Soviet Combat Intelligence and Reconnaissance.

Abstract

This essay attempts to describe and to a lesser extent, to analyze, combat intelligence and reconnaissance in Soviet ground forces at the division and smaller unit level. It is based on Russian language sources openly published in the recent past in the Soviet Union. The essay includes descriptions of the principles of combat intelligence; basic collection methods, both tactical and technical; and employment patterns of reconnaissance units. The essay concludes with a brief, subjective evaluation of Soviet combat intelligence and reconnaissance. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 05, 1973
Accession Number
ADA066646

Entities

People

  • Raymond E. Zickel

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Cyber
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Airborne
  • Army
  • Combat Forces
  • Combat Operations
  • Direction Finding
  • Doctrine
  • Employment
  • Fire Support
  • New York
  • Observation
  • Observers
  • Photography
  • Second World War
  • Ussr
  • Warfare
  • Weapons
  • Weapons Of Mass Destruction

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Geospatial Intelligence and Artificial Intelligence Analytics
  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies