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Belarus Ground Forces
In 1994 Belarus had ground forces of 52,500, organized
into
three corps headquarters, two motor divisions, one
airborne
division, one artillery division, three mechanized
divisions, one
airborne brigade, three surface-to-surface missile
brigades, two
antitank brigades, one special duties brigade, and seven
surfaceto -air missile brigades. Equipment included 3,108 main
battle
tanks (seventy-nine T-54, 639 T-55, 291 T-62, 299 T-64,
eight T80 , and 1,800 T-72), 419 medium-range launchers, sixty
surfaceto -surface missiles, and 350 surface-to-air missiles.
By January 1, 1995, the order of battle for the
Belarusian
army had changed. Ministry of Defense forces included the
103d
Guards Air Assault Division and the 38th Separate
Assault-Landing
Brigade; the 28th Army Corps (Hrodna and Brest regions),
composed
of headquarters at Hrodna, the 6th Detached Mechanized
Infantry
Brigade, the 11th Detached Mechanized Infantry Brigade,
the 50th
Detached Mechanized Infantry Brigade, the Armament and
Equipment
base, and corps units (missile troops, antiaircraft,
chemical and
engineer troops, signals, and rear services); the 65th
Army Corps
(Minsk and Vitsyebsk regions), composed of headquarters at
Barysaw, three armament and equipment bases, and corps
units; and
the 5th Guards Army Corps (Minsk and Mahilyow regions)
made up of
headquarters at Babruysk, the 30th Detached Mechanized
Infantry
Brigade, two Armament and Equipment bases, and corps
units.
Data as of June 1995
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