Red Thrust: Attack on the Central Front, Soviet Tactics and Capabilities in the 1990s

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Detailed investigations of Soviet operational art and war planning are a fairly recent trend in military studies. As a result, there are few generally available books on the subject. Some of the most interesting and influential articles on Soviet operations and tactics have appeared in the monthly defense magazine International Defense Review. The scenarios presented here have been heavily influenced by the work of Col. David Glantz and the studies prepared by the Soviet Army Studies Office of the U.S. Army Combined Arms Center in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. These studies are not generally available, but fortunately in 1988, a new journal devoted to these subjects, the Journal of Soviet Military Studies, began publication. The editors of this magazine are Col. David Glantz and Christopher Donnelly, two of the most influential of the new generation of Soviet military scholars. The following list, while hardly exhaustive, includes some of the books that deal with issues raised in this chapter.

Baxter, William. Soviet Airland Battle Tactics. Novato, CA: Presidio Press, 1986.

Donnelly, Christopher. Red Banner: The Soviet Military System in Peace and War. London: Jane's Publishing, 1988.

Erickson, John, et al. Soviet Ground Forces: An Operational Assessment. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1986.

Isby, David. Weapons and Tactics of the Soviet Army. London: Jane's Publishing, 1988.

Johnson, A. Ross, et al. East European Military Establishments: The Warsaw Pact Northern Tier. New York: Crane, Russak & Co., 1982.

Monks, Alfred L. Soviet Military Doctrine: 1960 to the Present. New York: Irvington Publishers, 1984.

Suvorov, Viktor. Inside the Soviet Army. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1982.

U.S. Army. Soviet Army Operations. Washington, DC: U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command, 1978.

U.S. Army. The Soviet Army. Field Manual 100-2-1. Washington, DC: HQ, Department of the Army, 1984.

Vigor, P. H. Soviet Blitzkrieg Theory. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1983.

Alexiev, Alexander. Inside the Soviet Army in Afghanistan. Santa Monica, CA: Rand Corporation, 1988.

Alexiev, Alexander, and S. Enders Ambush. Ethnic Minorities in the Red Army: Asset or Liability? Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1988.

Defense Intelligence Agency. The Soviet Motorized Rifle Battalion. Washington, DC: DIA, 1976 Defense Intelligence Agency. The Soviet Motorized Rifle Company. Washington, DC: DIA,

1976.

Jones, Ellen. Red Army and Society: A Sociology of the Soviet Military. Boston: Allen & Unwin,

1985.

Suvorov, Victor. The Liberators. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1981.

US. Army. BMP AICV Operator's Manual. Aberdeen Proving Grounds, MD: 519th MI Bn, 1972 U.S. Army. The BMP: Capabilities and limitations. Fort Monroe, VA: U.S. Army TRADOC, 1971

Williams, E. S. The Soviet Military: Political Education, Training & Morale. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1986.

Zaloga, Steven. Inside the Soviet Amy Today. London: Osprey Publications, 1981 Zamascikov, Sergei. Political Organizations in the Soviet Armed Forces-The Role of the Party and Komsomol. Falls Church, VA: Delphic Associates, 1982.

Much of the material for this chapter was collected by the author during research on the book on Soviet tanks listed below. There is very little English language material on the training and experiences of Soviet tankers except for internal U.S. Army and DIA studies. A valuable source of information is the Soviet emigres living in the United States, many of whom served in die Soviet Ground Forces.

Baskalov, Yb. D., et al. Spravochnik serzhanta motostrelkovikh (tankovikh) voisk (Handbook for Sergeants of the Motor Rifle/lknk Forces). Moscow: Voenizdat, 1987 Defense Intelligence Agency. Soviet Tank Regiment Tactics. Washington, DC: DIA, 1979. Dragunskiy, D.A., Motostrelkoviy (tankovry) batalon v boyu (The Motor Rifle/Tank Battalion in Combat). Moscow: Voenizdat, 1986.

Evans, T. C. Current Objectives and Deficiencies in the Training of Soviet Tankers. Garmisch, FRG: U.S. Army Institute for Advanced Russian Studies, 1975.

Noskov, A. S. (ed.). Motostrelkovaya (tankovaya) rota v boyu (The Motor Rifle/Tank Company in Combat). Moscow: Voenizdat, 1988.

Zaloga, S. J., and J. W. Loop. Soviet Tanks and Combat Vehicles 1946 to the Present. London: Arms & Armour Press, 1987.

Alexiev, Alexander. Inside the Soviet Army in Afghanistan. Santa Monica, CA: Rand Corporation, 1988.

Beider, Stephen. Spetsnaz: The Soviet Union's Special Operations Forces. Master's Thesis, Defense Intelligence College, June 1985.

Bufiardi, Louis N. The Soviet Naval Infantry. Washington, DC: Defense Intelligence Agency, 1979.

Glantz, David M. The Soviet Airborne Experience. Fort Leavenworth, KS: U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, 1984.

Hansen, James. "Soviet Vanguard Forces-Spetsnaz." National Defense, March 1986.

Isby, David C. Soviet Special Operations Forces in Afghanistan. Proceedings of the Light Infantry Conference, Boeing Corporation, 1985.

Isby, David C. "The Spetsnaz in Afghanistan: Soviet special operation forces in action." Military Technology, October 1985.

Isby, David C. The Vertical Threat: Air Assault and Airmobile Brigades of the Soviet Amy? Amphibious Warfare Review, August 1985.

Knight, Amy W. The KGB: Police and Politics in the Soviet Union. Boston: Unwin Hyman, 1988.

Kohler, David R. "Spetsnaz." U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings, August 1987.

Kuth, Robert. Soviet Airborne Anti-Armor Tactics in the Defense. Garmisch, FRG: US. Army Russian Institute, 1981.

Lewis, Edward. A Comprehensive Examination of the Soviet Naval Infantry. Garmisch, FRG: U.S. Army Russian Institute, 1977.

Suvorov, Viktor (pseud.). "Spetsnaz: The Soviet Union's special forces." International Defense Review, September 1983.

Suvorov, Viktor (pseud.). Spetsnaz: The Story of the Soviet SAS. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1987

Zaloga, Steven, and James Loop. Soviet Bloc Elite Forces. London: Osprey Publications, 1985.

Chaiko, Lev. Helicopter Construction in the USSR. Falls Church, VA: Delphic Associates, 1985. Cook, Maj. Charles B. An Assessment of the Soviet Combat Helicopter Threat. Master's Thesis, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, 1982.

Stapfer, Hans-Heiri. The Mi-24 Hind in Action. Carrollton, TX: Squadron-Signal Publications, 1988.

Stepniewski, W. Z. A Comparative Study of Soviet vs. Western Helicopters. Washington, DC: NASA Scientific and Technical Information Branch, 1982.

U.S. Army. Air-to-Air (Helicopter) Combat. FM1-107. Washington, DC: HQ, Department of the Army, 1984.

U.S. Army. OPFOR Attack Helicopter Field Pocket Reference. Fort Hood, TX: U.S. Army Forces Command Opposing Forces Training Detachment, 1986.

U.S. Army. The Soviet Army: Specialized Warfare and Rear Area Support. Fort Monroe, VA:

US. Army TRADOC, 1984.

Zaloga, Steven, and George BaJin. Anti-Tank Helicopters. London: Osprey Publications, 1986.

Anashkin, I. N., and M. N. Belokur. Spravochnik serzhanta artillerii (Handbook for Artilleiy Seigeants). Moscow: Voenizdat, 1981.

Bellamy, Chris. Red God of War: Soviet Artillery and Rocket Forces. London: Brassey's Defence Publishers, 1986.

Betit, Eugene D. Soviet and Warsaw Pact River Crossing: Doctrine and Capabilities. Washington, DC: Defense Intelligence Agency, 1976.

Lebedev, V. Ya. Spravochnik qfitsem nazemnoi artillerii (Handbook for Officers of Land Artillery). Moscow: Voenizdat, 1984.

Peredelskiy, G. E. (ed.). Otechesvennaya artilleriya (Artillery of the Homeland). Moscow: Voenizdat, 1986.

U.S. Army. Threat Monograph: A Comparison of Selected NATO and Warsaw Pact Engineer

Organisations and Equipment. Fort Monroe, VA: TRADOC, 1977

Zaloga, Steven. "Bog voiny: The Russian God of War." Combat Weapons, spring 1986.

The following bibliography accents recent articles on the MiG-29 Fulcrum. For readers interested in Soviet Air Force developments, one of the more interesting unclassified sources on current trends is the annual Soviet Aerospace Almanac issue of Air Force Magazine devoted to Soviet affairs.

General Dynamics. F-K/MiG-29 Comparative Analysis. Fort Worth, TX: General Dynamics, 1988.

Mason, R. A., and J. W. R. Tkylor. Aircraft, Strategy and Operations of the Soviet Air Force. London: Jane's Publishing, 1986.

"MiG Impresses Western Observers." Flight International, 17 September 1988.

"MiG-29: Stealing the Show." Interavia, October 1988.

"MiG-29 Design Merges Old, New Technologies." Aviation Week and Space Technology, 26 September 1988.

Nordeen, Lon. Air Warfare in the Missile Age. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1985.

Pawloski, Dick. Changes in Soviet Air Combat Doctrine and Force Structure Fort Worth, TX: General Dynamics, 1987.

Pennington, Rana. "Closing the Tactics Gap: Initiative and Independence Are the New Buzzwords in Soviet Air Tactics " Air Force Magazine, Volume 67, No. 3, March 1984.

Price, Alfred. Air Battle: Central Europe. New York: The Free Press, 1986.

The Show Stopper, MiG-29 at Farnborough." International Defense Review, October 1988. Sweetman, B., and B. Gunston. Soviet Air Power. London: Salamander Books, 1978.

Defense Intelligence Agency. The Soviet Chemical Weapons Threat. Washington, DC: DIA, 1985.

Heller, Maj. Charles. Chemical Warfare in World War I. Fort Leavenworth, KS: Combat Studies Office, USAC & GSC, 1984.

Segal, David. "Better Killing through Chemistry." Combat Weapons, winter 1986.

U.S. Army. Identification Guide to Chemical, Biological and Radiological Equipment of the Warsaw Pact Countries. APO NY: USAEUR, 1973.

U.S. Array. Soviet-Warsaw Pact Chemical Threat Briefing. 70th Ordnance Detachment, 1985. USSR Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Information on the Presentation at the Shikany Military Facility qf Standard Chemical Weapons and of the Technology for the Destruction of Chemical Weapons at a Mobile Unit. Moscow: Soviet Ministry of Foreign Aflairs, 1987.,

Zaloga, Steven J. "NBC Defense: Protecting Soviet Armored Vehicles." NBC Defense & Technology International, Vol. 1, No. 4, September 1986.