This is the full structure of the Soviet Central Group of Forces (TSGV) in 1989, just before the end of the Cold War. In 1989, the TSGV was aimed again NATO troops located in Southern Germany, but at the same time was on the look-out for the possibility of confronting possible aggression form the territory of the officially neutral Austria.[1]
The Central Group of Forces (TSGV) was an operational-strategic formation (group of forces) of the Soviet Armed Forces, which existed twice in the period after the end of the Great Patriotic War: - in the period from June 10, 1945 to April 14, 1955, was deployed on the territory of Czechoslovakia (before 1949), Austria and Hungary; - in the period from October 24, 1968 to June 21, 1991, was stationed in Czechoslovakia.[1]
When the Soviet Union fell apart, many of the units of the TSGV joined the new Czechoslovak Army, while at the same time the withdrawal of troops began in August 1990 with only 153 tanks, 254 IFV and APCs, 141 guns, mortars, and MLRS, and 10 helicopters remained in Czechoslovakia. Prior to the group's withdrawal, the group included 73.5 thousand people, 1412 tanks, 2563 IFVs and APCs, 1246 guns, mortars and MLRS, 127 aircraft, and 189 helicopters.[1]
Army Forces[]
Headquarters[]
- Central Group of Forces Headquarters, in Milovice[1]
- 259th Separate Battalion of Protection and Support to the Headquarters of the Group, in Milovice
- 233rd Separate Special Purpose Radio Engineering Regiment, in in Bohdaneč Lazne
- 57th Separate Air Defense Radio Battalion, in Neratovice
- 821st Separate Radio Relay and Cable Battalion, in Jiřice
- 1921st Separate Electronic Warfare Battalion, in Mimon
- 979th Separate Electronic Warfare Battalion, in Lustenica
- 670th Separate Special Forces Company, Main Intelligence Directorate, in Bohdaneč Lazne
- 901st Separate Air Assault Battalion, in Rijechki
- 211th Guards Artillery Brigade, in Jesenik
- 185th Guards Missile Brigade, in Turnov
- 442nd Missile Brigade, in Mimon
- 5th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade, in Chervena Voda
- 91st Engineer Regiment, in Mladá Boleslav
- 563rd Separate Pontoon Brigade Battalion, in Vrh Bela
- 1257th Separate Pontoon Bridge Battalion, in Olomouc
- 556th Separate Automobile Battalion, in Lustenica
- 6451st Repair and Restoration Base, in Pardubice
- 129th Separate Chemical Protection Battalion, in Chervena Voda
- 490th Separate Helicopter Regiment, in Olomouc
- 199th Separate Helicopter Squadron (Combat and Control), in Hradcane
- 272nd Separate UAV Squadron, in Lustenica
- 7th Separate Communications Brigade, in Milovice[1]
- 322nd Communications Centre
- 1672nd General Staff Communications Centre
- 1883rd Central Node of the Courier-Postal Service
- 130th Separate Communications Regiment
- 58th Separate Airborne Battalion
15th Guards Tank Division[]
- 15th Guards Tank Division, HQ in Milovice[1]
- 215th Separate Guards Communications Battalion
- 81st Separate Reconnaissance Battalion
- 29th Guards Tank Regiment
- 239th Guards Tank Regiment
- 244th Guards Tank Regiment (re-organised into the 721st Guards Motor Rifle Regiment in Autumn 1989)
- 295th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment
- 914th Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment, in Trutnov
- 282nd Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment, in Bohdanec Lazne
- 535th Separate Missile Battery, in Zdechowice
- 152nd Separate Guards Engineer Battalion, in Zdechowice
- 142nd Separate Repair and Restoration Battalion
- 910th Separate Logistics Battalion
- 119th Separate Medical Battalion
- 517th Separate Chemical Protection Battalion
18th Guards Motor Rifle Division[]
- 18th Guards Motor Rifle Division, HQ in Mlada Boleslav[1]
- 27th Separate Communications Battalion
- 45th Separate Reconnaissance Battalion, in Decin
- 360th Tank Regiment, in Stráž pod Ralskem
- 86th Separate Tank Battalion, in Stráž pod Ralskem
- 275th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment
- 278th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment
- 280th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment, in Bogosudov
- 52nd Guards Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment, in Mimon
- xx Separate Anti-Tank Battery
- 149th Separate Anti-Tank Battery, in Kurzhivody
- 139th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment, in Swieborice
- 185th Separate Missile Battery, in Nests
- 234th Separate Guards Engineer Battalion, in Kurzhivody
- 898th Separate Logistics Battalion, in Kurzhivody
- 80th Separate Repair and Restoration Battalion, in Nests
- 386th Separate Medical Battalion, in Decin
- 106th Separate Chemical Protection Battalion, in Stráž pod Ralskem
48th Motor Rifle Division[]
- 48th Motor Rifle Division, HQ in Visoko Mesto[1]
- 813th Separate Communications Battalion
- 31st Separate Reconnaissance Battalion
- 375th Tank Regiment, in Sumperk
- 55th Separate Tank Battalion, in Sumperk
- 210th Motor Rifle Regiment, in Rokytnice
- 265th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment
- 333rd Motor Rifle Regiment, in Ceska Trebova
- 585th Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment, in Klashterets nad Orlitsa
- 258th Separate Anti-Tank Battery, in Klashterets nad Orlitsa
- xx Missile Battery, in Ceska Trebova
- 716th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment, in Chervena Voda
- 118th Separate Engineer Battalion
- 909th Separate Logistics Battalion, in Klashterets nad Orlitsa
- 88th Separate Repair and Restoration Battalion
- 34th Separate Medical Battalion
- 348th Separate Chemical Protection Company
Air Forces[]
- 131st Mixed Aviation Division (part of the 36th Air Army)[1]
- 100th Separate Reconnaissance Squadron
- 114th Fighter Aviation Regiment
- 236th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment
- 173rd Separate Mixed Aviation Squadron
Footnotes[]
References[]
- V.I. Feskov, V.I. Golikov, K.A. Kalashnikov and S.A. Slugin, "Вооруженные Силы СССР после Второй мировой войны: от Красной Армии к Советской (часть 1: Сухопутные войска)", Tomsk 2014.