Jaroslav Posted August 10 Posted August 10 (edited) On this topic I will start by creating a scenario about the US invasion of Cuba. The time of the scenario is the end of the Cold War. The year is 1989 and the dark clouds of World War III have loomed over the island... Edited August 10 by Jaroslav
Jaroslav Posted August 10 Author Posted August 10 Armed Forces Structure OVERVIEW The Army of the Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR) is organized into three regional army groups (Western, Central, and Eastern) and subdivided into four army corps. Each army corps contains regular Army units that are supplemented by reserve and territorial militia personnel to bring them up to full strength. The manning level of each Army formation is designated by a Category type. Category A units are manned at 100 percent, while Category B units only have 50-60 percent of their assigned manpower. Category C units are strictly cadre units with only a few active personnel assigned. The FAR's three regional commands comprise: Western Command, with 1st Armored Division (Category A(-)) 70th Mechanized Infantry division (Cat. A(-)) 78th Mechanized Infantry division (Cat. A(-)) 2nd Army Corps, comprising 26th Infantry Division (Cat. B) 27th Infantry Division (Cat. B) 28th Infantry Division (Cat. B) 2 security regiments (Ministry of Interior) Central Command, with 66th Armored Division (Cat. B) 81st Infantry Division (Cat. B) 84th Infantry Division (Cat. B) 86th Infantry Division (Cat. B) Las Villas Army Corps, comprising 6th Armored Division (Cat. C) 63rd Mechanized Infantry Division (Cat. B) 69th Mechanized Infantry Division (Cat. B) 65th Infantry Division (Cat. B) 3 security regiments (Ministry of Interior) Eastern Command 9th Armored Division (Cat. B) 90th Mechanized Infantry Division (Cat. A) 97th Mechanized Infantry Division (Cat. A) 96th Infantry Division (Cat. B) 3rd Army Corps, comprising 3rd Armored Division (Cat. C) 32nd Mechanized Infantry Division (Cat. B) 33rd Infantry Division (Cat. A) 38th Infantry Division (Cat. A) 5th Army Corps, comprising 52nd Infantry Division (Cat. B) 54th Infantry Division (Cat. B) 58th Infantry Division (Cat. B) 3 security regiments (Ministry of Interior) Isle of Youth Command 1 infantry Division (Cat. A) Independent Units 2 special forces battalions (Cat. A) 1 air assault brigade, with 2 airborne battalions (Cat. A) 1 air mobile battalion (Cat. A) 1 air defense artillery regiment (Cat. A) 1 commando battalion (Cat. A) 1 surface-to-air missile brigade Special Operations Forces are organized along the lines of Soviet-era Spetsnaz forces. Throughout the 1980s, Cuban Special Operations units were active in guerrilla training, especially in El Salvador and Panama. In March 1996, it was reported that Cuban Special Operations officers were receiving specialized instruction and training at facilities located in Vietnam. Many of these officers are trained to infiltrate to the United States to disrupt military staging and supply points should the need arise.
Jaroslav Posted August 10 Author Posted August 10 Equipment (For additional information on the equipment listed below, search Weapons/Systems/Platforms. Equipment is of Russian origin unless otherwise noted. According to some estimates, roughly 75 percent of Cuba's ground combat equipment is in storage due to a lack of spare parts and maintenance.) APR96 MAY98 Ground Combat Vehicles Tanks 1,100 600(-) /-55 medium 400 400(-) MBT 75 75(-) /85 medium (325 in storage for coast defense) 50 50(-) light amphibious # # IS-2 heavy (Reserves only) # # /55 armored recovery vehicle Armored Reconnaissance 100 100(-) / (some with ATGW) Armored Personnel Carriers 800 700(-) // 400 400(-) infantry fighting vehicle Air Defense Vehicles # # BTR-60P w/ twin anti- aircraft gun) 25 25(-) 36 36(-) ARTILLERY (about 620 towed, 40 SP of the following:) Howitzers # # towed gun/howitzer # # towed # # 152-mm M1937 towed gun/howitzer # # self-propelled # # towed 40 40(-) self-propelled # # towed Guns # # towed # # 122-mm M-1931/7 towed # # 122-mm towed 15 15 122-mm JS-2 static emplacement (ex-tank guns) # # static emplacement (ex- SP tank guns) # # 85-mm static emplacement (ex- tank guns) # # 85-mm D48 towed anti-tank 600 600(-) 76-mm M1942 towed field gun Anti-Tank (200 of the following types:) # # self-propelled 350 350(-) towed Anti-Aircraft Guns 75 75(-) towed 100 100(-) towed (w/ radar) 200 200(-) towed 300 300(-) 37-mm M1939** 100(-) 100(-) twin anti-aircraft (Czech Rep.) 400 400(-) towed # # 14.5-mm ZPU 1/-2/-4 towed # # 12.7-mm quad anti-aircraft (reserves) Mortars (1,000 of the following types:) # # 160-mm M43 # # 120-mm M43 # # 82-mm M41/M43 Multiple Rocket Launchers (300 of the following types:) # # 140-mm BM-14 300 300(-) 122-mm Grad** MISSILES Anti-Ship 50(-) 50(-) ** (missiles) (Russian ) (coastal defense) 2(+/-) 2(-) ** (launchers) (Russian -A) (coastal defense) Anti-Tank # # ** (Russian 9K15 Shmel) # # ** (Russian ) (*Editors note- severe shortages reported in anti-tank missile category) Surface-to-Surface 30(-) 30(-) (Russian Luna-1) (possibly non-operational) 36(-) 36(-) FROG-7 (Russian ) (possibly non-operational) Surface-to-Air (1,600(-) rounds of the following types:) 12 12(-) ** launchers (Russian ) # # ** (Russian ) # # ** (Russian 9K33 Romb) 60 60(-) ** launchers (Russian ) 40 40(-) ** launchers (Russian 9K32 Strela-10) # # ** (Russian ) # # ** (Russian Igla-1) In 1996, the Cuban TRABAJADORES weekly newspaper reported that a rifle designed and manufactured in Cuba, "capable of shooting down helicopters," was displayed during a military parade held at the Plaza de la Revolucion in Havana. The weekly said that "as part of the weapons modernization program," the industrial military enterprise that manufactures the rifles "has delivered the final batch of heavy rifles for sniper fire, called Mambi 1." PERISCOPE editors note this weapon most likely fires 12.7 mm or 14.5 mm incendiary ammunition in the anti-helicopter role. The Mambi 1 may be a derivative of the former Soviet ZPU anti-aircraft gun series.
Jaroslav Posted August 10 Author Posted August 10 Deployment Major Cuban Army commands are located as follows: Western Command (HQ) Havana 2nd Corps Pinar del Rio Central Command (HQ) Matanzas Las Villas Corps Santa Clara Eastern Command (HQ) Santiago de Cuba 3rd Corps Holguin 5th Corps Camaguey Isla de la Juventud Command (HQ) Isla de la Juventud The United States has operated a naval facility at Guantanamo Bay in southeast Cuba since 1903. Anti-personnel land mines around the defensive perimeter of Guantanamo Bay are being removed. Following the failed August 1991 hard-line coup in the former Soviet Union, Moscow announced its intention to withdraw its brigade of troops (11,000) deployed on the island since the 1960s. By 1996, only a small number of Russian advisors and 800 personnel manning SIGINT and radar facilities remained in Cuba.
Jaroslav Posted August 10 Author Posted August 10 CUBAN REVOLUTIONARY AIR FORCE AND AIR DEFENCE FORCE • Defensa Anti-Aérea y Fuerza Aérea Revolucionaria (DAAFAR) FACILITIES Defence Force Headquarters: Havana HQ Cuban Air Force Airfields and Air Bases Organisation: Air Bases: Baracoa, Camagüey, Cienfugos, Guines, Havana, Holgüin, Jose Martin, San Antonio de los Banos, Sancti Spiritus, San Julian, Santa Clara, Santiago de Cuba Estado-Mayor de la Fuerza Aérea Ciudad Libertad - Escuela de Especialistas Menores "Yuri Gagarin" Zona Aérea Oste - UM1779 Regimiento de Caza 2a Brigada de Guardia San Antonio de los Baños - 21° Regimiento de Interception (Inactive) Escuadron de Caza Mixta: MiG-23ML/UB/29/UB 211° Escuadrón de Interception: MiG-21bis/UM 212° Escuadrón de Interception: MiG-21bis/UM UM4768 Escuadron de Intercepcion: MiG-21bis/UM, L-39C Escuadron de Helicopteros de Combate: Mi-24D Baracoa - 22° Regimiento de Interception 221° Escuadrón de Interception: MiG-21bis/UM 222° Escuadrón de Interception: MiG-21bis/UM San Julián (MUSJ) Air Base - 23° Regimiento de Caza 231° Escuadrón de Caza: MiG-29A/UB 232° Escuadrón de Caza: MiG-23MF/UB Escuadrón de Entrenamiento de Combate (Combat Training Squadron): MiG-21PFMA, MiG-21MF 1650° Entrenamiento de Combate (Combat Training): MiG-21UM Formación primaria (Primary Training): An-2 Guines - 24° Regimiento de Apoyo Táctico (Inactive) 241° Escuadrón de Apoyo Táctico: MiG-23BN/MF/UB Havana / Playa Baracoa - UM3688 Regimiento de Transporte Jose Martin, Antonio de los Baños - 25° Regimiento de Transporte 3404° Escuadrón de Transporte: Il-76, An-32, An-30, An-26, 3688° Escuadrón de Transporte: An-26, An-2 UM3405 Regimiento Ejecutivo 3405° Escuadron Ejecutivo (3405th Executive Squadron): An-2/24, Yak-40, Mi-17 Havanna - 26° Regimiento de Helicópteros 261° Escuadrón de Helicópteros de Propósitos Generales: Mi-8/17 262° Escuadrón de Helicópteros de Propósitos Generales: Mi-8/17 Zona Aérea Central 1a Brigada de Guardia Santa Clara - 11° Regimiento de Interception (Inactive) 111° Escuadrón de Interception: MiG-21bis/UM 112° Escuadrón de Interception: MiG-21bis/UM Sancti Spiritus - 12° Regimiento de Interception (Inactive) 121° Escuadrón de Interception: MiG-21PFM/UM 122° Escuadrón de Interception: MiG-21PFM/UM Santa Clara - 14° Regimiento de Apoyo Táctico (Inactive) 141° Escuadrón de Apoyo Táctico: MiG-23BN Cienfugos - 15° Regimiento de Transporte (Inactive) 151° Escuadrón de Transporte: An-26, An-2 Cienfugos - 16° Regimiento de Helicópteros (Inactive) 161° Escuadrón de Helicópteros de Guerra Anti-Submarina: Mi-8 162° Escuadrón de Helicópteros de Propósitos Generales: Mi-8 163° Escuadrón de Helicópteros de Propósitos Generales: Mi-17 Zona Aérea Oriente 3a Brigada de Guardia La Coloma (MULM) Airport 1660 Escuadrón de Entrenamiento (Training Squadron): L-39C Camagüey - Ignacio Agramonte (MUCM) Airport (Inactive) 31° Regimiento de Interception: MiG-21MF Note: Cuba has 65 airports with paved runways (over 3,047 m: 7 2,438 to 3,047 m: 9 1,524 to 2,437 m: 17 914 to 1,523 m: 5 under 914 m: 27) and 71 airports with unpaved runways (914 to 1,523 m: 13 under 914 m: 58)
Jaroslav Posted August 10 Author Posted August 10 (edited) Cuba Air Force Historical Order of Battle (as at 1988): Click on unit title for more details Unit Type Base Zona Aérea Central 1 Brigada "Batalla de Santa Clara" 11.Regimiento de Caza BA Santa Cruz 111.Escuadrón de Caza Mig-21bis(15) BA Santa Cruz 112.Escuadrón de Caza Mig-21bis(15) BA Santa Cruz 12.Regimiento de Caza BA Sancti Spiritus 121.Escuadrón de Caza Mig-21MF(15) BA Sancti Spiritus 122.Escuadrón de Caza Mig-21MF(15) BA Sancti Spiritus 14.Regimiento de Apoyo Táctico BA Santa Clara 141.Escuadrón de Caza Mig-23BN(13),Mig-23UB(1) BA Santa Clara 15.Regimiento de Transporte BA Cienfuegos 151.Escuadrón de Transporte An-26, An-2 BA Cienfuegos 16.Regimiento de Helicópteros BA Cienfuegos 161.Escuadrón de Helicópteros Mi-14PL BA Cienfuegos 162.Escuadrón de Helicópteros Mi-17 BA Cienfuegos 163.Escuadrón de Helicópteros Mi-8 BA Cienfuegos Zona Aérea Oeste 2 Brigada "Playa Girón" 21.Regimiento de Caza BA San Antonio de los Baños 211.Escuadrón de Caza Mig-21bis(15) BA San Antonio de los Baños 212.Escuadrón de Caza Mig-21bis(15) BA San Antonio de los Baños 22.Regimiento de Caza BA Playa Baracoa 221.Escuadrón de Caza Mig-21bis(15) BA Playa Baracoa 222.Escuadrón de Caza Mig-21bis(15) BA Playa Baracoa 223.Escuadrón de Caza Mig-23MF(12),Mig-23UB(1) BA Playa Baracoa 23.Regimiento de Caza BA San Julian 231.Escuadrón de Caza Mig-29B(2),Mig-29UB(1) BA San Antonio de los Baños 232.Escuadrón de Caza Mig-23ML(14),Mig-23UB(1) BA San Julian 24.Regimiento de Apoyo Táctico BA de Guinés 241.Escuadrón de Caza Mig-23BN(13),Mig-23UB(1) BA de Guinés 25.Regimiento de Transporte BA Jose de Martin/La Habana 251.Escuadrón de Transporte Il-76(2), An-30(1), An-32(2) BA Jose de Martin/La Habana 252.Escuadrón de Transporte An-26, An-2, Yak-40(2) BA San Antonio de los Baños 26.Regimiento de Transporte BA Campo Libertad/La Habana 261.Escuadrón de Helicópteros Mi-2, Mi-8 BA Campo Libertad/La Habana 262.Escuadrón de Helicópteros Mi-2, Mi-8 BA Campo Libertad/La Habana Escuela de Aviación Militar BA Campo Libertad/La Habana 1.Escuadrón de Entrenamiento L-39C, Z-326T BA Campo Libertad/La Habana 2.Escuadrón de Entrenamiento L-39C, Z-326T BA Campo Libertad/La Habana 3.Escuadrón de Entrenamiento L-39C, Z-326T BA Campo Libertad/La Habana 4.Escuadrón de Entrenamiento L-39C, Z-326T BA Campo Libertad/La Habana Zona Aérea Oriente 3 Brigada "Cuartel Moncada" 31.Regimiento de Caza BA de Camagüey 311.Escuadrón de Caza Mig-21MF(15) BA de Camagüey 312.Escuadrón de Caza Mig-21MF(15) BA de Camagüey 34.Regimiento de Apoyo Táctico BA de Holguin 341.Escuadrón de Caza Mig-23BN(13),Mig-23UB(1) BA de Holguin 35.Regimiento de Transporte BA Santiago de Cuba 351.Escuadrón de Transporte An-26, An-2 BA Santiago de Cuba 36.Regimiento de Helicópteros BA Santiago de Cuba 361.Escuadrón de Helicópteros Mi-24(12) BA Santiago de Cuba 362.Escuadrón de Helicópteros Mi-8 BA Santiago de Cuba 363.Escuadrón de Helicópteros Mi-8 BA Santiago de Cuba Edited August 10 by Jaroslav
Jaroslav Posted August 10 Author Posted August 10 THE SOVIET BRIGADE IN CUBA https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/document/cia-rdp87t00076r000304900001-9
Jaroslav Posted August 10 Author Posted August 10 SOVIET BRIGADE TRAINING CYCLE https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/document/cia-rdp80t01355a000100020001-5
Jaroslav Posted August 10 Author Posted August 10 CUBA: SOVIET MILITARY DELIVERIES IN 1986. https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/document/cia-rdp97r00694r000800240001-6
Jaroslav Posted August 10 Author Posted August 10 DTIC ADA291008: Handbook on the Cuban Armed Forces https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/tr/pdf/ADA291008.pdf
Jaroslav Posted August 10 Author Posted August 10 CUBA: MODERNIZATION OF THE AIR FORCE 1978-83 https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP04T00367R000100030001-9.pdf
Jaroslav Posted August 10 Author Posted August 10 CUBAN ARMED FORCES AND THE SOVIET MILITARY PRESENCE https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP85M00363R001403210024-9.pdf
Jaroslav Posted August 11 Author Posted August 11 THE CUBAN TERRITORIAL MILITIA: AN EXPANDED SOURCE OF MANPOWER FOR CUBA'S MILITARY FORCES https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP91T01115R000200280001-3.pdf
Jaroslav Posted August 11 Author Posted August 11 Cuban Defector Exposes Hole in U.S. Air Defense : Military: MIG flies undetected to Key West, Fla. Officials say system is geared to other threats, and such lapses probably can’t be stopped. The undetected flight of a Soviet-built MIG from Cuba to Key West, Fla., exposed gaps in the nation’s southern air defense that military officials say may be all but impossible to plug. The March 20 incident has prompted an internal investigation by NORAD, the U.S.-Canadian command charged with protecting North American airspace, spokesman Maj. John Niemann said. No interceptors were scrambled to meet the MIG-23 flown by a defecting Cuban pilot, and tower personnel in Key West were unaware of the warplane’s approach until it had circled the island several times attempting to land. In 1969, another Cuban defector flew a MIG all the way to Homestead Air Force Base, just south of Miami, where it landed. NORAD blames the lapses in part on a policy that since the 1960s has fixated on the Soviet Union. “We are aware of the gaps in our coverage,” Niemann said. “For years our emphasis was toward the (North) Pole and toward the coasts, and then when ICBM’s (intercontinental ballistic missiles) came in, even that air defense system was allowed to atrophy.” Radar and other detection systems along the southern border have been beefed up since 1989 to combat drug trafficking. NORAD’s explanation doesn’t sit well with some military experts. Retired Rear Adm. Gene La Roque, who heads the Washington-based Center for Defense Information, said: “For me, it’s incomprehensible that NORAD can’t pick a MIG up, coming in from Cuba. Are we wasting our money for an air defense system that doesn’t work?” But former Assistant Secretary of Defense Lawrence J. Korb said the key issue is not an unexpected flight by a defector, but rather how the system would react to a full-scale military attack. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-04-01-mn-1262-story.html
Jaroslav Posted August 11 Author Posted August 11 THE CUBAN MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP80T00942A000900030001-2.pdf
Jaroslav Posted August 11 Author Posted August 11 SAM FORCES IN CUBA https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP84T00171R000100980001-4.pdf
Jaroslav Posted August 11 Author Posted August 11 SOVIET ARMS DELIVERIES TO CUBA AND THEIR IMPACT ON THE CUBAN ARMED FORCES https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP84B00148R000500980033-9.pdf
Jaroslav Posted August 11 Author Posted August 11 7th Special Motorised Rifle Brigade 7-я Особая мотострелковая бригада Military Unit: 52388 Activated 4.63 in Narokko, Cuba, from the 496th Motorised Rifle Regiment (activated in 6.62 from parts of the 132nd Guards Motorised Rifle Regiment). Organisation 1980: 3rd independent Motorised Rifle Battalion 4th independent Motorised Rifle Battalion 20th independent Motorised Rifle Battalion 5th independent Tank Battalion 42nd independent Artillery Battalion 00 independent Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion 00 independent Reactive Artillery Battalion 00 independent Reconnaissance Company 00 independent Engineer-Sapper Company 00 independent Chemical Defence Platoon 00 independent Communications Company 00 independent Material Supply Company 1.12.87 renamed 12th Training Center. Disbanded 6.91. Headquarters: Narokko, Cuba, 4.63 - 6.91 Subordination: General Staff Armed Forces of the Soviet Union, 4.63 - 6.91 Equipment 1989: 2738 men, 40 tanks, 40 BMP and 80 BTR Brigade coordinates: Narokko base/barracks: 22 58 19N, 82 20 35W - some parts were located in Torrance, Cuba http://ww2.dk/new/army/other/7omsbr.htm
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