SOVIET ARMY COMBAT EQUIPMENT AND TACTICS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00046R000200180020-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 11, 2009
• Sequence Number: 20
• Publication Date: September 30, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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SECRET
REPOR
COUNTRY USSR/Austria
SUBJECT Soviet Army Combat Equipment and Tactics
PLACE
ACQUIRED
DATE
ACQUIRED B
DATE OF INF
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
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DATE DISTR. 30 Sept 53
NO. OF PAGES 2
NO. OF ENCLS.
(LISTED BELOW)
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO. 25X1
1. The soldier in the Soviet Army was to carry the following items
(which weighed 32 kg. in all) into combat :
a. Overcoat, rolled and worn diagonally across the front and over
one shoulder.
b. Personal side arm, carbine, PPSh, or DP LMG.
c. Shovel, entrenching.
d. Gas masks Shlem type
with canister. J-5
e.- Gas cape. worn on belt outside the gas mask pouch,
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f. Helmet.
g. Magazine pouch with reserve ammunition.
h. Two grenades: if on offensive, the RG type; if on defense, the
F-1 type.. If in defense against tank attack, AT grenades or
Molotov cocktails.
J. Pack with one set of light underwear, towel, soap, drinking mug,
mess gear, spoon, canteen,. toothbrush, razor, and other personal.
items.
Uniform (which he wore).
ARMY review completed.
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2. Machine gunners and submachine gunners carried into'combat two
drums loaded with ammunition, The drum for the submachine n
hAld 70 to 72 rounds,.
nositio~n~ of artillery in combat
were
o be emplaced directly behind rifle platoons on the fron ines.
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the following items were issued to troops
ar:et' c s a ons: fur lined boots, part wool sweater, and a knee-
length sheep-skin coat.- If a soldier were on guard, he wore an
ankle-length coat.
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