v.1.0 November 4, 2001
Ravi Rikhye
Source: US Library of Congress Country Study.
140,000 soldiers, of whom 2/3rds were conscripts.
Three Military regions – Cluj (HQ Cluj-Napoca), Bacau, (HQ Iasi), Bucharest (HQ Bucharest)
These became corps in wartime
Ground forces consisted of two tank and 8 MR divisions, four mountain infantry brigades, and four airborne regiments.
|
Formation |
Location |
|
1st Abn Regt |
Bucharest |
|
U/I Abn Regt |
Timisoara |
|
U/I Abn Regt |
Tirgu Mures |
|
U/I Abn Regt |
Bacau |
|
U/I Mtn Bde |
Brasov |
|
2nd Mtn Bde |
Brasov |
|
4th Mtn Bde |
Curtea de Arges |
|
U/I MRD |
Bacau |
|
U/I MRD |
Braila |
|
1st MRD |
Giurgiu (NE of) |
|
2nd MRD |
Xraviova |
|
4th TD |
Bucharest |
|
6th RD |
Tirgu Mures |
|
9th MRD |
Constanta |
|
10th MRD |
Iasi |
|
11th MRD |
Oradea |
|
18th MRD |
Timisoara |