1980
Military Exercise Appendix No. 8: Combat Ready Men and Equipment of the Warsaw Pact Countries' Air Defense in the Maritime Sector
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COMBAT READY MEN AND EQUIPMENT OF THE WARSAW PACT COUNTRIES' AIR DEFENSE IN THE MARITIME SECTOR
13th GDR AIR DEFENSE Division, DEMMIN
43rd SAM Brigade, DAMGARTEN
three S-75 m SAM battalions
two S-125 m SAM battalions
two S-200 SAM battalions
27th SAM Regiment, STRAUSBURG
three S-75 m SAM battalions
19th Fighter Regiment, PEENEMÜNDE, GREIFSWALD
26 MiG-23's
two S-125 SAM battalions
12th Fighter Regiment, DEMMIN
32 MiG-21 bis's
12th Polish AIR DEFENSE Division, SZCZECINEK
36th SAM Brigade, P?OTY (colocated CP)
five S-75 m SAM battalions
four S-125 SAM battalions
two S-200 SAM battalions
14th SAM Brigade LEMBORG [SIC, probably LEMBORK] (colocated CP)
five S-75 m SAM battalions
four S-125 m SAM battalions
36th Fighter Regiment, RESKO and Bia?ogard airfields
32 MiG-23's
38th Fighter Regiment, S?AWNO and [POLIANOW] airfields
31 MiG-23's
46th Fighter Regiment, LEMBORG and WEJHEROWO airfields
33 MiG-21 bis's
127th USSR AIR DEFENSE Corps
101st SAM Brigade, LADUSHKIN
five S-75 m SAM battalions
three S-125 m SAM battalions
two S-200 SAM battalions
68th Fighter Regiment, GUR'YEVSK and SUVOROVO airfields
12 MiG-25's
24 MiG-25's
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Name of rear units and institutions | On hand as of 1900 20 January | Period of mobilization (arrival) | Mobilization (arrival) areas |
1 | 2 | 3 |
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1st PBTFl [Flotilla Rear Floating Base] 25th FlTB [Flotilla Rear Base] 24th Fleet Depot 29th Fleet Depot 27th Fleet Depot 6th Fleet Depot Military port depots
20th, 21st, and 23rd DSS [possibly "Rescue Vessel Divizion"] Mobile SO [possibly "Rescue Detachment"] 75th Loading and Unloading Battalion 461st Mobile Transport Equipment Group (two battalions) 110th, 111th Medical Reinforcement Battalions 116th Medical Transportation Company 2nd, 4th, 6th, and 8th Medical Ambulances 13th Fleet Hospital 135th Base Hospital 140th Base Hospital 33rd Evacuation Hospital 106th Field Hospital 355th Evacuation Hospital |
1 1 2 1 4
3
3
1
1
1
| M3
M10
M3 M4
M3
M4
M8
M6
M7
M4
M4
M3
M4
M5
M3 | Gda?sk
GDYNIA
?winouj?cie DARLOWO USTKA GDYNIA GDYNIA, HEL, ?winouj?cie, KO?OBRZEG HEL, GDYNIA, ?winouj?cie
USTKA, GDYNIA, ?winouj?cie
GDYNIA
Gda?sk, WEJHEROWO
GDYNIA, ?winouj?cie
Gda?sk
GDYNIA, HEL, USTKA, ?winouj?cie Gda?sk
HEL
?winouj?cie
KO?OBRZEG
USTKA
GDYNIA |
Note: The remaining rear units and institutions, [those] for the rear complex, and the periods and areas of their deployment are at the decision of the commander.
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| AMMUNITION | FUEL (refuellings) | Food (daily rations) | |||||||||
missiles (number) | torpedoes | bombs | artillery ammunition (thousands of tons, 14.5-130 mm) | aviation gasoline | diesel fuel | rocket propellant | Fuel oil |
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cruise | SAM | free-flight air-launched | depth charges | aerial |
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Unit of supply (weight in thousands of tons) | 104 | 40 | 560 | 187 | 3860 | 432 | 4.1 | 0.5 | 23.5 | 0.48 | 0.3 | 6 |
on ships (in units) | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 4.1 | 0.8 | 10 |
at permanent fleet and naval base depots | 1.1 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 4.1 | 1.0 | 7.1 | 28.5 | 2.7 | 25.9 | 4.2 | 20 |
issued from state reserve bases | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5.0 | - | 5.0 | 3.0 | 30 |
TOTAL: | 2.0 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 2.2 | 5.0 | 3.0 | 8.0 | 35.0 | 3.5 | 35.0 | 8.0 | 60 |
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