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“Unbreakable Union of Freeborn Republics!”

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Soviet Armed Forces

Flag of the Ministry of Defence of the Soviet Union

Founded: February 23rd 1918

Allegiance: The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

Service Branches:

Ground Forces
Air Forces
Navy

Headquarters: Ministry of Defence Main Office, Khamovniki District,
Moscow

Engagements:

• World War 1 (1917-1918)

• Russian Civil War (1917-1922)

• Polish–Soviet War (1919-1921)

• Sino-Soviet conflict (1929)

• Soviet Invasion of Xinjiang (1934)

• Soviet–Japanese border conflicts (1935-1939)

• Soviet invasion of Poland (1939)

• Winter War (1939-1940)

• Great Patriotic War (1941-1945)

• Soviet invasion of Manchuria (1945)

• Eastern European anti-Communist insurgencies (1945-)

General Secretary: Joseph Stalin

Minister of Defence: Marshal of the Soviet Union Aleksandr Vasilevsky

Chief of the General Staff: General of the Army Sergei Shtemenko

Military Age: 18-35 (17 with parental permission)

Conscription: Yes

Conscription Terms: 18 years of age for compulsory military service;
conscript service obligation is 12-24 months for men,
draft does not apply to women

Total Personnel: ~17,000,000

Active Personnel: 5,490,000

Militia and Reserve Personnel: ~11,000,000

Paramilitary Personnel: 465,000

The Soviet Armed Forces, also called the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union (Russian: Советские Вооруженные Силы, Вооруженные Силы Советского Союза), are the armed forces of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Originating with the Red Guards formed ad hoc at the beginning of the Russian Civil War, they have since served as the primary body for the defence of the Soviet Union's borders and people. Owing to the nation's size and complexity, the Soviet Armed Forces are among the largest and most diverse militaries in the world, both in terms of personnel and organisational structure.

Since 1948 the Soviet Armed Forces have consisted of the Worker's and Peasant's Soviet Army, the Soviet Air and Air Defence Forces and the Soviet Navy. Under the previous All-Union Military Service regulations of September 1925 the State Political Directorate (OGPU) was also under the purview of the Armed Forces. However, with the formation of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD) the Political Directorate has been folded into the MVD's structure. Though the uniformed personnel of the MVD continue to train alongside the Soviet Armed Forces.

Despite its relatively short time as an organised military, the Soviet Armed Forces have fought their way through some of the most expansive and violent campaigns in modern history; developing a strong tradition of loyalty to the people and tenacity in combat. The experiences of the Russian Civil War and Great Patriotic War have seen it emerge as a powerful and innovative military force, committed to the security of the Soviet people.

Structure

Military Districts of the Soviet Ground Forces

[spoiler=Leningrad Military District: Lieutenant General Alexander Luchinsky]

Combat Formations:
25th Guards Independent Motor Rifle Brigade "Sevastopol – Latvian Rifles", in Vladimirsky Lager equipped with MT-LBV
138th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade "Krasnoselskaya", in Kamenka equipped with MT-LBV
200th Independent Motor Rifle Brigade "Pechenga", in Pechenga equipped with MT-LBV
216th Reserve Base (4th Independent Motor Rifle Brigade), in Petrozavodsk
2nd Independent Spetsnaz Brigade, in Cherekhi
56th Guards District Training Center "Krasnoselskyy"

Missile and Artillery Formations:
26th Missile Brigade "Nemanskaya", in Luga
9th Guards Artillery Brigade "Kelecko-Berlin", in Luga
7014th Artillery Reserve Base, in Luga

Air-Defence Formations:
5th Anti-Aircraft Rocket Brigade equipped with the Buk missile system
1013th Air-defence Center

Engineering Formations:
140th Guards Engineer Regiment "Kingisepskyy", in Kerro Vsevolozhskyy
7022nd Engineer Reserve Base

NBC-Defence Formations:
10th Independent NBC-defence Battalion, in Sertolovo

Signal formations:
95th (Communications Hub) Signal Brigade "50th years of USSR"
132nd (Territorial) Signal Brigade "Konstancskaya"
60th Signal Center
1269th Independent Electronic Warfare Center
140th Independent (Rear) Signal Battalion

Combat Formations
4th Guards Independent Tank Brigade "Kantemir", in Naro-Fominsk
5th Guards Independent Motor Rifle Brigade "Taman", in Kalininec equipped with BTR
6th Guards Independent Tank Brigade "Chentokhovskaya", in Mulino
9th Guards Independent Motor Rifle Brigade, in Nizhny Novgorod equipped with BMP
27th Guards Sevastopol Motor Rifle Brigade, in Vidnoye equipped with BMP
16th Independent Spetsnaz Brigade, in Tambov
Operational Group of Russian Forces in Transnistria
99th Reserve Base (13th Independent Motor Rifle Brigade), in Tver
262nd Reserve Base (1st Independent Tank Brigade), in Boguchar
467th Guards District Training Centre, in Kovrov

Missile and Artillery Formations:
45th Heavy Artillery Brigade "Svir", in Tambov
79th Guards MLRS Brigade, in Tver
112th Guards Missile Brigade, in Shuya
288th Artillery Brigade "Warsaw-Brandenburg", in Mulino
448th Missile Brigade, in Durnevo
7015th Artillery Reserve Base, in Mulino

Air-Defence Formations:
53rd Air-defence Missile Brigade, in Kursk equipped with the S-400 missile system
886th Air-defence Command Center

Radar Formations:
70th Independent Radio Technical Brigade, in Naro-Fominsk
51st Independent Radio Technical Battalion, in Dmitriev-Lgovskyy

Engineering Formations:
7th Independent Engineer Regiment, in Belev
841st Independent Engineer Battalion

NBC-Defence Formations:
27th Independent NBC-defence Brigade, in Kursk
465th Independent NBC-defence Battalion, in Kineshma

Signal Formations:
1st Signal Brigade "Sevastopol", in Selyatino
16th Independent Electronic Warfare Brigade
119th Signal Brigade, in Selyatino
147th Independent (Rear) Signal Battalion

[spoiler=Caucasus Military District: Lieutenant General Alexander Galkin]

Combat Formations:
8th Guards Independent Mountain Motor Rifle Brigade "Shavlinskayy", in Borzoy equipped with BMP
10th Independent Spetsnaz Brigade, in Molkino
17th Guards Independent Motor Rifle Brigade, in Shali equipped with MT-LBV
18th Guards Independent Motor Rifle Brigade, in Khankala and Kalininskaya equipped with BTR
19th Independent Motor Rifle Brigade "Voronezh-Shumlinskaya", in Vladikavkaz
20th Guards Independent Motor Rifle Brigade "Carpathian-Berlin", in Volgograd equipped with BMP
22nd Spetsnaz Brigade, in Bataysk
33rd Independent Mountain Reconnaissance Brigade, in Botlikh equipped with MT-LBV
34th Independent Mountain Motor Rifle Brigade, in Zelenchukskaya equipped with MT-LBV
56th Guards Independent Airborne Brigade, in Kamyshin
100th Independent Reconnaissance Brigade, recently formed in Mozdok
136th Guards Independent Motor Rifle Brigade "Uman-Berlin", in Buynaksk equipped with BMP
205th Independent Motor Rifle Brigade, in Budyonnovsk equipped with MT-LBV
4th Guards Military Base "Vapnyarsko-Berlin", in South Ossetia
7th Military Base "Krasnodar", in Abkhazia
102nd Red Banner Military Base, headquarters at Gyumri, Armenia
73rd Independent Motor Rifle Brigade, in Yerevan
76th Independent Motor Rifle Brigade, in Gyumri
1st Georgian Motor Infantry Brigade, in Batumi
4th Georgian Mechanized Infantry Brigade, in Kutaisi
2nd Georgian Motor Infantry Brigade, Tbilisi
3rd Georgian Motor Infantry Brigade, Rustavi
6th Artillery Brigade, Kaspi
Special Operations Battalion West, Kutaisi
Special Operations Battalion East, Tbilisi

Missile and Artillery Formations:
1st Guards Rocket Brigade "Orsha", in Krasnodar, 9K720 Iskander.
291st Artillery Brigade, in Maykop
5th Georgian Artillery Brigade, in Poti
439th Guards MLRS Brigade "Perekop", in Znamensk
943rd Multiple Rocket Launcher Regiment, in Maykop
7016th Artillery Reserve Base, in Maykop
573rd Independent Artillery Reconnaissance Battalion

Air-Defense Formations:
67th Air-defence Missile Brigade, in Volgograd, equipped with the Buk missile system
1138th Air-defence Command Center

Radar Formations:
131st Independent Radio-technical Brigade, in Rostov-on-Don
48th Independent Radio-Technical Battalion, in Vladikavkaz

Engineering Formations:
11th Engineer Regiment, in Prokhladny
57th Independent Engineer Battalion
2nd Independent Georgian Combat Engineer Battalion, Sokhumi
6th Independent Georgian Combat Engineer Battalion, Gudauri

NBC-Defence Formations:
118th Independent NBC-defence Battalion, in Frolovo
860th Independent Flamethrower Battalion, in Oktyabrsky

Signal Formations:
175th (Communications Hub) Signal Brigade "Luninetsko-Lipskaya"
176th (Territorial) Signal Brigade
234th Independent Signal Regiment
148th Independent (Rear) Signal Battalion
395th Independent Signal Battalion
97th Independent Electronic Warfare Battalion, in Vladikavkaz
1270th Independent Electronic Warfare Center, in Kovalevka
Independent Georgian Communications Company, Martvili
Independent Georgian Communications Company, Kvareli

Other formations:
32nd Material Support Regiment, in Stavropol
474th Transport Battalion, in Millerovo
Georgia Region Medical Company, Tbilisi

Combat Formations:
7th Guards Independent Tank Brigade "Orenburg Cossacks", in Chebarkul
1st Kazakh Mechanized Brigade, Atyrau
2nd Kazakh Mechanized Brigade
3rd Kazakh Mechanized Brigade
4th Kazakh Mechanized Brigade
15th Guards Independent Motor Rifle Brigade "Berlin", in Roshchinsky, Samara Oblast equipped with BTR
21st Guards Independent Motor Rifle Brigade "Omsk-Novoburg", in Totskoye equipped with BMP
23rd Guards Independent Motor Rifle Brigade "Petrakuvskaya", in Kryazh equipped with BTR
28th Independent Motor Rifle Brigade "Simferopol", in Yekaterinburg equipped with BMP
1st Kazakh Motor Rifle Brigade
2nd Kazakh Motor Rifle Brigade
3rd Kazakh Motor Rifle Brigade
4th Kazakh Motor Rifle Brigade
201st Military Base "Gatchinskaya", in Dushanbe Tajikistan
3rd Guards Spetsnaz Brigade "Warsaw-Berlin", in Roshchinsky, Samara Oblast
473rd District Training Center, in Elanskyy (just west of Kamyshlov in Sverdlovsk Oblast)
459th District Training Center
469th Motor Rifle Training Centre
234th Motor Rifle Training Centre
195th Motor Rifle Training Centre

Missile and Artillery Formations:
92nd Missile Brigade, in Kamenka
119th Missile Brigade, in Elanskyy
385th Guards Artillery Brigade "Odessa", in Bershet
950th MLRS Regiment, in Buzuluk
Artillery Reserve Base, in Buzuluk
581st Independent Artillery Reconnaissance Battalion

Air-Defence Formations:
297th Air-defence Missile Brigade, in Alkino-2 (Ufa) equipped with the Buk missile system

Radar Formations:
40th Independent Radio Technical Brigade, in Marks
173rd Independent Radio Technical Battalion, in Samara

Engineering Formations:
56th Engineer Regiment, in Alkino
774th Independent Engineer Battalion, in Chebarkul
7025th Engineer Reserve Base
1st Kazakh Independent Engineer Brigade
2nd Kazakh Independent Engineer Brigade
3rd Kazakh Independent Engineer Brigade
4th Kazakh Independent Engineer Brigade

NBC-Defence Formations:
29th Independent NBC-defence Brigade, in Yekaterinburg
319th Independent NBC-defence Battalion, in Chpayevsk

Signal Formations:
59th (Communications Hub) Signal Brigade "Sivashskaya", in Yekaterinburg
179th (Territorial) Signal Brigade
191st Independent Signal Regiment, in Samara
153rd Independent (Rear) Signal Battalion
836th Independent Signal Battalion
1583rd Independent Electronic Warfare Battalion

Combat Formations
36th Army
5th Guards Independent Tank Brigade "Don-Budapest", in Divizionaya equipped with T-90
36th Guards Independent Motor Rifle Brigade "Lozovskaya", in Borzya equipped with BMP-3 and T-90
37th Guards Independent Motor Rifle Brigade "Tachinskaya", in Kyakhta equipped with BMP
187th Reserve Base (86th Independent Motor Rifle Brigade) in Nizhneudinsk
227th Reserve Base (87th Independent Motor Rifle Brigade) in Divizionaya
41st Army, Novosibirsk
32nd Independent Motor Rifle Brigade "Leningrad-Pavlovskaya", in Shilovo equipped with BTR and T-90
35th Independent Motor Rifle Brigade "Volgograd-Kiev", in Aleysk equipped with BMP-2 and T-90
74th Guards Independent Motor Rifle Brigade "Zvenigorod-Berlin", in Yurga equipped with BMP-3 and T-90
103rd Reserve Base (84th Independent Motor Rifle Brigade), in Shilovo
104th Reserve Base (85th Independent Motor Rifle Brigade), in Aleysk
225th Reserve Base (29th Independent Motor Rifle Brigade), in Yasnaya
11th Independent Airborne Brigade, in Sosnovyy Bor, Ulan-Ude
24th Spetsnaz Brigade, in Irkutsk
212th Guards District Training Center, in Chita

Missile and Artillery Formations:
103rd Rocket Brigade in Ulan-Ude (SSM)
232nd MLRS Brigade in Shelekhov
120th Artillery Brigade in Shelekhov
200th Artillery Brigade in Drovnaya
7018th Artillery Reserve Base in Drovnaya
7019th Artillery Reserve Base in Shelekhov

Air-Defense Formations
140th Air-defence Missile Brigade, in Telemba
792nd Air-defence Command Centre
61st Air-defence Missile Brigade
868th Air-defence Command Centre

Engineering Formations
27th Engineer Regiment in Yasnaya (36th Army)
60th Engineer Regiment in Novosibirsk (41st Army)
457th Independent Engineer Battalion

NBC-Defence Formations:
11th Independent Flamethrower Battalion in Drovyanaya
126th Independent NBC-defence Battalion in Borzya (36th Army)
254th Independent NBC-defence Battalion in Topchinkha (41st Army)

Signal Formations:
50th (Territorial) Signal Brigade
101st (Communications Hub) Signal Brigade "Khinganskaya" in Chita
1271st Electronic Warfare Center in Divizionaya
175th Independent Signal Regiment in Borzya (36th Army)
235th Independent Signal Regiment in Kochenevo (41st Army)
154th Independent Signal Battalion

Logistic Formations:
53rd Independent Material Support Regiment in Chita

Basic Organisation Example

Fire-team (FT1) (5 men) Commanded by a Corporal
Team Leader/APC Commander (TL), equipped with an AK-12 rifle
Mechanic/Driver (R1), equipped with AK-12 rifle
Rifleman (R2), equipped with AK-12 rifle
Designated Marksman (DM), equipped with Dragunov battle rifle
Gunner (sometimes), uses APC armament

Shock-team (ST2) (5 men) Commanded by a Gefreiter
Assitant Team Leader (ATL), equipped with an AK-12 rifle with an underslung grenade launcher
Rifleman (R1), equipped with an AK-12 rifle and an RPG-28 or RPG-32 rocket launcher
Rifleman (R2), equipped with AK-12 rifle (and sometimes a second RPG)
Rifleman/Medic (RM2), equipped with AK-12 rifle and medical equipment
Gunner (G), equipped with RPK-16 LMG

Motor Rifle Section (8-10 men) Commanded by a Corporal
2 Fireteams of 4-5 men each, 1 x BMP/BTR/PMV

Motor Rifle Platoon (30-40 men) Commanded by a 2nd-Lieutenant or Lieutenant
2 or 3 man Sections of 8-10 men and 2-4 BTR/BMP/PMVs each (A-Alfa Section, B-Bravo Section, C-Charli Section)
1 Maneuver Support Section of 11 men, equipped with 3 9K333 Verba, 3 PKP Pecheneg, 1 Signaller and sometimes 1 Kord HMG
1 Command Group of 5 men, with the Platoon Commander, the Platoon Sergeant, Platoon Medic and Platoon Signaller

Motor Rifle Company (90-125 men) Commanded by a Captain or Major
3 Motor Rifle Platoons of 30-40 men and 14-20 BTR/BMP/PMVs each (1st Platoon, 2nd Platoon, 3rd Platoon)
1 Command Section of 5 men, the Company Commander (OC), the Company Second in Commander (2iC), the Company Sergeant Major (CSM), the Company Quartermaster Sergeant (CQMS) and Company Signaller (CS)

Motor Rifle Battalion (500-960 men) Commanded by a Major or Lieutenant-Colonel
3-6 Motor Rifle Companies of 90-125 men and 58-124 BTR/BMP/PMVs each (A-Alfa Company, B-Bravo Company, C-Charli Company, or whichever letters are assigned)
(sometimes 1 Tank Company attached with 9-18 T-90, T-72 or T-14 tanks)
1 Support Company of 89-145 men, including 1 Mortar Platoon equipped with 8-16 2B14 mortars and 8 2B9 mortars, 1 Anti-Tank Platoon equipped with 6 RPG-32 and 4 9M113 Konkurs ATGM aboard BTRs, 1 Anti-Air Platoon with 9-10 9K333 Verba, Machine Gun Platoon, 1 Pioneer Platoon, 1 supply platoon, 1 repair platoon and 1 BMP/PMV mounted Reconnaissance Platoon
1 Headquarters Platoon of 20 men including: Commanding Officer (OC), 2nd in Command (2iC), Adjutant, Quartermaster (QM), Medical Officer (MO), Administrative Officer (AO), Chaplain, Operational Officer (Ops), Regimental Sergeant Major (RSM), Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant (RQMS) and 6-10 orderlies

Motor Rifle Brigade (2100-4600) Commanded by a Colonel
3-4 Motor Rifle Battalions of 500-960 men and 174-374 BTR/BMP/PMVs each
1 Tank Battalion with 27-48 T-90, T-72 or T-14 Tanks
1 Artillery Battalion with 12-18 2S19 or 2A65 Msta SPGs or field artillery pieces
1 Support Battalion of 420 men, including 1 Air Defense Company with 4 9M337 Sosna and 4 2K22 Tungska SAMs, 1 Anti-Tank battery with 9 9M113 aboard BTRs, 1 BMP/PMV/motorbike mounted Reconnaissance Company, 1 Engineer Company, 1 Signals Company, 1 NBC Platoon, 1 Supply Company, 1 Repair Company and 1 Medical Company
1 Headquarters Detachment of 20 men including: Commanding Officer (OC), 2nd in Command (2iC), Adjutant, Quartermaster (QM), Medical Officer (MO), Administrative Officer (AO), Chaplain, Operational Officer (Ops), Regimental Sergeant Major (RSM), Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant (RQMS) and 6-10 orderlies

Fleets of the Soviet Navy

Submarine Squadrons

11th Nuclear Submarine Squadron, Zaozyorsk Station

22nd Nuclear Ballistic Missile Submarine Division
3 Akula-Class Nuclear Ballistic Missile Submarines

14th Nuclear Ballistic Missile Submarine Division
4 Antey-Class Nuclear Cruise Missile Submarines

5th Nuclear Ballistic Missile Submarine Division
3 Yasen-Class Nuclear Cruise Missile Submarines

7th Nuclear Attack Submarine Division, Vidyaevo Station
5 Shchuka-B-Class Nuclear Attack Submarines

12th Nuclear Submarine Squadron, Gadzhiyevo Station

31st Nuclear Ballistic Missile Submarine Division
6 Delfin-Class Nuclear Ballistic Missile Submarines

3 Borei-Class Nuclear Ballistic Missile Submarines

24th Nuclear Attack Submarine Division
8 Shchuka-B-Class Nuclear Attack Submarines

Selviand

Edited: 2 years 73 days ago

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