SOVIET DIVISIONAL MATERIAL SUPPORT BATTALIONS

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LIST OF ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS
bn Battalion
CGF Central Group of Forces (Soviet Forces in Czechoslovakia)
co Company
FPN Field post number
FSR Full-strength ready
GMRD Guards Motorized Rifle Division
GOF Group of Soviet Forces
GSFG Group of Soviet Forces Germany
GTA Guards Tank Army
GTD Guards Tank Division
HSC High-strength cadre
LSC Low-strength cadre
MD Military District
MOB Mobilization base
MRD Motorized Rifle Division
MRR Motorized Rifle Regiment
MSB Materiel support battalion
MT Motor transport
NGF Northern Group of Forces (Soviet Forces in Poland)
POL Petroleum, oil, and lubricants
RSR-1 Reduced-strength ready I
RSR-2 Reduced-strength ready II
SGF Southern Group of Forces (Soviet Forces in Hungary)
TA Tank Army
TD Tank Division
TVD Theater of Military Operations
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SOVIET DIVISIONAL MATERIEL SUPPORT BATTALIONS (S)
INTRODUCTION
1. This report documents a comprehensive program underway since the late 1970s to convert motor
transport battalions of Soviet motorized rifle and tank divisions to more capable materiel support battal-
ions (MSB). The upgrade includes structural reorganization and the deployment of new equipment. The
report, based on data collected between December 1968 and October 1983, is organized into four parts:
Part 1 summarizes the upgrade program. Part 2 presents the methodology used to categorize the trans-
port battalions, and which provided the basis for this study. Part 3 categorizes transport battalions,
assesses equipment holdings for each unit, and estimates POL and ammunition lift capacities for selected
units. Part 4 discusses the organizational and equipment changes taking place within the ammunition and
cargo transport, general support, POL transport, depot, and field bakery components of transport battal-
ions. (S/WN)
2. The report is based on an examination of the transport battalions of 201 Soviet divisions in the
USSR, Eastern Europe, and Mongolia. Soviet divisions in Afghanistan, airborne divisions, artillery divisions,
and non-Soviet Warsaw Pact Divisions were not included.* The report contains four location maps, 35
annotated photographs, 12 tables, and one organizational chart. (S/WN)
3. The six categories of divisions examined (FSR, RSR-1, RSR-2, HSC, LSC, and MOB) were taken
from Warsaw Pact: Division Categorization.' (S)
4. The tables in this report incorporate data collected through October 1983. Because the conver-
sion to materiel support battalions was still proceeding as of February 1984 in some divisions, the numbers
of pieces of equipment, types of vehicles, or carrying capacity presented in the tables may change in
1984. This is particularly true for many divisions with reduced MSBs that are rapidly being enlarged, and
also for many cadre and MOB divisions where new motor transport companies may be forming. (S/WN)
5. The number values contained in Tables 1 through 12 represent best estimates only. They were
obtained from analysis of multiple coverages of individual units. Analysts should use the number values
to construct numerical ranges rather than use each number as an absolute. For example, if 400, 405, and
420 pieces of equipment were observed in three different MSBs, then either a range of 400-420 pieces of
equipment should be assumed or a mean number should be calculated. Counts for individual units
derived from photographic intelligence (photint) can be affected by the quantity and quality of available
coverage, activity-level within the units, and covered storage. (S/WN)
6. Within the tables, a dash in a column indicates that an accurate judgment could not be made.
The symbol "+" means "at least" (40+ = "at least 40"). Numbers in parentheses represent estimates
made on tentative or fragmentary evidence. These estimates should be assessed as "possible." (U)
*Initial analysis of Soviet forces in Afghanistan shows that each of the three divisions contains a materiel support
battalion, but further analysis is necessary to determine the degree to which these divisions may be augmented by
vehicles from nondivisional logistics units or civilian vehicles. Further analysis may also provide insights as to opera-
tional interaction between divisional and nondivisional materiel support units as well as methods of using materiel
support units to support combat operations. (S/WN)
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PART 1. SUMMARY OF UPGRADE PROGRAM
7. The transport battalion is the main divi-
sional logistics formation responsible for deliver-
ing materiel to combat and combat support units.
According to Soviet doctrine,2 the transport battal-
ion, supplemented by lower-echelon units, must
be able to logistically sustain combat operations
for three to five days. Ammunition and POL will
comprise approximately 75 percent of supply
requirements. Other items to be transported
include spare parts, technical supplies, rations, and
medical supplies. In peacetime, the transport
battalion supports daily divisional logistics require-
ments and maintains vehicles in a ready status.
(S/WN)
8. A continuing program of unit restructur-
ing and new equipment deployments that began
in 1978 has increased the capabilities of transport
battalions. These improvements are probably part
of a forcewide program to convert motor transport
battalions to more capable MSBs. The materiel
support concept, implemented since the late
1970s, is being introduced at various echelons of
the Soviet rear services. At the division level, the
motor transport battalion is being replaced by an
MSB that incorporates all divisional supply func-
tions under a single commander.3 Divisions in the
GSFG and the CGF were assessed by early 1983 as
having MSBs in lieu of motor transport battalions.4
(S/WN)
9. The upgrades will allow MSBs to ade-
quately support divisional combat and combat
support units, which have increased logistics re-
quirements as a result of improvements in fire-
power and mobility since the late 1970s. For
example, it is estimated that the daily ammunition
requirement for an MRD in sustained, intense
combat will increase from 900-1,100 to 1,100-1,430
metric tons between 1980 and 1990. Average daily
POL consumption for a division is projected to
increase from 216,000-324,000 liters in 1980 to
281,000-421,000 liters for an MRD and 313,000-
469,000 liters for a tank division in 1995.5 (S/WN)
10. The following developments observed
between 1978 and 1983 throughout the Soviet
Union indicate that the conversion process is
forcewide:
? Transport battalions have been formed or
enlarged in 36 cadre divisions.
? KAMAZ vehicles have been deployed to at
least 77 divisions.
? A second POL transport company has been
added in at least 31 transport battalions.
? KRAZ-255 or MAZ-500 POL trucks have
been deployed to at least 60 transport
battalions or motor transport companies.
? Transport battalion support units have
been upgraded significantly.
? Consolidated division depots have been
formed within transport battalions. (S/WN)
11. Figures 1 and 2 show the extent of the
upgrades in one Far East MD division. Because it is
believed that conversion to the materiel support
structure is forcewide, all transport battalions
subsequently referred to in this report will be
reported as MSBs. The term "motor transport
company" will also be used to refer to transport
units in certain cadre divisions. (S/WN)
PART 2. METHODOLOGY
12. After comprehensive analysis of imagery,
division-level transport units were divided into
three categories: fully equipped materiel support
battalions, reduced materiel support battalions,
and motor transport companies. This method of
categorizing transport units is consistent with the
initial assessment of the Land Armaments and
Manpower Model (LAMM).6 The criteria used to
determine the categories were the total number of
pieces of equipment in the unit, and, where
applicable, lift capacity.* A piece of equipment
was defined as any truck, dual-axle trailer, or
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vehicle that occupied one open parking space.
When equipment could not be observed and
covered storage was present, each vehicle storage
space was counted as one piece of equipment.
The total number of pieces of equipment in a unit
was obtained by adding the number of pieces of
equipment in permanent open parking to the
number of covered storage spaces. The three
categories are defined as follows. (S/WN)
13. A fully equipped MSB is one that con-
tains all vehicles necessary to equip two ammuni-
tion transport companies, two POL transport com-
panies, and support units (Figure 3). Imagery
analysis indicates that a minimum of 400 pieces of
equipment (about 240 vehicles and 160 trailers) are
required for a fully equipped MSB. Most ammuni-
tion transport vehicles in fully equipped MSBs tow
dual-axle trailers, but POL trailers were not always
observed in a 1:1 truck-to-trailer ratio. The MSBs
assessed as fully equipped contain about 400 to 600
pieces of equipment. The former 120th GMRD,
now an army-/corps-type formation, contains at
least 730 pieces of equipment. (S/WN)
14. The reduced MSB lacks some cargo or
POL trucks but can be clearly identified as a
battalion with defined subordinate companies
(Figure 4). The reduced MSBs contain considerably
more vehicles than would be needed for only
daily support and driver training. The number of
pieces of equipment in reduced MSBs ranges from
about 110 to 375. MSBs with at least 200 pieces of
equipment fall into two subcategories. Units in
eight divisions in the Western and Northwestern
TVDs and the Strategic Reserve probably have all
the subordinate companies of an MSB, but appear
to lack 50-100 pieces of equipment to be fully
equipped. Other reduced MSBs with at least 200
pieces of equipment have full complements of
cargo trucks but lack POL vehicles and trailers.
Several MSBs that have been assessed as reduced
MSBs are in divisions currently being upgraded,
and may soon be fully equipped. (S/WN)
15. The motor transport companies observed
contain 21-78 pieces of equipment and do not
have an identifiable internal structure (Figure 5).
Small numbers of cargo and POL trucks are used
for routine and daily support of the division, or as
training vehicles in training divisions.
16. Several new truck models have been
deployed to divisional transport units since the
late 1970s. KAMAZ-4310 (6 x 6) and KAMAZ-5320
(6 x 4) cargo trucks and KAMAZ-5410 (6 x 4) tractor
trucks with semitrailers (Figures 6 and 7) have been
widely distributed to these units. The extensive
deployment of these new vehicles and other major
changes in the transport units provided the image-
ry-derived basis for this study and supported the
identification of MSBs. (S/WN)
18. Additional vehicles have also been de-
ployed to POL transport units of MSBs to effect
the organizational changes. Unlike KAMAZ trucks,
however, the vehicles added to POL transport
units are not a new series of trucks. Several POL
truck variants on the KRAZ-255 chassis, with an
8,000-liter capacity, replaced smaller ZIL-series
trucks or augmented existing equipment. Before
1978, KRAZ-255 POL trucks were found mostly in
nondivisional transport units or in tank and motor-
ized rifle battalions and regiments within divisions.
Several types of PTS-6.7 POL trailers with a 6,700-
liter capacity were often found with the KRAZ-
255s. At least three MSBs received 8,000-liter MAZ-
500 POL trucks, previously found only in nondivi-
sional units and facilities. Three types of URAL and
ZIL cargo trucks configured for POL transport
(auxiliary POL trucks) were also added to many
units. Both URAL-375 and ZIL-131 trucks are used
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to carry 3,983-liter R-4 horizontal tanks. URAL-375s
also carry up to 25 200-liter fuel drums in an
upright position. The third type of auxiliary POL
truck is the URAL-375 capable of carrying three
2,000-liter KP-2 fuel tanks. Dual-axle trailers are
also used to carry either one R-4 tank, three KP-2
POL Carrying
Capacity (liters) Remarks
Table 1.
Capacities of POL Transport Equipment
Trucks
KRAZ-255
URAL-375
M AZ- 500
ZIL-131/-157
U RA L-3 75/ZIL-131
with R-4 tank
URAL-375 cargo truck
with 3 KP-2 tanks
URAL-375 cargo truck-
with-25 200-liter drums
Trailers
PTS-6.7
PTS-4
8;000 Includes TZ-8-255B and other variants -
5,000 Includes ATS-5-375 -and- ATZ-5-375
8,000
tanks, or up to 25 200-liter drums (Figure 8 and
Table 1).6 When imagery of insufficient interpreta-
bility prevented identification of specific types of
POL trailers, the trailers were assessed as carrying
4,000 liters if towed by a URAL or ZIL truck, and
6,700 liters if towed by a KRAZ-255. (S/WN)
6,000
5,000 Some trucks-carry fewer-
than 25-drums
6300 Includes PTS-6.7-5207Z and PTS-6.7-8925
4,000 In-clud-esPTS-4.2-754V (4-200-liters) and
PTS-4.7-782B. (4700-liters) -
R-4tank on trailer platform 3,983
3 KP-2 tanks on 6,000
cargo trailer
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PART 3. CATEGORIES AND ASSESSMENTS OF TRANSPORT BATTALIONS
19. Analysis of the transport battalions of the
201 Soviet tank and motorized rifle divisions and
army-/corps-type formations resulted in the fol-
lowing assessments:
? 49 of 201 divisions were assessed to contain
fully equipped MSBs, including one HSC
division. Fully equipped MSBs were found
in 22 of 59 tank divisions, 25 of 148
motorized rifle divisions, and both army-/
corps-type formations.
? 53 divisions were assessed to contain re-
duced MSBs, including 21 HSC and 14 LSC
divisions.
? 40 divisions were assessed to contain motor
transport companies.
? 47 divisions were assessed to have no
currently identifiable division-level trans-
port units.
? The presence or absence of a transport
unit in 12 divisions could not be deter-
mined. (S/WN)
Fully Equipped MSBs
20. Thirty-four of the 49 fully equipped MSBs
were in FSR divisions, seven in RSR-1 divisions,
seven in RSR-2 divisions, and one in an HSC
division. The fully equipped MSBs were grouped
in the GOF and along the Sino-Soviet border in
the Far East TVD (Figure 9 and Table 2). Other
fully equipped MSBs were found with the 6th GTD
and the Minsk army-/corps-type formation (for-
mer 120th GMRD), in the Belorussian MD, and the
4th GTD, in the Moscow MD. More analysis would
be required to precisely determine varying equip-
ment holdings for fully equipped MSBs in differ-
ent TVDs. (S/WN)
Reduced MSBs
21. Eight of the 53 reduced MSBs were in
RSR-1 divisions, 10 in RSR-2 divisions, 21 in HSC
divisions, and 14 in LSC divisions (Figure 10 and
Table 3). All 35 reduced MSBs in cadre divisions
were either newly formed or enlarged since 1980
(Figure 11). The presence of reduced MSBs in 35
cadre divisions indicates that the presence of a
transport battalion is no longer a valid indicator
for a ready division (Figure 12). (S/WN)
22. Ten of the reduced MSBs were in HSC
training divisions. These reduced MSBs were simi-
lar, with 108-199 pieces of equipment, including
small numbers of KAMAZ vehicles and KRAZ-255
POL trucks. Seven of the LSC divisions with
reduced MSBs were in the Far East MD, where a
general increase in motor transport capability is
underway. Eight of these battalions have full
complements of cargo trucks and lack only POL
transport vehicles to be considered fully
equipped. (S/WN)
Motor Transport Companies
23. Three of the 40 motor transport compa-
nies were in RSR-2 divisions, 14 in HSC divisions,
19 in LSC divisions, and 4 in MOB divisions (Figure
13 and Table 4). The four MOB divisions with
motor transport companies are assessed by NPIC
to have been upgraded to LSC status. The category
of motor transport company was based on unit
size and a report on 25X1
the cadre-strength motor transport company for
the 75th GTD at Chuguyev, in the Kiev MD.8 The
report stated that the company would be ex-
panded to a battalion in wartime through mobili-
zation of additional vehicles and personnel from
the national economy. According to the report, in
1975 the 75th GTD motor transport company
contained 29 cargo/utility vehicles and 8 POL
trucks. (S/WN)
24. Analysis of imagery indicates two types of
motor transport companies. One type was found
in five training divisions, and contains two or three
platoon-sized training subunits (Figure 14). These
training subunits may be present within all 20
training divisions. The second type of motor
transport company apparently provides daily sup-
port to the division, and contains platoon-sized
ammunition/cargo and POL transport units (Figure
5). (S/WN)
25. Separate transport units could not be
identified in 47 divisions, including 9 HSC divi-
sions, 24 LSC divisions, and 14 MOB divisions
(Figure 15 and Table 5). Divisions were not cred-
ited with an MSB motor transport company if a
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Table 2.
Fully Equipped MSBs
TVD and MD,
Army, or Corps
Western TVD
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Table 3.
Reduced MSBs
TVD and MD, Installation and Total Pieces
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- - - - -- - -be-fully-equipped --- -- -
-Sary-Ozek-AL-4= ---i6 _ _ -Upgraded late i 981--
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- -35th-Army- -- --Zavatinsk TD- -RSR 1--
.- Siberia,-MD---. 1:3th-MRD- IIIIIHSC1IT
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- - - - -_- -- MRD
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ltraining)-
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36th Army ~_- 38th-GMRD--_ RSR=2_Sretensk AL 1_~ -96+ ------.-POt elements-unlocated---
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Installation and
Total Pieces
Remarks
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Division*
Category
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of Equipment
Remarks
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Installation and
Army, or Corps
Division*
Category
BE Number
TranscaucasusMD _
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HSC - __
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- - - -
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- - --
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separate motor transport unit of at least 20 vehicles 26. Transport capabilities for 12 divisions
could not be identified. The limit of 20 vehicles could not be assessed accurately because of
was assigned after examining divisions with known insufficient coverage, low numbers of identifiable
motor transport companies and determining the vehicles, or unit relocation (Table 6). (S/WN)
minimum number of vehicles.* (S/WN) (Continued p. 21)
*Additional photint received since the tables of this report were completed indicates that motor transport companies
may be forming in many of the HSC, LSC, and MOB divisions listed in Table 5. The tables as presented in the report
reflect the discovery since October 1983 of motor transport companies in the Perm MRD, Mulino MRD, Gusinooz-
ersk MRD (MOB), Zhdanovka MRD, Kagul MRD, and 22nd GTD. These motor transport companies were probably
formed in 1982-83, and it is believed that most of the divisions remaining in Table 5 either have motor transport
companies or will receive them in 1984-85. (S/WN)
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27. A correlation between heavy-lift regi-
ments and collocated divisions is possible. There
are eight centrally subordinated heavy-lift regi-
ments in the Soviet Union.tt Each is equipped with
more than 500 MAZ-537 tractors and 50-/52-ton
ChMZAP-5247/-9990 semitrailers, designed to
transport armored vehicles strategically across dis-
tances greater than 300 kilometers. Seven of the
heavy-lift regiments are collocated with a tank
division or motorized rifle division (Table 7). One
regiment is near the new army-/corps-type forma-
tion at Kyakhta, in the Transbaikal MD. Six of the
tank divisions and motorized rifle divisions do not
have confirmed MSBs or motor transport compa-
nies, although they contain full complements of
modern combat equipment. The placement of the
heavy-lift regiments with these divisions suggests
that the regiments may be used in wartime to
transport the divisions forward quickly, possibly to
fill a first-echelon or rapid reinforcement function.
In this case, it would be logical to place the large
number of cargo and POL trucks needed for the
Table 6.
Divisions with Undetermined Transport Capability
MD, Army, or Corps Division*
Carpathian--MD-
38th-Army --
Category Remarks**
- 70th GMRD-- --LSC--
Transcaucasus MD
4thArmy- Baku GMRD- -
L
Transport bit at lvano-Frankovsk AL-5 probably -
_- nondivisional`_ - - -
Tiansport bit-reported-inNikolayev-area ;-butno
---unit-could-be-located- - - -- -- --
Transport-bn with-41-707-FPN-reported at-Baku- -
_ ML-L,_uutno ranspon unit ls-present
-over-100_ U RAC-ZI:L,-:and-GAZ=trucks-at=.Kutai"si-AL=8==
-- cannot-be. confirmed-as-divisional -- -- - -
--Transport bit reported-at Leningrad-AL-1-9; but-
-no- unit-could be-confirmed- - - -
Unit with 1"38_pieces~_-of equipment (including:_KAMAZ
-5320s)-ai-Kandaldksha-AL=2-maybe nondivisional_
Transbaikal-MD -
Ulan_Ude_ Army__
36th-Army -
unit-cannot be-confirmed
"1-1 GMRD- RSR 2 =Tiansport bit ieported at: Bezrechnaya=AL 1 but".no_
-(trainingP-
Reported-at Khabarovsk-AL-281--but- large numbers of-
-KAMAZ-5320s-and-tank-transporters-indicate a-non--
Fa%East-MD_vehicle-paik-
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Table 7.
Heavy-Lift Regiments and Collocated Divisions
Military
District
Baltic
Heavy-Lift Regiment Collocated Status
Location/ BE Number Division* of MSB Remarks**
Carpathian
Novograd-Volynskiy-AL-2 --30th GTD - - reduced -LSC 30th GTD-is T-72-equipped; has SA-8 SAM
Biysk MRD collocated with-13th MR D-,-Which -
92nd- GMRD-
(training)
696 Transport-Bn-reported at-Kaliningrad--AL-4,-
--_ but no- transport unit-present; -1 st-GTD is-RSR-1
none
MRR-has-full_complement_of-BMP-
ofarmored vehicles
MOB/LSC Biysk MRD has tanks but lacks APCs;
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armored vehicles in Mongolia --
MOB/LSC Abakan MRD has full complement -
of vehicles; collocated HSC Abakan MRD stores
=fully -- -5th-GTD-(former) is-now-the Kyakhta
equipped - army/corps-formation - -- -- -
MSB in conserved storage at a forward location
closer to the projected battlefield. Collateral re-
ports suggest such a placement at the 696th
Transport Battalion, field post number 52785, sub-
ordinate to the RSR-1 1st GTD at Kaliningrad, in
the Baltic MD.12 The transport battalion has been
reported by all orders of battle at Kaliningrad
Headquarters Tank Division and Army Barracks
but there is no transport unit
at that installation, suggesting the presence of only
a headquarters element at Kaliningrad, while
transport vehicles are stored elsewhere. Additional
data is necessary to confirm or deny a correlation
between the heavy-lift regiments and collocated
divisions. (S/WN)
PART 4. ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGES AND DEPLOYMENTS
OF NEW EQUIPMENT
28. The main organizational differences be-
tween the old motor transport battalion and the
MSB (Figure 16) are that an MSB has added a
second POL transport company, increased general
support capability (possibly resulting in a new
company for cargo transport and general support),
formed a consolidated division depot within the
MSB, and possibly added the division field bak-
ery.13 (S/WN)
Ammunition Transport Companies
29. Imagery analysis indicates that fully
equipped and reduced MSBs contain two ammu-
nition transport companies. Most ammunition
transport companies were equipped with 60
URAL-375s with five-ton, dual-axle trailers, but at
least three, and possibly nine, Far East TVD MSBs
contained ammunition transport companies with
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60 URAL-375
60 TRAILERS
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COMPANY
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80 TRAILERS
CARGO
TRANSPORT
COMPANY
30 ZIL-131/-157
30 GAZ-66
POSTULATED
IMAGERY-DERIVED
ORGANIZATION
MATERIEL
SUPPORT
BATTALION
AMMUNITION
TRANSPORT
COMPANY
POL
TRANSPORT
COMPANY
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DATED
DIVISION
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BAKERY
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30-40 KAMAZ-5320
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30-40 GKS-8350
40-60 URAL-375 POL
CARGO
TRANSPORT
PLATOON
Equipment figures are representative only
for ready divisions. Numbers of specific
vehicle types may vary among TVDs.
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UNIT
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80 URAL-375s. The best example of 80-truck
companies was the Zavatinsk TD, where the vehi-
cles for two companies were parked in open
storage. The parking patterns in the companies
suggested an organization of two 40-truck pla-
toons in each company (Figure 17). The MSBs of
the 21st GTD at Belogorsk and the Lyalichi TD
probably also contain companies with 80 URAL-
375s. All three MSBs have 210-220 cargo trucks
(excluding support vehicles), more than the 140-
180 trucks needed to equip two 60-truck ammuni-
tion transport companies and one cargo transport
unit. At least one ammunition transport company
of the MSBs of the Lermontovka MRD, the 192nd
MRD at Svobodnyy, the 265th MRD at Vozzhay-
evka, the 266th MRD at Raychichinsk, the Birobid-
zhan MRD, and the 78th TD at Ayaguz contain 80
trucks. As of October 1983, no ammunition trans-
port companies with more than 60 trucks have
been confirmed in other TVDs. In 1982, a motor
transport battalion equipped with three 80-truck
ammunition/cargo transport companies was re-
ported to be loading onto railcars in the 24th MRD
area of the Carpathian MD, but this has been
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reassessed as harvest mobilization activity. The
expansion of the Far East TVD units occurred from
1979 to 1982, along with other MSB upgrades.
(S/WN)
30. KAMAZ-5320s have replaced URAL-375s
in the ammunition transport companies of at least
nine MSBs and motor transport companies since
1979 (Table 8). The first MSBs to convert to
KAMAZ-5320s were those of the 86th GMRD at
Beltsy, in the Odessa MD, and the Novocherkassk
TD, in the North Caucasus MD, both LSC divisions.
Both units were observed converting in February
1979 (Figures 18 and 19). Forty-nine KAMAZ-5320s
and 23 GKB-8350 trailers were identified at the
86th GMRD and 50 KAMAZ-5320s and 52 GKB-
8350s were observed at the Novocherkassk TD.
Following the conversion to KAMAZ-5320s, the
ammunition lift capacity of the 86th GMRD MSB
was an estimated 780 metric tons, and that of the
Novocherkassk TD MSB was an estimated 830
metric tons. These capacities are approximately 70
percent of the 1,140 metric tons lifted by the two
URAL-375-equipped ammunition transport com-
panies in a fully equipped MSB. (S/WN)
31. In early 1983, the 26 KAMAZ-5320s that
made up one of the two ammunition transport
companies of the Novocherkassk MSB were re-
placed by 57 URAL-375 cargo trucks (Figure 20).
The 26 GKB-8350s that had been deployed with
the KAMAZ-5320s in 1979 were not replaced. The
lift capacity of the company was 420 metric tons
when it was equipped with KAMAZ-5320s, and 465
metric tons after conversion to URAL-375s. The
comparable lift capacity achieved by replacing 26
KAMAZ-5320s with 57 URAL-375s indicates that
total lift capacity may have been a more important
factor in equipping the unit than maintaining a
given number of vehicles. The reason for replacing
KAMAZ-5320s with the older URAL-375s four years
after the KAMAZ were deployed is not known;
imagery of late 1983 provides evidence that this
company is possibly converting back to KAMAZ-
(Continued p. 29)
Table 8.
MSB and Motor Transport Companies with KAMAZ-5320 Ammunition Transport Vehicles
KAMAZ-
GKB-8350
TVD and MD,
5320s
Trailers
Year
Army, or Corps
Division*
Observed
Observed
Deployed
Remarks
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Baltic MD- - - 56th GMRD- -21-+
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F
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a
a
Far East MD- - -- Lyalichi-MRD
--69
train n
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-
g
-
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49th TD(training)- 47-+
-11+-
1981-- -
-- -
--Nizhneudinsk-MRD-24---
14
-- -1982--
-May-increase in-size-
Ulan-Ude Army
245th-MRD -
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-0-
----1981 -
---Increasing-in-size--
Strategic-Reserve
Moscow MD --
2nd GMRD
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5320s. The Lyalichi Training MRD, in the Far East
MD, replaced 215 URAL-375s (no trailers) with 69
KAMAZ-5320s and 37 GKB-8350s by November
1979. As at Novocherkassk, the lift capacity of the
KAMAZ trucks and GKB trailers (848 metric tons)
was close to that of the replaced URAL-375s (968
,metric tons). Monitoring further KAMAZ-5320
deployments will probably resolve whether total
(lift capacity or number of vehicles is the determin-
ing factor in equipping ammunition transport
companies. (S/WN)
32. Six other MSBs or motor transport com-
panies also use KAMAZ-5320s for ammunition
transport. The MSB of the HSC 88th MRD at
Kushka, in the Turkestan MD, converted in 1981
and as of June 1983 contained at least 41 KAMAZ-
5320s (Figure 21). The 49th Tank Training Division
at Chita, in the Transbaikal MD, converted at least
partially to KAMAZ-5320s in 1981, although subse-
quent poor coverage has hindered positive identi-
fication. The MSB of the LSC 245th MRD at
Gusinoozersk was still increasing in size as of the
close of the reporting period. As of May 1983,
ammunition transport capability consisted of 25
KAMAZ-5320s and 15 URAL-375s (Figure 22). A
small motor transport company for the LSC Ni-
zhneudinsk MRD, in the Transbaikal MD, was
formed in 1982 and by mid-1983 contained 24
KAMAZ-5320s and 15 URAL-375 POL trucks. The
companies of the LSC 56th GMRD at Tallinn, in the
Baltic MD, and RSR-1 2nd GMRD at Alabino, in
the Moscow MD, also have significant numbers of
KAMAZ-5320s, but the number of KAMAZ vehi-
cles in the ammunition transport companies could
not be determined. The transport unit at Khaba-
rovsk Army Barracks AL-28 previ-
ously reported as the motor transport battalion for
the 199th Training MRD, contains at least 250
KAMAZ-5320s and 40 ChMZAP-5247 heavy-lift
semitrailers. The large numbers of KAMAZ-5320s
and ChMZAP-5247s indicate that this unit is a
nondivisional materiel support unit, rather than a
divisional motor transport battalion or MSB.
(S/WN)
33. At least two MSBs in the CGF have
received additional KAMAZ-5320-equipped trans-
port units for either ammunition transport or
general support. The units were deployed in 1982
to the 18th GMRD at Kurivody (Figure 23) and the
15th GTD at Milovice, both directly subordinate to
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5320s and 25 GKB-8350s in 1983; 15 KAMAZ-5320s
and 23 GKB-8350s were observed at the 15th GTD.
The lift capacity of the Kurivody unit is 400 metric
tons (assuming one truck per trailer). (S/WN)
Cargo Transport Platoons
34. Most fully equipped and reduced MSBs
contain a platoon-sized transport unit (designated
herein as the cargo transport platoon) in addition
to the two ammunition transport companies (Fig-
ure 24). The cargo transport platoon probably
corresponds in function to the reported cargo
transport company, assessed to transport spare
parts and technical supplies.2 All but one of the
platoons observed during the reporting period
were equipped with 20-33 URAL-375s. One cargo
transport unit in the Far East MD contained 52
URAL-375s (Figure 17). Cargo trailers were not
observed in these platoons in the Far East TVD, but
the trailers may be kept in depot storage. It should
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be noted that the 190-metric-ton lift capacity of 20
URAL-375s with dual-axle trailers almost matches
the 195-metric-ton capacity of the 30 GAZ-66s and
ZIL-157s of the old cargo transport company,
which did not have trailers. Additional data will be
required to determine the composition of cargo
transport platoons in MSBs that have converted to
KAMAZ vehicles. The cargo transport platoon,
together with newly deployed general support
units, may also form part of a cargo transport/gen-
eral support company. (S/WN)
General Support Units
35. Since 1980, the ability of MSBs to provide
general support to the division has been enhanced
by the addition of new vehicles, as many as 36
KAMAZ-5320s and 12 KAMAZ-5410s in some units.
These new vehicles significantly upgrade existing
support units. The general support vehicles ob-
served appear to provide daily logistics transport
for the division, including food, clothing, and
miscellaneous supplies.
many fully equipped and reduced MSBs, these
vehicles constitute a platoon or company-sized
unit capable of an expanded support function.
(S/WN)
36. At least 70 MSBs and motor transport
companies have received varying numbers of
KAMAZ-5320s and KAMAZ-5410s that are proba-
bly used for general support instead of ammuni-
tion transport (Figure 25). Thirteen of the MSBs
receiving KAMAZ vehicles were in training divi-
sions, where vehicles are probably used for train-
ing (Figure 14 and Table 9). It was often possible to
confirm KAMAZ vehicles in a general support
role, since many retained the light-toned paint
normally associated with civilian vehicles. In addi-
tion, general support vehicles were often parked
in disarray and appeared to be used frequently.
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Table 9.
MSB and Motor Transport Companies with KAMAZ-5320s/-5410s for
General Support or Training
TVD and MD,
Army, or Corps Division*
Western TVD
35th -MRD---
CGF 18th GMRD
28th Corps 48th MRD
NGF 20th GTD -
Baltic MD 24th TD
(training)
3rd GMRD
1 1 th GA 40th GTD -
Belorussian MD 120th GMRD
(former)-
(training)
24thMRD
8th TA 30thGTD--
Southwestern TVD--
SGF
19th GTD
254th MAD
86th GMRD --
32nd Corps
Kiev MD
1st GA
6th TA
180th-MRD--
Kagul MRD
(training) --
Voroshilovgrad -
48th TD
MRD-
72nd GMRD
75th GTD
22nd TD
Southeastern TVD
Transcaucasus M D
4th Army
7th GA
31st Corps
North Caucasus MD
100th GMRD
(training)
75th MRD
127th MAD
147th MAD
19th MAD
24th GMRD
(training)
KAMAZ-5320s KAMAZ-5410s Deployed Remarks
--1982
1983
1982 -
-1983-
1982
(1981)
1982
1982
(1982)
7 addl KAMAZ-5320s
in maintenance area
In addition to KAMAZ-
Training vehicles and
general support
4
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Table 9. Continued
TVD and MD, Number of Number of Year
Army, or Corps Division* KAMAZ-5320s KAMAZ-5410s Deployed Remarks
Kra 6-6dar_Carps 9:ftf=MRD=- --1-1- -2 ~u1:9:82
Novor_ossiy_sk -L+ Z-- 1:9:82
MRD
Turkestan=MD_ ______4ThTGMIRD 3: 8 19.8.1. L-=AIsJ:1--CtiMZAP.=524.7
1=1_4.zh=NERD
83rd-_GM:RD -G - - Training_vekiicles
Unid Corps 8$th LAIRD
- 8+ _ 7981_ ~---
Nortfiwesfem TVD --- -
Lei ii1gradMD-
3 0 t h _ C o r p s _ 0 = = - 5 : +
5 - 2 . 1982
Fay East T D
SQmipalutnsk_Army 1=55th_N1RD -6
F_.ar East:MD lyahchr:TD~., ;:::.._,_ ,,_,:. - 4 = ..-T983 _-Alsa 13 attiiry tracks=
-MRD_ .._..... _....._._._._......
_.. ___......__ .. ,...__.__..- - -
..... ..... - ...... .
35th_Arrn.,y 2.1 str7GTD= .:: _ .... _;,, _ 1 {= - 79=8D
1:92nd-MRD
=82-
8iroh dihan Co.[ps Zavatinsk TD :. 4 : ;: = - 1-981 8
Siberian_M:D 1:3th_M"RD
Tr"ansbaikal=M:D ~Borzya MRD-- -2-
...... 1981 Tratn1r vrhtcles
(traimn9~_:::
49th TD_ __........._ ___2
-
5th GTD .._-17., -w.. 6 82
(fo:rmer
-Gush bze_rsk~ 2 _ _ - -9
_MRD ......
._
38t1i Army -12tK-GMRD--:._ T6 :....: ~1 1382
- _-cumber 5uma__.'1_0 = -0 19
St=rteTtic Reserve --- -` `
MoscowMD - 53rd__GMRD -~rainirtg-vehicies
. -7980=81 Atsa-25-ehMZ7 =52"47
h-Tr
_~_ Kli`n_fsY NfRD 7 - _~T981=82..~_
--Mulinp MR_D -1 4 ~1"982 8
K aI . 44tFTTD 414- 1:980=81---Trainin-vehicles
(train1ng
..... :.~ 7_8.th M.RD 1 Training vehicles-and-
m` _ _ ... Ct~ainin l
_.__ eneYat-support
34Th=MRD - 4:__- w T 1:9$2
P_erm_NI:RD
Volga_IVI:D 43id=N1:RD -"Trarnirig vehicles
2_1:3Ih_MRD- -- 4-- .. q_8_o18
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37. The composition of the general support
units varies widely. In each unit, the number of
KAMAZ-5320s observed varied from 0 to 38, and
the number of KAMAZ-5410s varied from 0 to 12.
The largest units were company sized, such as
those in the 4th GMRD at Termez, in the Turkes-
tan MD (Figure 26), three SGF divisions at Eszter-
gom, Tolna, and Szekesfehervar (Figure 27), and
the 4th GTD at Naro-Fominsk, in the Moscow MD
(Figure 28). KAMAZ-5320s were parked separately
from the KAMAZ-5410s in many general support
units, suggesting separate subunits. The larger
general support units add significantly to the lift
capacities of the MSB. For example, the 28 KA-
MAZ-5320s and 8 KAMAZ-5410s in the 4th GTD
provide an additional lift of approximately 560
metric tons, equal to 60 URAL-375s with trailers. In
many reduced MSBs and motor transport compa-
nies, much smaller groups of KAMAZ general
support vehicles were present to provide daily
support for the division (Figure 29). (S/WN)
38. - More data is needed to determine how
the general support unit is organized, and how
possible variations in size and composition relate
to different TVDs, divisional readiness levels, and
MSB size. The possible relationship to the cargo
transport platoon also needs to be explored
through all-source analysis. The cargo transport
platoon may be the successor to the technical
supply platoon, and the general support unit
could possibly replace the quartermaster platoon.
The technical supply and quartermaster platoons
were assessed to have been combined into a single
cargo transport company in the late 1970s.6 It is
possible that the cargo transport platoon and
general support unit together form a unit that
replaces the cargo transport company in the MSB
concept. (S/WN)
39. Two other developments regarding gen-
eral support units were also observed. First, small
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engineer support units containing three to five
BAT-M engineer tractors and one or two MDK-2
ditchers were added to the general support units
of the 11th GTD at Konigsbruck and the 32nd GTD
at )uterbog in the GSFG, and the 18th GMRD in
the CGF (Figure 23). Second, the general support
elements of the 11th GTD and 32nd GTD also
contain small numbers of T-55 or T-62 tanks. In the
32nd GTD the general support unit,
formed in early 1983, is in open storage. In
addition to 12 KAMAZ-5320s, 7 KAMAZ-5410s, and
5 BAT-Ms, the unit also contains approximately 20
T-62 tanks (Figure 30). Four T-62s have been
observed in the general support area at Konigs-
bruck in the 11th GTD, where there is covered
storage. The tanks in both divisions have been
observed with bulldozer blades, indicating a
construction/engineer support role. (S/WN)
40. MSBs and motor transport companies
also contain section-/platoon-sized medical, main-
tenance, and chemical defense service support
units (Figure 31). (S/WN)
POL Transport Companies
41. Restructuring and new equipment de-
ployments in POL transport companies have oc-
curred in a number of MSBs and motor transport
companies since 1978 (Table 10). The formation of
a second POL transport company has been con-
firmed on imagery in at least 31 transport battal-
ions. The additional POL transport company is
probably part of the conversion to the materiel
support structure. It is likely that in early 1984 all
fully equipped and reduced MSBs will have two
POL transport companies. In most cases, the
second company was formed by dividing the
existing POL transport company in half, and then
adding vehicles to each company, resulting in two
companies with as many as 74 POL trucks each
(Figures 32 and 33). (S/WN)
42. The restructuring of POL transport com-
panies began in 1978, when the experimental 21st
GTD at Belogorsk, in the Far East MD, adopted the
two-company structure. The program was gener-
ally underway in late 1979, when fences delineat-
ing two POL transport companies were erected in
two GSFG divisions. The restructuring was concur-
rent with the deployment of 8,000-liter KRAZ-255
POL trucks to a large number of MSBs throughout
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TVD and MD,
Army, or Corps
Western TVD
GSFG;-1st-GTA
2nd-GTA-
28th Corps-
Belorussian-MD
2-8-6 Army-- --
Carpathian -M D-
8th TA
38th-Army- -
Southern TVD, SGF
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-(1,147;000)- 963.000 liters confirmed-
Sheds for 173-pieces
of POL-equipment -- -
-1+-
POL
Carrying
Capacity Remarks
(liters)
618;000+ _
- Sheds for 200-pieces
-- - of POL equipment
Sheds for 120 pieces of
POL equipment; 30 --
POL-equipment; 39--
379,000+ May be only 1 of 2 cos
(531.000) -
- Unit still-forming
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Army, or Corps
6th TA
Southeastern TVD
Transcaucasus MD - --
4th Army
31st Corps
Turkestan--M D-_
--Unid -Corps---
-Northwestern TVD- --
Leningrad MD, 30th-Corps
Far-East TVD - --
-Central Asian MD--
Semipalatinsk-Army-
Far East-MD--
-5th Army
35th Army - -
Birobidzhan Corps
-Siberian MD -
Transbaikal-MD
Ulan-Ude-Army
--
36th Army
39th Army
Strategic Reserve
Moscow MD
Ural MD
Volga MD
Two POL Total
Transport Number of POL
Division* Companies KRAZ-255s Trucks
Konotop No 2
MRD
72nd GMRD - - 9+
41st GTD No -- 5
75th GTD No 3+ -
75th MRD Yes 3
147th MRD No _ 8
-4th GMRD- No- 3--
155th-MRD- - --Yes- -10
68th MRD Yes -- 4--
-40th MRD -
MRD _
Lermontovka-
MRD - -
21st-GTD- Yes
13th MRD - - 4-
(former)-
MRD-
122nd GMRD - Yes
2nd GTD - Yes -
12th GMRD - Yes
51st TD - Yes
41st MRD Yes-
Yes -- 0
12--
4th GTD Yes 12
22nd TD No 4
34th MRD Yes 3+
213th MRD Yes - 14+
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Total Carrying
POL Capacity
Trailers (liters)
POL-trucks ---- -
-
-0
127---- 38 816:000--
Small MT co
Small MT co
--544,000 -Unit still forming
88 - --O -- -458,000
110 -- 0- -- 571,000--
11.5- -- 48- - - 872;000--
90-- 16 502;000
-1-16 - 0 - -666,000 includes 2 MAZ-500s
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-1-1+--
56th-GMRD- -- ---
--- 3+
40th GTD -
- - -
5+
--120th.GMRD
- ---
-- 9+
6th GTD---
66th GMRD
(training)--
117th-GTD
(training)
Yes-
15- -
-49 -
51stGMRD
No-
- 1- -
2
No
--2+-
-128th GMRD
Yes
0-
13th GTD -
8+
19th GTD
24 --
47
- 18+
254th MRD
Yes
18-
(84) -
(35)
59th-GMRD
Yes
5
45
0
180th-MRD --
No
--3
-
-
Two POL
Total
Total
Transport
Number of POL
POL
Division' Companies
KRAZ-255s
Trucks
Trailers
9th TD
4-1+
11th GTD
7+
207th GMRD--- Yes -
8-
1Oth-GTD- --- --
19 -
12th-GTD-- -
9+
-39th-GMRD- -Yes---
7
79th GTD- -- Yes-
15
(104)-
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the USSR and GOF. In almost all cases, one
company contains KRAZ-255 and URAL-375 POL
trucks and the other company contains only
URAL-375s. The 8,000-liter MAZ-500 POL truck has
been added to at least three MSBs (Figure 34).
(S/WN)
43. The 213th MRD at Totskoye, in the Volga
MD, also showed the progressive upgrading of
POL transport. The MSB initially formed in mid-
1980, when a vehicle park was constructed adja-
cent to the divisional depot. By the end of 1981,
two ammunition transport companies, one KRAZ-
255-equipped POL transport company, one ZIL-
131-equipped POL transport company, and a sup-
port unit could be identified, each in separately
delineated areas (Figure 4). By June 1982, addi-
tional KRAZ-255s were added (Figure 35) and by
July 1983, various types of POL trailers were parked
in the nearby division depot (Figure 36). (S/WN)
44. Because of the creation of a second POL
transport company, at least 17 MSBs have more
than the previous standard of 80 POL trucks. The
highest number of POL trucks identified was 127 in
the Sergeyevka MRD, in the Far East MD. The
highest numbers identified in the Western TVD
were 104 in the 25th Tank Division at Eberswalde,
in the GSFG, and 101 in the 6th GTD at Grodno, in
the Belorussian MD. (S/WN)
45. The restructuring has increased the total
POL carrying capacity of the MSB. In the old
motor transport battalion organization, the carry-
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ing capacity of the single POL transport company
was approximately 720,000 liters. The highest con-
firmed carrying capacity is in the 25th TD, where
the two POL companies had a combined capacity
of at least 963,000 liters, and possibly as much as
1,150,000 liters, by June 1983. The presence of
approximately 50 6,700-liter PTS-6.7 POL trailers in
place of the customary 4,000-4,200-liter PTS-4/-4.2
trailers accounted for the increased carrying ca-
pacity. The 1,150,000-liter figure could not be
precisely calculated since poor image quality pre-
vented confirmation of all trailers as PTS-6.7. The
963,000-liter capacity is 27 percent more than the
previous estimate of 720,000 liters. The possible
capacity of 1,150,000 liters would represent a 37
percent increase over the previous norm. The POL
transport companies of the 10th GTD at Altengra-
bow, East Germany, were also observed in 1983 in
open storage (Figure 37). The two companies had a
combined carrying capacity of 784,000 liters, an 11
percent increase over the previous standard. Most
of the other GSFG divisions have POL carrying
capacities of 600,000 to 700,000 liters. Table 11
shows increases since 1978 in POL carrying capaci-
ty for three Western TVD and three Far East TVD
divisions. Table 12 lists detailed POL equipment
holdings and carrying capacities for 12 MSBs in the
Western and Far East TVDs. (S/WN)
46. Fully equipped MSBs in the Far East TVD
may be authorized a higher POL carrying capacity
because of their isolated location and anticipated
wartime resupply difficulties. The 12th GMRD at
Bayandelger, the 21st GTD, and the Sergeyevka
MRD each have carrying capacities of more than
800,000 liters, and may increase their capacities
further if more POL trailers are deployed. (S/WN)
47. Historically, there has been a notable
difference in the numbers of POL trailers assigned
to POL companies in the Far East and Western
TVDs, but this may be changing. Before 1980, few
POL trailers were assigned to MSBs in the Trans-
baikal MD. The ratio of POL trucks to trailers in
the Far East and Central Asian MDs averaged 3:1
or 4:1. The POL truck-to-trailer ratio in most fully
equipped MSBs of the Western TVD was and
remains almost 1:1. Since 1982, however, POL
trailers have been added to MSBs in the Far East
TVD. The 40th MRD at Smolyaninovo and the 12th
GMRD now contain over 40 POL trailers each, and
smaller numbers have been added to at least seven
other divisions. The slightly higher carrying capaci-
ties of fully equipped POL companies in the Far
East TVD, compared with those in the Western
TVD, have been accomplished by adding vehicles.
However, continued deployment of new POL
trailers to Far East TVD divisions will result in a
larger differential. For example, if PTS-4 trailers
were assigned to the Sergeyevka MRD in a 1:1
ratio, POL capacity would rise to almost 1,200,000
liters. (S/WN)
Table 11.
Increases in POL Carrying Capacities for Selected MSBs
POL Carrying Capacity (liters)
MD
Division*
1978 1979
1980
1981
1982
1983 Remarks
541,000
614,000
690,000 Formed 2nd co
1980-81
57th GMRD
357,000
-
432,000
656,000
9th TD
-
405,000
618,000
--> May have over
40 KRAZ-255s
529,000
-~
823,000 Formed 2nd co
1978
40th MRD
321,000
361,000
588,000
630,000 Formed 2nd co
1982
Transbaikal
41st MRD
239,000
469,000
666,000 Formed 2nd co
1982
-o. = no appreciable change
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Equipment Holdings of Selected POL Companies
POL COs ~~P"
1.3 -
2
J
27-
(54) -_
30---
46-,
6
41
28-
20
9
43
57-
--39
26-
-63
37
-49-
-29
31-
24
Z -Iy I'
gyp'
(27)
(52)
8 --
of / _1~0'1'
50
-54
46
46-
29
41
53-
42
20-
23
37
36_
68
57--
74
53
52
28
52
63
66
50
- 55
55
38
52
21
21--
30
30
35
17--
22--_
0
13
25-
10
28
MD and
Division*
2nd-co--
-2nd do-
10th-GTD - 1-st-co -
2nd-co
79th GTD 1st co-
LL 2nd-co
Belorussian MD
6th_GTD -- bothcos-
-Central Asian MD-- -
155th-MRD-- -tst co--
- 2nd co
Far East M D- _
2-tsfGTD 1stco-
Sergeyevka-MRD 1st-co
-- 2nd co
Transbaikal MD=
-5th GTD (former) 1st co
12th GMRD - 1st-co --
2nd-co
41stMRD -1st co-_
2nd c-
0-
2nd-&D___ - 1st-co
-2nd co_
(529,000)
(618,000) -
364,000
326,000-
-
393,000
391,000
396,000
299,000--
215,000
324,000
419,000
404,000-
422,000 -
394,000
319,000
225,000
364,000
508,000
417,000
249,000
313,000
258,000
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48. Recent construction of vehicle parks in
the Far East MD indicates that a depot is an
integral part of the MSB. The depot appears to
function as a consolidated division depot, defined
by the Soviets as a "mobile divisional establish-
ment, consisting of stores for various kinds of
materiel, clothing and footwear repair workshop,
division field [steam] bathhouse, and a security
detachment."16 The consolidated division depots
in the Far East MD were probably formed by
taking stocks from the division ammunition depot
and placing them in a uniquely configured depot
within the MSB vehicle park. Additional under-
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ground POL storage has also been added. The new
vehicle parks have been under construction in 23
of 25 Far East MD divisions since 1979, and many
were complete by the end of 1983. The former
120th GMRD at Minsk (now an army-/corps-type
formation), in the Belorussian MD, has had this
type of vehicle park since the early 1970s. The
consolidated division depot does not replace the
division ammunition and POL depots. Instead,
some stocks, especially ammunition, are placed in
the consolidated depot. The ammunition probably
remains loaded on dual-axle cargo trailers, result-
ing in a higher state of readiness than would be
the case if all ammunition were kept in depot
storage. Further analysis may reveal the percent-
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49. The highly standardized Far East MD
depots consist of 6 to 11 single-depth materiel
storage buildings; one 12-bay, double-depth vehi-
cle storage building; one revetted four-bay, fuze-
storage building; and one revetted two-bay, fuze-
storage building (Figures 2 and 38). Many of the
materiel storage buildings are revetted and cargo
trailers have been observed in front of the build-
ings, suggesting that at least some of the buildings
contain uploaded ammunition trailers. This assess-
ment is supported by the general absence of cargo
trailers with cargo trucks in open storage in the
vehicle parks. Many vehicle parks also incorporate
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underground POL tanks or open storage of huri-
zontal POL tanks (Figure 36). The 12-bay, double-
depth vehicle storage buildings house a small
transport unit that appears to support the depot
directly. (S/WN)
50. This type of depot (Figure 39) was also
constructed in ten Belorussian MD divisions in the
mid-1970s, although only the former 120th GMRD
has transport vehicles. A consolidated division
depot with a different configuration has been
constructed adjacent to the general support unit
for the 4th GMRD, in the Turkestan MD (Figure
40). The storage of ammunition and POL stocks
within MSB depots demonstrates the high priority
placed on divisional logistics readiness, even at the
expense of safety. The program is continuing even
though several division ammunition depots have
exploded in recent years. (S/WN)
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51. There is evidence that field bakeries,
formerly independent units, are now organic to
the MSB. At least 21 probable field kitchens were
observed in the division depot of the 41st MRD at
Sumber Suma, and small field bakery units may be
present in the MSB of the 21st GTD and the
Zavatinsk TD (Figure 17). Identifying bakery equip-
ment placed on cargo trucks and distinguishing
towed field kitchens from other single-axle trailers
is difficult on imagery. (S/WN)
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52. The MSBs of the 4th GMRD at Termez, in
the Turkestan MD, and the 4th GTD at Naro-
Fominsk, in the Moscow MD, contain 11 and 25
ChMZAP-5247s respectively (Figures 40 and 28).
Several semitrailers at Termez may be the new
ChMZAP-9990, an improved follow-on to the
ChMZAP-5247. The ChMZAPs were left at Naro-
Fominsk when a heavy-lift regiment vacated the
installation in 1979. The'ChMZAPs at Termez were
newly deployed in 1981-82. Significant numbers of
ChMZAPs have not been confirmed in other
MSBs, and it is not known if they will be deployed
widely at the division level. ChMZAP-5247s are
most commonly used to transport armored vehi-
cles over long distances, and could add a new
armor transport capability to the MSB if widely
deployed. (S/WN)
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1. DIA. DIAIAPPR 102-83, Warsaw Pact: Division Categorization (U), 6 Sep 83 (SECRET/NOFORN*)
2. DIA. DDB-1150-21-81, Defense Intelligence Report: Motor Transport Capability in the Group of Soviet
Forces Germany (U), Apr 81 (SECRET/WNINTEL/NOFORN*)
3. DIA. DDB-2622-2-83, Soviet Strategic Conventional Offensive in the Western Theater of Military Operations
(U), Mar 83 (SECRET)
4. DIA. S-350878/RSO-4BL, Ground Order of Battle-Grow of Soviet Forces Germany and Central Group of
Forces (U), Apr 1983 (SECRET/WNINTEL/NOFORN
5. US Army. ATC-PD-1150-001-82, Vol II, Warsaw Pact Logistics Capabilities and Projections (LOGCAPP) (U),
Jun 82 (SECRET/WNINTEL/NOFORN*)
7. CIA/OIA. Sov 83-1043S, Manning Practices in Soviet Ground Force Units (U), Nov 83 (SECRET/NOFORN,
8. CIA. 4n Unidentified Cadre-Strength Motor Transport Company (V/CH 93244) in
Chuguyev, 6 Nov 79 (CONFIDENTIAL/WNINTEL)
9. JPRS. 60875, Translations on USSR Industrial Affairs, No. 279, 28 Dec 73 (UNCLASSIFIED)
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11. DIA. DDB-2680-142-82, Soviet Strategic Mobility: The Role of Heavy Equipment Transporters (U), Dec 82
(SECRET/WNINTEL/NOFORN*)
13. DIA. DDB-1100-333-82, Soviet Divisional Organizational Guide, July 82 (UNCLASSIFIED)
14. CIA, raining and Exercises of the 220th Separate Motor Transport Battalion, 31 May 74
(CONFIDENTIAL/WNINTEL)
15. 66th MI Group. CIR-U-GER-49049, Separate Motor Transport Battalion, 30 Aug 74 (CONFIDENTIAL
16. USAF. Dictionary of Basic Military Terms, A Soviet View (U), (Canadian translation of General Staff Academy
dictionary) 1970, entry 510 (UNCLASSIFIED)
*Extracted information is SECRET/NOFORN
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NPIC. PIR-059/79) ,Soviet POL Handling Equipment as Seen at Naro-Fominsk Petroleum Products 25X1
Storage Area (S), Aug 79 (TOP SECRET CODEWORD/NOFORN
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