Field Manual
No. 100-2-3
Headquarters
Department of the Army
Washington. DC, 6 June 1991
The Soviet Army:
Troops, Organization, and Equipment
Preface
This field manual is part of FM series 100-2,The Soviet Army. The other volumes in this series are FM 100-2-1, The Soviet Army: Operations and Tactics, and FM 100-2-2,The Soviet Army: Specialized Warfare and Rear Area Support. The three volumes complement each other. Used together, they provide a thorough reference on the Soviet Army.
These manuals are the US Army's definitive source of unclassified information on Soviet ground forces and on their interaction with other services in combined arms warfare. The Threats Directorate, Combined Arms Command, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, updates these manuals periodically to provide the most current unclassified information available.
The proponent of this publication is HQ TRADOC. Users are encouraged to recommend changes improving this manual to Commander, US Army Combined Arms Command, ATTN: ATZL-SWW-L, Fort Leavenworth, KS 66027-6900, using DA Form 2028 (Recommended Changes to Publications and Blank Forms).
Unless otherwise stated, whenever the masculine gender is used, both men and women are included.
This publication contains photographs from copyrighted sources. The citations for these materials accompany the individual photographs.
DISTRIBUTION RESTRICTION: Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
*This publication supersedes FM (00-2-3, 16 July 1984.
