Organization and armament of a motorized rifle battalion (MSB). Mortar company (battery) on the defensive Artillery mortar battery

Motorized rifle battalion of the Russian army consists of the battalion command, headquarters, combat units and support units. Compound motorized rifle battalion little has changed since the Soviet era, and all the changes are not of a fundamental nature. The main changes affected larger structures: instead of regiments and divisions, brigades appeared, which are now combined into corps.
to combat units motorized rifle battalion relate
. three motorized rifle companies;
. mortar battery;
. anti-tank platoon;
. grenade launcher platoon;
. anti-aircraft missile platoon.
In addition, in motorized rifle battalion there are service and support units:
. communications platoon;
. support platoon;
. battalion medical station

Battalion command includes the battalion commander - as a rule, this is a major or lieutenant colonel, his deputy for work with personnel and deputy for armaments.
battalion headquarters includes the chief of staff (he is also the deputy battalion commander), the battalion communications chief (he is also the commander of the communications platoon), the instructor chemist (ensign) and the clerk (private).
The communications platoon is designed to organize radio and wire communications in the battalion units.
communications platoon consists of a commander's armored personnel carrier (squad commander - he is also a senior radiotelephone operator, driver of an armored personnel carrier) and two radio departments, each consisting of a squad leader, a senior radioman of a low-power radio station in the first compartment and a senior radiotelephone operator in the second compartment, an armored personnel carrier-electromechanic driver in the first compartment and a driver armored personnel carrier in the second compartment.

at KP SME

R-168-5UN-1E

Main characteristics:

Frequency range, MHz
Frequency grid step, kHz
Receiver sensitivity, not worse, µV
Output power small/large, not less than, W
Communication range, km:
Time of continuous operation at a ratio of prd:prm:dej.prm 1:1:8 from a battery 10NMGGTs-7.5S (10NKGTs-6-2), hour 17(16)
Transceiver dimensions, mm
Weight, kg:
working kit
Transceiver (without battery)

Total in communications platoon personnel 13 people, command armored personnel carriers - 1, wheeled armored personnel carriers - 2, radio stations - 22, cables - 8 km.

R-173M

R-173M on armored vehicles

SPECIFICATIONS
Frequency range Transmit 30-75.999 MHz Receive 30-75.999 MHz
Memory organization 10 preset frequencies Frequency spacing 1 kHz
Transition time from one frequency to another 3 sec. Radiation type FM
Operating temperature range -50 ~ +50 °С Alarm systems tone call
Type of power supply network 27 V network 12 V or 220 V (optionally supplied power supplies)
Communication range on medium rough terrain in the parking lot and on the move to the main
2-meter whip antenna - up to 20 km MTBF 6000 hours
Transmitter Type PLL synthesizer (193IE3, 564IE15) Output power 2 / 40 W
Maximum frequency deviation ±5 (±1) kHz
Receiver Double Conversion Superheterodyne Type

Intermediate frequencies 1st 11.5 MHz 2nd 1.5 MHz

A motorized rifle company is a tactical unit that performs tasks, as a rule, as part of the SME, but can also perform tasks independently in reconnaissance and security, as a tactical airborne assault force or a special detachment behind enemy lines.

BTR-90 "Berezhok"

BTR-90 "Rostok"

Motorized rifle company on the armored personnel carrier consists of a company command, three motorized rifle platoons, each of which has three motorized rifle squads. earlier, an anti-tank and machine-gun platoon was present in the company, but now its anti-tank unit was transferred to the battalion level, and machine guns were distributed among platoons.

Motorized rifle company on the armored personnel carrier has 101 people. personnel. The company has 11 BTR-80 9 RPG-7, 63 kalashnikov assault rifle, PC - 6, RPK - 9.

RPG-7V

AK-74M

The composition of the motorized rifle squad

Motorized rifle company on the BMP consists of a company management (11 people), three motorized rifle platoons of 30 people each and three BMP-2 in everyone. In total, there are 92 people in the company, 12 BMP-2 (instead of 11 in Soviet time), 6 RPGs, 18 RPKs, 13 AGS-17 and 4 SVD . Compared to the Soviet period, the company's staff strength is armored personnel carrier decreased by nine, and companies by BMP - increased by two people. By states in 2011, the number BMP it was planned to bring it up to 15 units in the company, but now all this is a big question.

BMP-2

BMP-3M

The layout of the BMP-3:

1 - 100-mm gun - 2A70 launcher (ammunition - 40 unitary rounds, including 22 in the loading mechanism - high-explosive fragmentation ZUOF17, ZUB110-3 with anti-tank missile 9M117, sub-caliber projectiles ZBM-25, rate of fire 10 rounds per minute ), 2 - driver's central shield, 3 - fire safety system control panel, 4 - driver's hatch opening mechanism, 5 - personal kit stowage, 6 - rangefinder transceiver, 7 - turret rotation mechanism, 8 - block lifting mechanism with weapons, 9 - machine gun power, 10 - sight - 1K13-2 guidance device, 11 - illuminator, 12 - PPB-1 sight, 13 - TNPT-1 day guidance device, 14 - R-173 radio station, 15 - laying anti-tank missiles, 16 - tower, 17 - airborne compartment heater, 18 - fire extinguishers, 19 - jet propulsion, 20 - engine bulkhead, 21 - seat with tank sanitary kit, 22 - track roller, 23 - clearance change mechanism, 24 - fighting compartment fencing, 25 - place operator-gunner, 26 - conveyor of the loading mechanism, 27 - compressed air cylinder for starting a diesel engine, 28 - driver's seat, 29 - steering wheel, 30 - brake pedal, 31 - fuel tank, 32 - self-digger, 33 - track tensioning mechanism, 34 - wave reflector.

Infantry fighting vehicle BMP-3

Combat weight
Cannon length
body length
Width over rollers
Overall Width
highest height
	7+2 (additional) people
Max Speed by highway	70 km/h (20 km/h - back)
Maximum speed afloat
Highway range
rate of fire	300 rds/min
firing range
Ammunition for 100mm cannon	40 ATGM rounds
Engine	UTD-29 diesel
Engine power

mortar battery designed to suppress and destroy manpower and firepower located openly, in trenches and dugouts, on the reverse slopes of heights and ravines. Depending on the nature of the target, the duration of firing and the consumption of shells, it can suppress manpower in a section of 2-4 hectares and conduct barrage fire at the front up to 400 m.
A mortar battery consists of a battery control (battery commander, deputy for political affairs, foreman, medical officer, senior driver), control platoon (platoon commander, reconnaissance department, communications department), two firing platoons (each with four 120 mm mortar a ). In total, in the mortar battery: personnel - 66 people, radio stations - 4, mortars - 8, tractors - 8, cables - 4 km. True, in recent times instead of two platoons 120 mm mortars mortar batteries consist of three platoons, the first two of which are armed with three 82 mm mortars 2B14 "Tray", and the third three 82-mm automatic mortar 2B9 Vasilek .

2B14 "Tray"

2B9M "Vasilyok"

Mortar data 2B9 Caliber, mm 082
Angle of vertical guidance, hail -1°; +85° Angle of horizontal guidance, degrees +30°
Weight in combat position, kg: 2B9 - 622 2B9M - 632
Transport vehicle weight, kg 3930
Weight of the system in the stowed position (with ammunition and crew), kg 6060
Transfer time from combat position to marching position and back, min 1.5
Portable ammunition, min 226
Transportation speed by transport vehicle, km/h: on the highway up to 60 off-road up to 20
Calculation, pers. four
Rate of fire, rds/min 170 Practical rate of fire, rds/min 100-120

Sometimes a self-propelled mortar battery is included in the battalion Nona . It consists of two platoons of four installations. Nona S .

Nona-S (2C9)

2C9:
Combat weight - 8 tons. Crew - 4 people
Average specific ground pressure - 0.5 kgf/cm²
Overall dimensions: ~ height - 2300 mm ~ body length - 6020 mm
~ hull width - 2630 mm ~ ground clearance - 100-450 mm
Armament: - 120-mm gun 2A51, ammunition - 25 rounds.
Engine: ~ brand - 5D20. ~ type - diesel. ~ engine power - 240 hp
Maximum speed: ~ on the highway - 60 km / h ~ on the ground - 30-35 km / h
~ afloat - 10 km / h Power reserve on the highway - 500 km, afloat - 75-90 km / h
Obstacles to overcome: ~ ditch width - 2.5 m ~ wall height - 0.7 m
~ overcome rise - 32 gr. ~ roll - 18 gr. ~ fordable - swims
radio station - R-123M

As part of the Serdyukov-Taburetkin reform, it was planned to replace all mortars with six self-propelled howitzers 2S34 "Khosta" - a modernized version of the famous 2C1 Carnation but now the question is up in the air.
Anti-tank platoon- an artillery fire unit designed to destroy tanks and other armored vehicles enemy. It can also be used to destroy other enemy fire weapons, including those located in fortifications.
An anti-tank platoon consists of a platoon command (platoon commander, deputy platoon commander, 2 machine gunners armored personnel carrier , senior driver armored personnel carrier , driver armored personnel carrier ), three ATGM squads and three grenade launcher squads.
The ATGM squad consists of a squad leader (he is also a senior operator), a senior operator, two operators, a machine gunner, a senior driver and a driver launch complex 9M113 Competition or 9M113M Competition M.

"Competition-M"

Tactical and technical characteristics

Firing range, m
Overall dimensions, mm
Container length
Rocket length
Rocket caliber
Wingspan
Weight, kg
Rockets 9M113M
Missiles in TPK
Warhead
	tandem-cumulative
Armor penetration, mm
Armor penetration at an angle of 60 ° С to the normal, mm
Overcoming dynamic protection	ensured
Temperature range of application, °C
Technical rate of fire, rds / min
Launcher 9P135M1
Pointing angles
On the horizon
Vertically
ATGM coordinates determination range, m
Enlargement of the sighting device 9Sh119M1
DF channel 1 field of view:
DF channel 2 field of view:
With constant vignetting aperture	30 arc minutes
With an introductory replaceable diaphragm	10 minutes of arc
Periscope, mm
Mass of PU in a pack, kg
Technical resource:	· 1000 working inclusions, including at least 100 inclusions without adjustment and adjustment; 350 inclusions for Maintenance during the warranty period of operation; 1500 actuations of the trigger mechanism; · 1500 joints with ATGMs.
Warranty period of operation	10 years, of which 3 years of storage in the field
Warranty mileage, km

The grenade launcher compartment consists of a squad leader, a grenade launcher commander, a grenade launcher gunner, and two gun numbers. SPG-9M -1 grenade launchers.

SPG-9M “Spear”

Caliber 73 mm Wheeled machine SPG-9D Weight of grenade launcher with sight 47.6 kg

Weight of the tripod machine 12 kg Weight of the wheel machine 15.9 kg

Mass of a fragmentation projectile 3.7 kg Weight of an armor-piercing projectile 2.6 kg

Grenade launcher length 2100 mm Barrel length 850 mm

Night sight PGN-9 Shot length 770 mm Projectile length 1115 mm

Width in combat position 990 - 1055 mm Height in combat position 800-820 mm

Angle of fire in the plane, degrees:

Vertical (without moving the tripod bed) from -3 to +7 (from -3 to +18)

Horizontal 30

Effective range of armor-piercing projectile 1300 m

Maximum range fragmentation projectile 4500 m

Deployment time from traveling to combat (and vice versa) 35 seconds

Practical rate of fire 5-6 highs / min Armor penetration of a PG-9V shot 300 mm

Armor penetration shot PG-9VS 400 mm

Initial grenade speed 435 m/s Grenade flight speed up to 700 m/s

Calculation 4 people

In total, there are 42 people in the anti-tank platoon of personnel, launchers ATGM 9K11-6, grenade launchers SPG-9M - 3, armored personnel carrier - 5.

There is an anti-tank platoon only in the battalion, whose motorized rifle companies are equipped with armored personnel carrier ami. In the mouth on BMP each combat vehicle is equipped with its own Contests .

Instead of an anti-tank platoon in the company on BMP a machine-gun platoon was included, consisting of two machine-gun squads of three company machine guns each.
grenade launcher platoon It is designed to destroy manpower and firepower of the enemy located outside shelters, in open trenches (trenches) and behind terrain folds.
A grenade launcher platoon consists of a platoon commander, a deputy platoon commander, those squads (in each squad leader, 2 senior grenade launcher gunners, 2 grenade launcher gunners, machine gunner armored personnel carrier , senior driver or driver).
In total, in a grenade launcher platoon of personnel - 26 people, 30-mm automatic grenade launchers AGS-17 - 6, armored personnel carrier - 3.

Anti-aircraft missile platoon designed to destroy aircraft, helicopters, unmanned vehicles and airborne assault forces of the enemy at low and medium altitudes.
The platoon consists of a platoon commander, a deputy platoon commander (also known as a squad leader), three squads (each squad leader, 2 anti-aircraft gunners, machine gunner armored personnel carrier , senior driver armored personnel carrier and driver).
In total, in a platoon of personnel - 16 people, launchers "Strela-2M" or "Igla" - 9, armored personnel carrier -3.

Tactical and technical characteristics
Range affected area, m
Height affected zone, m
Speed ​​of hit targets towards, m/s
The speed of hit targets in pursuit, m / s
Mass of military equipment in combat position, kg
Rocket caliber, mm
Rocket length, mm
Rocket mass, kg
Warhead mass, kg
Transfer time of MANPADS from traveling to combat position, s

Tactical and technical characteristics	Set of equipment "Sagittarius"
The number of launch modules / missiles on the carrier
Reaction time (minimum time from the moment the rocket is turned on to launch), sec
Maximum time allotted for aiming, sec.
Number of rocket launches on one launch module
Time to equip (unequip) the module by one person, min.	no more than 4
Mass of the equipped launcher, kg
Mass of control equipment, kg	no more than 24

Tactical and technical characteristics	OPU "Dzhigit"
Firing sector in azimuth, deg
Firing sector in elevation, hail	-15 to 60
Dimensions in firing position with missiles installed, mm	2180x1546x1304
Folded dimensions with missiles installed, mm
Weight of launcher without missiles, kg
Deployment time in a combat position, min
Rocket reload time, min

Tactical and technical characteristics
Air situation display area, km
The number of targets simultaneously displayed on the probe and transmitted to individual target designators, pcs.
Selection of PEP 1L10-2 targets for tracking	automatic according to characteristics
Probability of detecting targets of the "airplane", "helicopter" type on a head-on course with illumination of 3x10-3 up to the line of 2 km
Supply voltage, V
Temperature range of application, deg.С	-50 to +50
Weight SOSN 9С520 in packages (3 boxes), kg	no more than 120

complex MANPADS "Sagittarius"

The medical center of the battalion is designed to collect the wounded in the battalion and evacuate them, as well as to provide medical assistance. The platoon consists of the head of the medical center (ensign), a medical instructor, two orderlies, a senior driver, and three orderly drivers. The medical center has four cars UAZ-469 and trailer 1-AP-1.5.

front edge conveyor (Luaz-967)

Support Platoon designed for uninterrupted logistics, maintenance of the current repair of combat and transport equipment of the battalion,
The platoon consists of a platoon commander (ensign) and a deputy platoon commander (aka squad leader), from a maintenance department, an automobile department, and an economic department.

In Soviet times, the battalion had reconnaissance platoon and engineering platoon, but the current states do not provide for them.
Maintenance Department consists of a squad leader, a senior autoelectromechanic-accumulator, a car mechanic (fitter), a driver-car mechanic.
The department has: personnel - 4 people, a workshop for servicing vehicles MTO-AT-1, ZIL-131, ZIL-157 under MTO-AT-1.

Automotive department consists of a squad leader (aka deputy platoon leader), 3 senior drivers and 5 drivers. The department has: personnel - 9 people, GAZ-66 trucks for personal belongings and property of the company - 3; GAZ-66 trucks for kitchens and groceries - 4; trucks Ural-4320 for ammunition - 2. The commander of the automobile department is the deputy commander of the support platoon.

Ural-4320

GAZ-66

Economic department consists of a squad leader, a senior cook and 3 cooks. The department has: personnel - five people, trailer kitchens - 4, car trailers 1-AP-1.5, for kitchens - 4, portable kitchen KS-75.

The main firing and tactical subdivision of artillery is the division. Depending on the organizational structure and accessories division may consist of several batteries, control and maintenance units.

A battery (artillery, mortar, rocket or self-propelled artillery G1TURS) is a firing and tactical artillery unit, consisting of firing platoons with a specified number of guns (mortars, combat vehicles, ATGM installations) and a control platoon (squad). On fig. 1 shows an exemplary battery organization diagram.

In combat, a battery can operate as part of a division and be simultaneously assigned to support a company (battalion), in addition, it can be attached to a company (battalion).

A battery operating as part of a battalion may remain at hand to the battalion commander.

The attached battery comes under the command of the company (battalion) commander and performs all the tasks assigned to him. At the direction of the battalion commander or according to a plan drawn up in advance, an attached battery may be called upon to carry out fire missions in the interests of a unit (formation).

The supporting battery, remaining subordinate to the division commander, performs the tasks assigned by the commander of the company (battalion) that it supports.

The mortar subunit, which is part of the battalion, remains in the direct subordination of the battalion commander or is attached to one of the companies to solve fire missions.

Battery rocket artillery acts, as a rule, as part of a division and performs fire missions in the interests of a combined arms unit (compound).

A fire platoon is an artillery fire unit, consisting of one or more guns (mortars, combat vehicles, ATGMs). The platoon performs fire missions as part of a battery or independently.

A weapon (mortar, combat vehicle, ATGM mount) in combat, as a rule, operates as part of a platoon. Personnel directly serving a weapon (mortar, combat vehicle, ATGM installation) is called a gun (mortar) crew or combat vehicle (installation) crew.

Battery control units are designed for reconnaissance, firing support and communications.

To perform fire missions, a battery (platoon) is deployed in battle formation.

The battle formation of a battery consists of firing platoons deployed at a firing position, a command and observation post, and, if necessary, a battery observation post - forward or side.

The battle order of an anti-tank platoon (ATGM platoon) consists of guns (ATGM mounts) deployed in position and a command and observation post.

The battle order must ensure the most rapid and reliable performance of assigned tasks, the best use of subunits in accordance with their weapons and mission, continuous interaction with combined arms subunits and stable command and control of subunits, the possibility of rapid maneuver during combat, as well as the best use of the protective and camouflaging properties of the terrain.

The command and observation post is designed to control fire and battery (platoon) maneuver, conduct reconnaissance of the enemy and the terrain, and monitor the actions of combined arms units. The command and observation post includes a battery (platoon) commander with the forces and means necessary for command and control.

The command and observation post is located in a place that provides the best observation of the enemy, the actions of combined arms units, as well as continuous control and interaction with combined arms units. The commander of a supporting (attached) artillery unit, as a rule, should be with the commander of a company (battalion) or close to him.

The advanced observation post is designed to conduct reconnaissance of the enemy and the area directly in front of the front of combined arms units, to maintain closer communication with them and correct fire on targets not observed from the command and observation post.

A side observation post is intended for conducting reconnaissance of the enemy and the terrain on the flank of a combined arms subunit, for detecting targets and exploding own shells (adjacent observation) and correcting fire at targets not observed from a command observation or forward observation post.

The command and observation and observation posts are located directly on the ground or in command vehicles, specially equipped and equipped with devices for observation and detection of targets, fire control, topographic and geodetic reference, as well as radio communications.

A firing position is a piece of terrain occupied or prepared for occupation by fire platoons of a battery, a fire platoon or a weapon (mortar, combat vehicle, ATGM installation) for conducting fire

Firing positions are divided into main, temporary and reserve.

The main firing position is selected in all types of combat and is intended to carry out fire missions to defeat the most important targets (objects).

A temporary firing position is selected in the defense and is intended to perform individual fire missions (with the support of combined arms units in the supply zone and in the forward position, when firing at distant targets and at night, as well as for performing tasks by nomadic units).

The reserve firing position is intended for maneuvering a battery (platoon, gun) in case of deliberate or forced abandonment of the main position. A reserve firing position is chosen in advance, usually on the defensive.

Artillery tractors of the battery (platoon, guns) are located behind the guns (mortars), to the right or left of them, in a sheltered place - at a distance that ensures reliable communication and their quick advancement to the guns (mortars). This removal can be 300-500 m. Such a removal of the tractors also ensures their safety during the shelling of the firing position of the battery by enemy artillery.

Firing positions can be closed and open.

Closed is a firing position that shelters the material part from ground observation of the enemy, and also hides smoke, dust and the brilliance of shots when firing.

An open position is a firing position in which the materiel is not hidden from enemy ground observation, or, being covered and camouflaged, becomes observable with the start of firing.

An open firing position is usually occupied by ATGM guns and mounts designed for direct fire.

Any firing position should provide reliable camouflage from ground and air enemies, be located, if possible, behind natural anti-tank obstacles in a tank-dangerous direction (especially in defense) and should not be located near prominent local objects. A closed firing position should allow direct fire at enemy tanks that have broken through into the area of ​​firing positions.

In addition, it is very important that hidden and convenient access roads lead to the firing position.

For a battery of anti-tank artillery (ATGM), which constitutes or operates as part of an anti-tank reserve, the main and reserve areas of location, firing lines and a waiting area are assigned.

Location area - a piece of terrain in a tank-hazardous direction, occupied or prepared for occupation by an anti-tank reserve in defense and ensuring its quick exit to the intended firing lines. In the location area, the anti-tank reserve is deployed in battle formation in readiness to destroy enemy tanks that have broken through.

Firing line - a section of terrain in a tank-hazardous direction, scheduled (prepared) for occupation or occupied by an anti-tank reserve during a battle to destroy advancing (counterattacking) enemy tanks.

A waiting area is a section of terrain designated for a hidden location or occupied by an anti-tank reserve before the start of an offensive, as well as when it is moved during an offensive. The waiting area should ensure the rapid advance of units in the right direction. In a waiting area, the anti-tank reserve usually does not deploy in battle formation, but is dispersed in columns by platoon.

For ATGM units and rocket artillery, reloading points can be assigned.

In order to mislead the enemy as to the number and locations of the actual location of artillery subunits, false command and observation posts and false firing positions may be set up. In terms of equipment and camouflage, they should not differ from the actual ones. Nomadic guns (mortars, combat vehicles) and divisions.

The battery (platoon) commander controls the units by issuing verbal combat orders and directives, as well as commands and signals; gun commander (mortar, combat vehicle, ATGM installation) - by giving orders, commands and signals.

The commander of a weapon (mortar, combat vehicle, ATGM installation) is responsible for the constant combat readiness of the crew, the technical condition of the weapon (mortar, combat vehicle, ATGM installation) and tractor (self-propelled base), for the successful completion of combat missions.

When setting a task for calculation, he indicates:

Information about the enemy;

The task of the combined arms unit;

The task of the battery (platoon), the main direction of fire,

time of readiness to open fire;

Fire missions, time and order of their execution; the procedure for preparing materiel and ammunition for firing; the place of the firing position and the tractor, the sectors of fire; the order of action of the crew during the destruction of enemy tanks and motorized infantry that broke into the area of ​​​​the firing position; the order of engineering equipment of the firing position;

Signals and procedures for them, signal observers, deputy.

To control fire and maneuver, the gun (mortar, combat vehicle) commander develops and maintains the following documents:

Recording calculated settings for shooting;

Recording of gun commander firing;

Table of individual gun corrections;

Gun fire card.

With an anti-tank artillery gun (ATGM installation), a card of gun fire (ATGM installations) is developed and maintained at each firing position.

2. Types of fire and firing capabilities of the battery

Depending on the situation, the assigned fire mission and the nature of the targets artillery units fire to destroy, suppress, destroy or debilitate them.

The destruction of the target consists in inflicting such a defeat on it, as a result of which the target completely loses its combat capability and cannot perform its tasks for a long time.

Suppression of a target consists in inflicting such losses (damages) on it and in creating conditions by fire under which it is temporarily deprived of its combat capability, its maneuver is limited (forbidden), or its control is disturbed.

Destruction of a target consists in bringing it into an unusable state.

Exhaustion is carried out by conducting harassing fire with a limited number of guns and ammunition in order to morally and psychologically influence the enemy's manpower.

Fire missions are performed by a weapon (mortar, combat vehicle, ATGM installation), platoon, battery, several batteries and a division at the same time.

In this case, the battery uses the following types of fire:

Fire at a target, conducted independently by a battery, platoon or gun (mortar, combat vehicle, ATGM installation);

Fixed barrage fire (NZO) and mobile barrage fire (PZO), which consists in creating a continuous fire screen on one (NZO) or sequentially on several lines (PZO) in the path of the attacking (counterattacking) enemy.

In addition, a battery within a battalion may be involved in concentrated fire (CO), sequential fire concentration (PSO, single or double) or fire barrage (OS, single or double).

The number of guns involved in the performance of a fire mission depends on the nature and size of the target, the task and conditions of firing, as well as the time available to complete the fire mission.

The battery can simultaneously perform one or two fire missions from a closed firing position or several tasks, depending on the number of guns (combat vehicles, ATGM installations) in the battery with direct fire.

A platoon is usually involved in the destruction (destruction) or suppression of an individual observed target, as well as for firing special-purpose projectiles. The gun is assigned when firing direct fire, when firing to destroy a separate defensive structure from a closed firing position, as well as when firing special-purpose projectiles; in addition, the gun, as a rule, is involved in shooting (creating) a benchmark, and in some cases, a target.

The firing capabilities of a battery depend on the caliber and number of guns in the battery, the nature of the target, the task of firing, the given time to hit the target, technical regime fire and ammunition.

Fire capabilities are expressed by the number of targets (objects) that can be hit (suppressed or destroyed) by battery fire with the required density of the released amount of ammunition at a set time.

§ 2. ACTIONS OF THE COMMANDER OF THE GUNS (MORTAR, COMBAT VEHICLE, ATGM INSTALLATION) AS PART OF ARTILLERY
INTELLIGENCE GROUP

Artillery reconnaissance groups are intended for reconnaissance of the enemy and the terrain, selection of firing positions, reconnaissance of the route and area of ​​concentration, and also for solving other tasks. They are sent by the battery commander as needed.

The number of groups, their composition, tasks, time of expulsion and place of travel are determined by the conditions of the situation. One artillery reconnaissance group may be entrusted with the solution of several tasks.

The commander of a gun (mortar, combat vehicle, ATGM installation) is usually included in the artillery reconnaissance group assigned to select firing positions. This group is sent out from the division or from each battery before being deployed into battle formation and when moving in the course of battle.

An artillery reconnaissance group assigned from a battalion is headed by an officer appointed by the battalion commander; appointed from the battery - by the senior officer of the battery (commander of the firing platoon).

The artillery reconnaissance group makes the selection and topographic and geodetic binding of the firing position, the choice of the location of the means of thrust, as well as the necessary work before taking up the firing position and reconnaissance of access roads.

In batteries of rocket artillery and ATGMs, in addition, they choose places for reloading points.

Having received the task of choosing a firing position, the head of the reconnaissance group marks the area of ​​​​firing positions on the map, maps the route of movement, determines the order of work, calculates the time, sets the task for the personnel allocated to the reconnaissance group, and checks the readiness of the group for work. As a rule, a senior battery officer (commander of a firing platoon), a commander of a gun (mortar, combat vehicle, ATGM installation), a commander of a thrust department and two or three gun numbers trained in chemical, radiation and engineering intelligence.

The group is provided with the necessary devices, engineer-sapper tools, vehicles and means of communication.

The composition of an artillery reconnaissance group is usually appointed in advance and a signal is set for the start of its work.

Upon arrival in the specified area, the head of the group selects the most suitable firing position. The senior battery officer (firing platoon commander), with the help of the gun commander, selects the location of the main gun (mortar, combat vehicle), marks it with a peg, over which he sets the compass, orients it in the given main direction of fire, determines the depth of cover and the smallest sights for the full, smallest and intermediate charges, selects the main aiming point and determines the main goniometer from it. After that, he marks the places for the remaining guns (mortars, combat vehicles) of the battery and marks them.

The commander of the gun (mortar, combat vehicle) may be assigned to work with the compass to determine the main goniometer and to lay out the front of the battery.

Places for guns (mortars, combat vehicles) are planned at intervals of 20-40 m, without significant ledges, so that

it was necessary to fire at a given smallest sight in the main direction and in sectors of 7-50 to the right and left of it, and in some cases to conduct circular fire.

After selecting a firing position and carrying out the above work on it, the head of the reconnaissance group, with the help of the commander of the weapon (mortar, combat vehicle), determines its coordinates on the map using instruments.

Upon completion of the task, the personnel of the group usually remain at the chosen firing position, meet the battery and begin to perform their functional duties.

In 1942 I was drafted into the Red Army. Our group of conscripts was taken to Vnukovo, where airborne formations were formed. Here we were given uniforms and assigned to divisions. I ended up in a mortar battery. After staffing the unit, intensive training began, including parachuting, shooting, and field exercises. For participation in previous battles, our unit received the title of Guards - the 8th Guards Airborne Division. Therefore, before being sent to the front, we took the guards oath, and we were awarded guards badges. At this time it changed military uniform, and we went to the front with shoulder straps instead of buttonholes.

On February 8, the entire division left in cars for the North-Western Front. Our path lay through Moscow, Kalinin, Torzhok and further to the northwest. The February blizzards began, the roads were covered with snow, and traffic jams stretched for many kilometers; On the long road, we ate all the food, even "NZ", and it was still far from the concentration area. bailed out locals helped in any way they could.

After arriving at the concentration area, we again continued on our way to the front, but already on foot. This path seemed hard and long. We walked through settlements, but most of them were destroyed and burned. We were surprised by the complete absence of population, especially near the front line.

At the village of Shubine, which is quite well preserved, a big halt was arranged. In the forest we equipped huts, insulated them as much as possible, and stayed here for about two weeks. We practically did not have food, because by this time (March) the road was full, and a rare car could get through to us. Treasured every crumb of cracker. When our commanders took us to training, we were literally swayed by the wind. In addition, the lice were then so that when everything was fine and we finally washed ourselves in the so-called "bath" - iron barrels, the underwear had to be simply thrown away.

On the way to one of the villages, or rather, to what was left of it, the dead began to come across. They came closer and gasped - yes, these are our paratroopers, with the same shoulder straps with blue edging as ours! On the outskirts of this village in a trench, leaning back, we found the icy corpse of a German machine gunner, his machine gun and a bunch of spent cartridges. Elsewhere we passed a flat field where everything was black. We saw burnt corpses German soldiers and black burnt earth - the Katyushas did a good job here.

We were getting closer and closer to the front, but the cannonade was heard not only in front, but also to our right and left. At night, you could see hot shells flying past us. A column of captured Germans was led towards us. I remember this also because along the way of our unit, leaflets were repeatedly dropped from enemy planes with proposals to surrender and by all means take a bowler hat and a spoon with them.

At the crossing near the river Lovat formed a cluster of people and wagons. German aviation took advantage of this, and a group of Junkers bombed the crossing in a dive flight. A liaison officer from our mortar battery died there.

When we arrived at the combat area, we settled in the forest, where our battery took up a firing line. I was in the control platoon, and the lieutenant took me to the front line to clarify the situation. Ahead there were battles for the village of Kozlove, which changed hands several times. At the end of the day, our battery was urgently built and they were preparing to throw it in for help, but after a while they gave up. The village of Kozlov was taken without a fight.

The Northwestern Front had its own characteristics: almost continuous swamps, lack of roads and limited mobility. It was possible to move only on sun loungers - a marshmallow made of felled trees, laid one by one. The Germans, retreating, laid land mines under such sunbeds, which, during the explosion, formed a huge funnel. We moved slowly, and reached the Redya River, behind which the Germans stood, and further - about 12 kilometers from us - was Staraya Russa. We have set up an observation post tall tree, and not far from it - a log house with a stove made of an iron barrel. From here we monitored the front line of the Germans. This meant that our division had moved from offensive to defensive.

In April 1943, our division was withdrawn from the front line, and we drove through Moscow in a southerly direction ...

From the Northwestern Front, our division arrived in the Usman region of the Voronezh region and became part of the Steppe Front. We camped in the forest, in tents. At this time, reinforcements, weapons, ammunition arrived in the division, and the days of exercises, preparations for the offensive, began for us. At that time, I was a private in the company of the guards of Senior Lieutenant Nikitin, my age, but already awarded orders for battles on the North-Western Front.

Soon, with the outbreak of hostilities on Kursk Bulge, the division set out on a campaign. The walk was only at night, we walked 20-30 kilometers, and sometimes 50-60 kilometers. One of the transitions turned out to be the longest and most difficult. It seemed that there was no strength to go further. Suddenly, the sounds of a military march were heard ahead. This was played by a brass band, and the unexpected sounds of music cheered us up so much that fatigue was removed as if by hand. We passed by the orchestra and the commanders who stood there in a clear soldier formation. Soon the forest appeared ahead - the place of our daytime rest. Delighted, we, as always, set to work first to wash and shave, and there the cauldrons of soldiers' porridge were already ready. After breakfast, some were supposed to go on duty, some were on duty, and the rest remained to rest until the next transition. So we walked through the Voronezh, Tambov villages, passed Lipetsk, Lebedyan, Dankov - almost to Tula. Then we were transferred to the southern direction.

We moved in marching order through Korocha, Belgorod, which were still smoking from recent battles. One could feel the closeness of the front. All along the way I met broken and abandoned military equipment Germans. On the approach to the front line, we had to witness a major air battle. A large number of aircraft were circling in the sky, and continuous machine-gun fire could be heard. The planes were falling, leaving a trail of smoke behind them, and several parachutes were visible.

At dawn on August 18, the division reached its starting lines. Scattered in a chain, we went forward, first over virgin soil, then over an unharvested wheat field. The oncoming battle began. The Germans met us with dense fire, from which the attacking chains lay down. Mortar fire intensified. By evening it became clear that we had made very little progress and suffered heavy losses.

In order to stop our offensive and prevent the liberation of Kharkov, the Germans transferred a powerful tank "wedge" from the Akhtyrka area in the direction of the city of Bogodukhov. Only after three days of stubborn fighting, which our division fought as part of the 20th Corps, as a result of a night attack, the Ivanovskaya experimental breeding base (now the village of Solnechny) was captured. We took up defensive positions on the mountainside facing the Germans. Our positions were clearly visible and were constantly under shelling. From time to time "Junkers" flew in, dived one after another on our trenches, on the buildings of the state farm, in the basements of which the local population was hiding.

While in these trenches, we learned the good news about the liberation of Kharkov. It was August 23, 1943.

The next night I was on night watch ahead of our lines. In the middle of the night, the clang of caterpillars and the muffled noise of engines were suddenly heard. I was alert, but the noise of the motors was gradually removed. In the morning the order to attack was given. Our planes flew over us, firing at the advancing Germans, our tanks rushed from the right flank, which immediately raised our spirits. Coming out on an open field, we scattered in a chain. Suddenly, a machine gun fired from the right flank, we had to lie down. The mortar shelling began. The only way out of it is to dig into the ground. Feverishly, under enemy fire, we dug the ground. I happened to be next to a soldier with whom they were called together from the same city. As soon as we squeezed into one trench together, a mine exploded a meter away from us. The shelling ended as suddenly as it began. Then we realized that, while retreating, the Germans had left a barrier, which delayed our advance. Our regiment suffered losses. But we stubbornly went forward, freeing the Ukrainian villages.

After the loss of Kharkov, the enemy rolled to the west, undertaking counterattacks only in large settlements, in which they tried to cling to and stop our offensive. So it was in Kotelva, where the Germans concentrated large forces. They fired at our advancing columns, we dispersed, advanced to the outskirts of the village and broke into Kotelva at night. However, it was not possible to seize this stronghold on the move; they had to take up defense and conduct street battles. Once the company commander received an order to mark the front line with fires for the night. We carried out the order, and with the onset of darkness, our U-2s flew in and, with their engines turned off, planned to bomb the German trenches. Seeing the impossibility of quickly capturing Kotelva, the command decided to force the enemy to retreat by a detour. Our division was withdrawn from positions and sent to the right flank, where the successful advance of our troops and the threat of encirclement forced the Germans to begin a retreat.

One of the episodes of this offensive comes to mind: we are advancing along a broad front, ahead of us is boundless space, groves, copses. The Germans fired from eight-barreled mortars (we recognized them by the characteristic sound during the shot), and we went forward with machine guns in our hands and everything, even the battalion commander, gnawed seeds in some kind of nervous tension. The Germans broke away, apparently, at a decent distance and only insignificant, small groups fought a rearguard battle.

At one of the farms, our regiment was ordered to take up defense. At this time, replenishment arrived to us - cadets of the Novosibirsk Infantry School. Our division has already significantly thinned out: from the previous composition, sometimes 5-7 people remained in a platoon, and there were 50-80 people in battalions. So the replenishment turned out to be just in time. We began to dig in near the farm on a small hill. And by evening, 6 or 7 tanks appeared in the rays of the setting sun. These were the "tigers", followed by the German infantry. As they approached our line of defense, tension mounted. Someone could not stand it and ran, but the deputy regiment commander stopped the panic in time. To our left, in a small grove, the guns of our regimental artillery were brought to direct fire. An artillery duel began. The tanks crawled slowly, as if reluctantly, firing their cannons and machine guns at our trenches and battery. Having met oncoming dense fire from all types of weapons, the tanks stopped about two hundred meters from us. Behind our position, a hut set on fire by shots caught fire, and our every movement became clearly visible. The brunt of the battle lay on the shoulders of our gunners. Thanks to them, the tanks were stopped and the German infantry could not attack us. By morning, the battle had died down. On the field there are three lined German tanks. Our losses were great: almost all artillery crews were put out of action, all around, in the trenches and next to them, our dead soldiers were lying, parts of their bodies were scattered - everywhere, even on trees. It's scary to think about it.

On the same day, the offensive continued. By evening we reached some kind of forest and already in the dark we accidentally wandered into the enemy’s position. An unimaginable panic arose among them, and indiscriminate shooting began. We, too, were confused by surprise, but quickly orientated ourselves and began to hastily go in the opposite direction.

Ahead of us was a large settlement Opishnia. The fighting here was also stubborn, but the forces were on our side, and in a few days the Germans were ousted from Oposhnya. We took up defensive positions in the field. It was autumn time, it started to rain. Because of them, the trenches turned into a continuous mess, but the position could not be left - it was necessary to hold the defense. We dragged sheaves from the field for bedding, planted them, and the rain keeps pouring and pouring. Soaked to the skin. We were only changed in the morning. A short rest, and again forward - ahead of Poltava. I remember that at that time there were continuous fogs in the mornings, and it was difficult to navigate. Our units were transferred from one position to another, and now it is difficult to reconstruct the map of our battles. I remember only September 23, when the outskirts of Poltava appeared in the distance. When we entered the city, the Germans had already left it. There were many destroyed houses in Poltava, the buildings of factories were especially damaged. It was raining again, and we were glad to rest under the surviving roofs - in the conditions familiar to humans. While staying in Poltava, we visited the field and near the monument erected in honor of the victory of Peter I over the Swedes.

After Poltava, our advance to the Dnieper did not meet the resistance of the Germans ...

Forcing the Dnieper

The crossing of the Dnieper was given to our division with great labor and bloodshed.

On one of the October nights, the 3rd battalion of our regiment crossed to the other side of the Dnieper, where the Germans settled in the depths. The rest of the regiment was located in a shelter on the left bank. Suddenly, in the middle of the day, from the right bank, the sounds of a growing gunfight were heard. We ran out of hiding and saw how the Germans were attacking our brother-soldiers, and they, firing back, retreated, rushed into the water and tried to swim to "their" shore. Splashes from bursts of shells and machine-gun bursts were visible on the water. Fire was also fired on our left bank. Having taken cover, having chosen a position, we tried to conduct aimed fire at the attackers, but the distance to them was too great, and it was not possible to stop them. Few of the 3rd Battalion made it to our shore. Among these few, I remember, was a radio operator with a walkie-talkie.

The next night, our first battalion under the command of senior lieutenant Ignatchenko, using rafts and boats, crossed to the other side. The Germans, apparently, did not expect that after yesterday's events, someone would dare to occupy this bridgehead again. So the crossing went smoothly. They occupied the defense in the same place where the 3rd battalion was yesterday, and thoroughly dug in. In the morning, upon discovering our presence, the Germans began to fire at us with large mortars, then with machine guns, but all this was not successful. Their attack ran into such a backfire that the Germans were forced to retreat. Five nights and days the battle for this bridgehead continued. Food in thermoses was delivered to us from the left bank at night, at the same time the wounded were transported. After several unsuccessful attacks, the Germans brought up heavy mortars and other guns. Before the next attack, they began to carry out intensive shelling, at the same time as the Junkers circled in the sky and bombed our positions in a dive flight. Nothing broke us, and after each attack the Germans retreated, leaving their dead on the battlefield. During the day, it was impossible to walk in the location of the bridgehead, everything was shot through.

In combat, it is very important that a soldier feel the presence of his commander. This is especially important when the unit operates in isolation from its main forces. Battalion commander Ignatchenko was an excellent commander. Unfortunately, he died in subsequent battles in Right-Bank Ukraine.

One night, at the end of 5 days, a command passed through the trenches: everyone should head to the shore. We took turns withdrawing from our positions and crossed to the left bank. Our 22nd Guards Airborne Regiment, as part of the 8th Guards Division, was withdrawn from the fighting on the Dnieper. We were transferred to its right bank a little lower, in the place where the crossing was already well established. The main strike forces of the army operated here, and after the crossing, our division was also brought into battle to develop success and expand the bridgehead in Right-Bank Ukraine.

In the initial period of the fighting in the Right-Bank Ukraine, we moved forward quite quickly, since after the Dnieper the Germans could not gather their strength and retreated everywhere. Their stubborn resistance began with Novo-Starodub. The fighting was going on in the village itself, half of which was occupied by the Germans, and our units had already reached the hill on the right flank. From there, we could see how Il-2 attack aircraft destroyed the German trenches at low level. We rushed from house to house moving deeper into the village. When I ran from one barn to another, a German machine gunner spotted me and gave me a burst. One bullet went through my leg and I fell. My comrade crawled up to me, bandaged the wound and pulled me out to the outskirts of the village.

After treatment in hospitals in Kharkov in the summer of 1944, I was sent to the 2nd Guards Mechanized Corps, in which I went through Romania and Hungary.

Soon, those who had a secondary education were sent to Transylvania for junior lieutenant courses of the 2nd Ukrainian Front. There I met the end of the war.

360. The tasks of the mortar company (battery) in defense:

Suppression (destruction) of enemy manpower accumulating behind shelters for an attack;

Suppression of fire weapons (machine guns and mortars) located openly and on closed positions, and blinding the enemy with smoke mines;

Participation in counter-training;

Support for combat outposts from reserve positions;

Setting barrage fire on the near approaches to the front line;

Destruction of the enemy who broke through into the depths of the defense, cutting off his escape routes and supporting counterattacks.

361. Mortar fire in the defense is included in the general. artillery fire system and is planned by the commander of the artillery infantry support group.

362. The organization of control must ensure fire maneuver and the rapid movement of mortars. This is achieved:

Careful study of the area and well-organized reconnaissance and surveillance!;

Echeloned arrangement of firing positions, which makes it possible to hit the enemy on the outskirts of the defensive zone and when he is wedged into the depth of defense;

Availability of reliable communication between observation posts and firing positions;

Advance preparation of data for shooting,

363. For mortars, in addition to the main one, several spare positions are being equipped.

During reconnaissance by the enemy of the front line of defense, the company (battery) opens and fires on the order of the battalion commander with part of the mortars from reserve positions. After completing the task, the mortars change positions.

In order to repel enemy infantry attacks on the forward edge and cut it off from tanks, and the nearest enemy reserves from its advanced units and to destroy the enemy inside the defensive zone, areas of barrage fire are selected in advance and sighted.

A company (battery) receives 2-3 such sites.

364. During the period of the enemy's approach to the front line of the defense, mortar fire is carried out at previously targeted lines, as well as at advantageous targets. The fire continues until the mine explosions endanger their infantry located on the front line.

365. If the enemy wedges into the front line of defense, part of the mortars with their fire suppresses and destroys him; the rest of the mortars border the areas captured by the enemy / barrage fire and do not allow the enemy to spread further.

366. Repelling an attack by an enemy tank assault, a mortar company, in close cooperation with individual guns, anti-tank rifles and heavy machine guns, strikes the enemy’s landing fire weapons, cuts off the infantry from the tanks with fire, preventing it from retreating and moving forward.

367. If the enemy managed to surround the defense center, the mortars do not allow the enemy to penetrate into the depth of the defense center.

When leaving the encirclement, the mortar company (battery) with concentrated fire prepares an infantry attack on the intended area of ​​the breakthrough.

368. When the front of defense is wide, the mortar company (battery) is attached entirely to rifle subunits operating in the main direction.

369. To cover the exit from the battle rifle units a mortar company (battery) can be reassigned platoon-by-platoon to their commanders. The commander of a mortar company (battery) must scout the next line in advance and select firing positions on it.

Organizing a retreat to the next line, the company (battery) commander indicates:

Escape sequence;

Ways of withdrawal and order of occupation of firing positions;

Methods of control and communication.

During the exit from the battle, the company (battery) must be constantly ready to cover the flanks of the retreating rifle subunit with fire.

370. In order to repel a night attack by a mortar company (battery), preparations are made before dark, including the following measures:

Firing position equipment for night shooting (lanterns, milestones);

Choice of night landmarks;

Determination of firing lines and areas of night barrage fire on the ground;

Preparing data for shooting;

Establishment of light and backup signals to call fire.

371. Mortars in defense at night can lead:

Barrage fire according to pre-prepared data;

Fire on the area and on the lines (approaches) shot during the day;

fire on separate purposes, revealing itself with flashes or illuminated by rockets and projectiles.

The call for fire, its control (concentration and transfers) and the cessation are carried out according to the signals established by the day.

372. When defending a small locality a mortar company (battery) can be located outside it, with the task of hitting enemy firepower and manpower as it approaches the outskirts of a populated area, especially on approaches that are not accessible to artillery and infantry weapons.

If the enemy breaks into a populated area, the company (battery) cuts off the units that have broken through from the nearest reserves with fire and destroys them. ,

For the rest, the company (battery) is guided by the instructions for the mortar platoon.

When defending a large settlement, mortar companies (batteries) operate dispersed in platoons.

373. In winter conditions, the advancement of mortars and the delivery of ammunition are carried out on sledges, horse packs and human packs. To supply ammunition from the company's combat supply point to the firing position, ski installations or drags can be used.

Firing positions must be chosen near roads, trails or ski tracks.

When equipping positions, trenches, shelters and communications can be torn off in the snow

All structures are masked by snow; the material part is painted white.

Special attention refers to the protection of the mortar position from unexpected attacks by enemy ski units

374. In the mountains, a mortar company (battery) is used by platoon.

82-mm mortars and ammunition for them are transported on horse packs and carried by crew forces.

375. Firing positions for mortars are selected on the reverse slopes, in valleys and hollows, observation posts - in close proximity to the firing position.

With a limited horizon and in cloudy conditions, it is necessary to have additional observation posts, which are dispersed along the front, in depth and in height.

The main means of communication are radio and signaling.

376. Reliable supply of fire to the most important directions and approaches in the mountains is achieved by a combination of mortar, artillery and machine-gun fire.

Mortar subunits fire on gorges, gorges and reverse slopes of heights.

The company (battery) commander pays special attention to the economical use of ammunition and their timely replenishment,

377. The mortar company (battery) is replaced at night in the order indicated by the battalion (regiment) commander.

Guides must be sent in advance from the company (batteries) to be replaced.

The commanders of the replacement unit should arrive at the point before dark and familiarize themselves in detail with:

With the location of the enemy,

Its activities, with identified goals;

With terrain, landmarks and benchmarks; with what benchmarks were shot, what targets were fired at, and with the results of the shelling

The commander of the replacement subunit receives a diagram of landmarks and targets, a table of initial data from the main and reserve positions, data for firing at night and in low visibility conditions.

All wired communication installed at the position is left for use by the replacement unit until new communication lines are brought up.

378. Shift sequence: first, mortars at firing positions are replaced, then observers and communications units, after them traction means. Platoon and company commanders (batteries) are the last to be replaced.

379. Until the end of the shift, the commander of the mortar company (battery) to be replaced is in command. The commanders report the change to the commander of the rifle unit they support.

380. The combat power point of a mortar company (battery) is deployed in the area indicated by the company (battery) commander.

Ammunition is supplied from the battalion combat supply point to the combat supply point of the mortar company of the battalion, and to the combat supply point of the mortar battery - from the regimental combat supply point.

Ammunition is brought to firing positions from the combat supply point by carriers allocated from mortar platoons

381. For each mortar compartment there must be an emergency supply of at least 1/3 of the combat kit, which is consumed by order of the commander of the mortar company (battery).

In anticipation of a large consumption of mines at firing positions or near them, stocks of mines are laid out on the ground or in niches and cellars; when changing firing positions, ammunition must be transferred to a new position in one or more steps.

382. When operating in the depths of the enemy's defense, platoons of battalion mortar companies reassigned to rifle companies receive ammunition through the combat supply points of these companies.

Chapter 10
Company of anti-tank rifles of the regiment

General provisions

383. The fire of a company of anti-tank rifles, combined with the fire of anti-tank guns, is the basis of anti-tank fire.

A company always operates in a tank-dangerous direction in cooperation with anti-tank guns and other fire weapons. In order to fulfill its tasks, a company of anti-tank rifles must know the tasks of rifle subunits and neighbors operating in a given tank-dangerous direction.

A company of anti-tank rifles is full

384. The place of the commander of a company of anti-tank rifles in battle is in the most important direction with one of his platoons, from where it is more convenient for him to observe the battlefield, or with the commander of a battalion (regiment).

385. The commander of a company of anti-tank guns is obliged:

Maintain constant communication with their platoons and monitor their combat missions;

Provide platoons with ammunition in a timely manner;

Always be ready to concentrate the company in the indicated direction,

386. Reassignment of units of anti-tank rifles to rifle companies (battalions) is carried out by order of the regiment commander.

Motorized Rifle Battalion (MSB)- the main combined arms unit. It is organizationally part of a motorized rifle brigade (regiment).

The purpose of the units of the motorized rifle battalion

Battalion command - battalion commander, deputy for work with personnel and deputy for armaments.

battalion headquarters - chief of staff, he is also the deputy battalion commander, the battalion communications chief, he is also the commander of the communications platoon, instructor chemist (ensign) and clerk.

communications platoon - designed to organize radio and wire communications in the battalion units.

The communications platoon consists of a commander's infantry fighting vehicle (squad commander - he is also a senior radiotelephone operator, an infantry fighting vehicle driver) and two radio squads. In total, there are 13 people in the communication platoon of personnel, 1 commander's armored personnel carriers, 2 wheeled armored personnel carriers, 22 radio stations, 8 km of cable.

Motorized rifle company - tactical unit, performs tasks, as a rule, as part of the SME, but can also perform tasks independently in reconnaissance and security, as a tactical airborne assault force or a special detachment behind enemy lines.

mortar battery - fire and tactical artillery unit. The battery is designed to suppress and destroy manpower and firepower located openly, in trenches and dugouts, on the reverse slopes of heights and ravines. Depending on the nature of the target, the duration of firing and the consumption of shells, it can suppress manpower in a section of 2-4 hectares and conduct barrage fire at the front up to 400 m. foreman, medical officer, senior driver), control platoon (platoon commander, reconnaissance department, communications department), two fire platoons (each with four 120-mm mortars). In total, in the mortar battery: personnel - 66 people, radio stations - 4, mortars - 8, tractors - 8, cables - 4 km.

grenade launcher platoon - powerful weapon of a motorized rifle battalion. Designed to destroy enemy manpower and firepower located outside shelters, in open trenches (trenches) and behind terrain folds.

A grenade launcher platoon consists of a platoon commander, a deputy platoon commander, those squads (in each squad leader, 2 senior grenade launcher gunners, 2 grenade launcher gunners, an armored personnel carrier machine gunner, a senior driver or driver).

In total, the platoon of personnel - 26 people, 30-mm automatic grenade launchers AGS-17-6, BMP - 3.

Battalion medical center designed to collect the wounded in the battalion and evacuate them, as well as to provide medical assistance. The platoon consists of the head of the medical center (ensign), a medical instructor, 2 orderlies, a senior driver, 3 orderly drivers.

In total there are: personnel - 8 people, wheeled conveyors - 3, an ambulance, a trailer 1-AP-1.5.

Support Platoon - designed for uninterrupted logistics, maintenance of the current repair of combat and transport equipment of the battalion. The platoon consists of a platoon commander (ensign) and a deputy platoon commander (aka squad leader), from a maintenance department, an automobile department, and an economic department.

Maintenance Department consists of a squad leader, a senior autoelectromechanic-accumulator, a car mechanic (fitter), a driver-car mechanic. The department has: personnel - 4 people, a workshop for servicing vehicles MTO-LT-1, ZIL-131, ZIL-157 under MTO-AT-1.

Main armament:

Weapon

Tactical and technical characteristics of weapons of small and medium business.
mortars

anti-tank missile systems

BMP and armored personnel carrier

Organization and armament of a motorized infantry battalion (MPB) of the US Army.

The composition of the units of the mechanized infantry battalion of the US Army, its

purpose

The mechanized infantry battalion of the US Army is the main combat

division.

The motorized infantry battalion organizationally consists of:

Command and staff;

headquarters company;

Four motorized infantry companies;

Anti-tank company.

Total in motorized infantry battalion:

L / s - 896 people.

BMP M2 "Bradley" - 54 units.

BRM M3 - 6 units.

BTR M 113A1 - 23 units.

ATGM "TOU" - 12 units.

PU ATGM "Dragon" - 36 units.

106.7 mm self-propelled min. - 6 units.

KShM M577A1 - 8 units.

7.62 mm RPM60 - 70 units.

Cars - 114 units.

R / station - 250 units.

Headquarters and command of the MPB

L / s - 24 people.

headquarters company

Designed for planning and managing combat operations, accounting

personnel, organization of combat and logistic support as full-time,

and attached units.

Consists of: 1. Company management:

BMP M-2 "Bradley" - 2 units;

KShM - 3 units.

2. Six platoons.

Reconnaissance Platoon

Consists of: - management (BRM M3 - 2 units);

Two reconnaissance sections of two

BRM M3 in each.

Total: - l / s - 29 people;

BRM M3 - 6 units.

mortar platoon

Consists of: - control (automatic - 2 units);

Two mortar sections each

KShM M577A1 and three - 106.7 mm SM M 106A2.

Total: - l / s - 34 people;

106.7 mm SM - 6 units;

KShM - 2 units;

Cars - 2 units.

Platoon ____________ communications

Consists of: - management;

radio communication sections;

Sections of wire communication.

Total: - l / s - 18 people;

BTRM 113A1 - 2 units.

medical platoon

Consists of: - management;

First aid point;

evacuation section.

Total: - l / s - 47 people;

BTR M113A1 - 8 units.

Support Platoon

Consists of: - control on KShM M577A1 - 1 unit;

3 sections: 1) transport;

3) nutrition.

Total: - l / s - 112 people;

KShM - 1 unit;

Cars - 58 units.

Repair Platoon

Consists of: - management;

Eight sections:

1) administrative;

2) repair;

3) technical support of the headquarters and headquarters company;

4) four sections of those. provision of motorized infantry companies;

5) section of those. providing an anti-tank company.

Total: - l / s - 79 people;

BTR M113A1 - 5 units.

Total in the headquarters company:

L / s - 345 people;

BMP M2 "Bradley" - 2 units;

BRM M-3 - 6 units;

106.7 mm SM - 6 units;

7.62 mm Pool. M-60A2 - 6 units;

BTR M-113A1 - 15 units;

KShM - 6 units;

Cars - 60 units.

Motorized infantry company

The motorized infantry company is the main combat unit of the battalion.

Consists of: - company management;

Three motorized infantry platoons.

Control

L / s - 11 people;

BMP M2 "Bradley" - 1 unit;

BTR M113 - 1 unit.

Motorized infantry platoon

Consists of: - control section: 1) l / s - 8 people;

2) BMP M2 "Bradley" -1 unit

3 motorized infantry squads - 9 people each.

The department consists of: - commander of the department;

Deputy com. otd.;

BMP gunner-operator;

Mech driver BMP;

Operator of PU ATGM "Dragon";

Machine gunner;

Senior shooter;

shooter;

Grenade shooter.

In combat, a squad may be subdivided into fireteams.

Total in MPV:

L / s - 35 people;

PU ATGM "Dragon" - 3 units;

7.62mm Man. pool. M-60 - 3 units;

BMP M2 "Bradley" - 4 units.

Total in MNR:

L / s - 116 people;

BTR M113A1 - 1 unit;

BMP M2 - 13 units;

PU ATGM "Dragon" - 9 units;

7.62mm Man. pool. M-60 - 9 units;

5.56mm machine guns - 18 units;

Auth. screw. M16A1 - 74 units;

40mm underbarrel grenades. M203 - 18 units.

Anti-tank company

Represents a commander's mobile anti-tank reserve

motorized infantry battalion.

Consists of: - management: 1) l / s - 3 people;

2) BTR M113A1 - 1 unit.

3) anti-tank platoons.

The platoon consists of: - management: 1) l / s - 4 people;

2) BTR M113A1 - 1 unit.

4 anti-tank sections:

in the section: 1) l / s - 4 people;

2) self-propelled ATGM "TOU" M901 - 1 unit.

Total in platoon:

L / s - 20 people;

ATGM "TOU" - 4 units;

BTR M113A1 - 1 unit.

Total in anti-tank company:

L / s - 63 people;

ATGM "TOU" M901 - 12 units;

BTR M113A1 - 4 units;

7.62mm RP M60 - 12 units. and other weapons.