Structure of the Czechoslovak People's Army 1989


At the end of the Cold War in 1989 the Czechoslovak People's Army structure was as follows:
The article is based on the Czech website, which lists all units of the Czechoslovak People's Army in existence between 1950 and 1990, with their location, subordination, equipment and changes over time.

Ministry of National Defence

Below follow the organizations of the regiments in the Tank and Motor Rifle divisions:
By the end of the Cold War the standard main battle tank in the Czechoslovak tank regiments was the T-72M or T-72M1 of which Czechoslovakia had built 973. Some of the tank units in motor rifle divisions still fielded the locally produced T-54A.
Motor rifle units fielded the locally produced BVP-1 tracked infantry fighting vehicle and the OT-64 wheeled armored transports vehicle.
Divisional artillery regiments were organized as follows:
Divisional anti-aircraft missile regiment were organized as follows and began to introduce either 20x 2K12 Kub or 20x 9K33 Osa surface-to-air missile systems in the early 1980s. When the Cold War ended all divisions except for the 13th Tank division and the 3rd and 15th Motor Rifle divisions had received Kub or Osa systems:
Civil defence regiments supported the authorities during times of national disaster:
Divisional reconnaissance battalions were organized as follows:
Divisional separate rocket launcher divisions were organized as follows:
Divisional Chemical Defence battalions were organized as follows: