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Old 11-02-2011, 09:55 AM
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Originally Posted by dragoon500ly View Post
Talking about the Soviet's love of stockpiling everything, came across a listing of estimated force inventories that the Soviets had on hand in 1978, dated, but still....source is "Weapons and Tactics of the Soviet Army" by David Isby.

TANKS
T-54/55: 23,322
T-62: 14,085
T-64/72: 3,871
T-10M/JS2/JS3: 8,126
TOTAL: 48,403

APCs & IFVs
BMPs: 9,099
BTR-60: 11,075
Others (BTR-152, BTR-50, MTLB): 12,937
TOTAL: 33,111

MORTARs
82mm: 432
120mm: 7,831
240mm: 157
TOTAL: 8,420

ARTILLERY
122mm towed: 12,188
122mm SP: 524
130mm towed: 2,351
152mm towed: 10,168
152mm SP: 408
180mm towed: 225
Unidentified (WWII era): 5,038
TOTAL: 24,902

MRLs (all types): 3,368

AT WEAPONS
towed guns (85mm, 100mm): 6,467
SPG-9: 3,535
RPG-7: 46,287
ATGM BRDMs: 3,811
Suitcase ATGMs: 2,557
TOTAL: 62,677

SSMs
FROG-series: 664
Scuds: 470
Scaleboards: 136
TOTAL: 1,270

AAA
S-60: 7,879
ZSU-57-2: 470
ZSU-23-4: 2,125
ZPU-4/ZU-23: 2,927
Unidentified (WWII era): 4,736
TOTAL:18,137

SAMs
SA-4: 1,077
SA-6: 660
SA-7: 23,306
SA-8: 60
SA-9: 790
TOTAL:25,893

And you wonder where the hell Viktor Bout, the notorious arms smuggler, was able to find and ship so much damn merchandise...

On another note, you have to wonder what the Soviets...er, Russians still have locked up in all those underground bunkers in the Urals and elsewhere.
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