Revolutionary Army .28Ejercito Revolucionario.29 Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces

1 revolutionary army (ejercito revolucionario)

1.1 2002 organization
1.2 1996 organization
1.3 equipment

1.3.1 infantry weapons
1.3.2 light , medium tanks
1.3.3 main battle tanks
1.3.4 reconnaissance armoured vehicles
1.3.5 infantry fighting vehicles
1.3.6 armoured personnel carriers
1.3.7 towed artillery
1.3.8 self-propelled artillery
1.3.9 multi rocket launchers
1.3.10 mortars
1.3.11 anti-tank weapons
1.3.12 anti-aircraft guns
1.3.13 sams
1.3.14 self-propelled sams

revolutionary army (ejercito revolucionario)

guards @ mausoleum of josé marti, santiago de cuba



soldiers of fuerzas armadas revolucionarias on motorbike

in 1984, according jane s military review, there 3 major geographical commands, western, central, , eastern. there reported 130,000 ranks, , each command garrisoned army comprising single armoured division, mechanised division, , corps of 3 infantry divisions, though eastern command had 2 corps totalling 6 divisions. there independent military region, single infantry division, garrisoned isle of youth.

a u.s. defense intelligence agency assessment in first half of 1998 said army s armour , artillery units @ low readiness levels due severely reduced training, incapable of mounting effective operations above battalion level, , equipment in storage , unavailable @ short notice. same report said cuban special operations forces continue train on smaller scale beforehand, , while lack of replacement parts existing equipment , current severe shortage of fuel increasingly affecting operational capabilities, cuba remained able offer considerable resistance regional power.

2002 organization

in 1999 revolutionary army (ejercito revolucionario) represented approximately 70 percent of cuba s regular military manpower. according iiss, army s estimated 45,000 troops including 6,000 active , 39,000 members of ready reserves completing forty-five days of annual active-duty service necessary maintaining status, conscripts fulfilling military service requirement.

the iiss reported in 1999 army s troop formations consisted of 4 5 armored brigades; 9 mechanized infantry brigades; airborne brigade; fourteen reserve brigades; , border brigade. in addition, there air defense artillery regiment , surface-to-air missile brigade. each of 3 territorial armies believed assigned @ least 1 armored brigade-usually attached army s headquarters-as mechanized infantry brigade. well, known border brigade in guantanamo , @ least 1 ground artillery regiment (attached mechanized infantry brigade), based in las tunas, under eastern army s command.

1996 organization

in 1996, according jane s information group, army organized 3 territorial military commands 3 armies, 1 army each command. @ time, there estimated 38,000 army personnel.

revolutionary army command:

airborne brigade consisting of 2 battalions (at havana , immediate environs)
artillery division (at havana , immediate environs)
sam brigade
an anti-aircraft artillery regiment

western army (deployed in capital , provinces of havana , pinar del río)

1st armored training division
70th mechanised division
78th armored division sanguily rescue

2nd (pinar del río) army corps:

24th infantry division
27th infantry division
28th infantry division

central army (provinces of matanzas, villa clara, cienfuegos , sancti spiritus)

81st infantry division
84th infantry division
86th infantry division
89th infantry division
12th armored regiment/1st armored division
242nd infantry regiment/24th infantry division

4th (las villas) army corps:

41st infantry division
43rd infantry division
48th infantry division

eastern army (provinces of santiago de cuba, guantánamo, granma, holguín, las tunas, camagüey , ciego de avila)

3rd armored division
6th armored division
9th armored division
31st infantry division
32nd infantry division
38th infantry division
84th infantry division
90th infantry division
95th infantry division
97th infantry division
guantanamo frontier brigade
123rd infantry division/former 12th infantry division
281st infantry regiment/28th infantry division

6th (holguín) army corps:

50th mechanised division
52nd infantry division
54th infantry division
56th infantry division
58th infantry division

6th (camagüey) army corps:

60th mechanised division
63rd infantry division
65th infantry division
69th infantry division

equipment
infantry weapons

light , medium tanks

main battle tanks

reconnaissance armoured vehicles

infantry fighting vehicles

armoured personnel carriers

towed artillery

self-propelled artillery

multi rocket launchers

mortars

anti-tank weapons

anti-aircraft guns

sams

self-propelled sams