units: -8th Artillery Brigade -Focsani : 2 battalions with 130mm Md.1982 guns, 3 battalions with 152mm Md.1981 howitzers, 1 MRL battalion with APR-40 122mm mrls, 1 heavy mortar battery with 240mm M-1953 mortars, aa gun battery with Md.1988 2x30mm aa guns, 1 x 1RL232 SNAR-10 artillery locating radar vehicle, 2-3 TAB-71A R-145 command vehicles, possible some BMP PRP-3 mobile recon vehicles, many trucks and tractors, -17th Artillery Brigade -Barlad : same as the 8th Brigade -32th Tactical Missile Brigade -Tecuci : 1 battalion with 8K14 Elbrus systems, based on 2P19 a modified ISU-152K chassis, 2 battalions with 9K52 Luna-M systems, based on PT-76 chassis, -65th Antitank Artillery Regiment -Galati : with Md.1977 100mm at guns, 9P133 BRDM atgw-s, ATS-59G and TAR-76 tractors, DAC and SR trucks, BRDM-2U command vehicles, -79th Antitank Artillery Regiment -Marasesti : with Md.1977 100mm at guns, 9P133 BRDM atgw-s, ATS-59G and TAR-76 tractors, DAC and SR trucks, BRDM-2U command vehicles, -3rd Engineer Regiment -Buzau : with one pontoon-bridge battalion based on PR-71/DAC-665G, BAT-M bulldozers, IMR engineer tanks, MDK-2M sapper vehicles, posible UR-67 mine-clearing vehicles, TCG-80 recon vehicles based on TABC, -72th Pontoon Bridge Regiment -Braila : with 2 pontoon-bridge battalions based on PR-71/DAC-665G, no further information -47th Communications Regiment -Buzau : no information available The 3nd Army Command -Craiova : -u/i recon battalion -2nd Mechanised Division /Mihai Viteazul/ -Craiova : -26th Mech. Rgt. -Craiova : with TR-85 tanks, TAB-71/-71M apc-s, TABC-79 recon vehicles, ?? SU-76 sp guns, ZiS-3 76mm field guns, Md.1982 120mm mortars, ?? TAB-71AR with 82mm mortars, AG-9 rr-s, MR-4 quad 14,5mm aa hmg-s, DAC-443T and -665T trucks, TER-800 evacuation tank, TERA-71L recovery apc-s, -114th Mech. Rgt. -Vanju Mare -same -257th Mech. Rgt. -Plenita -same -68th Tank Rgt. -Caracal : with TR-85 tanks, TAB-71 apc-s, TAB-71A R-1451 command, TABC-79 recon vehicles, MR-4 quad 14,5mm aa hmg-s, DAC-443T and -665T trucks, TER-800 evacuation tanks, MT-55 bridge tank, -9th Artillery Regiment -Drobata Turnu-Severin : with M-30 122mm how., Md.1981 152mm how., APR-40 122mm mrls, SR-114 and DAC-444 trucks, TMA-83 arty tractors, TABC-79A-POMA and TAB-77A-PCOMA command vehicles, -121th Recon Battalion -Craiova : with TABC-79 recon vehicles and DAC-444T trucks, -325th Antitank Artillery Battalion -Caracal : with Md.1975 100mm at guns, 9P122 BRDM atgw-s, SR-132 trucks, ATS-59 tractors, -18th Mechanised Division /Decebal/ -Timisoara : -32nd Mech. Rgt. -Timisoara : with T-55 /T-55AM2 tanks, TAB-71M and TAB-77 apc-s, TABC-79 recon vehicles, ZiS-3 76mm field guns, Md.1982 120mm mortars, ?? TAB-71AR with 82mm mortars, AG-9 rr-s, MR-4 quad 14,5mm aa hmg-s, DAC-443T and -665T trucks, T-55T evacuation tank, TERA-71L/-77L recovery apc-s, -18th Mech. Rgt. -Caransebes : with T-54 and T-55 tanks, TAB-71 and BTR-60PB apc-s, BRDM-2 recon vehicles, ZiS-3 76mm field guns, Md.1943 120mm mortars, ?? TAB-71AR with 82mm mortars, AG-9 rr-s, MR-4 quad 14,5mm aa hmg-s, SR-114D and DAC-443T trucks, T-55T evacuation tank, TERA-71L recovery apc-s, ?? MT-55 bridge tank, -90th Mech. Rgt. -Lugoj : with T-55 tanks, TAB-71 and TAB-71M apc-s, TABC-79 recon vehicles, ZiS-3 76mm field guns, Md.1982 120mm mortars, ?? 82mm Md.1977 mortars, AG-9 rr-s, MR-4 quad 14,5mm aa hmg-s, SR-114D and DAC-443T trucks, T-55T evacuation tank, TERA-71L recovery apc-s, ?? MT-55 bridge tank, -44th Tank Regiment -Giroc : with T-55 /T-55AM2 tanks, BTR-50PK and PU-2 apc-s, BRDM-2 recon vehicles, BTR-60 R-145BM command vehicle, ZU-2 14,5mm aa hmg-s, SR-114D and DAC-443T trucks, T-55T evacuation tank, MTP/BTR-50P recovery vehicle, -39th Artillery Regiment with M-30 122mm how, Skoda M1934 150mm how, APR-21 122mm mrl SR-based, SR-132 trucks, AT-LM tractors, -169th Recon Battalion -Timisoara : with TABC-79 recon vehicles and DAC-444T trucks, -328th Antitank Artillery Battalion -Timisoara : with D-48 85mm at guns, 9P122 BRDM atgw-s, SR-132 trucks, ATS-59 tractors, -64th AA Artillery Battalion -Timisoara : with 37mm, 57mm. S-60 aa guns, 9K31M strela-1 BRDM systems, -51th Engineer Battalion - -207th Tactical Rocket Battalion - with 2K6 Luna missile systems, reload vehicles, trucks, BTR-50PU command, The 3nd Army Command -direct subordinated units: -59th Artillery Brigade -Lugoj : 1 battalion with 122mm A-19/M-1937/ gun-how, 1 battalion with 130mm Md.1982 guns, 1 battalion with 152mm Md.1981 howitzers, 1 battalion with 152mm Md.1985 gun-how, 1 battalion with M-1943 160mm mortars, 1 mrls battery with APR-40 122mm, DAC and SR trucks and AT-S and TAR tractors, -24th Antitank Artillery Regiment -Lugoj : with Md.1977 100mm at guns, 9P133 BRDM atgw-s, ATS-59G and TAR-76 tractors, DAC and SR trucks, BRDM-2U command vehicles, -54th Engineer Regiment -Deva : with one pontoon-bridge battalion based on PR-60/SR-132G, BAT-M bulldozers, IMR engineer tanks, MDK-2M sapper vehicles, posible UR-67 mine-clearing vehicles, MTU-20 bridge tanks, TCG-80 recon vehicles based on TABC, -46th Communications Regiment -Craiova : no information available The 4nd Army /Transylvania/ HQ -Cluj-Napoca : -317th recon battalion -Huedin -11th Mechanised Division /Carei/ -Oradea : -21st Mech. Rgt. -Oradea : with TR-77 tanks, TAB-71/-71M apc-s, TABC-79 recon vehicles, SU-76 sp guns, ZiS-3 76mm field guns, Md.1982 120mm mortars, ?? TAB-71AR with 82mm mortars, AG-9 rr-s, MR-4 quad 14,5mm aa hmg-s, DAC-443T and -665T trucks, TER-580 evacuation tank, TERA-71L recovery apc-s, -23th Mech. Rgt. -Beius -same -19th Mech. Rgt. -Arad -same -23rd Tank Rgt. -Oradea : with TR-77 tanks, BTR-50PK and PU apc-s, TABC-79 recon vehicles, TAB-71A R-1451 command apc, MR-2 quad 14,5mm aa hmg-s, DAC-443T and -665T trucks, TER-580 evacuation tanks, MTP/BTR-50P recovery apc-s, -26th Artillery Regiment -Ineu : with M-30 122mm how., Md.1981 152mm how., APR-40 122mm mrls, SR-114 and DAC-444 trucks, TMA-83 arty tractors, TABC-79A-POMA and TAB-77A-PCOMA command vehicles, -119th Recon Battalion -Oradea : with TABC-79 recon vehicles and DAC-444T trucks, -81th Mechanised Division /Somes/ -Dej : -221st Mech. Rgt. -Bistrita : with T-55/A tanks, TAB-71/-71M apc-s, TABC-79 recon vehicles, SU-76 sp guns, ZiS-3 76mm field guns, Md.1982 120mm mortars, ?? TAB-71AR with 82mm mortars, AG-9 rr-s, MR-4 quad 14,5mm aa hmg-s, DAC-443T and -665T trucks, TER-580 evacuation tank, TERA-71L recovery apc-s, -223th Mech. Rgt. -Dej -same -227th Mech. Rgt. -Cluj -with TR-85M tanks, MLI-84 ifv-s, TAB-71/-71M apc-s, TABC-79 recon vehicles, SU-76 sp guns, ZiS-3 76mm field guns, Md.1982 120mm mortars, ?? TAB-71AR with 82mm mortars, AG-9 rr-s, MR-4 quad 14,5mm aa hmg-s, DAC-443T and -665T trucks, TER-800 evacuation tank, TERA-71L recovery apc-s, -230rd Tank Rgt. -Baia Mare : with T-55/A/AM2 tanks, BTR-60PB and PU apc-s, BRDM-2 recon vehicles, MR-4 quad 14,5mm aa hmg-s, SR-114/-132, DAC-443T and -665T trucks, T-55T evacuation tanks, MTP-2/BTR-60 recovery apc-s, -315th Artillery Regiment -Simleu Silvaniei : with M-30 122mm how., Md.1981 152mm how., APR-40 122mm mrls, SR-114 and DAC-444 trucks, TMA-83 arty tractors, TAB-77A-PCOMA command vehicles, -422th Recon Battalion -Satu Mare : with TABC-79 recon vehicles and DAC-444T trucks, -424th Communication Battalion -Dej : -55th Antiaircraft Battalion -Dej : -6th Tank Division /Horea, Closca si Crisan/ -Targu-Mures : -2nd Tank Regiment -Targu Mures : with T-55/A/AM2 tanks, TAB-71M and R-1451 apc-s, TABC-79 recon vehicles, MR-4 quad 14,5mm aa hmg-s, SR-114/-132, DAC-443T and -665T trucks, T-55T evacuation tanks, MTP-2/BTR-60 recovery apc-s, -5th Tank Regiment -Turda : same as the 2nd -6th Tank Regiment -Aiud : same -4th Mechanised Regiment -Zalau : with TR-77 tanks, TAB-71/-71M apc-s, TABC-79 recon vehicles, SU-76 sp guns, ZiS-3 76mm field guns, Md.1982 120mm mortars, ?? TAB-71AR with 82mm mortars, AG-9 rr-s, MR-4 quad 14,5mm aa hmg-s, DAC-443T and -665T trucks, TER-800 evacuation tank, TERA-71L recovery apc-s, -20th Artillery Regiment -Tarnaveni ??: with with M-30 122mm how., D-20 152mm how., APR-21 122mm mrls, SR-114 and DAC-444 trucks, ATS-59G or TAR-76 arty tractors, TAB-71A-PCOMA command vehicles, -166th Recon Battalion -Targu Mures : with BRDM-2 recon vehicles and DAC-444T and SR-114D trucks, -216th AA Artillery Battalion -Targu Mures : -69th Artillery Brigade -Simleu Silvaniei : 1 battalion with 122mm A-19/M-1937/ gun-how, 1 battalion with 130mm Md.1982 guns, 2 battalions with 152mm Md.1981 howitzers, 1 battalion with M-1943 160mm mortars, 1 mrls battery with APR-40 122mm, DAC and SR trucks and AT-S and TAR tractors, -7th Artillery Regiment -Cluj : with M-30 122mm how., ML-20 152mm how., APR-40 122mm mrls, SR-114 and DAC-444 trucks, TMA-83 arty tractors, TAB-77A-PCOMA command vehicles, -612th Antitank Artillery Regiment -Baia Mare : with Md.1977 100mm at guns, 9P133 BRDM atgw-s, ATS-59G and TAR-76 tractors, DAC and SR trucks, BRDM-2U command vehicles, -52th Engineer Regiment -Alba Iulia : with one pontoon-bridge battalion based on PR-71/DAC-665G, BAT-M bulldozers, IMR engineer tanks, MDK-2M sapper vehicles, MT-55 bridge tanks, TCG-80 recon vehicles based on TABC, -55th Communications Regiment -Cluj-Napoca : no information available -1st Mountain Hunters Brigade -Bistrita : 3 mountain hunters battalions, 1 gun battalion 76mm Md.1982, 1 recce company with TABC-79, -5th Mountain Hunters Brigade -Alba Iulia : 4 mountain hunters battalions -one MLVM apc company, 1 gun battalion with 76mm Md.1982 and few 100mm Md.1988, 1 recce company with TABC-79, So, first of all I need to say that not all this material is 100% correct. For instance a couple of days ago I spoke with a former army officer who served at an artillery regiment in Medgidia, and he was absolutely sure that the claimed 43th Rocket Brigade near Sibiu is a fantasy, but a real 43th Artillery Regiment existed at Mihai Bravu near Bucharest. He supposed that this regiment was part of the 57th Tank Division Bucharest-Pantelimon, and had new materiel like Md.1981 152mm howitsers -2 battalions and APRA-40 122mm mlrs -1 battery. This was in 1988 he claimed. Have no idea of all that. But I write it to you. Military Schools and Training Facilities -The Infantry and Armor Command -Bucharest -direct subordinated units: -The Superior Military School for Officers and Technicals -Sibiu: 1-2 command apc TAB-77A R-145-1/-2, 10-13 tanks T-55/-A and ?? TR-85, 3-5 sp guns SU-100M, 30-35 apc-s TAB-71M and TAB-77, 3 recon TABC-79, 3-6 ifv-s MLI-84, DAC-444T and 665T trucks, ...can't be sure -Infantry Training Center -Fagaras: 1-2 command apc TAB-77A R-145-1/-2, 10 tanks T-55/-A and ?? TR-85, 30 apc-s TAB-71M and TAB-77, 6-7 recon TABC-79, 10-13 ifv-s MLI-84, DAC-444T and 665T trucks,...again not sure -Military School for Reserve Officers -at Lipova /Arad and Bacau - infos only for Lipova : 3 Infantry Battalions with 62-68 TAB-71/BTR-60PB and 3-5 TAB-71A R-145 command apc-s, 3-6 BRDM-2 recon, ZiS-3 76mm field guns-1 or 2 batteries, 18 x 82mm and 6 x 120mm soviet-type mortars, 12 -18 heavy aa mg 14,5mm romanian or soviet type, 1 Tank Battalion with 21-22 tanks -T-55-100 and T-34-85, -infos from former sergeant activating there in 1989-1990. He claimed that the school had over 1.100 conscripts in 1989 and the strength of an mechanised infantry regiment. -Military School for Armor and Auto Officers -Pitesti : 1-2 command apc TAB-71A R-145-1/-2, 21-22 tanks TR-85/-M and 2-3 TR-125, 1-2 sp guns SU-100M, 10-13 apc-s TAB-71M and TAB-77, 3 recon TABC-79, 1-2 ifv-s MLI-84, DAC-444T and 665T trucks, -Artillery Training Center -Ploiesti : no info -Tank and SP Guns Training Center -Bacau ??: no infos The Military Aviation Command direct subordinated units /in 1989 remember/: -98th Special Objective Guard Battalion -Otopeni -airfields, facilities, -60th Paratrooper Regiment -Buzau -2 battalions, -64th Paratrooper Regiment -Titu -2 battalions, -56th Paratrooper Regiment -Caracal -2 battalions, -62th Paratrooper Regiment -Campia Turzii -2 battalions, -90th ?? Air Transport Regiment -Bucharest Otopeni- with 2 AN-12, 9 AN-24 and 14 AN-26 transport planes /in 1990/ -70th Engineer Aviation Regiment -Galati, -85th Communication (Transmission) Aviation Regiment -Bucuresti, I found the following equipment list - from the 1990-1991 International Institute of Strategic Studies Military Balance. I think it reflects information submitted as part of the CFE treaty data exchanges. 2817 tanks: 1060 T-34, 757 T-55, 30 T-72, 556 TR-80, 414 TR-580(T-10). (I have no idea what they mean by the TR-580/T-10 - did Romania produce heavy tanks?) 430 Assault guns: 326 Su-76, 84 Su-100, 20 ISU-152. 650 recce: BRDM-1/2 127 MLI-84s. 2572 APC: 28 BTR-40, 50 BTR-60, 156 TAB-77, 387 TABC-79, 1912 TAB-71, 39 MLVM (MTLB). 3803 Artillery: 1549 Towed: 268 Skoda 100mm of various models, 87 Schneider 105mm, 496 M-30 122mm, 14 A-19 122mm, 138 Gun 8Z 130mm, 128 Skoda 150mm M-1934, 6 Model 1937 150mm, 85 D-20, 10 M-1985 152mm gun-howitzers, 61 Model 1938 152mm, 256 Model 81 152mm. 18 Self-propelled: 6 2S1, 12 Model 89. 532 rocket launchers: 134 APR-21, 290 APR-40, 108 R-2 130mm 1704 Mortars: 1126 M-120, 516 Model 1982, 50 M-160, 12 M-240 Missiles: 32 FROG, 18 SCUD 300 AT Guns: M-1943 57mm, D-44 85mm, T-12 100mm. 400 Anti-Aircraft guns: 30mm, 37mm, 57mm, 85mm and 100mm. 160 SA-6 SAMs. I'm not sure what the organization of units were (how many tanks, APCs, artillery, etc in a regiment and so on) but it looks (on paper) like an impressive amount of gear! Thanks for your informations, it explaines a lot for those who doubted the size of our army the way I presented. I read somewhere that in 1990 there were around 320.000 active soldier in the army -ground, air and navy- /source: Niculae Spiroiu ex-defence minister/ and around 600.000 reserve. That's big, real big. Some corrections I wish to make in the weapon systems, the way I believe it's closer to reality: -the 556 tanks were not T-80 (EVEN IF I WISH THEY WERE), but TR-800 or TR-85 romanian made medium tanks. These are an improved version of the TR-77 or TR-580 romanian made tanks. The TR-580 or TR-77 tank was the first build romanian tank, concept drawn and even build in cooperation with China, inspired it's trough of the soviet T-55A, but also different. See chinese tank Type 80, except the gun, cvasi-identical to ours. The T-10/soviet heavy tank/ has nothing to do with the romanian TR-77/-580. Very, very interesting -romania had ISU-152 heavy sp guns. Everybody who knows more, please write it. Unit, location, year, anything. The MLVM is an mountain armoured fighting vehicle, close to BMP-1 design, but much modified, with a BTR-60PB type of turret. Totally different from soviet-made MT-LB multipurpose armored vehicles. The number for recce vehicles BRDM is enormous -but it can be real only if there were included the antitank versions BRDM with atgw. The Gun 82 130mm were in fact romanian made 'Tunul model 1982 cal. 130mm.' build in cooperation/or inspired/ with China /see chinese Type 59-I 130mm field gun/. Romania produced also the M-1985 152mm gun-howitzer, or 'Tunul-obuzier model 1985 cal.152mm.', in fact a long-range version of the 'Obuzierul model 1981 cal.152mm.', a romanian improved (??) version of soviet D-20/M-1955/ 152mm gun-howitzer. The design of 'model 1985 cal.152mm.' is somewhat similar of the jugoslav M-84 Nora-A gun-howitzer. In the antitank guns inventory the romanian 'Tunul antitanc model 1977 cal.100mm.' are missing, and definitely there were several tens of those in romanian army use in 1989. But it can be they were included in the total numbers. The 160 SA-6 a.a. missile systems are totaly unreal. But a number of 160 systems of the tipes -S-75M Volkhov, S-125M Nyeva- not including the mobile 3K9M KUB and 9K33BM2 OSA-AKM is very possible. I am pretty sure that Romania had some 60 mobile launchers KUB and around 20 more modern OSA-AKM in 1989 and over 100 S-75M Volkhov. Romania had 4 mobile aa rocket regiments in 1989, the Chitila, Braila and Craiova-based KUB regiments and the Cluj-Napoca-based OSA-AKM regiment. But thanks a lot chico, realy interesting stuff you posted. Asking everybody who read this topic : should I continue to the Aircraft and Air Defense TO&E in 1989 ? Cause I wish not to waste time to write it if nobody is interested. I typed wrong with the T-80... I meant to type TR-80, just missed the "R"! I remember reading somewhere that SU-100 were assigned to army-level Anti-tank regiments, maybe the ISU-152 were too? As for tank assignments, if each tank regiment was assigned 90 tanks, the force you list would require about 90 T-72s and 2070 T-55/TR-800/TR-77/TR-58/TR-85 medium tanks. It appears to need 60 more T-72s and about 250-300 more medium tanks. Of course, there were over 1000 T-34/85s in the inventory and lots of Su-76, if the information I had is accurate. I also remember reading that T-34s were used by a unit at Laculete, near Targoviste, in 1989. A fascinating issue! For the Air Forces, please go on! I have found the following information (here): "As of 1989, the AM had approximately 32.000 personnel, of which less than one third were conscripts. The air force operated 512 combat aircraft, and was responsible for transport, reconnaissance, helicopters and the national air defence system, with the primary mission of protecting and supporting the ground forces and defending the country against invasion. Divided into three tactical divisions, each of which had two regiments of two or three squadrons of interceptors and one of ground-attack aircraft, the AM mainly flew Soviet-made MiG-21s and MiG-23s, but the first MiG-29s were available as well as a large number of IAR-93s. Finally, in December 1989, just a few days before the revolution against Communism began, the first 4 MiG-29s arrived in Romania. Ianca AB 49 Fighter-Bomber Regiment - 1/49 Squadron IAR-93 - 2/49 Squadron MiG-15/S-102 Boboc AB (School of the AM) 54 School Fighter-Bomber Regiment - one squadron of L-29 - two squadrons of L-39 ZA Mihail Kogalniceanu (Black Sea) 57 Fighter Regiment - 1/57 Squadron, MiG-29A/29UB (not operational) - 2/57 Squadron, conversion to MiG-29 - 2/57 Squadron, MiG-23MF/23UB - 3/57 Squadron, MiG-21MF/21UM Turnisor AB (Sibiu) 58 Helicopter Regiment - 1/58 Helicopter Squadron, IAR-316 - 2/58 Helicopter Squadron, IAR-330 Ghimbav Airfield/ICA Brasov (Brasov) 58 Helicopter Regiment (det.) - 1/58 Helicopter Squadron, IAR-316 Tuzla AB 59 Helicopter Regiment - 1/59 Helicopter Squadron, IAR-316, IAR-330 Titu AB (north-west of Bucharest, also known as Boteni) 61 Helicopter Regiment - 1/61 Helicopter Squadron, IAR-316, IAR-330 Tecuci AB 60 Helicopter Regiment - 1/60 Helicopter Squadron, IAR-316 Craiova AB 67 Fighter-Bomber Regiment - 1/67 Fighter-Bomber Squadron, IAR-93 - 2/67 Fighter-Bomber Squadron, IAR-93 Luna AB (Campia Turzii) 71 Fighter Regiment - 1/71 Squadron, MiG-21MF/UM - 2/71 Squadron, MiG-21M/UM Caransebes AB 73 Helicopter Regiment - 1/73 Helicopter Squadron, IAR-316, IAR-330L Borcea AB (Fetesti) 86 Fighter Regiment - 1/86 Squadron, MiG-21 MF/UM - 2/86 Squadron, MiG-21 PFM/US - 38 Reconaissance Squadron, Harbin H-5B, HJ-5 Otopeni AB (Bucharest) 90 Transport Regiment An-2, 24, 26, 30 Deveselu AB 91 Fighter Regiment - 1/91 Squadron MiG-21 MF/UM - 2/91 Squadron MiG-21 PFM/US Alexeni AB (east of Bucharest) 94 Helicopter Regiment - 1/94 Helicopter Squadron, Mi-8T - 2/94 Helicopter Squadron, Mi-8T Giarmata AB (Timisoara) 93 Fighter Regiment - 1/93 Squadron, MiG-23 MF/UB - 2/93 Squadron, MiG-21 MF/UM - 31 Reconnaissance Squadron MiG-21R Bacau AB 95 Fighter Regiment - 1/95 Squadron MiG-21 PF/U - 2/95 Squadron MiG-21 PF/U Someseni airport (Cluj) - 132 Helicopter Squadron, IAR-316B In addition to aircraft, as of 1989, the Romanian air defences have had around 3.000 SA-2, SA-3, SA-6, SA-7, SA-8 and SA-9 missiles. Most of SA-7s and SA-9s were operated by the army, as were some SA-6s and SA-8s, together with a large number of quadruple 14.5 mm machine guns (ZPU-4), and heavier 57 mm (S-60) and 85 mm anti-aircraft guns. 1st Missile Brigade, composed of nine battalions spread at a distance of 30 to 40 kilometres around Bucharest and 51 Missile Regiment, based at Craiova, fired SA-6" Some people have questioned the accuracy of this author's writings about other conflicts. I am not sure, I will leave the judgement of accuracy and the implications to others... I am more interested in the structure and equipment of the Romanian armed forces of the time! First I wish to answer your question -trough the only Tank Regiment TO&E I am 100% sure about : the 1st Tank Regiment of the 1st Mechanised Infantry Division 'Tudor Vladimirescu-Debretin' had in 1982 95 tanks in 4 battalions - 3 T-55 based battalions and 1 T-72 battalion. In the regiment there were 64 T-55 tanks and 31 T-72 tanks. Info taken from Observatorul Militar the newspaper of the Romanian Ministry of Defence in 2000. So it's easy to estimate that a T-55 based battalion had 21 tanks and the T-72 based battalion 31 tanks. As I presume that not all tank regiment were so strong/or special as long as this regiment was the only one fitted with T-72 tanks/, I believe it exists also 64 type tank regiments together with 94 type tank regiments /I mean with 64 or 94 tanks per regiment/. So the total number could fit. I also read that every Mechanised Infantry Regiment had 1 SU-76 battery, but still the number doesn't fit. Can you tell more about SU-76 deployment? And also that in the romanian army only two of the three infantry battalions were mechanised -TAB-71/-77/-79 based, so no more than 65-70 apc's per regiment in place of over 100 in soviet MRR. The third battalion was infantry on trucks. Do you know anything about that? And also about recce company of the MRR or TkR. I heard that in the MRR the recce comp had 7 BRDM or TABC and in the TkR only 3 BRDM. Any idea? I think that between 1988 (when the first IAR99 was put into operational use) and 1990 when Communism "officially" ended, the total inventory was 18 IAR99s The Air Defence of the Territory Command - 16th Air Defence Division "Siret" -Ploiesti - -46th Radiolocation Brigade -Ploiesti, -1st AA Rocket Brigade -Bucharest -18th and 19th SAM Regiments -48th Mobile SAM Regiment -Chitila -1st AA Gun Regiment -Bucharest -2nd Mixt AA Artillery Brigade -Ploiesti -4th SAM Regiment -Ploiesti -11th SAM Regiment -Brasov -2 AA Gun Regiments - could be part of the AA Artillery Brigade Ploiesti ?? -6th Mixt AA Artillery Brigade -Ramnicu Sarat -?? 63 and ?? 65 AA Gun Regiments -13th ?? SAM Regiment -Bacau -52nd Mobile SAM Regiment -Braila -53rd SAM Regiment -Medgidia -14th Mixt AA Artillery Regiment -Fetesti -Cernavoda -137th AA Gun Regiment -Tuzla 34th Air Defence Division "Mures" -Timisoara - -41th Radiolocation Brigade -Cluj Napoca, -3rd ?? AA Rocket Brigade -Timisoara -16th and 17th SAM Regiments -4th Mixt AA Artillery Brigade -Targu Jiu -40 ?? and 373 ?? AA Gun Regiments -12th SAM Regiment -?? -51th Mobile SAM Regiment -Craiova -5th Mixt AA Artillery Brigade -Cluj Napoca -?? 146 and ?? 149 AA Gun Regiments -15th ?? SAM Regiment -Medias -50th Mobile SAM Regiment -Cluj Napoca Back to my undertaking I can for sure rebuild the tank units of the 11th Division, from the basic battalion-size unit of 21 tanks. That means the tank regiment of the division had 64 tanks (3 battalions of 21 tanks + commanders tank) and each of the 3 mechanised regiments had a tank battalion of 21 tanks, so the total tank inventory of the 11th Division was 127 tanks all TR-77-580 type. Exactly how Col. Rez. Bartos write. 11th Infantry Division on post-ww2 period The 11th Infantry Division was formed on 2nd of August 1951 by order 00317736 of Marele Stat Major. For the begining was raised 3rd Infantry (small) Regiment (Regimentul 3 Infanterie redus), in september 1951. The OOB was: -the command of 3rd IR, with -1 mixed transmision platoon -1 pioneer platoon - the rear of the regiment -1st Rifle Batalion (small) -1 artilery batery including: 1 AT 57mm platoon, 1 76 mm canons platoon, 1 120 mm mortar platoon. In 15 october 1951 3rd IR (practicaly the 11th Division) garisoned in Oradea. In January 1954 the OOB of the regiment was as following: -the command of 3rd IR, with -headquarter (statul major) -political oficers (aparatul politic) -weapons and services chiefs (sefi arme si servicii) -1 recon platoon -1 chemical platoon -1 pioneer platoon -1 AA machinegun platoon -1 transmisions company -1 Rifle NCO Batalion (Batalion puscasi cadre) -1 Rifle Batalion with the following OOB: 2 Rifle companies, 1 NCO company (companie cadre), 1 machinegun company, 1 mortars company -regimental artilery with 1 artilery batalion -rear of the regiment (spatele regimentului) -NCO school (scoala de sergenti). Total number of men was: 120 oficers, 50 contract NCO (sergenti reangajati), 182 sergeants, 798 soldiers, 16 civil employees, 27 cavalry horses, 32 artilery horses and 54 column horses (cai coloana). In 1957 the regiment received "mechanised" denomination. In 1959 the name of the regiment is changed, becoming now 21 Mechanised Regiment. In January 1960 OOB was made from 149 oficers, 26 NCO, 168 sergeants, 739 soldiers and 15 civil employees. In november 1964 the regiment had 24 T34 tanks, 12 self-propelled guns SU76, 1 BTR-40, 1 BTR-152, 1 50PU car, 3 soft-skinned cars, 162 trucks, 20 special trucks (autospeciale), 1 M72 motorcycle. Organisation of the regiment in 1965: Regiment Command I. Second Commander (loctiitor comandant) Headquarter (stat major) Party comitee (Comitet de partid) Services Chiefs (Sefi servicii) Technical Service Financiar Service Rear of the Regiment II.Subunits for battle security (subunitati de asigurare de lupta) -1 recon company -1 transmisions company -1 pioneer company -1 chemical recon and radiations platoon III.Fighting units -3 infantry batalions One motorised infantry batalion consisted of: - comand - headquarter - 1 transmision platoon - infantry companies - 1 AT 57 mm guns platoon - 1 82 mm mortars platoon - 1 platoon autotransports (pluton transport auto) - 1 suply platoon - 1 medical station - 1 mechanical repair workshop The tank batalion had: - headquarter - 1 transmisions platoon - tank companies - self-suply team (grupa de gospodarie) - 1 workshop for tank repairs The regimental artilery had: - chief of artilery - chief of artilery suply (seful inzestrarii artileristice) - comand team (grupa comanda) - 1 120 mm mortar batery - 1 self-propelled 76 mm guns batery - 1 AA 2.U-2 machineguns platoon Rear units: -regimental club -aid station -artilery workshop -custode poligon -workshop for tank and auto repair -technical checkpoint -motorised transport company -material warehouses -"stoc" material warehouses Total numbers of men: 160 oficers, 76 NCO's, 252 "gradati", 1079 soldiers, 35 civil employees. In 1992 the regiment had: -21 TR580 tanks - 72 TAB71 - 11 TABC79 - 12 self-propelled guns SU76 - 18 TAB71 Ar - 1 TAB71 A - 3 TAB77 A - 23 MLI84 - 3 TABC Ch79 - 3 T.E.R.A. - 27 120 mm mortars model 38-43 - 12 120 mm mortars model 82. In 1st July 1994, based on Ordinul General nr. 3 from 24 January 1994 of MApN ministry, the 21st Mecanised Regiment is disbanded, being continued by 21st Infantry Batalion "General Traian Mosoiu". New information about artillery units of the romanian army in 1989. Source : 165 ani de existenta a artileriei romane moderne /Bucuresti 2008, Colectiv de autori, coordonator al lucrarii Col. dr. Adrian Stroea, Referent stiintific prof. univ. dr. Teodor Frunzeti (can be downloaded from this forum) So in 1989 the artillery units of the romanian army were: -1st Army: ---1st Mechanised Division : 16th Artillery Regiment Mihai Bravu, 113 Missile Battalion Ploiesti, ---57th Tank Division : 43th Artillery Regiment Mihai Bravu, ---2nd Mountain Brigade : 206th Mountain Artillery Battalion Halchiu -direct army subordination : 29th Antitank Artillery Regiment Alexandria -2nd Army: ---9th Mechanised Division : 13th Artillery Regiment Medgidia, 203 Missile Battalion Murfatlar, ---10th Mechanised Division : 3rd Artillery Regiment Bacau, ---67th Mechanised Division : 285th Artillery Regiment Braila, ?? Missile Battalion Braila -direct army subordination : 32nd Operative Tactical Missile Brigade Tecuci, 25th Artillery Regiment Braila, 79th Antitank Artillery Regiment Braila -3rd Army: ---2nd Mechanised Division : 9th Artillery Regiment Drobeta Turnu Severin, 180th Missile Battalion Craiova, ---18th Mechanised Division : 39th Artillery Regiment Timisoara, 207th Missile Battalion Lugoj, ---4th Mountain Brigade : 41st Mountain Artillery Battalion Ramnicu Valcea -direct army subordination : 1st Artillery Regiment Slatina, 59th Artillery Regiment Lugoj, 24th Antitank Artillery Regiment Lugoj, -4th Army: ---11th Mechanised Division : 26th Artillery Regiment Ineu, 151st Missile Battalion Oradea, ---81st Mechanised Division : 315th Artillery Regiment Simleu Silvaniei, ---6th Tank Division : 7th Artillery Regiment Floresti, ---1st Mountain Brigade : ??th Mountain Artillery Battalion Prundu Bargaului, ---5th Mountain Brigade : 86th Mountain Artillery Battalion Abrud, -direct army subordination : 37th Operative Tactical Missile Brigade Ineu, 69th Artillery Regiment Simleu Silvaniei, 612th Antitank Artillery Regiment Baia Mare, Artillery Command /Strategical Romanian Army Reserve ---17th Braketrough Artillery Brigade Tecuci ---8th Gun Artillery Brigade Focsani ---65th Antitank Artillery Regiment Braila, ---42th Antitank Artillery Battalion Sighisoara ---62nd and 95th Technical Missile Bases a.o. Let's build together a regular mechanised division and a reserve motorised division on the information given us by Colonel in Reserve Grigore Bartoş, ex-commander of the 11th Mechanised Division from Oradea on a battalion-regiment level: "some data about the ex-11th Mechanised Division and about 89th (Reserve) Motorised Infantry Division which would be raised after mobilization in Bihor and Arad districts. I was the former chief of staff of the 89th (Reserve) Motorised Infantry Division ... the total force of these two divisions totaled over 50.000 soldiers and were made of : • două comandamente de divizie; • trei regimente mecanizate (3 batalioane pe T.A.B. sau M.L.I., un batalion de tancuri, un divizion de artilerie, 1 baterie de autotunuri, o baterie de rachete antitanc, o baterie de tunuri antitanc, o baterie de mitraliere şi rachete antiaeriene, o companie cercetare, o companie de transmisiuni, o companie de geniu, o companie stat major, o companie logistică şi alte subunităţi); o trei regimente de infanterie moto (nu erau dotate cu blindate), organizarea identică cu a unui regiment mecanizat); o un regiment de tancuri; o un batalion de tancuri; o două regimente de artilerie x 3 divizioane; o două divizioane de artilerie antitanc; o două batalioane de cercetare; o două batalioane de geniu; o două batalioane de transmisiuni; o un divizion de rachete tactice; o două divizioane de artilerie antiaeriană; o două batalioane logistice; o două spitale de linia I; o alte subunităţi speciale. Cele două divizii însumau, ca principale guri de foc: trei baterii (instalaţii) de lansare a rachetelor tactice care puteau întrebuinţa muniţie nucleară sau chimică; 48 de instalaţii de lansare a proiectilelor reactive, provenite din modernizarea „KATIUŞA” puteau folosi muniţie clasică şi chimică; 24 instalaţii cu 40 tuburi lansatoare fiecare şi 24 de instalaţii cu 24 tuburi lansatoare; 36 obuziere calibru 152 mm; 36 obuziere „SKODA” calibru 100 mm; 108 tunuri calibru 76 mm, 36 tunuri antitanc calibru 100 mm; 18 tunuri antitanc calibru 75 mm; 108 aruncătoare de bombe (mine) calibru 120 mm; 324 aruncătoare de bombe calibru 82 mm; 148 de tancuri din care 127 erau TR-77-580 (tun calibru 100 mm) şi 21 erau T-34-85 de fabricaţie sovietică; 162 tunuri antitanc fără recul (AG-9); 36 autotunuri; 36 instalaţii de lansare a rachetelor antitanc dirijate, instalate pe autovehicole blindate şi autoturisme de teren; 162 instalaţii de lansare a rachetelor antitanc portative generaţia II (semidirijate automat); 12 tunuri antiaeriene de 57 mm; 30 tunuri antiaeriene de calibru mic; 6 instalaţii de rachete A.A.; 120 de mitraliere antiaeriene cu 2 şi 4 ţevi calibru 14,5mm; 316 TAB-uri; 30 TABC." So sorry, couldn't translate all of it... Waiting your help in organise all this information on regiments, battalions and companies if it's possible... The Air Defence of the Territory Command - 16th Air Defence Division "Siret" -Ploiesti - -46th Radiolocation Brigade -Ploiesti, -1st AA Rocket Brigade -Bucharest -18th and 19th SAM Regiments -48th Mobile SAM Regiment -Chitila -1st AA Gun Regiment -Bucharest -2nd Mixt AA Artillery Brigade -Ploiesti -4th SAM Regiment -Ploiesti -11th SAM Regiment -Brasov -2 AA Gun Regiments - could be part of the AA Artillery Brigade Ploiesti ?? -6th Mixt AA Artillery Brigade -Ramnicu Sarat -?? 63 and ?? 65 AA Gun Regiments -13th ?? SAM Regiment -Bacau -52nd Mobile SAM Regiment -Braila -53rd SAM Regiment -Medgidia -14th Mixt AA Artillery Regiment -Fetesti -Cernavoda -137th AA Gun Regiment -Tuzla 34th Air Defence Division "Mures" -Timisoara - -41th Radiolocation Brigade -Cluj Napoca, -3rd ?? AA Rocket Brigade -Timisoara -16th and 17th SAM Regiments -4th Mixt AA Artillery Brigade -Targu Jiu -40 ?? and 373 ?? AA Gun Regiments -12th SAM Regiment -?? -51th Mobile SAM Regiment -Craiova -5th Mixt AA Artillery Brigade -Cluj Napoca -?? 146 and ?? 149 AA Gun Regiments -15th ?? SAM Regiment -Medias -50th Mobile SAM Regiment -Cluj Napoca The Military Aviation Command direct subordinated units /in 1989 remember/: -98th Special Objective Guard Battalion -Otopeni -airfields, facilities, -60th Paratrooper Regiment -Buzau -2 battalions, -64th Paratrooper Regiment -Titu -2 battalions, -56th Paratrooper Regiment -Caracal -2 battalions, -62th Paratrooper Regiment -Campia Turzii -2 battalions, -90th ?? Air Transport Regiment -Bucharest Otopeni- with 2 AN-12, 9 AN-24 and 14 AN-26 transport planes /in 1990/ -70th Engineer Aviation Regiment -Galati, -85th Communication (Transmission) Aviation Regiment -Bucuresti, Source for this is: army: https://www.worldwar2.ro/forum/index.php?showtopic=530&st=30 air force: acig.org Edited April 12, 2022 by Perun
Perun Posted April 12, 2022 Author Posted April 12, 2022 Soviets would be large job but it could be done
RETAC21 Posted April 15, 2022 Posted April 15, 2022 The Hungarian Army in English: souice: ww2.dk Hungarian Army (1988) 5th Army 1. 5th Headquarters Support Regiment (Székesfehérvár, Hungary) 2. 43rd Communications Regiment (Székesfehérvár, Hungary) 3. 123rd independent Radio Relay and Cablelaying Regiment (Ercsi, Hungary) 4. 34th independent Special Reconnaissance Battalion (Szolnok, Hungary) 5. 7th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (Keszthely, Hungary) 6. 5th Missile Brigade (Tapolca, Hungary) 7. 37th Pontoon Regiment (Ercsi, Hungary) 8. 60th Engineer Brigade (Szeged, Hungary) 9. 15th Pontoon Regiment (Szentes, Hungary) 10. 123rd Technical Engineer Regiment (Oroshaza, Hungary) 11. 93rd independent Chemical Defence Regiment (Kiskörös, Hungary) 12. 75th Medical Regiment (Nagykanizsa, Hungary) 13. 87th Combat Helicopter Regiment (Szentkirályszabadja, Hungary) with Mi-8 and Mi-24 14. 1st Mechanised Corps – Tata (1. Gépesített Hadtest) o 33rd Mechanised Infantry Brigade (Zalaegerszeg, Hungary) o 37th Mechanised Infantry Brigade (Szombathely, Hungary) o 80th Mechanised Infantry Brigade (Gyöngyös, Hungary) o 25th Tank Brigade (Tata, Hungary) (T-72) o 31st Tank Brigade (Retsag, Hungary) o 44th Artillery Brigade (Marcali, Hungary) o 14th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (Györ, Hungary) o 87th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment (Kiskunfélegyháza, Hungary) o 93rd Anti-Tank Artillery Regiment (Szombathely, Hungary) o 74th Reconnaissance Battalion (Györ, Hungary) o 57th Communications Battalion (Tata, Hungary) o 18th Engineer Regiment (Györ, Hungary) o 95th Supply Regiment (Zalaegerszeg, Hungary) 15. 2nd Mechanised Corps - Kaposvar o 14th Mechanised Infantry Brigade (Nagykanizsa, Hungary) o 26th Mechanised Infantry Brigade (Lenti, Hungary) o 63rd Mechanised Infantry Brigade (Nagyatad, Hungary) o 108th Mechanised Infantry Brigade (Baja, Hungary) o 8th Tank Brigade (Tapolca, Hungary) o 101st Artillery Brigade (Pecs, Hungary) o 18th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (Nagykanizsa, Hungary) o 102nd Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment (Janoshalma, Hungary) o 27th Anti-Tank Artillery Regiment (Nagykanizsa, Hungary) o 42nd Reconnaissance Battalion (Szombathely, Hungary) o 45th Communications Battalion (Kaposvar, Hungary) o 76th Engineer Regiment (Baja, Hungary) o 68th Supply Regiment (Kaposvar, Hungary) 16. 3rd Mechanised Corps - Cegled o 5th Mechanised Infantry Brigade (Mezotur, Hungary) o 6th Mechanised Infantry Brigade (Eger, Hungary) o 62nd Mechanised Infantry Brigade (Hódmezővásárhely, Hungary) o 65th Mechanised Infantry Brigade (Nyiregyhaza, Hungary) o 35th Tank Brigade (Verpelet, Hungary) o 50th Artillery Brigade (Jaszbereny, Hungary) o 15th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (Kalocsa, Hungary) o 6th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment (Karcag, Hungary) o 12th Anti-Tank Artillery Regiment (Karcag, Hungary) o 24th Reconnaissance Battalion (Eger, Hungary) o 66th Communications Battalion (Cegled, Hungary) o 28th Engineer Regiment (Csongrad, Hungary) o 64th Supply Regiment (Kiskunfélegyháza, Hungary) There is a far better Polish OOB in this grate sight: Polish People's Army Land Forces Headquarters - Warsaw Polish Front Command - Warsaw (would have formed the Warsaw Pact’s Northern Front with an authorized strength of 205,620 soldiers in wartime) 1. 6th Pomerania Air Assault Division - Kraków (reduced to 6th Airborne Pomorska Airborne Brigade in 1986) o 6th Air Assault Battalion - Niepołomice o 10th Air Assault Battalion - Oświęcim o 16th Kołobrzeski Air Assault Battalion - Kraków o 18th Kołobrzeski Air Assault Battalion - Bielsko-Biała o 5th Mixed Artillery Battalion - Wola Justowska o 8th Supply Battalion - Kraków o 1st Transport Company o 15th Medical Company o 24th Dropzone and Landing Sites Security Company o Weapons Maintenance Workshop o Automotive Maintenance Workshop o 48th Recon company- Kraków o 120th Anti-aircraft Artillery Battery - Kraków o 11th Sapper Company - Kraków o 6th Signal Company - Kraków o 22nd Chemical Defence Company – Kraków o 8th support battalion – Kraków 2. 7th Łużycka Naval Assault Division - Gdańsk (reduced to 7th Łużycka Coastal Defence Brigade in 1986) o 7th Command battalion - Gdańsk o 4th Pomerania Assault Regiment - Lębork o 34th Budziszyński Assault Regiment - Słupsk o 35th Gdańsk Assault Regiment - Gdańsk o 11th Amphibious Tank Battalion – Gdańsk (PT-76) o 20th Mixed Artillery Battalion – Gdańsk (12x 2S1, 6x BM-21) o 41st Tactical Missile Battalion - Gdańsk o 11th Sapper Battalion - Lębork o 7th Maintenance Battalion - Słupsk o 52nd Reconnaissance Company - Lębork o 29th Anti-aircraft Artillery Battery – Gdańsk (ZU-23-2, SA-7) o 23rd Signal Company - Gdańsk o 7th Chemical Defence Company - Słupsk o 7th Supply Company - Gdańsk o 23rd Medical Company - Gdańsk o Traffic Management Company - Gdańsk 3. 1st Warsaw Engineer Brigade - Brzeg 4. 2nd Signal Brigade - Wałcz 5. 3rd Warsaw Missile Artillery Brigade - Biedrusko (8x 9K72 „Elbrus” (SS-1c Scud)) 6. 4th Chemical Defence Regiment - Brodnica 7. 2nd Internal Signal Regiment - Bialystok 8. 2nd Radio-technical Reconnaissance Regiment - Przasnysz 9. 8th Electronic Warfare Regiment - Grudziądz 10. 10th Radio-location Reconnaissance Regiment - Dziwnów 11. 15th Antitank Artillery Regiment - Gniezno 12. 61st Surface-to-Air Missile Artillery Brigade – Skwierzyna, 27 x 2K11M „Krug” (SA-4 Ganef) 13. 91st Wejherowo Anti-tank Artillery Regiment - Gniezno 14. 1st Assault Battalion (Special Forces) - Dziwnów Pomeranian Military District Pomeranian Military District - Bydgoszcz (Readiness level A, would have formed 1st Combined-Arms Army with 91,000 soldiers in wartime) 1. 8th Dresden Mechanized Division - Koszalin o 16th Dnowsko-Łużycki Tank Regiment – Słupsk (T-55AM, BWP-1, ZSU-23-4) o 28th Sudecki Mechanized Regiment – Kołobrzeg (BWP-1 (SKOT-2AP?), T-55, 2S1, 6 x BRDM 9P133) o 32nd Budziszyński Mechanized Regiment – Kołobrzeg (BWP-1 (SKOT-2AP?), T-55, 2S1, 6 x BRDM 9P133) o 36th Łużycki Mechanized Regiment – Trzebiatów (BWP-1 (SKOT-2AP?), T-55, 2S1, 6 x BRDM 9P133) o 4th Artillery Regiment - Kołobrzeg o 83rd Anti-aircraft Artillery Regiment – Kołobrzeg (9K33M2 „Osa-AK) o 47th Rocket Artillery Battalion – Szczecin (12x BM-21) o 1st Tactical Missile Battalion – Trzebiatów (4 x 8K21 (R-70) „Luna”) o 98th anti-tank artillery battalion – Kołobrzeg (D-44) o 15th Division Artillery Commander Command Battery - Kołobrzeg o 5th Reconnaissance Battalion – Kołobrzeg (10x BRDM-2, 10x BWP-1) o 19th Sapper Battalion - Unieście o 13th Signal Battalion - Koszalin o 8th Supply Battalion - Koszalin o 8th Maintenance Battalion - Koszalin o 39th Medical Battalion - Kołobrzeg o 64th Chemical Defence Company - Koszalin 2. 12th Szczecin Mechanized Division - Szczecin o 25th Dresden Medium Tank Regiment – Szczecin (T-55 (T-55AM?), BWP-1, 4 x 9K31M (SA-9)(?) ‘71), ZSU-23-4) o 5th Kołobrzeski Mechanized Regiment – Szczecin (SKOT-2AP, T-55, 6 x BRDM 9P133) o 9th Zaodrzański Mechanized Regiment – Stargard (BWP-1, T-55, 4x 9K31M (SA-9) (?) ‘71), ZSU-23-4, 6x BRDM 9P133) o 41st Mechanized Regiment – Szczecin (SKOT-2AP, T-55, 6 x BRDM 9P133) o 2nd Artillery Regiment – Szczecin o 99th anti-tank artillery battalion – Szczecin (D-44) o 124th Anti-aircraft Artillery Regiment – Szczecin (9K33M2 „Osa-AK) o 21st Rocket Artillery Battalion - Szczecin (12x BM-21) o 22nd Tactical Missile Battalion – Szczecin (4 x 8K21 „Łuna”) o 87th Division Artillery Commander Command Battery o 16th Reconnaissance Battalion - Szczecin o 2nd Sapper Battalion - Stargard Szczeciński o 33rd Signal Battalion - Szczecin o 12th Supply Battalion - Kobylanka o 8th Maintenance Battalion - Gryfice o 45th Medical Battalion - Stargard Szczecin o 19th Chemical Defence Company - Stargard 3. 15th People's Guards Mechanized Division - Olsztyn (disbanded in 1988) o 35th Tank Regiment – Ostróda (T-55, SKOT-2AP) o 37th Mechanized Regiment – Morąg (SKOT-2AP, T-55, 6 x BRDM 9P133) o 50th Mechanized Regiment – Lidzbark (SKOT-2AP, T-55, 6 x BRDM 9P133) o 75th Mechanized Regiment – Bartoszyce (SKOT-2AP, T-55, 6 x BRDM 9P133) o 9th Artillery Regiment - Olsztyn o 46th Anti-aircraft Artillery Regiment – Olsztyn (24 x S-60) o 19th Tactical Missile Battalion – Morąg o 102nd anti-tank artillery battalion – Morąg (D-44) o Division Artillery Commander Command Battery o 12th Reconnaissance Battalion - Biskupiec o 46th Sapper Battalion - Olsztyn o 29th Signal Battalion - Olsztyn o Supply Battalion o Maintenance Battalion o Medical Battalion o Chemical Defence Company 4. 16th Kaszubska Armored Division - Elbląg o 1st Warsaw Tank Regiment – Elbląg (T-55AM (’87), BMP-1) o 51st Kościerski Tank Regiment – Braniewo (T-55, SKOT-2AP) o 60th Kartuski Tank Regiment – Elbląg (T-55, SKOT-2AP) o 55th Mechanized Regiment – Braniewo (BWP-1, T-55A, 2S1, 6 x BRDM 9P133) o 16th Artillery Regiment – Braniewo (36x 2S1) o 13th Anti-aircraft Artillery Regiment – Elbląg (2K12M1 „Kub” (SA-6) (’86)) o 48th Rocket Artillery Battalion - Malbork o 4th Tactical Missile Division - Malbork o Division Artillery Commander Command Battery o 17th Reconnaissance Battalion - Elbląg o 47th Sapper Battalion - Tczew o 43rd Signal Battalion - Elbląg o 16th Supply Battalion - Elbląg o Maintenance Battalion - Elbląg o 57th Medical Battalion - Braniewo o 61st Chemical Defence Company - Elbląg 5. 20th Warsaw Armored Division - Szczecinek o 24th Dresden Tank Regiment – Stargard (T-72 (‘89?), BWP-1) o 28th Saski Tank Regiment – Czarne (T-72, BWP-1) o 68th Tank Regiment – Budowo (T-72, BWP-1) o 49th Warszaw Mechanized Regiment – Wałcz (BWP-1, T-55) o 36th Artillery Regiment - Budowo o 75th Anti-aircraft Artillery Regiment – Rogowo (2K12M1 „Kub” (SA-6) (’74)) o 26th Rocket Artillery Battalion - Stargard o 7th Tactical Missile Battalion – Budowo (4x 9K79 (SS-21 Scarab) (’88)) o Division Artillery Commander Command Battery o 8th Reconnaissance Battalion - Stargard o 73rd Sapper Battalion - Gryfice o 63rd Signal Battalion - Szczecinek o Supply Battalion - Szczecinek o Maintenance Battalion o Medical Battalion - Stargard o Chemical Defence Company 6. 2nd Pomerania Artillery Brigade - Choszczno (8x 9K72 „Elbrus” (SS-1c Scud)) 7. 5th Mazurska Engineer Brigade – Szczecin 8. 3rd Pontoon Regiment Warszawski - Włocławek 9. 6th Warsaw Cannon Artillery Brigade – Toruń, 54x 152mm wz.1937 ML-20, 18x 152mm vz.77, 18x 122mm RM-70/85 10. 7th Howitzer Artillery Brigade – Toruń, 72x 122mm wz.38 M-30 11. 55th Anti-aircraft Artillery Regiment - Szczecin-Podjuchy, 2K12M2 „Kub” (’77) 12. 2nd Pomerania Chemical Defence Regiment - Grudziądz 13. 4th Łużycki Signal Regiment – Bydgoszcz 14. 24th Signal Regiment – Kwidzyn 15. 12th Radio-line and Cable Regiment - Świecie 16. 8th EW Regiment - Grudziądz 17. 5th Support Regiment Kołobrzeski - Bydgoszcz 18. 19th medical battalion - Szczecinek 19. 14th Sudecki Anti-tank Artillery Regiment - Kwidzyn 20. 56th Special Troops Company - Szczecin (Long Range Reconnaissance) Silesian Military District Silesian Military District - Wrocław (Readiness level B, would have formed 2nd Combined-Arms Army with 89,500 soldiers in wartime) 1. 2nd Warsaw Mechanized Division - Nysa o 15th Tank Regiment – Gliwice (T-55) o 6th Mechanized Regiment – Częstochowa (BWP-1, T-55, 6 x BRDM 9P133) o 27th Mechanized Regiment – Kłodzko (SKOT-2AP, T-55, 6 x BRDM 9P133) o 33rd Mechanized Regiment – Nysa (SKOT-2AP, T-55, 6 x BRDM 9P133) o 37th Artillery Regiment - Kędzierzyn-Koźle o 109. anti-tank artillery battalion – Prudnik (D-44) o 99th Anti-aircraft Artillery Regiment - Ząbkowice Śląskie (24x S-60) o 2nd Tactical Missile Division - Kędzierzyn-Koźle o 37th Division Artillery Commander Command Battery - Nysa o 10th Reconnaissance Battalion - Nysa o 18th Sapper Battalion - Nysa o 48th Signal Battalion - Nysa o 2nd Supply Battalion - Nysa o 2nd Maintenance Battalion - Nysa o Medical Battalion o 21st Chemical Defence Company - Nysa 2. 4th Pomerania Mechanized Division - Krosno Odrzańskie o 18th Tank Regiment – Wędrzyn (T-55AM (’88)) o 11th Złotowski Mechanized Regiment - Krosno Odrzańskie (SKOT-2AP, T-55, BRDM 9P133) o 12th Mechanized Regiment - Gorzów Wielkopolski (BWP, T-55) o 17th Dresden Mechanized Regiment – Międzyrzecz (SKOT-2AP, T-55, BRDM 9P133) o 22nd Artillery Regiment - Sulechów o 128th Anti-aircraft Artillery Regiment – Czerwieńsk (9K33M2 „Osa-AK” (SA-8) (’83)) o 24th Tactical Missile Division - Sulechów o Division Artillery Commander Command Battery o 4th Reconnaissance Battalion - Międzyrzecz o 5th Sapper Battalion - Krosno Odrzańskie o 4th Signal Battalion - Krosno Odrzańskie o 4th Supply Battalion - Krosno Odrzańskie o 4th Maintenance Battalion - Krosno Odrzańskie o 65th Medical Battalion - Krosno Odrzańskie o 20th Chemical Defence Company - Międzyrzecze 3. 5th Saska Armoured Division - Gubin o 23rd Tank Regiment – Słubice (T-55AM, BWP-1) o 27th Tank Regiment – Gubin (T-55AM, BWP-1) o 73rd Tank Regiment – Gubin (T-72, BWP-1) o 13th Mechanized Regiment – Kożuchów (SKOT-2AP) o 113th Artillery Regiment - Kostrzyn nad Odrą o 5th Anti-aircraft Artillery Regiment – Gubin (9K33M3 „Osa-AKM) o 25th Rocket Artillery Battalion - Gubin o 18th Tactical Missile Division - Kostrzyn nad Odrą o 84th Division Artillery Commander Command Battery - Gubin o 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion - Gubin o 14th Sapper Battalion - Kostrzyn nad Odrą o 59th Signal Battalion - Gubin o 5th Supply Battalion - Kostrzyn nad Odrą o 5th Maintenance Battalion - Gubin o 56th Medical Battalion - Gubin o 60th Chemical Defence Company - Gubin 4. 10th Sudeten Armoured Division - Opole o 2nd Tank Regiment – Opole (T-55, BWP-1) o 10th Tank Regiment - Opole (T-55, BWP-1) o 13th Tank Regiment – Opole (T-55, BWP-1) o 25th Mechanized Regiment – Opole (SKOT-2AP) o 39th Artillery Regiment - Tarnowskie Góry o 18th Anti-aircraft Artillery Regiment - Jelenia Góra (2K12M2 „Kub”) o 8th Tactical Missile Division - Tarnowskie Góry o 83rd Division Artillery Commander Command Battery - Tarnowskie Góry o 7th Reconnaissance Battalion - Brzeg o 41st Signal Battalion - Opole o 21st Sapper Battalion - Świdnica o Supply Battalion - Opole o Maintenance Battalion - Opole o 54th Medical Battalion - Opole o 58th Chemical Defence Company - Opole o 5. 11th Dresden Armored Division - Żagań o 3rd Tank Regiment – Żagań (T-72 (89?), BWP-1) o 8th Tank Regiment – Żagań (T-72, BWP-1) o 29th Tank Regiment – Żagań (T-72, BWP-1) o 42nd Mechanized Regiment – Żary (BWP-1, T-55) o 33rd Artillery Regiment – Żary o 66th Anti-aircraft Artillery Regiment – Bolesławiec (2K12M1 „Kub”) o 43rd Rocket Artillery Battalion - Żary o 10th Tactical Missile Battalion - Żary o 17th Division Artillery Commander Command Battery - Żagan o 9th Reconnaissance Battalion - Żagań o 16th Sapper Battalion - Żary o 34th Signal Battalion - Żagań o Supply Battalion - Żagań o 11th Maintenance Battalion - Żagan o 11th Medical Battalion - Żagan o 17th Chemical Defence Company – Żagan 6. 4th Łużycka Engineer Brigade - Gorzów Wielkopolski 7. 1st Engineer Brigade Warszawska – Brzeg 8. 6th Pontoon Regiment Warszawski - Głogów 9. 5th Pomerania Artillery Brigade – Głogów (54x 152 mm wz. 1937 ML-20, 8x 203 mm 2S7 Pion, 18(?)x BM-21) 10. 14th Howitzer Artillery Brigade – Głogów 11. 23rd Cannon Artillery Brigade – Zgorzelec (54x 152 mm wz. 1937 ML-20, 18x 152mm vz. 77 „Dana”, 18(?)x RM-70) 12. 69. Anti-aircraft Artillery Regiment – Leszno (2K12M2 „Kub”) 13. 18th Artillery Brigade - Bolesławiec (8 9K72 „Elbrus” (SS-1c Scud)) 14. 1st Chemical Defence Regiment - Zgorzelec 15. 6th Security Regiment - Wrocław 16. 10th Saski Signal Regiment - Wrocław 17. 20th Anti-tank Artillery Regiment - Pleszew 18. 62nd Special Forces Company - Bolesławiec (Long Range Reconnaissance) 19. 14th Radio-line and Cable Regiment - Strzegom 20. 11th EW Regiment – Zgorzelec 21. 6th Support Regiment – Wrocław 22. 65th medical battalion – Krosno Odrzańskie 23. 28 Reserve Mechanized Division - The division was created in 1972 on the basis of units of the Silesian Military District as a reserve division to be formed in the event of war. o Command of the 28th RDZ in Prudnik - ( 15th Regiment of the Internal Defense Forces ) o 111th Mechanized Regiment in Prudnik - (15th Regiment of the Internal Defense Forces) o 112 mechanized regiment in Nysa - ( 33rd Mechanized Regiment ) o 124 Mechanized Regiment in Częstochowa - ( 6th Mechanized Regiment ) o 44th Medium Tank Regiment in Gliwice - ( 15th Tank Regiment ) o 60 artillery regiment in Kędzierzyn-Koźle - ( 37th artillery regiment ) o 15th Regiment of the Internal Defense Forces in Prudnik o 84 anti-tank artillery squadron in Pleszew o 62 anti-aircraft artillery squadron in Jelenia Góra o 33rd reconnaissance battalion in Kłodzko o 77th Communications Battalion in Prudnik o 120 sapper battalion in Nysa o 28 repair battalion in Kłodzko o 28th supply battalion in Prudnik o 33rd medical battalion in Częstochowa o 47 command battery of the artillery chief of the division in Kędzierzyn Koźle o 28th chemical company in Kłodzko Warsaw Military District Warsaw Military District - Warsaw (Readiness level C, would have formed 4th Combined-Arms Army with 64,700 soldiers in wartime) 1. 1st Warsaw Mechanized Division - Legionowo o 11th Tank Regiment – Giżycko (T-55A) o 1st Praski Mechanized Regiment – Wesoła (BWP-2, T-72) o 2nd Berliń Mechanized Regiment - Skierniewice o 3rd Berliń Mechanized Regiment - Ciechanów o 1st Berliń Artillery Regiment – Bartoszyce (24x S-60 57mm) o 111th anti-tank artillery battalion – Ciechanów (D-44) o 1st Darnicki Anti-aircraft Artillery Regiment - Modlin o 5th Tactical Missile Battalion - Giżycko o Division Artillery Commander Command Battery o 1st Reconnaissance Battalion o 1st Sapper Battalion - Pułtusk o Signal Battalion - Legionowo o 1st Supply Battalion - Legionowo o 1st Maintenance Battalion - Łomża o 53rd Medical Battalion - Skierniewice o 1st Chemical Defence Company - Siedlce 2. 3rd Pomerania Mechanized Division - Lublin (disbanded in 1988) o 5th Tank Regiment - Włodawa (T-55) o 7th Mechanized Regiment - Lublin o 8th Mechanized Regiment - Hrubieszów o 45th Mechanized Regiment – Siedlce (T-55, SKOT-2AP) o 3rd Artillery Regiment – Chełm o 37th anti-tank artillery battalion – Chełm (D-44) o 18th Anti-aircraft Artillery Battalion – Siedlce (24x S-60 57mm) o 42nd Tactical Missile Battalion - Choszczno o Division Artillery Commander Command Battery o 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion - Lublin o Sapper Battalion o 53rd Signal Battalion - Lublin o 3rd Supply Battalion - Lublin o 3rd Maintenance Battalion - Lublin o Medical Battalion o Chemical Defence Company 3. 9th Mechanized Division – Rzeszów (In 1988 was transformed into 9 Material and Technical Base) o 26th Tank Regiment – Sanok (T-55) o 4th Mechanized Regiment - Kielce o 14th Kołobrzeski Mechanized Regiment - Tarnów o 30th Mechanized Regiment - Rzeszów o 40th Artillery Regiment - Jarosław o 23rd Anti-aircraft Artillery Battalion - Jarosław o 44th Tactical Missile Battalion - Toruń o Division Artillery Commander Command Battery o 23rd Reconnaissance Battalion - Jarosław o 13th Sapper Battalion - Dębica o 30th Signal Battalion - Rzeszów o 17th Supply Battalion - Łańcut o Maintenance Battalion o Medical Battalion o Chemical Defence Company 4. 1st Warsaw Cannon Artillery Brigade – Węgorzewo (54x 152mm wz.1937 ML-20, 18x 122mm A-19(?),18x BM-21) 5. 15th Anti-aircraft Artillery Regiment – Gołdap (2K12M2 „Kub”) 6. 8th Howitzer Artillery Brigade - Węgorzewo 7. 2nd Warszawska Engineer Brigade - Kazuń Nowy 8. 32nd Łużycka Artillery Brigade - Orzysz (8x 9K72 „Elbrus”) 9. 3rd Chemical Defence Regiment - Biskupiec 10. 5th Podhale Rifles Regiment - Kraków 11. 9th Signal Regiment - Białobrzegi 12. 15th Anti-aircraft Artillery Regiment - Gołdap 13. 80th Anti-tank Artillery Battalion - Suwałki 14. 48th Special Forces Company - Kraków (Long Range Reconnaissance) 15. 31st Reserve Mechanized Division (The division was created in 1984 on the basis of units of the Warsaw Military District as a mobilization unit), to be part of the Polish Front as a reserve unit of the Front commander. The names of the mobilizing units are given in parentheses o Command of the 31st Reserve Mechanized Division - Rzeszów - (command of 9 DZ) o 125 mechanized regiment - Tarnów - ( 14 pz ) o 126th mechanized regiment - Kielce - (4 pz) o 127 mechanized regiment - Hrubieszów - ( 8 pz ) o 77th Medium Tank Regiment - Sanok - ( 26 PC ) o 114th Artillery Regiment - Chełm - ( 3 PA ) o 131st anti-aircraft artillery regiment - Leszno - ( 69 AD) o 103 anti-tank artillery squadron - Pleszew o 53 Missile Artillery Squadron - Jarosław o 34th reconnaissance battalion - Tarnów o 94th communications battalion - Rzeszów o 121st Sapper Battalion - Dębica o 31 repair battalion - Rzeszów o 73 Supply Battalion - Kielce o 66th medical battalion - Rzeszów o 88 command battery of the Artillery Chief of the Division - Chełm o 75 chemical company – Łańcut 16. 26th Reserve Mechanized Division - The names of the mobilizing units are given in parentheses o Command of the 30th Reserve Mechanized Division - Gdańsk - (13th Internal Defense Regiment) o 83 Mechanized Regiment - Szczecin - ( 5th Mechanized Regiment ) o 84th Mechanized Regiment - Szczecin - ( 41st Mechanized Regiment ) o 85 Mechanized Regiment - Wałcz - ( 49th Mechanized Regiment ) o 76th Medium Tank Regiment - Elbląg - ( 1st Medium Tank Regiment ) o 77th Artillery Regiment under Construction - ( 36th Artillery Regiment ) o 13th Regiment of Internal Defense Forces - Gdańsk o 83rd Anti-Tank Artillery Squadron - Toruń - (Higher Officers' School of Missile and Artillery Forces) o 61st Anti-Aircraft Artillery Squadron - Stargard Szczeciński - ( 9th Mechanized Regiment ) o 32nd Reconnaissance Battalion - Gdańsk - (13th Internal Defense Regiment) o 90th Communication Battalion - Gdańsk - (13th Internal Defense Forces Regiment) o 87th Engineers Battalion - Tczew - (47th Engineers Battalion) o 30th Repair Battalion - Czarne - ( 28th Medium Tank Regiment ) o 30th Supply Battalion - Gdańsk - (13th Internal Defense Regiment) o 40th Medical Battalion - Wałcz - ( 49th Mechanized Regiment ) o 46th Command Battery of the Artillery Chief of the Division under Construction - ( 36th Artillery Regiment ) o 74th Chemical Company - Gdańsk - (13th Internal Defense Forces Regiment) Polish Air Force Polish Air Force Headquarters (Poznań) 1. Air Education Command o Polish Air Force Academy o 38th Training Regt o 58th Training Regt o 60th Training Regt o 61st Training Regt 2. 7th Bomber Reconnaissance Regiment – Powidz - Su-20 3. 32nd Tactical Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment, – Sochaczew – MiG-21R 4. 15th Independent Reconnaissance Aviation Squadron of the Polish Navy – Powidz - Lim-2A 5. 13th Air Transport Regt - Kraków 6. Strategic Air Fighter Corps o 2nd "Bradenburg" Air Fighter-Bomber Division – Piła 6th Fighter and Assault Aviation Regiment – Pila – Su-22M4 (84) 21 Tactical and artillery reconnaissance aviation regiment – Powidz – Lim-6bisR 45 6th Fighter and Assault Aviation Regiment – Babimost – Lim-6bis/M o 3rd "Bradenburg" Air Fighter-Bomber Division – Świdwin 3rd Fighter and Assault Aviation Regiment – Bydgoszcz - Su-7BM/BKL 8th Fighter and Assault Aviation Regiment – Mirosławiec - Lim-6bis/M 40th Fighter and Assault Aviation Regiment – Świdwin – Su-22M4 o 4th "Pomerania" Air Fighter Division – Malbork 2nd Fighter Air Regiment – Goleniow –MiG-21PFM 9th Fighter Air Regiment – Dbrzno –MiG-21MF 41st Fighter Air Regiment – Malbork –MiG-21MF 7th fighter-bomber aviation regiment of the Polish Navy – Siemirowice – Lim-6bis 15th Independent Reconnaissance Aviation Squadron of the Polish Navy 16th Air Combat Auxiliary and Transport Command 49th Helicopter Regt 56th Helicopter Regt 36th Air Transport Regt 37th Air Transport Regt- Warsaw Air Defense Force Air Defense Force Headquarters - Warsaw 1. 1st Air Defense Corps – Warsaw o 1st Air Defense Fighter Regiment - Mińsk Mazowiecki – MiG-21PFM (MiG-29 ’89) o 10th Air Defense Fighter Regiment – Łask – MiG-21PFM o 3rd Air Defense Surface-to-Air Missile Brigade – Warsaw 2nd Air Defence Battalion in Palmiry (52 21 37N, 20 44 01E) with 6 S-75M (SA-2) launchers 3rd Air Defence Battalion in Nadarzyn (52 06 20N, 20 46 21E) with 6 S-75M (SA-2) launchers 4th Air Defence Battalion in Baniocha (52 00 59N, 21 10 14E) with 6 S-75M (SA-2) launchers 5th Air Defence Battalion in Slupno (52 22 50N, 21 11 04E) with 6 S-75M (SA-2) launchers 6th Air Defence Battalion in Chrcynno (52 34 32N, 20 50 01E) with 6 S-75M (SA-2) launchers 7th Air Defence Battalion in Pustelnik (52 16 23N, 21 25 40E) with 6 S-75M (SA-2) launchers 8th Air Defence Battalion in Lesznowola (51 53 55N, 20 55 26E) with 6 S-75M (SA-2) launchers 9th Air Defence Battalion in Teresin (52 12 08N, 20 21 45E) with 6 S-75M (SA-2) launchers 60th Air Defence Battalion in Chotomow-Olszewnica (52 26 43N, 20 52 39E) with 4 S-125 (SA-3) launchers 61st Air Defence Battalion in Malocice (52 22 06N, 20 41 07E) with 4 S-125 (SA-3) launchers 62nd Air Defence Battalion in Borzecin-Mariew (52 16 17N, 20 44 02E) with 4 S-125 (SA-3) launchers 63rd Air Defence Battalion in Nadarzyn-Rusiec (52 04 16N, 20 49 07E) with 4 S-125 (SA-3) launchers 1st Technical Battalion in Ksiazenice (52 03 59N, 20 40 27E) 10th Technical Battalion in Struga (52 23 00N, 21 05 41E) o 1st Air Defense Radiotechnical Brigade - Warsaw 2. 2nd Air Defense Corps - Bydgoszcz o 26th Air Defense Fighter Regiment - Zegrze Pomorskie – MiG-21bis o 28th Air Defense Fighter Regiment – Słupsk – MiG-23MF o 34th Air Defense Fighter Regiment - Babie Doły – MiG-21bis o 4th Air Defense Surface-to-Air Missile Brigade – Gdynia • 21st Air Defence Battalion in Rzucewo (54 41 39N, 18 27 17E) with 6 S-75M (SA-2) launchers • 22nd Air Defence Battalion in Hel (54 36 53N, 18 48 42E) with 6 S-75M (SA-2) launchers • 23rd Air Defence Battalion in Sobieszewo (54 21 09N, 18 49 30E) with 6 S-75M (SA-2) launchers • 24th Air Defence Battalion in Babi Dol (54 17 54N, 18 19 20E) with 6 S-75M (SA-2) launchers • 25th Air Defence Battalion in Dabrowka (54 32 54N, 18 10 05E) with 6 S-75M (SA-2) launchers • 44th Air Defence Battalion in Ustka (54 34 16N, 16 46 51E) with 6 S-75M (SA-2) launchers • 45th Air Defence Battalion in Smoldzino (54 42 47N, 17 13 06E) with 6 S-75M (SA-2) launchers • 46th Air Defence Battalion in Choczewo (54 49 11N, 17 53 53E) with 6 S-75M (SA-2) launchers • 64th Air Defence Battalion in Hel-Bor (54 40 16N, 18 44 40E) with 4 S-125M (SA-3) launchers • 65th Air Defence Battalion in Rozewie (54 48 58N, 18 21 23E) with 4 S-125M (SA-3) launchers • 68th Air Defence Battalion in Leba (54 46 11N, 17 35 35E) with 4 S-125M (SA-3) launchers • 69th Air Defence Battalion in Rowy (54 38 02N, 16 59 55E) with 4 S-125M (SA-3) launchers • 26th Technical Battalion in Bieszkowice (54 31 32N, 18 16 48E) o 26th Air Defense Surface-to-Air Missile Brigade – Gryfice • 36th Air Defence Battalion in Dobra Szczecin (53 28 33N, 14 24 15E) with 6 S-75M (SA-2) launchers • 37th Air Defence Battalion in Glicko (53 44 04N, 15 04 37E) with 6 S-75M (SA-2) launchers • 38th Air Defence Battalion in Bielkowo (53 18 46N, 14 52 27E) with 6 S-75M (SA-2) launchers • 39th Air Defence Battalion in Gryfino (53 08 25N, 14 30 10E) with 6 S-75M (SA-2) launchers • 40th Air Defence Battalion in Kolczewo (53 59 16N, 14 36 41E) with 6 S-75M (SA-2) launchers • 41st Air Defence Battalion in Mrzezyno (54 07 12N, 15 12 55E) with 4 S-125M (SA-3) launchers • 42nd Air Defence Battalion in Ustronie Morskie (54 13 49N, 15 48 31E) with 6 S-75M (SA-2) launchers • 43rd Air Defence Battalion in Dabki (54 23 43N, 16 20 02E) with 6 S-75M (SA-2) launchers • 66th Air Defence Battalion in Wicko Morskie (54 31 25N, 16 33 32E) with 4 S-125 (SA-3) launchers • 67th Air Defence Battalion in Uniescie (54 17 25N, 16 09 13E) with 4 S-125 (SA-3) launchers • 70th Air Defence Battalion in Lunowo (53 54 29N, 14 21 47E) with 4 S-125 (SA-3) launchers • 71st Air Defence Battalion in Pobierowo (54 03 13N, 14 54 02E) with 4 S-125 (SA-3) launchers • 78th Air Defence Regiment (54 06 39N, 15 10 00E) with 18 S-200VE (SA-5) launchers o 2nd Air Defense Radiotechnical Brigade - Bydgoszcz 3. 3rd Air Defense Corps - Wrocław o 11th Air Defense Fighter Regiment – Wrocław – MiG-21MF o 39th Air Defense Fighter Regiment – Mierzęcice – MiG-21PFM o 62nd Air Defense Fighter Regiment - Poznań-Krzesiny – MiG-21PFM o 1st Air Defense Surface-to-Air Missile Brigade – Bytom • 11th Air Defence Battalion in Kuznia Raciborska (50 11 18N, 18 18 12E) with 6 S-75M (SA-2) launchers • 12th Air Defence Battalion in Strzelce Opolskie (50 27 05N, 18 17 29E) with 6 S-75M (SA-2) launchers • 13th Air Defence Battalion in Lubliniec (50 36 40N, 18 37 46E) with 6 S-75 (SA-2) launchers • 14th Air Defence Battalion in Wozniki Slaskie (50 33 51N, 19 01 13E) with 4 S-125M (SA-3) launchers • 15th Air Defence Battalion in Zawiercie (50 27 58N, 19 21 42E) with 6 S-75M (SA-2) launchers • 16th Air Defence Battalion in Bukowno (50 14 51N, 19 30 07E) with 6 S-75 (SA-2) launchers • 17th Air Defence Battalion in Oswiecim (50 04 54N, 19 16 07E) with 4 S-125M (SA-3) launchers • 18th Air Defence Battalion in Pszczyna (50 02 06N, 18 54 38E) with 6 S-75 (SA-2) launchers • 72nd Air Defence Battalion in Ledziny (50 07 17N, 19 04 58E) with 4 S-125 (SA-3) launchers • 73rd Air Defence Battalion in Bujakow (50 10 42N, 18 49 41E) with 4 S-125 (SA-3) launchers • 74th Air Defence Battalion in Ostropa (50 16 02N, 18 36 57E) with 4 S-125 (SA-3) launchers • 75th Air Defence Battalion in Przezchlebie (50 22 30N, 18 39 44E) with 4 quad S-125M (SA-3) launchers • 19th Technical Battalion in Gliwice (50 25 47N, 18 33 19E) o 79th Air Defense Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment - Poznań o 3rd Air Defense Radiotechnical Brigade – Wrocław
Captain Hurricane Posted April 16, 2022 Posted April 16, 2022 Don't forget this really old Tanknet thread about the Polish and Czech Army OOB and organisational details in 1989: https://www.tanknet.org/index.php?/topic/19844-polish-and-czechoslovak-armies-oobs-1989/#comment-422943 Might be of some use?
Perun Posted April 16, 2022 Author Posted April 16, 2022 50 minutes ago, Captain Hurricane said: Don't forget this really old Tanknet thread about the Polish and Czech Army OOB and organisational details in 1989: https://www.tanknet.org/index.php?/topic/19844-polish-and-czechoslovak-armies-oobs-1989/#comment-422943 Might be of some use? Thanks mate
Perun Posted December 31, 2023 Author Posted December 31, 2023 @Pavel Novak do you, or any one, have any data for Czechoslovakian mobilisation divisions
Pavel Novak Posted December 31, 2023 Posted December 31, 2023 Unfotunately nothing new from what was already mentioned on tanknet. I still lack numeration of their subordinated units apart of anti-aircraft regiments. 😞
Mykola Saichuk Posted January 15, 2024 Posted January 15, 2024 On 4/12/2022 at 10:57 AM, Perun said: Structure of the Bulgarian People's Army 1989 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (December 2017) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) At the end of the Cold War in 1989 the Bulgarian People's Army structure was as follows: Contents 1 Ministry of People's Defence 1.1 Bulgarian People's Army 1.1.1 1st Balkan Front 1.1.1.1 1st Army 1.1.1.2 2nd Army 1.1.1.3 3rd Army 1.1.1.4 Land forces' units organization and equipment 1.1.2 Air Forces and Air Defence 1.1.2.1 1st Air Defence Division 1.1.2.2 2nd Air Defence Division 1.1.2.3 10th Composite Aviation Corps 1.1.2.4 People's Higher Air Force School 1.1.2.5 Air Force and Air Defence Forces Equipment 1.1.3 Military Sea Fleet 1.1.3.1 Varna Naval Base 1.1.3.2 Atia Naval Base 1.1.3.3 Military Sea Fleet Equipment 1.2 Construction Troops 2 Ministry of the Interior 2.1 Border Troops 2.2 Interior Troops 3 Ministry of Transport 3.1 Transport Troops 4 Postal and Long Distance Messaging Committee 4.1 Signal Troops 5 References Ministry of People's Defence Bulgarian People's Army 1st Balkan Front In case of war the Bulgarian People's Army's Land Forces Command would have formed the 1st Balkan Front with the three Bulgarian armies and wartime reinforcements. Additional Soviet units would also come under its command (particularly 10th Army of the Soviet Union (10th Air Army ?),[1] planned to deploy between the fifth and tenth day after a full mobilization in the area between Silistra, Tolbukhin, Varna and Omurtag)[2] According to Lieutenant-General Hristo Hristov (former Chief of the Land Forces and Chief of the Georgi Rakovski Military Academy😞 "For that purpose the Land Forces Command was formed in 1973. Its first chief was Colonel-General Hristo Dobrev, with the rank of Deputy Minister of People's Defence. At a conference about the organization of the armed forces of about ten years ago [around 2003] he has formulated the need for the formation of the LFC as such: "It is well known, that according to the operational plans of the Supreme Headquarters of the Warsaw Pact Organization our country was supposed to form a frontal Operational-Strategical Formation (фронтово оперативно-стратегическо обединение), mainly including the Bulgarian People's Army with the mission in case of an aggression launched against the People's Republic of Bulgaria to mount defensive action on the southern state border in order to secure the deployment on Bulgarian soil of additionally one Soviet and one Romanian front, after which with the support of the Soviet Strategic Missile Troops the three fronts were, with the support of the Soviet Black Sea Fleet [which at that point would have absorbed the Bulgarian and the Romanian Navies] to launch a strategic operation aimed at the total destruction of the aggressor... Our men were excellent trained. Our Land Forces at the moment [the 1970s] numbered around 60~62 000 men, the exercises were constant. Each division executed annually one winter and one summer exercise in full strength. The three army headquarters - one command exercise under the leadership of the respective army commander and one command exercise under the leadership of the Land Forces Main Staff annually. The massive exercises of the Land Forces, normally during the summers normally included an army headquarters from the Soviet Army and occasionally an army headquarters from the Romanian Army. On the Balkan operational direction our armed forces were planned to cooperate with them."[3] The headquarters of the 1st Balkan Front had direct command of the following units: Frontal Command, Sofia Directly Subordinated Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff:[4] 68th Independent Parachute-Reconnaissance Regiment (Plovdiv, an equivalent of the Soviet GRU-Spetsnaz, the Intelligence Directorate even had a "Spetsnaz"-Department with that exact name and the responsibility for combat readiness and mission planning of the Specnaz units). The regiment was formed on October 1, 1975 by bringing together the battalion-sized 68th (in Plovdiv) and 86th Training Parachute-Reconnaissance Base (in Musachevo village, immediately to the east of Sofia. The bases, called "Training" (Учебна Парашутно-Разузнавателна База - Резерв на Главното Командване (УПРБ-РГК)) for maskirovka were special mission units, directly subordinated to the General Staff with the capabilities to execute covert intelligence gathering and direct actions deep in the enemy rear of the two NATO adversaries in the region - Greece and Turkey respectively. Each of the bases was composed of a Command; Staff and Staff Services; 3 Para-Recon Companies of 6 Para-Recon Groups each (composed of 7 people: a commanding officer, a master sergeant executive commander, a radiotelegraphist, a senior intelligence gatherer, an intelligence gatherer, an intelligence gatherer/ grenadier and a military interpreter); a Training Company, a Signals Company and diverse support and supply units. The newly formed 68th IPRR included a Command; Staff and Staff Services; 3 x Para-Recon Battalions; Diversionary-Reconnaissance Detachment (reinforced company, specialised in direct actions, upgraded to a full battalion in 1989); Training Battalion; Signals Battalion and support and supply units. The full compliance to Soviet GRU-Spetsnaz standards since the formation of the regiment is also noted in the specification of the Para-Recon Groups, which were renamed Spetsnaz-Reconnaissance Groups (Разузнавателни Групи със Специално Назначение (РГСН)).[5] The regiment is the forerunner of the modern 68th Special Forces Brigade. ?. Independent Brigade for Radio-intercept and Radio-technical Reconnaissance OSNAZ (?. Отделната Бригада за Радио и Радиотехническо Разузнаване ОСНАЗ) in Musachevo, just to the east of Sofia (the ELINT and Radio Interception units of the BPA were called OSNAZ from the Russian ОСобое НАЗначение (roughly translated as "of specific purpose"), Electronic Warfare, such as the N, S and NS type units were called SPETSNAZ (same as the special forces units) from the Russian СПЕЦиальное НАЗначение (translated as "of special purpose")) Directorate for Signals and Electonics of the General Staff: 62nd Signals Brigade, in Gorna Malina - with the escalation in the nuclear armament between the two Cold War camps a plan was devised by the Bulgarian government, that in the case of a full-sized conflict as a redundancy measure in order to retain command and control the higher echelon of the Bulgarian Communist Party and the senior military command was to be divided in three groups and evacuated to nuclear blast-protected bunkers in the Bulgarian mountains. Next to the functions of the Signals Regiment in the Sofia suburb of Suhodol, the brigade also had the functions of maintaining the higher military communication lines. For that reason the 62nd Brigade had at least three dispersed signals regiments for government communications, such as the 75th Signals Regiment (Lovech), the 65th Signals Regiment (Nova Zagora) and at least one additional unknown Signals Regiment in the Rila-Pirin mountain massive. The modern successor of the 62nd Signals Brigade are the Stationary Communication and Information System (Стационарна Комуникационна Информационна Система (СКИС))[6] of the Defence Staff (which fulfills also the tasks of SIGINT and Cyber Defence next to its strategic communications mission) and the Mobile Communication and Information System (Мобилна Комуникационна Информационна Система (МКИС)) of the Joint Forces Command.[7] Electronic Warfare Department (Отдел за Радиоелектронна Борба към Генералния Щаб (ОРЕБ-ГЩ)) (a General Staff department, headed by a Colonel) Stationary Battalion for Radiojamming (Стационарен Батальон за Радиосмущения) Unit for Radioelectronic Control (Отряд за Радиоелектронен Контрол) (The unit's task was to control the radioelectronic signature of the own forces and to manage their survivability against jamming by the enemy. U.S. DOD "electronic protection".) Central Workshop (Централна Работилница) several Signals intelligence units including in Berkovitsa, Gorna Oryahovitsa etc. Higher Military Medical Institute, in Sofia (Висш Военно-Медицински Институт (ВВМИ)), the armed forces' medical service. The Director of the Higher Military Medical Institute is in charge of all medical and recreational units of the BPA and is also the armed forces' Surgeon-General (as of 2017 as well). Land Forces Directly Subordinated 76th Missile Brigade, in Telish, with 8x OTR-23 Oka ballistic missile launchers 135th Front Mobile Missile-Technical Base, in Telish 31st Frontal Anti-aircraft Missile Brigade, in Stara Zagora, with 3x anti-aircraft missile divisions armed with 2K11 Krug air defence systems Electronic Warfare Service (Служба за Радиоелектронна Борба (Служба РЕБ)) (a General Staff department, headed by a Colonel) Independent Frontal Electronic Warfare Battalion type "NS" (Отделен Фронтови Батальон за Радиоелектронна Борба тип "НС"), splits in wartime in Independent Frontal Electronic Warfare Battalion type "N" (Отделен Фронтови Батальон за Радиоелектронна Борба тип "Н") (tasked to jam the enemy communictions) Independent Frontal Electronic Warfare Battalion type "S" (Отделен Фронтови Батальон за Радиоелектронна Борба тип "С") (tasked to jam the enemy's targeting systems and thus protect the own forces and locations from guided weapons) 3rd Frontal Radio-technical Battalion, in Nova Zagora[2] 55th Pontoon Engineer Brigade, in Belene (tasked with ensuring that Romanian and Soviet reinforcements could cross the Danube) The Bulgarian People's Army education institutions would have formed the following units in wartime: "Georgi Sava Rakovski" Military Academy, in Sofia - a motor rifle division "Vasil Levski" People's Higher Combined Arms School, in Veliko Tarnovo - a motor rifle division "Hristo Botev" Reserve Officers School, in Pleven - a motor rifle division "Georgi Benkovski" People's Higher Air Force School, in Dolna Mitropoliya - a motor rifle division "Georgi Dimitrov" People's Higher Artillery and Air Defence School, in Shumen - a front artillery division and an anti-tank artillery brigade 84th Frontal Artillery Division - Reserve of the High Command (84-та Фронтова Артилерийска Дивизия - Резерв на Главното Командване) - formed for the massive Shield-82 (Щит-82) exercise of the Warsaw Pact Organisation, after which put in cadre status. Each brigade included four fire divisions of 18 pieces each, for a total of 72 systems in each brigade.[8] 85th Mixed Artillery Brigade (85-а Смесена Артилерийска Бригада) (100-mm BS-3 guns and 122-mm 2А-19 guns) 86th Heavy Howitzer Artillery Brigade (86-а Тежка Гаубична Артилерийска Бригада) (152-mm D-20 gun-howitzers) 87th Howitzer Artillery Brigade (87-а Гаубична Артилерийска Бригада) (122-mm М-30 howitzers) 89th Rocket Artillery Brigade (89-а Реактивна Артилерийска Бригада) (BM-21 „Grad“ MLRS) Destroyer Anti-Tank Artillery Brigade - Reserve of the High Command (Изтребителна Противотанкова Артилерийска Бригада - РГК (ИПТАБр - РГК)) Command; Staff; Command and Reconnaissance Battery; 5 DATA-divisions of 3 batteries of 6 MT-12 antitank guns and supporting units[9] 1st Army 1st Army, in Sofia, with the strike direction of Yugoslavia and Greece 1st Motor Rifle Division, in Slivnitsa 3rd Motor Rifle Regiment, in Slivnitsa 5th Motor Rifle Regiment, in Slivnitsa 48th Motor Rifle Regiment, in Breznik 65th Tank Regiment, in Botevgrad 18th Artillery Regiment, in Bozhurishte 37th Anti-aircraft Missile Regiment, in Slivnitsa 1st Reconnaissance Battalion 1st Anti-tank Artillery Division 1st Missile Division, in Samokov 1st Multiple Rocket Launch Artillery Division 1st Engineer Battalion 1st Signal Battalion, in Slivnitsa 1st Transport Battalion 1st Supply Battalion 1st Maintenance Battalion 1st Artillery Reconnaissance and Control Battery 1st Chemical Defence Company 1st Commandant's Company (Military Police) 1st Divisional Detachment for Medical Support (Medical-Sanitary Battalion in wartime) 3rd Motor Rifle Division, in Blagoevgrad 14th Motor Rifle Regiment, in Simitli 19th Motor Rifle Regiment, in Kresna and Sandanski) 28th Motor Rifle Regiment, in Gotse Delchev 11th Tank Regiment, in Bansko 36th Artillery Regiment, in Razlog 49th Anti-aircraft Missile Regiment, in Blagoevgrad 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion 3rd Self-propelled Field Artillery Division, in Bansko 3rd Anti-tank Artillery Division, in Simitli 3rd Missile Division, in Grudovo, in Razlog 3rd Multiple Rocket Launch Artillery Division 3rd Engineer Battalion 3rd Signal Battalion 3rd Transport Battalion 3rd Supply Battalion 3rd Maintenance Battalion 3rd Artillery Reconnaissance and Control Battery 3rd Chemical Defence Company 3rd Commandant's Company (Military Police) 3rd Divisional Detachment for Medical Support (Medical-Sanitary Battalion in wartime) 21st Motor Rifle Division, in Pazardzhik (a training/reserve formation to be brought up to strength in times of war) 30th Motor Rifle Regiment, in Pazardzhik 101st Motor Rifle Regiment, in Smolyan 102nd Motor Rifle Regiment, in Devin 103rd Motor Rifle Regiment, in Ardino 105th Artillery Regiment, in Smolyan Anti-aircraft Missile Regiment 21st Reconnaissance Battalion 21st Anti-tank Artillery Division 21st Missile Division, in Pazardzhik 21st Multiple Rocket Launch Artillery Division 21st Engineer Battalion 21st Signal Battalion 21st Transport Battalion 21st Supply Battalion 21st Maintenance Battalion 21st Artillery Reconnaissance and Control Battery 21st Chemical Defence Company 21st Commandant's Company (Military Police) 21st Divisional Detachment for Medical Support (Medical-Sanitary Battalion in wartime) 9th Tank Brigade, in Gorna Banya suburb of Sofia - according to the memories of Colonel (Ret.) Yanko Roshkev, the brigade's commanding officer at the end of the 1980s and the beginning of the 1990s, the brigade had a special force structure, due to its immediate proximity to the country's capital. It had a total of 182 main battle tanks in 3 tank battalions (1st, 2nd and 3rd Tank Battalions of 49 MBTs each), 1 regular (9th Motor Rifle Battalion) and 1 mobilization (10th Motor Rifle Battalion, mobilized around the political changes in the end of 1989) motor rifle battalions (each with its own tank company of (10 MBTs each?) and an additional separate tank company (of 13 MBTs ?) for the security of the General Staff building in Sofia and 2MBTs in the Brigade HQ for the brigade's CO and XO.[10] Rocket Artillery Brigade 46th Army Tactical Missile Brigade, in Samokov 128th Mobile Missile-Technical Base, in Samokov 5th Army Artillery Regiment, in Samokov 19th Army Destroyer Anti-Tank Brigade (19тa Армейскa Изтребителна Противотанкова Артилерийска Бригада), in Samoranovo (the brigade also had ATGMs (9M14 Malyutka, also known in the Bulgarian army as "first generation ATGM") until 1981, when the systems were transferred to the front-line MR divisions) Command (Командване) Staff (Щаб) Reconnaissance and Fire Control Battery (Батарея за Разузнаване и Управление (БРУ)) 1st Destroyer Anti-Tank Artillery Division (1ви Изтребителен Противотанков Артилерийски Дивизион (1ви ИПТАДн) 1st, 2nd and 3rd Batteries - 6x MT-12 antitank guns per battery 2nd Destroyer Anti-Tank Artillery Division (2ри Изтребителен Противотанков Артилерийски Дивизион (2ри ИПТАДн) 4th, 5th and 6th Batteries - 6x MT-12 antitank guns per battery 3rd Destroyer Anti-Tank Artillery Division (3ти Изтребителен Противотанков Артилерийски Дивизион (3ти ИПТАДн) 7th, 8th and 9th Batteries - 6x 100mm self-propelled SAU-100 (probably PT-SAU T-100 tank destroyers on T-34 chassis?) 4th Destroyer Anti-Tank Artillery Division (4ти Изтребителен Противотанков Артилерийски Дивизион (4ти ИПТАДн) 10th, 11th and 12th Batteries - 6x 100mm self-propelled SAU-100 (probably PT-SAU T-100 tank destroyers on T-34 chassis?) support units Army Air Defence Artillery Regiment (in wartime 4 divisions x 4 batteries x 6 100 mm air defense guns KS-19, reduced strength in peacetime, only for training - 2 divisions x 1 battery x 2 platoons of a single gun each) 1st Army Radio-technical Battalion, in Sofia 59th Army Chemical Defence Regiment, in Musachevo 88th Army Engineer Regiment, in Kyustendil 97th Army Signal Regiment, in Sofia 1st Army Independent Electronic Warfare Battalion type "N", in Sofia 1st Army Cable Laying Signal Battalion in Sofia 1st Parachute-Reconnaissance Battalion, in Gorna Banya suburb of Sofia Army Artillery-Reconnaissance Battalion Pontoon Bridge Engineer Battalion, in Kyustendil 2nd Army 2nd Army, in Plovdiv, with the strike direction of Greece and Turkey 2nd Motor Rifle Division, in Stara Zagora 22nd Motor Rifle Regiment, in Harmanli 38th Motor Rifle Regiment, in Stara Zagora 49th Motor Rifle Regiment, in Simeonovgrad 196th Motor Rifle Regiment, in Chirpan 41st Artillery Regiment, in Stara Zagora Anti-aircraft Missile Regiment, in Nova Zagora 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion 2nd Anti-tank Artillery Division 2nd Missile Division, in Stara Zagora 2nd Multiple Rocket Launch Artillery Division 2nd Engineer Battalion 2nd Signal Battalion, in Nova Zagora 2nd Transport Battalion 2nd Supply Battalion 2nd Maintenance Battalion 2nd Artillery Reconnaissance and Control Battery 2nd Chemical Defence Company 2nd Commandant's Company (Military Police) 2nd Divisional Detachment for Medical Support (Medical-Sanitary Battalion in wartime) 17th Motor Rifle Division, in Haskovo 31st Motor Rifle Regiment, in Haskovo 34th Motor Rifle Regiment, in Momchilgrad 78th Motor Rifle Regiment, in Krumovgrad 66th Motor Rifle Regiment, in Haskovo 87th Artillery Regiment, in Kardzhali 66th Anti-aircraft Missile Regiment, in Dimitrovgrad 17th Reconnaissance Battalion 17th Anti-tank Artillery Division 17th Missile Division, in Dimitrovgrad 17th Multiple Rocket Launch Artillery Division 17th Engineer Battalion 17th Signal Battalion, in Ivaylovgrad 17th Transport Battalion 17th Supply Battalion 17th Maintenance Battalion 17th Artillery Reconnaissance and Control Battery 17th Chemical Defence Company 17th Commandant's Company (Military Police) 17th Divisional Detachment for Medical Support (Medical-Sanitary Battalion in wartime) 5th Tank Brigade, in Kazanlak 11th Tank Brigade, in Karlovo Rocket Artillery Brigade 56th Army Tactical Missile Brigade, in Marino Pole 129th Mobile Missile-Technical Base, in Marino Pole 4th Army Artillery Regiment, in Asenovgrad 23rd Army Destroyer Anti-Tank Artillery Regiment (23ти Армейски Изтребителен Противотанков Артилерийски Полк (23ти АИПТАП)) in Plovdiv (around 1988-89 the regiment received 9M113 Konkurs, mounted on BRDM-2 (the ATGM-armed variant is known as BRDM-3) and became of mixed structure with 3 ATGM and 6 artillery batteries. On 1. September 1989 converted to 23rd Department for Reservists and Anti-Tank Artillery Training and Armament and Equipment Storage (23ти Отдел за Подготовка на Резервисти и Противотанкова Артилерия и Съхранение на Въоръжение и Техника (23ти ОПРПАСВТ)) 1st Destroyer Anti-Tank Artillery Division (1ви Изтребителен Противотанков Артилерийски Дивизион (1ви ИПТАДн)) 1st Battery - 4x BRDM-3; 2nd and 3rd Batteries - 6x MT-12 antitank guns 2nd Destroyer Anti-Tank Artillery Division (2ри Изтребителен Противотанков Артилерийски Дивизион (2ри ИПТАДн)) 4th Battery - 4x BRDM-3; 5th and 6th Batteries - 6x MT-12 antitank guns 3rd Destroyer Anti-Tank Artillery Division (3ти Изтребителен Противотанков Артилерийски Дивизион (3ти ИПТАДн)) 7th Battery - 4x BRDM-3; 8th and 9th Batteries - 6x MT-12 antitank guns Army Air Defence Artillery Regiment (in wartime 4 divisions x 4 batteries x 6 100 mm air defense guns KS-19, reduced strength in peacetime, only for training - 2 divisions x 1 battery x 2 platoons of a single gun each) 2nd Army Radio-technical Battalion, in Plovdiv Army Chemical Defence Regiment Army Engineer Regiment Army Signal Regiment, in Plovdiv 2nd Army Independent Electronic Warfare Battalion type "N", in Parvomay 2nd Army Cable Laying Signal Battalion, in Plovdiv 2nd Parachute Reconnaissance Battalion, in Sliven Army Artillery-Reconnaissance Battalion 3rd Army 3rd Army, in Sliven, with the strike direction of Turkey 7th Motor Rifle Division, in Yambol [11] 12th Motor Rifle Regiment, in Elhovo 42nd Tank Regiment, in Yambol 53rd Motor Rifle Regiment, in Bolyarovo 82nd Motor Rifle Regiment, in Yambol 20th Artillery Regiment, in Yambol Anti-aircraft Missile Regiment 7th Missile Division, in Boyanovo village, Elhovo Municipality 7th Multiple Rocket Launch Artillery Division, in Yambol 7th Anti-Tank Artillery Division, in Yambol 7th Artillery Reconnaissance and Control Battery, in Yambol 7th Reconnaissance Battalion 7th Engineer Battalion 7th Signal Battalion, in Yambol 7th Transport Battalion, in Yambol 7th Supply Battalion, in Yambol 7th Maintenance Battalion 7th Chemical Defence Company 7th Commandant's Company (Military Police), in Yambol 7th Divisional Detachment for Medical Support (7ми Дивизионен Отряд за Медицинско Осигуряване, Medical-Sanitary Battalion in wartime) 16th Motor Rifle Division, in Burgas 16th Motor Rifle Regiment, in Sredets 33rd Motor Rifle Regiment, in Zvezdets 37th Motor Rifle Regiment, in Tsarevo 96th Motor Rifle Regiment, in Dolni Chiflik 88th Artillery Regiment, in Sredets (at some point in the 1980s reduced to 88th Artillery Support Division) Anti-aircraft Missile Regiment 16th Reconnaissance Battalion Self-propelled Field Artillery Division 16th Anti-tank Artillery Division 16th Missile Division, in Grudovo 16th Multiple Rocket Launch Artillery Division 16th Engineer Battalion 16th Signal Battalion 16th Transport Battalion 16th Supply Battalion 16th Maintenance Battalion 16th Artillery Reconnaissance and Control Battery 16th Chemical Defence Company 16th Commandant's Company (Military Police) 16th Divisional Detachment for Medical Support (Medical-Sanitary Battalion in wartime) 18th Motor Rifle Division, in Shumen (a training/reserve formation to be brought up to strength in times of war) 29th Motor Rifle Regiment, in Shumen 40th Motor Rifle Regiment, in Razgrad 45th Motor Rifle Regiment, in Dobrich 86th Tank Regiment, in Shumen 47th Artillery Regiment, in Targovishte Anti-aircraft Missile Regiment 18th Reconnaissance Battalion 18th Anti-tank Artillery Division 18th Missile Division, in Shumen 18th Multiple Rocket Launch Artillery Division 18th Engineer Battalion 18th Signal Battalion 18th Transport Battalion 18th Supply Battalion 18th Maintenance Battalion 18th Artillery Reconnaissance and Control Battery 18th Chemical Defence Company 18th Commandant's Company (Military Police) 18th Divisional Detachment for Medical Support (Medical-Sanitary Battalion in wartime) 13th Tank Brigade, in Sliven 24th Tank Brigade, in Aytos Rocket Artillery Brigade 66th Army Tactical Missile Brigade, in Kabile 130th Mobile Missile-Technical Base, at Bezmer Air Base 45th Army Artillery Regiment, in Targovishte (each combat division has 3 fire batteries) Regimental Command (Kомандване) Regimental Staff (Щаб) Fire Control Battery (Батарея за Управление) 1st 130-mm Gun Artillery Division (1ви 130-мм Оръдеен Артилерийски Дивизион) 2nd 130-mm Gun Artillery Division (cadred) (2ри 130-мм Оръдеен Артилерийски Дивизион) (кадриран) 3rd 152-mm 152 mm Howitzer-Gun Artillery Division (3ти 152-мм Гаубично-оръдеен Артилерийски Дивизион с МЛ-20) 4th 152-mm
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