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Baltic Naval Infantry Brigade
A Category I brigade based in the Baltic MD, the brigade was held in reserve until mid-1997, when it was involved in a abortive raid on Bornholm Island. The brigade was mauled, taking 30% casualties., and was placed into a reserve role. This mission morphed into an internal security mission in and around the Kaunas area.

Subordination: Northwestern Theater
Location: Kaunas, Lithuania
Manpower: 650

6th Guards Tank Division
A Category II division based in the Byelorussian MD. The division was called up in late 1995 and was hurriedly trained up for deployment to the Far Eastern Theater. It was deployed to the front by rail in January 1996. It participated in the Soviet spring offensive in April 1996 and fought reasonably. Unfortunately, it was caught in the flank by the Chinese counterattack and destroyed. The few survivors were reassigned to other commands..

29th Tank Division
A Category II division based in the Byelorussian MD. The 29th was called up in late 1996 for shipment to the Far East, but these orders were soon cancelled and the division was sent West to fight NATO. The division fought reasonably well, but in early 1998, the division was hit by 2 tactical nuclear weapons and destroyed.

56th Guards Motor Rifle Division
The 56th is a Category II division based in the Byelorussian MD. The division was called up in late 1996 and sent into action against NATO in early 1997. The division fought well, but was caught in a small pocket near Lodz by US 50th Armored Division and destroyed. Survivors were reassigned to other commands.

34th Guards Tank Division
A Category II division based in the Byelorussian MD. It was called up in late 1995 for deployment to the Far East. The division arrived in China in time for the April 1996 spring offensive. The division fought very well and remained in theatre until China collapsed in 1997, then it was ordered to assume local occupation duties in the Harbin area.

Subordination: 39th Army
Location: Manchuria
Manpower: 2000
Tanks: 5

37th Guards Tank Division
A Category II division based in the Byelorussian MD. The division was hurried called up in early 1997 and was poorly trained upon mobilization, the division was then committed against British II Corps near Warsaw. After a disastrous initial engagement, the division surrendered en masse to British II Corps.

47th Tank Division
A Category II division from the Byelorussian MD. It was called up in mid-1997 in an attempt to stop the German drive for the Soviet border. It fought a ugly rear-guard action near Bryansk with elements of German 10th Panzer Division, while the division bought time for Soviet forces to reform and set up a new defensive position. The action shattered the 47th, and the division was put into reserve. It was then recalled in 1999 and sent into the Ukraine to crush the rebellion.

Subordination: 19th Army
Location: Ukraine
Manpower: 1200
Tanks: 3

58th Guards Motor Rifle Division
A Category II division from the Byelorussian MD, the division was called up in late 1996 as matters worsened in the West. Due to a variety of problems with mobilization and training, the division was not ready for deployment until November 1997. While the division was moving through Minsk en route to Poland, when the city was struck by NATO nuclear warheads.

8th Tank Division
A Category II division from the Byelorussian MD. The division was called up in late 1995 for service in the Far East. It was sent East in January of 1996 and participated in the Soviet spring offensive of 1996, and in subsequent actions, but was destroyed in a rare Chinese nuclear strike.

45th Guards Tank Division
A Category II division from the Byelorussian MD. The division was called up in late 1996 after West German forces crossed the IGB. The division was committed into action in Poland in early 1997 in Poland against American forces. It earned an enviable combat record. The division is currently in cantonment in Poland.

Subordination: 8th Guards Army
Location: Poland
Manpower: 1750
Tanks: 10

120th Guards Motor Rifle Division (“Rogachev Guards”)
A Category I division from the Bylorussian MD, the Rogachev Guards were a storied unit of the Soviet Army. The division was ordered to prepare to be sent East in lmid-1996 with the failure of the spring offensive. These orders however were cancelled in October upon the West German invasion of East Germany. The Guards have fought very well, upholding the honor of their unit and have been used as a fire brigade for the Soviets in Poland.

Subordination: 4th Guards Tank Army
Location: Poland
Manpower: 2200
Tanks: 14

31st Air Assault Brigade
A Category I brigade from the Byelorussian MD. The brigade was sent East by air in early 1996 to reinforce Soviet efforts in China. The brigade attempted to seize crossing points along the Yangtse, but was shattered by Chinese counterattacks within days of landing.

23rd Tank Division
A Category I division from the Carpathian MD. The division was sent East by rail in mid 1995 to reinforce Soviet forces in the Far East as tensions with China mounted. The division participated in the initial invasion and was brutally overrun in October in the Chinese counterattack. Survivors were reassigned to other commands.

17th Motor Rifle Division
A Category III division from the Carpathian MD. The division was looted for equipment and manpower for other Category III divisions until 1998, when it was finally called up to help put down the Ukrainian revolt. However, the 17th mutinied as well and joined the rebellion.

Subordination: Independent
Location: Ukraine
Manpower: 800
Tanks: 1

15th Guards Motor Rifle Division
A Category I division from the Carpathian MD, the division was sent East by rail in late 1995 to reinforce the Soviet effort in China. The division then participated in the Soviet offensive of April 1996, but it was caught and destroyed piecemeal by the Chinese counterattack. Survivors were reassigned to other commands..

30th Guards Motor Rifle Division
A Category II division from the Carpathian MD, the division was called up in late 1995 for service in China and was deployed by rail in mid 1996 in the wake of the disastrous spring offensive and subsequent Chinese counter-offensive. The 30th did well in various defensive actions and in the subsequent pursuit and final destruction of Chinese resistance the next year, however, the division was badly mauled in a fight near Beijing, since that time, it has been ordered to assume occupation duties in Manchuria.

Subordination: 39th Army
Location: Manchuria
Manpower: 1100
Tanks: 7

61st Motor Rifle Division
A Category II division from the Carpathian MD called up in early 1996 for service in China, the division had it’s training abbreviated and was sent West instead as the Germans crossed the IGB. The division reached the front in late November and fell apart in it’s first engagement with Canadian 4th Mechanized Brigade. Few of the divisions survivors bothered to return to Soviet service, most surrendering the first chance they got.

37th Air Assault Brigade
A Category I brigade from the Carpathian MD, the 37th was used as a deep penetration and raiding force against the Germans and later NATO forces in Poland and Germany. The brigade accrued a good, if somewhat hard-luck reputation that caught up with it in September 1997 when it had the misfortune of being in the city of Lvov when it was hit by nuclear attack.

48th Tank Division
A Category II division from the Kiev MD, the 48th was called up in late 1996 for service against the Germans after their invasion of the East. When NATO intervened in November of 1996, the Soviets abruptly ended the division’s training weeks early and sent it into action in early 1997, facing German forces in the Krakow area, where it was destroyed piecemeal.

46th Guards Motor Rifle Division
A Category II division from the Kiev MD, the 46th GMRD was called up in late 1995 for shipment to China and arrived in theater in early 1996. The division participated in the spring 1995 offensive and fought well, but was annihilated in the Chinese counterattack.

40th Tank Division
A Category II division from the Kiev MD, the division was called up in early 1997 for commitment against NATO forces in Poland. Concerns however, arose when members of the divisional staff, including both the divisional commander and his deputy turned out to be sympathetic to underground Ukrainian nationalist organizations and the KGB and GRU were called in to purge the unit of “counter-revolutionary tendencies”. Since both agencies worked at cross purposes, the investigation dragged on till December of 1997, keeping the division in Dneperpropetrovsk until several American nuclear warheads decided the issue for everyone.

41st Guards Tank Division
A Category II division from the Kiev MD, the division was called up in late 1995 for service in China, and arrived in theater in time to participate in the 1996 spring offensive. The division was mauled during the offensive and then was shattered by the Chinese counterattack, with surviving elements being folded into other commands.

75th Guards Tank Division
A Category II division from the Kiev MD, the division was called up in late 1995 for shipment to the Far East. The division arrived in theater in early 1996 and participated in the spring offensive in April. The unit fought very well, but was overwhelmed fighting a rearguard action covering the retreat of 39th Army during the Chinese counterattack.

47th Cavalry Division
A Category III division from the Kiev MD, the division’s equipment and personnel were ruthlessly poached for the 29th GMRD to facilitate its mobilization. The 47th became a paper formation until 1998, when it was given a recent draft of marginal quality, hastily reorganized into a cavalry division and attached to 19th Army to help put down the Ukrainian revolt. Surprisingly, while the unit is short on skill, it is very loyal.

Subordination: 19th Army
Location: Ukraine
Manpower: 800 cavalry

60th Cavalry Division
A Category III division from the Kiev MD, like it’s brother division the 47th, the 60th was stripped of much of it’s strength to bring the 29th GMRD up to strength before it was sent to Romania. Thereafter, the division became a paper formation until 1998 when it too was filled with a draft of dubious quality and sent west to 22nd Cavalry Army in Poland. The division has not been committed to any serious action, mostly being used in anti-partisan sweeps and the like, and earning a bloody reputation in the process.

Subordination: 22nd Cavalry Army
Location: Poland
Manpower: 750 cavalry

28th Guards Motor Rifle Division
A Category III division from the Odessa MD, the division was stripped of much of its personnel and equipment to bring the 128th GMRD up to strength. The remaining men and equipment were organized into a regimental sized battle group and charged with the mission of providing local security for the naval bases in the Crimea. The unit was destroyed during the nuclear strikes on the region.

55th Motorized Rifle Division
A Category III division from the Odessa MD, the division was called up in late 1996 as matters worsened with the Romanians and participated in the invasion of Romania in 1997. The division fought well, but took horrendous casualties, and was finally destroyed in an ambush near Timasoura in 1998.

59th Guards Motor Rifle Division
A Category II division from the Odessa MD, the division was called up for service in China in late 1995, but after some indecision, was sent into action against the Romanians in 1997 instead. The division fought well, but took horrendous casualties and by 1999, was barely able to field 1000 men and 3 tanks. The division was disbanded in July 1999, to provide replacements for other divisions in 3rd Guards Army.

102nd Guards Airborne Division
A Category I division from the Odessa MD, the 102nd was sent East by air in mid 1995 as part of the initial buildup for the eventual Soviet invasion of China. The division participated in the initial invasion, seizing several crossing sites over the Amur River at a price of 40% casualties. The division spent 1996 rebuilding in Kharbovorsk, and in early 1997, was sent to Korea to reinforce Soviet efforts there. It has earned a good, if bloody combat record.

Subordination: Yalu Front
Location: Korea
Manpower: 3500

Black Sea Naval Infantry Brigade
A Category I brigade from the Odessa MD, the Brigade has been involved in operations against the Turks ever since their entry into the war in 1996. The brigade has fought well, but has take heavy casualties and has been in a reserve role since 1998.

Subordination: 1st Ukrainian Front
Location: Ukraine
Manpower: 650

38th Air Assault Brigade
A Category I brigade from the Odessa MD, the brigade was alerted for deployment to the Far East in late 1996, but these orders were rescinded in November with the entry of NATO into the war. The brigade fought in Turkish Thrace, Yugoslavia and Romania, but was rotated back to the Ukraine in 1998 to help put down the separatist revolt. It is now a cavalry borne force ranging far and wide in the Ukrainian steppes.

Subordination: 1st Ukrainian Front
Location: Ukraine
Manpower: 700 cavalry

4th Guards Motorized Rifle Division
A Category I division from the Moscow MD, the 4th GMRD was sent by rail to the Far Eastern front in mid-1995 as tensions with China worsened. The division fought well in the initial invasion, but was caught by the Chinese counterattack in isolated detachments and destroyed piecemeal.

7th Guards Motorized Rifle Division
A Category I division from the Moscow MD, the 7th GMRD, like it’s sister 4th GMRD, was sent East to the Far Eastern MD in mid-1995 as tensions worsened with China. When the war with China began, the 7th participated in the invasion and the division fought very well. It was however, mauled badly in the Chinese counterattack, and was sent back, sans equipment to its home station in the Kalinin area. The division found rebuilding to be a slow process, and in 1999, it was reactivated in a limited role to provide local security for the Kalinin area.

Subordination: 9th Guards Army
Location: Kalinin, Russia
Manpower: 850
Tanks: 2

5th Guards Tank Division
A Category II division from the Moscow MD, the division was called up in early 1997 and was sent into action against NATO in Poland. The division’s training had been rushed, and as a result, the division fought very poorly, being mauled badly by US forces in its first engagement. Sent home to retrain and reform, it was in and around Moscow when the city was destroyed by nuclear attack.

13th Motorized Rifle Division
A Category III division from the Moscow MD, the 13th was raided for much of its available equipment and manpower for other mobilizing Category III divisions. The remainder of the division was then used as a training division for new draftees. In late 1998, the division was activated and sent into the line in Poland.

Subordination: 3rd Shock Army
Location: Poland
Manpower: 1500
Tanks: 3

32nd Guards Motor Rifle Division
A Category III division from the Moscow MD, the division was called up in late 1995 and sent to the Far Eastern Front in early 1996. The division saw limited action in the 1996 spring offensive and was used mostly as flank security. It was overwhelmed and destroyed in that role in the Chinese counteroffensive.

53rd Guards Motor Rifle Division
A Category I division from the Moscow MD. The division was sent East in late 1995 and participated in the 1996 spring offensive. The division fought well, but was badly mauled in the Chinese counteroffensive. The division reformed from other broken units in theater and fought reasonably well, upon conclusion of operations in China, the division was sent to reinforce the Yalu Front.

Subordination: 35th Army
Location: Korea
Manpower: 1800
Tanks: 4

43rd Motorized Rifle Division
A Category III division from the Volga MD, the division was called up in late 1997 and was both under equipped and under manned. Thankfully, the division was not given orders for Poland but instead was ordered to provide local security in the Kubyashev region. The division remains loyal to the Soviet state, but it is out of contact with any higher headquarters and is contending with the dual pressures of marauder bands and dissatisfied, sullen residents of the Kubyashev area.

Subordination: Independent
Location, Kubyashev, RSFSR
Manpower: 1000
Tanks: 3

67th Motorized Rifle Division
A Category III division from the Volga MD, the division was mobilized in early 1996 for anticipation of being sent East to China. In mid-1996, as disaster unfolded in the East, the 67th MRD was hurriedly loaded onto railcars and rushed east to reinforce the failing Soviet effort. Despite poor equipment and training, the unit fought well, this is probably more a testament to the fact that the nuclear phase of the war in the East was finally neutralizing the PLA. Sadly for the 67th, during a successful pursuit, the division overran its stop line and was destroyed by Soviet tactical nuclear weapons in the ultimate act of “friendly fire”.

44th Tank Division
A Category II division from the Urals MD, the 44th TD was called up in early 1996 and was slated to reinforce the Soviet effort in China. But, when the Bundeswehr crossed the IGB in late 1996, the 44th was sent West and entered action in February 1997; it fought well, if ineptly, and was destroyed by tactical nuclear weapons in August of 1997.