List R76M
by Mark Bevis
1. Teeth ArmArmoured Battalion
3 Companies@
3 platoons@ 3x T-80U or T-72B 1 Company:
3 platoons@ 3x BMP-3, 3(7 man) AR sqds, 3 SAW, 3x RPG-16, 3 LMG, 3x 40mm BG15 1 platoon: 2x BMP-3, 4x 12.7mm HMG teams 1 Weapons Platoon: 3x BMP-2, 6x 30mm AGS-17 grenade launchers 1 AA Platoon: 3x BMP-2, 9x Sa-16 teams 1 A/T Platoon: 4x MT-LB/AT-6 Spiral or BRDM-3 1 AA Battery: 4x 2S-6 1 Battery: 8x 2S-17 (?) or 8x 120mm 2B11 mortars, 8 trucks,1 Radio Jeep
Motor Rifle Battalion
1 Tank Company:
3 platoons@ 3x T-80U or T-72B 3 Companies@
3 platoons@ 3x BMP-2, 3(6 man) AR sqds, 6 SAW, 3x RPG-16, 3x 40mm BG15 1 platoon: 2x BMP-1 or BMP-2, 4x 12.7mm HMG teams 1 Weapons Platoon: 3x BMP-1 or BMP-2, 6x 30mm AGS-17 teams
Light Assault Infantry Battalion
3 Companies@
3 platoons@ 3x BTR, 3(8 man) AR sqds, 3 SAW, 3 LMG, 1x AT-13, 3x RPG-16, 3x 40mm BG15 on AK74 1 platoon: 2x BTR, 4x 12.7mm HMG, 2x AT-4 Spigot 1 AA Platoon: 3x BTR-70, 9x Sa-16 teams
2. Brigade Support
2 A/T Batteries@ 6x BRDM-3 or MTLB/AT-6 Spiral 1 Radio Jamming Company: 15 jammers, 4x RDF-ESM units, 38 trucks 1 Engineer Company:
2 platoons@ 3 x BTR-70, 3(8 man) AR/engineer sqds, 3 SAW, 3x RPG-16, 1 flamethrower 1 platoon: 3x GMZ minelayers 1 platoon: 2x UR-77 mineclearers, # mineploughs, trucks Engineer Pool: 2x IMR, 2x BTM-3, 2x MDK-2M, 3x MTU AVLB, 9x BAT-M 2 Artillery Battalions@
3 batteries@ 6x 152mm 2S-3 or 2S-19, 1x ACRV1, 1x ACRV2 1 Rocket Battalion:
3 batteries@ 6x 122mm BM21-36 or 220mm BM27, 1x BTR-60PU 2 AA Companies@
1 AA Battery: 6x Sa-13 Gopher or Sa-15 1 AA Battery: 4 or 6x ZSU-23-4M or 6x 2S-6 2 Recce Companies@
3 platoons@ 3x BRM-1 or BMP-2 or BMP-3 M501 recce 1 NBC Recce Platoon: 4x BTR-70kh or BTR-80RkhM4 1 Recce Company:
2 platoons@ 6 BRDM-2 1 NBC Company
3. Notes
b) Infantry have RPG-18, RPG-22 and RPG-26 disposable LAW. c) The Armoured Brigades have 3 Armoured , 2 Motor Rifle and 1 Light Infantry battalions. d) Motor Rifle Brigades have 2 Armoured, 3 Motor Rifle and 1 Light Infantry battalions. e) The BMP-3 series are rare, may be replaced by BMP-2 or BMP-1, or even MT-LB in Artic or Far Eastern regions. f) Infantry may replace RPG-16 with RPG-27 or RPG-29. g) The AT-13 may be replaced by the AT-7 Saxhorn. Sa-16 can be replaced by Sa-14 or Sa-18. h) Due to economic collapse all units are at 70% strength or less. i) Engineers may have RPO disposable incendiary rocket launchers. j) BRM is recce version of BMP-1; BRM-1 has GS13 radar added. k) BMP-1 and BMP-2 in support units have no Sagger. l) Can use Corps support from List R78M. m) There is no known details of the 2S-17, although the designation implies a self-propelled artillery piece. Back to MicroMark Modern Russian List of TO&Es Back to MicroMark Modern National List of TO&Es Back to MicroMark Period List of TO&Es Back to Master Magazine List © Copyright 1997-2003 by Mark Bevis and MicroMark. This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other articles from military history and related magazines are available at http://www.magweb.com |