The list of Soviet military sites in Germany contains all military installations and units of the former Soviet Union on German territory. In correlation to Russian native document, original site designations of the Soviet Armed Forces are used as deemed to be necessary (e.g. later changes of site names are avoided). The units and formations were subordinated to the WGF Supreme Commands in Wünsdorf (now in Zossen).
Period Native designationSoviet troops in Germany 1945 to 1994, memorial album, edition Moscow, published by «Jang Guard», 1994; . German English Short Long version Short Long version Short Long version 1945–1954 ГСОВГ Группа советских оккупационных войск в Германии GSBD Gruppe der Sowjetischen Besatzungstruppen in Deutschland GSOFG Group of Soviet Occupation Forces in Germany 1954–1989 ГСВГ Группа советских войск в Германии GSSD Gruppe der Sowjetischen Streitkräfte in Deutschland GSFG Group of Soviet Forces in Germany GSTD Gruppe der Sowjetischen Truppen in Deutschland 1989–1994 ЗГВ Западная группа войск WGT Westgruppe der Truppen WGF Western Group of Forces
Baden-Württemberg site designation real estate designation user before unit year of disbandment user after remark Baden-Baden Cité Paradis MMS (Mission Militaire Soviétique)1992 Military Missions of the GSFG, accreditation to FFA
Berlin site designation real estate designation user before unit year of disbandment user after remark East Berlin Pionier-Kaserne 6th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade 1991–1994 Berlin-Karlshorst West BerlinKammergericht am Kleistpark Allied Control CouncilConstituted on 30 July 1945 initially at the US Forces headquarters in the American sector. The Soviet Union rejected the originally planned seat, the former Reich Aviation Ministry on Leipziger Straße in the Mitte district (along with every other proposed location in the Soviet sector). The Allied Control Council for Germany met 82 times before the Soviet Union walked out of the council on 20 March 1948. The principle of unanimity prevailed. Between meetings, the coordinating committee and control staff with 12 directors managed the work. Not a German executive body.(Контрольный совет) 1948/1991 Berlin Schöneberg
Hessen site designation real estate designation user before unit year of disbandment user after remark Frankfurt am Main Frankfurt Niederrad Soviet Military Mission (SMM) 1992 accreditation to United States Army Europe, Heidelberg (USAREUR Soviet Military Liaison Mission Control Facility, Frankfurt am Main, Creighton W. Abrams Complex)
New states of Germany
The tables below contains the location of military unit and formation of the Western Group of (Soviet) Forces (WGF) on territory of the New federal states of Germany with particularities as follows:
The English designation of military units and formations of the WGF (column 1) is in line to these in NATO, as deemed to be necessary. Honorary titles, names, or distinctions are omitted. In case of doubt, the original designation in Russian language is authoritative. Column 2 contains the original site's designation, in accordance with – Soviet troops in Germany 1945 to 1994, memorial album, edition Moscow, published by «Jang Guard», 1994; , pages 15 to 22.
Supreme Command GSFG (WGF) and direct subordinates The Supreme Command GSFG (WGF) comprised the staff divisions and direct subordinated units, formations and facilities, as follows (in 1991):
Designation Sitelocation Unit Remark Number Code name 12345 Staff GSFG/WGT Wünsdorf also: General Staff, C2 Staff. In part of former German Maybach I and II complex. Political Division Wünsdorf Alternate Operations Center Möhlau 24 382 Redut Operations Command Air Defence Wünsdorf 01 131 1014th Command Post Air Defence Wünsdorf 18 178 Armament Division Wünsdorf 56 663 Reconnaissance Division Wünsdorf 89 430 CIS Division Wünsdorf 16 470 also: Communications Division Engineer Division Wünsdorf 24 566 Medical Division Wünsdorf 07 365 Logistics Division Wünsdorf 71 650 Chemical Division Wünsdorf 24 445 also: NBC-Division Direct subordinates 3rd Guards Spetsnaz Brigade Fürstenberg/Havel, Neuthymen 83 149 withdrawn to Tolyatti 35th Guards Air Assault Brigade Cottbus, Hermann-Loens-Kaserne 16 407 Wesky withdrawn 1990 6th Independent Guards Motor Rifle Brigade Berlin-Karlshorstbarracks: Festungspionierschule 64 944 Morechod Withdrawn to Kursk 133rd Independent Motor Rifle Battalion Berlin-Karlshorst 81 544 154th Independent Motor Rifle Battalion Berlin-Karlshorst 65 007 178th Independent Motor Rifle Battalion Berlin-Karlshorst 65 016 53rd Independent Tank Battalion Berlin-Karlshorst 54th Independent Tank Battalion Berlin-Karlshorst 65th Independent Tank Battalion Berlin-Karlshorst 53rd Guard and Logistics Regiment Wünsdorf 80 340 Wal 814th Independent Air Defence Missile Regiment Rechlin 96 574 Rediska 27th Pontoon Bridge Regiment Lutherstadt Wittenberg 50 920 57th Military Constructing Brigade Forst Zinna, to Jüterbog 72 760 Vehicle Repair and Workshop Battalion Potsdam 55 872 Ensemble vocal music and folk-dance Wünsdorf 48 251 Editorial staff, news papers: «Sowjetskaja Armya» «Naslednik Pobjedy» until 1991 Wünsdorf 48 251 1249th Independent Logistics Battalion Potsdam 55 946 199th Independent Medical Battalion Potsdam 50 642 Central Hospital Beelitz-Heilstätten Air Force Hospital Königs Wusterhausen Air Force subordinates 239th Independent Guards Helicopter Regiment Oranienburg 79 048 Retutny Withdrawn to Efremov, Tula Oblast, June 1994. 275th Independent Air Base Support Battalion Oranienburg 79 048 Retutny 292nd Independent Electronic Warfare Helicopter Squadron Cochstedt 22 632 Aeroplan today: Magdeburg–Cochstedt Airport 1780th Independent Air Base Support Company Cochstedt 345th Independent Helicopter Squadron Nohra 62 023 Nagar 366th Independent Air Base Support Company Cochstedt 39th Independent Reconnaissance Aviation Flight Sperenberg Airfield 54 243 Sinonim Also reported as 39. OAO REB - Aviation Detachment for Radio-Electronic Combat 330th Independent Helicopter Flight Dresden 23 299 Mebel, Lira 113th Independent Mixed Aviation Squadron Oranienburg 42 089 Rutnyi Artillery subordinates HQ 34th Artillery Division Potsdam 55 872 Vyretska Withdrawn to Mulino (settlement), Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, 1994. 286th Guards Howitzer Artillery Brigade Potsdam 50 560 Flazhechny 288th Heavy Howitzer Artillery Brigade Chemnitz 50 618 303rd Guards Cannon Artillery Brigade Altengrabow 50 432 Ledorez 307th Missile Artillery Brigade Chemnitz 80 847 Tsebaka 1987-1989 Repair facility subordinates 120th Tank Repair Factory Kirchmöser to Brandenburg an der Havel 184th Tank Repair Factory Magdeburg 193rd Tank Repair Factory Wünsdorf 134th Artillery Repair Factory Fürstenwalde/Spree 511th Artillery Repair Factory 556th Engineer Equipment Repair Factory Werder (Havel) 133rd Communications Equipment Repair Factory Luckenwalde 43rd Vehicle Repair Factory 52nd Vehicle Repair Factory 53rd Vehicle Repair Factory 5th Independent Repair and Restoration Battalion Units of the Baltic Navy 234th Waters Ship Guard Battalion Saßnitz 09 822 234 DNPLK Off-shore Special Radio Location Post Wustrow, Lohme, Wiek 99 721 Special Weapons Sites Special Weapons Depot Brand Halbe, Brandenburg Special Weapons Depot Finsterwalde Airfield Finsterwalde Special Weapons Depot Großenhain Airfield Großenhain Special Weapons Depot Himmelpfort also: Lychen II, Himmelpfort Special Weapons Depot Stolzenhain also: SAD Linda, Schönewalde
1st Guards Tank Army Saxonia
unit, formation,Military Unit Number location usage remark until 1945 after 1991-1994 1 2 3 4 5 1st Guards Tank Army (V/Ch 08608) Dresden Officer School of the Heer Albertstadt 9th Tank Division (V/Ch 60990) Riesa Moved to Smolensk and disbanded.Feskov "The Soviet Army in the Years of the Cold War," 2004, p. 105. 1st Guards Tank Regiment Zeithain 1321st Motor Rifle Regiment Jüterbog in Brandenburg 70th Guards Tank Regiment Zeithain 302nd Motor Rifle Regiment Riesa 96th Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment Borna 11th Guards Tank Division Dresden Withdrawn to Slonim in Belarus, 1992 7th Guards Tank Regiment Meissen 40th Guards Tank Regiment Königsbrück 44th Guards Tank Regiment Königsbrück 249th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment Dresden 841st Guards Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment Chemnitz 1018st Air Defence Missile Regiment Meissen 20th Guards Motor Rifle Division Grimma 29th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment Plauen 67th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment Grimma 242nd Guards Motor Rifle Regiment Wurzen 576th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment Glauchau 944st Guards Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment Leisnig 358st Guards Air Defence Missile Regiment Leisnig units and formations directly subordinated to the 1st GTA 225th Independent Helicopter Regiment Allstedt 485th Independent Helicopter Regiment Brandis Brandis airfield SN 181st Rocket Brigade Kochsttdt 432nd Rocket Brigade Wurzen 308st Artillery Brigade Zeithein 53rd Anti-Aircraft Rocket Brigade Altenburg 41st Logistic Brigade Dresden 235th Independent Radar Control Support Regiment Merseburg 68th Pontoon Bridge Regiment Dresden 3rd Independent Signal Regiment Dresden
2nd Guards Tank Army Brandenburg / Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
unit, formation location utilisation remark until 1945 after 1991-1994 1 2 3 4 5 2nd Guards Tank Army Fürstenberg/Havel 21st Motor Rifle Division Perleberg 239th Motor Rifle Regiment Perleberg 240th Motor Rifle Regiment Ludwigslust 283rd Guards Motor Rifle Regiment Hagenow 568th Motor Rifle Regiment Parchim in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 1054th Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment Rathenow 1079th Air Defence Missile Regiment Perleberg 16th Guards Tank Division Neustrelitz 47th Guards Tank Regiment Neustrelitz 65th Guards Tank Regiment Neustrelitz 60th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment Ravensbrück to Fürstenberg/Havel 723rd Guards Motor Rifle Regiment Rathenow 724th Guards Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment Neustrelitz 66th Air Defence Missile Regiment Neustrelitz 94th Guards Motor Rifle Division Schwerin 204th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment Schwerin 286th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment Schwerin 288th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment Wismar 74th Guards Tank Regiment Schwerin 199th Guards Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment Wismar 896th Air Defence Missile Regiment Schwerin 207th Motor Rifle Division Stendal in Saxony-Anhalt 33rd Motor Rifle Regiment Stendal 41st Motor Rifle Regiment Gardelegen 400th Motor Rifle Regiment Mahlwinkel 591st Guards Motor Rifle Regiment Staats 693rd Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment Stendal 75th Guards Air Defence Missile Regiment Stendal units and formations directly subordinated to the 2nd GTA 172nd Independent Helicopter Regiment Damm 439th Independent Helicopter Regiment Damm 112th Rocket Brigade Gentzrode 458th Rocket Brigade Neustrelitz 290th Artillery Brigade Schwerin 61st Anti-Aircraft Rocket Brigade Staats 613rd Radar Control PostLockwisch 614th Radar Control PostBadekow (Gresse) 621st Radar Control PostPritzwalk 631st Radar Control PostDamgarten 632nd Radar Control PostDranske 118th Logistics Brigade Ravensbrück 250th Independent Radar Control Support Regiment Stendal 69th Pontoon Bridge Regiment Ravensbrück 5th Independent Signal Regiment Ravensbrück
3rd Combined Arms Army Saxony-Anhalt unit, formation location utilisation remark until 1945 after 1991-1994 1 2 3 4 5 3rd Army Magdeburg 7th Guards Tank Division Rosslau 55th Guards Tank Regiment Lutherstadt Wittenberg 56th Guards Tank Regiment Zerbst 79th Guards Tank Regiment Rosslau 40th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment Brandenburg an der Havel 670th Guards Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment Kochstedt 278th Guards Air Defence Missile Regiment Rosslau 10th Guards Tank Division Altengrabow 61st Guards Tank Regiment Altengrabow 62nd Guards Tank Regiment Altengrabow 63rd Guards Tank Regiment Altengrabow