Structure of the Czechoslovak People's Army 1989

At the end of the Cold War in 1989 the Czechoslovak People's Army structure was as follows:[1]

Ministry of National Defence

General Staff of the Czechoslovak People's Army

Western Military District

District HQ
9th Tank Division
1st Army
1st Tank Division
2nd Motor Rifle Division
19th Motor Rifle Division
20th Motor Rifle Division
4th Army
3rd Motor Rifle Division
4th Tank Division
15th Motor Rifle Division
Soviet HQ
18th Motor Rifle Division
15th Tank Division
31st Tank Division
48th Motor Rifle Division
Western Military District main units and Soviet formations (in red) in 1989
Western Military District Operational Structure in 1989 (click to enlarge)

1st Army

1st Army Structure in 1989 (click to enlarge)

4th Army

4th Army Structure in 1989 (click to enlarge)

Eastern Military District

District HQ
13th Tank Division
14th Tank Division
30th Motor Rifle Division
Eastern Military District main units and Soviet formations (in red) in 1989
Eastern Military District Operational Structure in 1989 (click to enlarge)

Air Forces Command

Air Forces Command Structure in 1989 (click to enlarge)
10th Air Army
1st Fighter Division
34th Fighter-Bomber Division

Air Defence Command

Air Defence Command Structure in 1989 (click to enlarge)
2nd Air Defence Division
3rd Air Defence Division

Regimental and Battalion Organization

Below follow the organizations of the regiments in the Tank and Motor Rifle divisions:

By the end of the Cold War the standard main battle tank in the Czechoslovak tank regiments was the T-72M or T-72M1 of which Czechoslovakia had built 973. Some of the tank units in motor rifle divisions still fielded the locally produced T-54A.

Motor rifle units fielded the locally produced BVP-1 tracked infantry fighting vehicle and the OT-64 wheeled armored transports vehicle.

Divisional artillery regiments were organized as follows: (Note: 1st Army divisional artillery regiments replaced their 122mm M1938 towed howitzers with 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled howitzers in the late 1980s)[3][4]

Divisional anti-aircraft missile regiment were organized as follows and began to introduce either 20x 2K12 Kub or 20x 9K33 Osa surface-to-air missile systems in the early 1980s. When the Cold War ended all divisions except for the 13th Tank division and the 3rd and 15th Motor Rifle divisions had received Kub or Osa systems:

Civil defence regiments supported the authorities during times of national disaster:

Divisional reconnaissance battalions were organized as follows:

Divisional separate rocket launcher divisions were organized as follows:[5]

Divisional Chemical Defence battalions were organized as follows:

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