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