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

BYELORUSSIAN MILITARY DISTRICT ­ WESTERN TVD
(Soviet reinforcements available to WGF)
1. Byelorussian Military District HQ ­ Minsk, Belarus:
2. 5th Guards Tank Army ­ Babrujsk, Belarus: reinforces the WGF
a. 6th Guards Tank Division (Cat B) ­ Babrujsk, Belarus: see TO&E #5
b. 8th Guards Tank Division (Cat A) ­ Homel, Belarus: see TO&E #5
c. 22 nd Tank Division (Cat B) ­ Babrujsk, USSR: see TO&E #5
b. 29th Tank Division (Cat B) ­ Sluck, Belarus: see TO&E #5
b. 56th Guards Motorized Rifle Division (Cat B) ­ Mazyr, Belarus: see TO&E #4
f. 5th GTA assets: see TO&E #3
3. 7th Guards Tank Army ­ Barysau, Belarus: reinforces the WGF
a. 3rd Guards Tank Division (Cat B) ­ Lepel, Belarus: see TO&E #5
b. 34 th Guards Tank Division (Cat B) ­ Barysau, Belarus: see TO&E #5
c. 37th Guards Tank Division (Cat B) ­ Polotsk, Belarus: see TO&E #5
d. 47th Tank Division (Cat B) ­ Barysau, Belarus: see TO&E #5
e. 58th Guards Motorized Rifle Division (Cat B) ­ Barysau, Belarus: see TO&E #4
f. 7th GTA assets: see TO&E #3
4. 28th Combined Arms Army (CAA) ­ Grodno (Hrodno on some maps), Belarus: reinforces
the WGF
a. 8 th Tank Division (Cat B) ­ Slonim, USSR: see TO&E #5
b. 45th Guards Tank Division (Cat B) ­ Grodno, Belarus: see TO&E #5
c. 50th Guards Motorized Rifle Division (Cat B) ­ Brest, Belarus: see TO&E #4
d. 120 th Guards Motorized Rifle Division (Cat A) ­ Minsk, Belarus: see TO&E #4
e. 28th CAA assets: see TO&E #2
5. 1st Unified Corps (Cat A) ­ Minsk, Belarus: