USSR Tank Battalion Organisation in the 1980s
Tank Battalion
Staff
Command Post
Battalion Commander
2 Tank Crew
Tank
UAZ-469
Forward HQ
Deputy Battalion Commander
Political Officer
Operations Officer
Signals Officer
NBC Defence NCO
Driver
Rear HQ
Technical Officer
3 Tank Companies
Command Group
Company Commander
3 Tank crew
1 Tank
Political Officer
Technical Officer
Company Sergeant Major
Clerk
Driver
URAL-375/ZIL-157
3 Tank Platoons
Platoon Leader with pistol
2 Tank commanders with pistols and 2 hand grenades
6 Tank Crew with AKMS and 2 hand grenades
3 Tanks
Supply Platoon (3+31 to 33 men)
ARV-T
6 URAL-375/ZIL-157
1-2 Fuel Trucks
Workshop Truck
BRDM or BTR
Medical Group
1 Medical NCO
8 Medics
1 Ambulance
Note: Tank is T-64/72/80
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This page last updated 23 Dec 1997