warsaw pact order of battle 1989 - Societa italiana di storia militare

SOUTHERN GROUP OF FORCES (SGF) ­ SOUTHWESTERN TVD
(Soviet Forces based in Hungary)
Note: Other Army and Front assets may be available other than shown below ­ refer to
generic TO&E #1 and 2.
1. SGF HQ ­ Budapest, Hungary:
2. 9 th Guards Army HQ ­ Budapest, Hungary:
a. 2nd Guards Tank Division ­ Esztergom, HU: see TO&E #5 with T­80, BMP­2, BTR­80, &
SA­15
b. 13th Guards Tank Division ­Veszprem, HU: see TO&E #5 with T­64B, BMP­2, BTR­60, &
SA­8
c. 93rd Guards Motorized Rifle Division ­ Kecskemet, HU: see TOE #4 with T­80, BMP­2,
BTR­80, & SA­15
d. 253rd Motorized Rifle Division ­ Szekesfehervar, HU: see TO&E #4 with T­64B, BMP­2,
BTR­60, & SA­6
e. Attack Helicopter Regiment: 40 MI­24, 20 MI­8E
f. Artillery Brigade: 96 2S5 (24 per battalion)
g. SSM Brigade: 18 SS­1c (SCUDb) launchers
h. Rocket Regiment: 54 BM­21 (18 per battalion)
i. Engineer Brigade: 20 TMM, 12 MTU, 36 PMP, 24 GSP, 28 K­61, 12 BTM, 3 GMZ, 3 MTK
j. Pontoon Bridge Regiment: 4 TMM, 108 PMP, 8 K­61, 3 BTM
k. SAM Brigade: 27 SA­4 (9 per battalion)
l. Air Assault Battalion: 17 BMD, 9 SA­14/16, 6 AGS­17, 8 120mm mortars
m. Spetsnaz Battalion: up to 30 teams, 5­12 personnel per team
n. Anti­Tank Regiment: 36 AT guns, 27 BRDM­3 (12/9 per battalion)
3. SGF Assets:
a. High Powered Artillery Brigade: 24 2S7, 24 2S4
b. 2 SSM Brigade: 18 SCUDb per brigade