Konrad Muzyka Russian Forces in the Western Military District

Figures

Figure 1.

The Western Military District.................................................................................................

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Figure 2.

Units under the command of the 1st Guards Tank Army............................................

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Figure 3.

Elements of the 2nd Motor Rifle Division before being loaded on a train

during an April 2019 exercise..............................................................................................

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Figure 4.

Deployment during Zapad-17 counteroffensive operation .....................................

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Figure 5.

Units under the command of the 6th Combined Arms Army..................................

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Figure 6.

The 26th Missile Brigade, Luga............................................................................................

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Figure 7.

Units under the command of the 20th Combined Arms Army ...............................

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Figure 8.

Units subordinated directly to the Western MD commander.................................

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Figure 9.

Units under the command of the Airborne Forces Command ................................

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Figure 10.

Units under the command of the 6th Air and Air Defense Army...........................

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Figure 11.

Russian forces in the Kaliningrad Oblast.........................................................................

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Figure 12.

The 152nd Missile Brigade based in Chernyakovsk, largely completed.............

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Figure 13.

Changes in the Baltic Sea Fleet’s composition, 2015 to 2020 .................................

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Tables

Table 1.

BMD-4M/BTR-MDM duos delivered to airborne forces as of mid 2020............

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Table 2.

Fixed-wing combat aircraft deliveries to VKS ...............................................................

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Table 3.

Air defense divisions in the 6th AADA and their equipment...................................

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Table 4.

Summary of Russian forces in the Western Military District..................................

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AADA

Air and Air Army Defense

AB

Artillery Brigade

ADB

Air Defense Brigade

APC

Armored Personnel Carrier

ATGM

Antitank Guided Missile

BMD

Airborne Fighting Vehicle (Boyevaya Mashina Desanta)

BrAA

Army Aviation Brigade (Brigada Armeyskoi Aviatsii)

BTG

Battalion Tactical Group

C2

Command and control

C4I

Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence

CAA

Combined Arms Army

CBRN

Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear

EW

Electronic Warfare

GTA

Guards Tank Army

IAP

Fighter Aviation Regiment (Istrebitelnyi Aviatsionnyi Polk)

IFV

Infantry Fighting Vehicle

ISR

Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance

JSC

Joint Strategic Command

MB

Missile Brigade

MBT

Main Battle Tank

MD

Military District

MoD

Ministry of Defense

MRBrig

Motor Rifle Brigade

MRDiv

Motor Rifle Division

MshAP

Naval Attack Aviation Regiment (Morskoy Shturmovoy Aviatsionnyi

Polk)

NCB

Nuclear, Chemical, Biological

OARE

Independent Reconnaissance Aviation Squadron (Otdelnaya

Aviatsionnaya Razvedyvatelnaya Eskadrilya)

OKPLVE

Independent Shipborne ASW Helicopter Squadron (Otdelnya

Korabelnaya Protivolodochnaya Vertolyotnaya Eskadrilya)

OTRK

Operational-Tactical Missile System (Operativno-Takticheskiy

Raketnyy Kompleks)

OVE

Independent Helicopter Squadron (Otdelnya Vertoliotnaya

Eskadrilya)

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OVP

Independent Helicopter Regiment (Otdelnyi Vertoliotnyi Polk)

OVTE

Independent Helicopter Transport Squadron (Otdelnya

Vertolyotnaya Transportnaya Eskadrilya

SAD

Composite Aviation Division (Smeshnnaya Aviatsionnaya Diviziya)

SAM

Surface-to-Air Missile

SAP

Composite Aviation Regiment (Smeshnnyi Aviatsionnyi Polk)

SPH

Self-Propelled Howitzer

SSM

Surface-to-Surface Missile

SVP

Composite Helicopter Regiment (Smeshnnyi Vertoliotnyi Polk)

TBrg

Tank Brigade

TDiv

Tank Division

TO&E

Table of Organization and Equipment

VDV

Airborne Forces (Vozdushno-Desantnye Voyska)

VKS

Aerospace Forces (Vozdushno-Kosmicheskiye Sily)