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Russian
Unit Hierarchy
What's
the difference between a chast
and a podrazdeleniye?
The table below illustrates the relationship between generic descriptions
of units and specific unit sizes or designations, in decreasing order
of unit size from operational to tactical level.
| Generic Description |
Identification and Example |
Obyedineniye
Formation / Operational Formation |
Front
Front / Army Group |
Armiya
(e.g. 14th Army)
Army |
Soyedineniye
Formation / Tactical Formation |
Korpus
Corps
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Diviziya
(e.g. 201st Motor Rifle Division)
Division
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Brigada
Brigade |
Chast
Unit |
Polk
Regiment |
Otdelnyy
Batalyon
Separate Battalion |
Podrazdeleniye
Sub-unit |
Batalyon
Battalion |
Divizion
Artillery Battalion, Artillery Regiment (UK) |
Rota
Infantry Company, Tank Squadron (UK), Artillery Battery (UK) |
Vzvod
Platoon, Tank Troop (UK) |
Otdeleniye
Squad, Section (UK) |
Notes:
- Diviziya
and divizion
- not to be confused!
- A separate (otdelnyy)
unit is one which is not an organic part of a larger unit - e.g. a battalion
which functions with a degree of independence and which is numbered
separately (772nd Separate Reconnaissance Battalion in Armenia) not
as part of a regiment (X Tank Battalion of X Tank Regiment).
- A unit’s designation is not a guide to the number of servicemen it
contains, as complement will vary dependent on function and whether
the unit is in a priority area for manning (e.g. North Caucasus Military
District). For example, the 219th Medical Brigade in Kursk (ORBAT
p 16) allegedly consists of nine individuals, while the same table gives
the 131st Independent Motor-Rifle Brigade (Maykop) 3,519 servicemen.
Other common terms:
- Obyedinennaya
Gruppa Voysk - Combined Group of Forces ("joint"
implies a multinational effort)
- Gruppirovka
- grouping
- Svodnyy
- composite
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