Red Army

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Workers' and Peasants' Red Army
Active

1918-Present

Country

Soviet Union

Allegiance

Communist Party

Branch

Ground Forces

Size

56 Million

Part of

Stavka

Notable Garrisons
  • New Leningrad
  • Stalingrad
  • Kiev
  • Zhukov Citadel
  • Izmail
Motto

The Iron Fist of the USSR

Anniversaries
  • 1918 Founding
Battles


Contents

Overview

The Red Army (Russian: Рабоче-Крестьянская Красная Армия, Raboche-Krest'yanskaya Krasnaya Armiya; RKKA, full translation: Workers' and Peasants' Red Army) is the oldest of Soviet organisations next to the Communist Party. Scholars in the Democratic Federation recognize its founder was Leon Trotsky (Denounced in the Soviet Union: 1927). It is also known as the Army of the Soviet Union by the ultranationalist factions within the USSR's society and political structure, having technically moved from a 'revolutionary militia' to a professional army of a sovereign state.

"Red" refers to the bloodshed by the working class in its struggle against capitalism, and is regarded as an honorary title for military service branches with this primary designation, whether serving during the Great Patriotic War or spearheading the colonization of new worlds.

It's main function is to engage in ground combat with the enemies of the Soviet Union, whilst secondary functions include supporting revolutions across the galaxy. It is noted that it has a tendency towards war songs and its signature battle cry is shouted in a deep note three or two times.

Evolution

From the depths of the darkest hours of Humankind, to the empire of the USSR, the Red Army has come far from its humble beginnings. Slowly gaining momentum as a competent Tank developer and with an unrivalled industrial capacity, the Red Army has maintained its battlefield ability that was born in the ashes of the Eastern Front of the Second World War. From the hordes of conscript infantry and light tank support has arisen a highly competent and massive armed force that, whilst continues to make use of conscripts, is highly mechanized and outfitted with weapons of war previously unimaginable before the First Scinfaxi War.

History

First Scinfaxi War

The Soviet Union fared significantly better than most of the other world powers in the Scinfaxi invasion of Earth. Much the joy of senior Soviet leadership, the Scinfaxi landed primarily in German controlled territory in Poland and the western Ukraine. As German forces wilted back in an attempt to contain the invasion, the Red Army reclaimed considerable swaths of land without conflict. Such ease would not last.

Kharkov, a principal city in central Ukraine, would mark the first large scale encounter between the Red Army and the Scinfaxi invaders. Soviet leadership was confident they could defeat the admittedly superior invaders due to the combination of their now massive armoured strength, and the damage undoubtedly done by the Wehrmacht. Scinfaxi technology proved to be far more potent than expected. Vast hordes of T-34 were torn apart by Scinfaxi war machines, entire battalions of infantry were atomised in mere moments. Only the very heaviest of Red Army tanks and artillery could fell the alien machines, or merciless bombing by the Red Air Force.

The Red Army lay effectively routed, her vast strength crippled over the course of several notable battles in the Ukraine. Eventually, the swinging factor in the war became the Air Force. Armoured might was proving woefully ineffective in combating the Scinfaxi, so Stalin ordered a policy of extreme scorched earth be taken upon the Scinfaxi invaders.

Every plane that could fly would bomb their way through Scinfaxi territory; reducing the countryside to ash and twisted wreckage. It fell upon the army to mop up scattered survivors and evacuate friendly human refugees. Ironically, this policy was practical almost exclusively due to the fact that the superior German Luftwaffe had the bulk of the Scinfaxi air armadas distracted.

An "inglorious tactic", as cited by Marshal Zhukov in his memoirs, but effective none the less. By the advent of nuclear weapons, and the subsequent ceasefire, the Soviet Union was within a breath of the Polish border, with a barren wasteland behind them.

Rebuilding

With the end of the First Scinfaxi War, the Soviet Union looked inward. Senior officers and forward thinkers new rapid modernization would have to take place were conflict to break out again. Thus, not only were the considerable losses of the war replaced, but a period of intense research and development began.

New models of tanks, with many Scinfaxi-inspired design elements, began to roll out. The first MiG jet-fighters flew above the skies of the Union, sparring in skirmishes with their opposites in the German Luftwaffe near the German-Soviet border. Research into rocketry and missile technology leapt forward with captured plans supplied by the Stalin's extensive intelligence service, which he put more and more faith into in order to strengthen the Union.

Humanity's second "Assault Rifle" was that of the Union's, as was her third and fifth. Truly, the Red Army pushed the capabilities of human warfare as far is it could in the field of massed attrition techniques, unrelenting artillery and draconian doctrines that inspired dread and patriotism into the ranks of the common soldiery.

Tanks on par to the 'Panzer Monsters of the Reich' rolled out of the Tank cities that had sprung up during the Great Patriotic War, churning out thousands to replenish depleted reserves and mauled frontline armies. There would have been more, had the Red Air Force not garnered the most political and military-industrial favour in the desperate early stages of reconstruction.

Scinfaxi Border Skirmishes

The Soviet Union was blessed with very little contact with the Scinfaxi after the War. Only three notable incidents occurred of Soviet-Scinfaxi contact. All three conveniently occurred shortly after major technological breakthroughs by various Soviet design bureaus. Such convenience, and ruthless control of information of the events themselves, suggest that they were Soviet instigated, perhaps for no other reason than to test new weapons against the ever-feared Scinfaxi foe.


The Great Proletarian Colonization

The Soviet Union, and by default, the Red Army and its components, had a unique position in spreading through the stars. Being the last "Great Power" save for the Empire of Japan and the newfound Tawhid to leave the Solar System, the USSR had limited room to expand, and what was left was quickly being gobbled up. Planets were quickly scouted, assessed and colonized with sometimes brutal efficiency, all under the purview of the military. Several small, private colonial efforts vanished from what is now Soviet space without a whisper. It was at this time that Soviet militancy reared its head amongst USSR politics, carving its power base into the Politburo with brutal and undeniable efficiency.

In relatively short order, the USSR commanded a breadth of territory as grand as the other powers. Most of her planets were militarized, industrialized and shining beacons of "The Worker's Paradise." The Red Army had brought the people of the Motherland throughout the stars, and established an everlasting Soviet Union. Power over Proletarian Colonization has since been passed onto the Red Space Fleet, but the Red Army still holds considerable sway in choosing new worlds to conquer, for it is their mighty armoured divisions, mechanized infantry and shock troops that secure the ground and lay the fruits of a prosperous Soviet world.

Current State

The Red Army is the largest fighting force in Known Space, with some of the most powerful armoured vehicles to ever be built. Lacking the communications superiority of the DFPK and the technological terror of the German Wehrmacht, the Red Army is nonetheless a dreaded foe with vast reserves of willing patriots and political-correct officers.

Readiness Categories

Currently, the Red Army's manoeuvre forces is divided into several categories, based upon the first four letters of the Cyrillic alphabet:

  • Category A: Units of Category A readiness are the elite and most professional volunteer career formations , deployed on high priority planets and the first to be sent into a warzone. They receive the newest equipment and are 100% combat ready.
  • Category B: Category B forces form the second echelon of Front and Army deployments, maintaining a balance of professionals and conscripts. They maintain a lower readiness, set between 50-75% levels, but can take 72 hours of preparation to reach full combat readiness.
  • Category V: Category V formations are mostly conscripts, with rotations of professional soldiers whom are rotated into Category B units annually to pass on lessons to the conscripts. These formations are at 30-40% readiness, and can take 1 month of preparation to mobilize.
  • Category G: Category G formations, and the most numerous, are purely conscripts, delegated to low priority worlds, and are typically the last to receive new, if any, equipment. They typically take 3 months to mobilize and prepare for combat operations, due to being only at 10% readiness on average.



Personnel

Political Officers

The Communist Party, via the KGB, assigns to every unit of battalion or higher within the Red Army a political commissar, or politruk, who has the authority to override unit commanders' decisions if they run counter to the principles of the Communist Party. Although this sometimes resulted in inefficient command, the Party leadership considered political control over the military necessary, as the Army relied more and more on experienced officers from the pre-revolutionary Tsarist period.

This system was abolished in 1925, as there were by that time enough trained Communist officers that counter-signing of all orders was no longer necessary. It was brought back in 2010 due to the fact that "the effects of space encourages individualism and lax behaviour".

Modern commissars are formidably trained and equipped to deal with any forms of 'lax behaviour', with lethal force if necessary. In addition, these new Commissars are military trained, to prevent 'lax performance of the military-political forces of the USSR,' an attempt to prevent the repeat of a disastrous and costly 1941.

Recruitment

Every able man is viable for conscription and service within the Red Army and other military arms, serving two years before being able to return to their previous life. Professional soldiers can remain in the armed forces until retirement age, where they are honourably discharged.

Training

Volunteer Service

Volunteers join special academies for their chosen profession and take 6-8 month training courses, dependent on if it includes Officer training, before graduating their classes. They are then deployed to Category B or higher formations on a 36 month contract, with the option to extend their service until retirement age.

Conscription

Conscripts serve 14 month service in low-readiness or category units, undergoing a basic training course of 6 weeks. 67% conclude their service with the Army's support to work in new or prestigious industries across the USSR, whilst 23% opt to continue professionally in the military.


Doctrine

The Red Army revolves around two concepts of warfare: "Liberation by Great Patriotic War," and "Liberation by Proletarian Peoples War". The first referencing the war by tanks, artillery and infantry, waged over strongly defined fronts against an opposing army, the goal being to annihilate the enemies cities and armies and pave the way for "Proletarian Colonisation".

The second is far more cunning and complex. If high command regards the planetary Communist Party strong enough, the Red Army will begin a highly complicated and thoroughly planned guerrilla war against small military bases and law enforcement, while the planetary Communist Party starts riots, strikes and infiltrates the armed forces to encourage mutiny.

This takes place over a period of months or even years, and can continue even when no Soviet fleets are present. The real blow comes when the planet falls to Soviet control, and nearly all of its industry, agriculture, government and population are still intact, but under Soviet control.

Operational Manoeuvre Group

The Operational Manoeuvre Group was a concept created in the early 1950s to combat the German Reich's panzer formations and the West's combined arms forces. At the Front level, two Tank Armies are organized into the Operational Manoeuvre Group, as well as assistant brigades and regiments. Each OMG is tasked with exploiting a breakthrough in the enemy's frontline, spearheading an advance into the enemy's rear areas.

Ranks and Insignia

Red Army General Ranks

  • Marshal of the Red Army
  • Theatre Marshal
  • Sector Marshal
  • Front Marshal
  • Colonel General
  • Lieutenant General
  • Major General

Red Army Officer Ranks

  • Colonel
  • Lieutenant Colonel
  • Major
  • Captain
  • Senior Lieutenant
  • Lieutenant
  • Junior Lieutenant

Red Army NCO Ranks

  • Senior Warrant Officer
  • Warrant Officer
  • Junior Warrant Officer

Red Army Enlisted Ranks

  • Sergeant Major
  • Senior Sergeant
  • Sergeant
  • Junior Sergeant
  • Private First Class
  • Private


Organization

Soviet Ground Forces High Command of Stavka controls all interstellar Red Army activities and policies, commanded by the Marshal of the Red Army.


Headquarters

Soviet Ground Forces High Command

Part of the Stavka, the Ground Forces High Command is the ruling authority of the Red Army, controlling the Directorates and Commands that feed, supply and control the fist and shield of the USSR. It is headed by the Marshal of the Red Army, whom reports to the Premier and the Minister of War.

Organization of the Soviet Ground Forces Command
  • Stavka
    • Soviet Ground Forces High Command
      • Red Army Central Headquarters Directorate
        • Main Operations Directorate
        • Intelligence Directorate
        • Training Directorate
        • Military Affairs Directorate
      • Red Army Political Directorate
        • Military-Party Affairs Committee
        • Propaganda Commissariat
        • Military-Political Affairs Commissariat
          • Red Army Commissars
      • Red Army Rear Service Component Directorate
        • Construction Directorate
        • Military Transportation Directorate
        • Military Emergency Services Directorate
        • Military-Planetary Energy Directorate
      • Red Army Armaments Component Directorate
        • Weapons Manufacturing Directorate
        • Arms Trading Directorate

Note: The Military-Political Affairs Commissariat is KGB-controlled political officer corps that provides the armed political commissars to the Red Army - combating desertion, political subterfuge and enforcing loyalty to the Party and maintaining morale. Each Commissar is assigned as a liaison officer to all units of battalion-strength and higher, and follow the Red Army's officer rank structure.

Arms of the Red Army

Combat Branches
  • Motorized Rifle Troops
  • Reconnaissance Troops
  • Tank Troops
  • Frontal Rocket Troops and Artillery
  • Frontal Air Defence Troops
  • Soviet Orbital Shock Troops
Combat Support Branches
  • Engineers
  • Signal Troops
  • Electronic Warfare Troops
  • Radio-Technical Troops
  • Transport Troops
  • Highway Troops
  • Military Police
  • Maglev Troops
  • Chemical Troops
Combat Service Support Branches
  • Topographic Service
  • Medical Troops
  • Electrical-Technical Engineers
  • Veterinary Service
  • Finance Service
  • Justice Service
  • Military Band Service
  • Quartermaster Service
  • Administration Service
  • Military Affairs of the Red Army Commissariat - The Military Affairs Commissariat is KGB-controlled political officer corps that provides the political commissars to the Red Army - combating desertion, political subterfuge and enforcing loyalty to the Party and maintaining morale. Each Commissar is assigned as a liaison officer to all units of battalion-strength and higher, and follow the Red Army's officer rank structure.


Formations

Theatre of Military Operations

The specialized TMO Command is formed for multi-sector operations, and joins allocated units under the command of a Theatre Marshal, whom is second only to the Marshal of the Red Army and Stavka itself.


Military Sector Command

The Military Sector Command of the Red Army is commanded by the Sector Marshal, whom commands all Red Army units under his authority in his Military Sector.

Front

A Soviet Front consists of a headquarters and several subordinate field armies. Although the types and number of armies vary considerably across the USSR, a typical Front could have three or four combined arms armies (or Guards Armies) and one or two Tank Armies. Some elite formations have one or more Shock Armies. The combat support and combat service support units organic to and attached to a Front also vary due to planetary environment, mission and priority.

  • Front
    • Front Headquarters
      • Signal Brigade
      • Intelligence Regiment
      • Engineer Regiment/Brigade
      • Bridging Regiment
      • Communications Interception Regiment
      • Communications Hub Regiment
      • Rear Services
        • 3 x Landing Assault Battalions
        • Air Assault Brigade
        • Airmobile Assault Brigade
        • Shock Troops Division
        • Artillery Division
        • Heavy Artillery Brigade
        • 4 x SSM Brigades
        • 2 x SAM Brigades
        • NBC Defence Brigade
          • Guards Army
          • Guards Army
          • Guards Army
          • Guards Army
          • Tank Army
          • Tank Army
          • Air Army

Army

An Army consists of 3-6 Divisions, as well as attached Brigades or Regiments, commanded by a Colonel General. Note; the following Army compositions are suggestive and can vary from Army to Army. Types of armies include:

Shock Army

Shock Armies were created to engage and destroy significant enemy forces, and are reinforced with more armoured and artillery assets than conventional combined arms armies. A Shock Army can contain two to three tank divisions and one or two Motorized Rifle divisions Example:

  • Shock Army
    • Army Headquarters
      • Engineer Regiment/Brigade
      • Bridging Regiment
      • Signal Regiment
      • Motor Transport Regiment
      • Communications Hub Battalion
      • Intelligence Battalion
      • Early Warning Battalion
      • Long-Range Reconnaissance Company
      • Communications Interception Battalion
      • NBC Defence Battalion
      • Artillery Command and Control Battalion
        • Spetsnaz Company
        • 2 x Artillery Regiment/Brigades
        • 2 x Rocket Launcher Regiments
        • 2 x SSM Brigades
        • 2 x SAM Brigades
        • Transport Gunship Squadron
        • Attack Gunship Regiment
        • Landing Assault Regiment
        • Air Assault Battalion
          • Tank Division
          • Tank Division
          • Tank Division
          • Motorized Rifle Division
          • Motorized Rifle Division
Tank Army

Tank Armies are the principle spearhead unit to exploit a breakthrough, heavy armoured support and close support by gunship aviation and artillery. A Tank Army can have up to two to four tank divisions and one or two motorized rifle divisions.

Example:

  • Tank Army
    • Army Headquarters
      • NBC Defence Battalion
      • Engineer Regiment/Brigade
      • Bridging Regiment
      • Signal Regiment
      • Motor Transport Regiment
      • Communications Hub Battalion
      • Intelligence Battalion
      • Early Warning Battalion
      • Long-Range Reconnaissance Company
      • Communications Interception Battalion
        • Spetsnaz Company
        • Artillery Regiment/Brigade
        • SSM Brigade
        • 2 x SAM Brigades
        • Transport Gunship Squadron
        • Attack Gunship Regiment
        • Landing Assault Regiment
        • Air Assault Battalion
          • Tank Division
          • Tank Division
          • Tank Division
          • Tank Division
          • Motorized Rifle Division
          • Motorized Rifle Division
Guards Army

A Guards Army is a combined arms army consisting primarily of two to four motorized rifle divisions and one or two tank divisions. Combat support and service support elements can vary wildly from one army to another. Example:

  • Guards Army
    • Army Headquarters
      • NBC Defence Battalion
      • Engineer Regiment/Brigade
      • Bridging Regiment
      • Signal Regiment
      • Motor Transport Regiment
      • Communications Hub Battalion
      • Intelligence Battalion
      • Early Warning Battalion
      • Long-Range Reconnaissance Company
      • Communications Interception Battalion
      • Artillery Command and Control Battalion
        • Artillery Regiment/Brigade
        • Rocket Launcher Regiment
        • SSM Brigade
        • SAM Brigade
        • SAM Brigade
        • Attack Gunship Regiment
        • Landing Assault Regiment
        • Air Assault Battalion
          • Tank Division
          • Tank Division
          • Motorized Rifle Division
          • Motorized Rifle Division
          • Motorized Rifle Division
          • Motorized Rifle Division


Division

A Soviet Division is the building bloc of a military action within a system. Each division consists of a 3+1+1+1 major sub-unit system, commonly using Regiments. A Division is commonly commanded by a Major General.

Tank Division
  • Tank Division
    • Headquarters and Headquarters Company
      • Reconnaissance Battalion
      • Artillery Command Battery
      • Signal Battalion
      • Medical Battalion
      • NBC Battalion
      • Surface to Surface Missile Battalion
        • SAM Regiment
        • Artillery Regiment
        • Tank Regiment
        • Tank Regiment
        • Tank Regiment
        • Motorized Rifle Regiment
Motorized Rifle Division
  • Motorized Rifle Division
    • Divisional HQ and HQ Company
      • Reconnaissance Battalion
      • Signal Battalion
      • Artillery Command Battery
      • NBC Defence Battalion
      • Maintenance Battalion
      • Motor Transport Battalion
      • Medical Battalion
      • Engineer Battalion
      • Surface to Surface Missile Battalion
      • Anti-Tank Battalion
      • Gunship Squadron
        • SAM Regiment
        • Artillery Regiment
        • Tank Regiment
        • Motorized Rifle Regiment
        • Motorized Rifle Regiment
        • Motorized Rifle Regiment

The Motorized Rifle Division may have an independent tank battalion.

Brigade

A brigade consists of battalions and support battalions (dependent upon the service, mission and type), often commanded by a Colonel.

Motorized Rifle Spetsnaz Brigade
Signal Brigade - Front
  • Signal Brigade
    • Headquarters and Services
    • Command Post
      • Communications Battalion
      • Communications Battalion
      • Satellite Communications Battalion
      • Fibre Optic Battalion


SSM Brigade
  • SSM Brigade
    • Headquarters Battery
    • Signal Company
    • Engineer Company
    • Technical Support and Services
    • Supply and Service Company
      • SSM Battalion
      • SSM Battalion
      • SSM Battalion
SAM Brigade
  • SAM Brigade
    • Headquarters
    • Signal Company
    • Technical Support and Services
    • Supply and Service Company
      • SAM Battalion
      • SAM Battalion
      • SAM Battalion


Regiment

A Regiment is commanded by a Colonel.

Motorized Rifle Regiment
  • Motorized Rifle Regiment
    • Regimental Headquarters
      • Anti-Aircraft Missile and Artillery Battery
      • Anti-Tank Missile Battery
      • Reconnaissance Company
      • Engineer Company
      • Signal Company
      • NBC Defence Company
      • Motor Transport Company
      • Maintenance Company
      • Medical Company
      • Supply and Service Platoon
        • Motorized Rifle Battalion
        • Motorized Rifle Battalion
        • Motorized Rifle Battalion
        • Tank Battalion
        • Artillery Battalion
Tank Regiment - MRD

A Motorized Rifle Division's Tank Regiment lacks its own organic motorized rifle assets, but retains the same support assets of a MRR.

  • Tank Regiment, MRD
    • Regimental Headquarters
      • Anti-Aircraft Missile and Artillery Battery
      • Reconnaissance Company
      • Engineer Company
      • Signal Company
      • NBC Defence Company
      • Motor Transport Company
      • Maintenance Company
      • Medical Company
      • Supply and Service Platoon
        • Tank Battalion
        • Tank Battalion
        • Tank Battalion
        • SP Howitzer Battalion
Tank Regiment - TD

Tank Division Tank Regiments include organic Motorized Rifle battalions in support, to exploit breakthroughs by Soviet armour and provide infantry support that can keep up with the Regiment's Tank battalions.

  • Tank Regiment, TD
    • Regimental Headquarters
      • Anti-Aircraft Missile and Artillery Battery
      • Reconnaissance Company
      • Engineer Company
      • Signal Company
      • NBC Defence Company
      • Motor Transport Company
      • Maintenance Company
      • Medical Company
      • Supply and Service Platoon
        • Motorized Rifle Battalion
        • Tank Battalion
        • Tank Battalion
        • Tank Battalion
        • SP Howitzer Battalion


Artillery Regiment
  • Artillery Regiment
    • Headquarters and Headquarters Battery
      • Supply and Service Platoon
      • Target Acquisition Battery
      • Motor Transport Company
      • Maintenance Company
      • Medical Company
        • Rocket Launcher Battalion
        • SP Howitzer Battalion
        • Howitzer Battalion
        • Howitzer Battalion
Rocket Launcher Regiment
  • Rocket Launcher Regiment
    • Headquarters and Service Battery
      • Artillery Reconnaissance Battery
        • Rocket Launcher Battalion
        • Rocket Launcher Battalion
        • Rocket Launcher Battalion


SAM Regiment
  • SAM Regiment
    • Regimental Headquarters
      • Target Acquisition Battery
      • Missile Technical Battery
      • Motor Transport Company
      • Maintenance Company
      • Missile Firing Battery
      • Missile Firing Battery
      • Missile Firing Battery
      • Missile Firing Battery
      • Missile Firing Battery


Battalion

An Infantry battalion consists of 4-6 Companies, commanded by a Lieutenant Colonel.

Tank Battalion
  • Tank Battalion
    • Battalion Headquarters
      • Headquarters and Service Platoon
        • Tank Company
        • Tank Company
        • Tank Company
Independent Tank Battalion - MRD

Some motorized rifle divisions have, besides the normal tank assets, an additional independent tank battalion (ITB) for additional armoured support. Such battalions are often deployed to forward stationed or high-priority MRDs, but do not rate a formal inclusion in a Division's order of battle.

  • Independent Tank Battalion, MRD
    • Battalion Headquarters
      • Engineer Section
      • Communications Platoon
      • Maintenance Section
      • Supply and Service Platoon
      • Medical Section
        • Tank Company
        • Tank Company
        • Tank Company
        • Tank Company
Motorized Rifle Battalion
  • Motorized Rifle Battalion
    • Battalion Headquarters
    • Mortar Battery
    • Anti-Tank Platoon
    • Communications Platoon
    • Supply Platoon
    • Repair Workshop
    • Medical Aid Station
      • Motorized Rifle Company
      • Motorized Rifle Company
      • Motorized Rifle Company
Howitzer Battalion
  • Howitzer Battalion
    • Battalion Headquarters
    • Headquarters Platoon
    • Supply and Maintenance Platoon
    • Targeting Platoon
      • Howitzer Battery
      • Howitzer Battery
      • Howitzer Battery
Self Propelled Howitzer Battalion
  • Howitzer Battalion
    • Battalion Headquarters
    • Headquarters Platoon
    • Supply and Maintenance Platoon
    • Targeting Platoon
      • SP Howitzer Battery
      • SP Howitzer Battery
      • SP Howitzer Battery
Rocket Launcher Battalion
  • Rocket Launcher Battalion
    • Headquarters and Headquarters Platoon
    • Service Battery
      • Firing Battery
      • Firing Battery
      • Firing Battery


Company

Tank Company
  • Tank Company
    • Company Headquarters
      • 3 x Tank Platoons
        • Platoon Headquarters Section
          • Platoon Leader/Tank Commander
          • Driver/Mechanic
          • Gunner
        • 3 x Tank Section
          • Tank Commander
          • Driver/Mechanic
          • Gunner

Equipment

  • Tank = 13


Motorized Rifle Company
  • Motorized Rifle Company
    • Company Headquarters
      • Anti-Aircraft Missile Squad
      • Weapons Squad
        • 3 x Motorized Rifle Platoon

Equipment

  • IFV/APC = 12


Howitzer Battery
  • Howitzer Battery
    • Battery Headquarters
      • Headquarters Platoon
      • Firing Platoon
        • Platoon Headquarters
        • 3 x Gun Sections
Self Propelled Howitzer Battery
  • Self Propelled Howitzer Battery
    • Battery Headquarters
      • Headquarters Platoon
      • 2 x Firing Platoons
        • Platoon Headquarters
        • 3 x Gun Sections
Mortar Battery
  • Mortar Battery
    • Battery Headquarters
    • Headquarters & Headquarters Platoon
        • 3 x Mortar Platoons
Missile Firing Battery - SAM
  • Missile Firing Battery
    • Battery Headquarters
      • Fire Control Section
      • Service Section
      • Air Defence Squad
        • Missile Firing Platoon
        • Missile Firing Platoon
Firing Battery - Rocket Launcher
  • Firing Battery
    • Battery Headquarters
      • Supply Platoon
        • Firing Platoon
        • Firing Platoon
Reconnaissance Company
  • Reconnaissance Company
    • Company Headquarters
      • Armoured Scout Platoon
      • Light Scout Platoon
      • Fast Reconnaissance Platoon


Engineer Company
  • Engineer Company
    • Company Headquarters
      • Mine Warfare Platoon
      • Bridging Platoon
      • Construction Platoon


Signal Company
  • Signal Company
    • Company Headquarters
      • Communications Platoon
      • Satellite Communications Platoon
NBC Defence Company
  • NBC Defence Company
    • Company Headquarters
      • 2 x NBC Reconnaissance Platoons
      • 2 x Decontamination Platoons
Motor Transport Company
  • Motor Transport Company
    • Company Headquarters
      • 2 x Ammunition and Cargo Platoon
      • Decontamination Platoon
      • Supply and Maintenance Section


Maintenance Company
  • Maintenance Company
    • Company Headquarters
      • Motor Vehicle Repair Platoon
      • Armoured Repair Platoon
      • Armaments/Ordnance Repair Platoon
      • Recovery Platoon
      • Motorized Repair Workshop
      • Supply and Maintenance Section


Medical Company
  • Medical Company
    • Company Headquarters
    • Supply and Service Section
    • Collection Section
    • Admissions/Dispositions Section
      • Treatment Section

Platoon

A platoon consists of two or more squads, amounting to a potential of 25-60 men, commanded by a Lieutenant.


Motorized Rifle Platoon
  • Motorized Rifle Platoon
    • Platoon Headquarters
      • Platoon Leader
      • Assistant Platoon Leader
    • 3 x Motorized Rifle Squads (1 IFV/APC)


Anti-Tank Platoon
  • Anti-Tank Platoon
    • Platoon Headquarters
      • Transportation Section
        • 2 x Anti-Tank Guided Missile Squads
        • Anti-Tank Unguided Missule Squad
Mortar Platoon
  • Mortar Platoon
    • Platoon Headquarters
      • Forward Observer/Reconnaissance Section
      • Communications Section
      • Transport Section
        • 2 x Mortar Squad


Squad

A Soviet squad comprises of 10-16 men, commanded by a Senior Sergeant.

Motorized Rifle Squad
  • Squad Leader - IFV/APC Commander
    • IFV/APC Driver/Mechanic
    • IFV/APC Gunner
      • Support Gunner
      • Grenadier
      • Senior Rifleman/Assistant Squad Leader
      • Rifleman
      • Rifleman
      • Rifleman

Composition

1st Guards Tank Division

160th Motorized Rifle Division

12th Shock Troops

121st Tank Division

207th Guards Tank Division

401st Guards Motorized Rifle Division

37th Guards Shock Army


Infrastructure

Academies

  • The Zhukov Citadel
  • Suvorov Military Academy of Modern Warfare Education
  • Kirov Military Artillery School
  • Stalingrad Military Specialist School of Warfare
  • New Leningrad Military Armoured School
  • New Leningrad Military Commissar School
  • Military Academy Centre for Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Warfare
  • Military Academy Centre for Army Frontline Aviation

Military Bases

Equipment

The Red Army ground forces maintain an immense inventory of vehicles and equipment, and, thanks to unrivalled industrial and large development efforts, constantly develops better and more reliable weapons systems.


Vehicles

Main Battle Tank

  • T-122 |~12,000| - More on order. Deployed to Shock Armies, Guards Tank Divisions and elite Tank Regiments, featuring the most advanced electronics and active defences in Soviet tank development history.
  • T-115 |~40,000| Passed onto Category B units with more advanced T-122s entering Category A elite units. 'Black Bear' variant in trials to ultra modernize T-115s on par to or beyond the T-122.
  • T-112 |~52,000| 50% modernizing to the T-115, remainder to remain in Category V formations.
  • T-300 |~30,000| Phasing out of primary Red Army units, given to low-priority Soviet worlds and Kharkov Pact members, notably to the United Korean People's Army and the Polish National People's Army.
  • Zh-47 |~2,200| Experimental battle tank, named after Zhukov and his exploits during 1947.
  • IS-55 |~1,000| Experimental elite battle tank, exclusive to the Kremlin Divisions. Was slated for mass production, but favour for the T-122 has prevented this, transferring its electronics and active defence systems onto the T-122.


Armoured Personnel Carrier

  • BTR-12 |8,000| - Newest Generation. More on Order. Equipped in premier fighting formations.
  • BMPT-15 |~2,000| - Built upon the chassis of the T-115, the BMPT-15 is a heavy armoured personnel carrier suited for heavy urban warfare, equipped with an autocannon and remote weapons system. It has been well received by Motorized Rifle Spetsnaz Brigades and units garrisoned in urban warzones.
  • BTR-198 |~40,000| - Undergoing replacement in Category A units by KVTR, BMPT-15 and BTR-12.
  • BTR-155 |~38,800| - Used by the KGB Border Guard regiments. Modernized versions still utilized by NKVD divisions.
  • BTR-47 |~62,000| - In Reserve.
  • KVTR |~4,000| - Heavy APC with remote weapon station.
  • KVR1 |N/A| Experimental APC, turned down in favour of the BTR-198.

Infantry Fighting Vehicle

  • BMP-130 |51,000| - In service within Category A and B units.
  • BMP-80 |45,000| - In service within Category B and V units.
  • BMP-75 |N/A| Completely withdrawn from service.
  • BMD-22 |N/A| - In service in the Shock Troops, Spetsnaz Brigades and Airborne Troops and numbers are unknown.

Air Defence Vehicle

  • S-900 / SA-89 |~6,000| - Advanced Anti-Aircraft Missile and Ballistic Missile Interception Battery
  • S-850 / SA-50 |~23,000| - Self Propelled Tactical Air Defence Vehicle.
  • S-700/SA-46 |~48,000| - Mobile Surface-to-Air Missile System

Emplaced Artillery

  • 2S441 Wolfhound |20,000+| 122 mm - Precision artillery emplacement, used in conjunction with Forward Artillery Observers, UAVs and Orbital Targeting and Tracking Systems.
  • 2S330 Black Eagle |~15,000| 122mm - Defensive artillery, primarily emplaced in permanent Soviet ground fortifications, most famously installed within the extensive defence rings of the Zhukov Citadel.

Self Propelled Artillery

  • 2S99 Kursk-A |~8,100| 155 mm - The primary self propelled howitzer serving within Category A units, highly exceptional in tank conflicts and urban warfare due to heavily armoured design. The 'Kursk-A' is known as the Heavy Beast of Mikhailov within the ranks of the artillery forces, named after the designer of the howitzer.
  • IS-300 |~1,800| 210 mm - Newest and most advanced self propelled artillery developed by the Soviet Union, allowing for precise and indirect artillery fire. Rumoured to be loaded with next-generation chemical and thermobaric warheads.

Multiple Rocket Launcher System Vehicle

  • BM-40 Moskva |~16,000| - 300 mm, maximum 110 km range and armoured chassis.
  • BM-35 |~20,000| - 280 mm, maximum 90 km firing range, with light mobile chassis.

Tactical Ballistic Missile Systems

  • 9K152 Iskander-S |~200| - 20,000+ more on order. 480 kg Thermobaric warhead, maximum 400 km missile range, 2 missiles ready to fire.

Individual Weapons

Pistol

  • TT248 Service Pistol - Mainstay sidearm for all Red Army personnel.

Submachine Gun

  • P-20 Submachine Gun | 64 round helical magazine

Assault Rifle

  • KR-75 - The mainstay assault rifle in service within the Motorized Rifle companies.
  • KR-76U - Specialized covert assault rifle utilized by Army Spetsnaz, equipped with optical scopes, modular attachments.
  • MN-45 - Compact assault rifle utilized by tank and gunship crews

Shotgun

  • Kornet-4 | Tactical Combat Shotgun fed by 12 round drum magazine.

Machine Gun

  • SV-34 Bondarenko Machine Gun - Mainstay squad support weapon
  • OsV-18 Remotely Operated Automatic Weapon - 14.5mm armoured vehicle mounted weapon system

Sniper Rifle

  • DV-12 Anti-Material Rifle


Rocket and Missile Systems

Man-Portable Air Defence System

Operational History

Soviet Armed Forces
High Command Stavka
Main Services Red Army | Red Air Force | Red Space Forces
Independent Servics Soviet Strategic Forces | Soviet Orbital Shock Troops
Component Services Soviet Space Aviation | Spetsnaz | Soviet Naval Infantry
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