Translated by Constantine Pehlivanov
Courtesy of www.genstab.ru and www.sinor.ru/~gsvg200120 Guards “ Prikarpatsko-Berlinskaya” Motorized-Rifle Division (MRD) - HQ Grimma
29 Guards “Lublinski”Motorized-Rifle Regiment (MRR) - Plauen
67 Guards “Yaroslavski” MRR - Grimma
242 Guards “Zaleshtitzki” MRR - Wurzen
576 Guards “Bobruiski” MRR - Glauchau
944 Guards “Chernovitzko-Gneznenski” Self-propelled Artillery Regiment - Leisnig
358 Guards “Prikarpatsko-Gneznenski” SAM Regiment – Leisnig
9 “Bobruisko-Berlinskaya” Armored Division – HQ Risa
1 Guards “Chertkovski” Armored Regiment (AR) - Zeitchein
1321 “Gluhovsko-Rechitzki” MRR - Juteborg
70 Guards “Proskurovsko-Berlinski” AR - Zeitchein
302 MRR - Risa
96 Self-propelled Artillery Regiment - Borna
11 Guards “Prikarpatsko-Berlinskaya” Armored Division - HQ Dresden
7 Guards “Novgorodsko-Berlinski” AR - Meissen
40 Guards “Chertkovski” AR - Konnigsbruck
44 Guards “Berdichevski” AR – Konnigsbruck
249 Guards “Chernovitzki” MRR - Dresden
841 Guards “Chernovitzki” Self-propelled Artillery Regiment - Hemniz
1018 “Yaroslavski” SAM regiment – Meissen
Direct Reporting Units
225 Independent Helicopter Regiment - Altstadt
485 Independent Helicopter Regiment - Brandiss
181 Missile Brigade - Kochtstadt
432 Missile Brigade - Wurzen
308 Artillery Brigade - Zeitchein
53 SAM Brigade - Altenburg
41 Material Support Brigade - Dresden
253 Independent Radio-technical Regiment - Merseburg
68 Pontoon-Bridge Regiment - Dresden
3 Independent Communication Regiment - Dresden
Reconnaissance/Commando Units
13 Independent Recon Battalion (IRB) of 9 AD - Zaitcheim
9 IRB of 11 AD - Dresden
68 IRB of 20 MRD – Grimma
SPETZNAZ company at Army disposal
2 Guards Armored Army HQ Fuhrstenberg21 “Taganrogskaya” MRD – HQ Perleberg
239 MRR - Perleberg
240 MRR - Ludwiglust
283 Guards “Berlinski” MRR - Hagenow
568 MRR - Parchim
1054 Self-propelled Artillery regiment - Ratenow
1079 SAM Regiment – Perleburg
94 Guards “Zvenigorodsko-Berlinskaya” MRD HQ Schwerin
204 Guards “Umansko-Berlinski” MRR - Schwerin
286 Guards “Brandenburgski” MRR - Schwerin
288 Guards “Kishinevski” MRR - Wismar
74 Guards “Valginski” AR - Schwerin
199 Guards “Brandenburgski” Self-propelled Artillery Regiment - Wismar
896 “Demblinski” SAM Regiment – Schwerin
207 “Pomeranskaya” MRD - Stendal
33 “Berlinski” MRR - Stendal
41 “Berlinski” MRR - Gardelegen
400 MRR - Malwinkel
591 Guards “Rechitzki” MRR - State
693 Self-propelled Artillery Regiment - Stendal
75 Guards “Demblinsko-Pomeranski” - Stendal
16 Guards “Umanskaya” Armored Division HQ Neustreliz
7 Guards “Umansko-Pomeranski” AR - Neustreliz
65 Guards “Sevsko-Pomeranski” AR - Neustreliz
60 MRR - Rawensbruck
723 Guards MRR - Ratenov
724 Guards “Varshavski” Self-propelled Artillery Regiment - Neustreliz
66 Guards “Lublinski” SAM Regiment – Neustreliz
Direct Reporting Units
172 Independent Helicopter Regiment - Damm
439 Independent Helicopter Regiment - Damm
290 Artillery Brigade - Schweinrich
112 Missile Brigade - Genrodze
458 Missile Brigade - Neustreliz
61 SAM Brigade - State
118 Material Support Brigade - Rawensbruck
250 Independent Radio-technical Regiment - Stendal
69 Pontoon-Bridge Regiment - Ratenov
5 Independent Communication Regiment – Rawensbruck
Reconnaissance/Commando Units170 IRB of 16 AD - Neuterliz
34 IRB of 21 MRD - Perleberg
12 IRB of 94 MRD - Schwerin
6 IRB of 207 MRD - Hardlegen
SPETZNAZ company at Army disposal
In wartime 2 Guards Armored Army would get 19 MRD of former East Germany.
3 Strike Army HQ Magdeburg7 Guards “Kievsko-Berlinskaya” Armored Division HQ Rosslau
55 Guards “Vasilkovski” AR – Lutterstadt-Wittenberg
56 Guards “Vasilkovsko-Shepetovski” AR - Zerbst
79 Guards “Bobruiski” AR - Rosslau
40 “Berlinski” MRR - Bernburg
670 Guards “Lvovski” Self-propelled Artillery Regiment - Kochstadt
287 Guards “Lvovski” SAM Regiment - Rosslau
10 Guards “Uralsko-Lvovskaya” Armored Division HQ Altengrabow
61 Guards “Sverdlovsko-Lvovski” AR - Altengrabow
62 Guards “Permsko-Keletzki” AR - Altengrabow
63 Guards “Chelyabinsko-Petrokovski” AR - Altengrabow
248 Guards “Unechski” MRR – Schonebeck
744 Guards “Ternopolski” Self-propelled Artillery Regiment - Altengrabow
359 Guards “Lvovski” SAM Regiment – Altengrabow
12 Guards “Umanskaya” Armored Division HQ Neuruppin
48 Guards “Vapniarsko-Varshavski” AR - Neuruppin
332 Guards “Varshavski” AR - Neuruppin
353 Guards “Vapniarsko-Berlinski” AR - Neuruppin
200 Guards “Fastovski” MRR - Burg
117 Self-propelled Artillery Regiment - Malwinkel
933 “Verhne-Dneprovski” SAM Regiment – Burg
47 Guards “Nizhnedneprovskaya” Armored Division – HQ Hillersleben
26 “Feodosiiski” AR - Hillersleben
153 “Smolenski” AR - Hillersleben
197 Guards “Vapniarsko-Varshavski” AR - Halberstadt
245 Guards “Gneznenski” MRR - Malwinkel
99 Guards “Pomeranski” Self-propelled Artillery Regiment - Malwinkel
1009 SAM Regiment – Hillersleben
Direct Reporting Units178 Independent Helicopter Regiment - Borstel
440 Independent Helicopter Regiment - Borstel
36 Missile Brigade - Altengrabow
448 Missile Brigade - Born
49 SAM Brigade - Planken
385 Artillery Brigade - Planken
42 Material Support Brigade - Magdeburg
254 Independent Radio-technical Regiment - Magdeburg
36 Pontoon-Bridge Regiment - Magdeburg
105 Independent Communication Regiment - Magdeburg
Reconnaissance/Commando Units40 IRB of 7 AD - Kwedlinburg
112 IRB of 10 AD - Halberstadt
180 IRB of 12 AD - Malwinkel
7 IRB of 47 AD - Hillersleben
SPETZNAZ company at Army disposal
8 Guards Army HQ Nohra27 Guards “Omsko-Novoburgskaya” MRD HQ Halle
68 Guards “Posnanski” MRR – Halle
243 Guards “Berlinski” MRR - Halle
244 Guards “Berlinski” MRR - Schlotheim
28 “Brestski” AR - Halle
54 Guards “Posnanski” Self-propelled Artillery Regiment - Halle
286 Guards “Premishlski” SAM Regiment – Halle
39 Guards “Barvenkovskaya” MRD – HQ Ohrdruf
117 Guards “Posnanski” MRR - Meiningen
120 Guards “Posnanski” MRR - Ohrdruf
172 Guards “Gnesnenski” MRR - Gotha
585 Guards “Rechitzki” MRR - Ohrdruf
915 SAM Regiment - Ohrdruf
87 Guards “Posnanski” Self-propelled Artillery Regiment – Gotha
57 Guards “Novoburgskaya” MRD HQ Naumburg
170 Guards “Demblinsko-Berlinski” MRR - Naumburg
174 Guards “Pomeranski” MRR - Weisenvels
241 Guards “Lodzinski” MRR - Leipzig
51 Guards “Fastovski” AR - Zeitz
128 Guards “Demblinsko-Pomeranski” Self-propelled Artillery Regiment - Zeitz
901 SAM Regiment – Naumburg
79 Guards “Zaporozhskaya” Armored Division HQ Jena
17 Guards “Orlovski” AR - Saalfeld
45 Guards “Gusiatinski” AR - Weimar
211 “Kalitzkovski” AR - Jena
247 Guards “Lodzinski” MRR - Weimar
172 Guards “Berlinski” Self-propelled Artillery Regiment - Rudolstadt
1075 SAM Regiment – Weimar
Direct Reporting Units336 Independent Helicopter Regiment - Nohra
486 Independent Helicopter Regiment – Altes-Lager
11 Missile Brigade - Weisenvels
449 Missile Brigade - Arnstadt
18 SAM Brigade - Gotha
116 Material Support Brigade - Altenburg
390 Artillery Brigade - Ohrdurf
119 Independent AR - Badlangensalz
65 Pontoon-Bridge Regiment - Merseburg
194 Independent Radio-technical Regiment - Weimar
91 Independent Communication Regiment - Weimar
Reconnaissance/Commando Units5 IRB of 27 MRR - Mulhausen
11 IRB of 39 MRR - Meiningen
113 IRB of 57 MRR - Rudelstadt
10 IRB of 79 AD – Jena
SPETZNAZ company at Army disposal
In wartime 8 Guards Army would get 17 MRD of former East Germany
20 Guards Army HQ Eberswalde-Finow
25 Armored Division HQ Vogelsand
162 AR - Vogelsand
175 AR - Prenzlau
335 AR - Prenzlau
803 MRR - Vogelsand
843 Self-propelled Artillery Brigade = Schonwalde
1702 SAM Regiment – Prenzlau
32 Guards Armored Division HQ Juteborg
287 AR - Juteborg
288 AR - Juteborg
343 AR - Juteborg
83 MRR - Dalgow
469 Self-propelled Artillery Regiment - Juteborg
? SAM Regiment - Juteborg
35 “Krasnogradskaya” MRD HQ Krampniz
62 “Slonimsko-Pomeranski” MRR - Potsdam
64 “Slutzko-Pomeranski” MRR - Potsdam
69 “Proskurovski” MRR - Wundsdorf
83 Guards “Nezhinski” MRR - Krampniz
219 “Kremenchugsko-Berlinski” AR - Olympischesdorf
283 Guards “Varshavski” Self-propelled Artillery Regiment - Ehlstall
200 “Brestski” SAM Regiment – Krampniz
90 Guards “Lvovskaya” Armored Division HQ Bernau
6 Guards “Lvovski” AR – Bad-Freinwelde
68 Guards “Zhitomirsko-Berlinski” AR - Bernau
215 Guards “Kamenetz-Podolski” AR - Bernau
81 Guards “Petrokovski” MRR – Eberswalde-Finov
400 “Transilvanski” Self-propelled Artillery Regiment - Bernau
288 Guards SAM Regiment - Bernau
6 Independent Guards “Berlinskaya” MR Brigade - Karlchorst Direct reporting Units337 Independent Helicopter Regiment - Malwinkel
487 Independent Helicopter Regiment - Presslau
27 Missile Brigade - Juteborg
464 Missile Brigade - Vurstenwalde
67 SAM Brigade - Ehlstall
117 Material Support Brigade – Eberswalde-Finov
387 Artillery Brigade – Altes-Lager
264 Independent Radio-technical Regiment - Neudenbritz
44 Pontoon-Bridge Regiment – Frankfurt-on-Oder
6 Independent Communication regiment - Eberswalde
Reconnaissance/Commando Units
58 IRB of 35 MRR - Krampniz
30 IRB of 90 AD - Bernau
53 IRB of 25 AD - Prenzlau
107 IRB of 32 AD - Juteborg
SPETZNAZ company at Army disposal
16 Air Army HQ Wundsdorf6 Guards “Donetzkaya” Fighter Division HQ Merseburg
296 Fighter-Bomber Air Regiment (FBAR) - Grossenheim
31 Guards “Nikopolski” Fighter Air Regiment (FAR) - Valkenberg
85 Guards “Sevastopolski” FAR - Merseburg
968 FAR - Kobiz
139 Air Technical regiment - Merseburg
16 Guards “Svirskaya” Fighter Division HQ Damgarten
33 FAR - Witstock
773 FAR - Damgarten
787 FAR - Eberwalde
26 Fighter Division HQ Zerbst
35 FAR - Zerbst
833 FAR – Altes-Lager
125 Fighter-Bomber Division HQ Rechlin
19 FAR - Lehrz
20 FBAR – Gross-Dehln
105 Fighter-Bomber Division HQ Grossenhein
296 FBAR - Grossenhein
559 FBAR - Fuhrsterwalde
911 FBAR – Brand
Direct Reporting Units11 “Vitebski” Independent Recce Regiment - Wehlzov
226 Independent Composite Air Regiment - Sperenberg
357 Independent Attack Air Regiment - Brandis
368 Independent Attack Air Regiment - Tutov
Direct Reporting Units of Western Group of Forces
2 SPETZNAZ brigades
157 SAM Brigade - Primerwalde
164 Missile Brigade - Drachhausen
175 Missile Brigade - Oschaz
133 SAM Brigade - Juteborg
202 SAM Brigade - Magdeburg
40 Radio-technical Brigade - Wittstock
45 Radio-technical Brigade - Mersseburg
1 Engineer-Sapper Brigade - Brandenburg
118 “Bobruisko-Berlinskaya” Communication Brigade - Wundsdorf
119 Communication Brigade - Leipzig
132 Communication Brigade - Treuzenbritzen
34 Artillery Division - Potsdam
286 Guards “Prazhskaya” Howitzer Brigade - Potsdam
288 “Varshavskaya” Heavy Howitzer Artillery Brigade - Hemniz
303 Guards “Kalinkovichskaya” Cannon Brigade - Altengrabow
307 Jet Artillery Brigade - Hemniz
122 Antitank Artillery Brigade - Koningsbruck
64 Automobile Brigade - Kummersdorf
65 Automobile Brigade - Vurstenwalde
27 Pontoon-Bridge Regiment – Luterstadt-Wttenberg
272 Independent Communication Regiment – Frankfurt-on-Oder
29 Independent ECM Regiment - Schenwalde
67 SAM Brigade - Ehlstahl
163 SAM Brigade - Leipzig
252 SAM Brigade - Gera
239 Independent Guards “Belgorodski” Helicopter Regiment – Oranienburg
In wartime Western Group of Forces would get 6 MRD of former East Germany in reserve.
Western Group of Forces was the backbone of Western strategic direction and its
zone of responsibility included Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Denmark.
Total force amounted to:
363 690 men
5 880 MBTs
9 790 APCs/IFVs
4 624 artillery pieces (caliber 100 mm and above)
625 warplanes
698 helicopters
The army of former East Germany would back WGF and included:
6 divisions (11 in wartime)
1719 MBTs (2798 in wartime)
2792 APCs/IFVs (4999 in wartime)
887 artillery pieces (100 mm and above, 1746 in wartime)
394 warplanes
64 helicopters