Taken from GDW Soviet Combat Vehicle Handbook and Eastern European Sourcebook.

Romania

Recent History: According to ESSB, when the dictator Ceausescu was overthrown in 1989, a new democratic government was formed but was quickly weakened by numerous parties and factions vying for power. Closer links with the West were sought, but Romania’s Magyar problem (basically the way the Romanians were treating their large Hungarian ethnic minority) kept the West and much of the international community at arms length. In 1991 ethnic Romanians living in neighboring Moldavia rioted and demanded autonomy and eventual union with Romania, Hungarians in Romania also rioted and the Ukraine in turn protested at the treatment of ethnic Ukrainians in Moldavia. The Moldavian police suppressed the rioting in Moldavia, and the Romanian security forces suppressed the rioting Hungarians in Romania. The Russians accused the Romanian government of supporting riots in Moldavia, and Romania arrested Russian KGB agents whom they accused of inciting the ethnic Hungarians. Hungary protested at the treatment of ethnic Hungarians in Romania, which was intensified when a Hungarian was shot at the Romanian border with Hungary, and a train station in Cluj was blown up. Tit for tat accusations and expulsions were followed by mass arrests of Hungarians in Romania, which led to Hungary breaking of diplomatic relations with Romania and ethnic Hungarian seceding from Romania and establishing a capitol at Oradea. Romanian troops quickly moved to restore order and put down the secession and when Hungarian demands for Romanian government troops to leave the region were ignored, Hungary along with Bulgarian and Soviet troops invaded Romania in suspiciously rapid fashion. Romania appealed to NATO for help and Serbia and the Ukraine quickly assisted Romania, and formed an alliance and agreed to unify Romania and Moldavia. NATO also recognised Romania and Moldavia as new members and Turkey attacked Bulgaria from Thrace. With the general war in Europe the warfare in Romania quickly became one of attrition, with better trained Romanian forces facing third rate but far larger Soviet forces. When the Serbs withdrew their forces to fight the Soviets in Serbia and Bosnia, the Russians used tactical nuclear weapons to quickly break the deadlock. Although the Soviets captured many Romanian cities the Romanian army simply retreated to the mountains and countryside and continued to harass the Soviet and Hungarian troops who occupied Romania. By 2000 this situation still exists with country starting to get back on its feet remarkably well, and only the persistent Romanian attacks on Soviet troops keeps the general warfare alive.

Government: Romania has no central Government, due to the Soviet and Hungarian invasion. Central Romania including the capital Bucharest and the Ploesti oil field are occupied by the Soviets, and western Romania is occupied by Hungarian forces. The rest of the country is lawless but fairly peaceful. Romanian forces and partisans leave the Romanian population alone and concentrate their attacks on the occupation forces. However western Romania is an exception as much of the population is Hungarian, and Romanians attack both the Hungarian army and ethnic Hungarians.

Population: About 14 million Romanians and Moldavians have survived the war, with most now living in the countryside. Although the nuclear strikes did cause some casualties, most deaths were from harsh winters, disease, and general warfare. Many Romanian cities have survived the war, including the capitol Bucharest (1,470,000), the former Moldavian capitol Kishinev (356,000), the Black Sea port of Constanza (250,000), and Lasi (190,000), Timisoara (163,000), Cluj (159,000), Galati (108,000), Brasov (104,000), Craiova (102,000), Ploesti (101,000), Braila (96,000), Oradea (84,000), and Buzau (75,000).

Industry & Economy: Romania or Moldavia where not major industrial powers before the war and not many factories have survived the war. However some of the oil refineries at Ploesti have survived which provide electricity for Romanian cities, gasoline and lubricants for motor vehicles and industry, and a lot of money for exports in T2K. Wine making has also survived intact and agriculture is booming, and the Romanian population and occupation forces are far better of then many others in the T2K world. Romania’s rail system has survived in good shape and what has been damaged could be very easily repaired, but it is too vulnerable to partisan attack and roads are at the moment the main means of travel in Romania. Many vehicles survived undamaged as the nuclear attack on Romania was limited, and as Romania has substantial supplies of gasoline and its wine making industry can also supply alcohol, vehicles both civilian and military owned are still common.

Armed Forces:

Much of the Romanian Army was destroyed or overrun in the war, but some units have survived with a coherent structure although there is no longer a Romanian high command system. There are also many other former Romanian personnel who are now fighting as small bands of partisans alongside patriotic Romanian civilians. Surviving Romanian Army units are still in fairly good shape, having absorbed other units or making use of both caches of weapons stashed across the Romania countryside and captured Soviet and Hungarian weapons. Partisans are not nearly as well equipped but better armed and supplied than many of their counterparts in other countries.

Romanian equipment is predominantly Soviet or Warsaw Pact in origin, although they have produced a lot themselves. Tanks are TR-85s, M-77s and M-81s (Romanian upgrades of the T-55), T-72s, and T-54/55s, and T-34/85s. Other vehicles include BRDM-3s, BRDM-2s, TAB-77, and BTR-60/50’s. Artillery is a mix of towed 152mm and 122mm howitzers, 100mm and 85mm anti-tank guns, and BM-21 MRL’s. There is also 120mm and 82mm mortars, AT-3 anti-tank missiles, RPG-16, RPG-7’s and ZU-23-4, 57mm and 37mm AA’s and SA-6 and SA-7 SAM’s. The Romanians also used IAR-316Bs and IAR-330s helicopters, but these are unlikely to be still in use, although Soviet forces in Romania may use some captured helicopters along with their own.

Romanian Army

1^st Motorised Rifle Division

This unit is operating as ant-Soviet partisans in the Bucharest area.

Location: Bucharest area, Romania

Troops: 900

Tanks: 1 (1x TR-85)

9^th Motorised Rifle Division

This unit is operating as anti-Hungarian partisans in the Cluj area.

Location: Cluj area, Romania

Manpower: 1,100

18^th Motorised Rifle Division

This unit is operating as anti-Hungarian partisans east of Timisoara.

Location: Timisoara, Romania

Manpower: 1,100

Tanks: 2 (2x TR-85)

2^nd/6^th Combined Mountain Brigade

This unit is an amalgamation of two mountain infantry units from the pre-war Romanian 3^rd Army. It is divided into a number of cantonments along the Danube River from the town of Turnu Severin to the famed Iron Gate Pass near Osrova.

Location: Turnu Severin area, Romania

Manpower: 900

Other Forces

Both the Soviets and the Hungarians have considerable forces in Romania. I will cover both in more detail in my Soviet and Hungarian ORBAT.

Hungarian Army

3^rd Combined Arms Corps

2^nd Tank Brigade

1^st Motorised Rifle Brigade

Soviet Army

DANUBE FRONT

32^nd Air Assault Brigade

3^rd Guards Tank Army

13^th Tank Division

14^th Tank Division

42^nd Guards Tank Division

117^th Guards Tank Division

38^th Army

24^th Motorised Rifle Division

97^th Motorised Rifle Division

Unattached (From Kiev MD)

29^th Guards Motorised Rifle Division

Here is a Romanian ORBAT from the real world when it was part of the Warsaw Pact.

RUMANIAN PEOPLE'S ARMY (RVA)

The RVA consists of very out of date equipment, and in the event of war, would be used on secondary objectives. No divisional helicopter squadrons present. Other Army assets may be available other than shown below. Rumania refuses to participate in any Warsaw Pact exercises and is the least enthusiastic of the Soviet Allies, not allowing Soviet or other Warsaw Pact troops from crossing its territory.

1st RVA Army HQ - Bucharest, RU:

4^th Tank Div (Cat A) - Bucharest, RU: with T-72, T-55, BMP-1, BTR-60, SA-6, D-30, D-20

1^st Motorized Rifle Division (Cat A) - Bucharest, RU: with T-55, BTR-60, S-60, D-30, D-20

1st Mountain Brigade (Cat A) - North of Bucharest, RU: 2 regiments

1st Artillery Brigade - Bucharest, RU: with M-46, D-20

2nd RVA Army HQ - Buzau, RU:

7^th Motorized Rifle Division (Cat A) - Lasi, RU: with T-55, BTR-60, S-60, D-30, D-20

19th Motorized Rifle Division (Cat B) - Constanta, RU: with T-55, BTR-60, S-60, D-30, D-20

57th Motorized Rifle Division (Cat B) - Braila, RU: with T-34, BTR-152, S-60, SU-100

2nd Artillery Brigade - Buzau, RU: M-46, D-20

3rd RVA Army HQ - Craiova, RU:

2nd Motorized Rifle Division (Cat B) - Craiova, RU: with T-55, BTR-60, S-60, D-30, D-20

8th Motorized Rifle Division (Cat B) - Tinnsora, RU: with T-55, BTR-60, S-60, D-30, D-20

3rd Mountain Brigade (Cat A) - Craiova, RU: 2 regiments

3rd Artillery Brigade - Bucharest, RU: with M-46, D-20

4th RVA Army HQ - Cluj, RU:

6th Tank Division (Cat A) - Dej, RU: with T-55, BTR-60, SA-6, D-30, D-20

81st Motorized Rifle Division (Cat A) - Tirgu Mures, RU: with T-55, BTR-60, S-60, D-30, D-20

11th Motorized Rifle Division (Cat A) - Oraden, RU: with T-55, BTR-60, S-60, D-30, D-20

2nd Mountain Brigade (Cat A) - Bistrita, RU: 2 regiments

4th Artillery Brigade - Bucharest, RU: with M-46, D-20

161st Airborne Regiment (Cat A) - Buzau, RU:

2 SSM Brigades: with SCUD

1st Marine Infantry Battalion (Cat A) - Constanta, RU: with BTR-60, 120mm mortar, SA-7

RVA Air Forces

1st RVA Air Army HQ - located Bucharest, RU:

1st RVA Fighter Division: 150 MIG-21, 50 MIG-23 (50 per Squadron)

2nd RVA Fighter Bomber Division: 30 SU-7, 60 MIG-17

Recon Squadron: 18 Il-28

Air Defense Forces: 100 SA-2 or SA-3 deployed at various locations

RVA Reserves

Rumanian reserves could form 3 Motorized Rifle Divisions with old equipment