ARMY: Ejercito Revolucionario (ER)

ORDER OF BATTLE


 


Former Soviet Union (FSU) T-72 Main Battle Tank


Former Soviet Union (FSU) BMP-1 Armored Infantry Fighting Vehicle


Former Soviet Union (FSU) ZIS-3 76mm Towed Artillery

 

Cuba's Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR)

Total Armed Forces

(2003-2004)

ACTIVE e46,000 Terms of Service: 2 years

RESERVES

Army 39,000 Ready Reserves (serve 45 days per year) to fill out Active and Reserve Units; see also Paramilitary
  

ARMY e35,000

(includes conscripts and Ready Reservists)


Headquarters; 3 Regional Commands, 3 Army

Air Defense: Air Defense artillery regiment and Surface-to-Air Missile brigade

EQUIPMENT (some 75% in store)

MAIN BATTLE TANK e900 includes: T-34, T-54/-55, T-62
LIGHT TANK some PT-76
RECONNAISSANCE some BRDM-1/ -2
ARMORED INFANTRY FIGHTING VEHICLE some BMP-1
ARMORED PERSONNEL CARRIER e700 BTR-40/ -50/ -60/ -152
TOWED ARTILLERY 500; 76mm: ZIS-3; 122mm: M-1938, D-30; 130mm: M-46; 152mm: M-1937, D-1
SELF-PROPELLED ARTILLERY 40; 122mm: 2S1; 152mm:2S3
MULTIPLE ROCKET LAUNCHER 175: 122mm: BM-21; 140mm: BM-14
MORTAR 1,000: 82mm: M-41/ -43; 120mm; M-38/ -43
STATIC DEFENSE ARTILLERY JS-2 (122mm) hy tk, T-34 (85mm)
ANTI-TANK GUIDED WEAPON AT-1 Snapper, AT-3 Sagger
ANTI-TANK GUNS 85mm: D-44; 100mm: SU-100 SP, T-12
AIR DEFENSE GUNS 400 includes: 23mm: ZU-23, ZSU-23-4 SP; 30mm: M-53 (twin)/BTR-60P SP;
37mm: M-1939; 57mm: S-60 towed, ZSU-57-2 SP; 85mm: KS-12; 100mm: KS-19
SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILE some 300 includes SA-6/ -7/ -8/ -9/ -13/ -14/ -16

YOUTH LABOR ARMY 65,000
CIVIL DEFENCE FORCE 50,000


TERRITORIAL MILITIA (Reserves) e1,000,000

FOREIGN FORCES
US1,080: Navy 590, Marines 590


 

Cuba's Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR)

Total Armed Forces

(1999-2000)

ACTIVE e58,000

(includes Ready Reserves; conscripts) Terms of Service: 2 years

RESERVES

Army 39,000 Ready Reserves (serve 45 days per year) to fill out Active and Reserve Units; see also Paramilitary
  

ARMY e45,000

(includes conscripts and Ready Reservists)
Headquarters; 3 Regional Commands, 3 Army

EQUIPMENT (some 75% in store)

MAIN BATTLE TANK e900 includes: T-34, T-54/-55, T-62
LIGHT TANK some PT-76
RECONNAISSANCE some BRDM-1/-2
ARMORED INFANTRY FIGHTING VEHICLE some BMP-1
ARMORED PERSONNEL CARRIER e700 BTR-40/-50/-60/-152
TOWED ARTILLERY 500; 76mm: ZIS-3; 122mm: M-1938, D-30; 130mm: M-46; 152mm: M-1937, D-1
SELF-PROPELLED ARTILLERY 40; 122mm: 2S1; 152mm:2S3
MULTIPLE ROCKET LAUNCHER 175: 122mm: BM-21; 140mm: BM-14
MORTAR 1,000: 82mm: M-41/-43; 120mm; M-38/-43
STATIC DEFENSE ARTILLERY JS-2 (122mm) hy tk, T-34 (85mm)
ANTI-TANK GUIDED WEAPON AT-1 Snapper, AT-3 Sagger
ANTI-TANK GUNS 85mm: D-44; 100mm: SU-100 SP, T-12
AIR DEFENSE GUNS 400 includes: 23mm: ZU-23, ZSU-23-4 SP; 30mm: M-53 (twin)/BTR-60P SP; 37mm: M-1939; 57mm: S-60 towed, ZSU-57-2 SP; 85mm: KS-12; 100mm: KS-19
SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILE SA-6/-7/-8/-9/-13/-14/-16

YOUTH LABOR ARMY 65,000
CIVIL DEFENCE FORCE 50,000


TERRITORIAL MILITIA (Reserves) e1,000,000

FOREIGN FORCES

US1,080: Navy 590, Marines 490
RUSSIA 810: 800 SIGINT, e10 mil advisers


(1997-1998) (1998-1999)

ACTIVE e50-60,000

(includes Ready Reserves; conscripts) Terms of Service: 2 years

RESERVES

Army 39,000 Ready Reserves (serve 45 days per year) to fill out Active and Reserve Units; see also Paramilitary
  

ARMY e38,000

(includes conscripts and 35,000 Ready Reservists)
Headquarters; 3 Regional Commands, 3 Army * 4-5 armed brigade * 9 mechanized infantry brigade (3 mechanized infantry, 1 armored, 1 artillery, 1 Air Defense
artillery regiment) * 1 Airborne brigade * 14 reserve brigade * 1 frontier brigade * Air Defense: Air Defense artillery regiment and Surface-to-Air Missile brigade

EQUIPMENT (some 75% in store)

MAIN BATTLE TANK e1,500 includes: T-34, T-54/-55, T-62
LIGHT TANK some PT-76
RECONNAISSANCE some BRDM-1/-2
ARMORED INFANTRY FIGHTING VEHICLE 400 BMP-1
ARMORED PERSONNEL CARRIER e700 BTR-40/-50/-60/-152
TOWED ARTILLERY 700; 76mm: ZIS-3; 122mm: M-1938, D-30; 130mm: M-46; 152mm: M-1937, D-1
SELF-PROPELLED ARTILLERY 40; 122mm: 2S1; 152mm:2S3
MULTIPLE ROCKET LAUNCHER 300: 122mm: BM-21; 140mm: BM-14
MORTAR 1,000: 82mm: M-41/-43; 120mm; M-38/-43
STATIC DEFENSE ARTILLERY JS-2 (122mm) hy tk, T-34 (85mm)
ANTI-TANK GUIDED WEAPON AT-1 Snapper, AT-3 Sagger
ANTI-TANK GUNS 85mm: D-44; 100mm: SU-100 SP, T-12
AIR DEFENSE GUNS 255 incl: 23mm: ZU-23, ZSU-23-4 SP; 30mm: M-53 (twin)/BTR-60P SP; 37mm: M-1939; 57mm: S-60 towed, ZSU-57-2 SP; 85mm: KS-12; 100mm: KS-19
SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILE SA-6/-7/-8/-9/-13/-14/-16

YOUTH LABOR ARMY 65,000
CIVIL DEFENCE FORCE 50,000


TERRITORIAL MILITIA (Reserves) e1,000,000




FOREIGN FORCES

US1,420: Navy 1,000, Marines 420
RUSSIA 810: 800 SIGINT, e10 mil advisers

Source: International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS). 2003. The Military Balance, 2003-2004.  London: IISS.; International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS). 1999. The Military Balance, 1999-2000.  London: IISS. pp. 236-237; International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS). 1998. The Military Balance, 1998-99. London: IISS. pp. 219-220; International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS). 1997. The Military Balance, 1997-98.  London: IISS. pp. 214-215.; The U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency estimates that current force levels of Cuba's military consists of some 60,000 to 80,000 personnel. See U.S. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Intelligence. 1995. Worldwide Intelligence Review, Hearing before the Select Committee on Intelligence. 104th Congress, 1st sess., p. 168.

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