The Automobile Troops are troops in the
Armed Forces of several
former Soviet states, which transport personnel, deliver
ammunition, fuel, food and other military materiel. They also
evacuate wounded and sick personnel, and move weapons and military equipment.
Vehicle troops can transport
troops
A troop is a military sub-subunit, originally a small formation of cavalry, subordinate to a squadron. In many armies a troop is the equivalent element to the infantry section or platoon. Exceptions are the US Cavalry and the King's Troo ...
that do not have their own
vehicle
A vehicle (from la, vehiculum) is a machine that transports people or cargo. Vehicles include wagons, bicycles, motor vehicles (motorcycles, cars, trucks, buses, mobility scooters for disabled people), railed vehicles (trains, trams), ...
s. They consist of automobile (vehicle)
units
Unit may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* UNIT, a fictional military organization in the science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''
* Unit of action, a discrete piece of action (or beat) in a theatrical presentation
Music
* Unit (album), ...
, and
units
Unit may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* UNIT, a fictional military organization in the science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''
* Unit of action, a discrete piece of action (or beat) in a theatrical presentation
Music
* Unit (album), ...
, included in combined arms units and formations, as well as separate units and formations, sometimes constituting separate automobile units. They are called transport troops in some states.
Two of the most important such bodies are the
Automotive Troops of the Russian Federation and the
Belarusian Transport Troops.
Automotive Troops schools in the Soviet Union
Source:
*
Ussuriysk Higher Military Automotive Command School
Ussuriysk (russian: Уссури́йск) is a city in Primorsky Krai, Russia, located in the fertile valley of the Razdolnaya River, north of Vladivostok, the administrative center of the krai, and about from both the China–Russia border and ...
(
:ru:Уссурийское высшее военное автомобильное командное училище). The school was disbanded in June 2007, and replaced by a centre for the training of automotive service specialists, in turned disbanded 2012.
After that the 70th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade (from 2018, 114th Guards MRR /
127th Motor Rifle Division) took over the site.
* Ryazan' Higher Military Automotive Engineering School
* Chelyabinsk Higher Military Automotive Engineering School
*
Samarkand Higher Military Automobile Command School
The Samarkand Higher Military Automobile Command School (; ) is a military academy of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Uzbekistan and a former educational institution under the Soviet Defence Ministry.
History Soviet period
As it relates to i ...
See also
*
147th Automobile Base, Moscow, under the Ministry of Defence
Notes
References
Automotive Troops(originally
Library of Congress Country Studies)
* Военный энциклопедический словарь (ВЭС),
Moscow
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, Военное издательство (ВИ), 1984, 863 стр. с иллюстрациями (ил.), 30 листов (ил.);
* Большая советская энциклопедия (БСЭ), Третье издание, выпущенной издательством «Советская энциклопедия» в 1969—1978 годах в 30 томах;
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Transport units and formations
Military units and formations of the Soviet Union
Military units and formations of Russia