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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCYWASHINrON .D.C. 20505

25 AUG 1980

MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Central Intelligence

FROM : John N. McMahonDeputy Director for Operations

SUBJECT : COMBAT POTENTIALS of the Armament andCombat Equipment of the Ground Forcesand Aviation of the USSR and of theArmies of the Probable Enemy, and Tableof the Combat Potentials of Large Units

1. The enclosed Intelligence Information SpecialReport is an addendum to the original report which wasissued on 2 August 1977.

2. Because the source of this report is extremelysensitive, this document should be handled on a strictneed-to-know basis within recipient agencies..

.o J-own N. McMahon

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COUNTRY USSR/WARSAW PACT

DATE OF DATE 25 August 1980INFO. 197 7

SUBJECT

COMBAT POTENTIALS of the Armament and Combat Equipment ofthe Ground Forces and Aviation of the USSR and of the

Armies of the Probable Enemy and Table of Combat Potentialsof Large Units

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An Intelligence Information Special Report with the aboveheading and number was issued on 2 August 1977. The. follow-ing is an update to that report:

Source learned from the Soviet General Staff officerswho authored the Combat Potentials documents referencedabove that the comparisons contained in these documentswere calculated on the basis of mathematical methods basedon the use of a computer. Source was unable to ascertainwhat factors went into the mathematical equations. TheSoviet General Staff officers informed Source that thesetables are still valid and in current use in 1980.

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCYWASHINGTON, D.C. 20505

2 August 1977

MEMORANDUM FOR: The Director of Central Intelligence

FROM : William W. WellsDeputy Director for Operations

SUBJECT COMBAT POTENTIALS of the Armament and CombatEquipment of the Ground Forces and Aviationof the USSR and of the Armies of theProbable Enemy, and Table of the CombatPotentials of Large Units

1. The enclosed Intelligence Information Special Report isa translation from Russian of two SECRET Soviet documents,consisting of tables comparing the combat potentials of USSR andNATO tanks, self-propelled artillery, infantry combat vehicles,armored personnel carriers, field artillery and mortars, antitankmeans, air defense means, and aircraft, and also the combatpotential of USSR/Warsaw Pact and NATO ground force divisions.Some new Soviet weapons are listed, The documents are dated1977.

2. Because the source of this report is extremelysensitive, this document should he handled on a strictneed-to-know basis within recipient agencies,

illiam W. Wells

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COUNTRY USSR/WARSAW PACT

DATE OF DATE 2 August 1977INFO. 1977

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COMBAT POTENTIALS of the Armament and Combat Equipment of theGround Forces and Aviation of the USSR and of the Armies of theProbable Enemy and Table of the Combat Potentials of Large Unit

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Summary

The following report is a translation from Russian of twoSECRET Soviet documents, consisting of tables comparing thecombat potentials of USSR and NATO tanks, self-propelledartillery, infantry combat vehicles, armored personnel carriers, A

field artillery and mortars, antitank means, air defense means,and aircraft, and also the combat potential of USSR/Warsaw Pactand NATO ground force divisions. Some new Soviet weapons arelisted.

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03 BAT POTENTIALS

of the amanent and combat equipment of thepomd forces and aviation of the USSR and of

the armies of the probable enemy

Groumd forces and aviation of the USSR Amies of the probable enam

Nomenclature of armament Combat Nomenclature of armament Combatpotential potential

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TANKS AND SELF-PROPELLED ARTILLERY, INFANTRY C4AT VEHICLES, AORD PERSW EL

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T-SS 1.00 "OA3 MO40MT-62 1.00 -M-1 (experimental) 2.50.-T-64A 50- 'Leopard-A4" 1.50T.80- .80. "Leopard-2" 2.40O .T-64. - 2.10- "Chieftain mk-S" 1.50T-72 1.50 - AMK-30 1.10T-72 with TPD-k1-

(tank gm D-klj 1.70 "Leopard-1" 1.10T-80 rove) -.. 8 MBT-80 0.

. 0.90 1460A2 22T-44 0.75 M60A1 1.10,T-34 (85-nu gm) 0.49 "Leopad1A1" .40T-1(N 1.51 M48, M48A1 1.00IS-2M 0.70 M47 1.10,'IS-3 0.83 M41 0.36IT-1 0.80 M5;1- 0.83FT-76 0.48 AMt(-13/75-f gum, SS-1131 0.80ISU-152 0.79 AMK-13/90-m gm 0.54SU-122 0.60 T-59 0.90SJ-100 - 0.55 T-62 (85-3 gun) 0.42SU-85 0.48 T-34' (76-m gu) 0.43ASU-85 0.21 T-54A 0.90ASU-57 0.18 T-S4 0.87

I-1 0.80 pz-61 0.60BND-1 0.80 Pz-68 1.00BTR, BRIM 0.10 SU-76 0.32

Narder" Infantry CombatVehicle 0.4STR without antitankguided missile 0.10BTR with antitank guided .missile 0.50

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IELD Aarn.Lm AND M=ARS

76-m gum, gS-howitzer 0.38 105-am howitzer 0.6385-ma gum 0.42 105-m SP gum, howitzer 0.70122-m SP howitzer 155-m h tze 0.66"Gy-dika" [Carnatio 081 1S5-m SP Howitzer 0.90-

124-m ow:Ltzeri 0.70 17-m SP ga 0.75122-m gun A-19 - 0.61 203.2-rm boutizer 0.80-122-mr gum A-74 0.66 203.2-m SP howitzer 0.84152-rm SP howitzer 81-mi mortar 0.50"Akatsiya" (Acacia] 0.86- 51-m mortar 0.30

15-m owitzer 0.71 81-M SP mortar 0.58130-m 0,70 106.7- morta 04152-mr howitzer-gum, 106.7-mm SP mortar 0.65i -howitzer 0.74 120-m mortar 0.56121gm 0.66 120-rn SP mortar 0.7r203-m howitzer 0.62 110-M "IARS" artillery203-m SP pm rocket laucher 0.77"Pic" [Peany] 0.66 115-mi artillery rocket

82T mortar 0.45 laucher 0.7782-m mortar AM -[vehicle mted"Vasilek" [Cornflower] 0.60--

107iimontain peckregimenal mortar 0.42

120-m mortar 0.60160-mr mortar 0.60 -240-rm mortar 0.74240-m SP mrtar

p l 0.80

34-21 7 "M'Fa3I] 0.87.24-14 0.36EN-24 0.70Grad-i 0.90

[Hurricane) 0.950.73

-M-13 0.4034-21B 0.75,RPU-14 [Artillery -rocket launcher] 0.42-

A~rITANK LEANS

"Kankdrs" (Contest] 0.93 "E1T" 0.98' (Plute] 0.95 " W, 0.95' Ia-W (Phalanx] 0.70 SS-12 0.80' -P' [Baby] 0.67 MIAN" 0.78

sooan- C.62 VSS-111 0.70' on BRM 0.60 .iSS-11 SP 0.60'r PK 0.$ -SDRSN 0.52on BRL? 0.50 "ENAC" SP 0.48

'5mIr'sUAZ-69 "VIGHANT" 0.40'[Binlebee] 0.31 '"OBRA" 0.40"m " on BRfL 0.37 SS-10- 0.34

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100-rm antitank 90-M SP juxdunT-12 065 - "Jagdpeather" 0.63

1 0-m antitank 120-te recoilless rifle 0.23gm 1S-3 0.46 106-um recoiliess rifle 0.28

85-m antitank gum 0.44 75-m recoilless rifle 0.2057-w antitank gun 0.30- 57-sm recoilless rifle 0.2082-mm recoilless rifle 0.15 90-a antitank rocketSPG-9 0.2S launcher 0.12RPG-7 0.12 88.9-,n shoulder-fired

antitank rocket launcher 0.1066-an 4-barrel antitank

- rocket launcher 0.1566-rm antitank rocketlauncher 0.05

AIR DEFOU MEAS

'IC 'k (battery) W awk" (battery) 7.88SI0c]e . 4.50 -"Hawk" modernized (battery) 12.60+ .

S-75 (battalion) 4.70- "Nike-Hercules" (battery) 8.10S-12S (Battalion) I 2.97 "Nike-Hercules" improved"Eub" (battery) (battery) 12.50-(lliler] 3.00. "fhun.de rbird" (battery) 6.30

"Bloodhound" (battery) 7.74"o" at vehicle) - "Roland 1" (combat

086 vehicle) - 0.55' w-1m" (combat '\ "Rapier 1" (obsolete) 0.19

- iTe (Arrow) 0.48 'Crotale" (bttery) -. 90"Strela-10" (combat - " (combatvITe) 0.64 -eh-cle) 0.51

"Strela-fH (mobile "Red Eye" (mobile antiair=~r missile Missile system) 0.19

system) 0.21 20-sm "Vulcan" SP AA-"Strela-3" (mobile mount (obsolete) 0.12

anE r missile 40-n AA gun (platoon) 0.41system) 0.23 35-rn "Gepard" SP AAA

37-mm AA -ount 0.41(battery 0.13 "Blowpipe" (mobile antiair

57-mm Mg A-60 missile system) 0.19(battery) 0.46 30-rn SP MA momt

100-rn AA gun KS-19 - (AM.-30) 0.18(battery) 0.86

130-mm AA gun K3-30(battery) - 0.43-

ZSU-23-2 (obsolete) 0.11ZSU-57-2 (obsolete) 0.02ZPU-4 (obsolete) 0.09ZPU-2 (obsolete) 0.05 -DSK machinegu 0.02ZSU-23-4 0.22

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M)G-23 m .4.0 .I'14 1.9MIG-23 s 3.0 P-15 9.MIG-21 bis rk/ 2.6 FB-Ul 6.3MG-21 sm, smt 2.2 F-111A 4.8MG-21 s -. 2.0 irage .1 4.4MG-21 pfa reinforced 1,4' P-4B 4.1MG-21 pfm 1.1 JA-37 3.8

AP-37 2.4SU-24 4.0 P-4B 3.6SU-15 bis 2.8 'Vlvan" V.2 3.2SU-17 m 2 2.4 P-104- 2.5MG-27 2.4 F-105 Q 2.433-15 2.0 A-6A, P 2.4SU-17m 2.0 'Mirage" III 2.43-11 1.6 "Lightning" 2.4arbjuninforced 1. A-7A 2.2SU-17 1.6 P-9 2.0SU-7 b, bm, bkl 1.4 F-106 1.6SU-9 1.2 'irage" 5 1.6YaK-28 1.2 F-102 - 1.41U-22 m,.. K. 6.3 F-100D 1.2TU-22 k *4L.- 3.2 F-SA 1.0U-16 k 2.8 F-SE 1.7

MI-24 V ("Shturm") F-88. 1.6(Assault} 2.4 "Bucaneer" S.2B 1.6

MI-24 D ("Pa a) 2.0J35 1.9 ,MI-8 tv 1.6 A-4E 1.8-

"Jaguar'" 1.9' Irage"1VA 1.6

"Huter", "Canberra"1"Vautour" 1.0

G-91. 0.8Mug-21f-13 0.8F-6, MIG-19 0.6MIG-17f, pf; MG-13bis 0.4'Huey Cobra" 2.0"Iroquois" 1.2

Tfo e ombat capabilities of the T-45 tank. whose cabatpotential equals 1.0, have been used as the uait for the

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Designation Combat potential in Total coeat - Designation Combat potential in Total combatof large unit the rated divisions potential in the: of large unit the rated divisions potential in the

rated units of- rated units ofarmament - armament

Mtorized RifleDivision US Infantry(1'-SS, W&) 1.00 653 Division 0.86 564

Notorized RifleDivision (T-64A, US MechanizedT-72, MIP) _ 1.18 766 Division 1,10 718 .

Motorized RifleDivision US Armored"v. ('-62, B11') 1.04 680 -Division 1.23 s- 803

Motorized RifleDivision US AirborneCf-54B, IrlR) 0.82 533 Division 0.68 441

Guards MotorizedRifle Division('-64A, 108, US Non-organicSP Artillery) 1.29 842 Division 0.72 468

Guards MotorizedRifle Division

"i (1C.62, BMP, FRG InfantrySP Artillery) 1.13 736 Division 1.22 795

Mtorized Rifle - FRG Mtorized --Division (T-64A, InfantryT-72, 811r) 1.05 684 Division 1:30 849

Motorized RifleDivision FRG Tank(T-62, Bll) 0.92 599 Division 1.27 825

Motorized Rifle FRG Mountain .Division Infantry(T-62, 1 ,) 1.01 660 Division 1.04 682

'Tank Division UK Infantry ---(T-64A, IP) 1.22 793 Division 0.39 257

Tank Division UK Amored(T-62, iWP) 1.01 656 Division 0.77 503

Belgian - -Mechanized

Tank Division Infantry(T-72, 10P') 1.21 787 . .-Division 0.68 445

- hDanishPolish - MechanizedMotorized Infantry -Division 0.67 437 Division 0.92 605

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r Polish Trank -InfantryDivision 0.51 394 Division 0.94 614

East Gorman FrenchMotorized Rifle MechanizedDivision 0.75 487 Division 0.79 513

FrenchEast German .InfantryTank Division 0.72 466 Division 0.23 152

French -Alpine

Czech Motorized InfantryRifle Division 0.75 490 Division 0.32 208

CanadianSeparate

Czech Tank MechanizedDivision 0.63 413 Rattle Group 0.20 128

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