TM 30-430
HANDBOOK ON USSR MILITARY FORCES
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MILITARY HISTORIANS WORLD WAR II BUFFS
WAR GAMERS SOVIET SPECIALISTS
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AVAILABLE TO YOU THE MOST INFORMATIVE HANDBOOK ON USSR MILITARY FORCES --
ONLY COMPLETE REPRINT SINCE DECLASSIFICATION
THIS 760 PAGE TECHNICAL MANUAL WITH ITS 643 ILLUSTRATIONS IS THE MOST
COMPREHENSIVE BOOK AVAILABLE ON THE SOVIET MILITARY DURING WWII - WE REPRINTED
THE ENTIRE MANUAL IN 1979 AND AFTER IT SOLD OUT REPRODUCED IT AGAIN ON
MICROFICHE. THIS IS AVAILABLE FROM XENOPHON ALSO IN PDF FORMAT ON A CDROM DISK.
CONTENTS
I NATIONAL DEFENSE SYSTEM
27 Pages on organization of national and military high comand, STAVKA, and
civil-military relationships
II PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION
53 Pages on military service requirements and procedures; pay, training,
mobilization system, replacement system, assignments, promotion policy, and
military law.
III FIELD ORGANIZATIONS
31 Pages of tables of organization and equipment
IV SEMI MILITARY ORGANIZATIONS
12 Pages on MVD and NKVD border and internal troops, signal and
transportation ministry troops and partisans
V TACTICS
146 Pages on all phases of tactics including operations in special areas or
climates; including tactics of infantry, cavalry, armor, artillery, engineers,
and anti-aircraft troops.
VI FORTIFICATIONS
42 Pages illustrating all types of field fortifications including
minefields and special winter fortifications; dimensions and detailed drawings
of many emplacements.
VII LOGISTICS
36 Pages on all aspects of supply and maintenance, data on ammunition
consumption and rations
IX EQUIPMENT
226 Pages on noncombat vehicles and self-propelled sleighs; fire control
and signal equipment including wireing diagrams of radios; engineer equipient
including mines, detonators, river crossing equipment; chemical and medical
equipment; individual and organizational equipment
XI AIR FORCE
130 Pages on all aspects of Air Force including organization, tactics,
equipment, training, supply, airfields, aircraft, radios, photos of airplanes
and engines
XII MAPS AND SYMB0LS
23 Pages on maping and map usage, tactical symbols and conventional signs
used on Soviet maps.
CHAPTERS VIII AND X WERE PLANNED BUT NEVER PUBLISHED
THIS CD-ROM OR MICROFITCHE VERSIONS OF THE LIMITED EDITION OFFSET PRESS
REPRINT ARE NOW AVAILABLE FOR $20.00 POSTPAID FROM XENOPHON SEND EMAIL TO
Xenophon. Return to Xenophon main page. If you
are interested in this reference on the Soviet Army, you will want also to buy
Steve Zaloga's new book - Red Army Handbook 1939-1945 published by
Sutton Publishers ISBN 0-7500-3209-0
