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Russian Armed Forces - Post-Putin

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To call Russian Armed Forces a “Paper Tiger” would be a big mistake. To base future defense budgets on Russia’s recent performance on the battlefield would be an even bigger mistake. Hopefully after examining the information presented here, you will agree that the Russian Armed Forces were hampered primarily by (current) poor leadership. The systemic problems of corruption and embezzlement, nepotism, alcoholism, dependence on a defense budget with misguided priorities, dependence on a mercenary army (in what other country does the Minister of Defense own a Private Military Company?), lack of a professional military, an ill-conceived conscript program, fielding expensive high-tech weaponry that is difficult to maintain and a litany of other serious issues – but all could have been overcome with proper leadership.

 

One reason for the loss of so many high-ranking officers can be traced to the rigid structure of the Russian military itself. Generals are given broad strategic authority, which they execute at the command level, but they are notoriously involved at the tactical level as well.  As a result, small-unit leadership is poor in the modern Russian army. Senior leaders are expected to lead from the front. According to the Ukrainian General Staff, as of August, Russia in its “special military operation”, which, according to Putin, is going according to plan, had already lost about 40 thousand military personnel, of which 10 were generals, more than 1,700 tanks, more 3,900 armored combat vehicles, more than 2,800 vehicles, more than 100 air defense systems, more than 200 aircraft, more than 180 helicopters, more than 700 operational-tactical UAVs and 15 ships/boats. Basically, abandoned Russian hardware made Russia Ukraine’s biggest supplier of arms. Ukrainians captured more hardware than was provided by the West.


That said, it is reasonable to believe that with new leadership and a major shift in the command-and-control structure, Russian armed forces will implement many changes Post-Putin over a period of time and renew the ability to defend the nation. In reality, the only reason Ukraine has not launched a major attack on the Russian homeland is the tremendous restraint shown by Ukraine’s leadership. The objective is to kick out the Russian invaders and not aggression against the Russian population. 


In this book, I examine the current situation and describe changes (I believe) the next Russian Government will make to clean house and restore a professional military. Obviously, it will take a long time to implement the physical and personnel changes necessary and probably the most difficult will be the calcified mindset of the “old-guard.” 

  

Table of Contents

RUSSIAN MINISTRY OF DEFENSE

Ministry Structure

RUSSIAN DEFENSE BUDGET

RUSSIAN ARMED FORCES

Russian Ground Forces

Russian Aerospace Forces

Leadership

Order of Battle

Aircraft Operated

Russian Navy

Leadership

Russian Strategic Rocket Forces

Leadership

Units

Numbers of Missiles and Warheads

Russian Airborne Forces

Leadership

Combat Forces

Russian Special Operations Forces

Leadership

Russian Logistical Support

The  National Guard (Rosgvardiya)

Leadership

Structure

Border Service

Leadership

Regional Border Districts

MILITARY DISTRICTS

Western Military District

Western Military District Formations and Units

1st Guards Tank Army

6th Combined Arms Army

20th Guards Combined Arms Arm

Intelligence/Spetsnaz Units and Formations

Naval Forces

Naval Infantry and Coast Defense

11th Army Corps (Kaliningrad)

Aerospace Forces

Russian Aerospace Forces - Not Subordinate to Western Military District

Southern Military District

Component Units

58th Army (Vladikavkaz)

8th Combined Arms Army (Novocherkassk)

49th Combined Arms Army (Stavropol/Maykop)

Airborne Troops

Special Forces/Reconnaissance

Air Force Units

Naval Forces

Order of Battle

Black Sea Fleet Ground Forces, Naval Infantry and Surface-to-Surface Missile Forces

Black Sea Region Aviation and Air Defense Forces

Northern Fleet Joint Strategic Command

Bases

Naval Forces

Submarines

Surface Warships

Aviation and Air Defense Forces

Northern Fleet Naval Infantry Forces

Naval  Infantry/Special Forces

Ground Forces

Defensive Combat Divers

Central Military District

Component Units

Ground Forces

Main Directorate of General Staff

Airborne Troops

Air Force

Joint-Service Ceremonial Units

Eastern Military District

Component Units

29th Army (Chita)

5th Red Banner Army (Ussuriysk)

68th Army Corps (Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk)

35th Army (Belogorsk)

36th Army (Ulan Ude)

Air and Air Defense Forces

Russian Naval Forces

PRIVATE MILITARY COMPANIES

Wagner Group

DSHRG Rusich

Order of battle for the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine

Initial Groupings: February 2022

Leadership Changes

Chain of Command

LIST OF RUSSIAN GENERALS KILLED DURING 2022 INVASION OF UKRAINE

RESTRUCTURING THE TACTICAL RUSSIAN ARMY FOR UNCONVENTIONAL WARFARE 

THE FUTURE OF RUSSIA’S MILITARY

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