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11-14-85/D -Trends and
Developments in Warsaw Pact Theater Forces, 1985-2000
(September 1985)
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Notes: THIS IS A VERY bad scan, I had to guess at some things, particularly for the digits 8 or 9; you can see the original image here
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Table
D-1
Ground Forces Summary: (a)
Total Warsaw Pact (b)
|
|
1985 |
1990 |
1995 |
2000 |
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|
Soviet |
NSWP |
Total |
Soviet |
NSWP |
Total |
Soviet |
NSWP |
Total |
Soviet |
NSWP |
Total |
|
|
Active MRDs |
142 |
38 |
180 |
147 |
38 |
185 |
145 |
53 |
186 |
148 |
38 |
186 |
|
Active TDs |
51 |
15 |
66 |
53 |
15 |
68 |
54 |
15 |
69 |
54 |
15 |
69 |
|
Airborne and other divisions |
8 |
2 |
10 |
8 |
2 |
10 |
8 |
2 |
10 |
8 |
2 |
10 |
|
Total active divisions |
201 |
55 |
256 |
208 |
55 |
263 |
210 |
55 |
265 |
210 |
55 |
265 |
|
Mobilization-base Divisions |
13 |
12 |
25 |
3 |
10 |
10 |
9 |
16 |
25 |
18 |
16 |
34 |
|
Ready MRDs |
50 |
27 |
77 |
43 |
27 |
70 |
44 |
27 |
73 |
45 |
27 |
72 |
|
Ready TDs |
25 |
13 |
38 |
28 |
13 |
41 |
26 |
13 |
41 |
28 |
13 |
41 |
|
Not-ready MRDs |
104 |
22 |
126 |
105 |
26 |
132 |
113 |
26 |
139 |
219 |
26 |
145 |
|
Not-ready TDs |
27 |
3 |
30 |
26 |
3 |
29 |
26 |
3 |
29 |
28 |
3 |
31 |
|
Total divisions |
214 |
67 |
281 |
211 |
71 |
282 |
219 |
71 |
290 |
228 |
71 |
299 |
|
New-Type army corps |
2 |
0 |
2 |
9 |
0 |
9 |
9 |
0 |
9 |
9 |
0 |
9 |
|
Army Commands |
29 |
15 |
44 |
38 |
15 |
53 |
38 |
35 |
53 |
39 |
15 |
54 |
|
Army Corps |
11 |
1 |
12 |
4 |
1 |
5 |
4 |
1 |
5 |
3 |
1 |
4 |
|
a - In all the "Ground Forces Summary" tables the "totals" are not always additive. "Total active divisions" exclude “mobilization-base divisions.” However, "mobilization-base divisions" are included in "total divisions'" and as appropriate, with "not-ready MRDs" or "not-ready TDs." b - DIA projects that all existing mobilization-base divisions will be activated by the end of 1987, that no others will be formed, and that the Soviet Ground Forces will peak at 210 active divisions and nine independent army corps. |
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