SOVIET INFANTRY COMBAT REGULATIONS (BOYEVOY USTAV PEKHOTY)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A004300930010-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 19, 2001
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: June 17, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
This Document contains information s8ecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States, within the mean-
ing of Title 18, Sections 793 and 794, of the U.B. Code, as
amended. Its transmission or revelatton of its contents
to or receipt by an unauthorized person to prohibited
by law. The reproduction of this form la prohibited.
COUNTRY USSR REPORT NO.
SUBJECT Soviet Infantry Combat Regulations DATE DI5TR. 17 June 195
(Bo evo Ustav Pekhoty)
NO. OF PAGES 1
DATE OF INFO. REQUIREMENT NO. RD
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PLACE ACQUIRED REFERENCES
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1. There are two parts to the Infantry combat Regulations (Bo evo Ustav Pekhoty)
which are called BUP, Part 1, and AUP, Part 2. SUP, Part 1
25X1A _in 19+6, covered: (a} the individual fighter (odinochn~r bo ets , b t e
squad (otdeleniye}, (c} the platoon (vzvod), and (d the company rota).
had been rewritten in 19+5 d was si ed b Stalin. BUP Part 2,
25X1A in 19+5, covered, (a) the battalion
batalon , (b) the regiment polk , an c he vis on ivizi ). It was
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ed by Marshal K, Ye. Voroshilov. heard in 19 that BUP, Part 2,
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25X1A would be rewritten, but whether or not this was done.
2. The regulations were bound in a maroon-colored binding measuring ~ 1~~+ by 6 3~~+
inches. BUP, Part 1, had approximately 160 or 170 pages. SUP, Part 2, had
approximately 200 pages.
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~. Prior to World War II, the regulations were not classified. However,
there was written or stamped on the cover: "For Official Use Only.
0 0~ emove From Unit.(Dlya sluzhebnogo p~ olzavaniya iz ehasti ne vynosit),"
~+. Copies filter gradually down to units. A company, for example, may not receive
the regulations until perhaps six months after publication. The. commanding
officer of each unit keeps the regulations in his possession but the soldiers
are permitted to read the regulations whenever they wish and, in fact, are
encouraged to read them. Platoon comtnandexs and higher-are required to know
the regulations well..
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