Soviet c. 1990/1991 Tactical AD Doctrine and Deployment

[Bearfoot]

I would like to create a set of authentic (A-10C) missions for this period.

 

Can anyone help by providing information or pointers to information on how "things worked" on the Soviet side?

 

Looking for nuts-and-bolts type of details if possible ...

 

For example, a typical tactical armored operational unit would have moved at the level of (platoon/company/battalion/regiment?) strength and consist of such-and-such number and type of tanks, such-and-such number and type of IFV, accompanied by such-and-such number and type of air defense vehicles, and would typically proceed in the following order: ...

 

Were air defenses integrated into units at platoon level? I remember seeing a photograph of 4 armored vehicles of some sort accompanied by an air defense vehicle, so I am assuming yes? Were there SAM's at this level or just AA or both?

 

I think the "telephone pole" type SAMs were fixed batteries that had to set up in advance in specific locations. Were there any SAMs that would have been deployed and moved integrally with armor/infantry? Could they fire while on the move or would they have to stop and set up?

 

Would you expect a CAP over these units? I'm assuming no if there are integrated AD that were cleared hot, otherwise risk of friendly casualities would be high?

 

And no, I am not a Yankee Imperialist Spy! I am interested in recreating the tactical conventional combat environment of the period 1990/1991. I am assuming that a quarter of century later, very little of this is classified or would threaten or otherwise be relevant to the national security of any country.

 

EDIT: Right after I posted this, my google-fu suddenly started yielding pretty results! If anyone wants to add, interpret, critique, or otherwise discuss this that would be great!

 

 

(1) "Soviet Army: Troops, Organization, and Equipment" [ame]http://fas.org/irp/doddir/army/fm100-2-3.pdf[/ame]

 

(2) "Soviet Army: Operation and Tactics" [ame]https://fas.org/irp/doddir/army/fm100-2-1.pdf[/ame]

 

(3) "SOVIET BATTALION IN THE DEFENSE" [ame]http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a232251.pdf[/ame]

 

(4) "Soviet Tactical Air Doctrine" [ame]http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/b010712.pdf[/ame]

 

(5) "Air Defense of Ground Troops (PVO Sukhoputnykh Voysk)" http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russia/pvo-sv.htm

 

(6) "Soviet Order of Battle and Doctrine in the Cold War" http://balagan.info/soviet-order-of-battle-and-doctrine-in-the-cold-war

Edited February 13, 2016 by Bearfoot

[Dudikoff]

Just to note that the A-10C upgrade is from 2005 so FC3's A-10A would be more suitable for the period you mention.

Edited February 13, 2016 by Dudikoff

[Bearfoot]

Doh! Of course. But I don't think I can get into FC3 systems modeling or FM ... so blue force is going to have to deal with both the inauthenticity as well as the advantage there.

[streakeagle]

The fm for the a-10a has been upgraded.