SOVIET AND EAST EUROPEAN MANPOWER IN EASTERN EUROPE

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Soviet and East European Manpower in Eastern Europe
READY DIVISIONS NUMBER OF PERSONNEL
EUROPEAN FORCES
EAST GERMANY
57,000
CZECHOSLOVAKIA
74,000
POLAND
62,000
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193,500
SOVIET FORCES
GSFG
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280,000
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NGF
25,000
50,000
355,000
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SOVIET GROUND FORCES
STRENGTH AND DISPOSTION
(Cont'd)
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Strength Strength
Strength Categories Categories
Categories
Total
No.
I
III
No
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II
Divisions
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No,
I
II
Central USSR
Siberian MD
3
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2
1
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2
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2
Volga MD
3
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3
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86
28
27
31
46
29
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139 !/
1/ This represents the best estimate of the total number of Soviet line divisions. The range of the number of divisions
is 130-147, reflecting mainly the uncertainty as to the number of Category in divisions.
2/ Category I - Probably manned at 90 per cent or better of wartime strength in Germany, Poland, and Hungary. Probably
lower in the border districts of the USSR and lowest in the districts in the interior of the USSR.
3/ Category II - Manned at 60-75 per cent of wartime strength.
4/ Category in - Manned at 10-30 per cent of wartime strength.
5/ These subtotals, excluding the nine divisions in the Turkestan Military District, comprise those Soviet ground forces
which could be employed against Allied Command Europe in the early stages of a war.
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SOVIET GROUND FORCES
STRENGTH AND DISPOSITION 1/ o
Motorized Rifle Divisions
Tank Di visions
Airborne Divisions
Area and Military
Strength Categories
Strength
Categories
Strength
Categories
Total
Divisions
Di strict
No.
12/ II 3/ III 4/
No.
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No.
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Eastern Europe
GSFG (East Germany)
10
10 - -
10
10
20
NGF (Poland)
-
- - -
2
2
2
SGF (Hungary)
2
2 - -
2
2
4
26
Northwestern USSR
Leningrad MD
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1
1
1
1
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Baltic MD
7
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Belorussian MD
4
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7
6 1
1
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12
Carpathian MD
7
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5
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2
1
Moscow MD
4
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1
1 -
6
22
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16
11 5
2 1
71
Kiev MD
- 2
6
1 5
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- -
8
Odessa MD
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7
7
7
1 6
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15
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9
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7
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Subtotals
70
27 18 25
41
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EASTERN EUROPEAN COMMUNIST GROUND FORCES
ESTIMATED STRENGTH
TyoeDiyision
Personnel
COUNTRY
Inf
Assault
Mtz Rifle/ Landing
Mech (Amphib)
Air-
Tank borne
Total
Divs
Ground
Forces I/
Security
Forces
Albania
-
- -
- -
-
30,000
12,500
Bulgaria 2/
-
8 -
4 -
12
125,000
17,000
Czechoslovakia
-
9 -
5 -
14
175,000
30,000
East Germany 2/
-
4 -
2 -
6
90,000
64,500
Hungary 2/
-
5 -
1 -
6
100,000
35,000
Poland ?/
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5 1
15
225,000
45,000
Rumania 2
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7 -
2 -
9
175,000
45,000
Yugoslavia
13
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3 -
16
224,000
15,000
Totals
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1,144,000
264,000
2/ Active Warsaw Pact members.
3/ About 42 of the 62 Warsaw Pact divisions are considered to be sufficiently manned
and equipped for commitment to combat as part of an over-all effort. against Allied
Command Europe. Of these, some 24 are Polish, East German, and Czechoslovak and the
remaining 18 are Bulgarian, Rumanian, and Hungarian divisions. None of the 16
Yugoslav divisions are considered operationally ready.
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