SOVIET ARMY TERMINOLOGY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00046R000300220012-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 17, 2013
• Sequence Number: 12
• Publication Date: February 18, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY USSR
SUBJECT Soviet Army Terminology
DATE OF INFORMATION
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DATE DISTR. le jib. 1964
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REFERENCES:
1. Source states that a unit composed of two or more corps was known as
an "Army". The branch might or might not be added to distinguish
the army. This depended on the type of divisions that composed the
corps.
a. If two or more mechanized corps were joined they were known as a
"Mechanized Army".
(1) If one corps was composed of mechanized units and one corps
of infantry, the unit was usually known as a "Mechanized
Army".
(2) Source did not know the exact terminology of a unit which
had a greater number of infantry corps than mechanized
corps, other than that it was known as an "Army".
b. A nUmerical identification was usually added to the term "Mechan-
ized Army". For example, Fourth Mechanized Army.
0. The term "Soviet" was not added to army units.
. Two or more armies with,attached units were known as "Army Fronts"
during combat. The area in which the army front was committed was
Usually added to the title. Thus, a unit on the western border might
be known as the Western Front Army.
Two or more armies with attached units serving beyond Soviet borders
or.as an army of occupation were known as a "Group". Hence, Soviet
forces in Germany were known as GOFG,? and Soviet forces in Rumania
were known as GOFR.
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Soviet forces within the borders of the USSR were known by military
districts. A-military district might have several armies or only a
few divisions, but the units within the district were identified as
"Troops of , District".
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