Warsaw Pact TOEs

[chico20854]

These are what I've been working off of. They are a combination of Isby's Weapons and Tactics of the Soviet Army (1988), FM-101-2-3, Russian-language sources and reported holdings from the CFE Treaty data exchange.


MRR (BTR), full strength 1 tank, 3 infantry, 1 howitzer, 1 mortar bn, recon, AT & engineer cos, ADA btry
40 MBT
148 BTR
10 BMP
18 howitzers most likely to be towed
18 120mm mortars (towed or SP) towed by truck or MTLB, SP can be 2S9 or BMP hull mount (GDW)
4 BRDM (scout)
9 BRDM (AT)
4 SP AAG
4 SP Lt SAM (SA-9/13)

MRR (BMP), full strength 1 tank, 3 infantry, 1 howitzer, 1 mortar bn, recon, AT & engineer cos, ADA btry
40 MBT
152 BMP
18 howitzers most likely to be 2S1
18 120mm mortars (towed or SP) towed by truck or MTLB, SP can be 2S9 or BMP hull mount (GDW)
4 BRDM
9 BRDM (AT)
4 SP AAG
4 SP Lt SAM (SA-9/13)

Tank Rgt, full strength 3 tank, 1 infantry, 1 howitzer bn, recon & engineer cos, ADA btry
94 MBT
2 BTR
46 BMP
4 BRDM
18 howitzers most likely to be 2S1
4 SP AAG
4 SP Lt SAM (SA-9/13)

Divisional Arty Rgt, full strength 3 howitzer, 1 MRL bn
54 howitzers ideal is 54 2S3 or D-30, many variations exist
18 MRLs BM-21 being replaced by BM-27

Independent Rocket Artillery Bn 12 MRLs

Independent Missile Bn 3 or 4 FROG-7 or SS-21

Independent AT Bn
18 BRDM-AT
18 Towed AT guns

Independent Tank Bn
40 MBT
2 BMP

Divisional Recon Bn 2 structures: 24 BMP & 0 tanks & BTRs or 6 tanks, 6 BTRs & 17 BMPs
0-6 MBT
17-24 BMP
0-6 BTR
12-24 BRDM can have either 1 or 2 BRDM companies

Motor-Rifle Divisions sometimes had independent tank and anti-tank battalions, sometimes they didn't. Tank divisions never had AT battalions, sometimes (seldom) they had independent tank battalions. Lower-readiness (especially mobilization-only) divisions would be at less than full strength (only a single MRR with APCs, for example, or a tank battalion instead of a tank regiment, or missing battalions or even whole regiments). Likewise, the above are "model" TOEs, some divisions (especially in East Germany and the Western USSR) were overstrength (with 2 BMP regiments or 152mm howitzers in MRRs) and some had modified TOEs based on the terrain (units in the Arctic, for example, frequently had 4 MRRs with PT-76s instead of MBTs and a tank battalion instead of a tank regiment).