ARTILLERY COLLECTION: THE WORKING OUT AND CONDUCT OF COMMAND-STAFF AND TACTICAL EXERCISES WITH MISSILE UNITS AND LARGE UNITS

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP10-00105R000403510001-3
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 3, 2012
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• Publication Date: March 6, 1962
• Content Type: MEMO

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COUNTRY
SUBJECT
the Artillery Iro.
USSR
and ~`ond~~,ct of Command-Staff
''The working 0AIL an
E-xerciSes with Missile units
and Tactical Informati0~a Czllectioa of
and Large ;sits" ._- qsq--_'
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The Working Out and Conduct of Command-Staff and Tactical
Exercises with Missile Units and Large Units
The working out and conduct of command-staff and
tactical exercises with missile units and large units
are fairly new, and the experience gathered in this
sphere is for the time being insufficient. This article
represents one of the first attempts to pass on to the
troops the available experience in organizing and carrying
out exerc tses .
The article does not claLu to give an exhausti,.e
treatment of the contents of the subject, and examines
only individual aspects of this many-sided subject.
Since the readers :re familiar with the general
principles concerning the methodology of working out
operational-tactical exercises, the article examines
basically only specific features of the planning, the
working out, and the conduct of exercises with missile
units and large units.
In missile units and large units, both command-staff
and tactical exercises can be carried out.
A command-stsnff exercise of a unit (large unit) can
be carried out independently or simultaneously with a
command-staff exercise of a combined-arms (tank) a wy
of a military district. The commander and the staff of
a unit (large unit) can work out the problems of control
of the unit (large unit), directly subordinated to the
troop commander (artillery commander) of a front or army.
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for collecting attery
batteries and the technicr-^.nd tumpi-re5 for each
section of a launch batte=, nd three
battery.
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battery. the number
a end--staff exercise ,
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umpires is ha staff and
detark~ c , the
part in the exercise, and sill
the command subunits tth during a tactical exercise.
be considerably an exercise are
of the of f iceersc a lerG f t the exercise . The
The functions nr
y defines the aims of the exercise,
determ ne y
director of the exercise and the plan for the
rsonally elaborates or dirteparationlaboration o a
the plan of p
tactical task,
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when carrying out a battalion a tach
_. Y.x :ire to each of thevfo tatoong:
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the exert: tea` , _ .~.
conduct of determi.n 's the _'"?
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and umP h preparat -y o rX,
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and checks t e the a e)u' a?-
(large unit) taken on `
when prepariuLr a .......- *Iii
exercise , the director define
training ait"s Of the cx7
-the blems) o =e;.b._
+._gs (training Pr
fulfilment;
-the commencement and du
....i tiaue;
r,t staff organizes
quired, and f of the unit
1X as a tactical
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the particular.
kuonce of their
exercise and
the time Ivy of umpires;
-the composition a for its protection
:,,} :ants
_the exercise area and arranr
;
and maintenance of ser'recy rt anu POL.
-the requirements in motor tr nsP0
ecorcise for a unit (large
organizing a tactical asides the above
when the exer(; jsc ,
the director of
unit), also defines"
and fire control)
pq.iats , firing
-the training tasks as r?gaFV
the subuni ~-~* (units) ;
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as well as task.,_ for the unit (large unit
the proposed Combat formation of tak
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it (large unit) the
-the equiPla" inc lud
the exercse , isey, with field firing) ;
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--the arrangements for en91ne8r component parts,
and, the requir ed ts
cial fuel compo
-the number of m eats issiles and sps
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part in of f firing (at exer
and
results ementa for top~g~`aphic geodetic -the arrang rt;
meteorological suppo rt;
suPPo
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be expendable e
sued to thf, xan
means of checking
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, transport, test-launching
as well as the expenditure of
the re,-_; :rce- of the special assemblies equipment;
-the ordr? of coordination with the staff of the firing
range (whn the exercise is carried out on the territory
of a firing range with field firing).
During the }: ricd of preparation for a tactical
exercise before its coirencement, the director, together
with the office...- of the directing staff and the umpires,
carries out. a ceov.naisssance of the exercise area, in the
cour?ee o w ?.; tie following ure defined more precisely:
_th; co:... ;z;za ion area of the unit (large unit) ;
-the siting ai+P- and the probable disposition of
combat formation elements of the unit (large unit) with
regard to obeerv'1ng the requirements for secrecy;
-the movement route of the colum"a *ud main routes
for deployment of the snit (large unit) in the siting
area,
-the location of the directing staff and the organization
of communications with the umpires;
-the guarding of the exercise area.
When carrying out a tactical exercise on the territory
of a firing range (with field firing), the reconnaissance is
carried out with the representatives of the fir-tag range.
In thin case, the director of the exercise defines in addition
the area (areas) of the targets, the firing positions from
which firing is permitted, and how the firing range services
can be utilized (if firing is only permitted from fixed
pads (statsionarnaya ploshchadki)), the deployment area
for launch and technical batteries (if firing is permitted
from field pads (polevaya ploshchadka)), the possibilities
and the order of receiving special fuel and special armament
from the firing range depots, the organization of communica-
tions for employing bilateral observation posts and
reconnaissance aircraft to determine the results of the
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oints of i~, s `? c t
tin o` the p
firing and interseco missiles , as well as security measures wt j y carrying out
the field f irir.g .
In the course of the exercise. the director, controls
the work of the directing staff, his own af,4sistants ned training
the umpires to ensure that all the s.ssig
targets and tasks are carded out by thdia~titcom nde.rsit;
and he also assigns tasks to the -- he
and checks, through the staff, with the ass;,sttnce of t
umpires and peonall),that. the commanders and the s
have acted correctly and in good time, as well. as
subunits (units) taking part in the exercise.
The directing staff of the works out on the
basis o e na ruc ons 6
concept of the exercise, the plan of the organization sxd
preparation of the exercise, the reconnent anC? lannforr
the exercise area, the tactical assign~mntiandout a check
the conduct of the exercise, and also car=
on the preparations of the staffs (of exercise. subunits and
units) and the umpires for
When preparing an exercise the directing staff organizes
the supply of the staffs (of the units) with maps of the exercise arear issues to the subunits the allotted special
resources
armament and special fuel, motor transPa
of the assemblies of spacial equipment (resursy agrega.tov
spetsialnoy tekhniki), organizes the c mmandant`s services
in the exercise area and neutral comer tcattong+ and works
out the security measures and the may 3na:e of secrecy
during the exercise.
In the course of the exercise the directing staff also
carries out the arrangements normally made at any other
exercises.
The eneral function of the umpires at the exercises is
the crea ono an ns ruc ve a ua on which would
training
ensure
aims would the tthencommanderseandastaff officers in making
would assist
correct dec is ions .
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Besides their general functions, the umpires missile
unit exercises have to take into account the specific
moviagatomic
features of planning and emPmissiles on
suchwith
and conventional charges, particularly
objectives as enemy missile launchers, a temporary
concentration of his reserves, etc.
If at the exercise it is intended to work out the
problems of the last minute reconnaissance of the objectives
before delivering atomic strikes, fire control, the
assembly and loading of atomic ammunition in the process
of the operation, then the umpires must create a suitable
training situation for this.
In the course of the exercise, the umpires must alhot
see that the data for firing are correctly prepared,
orders are given properly and efficiently carried out, note
the time taken and accuracy in carrying out see that concealment is observed, check that the regulations
on care and upkeep of combat equipment are observed and
insist on the observation of security measures.
When at a tactical exercise the security measures are
violated, the umpire suspends the work and immediately
makes a report concerning this to the director of the
exercise.
The preparation of the umpires for the exercise is
personally-t=arried out by the director of the exercise
on a general basis.
Organization and Preparation of an Exercise
The theme of the exercise is determined in accordance
with the combat training program of tthet units, insowell
account
with the operational training program,
the special features of the district concerned.
As a theme for an exercise, for example, the following
could be chosen: "The operations of a missile unit (large
unit) in an offensive (defensive) operation u
(army)"; the theme for an exercise can be narrower problems,
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for a 4..:; 1e ? the combat operations of a missile unit
(large