Re: Soviet OOB help
266th indp. artillery the battery (Grad's)
125th indp. A motor transportation batallion
440 indp. A rocket division
The battery of management and artillery investigation
285th artillery regiment - this regiment probably was a part of the troops specified by you.
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Technics and arms of divisions
Technics and the arms of divisions TsGV varied depending on development and equipment of the Soviet army as a whole. We will give here the review of technics and arms of divisions TsGV from the moment of input of troops and on 1991
Tanks
A part TsGV divisions were armed with tanks T-62 and T-55. In a current of first two years of existence TsGV all T-55 have been replaced on T-62. In the late seventies in group tanks T-72A began to arrive. Replacement proceeded long enough - still in 1982 on arms 31 tank divisions stood tanks T-62. The next years there was a continuous process of replacement T-72A on T-72M1. By 1988 the basic unit of tank park made T-72M1. In the spring of 1988 in 15 гв. Tank and 18 гв. A motorised-rifle division tanks T-72B1 (the picture in the page beginning see) began to arrive. However process has not been finished because of withdrawal of troops.
BMP, BTR
Originally in divisions were available BTR-60 the first series and BTR-152, and also BTR-40. Have in the seventies started to arrive BTR-60PB, BRDM-2 and BMP-1. To the middle 80 in TsGV more modern arrive BTR-70 and BMP-2. There are data about receipt in 1989-90 BTR-80.
At the moment of creation TsGV the artillery of divisions consisted from towed 122 mm of howitzers D-30. In the seventieth years in a division self-propelled artillery installations have started to arrive: 122 mm 2S1 "Gvozdika" and 152 mm 2S3 "Akatsiya". On arms of motorised-rifle batallions there were 120 mm mortar complexes 2S12 "Sani" with transport car on the basis of GAZ-66
Except usual artillery on arms artillery regiments in TsGV there were jet systems of volley fire BM-21 "Grad" on the basis of car Ural 375D.
Anti-tank means
In motorised-rifle regiments were on arms ATGM 9M14 Malyutka on the basis of BRDM-2, in separate anti-tank divisions on arms there were 100 mm anti-tank guns MT-12, ATGM 9M111 "Fagot" or 9M113 "Konkurs".
Air defence weapons
In anti-aircraft missile regiments TsGV stood on arms AA 2K12 Kub which have been added in the eightieth years AA 9K33 "Osa". In tank and motorised-rifle regiments were available AA 9K31 "Strela-1" which since 1981 began to be replaced AA 9K35 Strela-10. Besides were available SAM "Strela-2", in second half 80th years began to be replaced on SAM "Igla"
Besides missiles air defence weapons on arms of divisions TsGV were AA self-propelled ZSU-23-4 "Shilka" and antiaircraft installations ZU-23-2.
The tactical rocket weapon
In the seventies on arms of separate rocket divisions of divisions TsGV there were complexes 9K52 "Luna-M" (Frog-7). In the beginning 80 the new complex 9K79 "Tochka" (SS-21 Scarab) has arrived on arms.
Aviation support
In the eighties the separate helicopter squadron as a part of 8 battle helicopters Mi-24 V/P and 6 transportno-fighting Ми-8Т/МТ was given to each division TsGV.
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