The bear went over the mountain Soviet combat tactics in AfghanistanDIANE Publishing |
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1st MRB 2nd MRB 7th MRC action Afghan Afghan battalion air assault Air Assault Company airborne battalion ambush party Arghandab River artillery battalion artillery fire attack Baharak Bamian base camp battalion commander BMPs bronegruppa BTRs canyon captured caravan casualties commander decided company commander conduct convoy coordination Dashtak defense destroy the enemy detachment dismounted division dominant terrain DShK EDITOR'S COMMENTARY fire support flank FRUNZE COMMENTARY Fuloli green zone guerrilla forces helicopter gunships Helmand Province Ishkamesh Jalalabad Kabul Kandahar Kandahar Province kill zone kilometers Kunar Province located mander meters mission mortar motorized rifle battalion Motorized Rifle Brigade motorized rifle company mountain moved mujahideen night OKSVA opened fire operation Operation Magistral personnel platoon platoon leader Province radio reconnaissance reconnaissance company route security outpost Separate Motorized Rifle small arms soldiers Soviet forces SPETSNAZ squad subunits tactical tanks trucks vehicles vignette village withdrawal
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Page 60 - Order of the Red Banner, the Order of the Red Star and the Order for Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR (Third Class), and many medals.
Page 66 - This Report shows that Zabotin successfully fulfilled many of the tasks assigned to him. His superiors in Moscow were obviously satisfied with his work in Canada, for in August, 1945, he was awarded two Orders or Decorations, the Order of the RED BANNER, and the Order of the RED STAR, which, as Gouzenko said, "are given for good organization work". The Chief of General Intelligence telegraphed Zabotin to congratulate him on these awards and added: "I wish you further success in your honourable work".
Page xix - Scott R. McMichael, Stumbling Bear: Soviet Military Performance in Afghanistan, London: Brassey's 1991, p. 10; and Boris Groinov, Ogranichennyy kontingent [Limited contingent], Moscow: Progress, 1994, p. 172. 2 Manuscript of Aleksandr Lyakhovskiy, Tragediya I doblest...
Page 42 - Afghan government and were responsible for detecting and eradicating domestic political opposition, subverting the mujahideen, penetrating opposition groups abroad and providing military intelligence to the armed forces through its military wing. The KHAD was patterned after the KGB and GRU and apparently reported to the KGB (ed.).
Page iii - ... The Bear Went Over the Mountain: Soviet Combat Tactics in Afghanistan The Bear Went Over the Mountain: Soviet Combat Tactics in Afghanistan Translated and Edited by Lester W.
Page 197 - Among the guerrilla forces' tactical strong suits were all types of night actions, the ability to rapidly and clandestinely move in the mountains, and the fielding of a very broad agent reconnaissance network.
Page 175 - Order of the Red Star", the order "For Service to the Fatherland in the Armed Forces" Third Class, and the Republic of Afghanistan"s "Order of the Star