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.
(machine translators)
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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