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This is an October 1968 contribution by the Central Intelligence Agency's Office of Strategic Research to National Intelligence Estimate 11-14-68 on Soviet and East European general purpose forces. It covers Warsaw Pact war plans for Central Europe, the effects of the Czechoslovak crisis, and the doubling of Soviet forces on the Chinese border since 1965. It also assesses ground, tactical air, naval and coastal defense forces. The text does not mention UFOs or unidentified aerial phenomena.
peace to war would be smoother and more efficient if changes in organization were minimized during that initial period. The numbers and types of support units found in Soviet and East European armies vary. However, the typical army support would include a signal regiment, a Scud brigade of six to nine launchers, an artillery brigade of two to four battalions, an SA-2 regiment of 18 launchers (Soviet armies in Germany each have two SA-2 regiments), an engineer ponton bridge and assault crossing unit, and a few service units to provide a minimal level of transportation, maintenance, and supply support. Some armies also have a heavy tank unit equipped with 50 to 100 heavy tanks and assault guns. Several of the armies in the western USSR may also have a large antiaircraft artillery unit in cadre status. At least three armies have 100 or more medium antiaircraft guns, and some associated equipment, stored near army headquarters in tactical troop installations. These weapons may indicate large AAA units in cadre status exist in some armies. However, these units probably could not be prepared for early commitment, but they may be intended for activation and deployment in a later stage of protracted emergency or war. East European field armies also contain from three to five divisions and combat and service support at levels similar to Soviet armies. However, the East Europeans do not have tank armies. Rather, their armies tend to be made up of roughly equal proportions of tank and motorized rifle (or mechanized) divisions. East European field army headquarters do not exist as separate entities in peacetime but are formed during mobilization by designated personnel from the territorial military district commands. This procedure for organizing field army commands is regularly practiced in exercises. c. Fronts The Front is the highest Soviet wartime field headquarters for the joint operational - 20 - TOP ECRET____
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FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 115 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.