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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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Exercise

Appendix Nº 8

 

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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

 

EXERCISE CONTROL STAFF

 

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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

 

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.

 

EXERCISE CONTROL STAFF

 

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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

 

cruise

SAM

free-flight air-launched

depth charges

aerial

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

EXERCISE CONTROL STAFF

 

 

 

 

 

This document details the composition of Warsaw Pact air forces.

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Institute of National Remembrance (IPN-BU). Translated for CWIHP by Gary Goldberg.

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