Soviet Ground Forces

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army land warfare branch

The Soviet Ground Forces were the land-based military branch of the Soviet Armed Forces, responsible for large-scale ground operations and defense throughout the existence of the USSR.

Aliases (6)

Statements (73)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	army → land warfare branch →
allegiance	Communist Party of the Soviet Union →
conflict	Cold War → Hungarian Revolution of 1956 → Korean War → Prague Spring → Sino-Soviet border conflict → Soviet–Afghan War → World War II →
controlledBy	Ministry of Defence of the USSR →
country	Soviet Union →
dissolved	1991 →
doctrine	Deep operation → Operational maneuver group →
followedBy	Ground forces of other post-Soviet states → Russian Ground Forces → Ukrainian Ground Forces →
garrison	Central Group of Forces → Group of Soviet Forces in Germany → Northern Group of Forces → Southern Group of Forces →
headquartersLocation	Moscow →
highestCommand	General Staff of the Armed Forces of the USSR →
ideology	Marxism–Leninism →
inception	1946 →
militaryBranchOf	Soviet Armed Forces →
motto	For the Motherland →
nativeName	Сухопутные войска СССР →
notableCommander	Dmitry Yazov → Georgy Zhukov → Ivan Konev → Rodion Malinovsky NERFINISHED →
partOf	Soviet Armed Forces →
peakPersonnelStrength	millions of personnel →
precededBy	Workers' and Peasants' Red Army →
recruitment	conscription →
role	ground defense of the USSR → land warfare → large-scale offensive ground operations →
standardServiceRifle	AK-47 → AK-74 → AKM →
subdivision	air defense units → airborne units under separate command → artillery units → chemical troops → combined arms armies → engineer troops → logistics units → motor rifle divisions → rifle divisions → signal troops → tank armies →
trainingDoctrine	mass conscript army →
usedEquipment	air defense systems → armored fighting vehicles → infantry small arms → multiple rocket launchers → self-propelled artillery → surface-to-surface missiles → tanks → towed artillery →
usedLanguage	Russian →
usedScript	Cyrillic →
usedVehicle	BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicle → BMP-2 infantry fighting vehicle → BTR series armored personnel carriers → T-54/55 tank → T-62 tank → T-64 tank → T-72 tank → T-80 tank →

Referenced by (27)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
1st Baltic Front ("Ground forces of the Soviet Union") → 322nd Rifle Division → 57th Army (Red Army) ("Red Army ground forces") → Central Front → Group of Soviet Occupation Forces in Germany → Ivan Konev ("Soviet Army") → Red Army Reserve Front ("Ground forces of the Soviet Union") → Soviet offensive of February 1940 ("Red Army ground forces") → Voronezh Front ("Ground forces of the Soviet Union") → Voronezh–Kastornoye offensive ("Red Army ground forces") →	militaryBranch
Leningrad Front (Soviet Union) ("Red Army ground forces") → Soviet Steppe Front →	branch
Battle of the Dnieper → Upper Silesian Offensive ("Red Army ground forces") →	involvedBranch
Dzerzhinsky Artillery Academy → R-300 Elbrus →	operatedBy
Stalingrad strategic defensive operations (flank sector) ("Soviet Red Army formations") →	conductedBy
Frontal Aviation →	coordinationWith
Soviet High Command →	exercisedAuthorityOver
North Caucasus offensive operations ("Soviet Red Army ground forces") →	involvedForce
Soviet Ground Forces ("Сухопутные войска СССР") →	nativeName
Soviet 60th Army →	partOf
6th Army (Red Army) ("Red Army ground forces") →	service
Dmitry Yazov ("Soviet Army") →	serviceBranch
Military Transport Aviation →	supportedUnit
Nationale Volksarmee Landstreitkräfte ("Soviet Army") →	trainingDoctrineInfluencedBy
R-11 →	usedBy