ABSTRACT

Soviet military leadership is unable or unwilling to disassociate itself from past experiences. Red Armour Combat Orders illustrates through captured regulations that many of the Soviet Techniques in armoured warfare have remained unchanged over the last four decades. Study of the regulations provides a fundamental understanding of current Soviet armoured tactics and the ways in which they may develop.

chapter |6 pages

Combat Regulations Table of Contents

chapter I|9 pages

Fundamentals

chapter II|11 pages

Command and Control

chapter III|7 pages

Reconnaissance

chapter IV|11 pages

Supply

chapter V|14 pages

March

chapter VII|7 pages

Meeting Engagement

chapter VIII|38 pages

the Offensive

chapter IX|4 pages

Pursuit

chapter X|15 pages

Defense

chapter XI|4 pages

Breaking Combat

chapter XII|5 pages

Quarters and Security While at Rest

chapter XIII|5 pages

Transport of Tanks by Railroad

chapter |2 pages

Editor's Appendices

chapter C|2 pages

Commander and Staffs

chapter |3 pages

D. Tank Corps Order

chapter |3 pages

E. Motorized Rifle Brigade Order