WARSAW PACT: DIVISION CATEGORIZATION

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DEFENSE
INTELLIGENCE
AGENCY
Intelligence Appraisal
Warsaw Pact:
Division
Categorization (U)
DIA review completed.
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Intelligence Appraisal
Warsaw Pact:
(L~
Division Categorization
DIAIAPPR 102-83
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WARSAW PACT: DIVISION CATEGORIZATION (U)
Summary
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(S) The refined categorization system has help-
ed the Intelligence Community make estimates
for the alert, dispersal, and mobilization of divi-
sional units. It was developed through exhaus-
tive research that led to publication of the
Interagency Intelligence Memorandum - The
Readiness of Soviet Ground Forces. Moreover,
this system allows a more accurate assessment of
the type and duration of training required to
convert mobilized units into cohesive, proficient
formations that can conduct effective com-
bined-arms offensive operations in a mid- to
high-intensity combat environment.
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Warsaw Pact
Previous System
Current System
Number
Number
of Divisions
Description
Description
of Divisions
Full-strength
Category I
Ready
80
(NATO CAT A)
>95%
52
y,
75-100%
(FSR)
Reduced-Strength
Ready (I)
Category II
70-85% (RSR I)
39
44
(NATO CAT B)
Reduced-Strength
50-75%
Ready (II)
33
55-70% (RSR II)
Higli-Strength
Cadre
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Category III
25-40% (HSC)
61
124
(NATO CAT C)
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Mobilization
Mobilization
31
Bases
Bases
31
z
Total 279
Total 279
(U) Comparison of Divisional Categorization Systems for the Warsaw
Pact (Categories Expressed as a Percentage of War-Authorized
Strength).
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Appendix 1
Warsaw Pact Operational Organization
and List of Maneuver Divisions by Current
and Previous Categorization Systems
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(S) The Theater of Military Operations (TVD) is a wartime organization. The subordination of
armies, corps, and divisions shown below reflects peacetime location and most likely wartime des-
ignation. These organizations could be assigned to other theaters if required..
TVD and
Headquarters,
Army, or Corps
Western TVD1
Current Previous
Categorization Categorization
Division ID System System
7 G ABN DIV FSR I
44 G ABN DIV HSC III
Group of Soviet Forces in Germany (GSFG)
1 Guards Tank Army
U/I Guards Army
3 Shock Army
8 Guards Army
20 Guards Army
German Democratic Republic Military
District III IIQ
Military District V HQ
9 TD FSR I
11 GTD FSR I
20 GMRD FSR I
16 GTD FSR 1
21 MRD FSR 1
94 GMRD FSR I
207 GMRD FSR I
7 GTD FSR I
10 GTD FSR I
12 GTD FSR I
47 GTD FSR I
27 GMRD FSR I
39 GMRD FSR I
57 GMRD FSR I
79 GTD FSR I
6 GMRD FSR I
25 TD FSR I
32 GTD FSR I
35 MRD FSR I
Anklam MRD MOB
4 MRD FSR I
7 TD FSR I
11 MRD FSR I
6 MRD MOB MOB
Torgau MRD MOB MOB
Irfersgruen MRD MOB MOB
I MRD FSR 1
8 MRD FSR I
9 TD FSR I
Central Group of Forces (CGF)
CGF HQ 15 GTD FSR
28 Corps
Western Military District
18 GMRD FSR I
30 GMRD FSR I
31 TD FSR I
48 MRD FSR I
Kromeriz MRD MOB
Havlickuv Brod MRD MOB
Slany TD MOB
MOB
MOB
MOB
(S) Western Theater of Military Operations (TVD) includes Soviet and national forces in the German Democratic Re-
public, Czechoslovakia, and Poland, and Soviet forces in the Baltic, Belorussian, and Carpathian Military Districts
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Appendix 1 (Continued)
1 Army 1 TD RSRI I
2 MRD RSRI I
19 MRD RSRI I
20 MRD RSRI I
4 Army 3 MRD HSC III
4 TD RSRII II
9 TD RSRII II
15 MRD RSRII II
Eastern Military District 13 TD HSC III
14 TD HSC III
Ministry of National Defense, HQ 6 ABN DIV RSRI I
7 SEA LDG DIV RSRI I
Gdansk Mech Div MOB MOB
Prudnik Mcch Div MOB MOB
Pomeranian Military District 8 Mech Div RSRI I
12 Mech Div RSRI I
15 Mech Div HSC III
16 Armor Div RSRI I
20 Armor Div FSR I
Silesian Military District 2 Mech Div HSC III
4 Mech Div RSRI I
5 Armor Div FSR I
10 Armor Div RSRI I
11 Armor Div RSRI I
Warsaw Military District 1 Mech Div HSC III
3 Mech Div LSC III
9 Mech Div LSC III
Poland
Northern Group of Forces (NGF)
NGF HQ 20 TD FSR I
Baltic Military District
Baltic MD HQ
11 Guards Army
3 GMRD
24 TD (TNG)
56 GMRD
Chernyakhovsk MRD
107 MRD
Pabrade MRD
I GMRD
1 GTD
26 GMRD
40 GTD
45 GTD HSC III
8 GTD HSC III
29 GTD HSC III
193 TD HSC IIl
3 GTD HSC III
34 TD HSC III
37 GTD HSC III
50 GMRD LSC III
Marina Gorka MRD MOB MOB
6 GTD RSRI II
46 GTD HSC III
Brest TD LSC III
* (S) The 120th GMRD has recently converted from a division into a new army-corps-type structure.
5 Guards Tank Army
7 Tank Army
28 Army
LSC III
HSC III
LSC III
LSC III
LSC III
MOB MOB
RS R.I I I
RSRI II
LSC III
HSC III
Belorussian Military District
Belorussian MD HQ 120 GMRD (former)* RSRI I
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Appendix I (Continued)
Carpathian Military District
Carpathian MD HQ
8 Tank Army
13 Army
38 Army
Southwestern TVD2
Southwestern TVD HQ
Southern Group of Forces (SGF)
SGF HQ
Hungary
5 Army
3 Corps
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24 MRD RSRI II
66 GMRD HSC III
117 GTD HSC III
23 TD RSRI I
30 GTD LSC III
50 TD LSC III
51 GMRD LSC III
97 GMRD LSC III
161 MRD LSC III
17 GMRD LSC III
70 GMRD LSC III
128 GMRD RSRI II
Yarmolintsy MRD MOB MOB
13 GTD FSR I
19 GTD FSR I
93 GMRD FSR I
254 MRD FSR I
7 MRD RSRII II
8 MRD RSRI I
9 MRD RSRI I
11 TD RS_LI 1
4 MRD HSC III
15 MRD HSC III
Ministry of National Defense HQ 8 INF DIV MOB MOB
15 INF DIV MOB MOB
23 INF DIV MOB MOB
I Army 1 GMRD HSC III
28 MRD RSRII II
2 Army 2 MRD RSRI I
17 MRD RSRI I
19 MRD HSC III
3 Army 3 MRD RSRII II
7 MRD RSRI I
18 MRD HSC III
Romania
1 Army 1 MRD RSRI I
57 TD RSRII II
2 Army 9 MRD RSRI I
3 Army
4 Army
Odessa Military District
10 MRD RSRII 11
67 MRD RSRII II
2 MRD RSRII II
18 MRD RSRI I
11 MRD RSRI I
81 MRD RSRII 11
6 TD RSRI I
92 GMRD HSC III
28 GMRD HSC III
2 (S) Southwestern Theater of Military Operations (TVD) includes Soviet and national forces in Hungary, the national
forces of Bulgaria and Romania, and Soviet forces in the Kiev and Odessa MDs.
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Appendix 1 (Continued)
14 Army
32 Corps
Kiev Military District
Kiev MD HQ
1 Guards Army
6 Guards Tank Army
59 GMRD
86 GMRD
180 MRD
Kagul MRD
126 MRD
157 MRD
Sovetskiy MRD
36 MRD
48 TD
Voroshilovgrad MRD
Zhdanovka TD
25 GMRD
Konotop MRD
72 GMRD
41 GTD
Piryatin MRD
Uman MRD
20 GTD
22 TD
42 GTD
75 GTD
Krivoy Rog TD
Southeastern TVD3
Southeastern TVD HQ 104 G ABN DIV
Transcaucasus MD HQ 100 GMRD
4 Army Kirovabad GMRD
60 MRD
75 MRD
Baku GMRD
7 Guards Army 15 MRD
127 MRD
164 MRD
31 Corps 10 GMRD
145 MRD
147 MRD
Kutaisi MRD
North Caucasus Military District
North Caucasus MD HQ
Krasnodar Corps
19 MRD
24 GMRD
Volgograd MRD
Uryupinsk MRD
Novocherkassk TD
Prokiadny MRD
9 MRD
Novorossiysk MRD
Bakinskaya MRD
Turkestan Military District
Turkestan MD HQ
UI Corps
HSC III
LSC III
LSC III
LSC III
LSC III
LSC III
MOB MOB
LSC III
HSC III
HSC III
MOB MOB
LSC III
LSC III
HSC III
HSC III
MOB MOB
MOB MOB
HSC III
HSC III
HSC III
HSC III
MOB MOB
FSR I
HSC III
LSC III
LSC III
RSRII II
LSC III
LSC III
RSRII II
RSRII II
LSC III
LSC III
RSRII II
MOB MOB
HSC
HSC
HSC
LSC
LSC
MOB
HSC
LSC
LSC
4 GMRD HSC III
83 GMRD HSC III
114 GMRD LSC III
58 GMRD HSC III
88 MRD HSC III
3 (C) Southeastern Theater of Military Operations (TVD) includes Soviet forces in the North Caucasus, Transcaucasus,
and Turkestan MDs and Afghanistan.
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Appendix 1 (Continued)
40 Army
103 G ABN DIV
FSR
5 GMRD
FSR
108 MRD
FSR
201 MRD
FSR
Northwestern TVD4
Northwestern TVD HQ
Leningrad Military District
Leningrad MD HQ
63 GMRD
HSC
III
6 Army
131 MRD
RSRII
II
54 MRD
RSRII
II
111 MRD
LSC
III
Murmansk MRD
MOB
MOB
Petrozavodsk MRD
MOB
MOB
Arkhangelsk Corps
69 GMRD
LSC
III
77 GMRD
LSC
III
30 Corps
.45 GMRD
RSRII
II
64 GMRD
LSC
III
Far East TVDS
Central Asia Military District
Central Asia MD HQ
80 MRD
HSC
III
Dushanbe MRD
LSC
III
203 MRD
LSC
III
Semipalatinsk Army
155 MRD
RSRII
II
78 TD
RSRII
II
71 MRD
MOB
MOB
17 Corps
8 GMRD
LSC
III
68 MRD
RSRI
Far East Military District
Far East MD HQ
Lyalichi MRD
HSC
III
199 MRD
HSC
III
Spassk Dalniy MRD
LSC
III
Skovorodino MRD
LSC
III
Lyalichi TD
RSRI
II
Lesozavodsk MRD
RSRI
II
40 MRD
RSRII
II
123 MRD
RSRII
II
Shkotovo MRD
LSC
III
Sergeyevka MRD
RSRII
II
29 MRD
RSRI
II
73 MRD
LSC
III
Lermontovka GMRD
RSRII
II
Khabarovsk MRD
LSC
III
35 Army
192 MRD
RSRI
265 MRD
RSRII
21 GTD
RSRI
Zavitinsk TD
RSRI
II
Yuzno-Sakhalinsk Army
Burevestnik CDD
FSR
I
33 MRD
RSRII
II
79 MRD
LSC
III
25 Corps
22 MRD
RSRII
II
Birobidzhan Corps
266 MRD
LSC
III
272 MRD
RSRII
II
Birodibzhan
LSC
III
? (S) Northwestern Theater of Military Operations (TVD) includes Soviet forces in the Leningrad MD.
B (S) Far East Theater of Military Operations (TVD) includes Soviet forces in Mongolia and the Far Eastern,
Transbaikal, Siberian, and Central Asian MDs.
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Appendix 1 (Continued)
Siberian Military District
Siberian MD HQ
13 MRD
HSC
III
56 MRD
HSC
III
85 MRD
HSC
III
Omsk MRD
LSC
III
Itatka MRD
HSC
III
Abakan MRD
HSC
III
Abakan MRD
MOB
MOB
Biysk MRD
MOB
MOB
Transbaikal Military District
Transbaikal MD HQ
Borzya MRD
HSC
III
49 TD
HSC
III
Nizhneudinsk MRD
LSC
III
Nizhneudinsk MRD
MOB
MOB
Ulan Ude Army
Gusinoozersk MRD
LSC
III
Ulan Ude MRD
LSC
III
Shelekov MRD
LSC
III
5 GTD (former)*
FSR
I
Gusinoozersk MRD
MOB
MOB
36 Army
11 GMRD
RSRII
11
38 GMRD
RSRII
II
122 GMRD
RSRII
II
39 Army
12 GMRD
RSRII
II
41 MRD
FSR
I
Sumber Suma MRD
RSRI
II
2 GTD
FSR
I
51 TD
FSR
I
Strategic Reserves
General Staff HQ
Moscow Military District
Moscow MD HQ
2 GMRD
RSRI
I
32 GMRD
LSC
III
53 GMRD
HSC
III
Tambov MRD
LSC
III
Kursk MRD
LSC
III
4 GTD
RSRII
II
60 GTD
LSC
III
Mulino MRD
LSC
III
Klintsy MRD
MOB
MOB
Ural Military District
Ural MD HQ
34 MRD
HSC
III
78 MRD
I-ISC
III
163 MRD
LSC
III
Perm MRD
LSC
III
44 TD
HSC
III
153/5 MRD
MOB
MOB
Volga Military District
Volga MD HQ
43 MRD
HSC
III
96 MRD
LSC
III
Totskoye MRD
HSC
III
* (S) The 5th GTD has recently converted from a division into a new army-corps-type structure.
5 (S) The Strategic Reserve is composed of the Moscow, Volga, and Ural MDs. The forces in these districts will be assign-
ed, as required, to any of the five theaters of operations.
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(G) ABN DIV - (Guards) Airborne Division
(G) MRD - (Guards) Motorized Rifle Division
(G) TD - (Guards) Tank Division
CDD - Coastal Defense Division
Mech Div - Mechanized Division (Polish equivalent to MRD)
Armor Div - Armored Division (Polish equivalent to TD)
Sea Ldg Div - Sea Landing Division
Inf Div - Infantry Division
Current Categories:
FSR - Full-Strength Ready
RSRI Reduced-Strength Ready I
RSRII - Reduced-Strength Ready II
HSC - High-Strength Cadre
LSC - Low-Strength Cadre
MOB - Mobilization Base
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