Arms. Tanks: 5 000 T-80, 9 000 T-72, 4 000 T-64 and many T-62 and T-55. infantry fighting vehicles and armored troop carrier: 2 400 BRDM, about 700 BMP-3, about 25 000 BTR-50, BTR-60, BTR-70, BTR-80, BTR-152, 2 000 armoured reconnaissance vehicles BMD, 4 000 MT-LB. Artillery: 40 000 122 mm, 130 mm, 152 mm; 122 mm and 152 mm self-propelled artillery mountings. Mortars: 14 000 82 mm, 120 mm, 160 mm, 240 mm. Recoilless guns: 73 mm SPG-9. Rocket systems: 7 500 122 mm, 140 mm, 220 mm and 240 mm, Smerch 300 mm, 40 mm RPG-7, 64 mm RPG-15, 73 mm RPG-16. Antitank systems: 8 000 57 mm, 76 mm, 85 mm, 100 mm, ASU-57/85, AT-2 Swatter, AT-3 Sagger, AT-4 Spandler, AT-6 Spiral, AT-7 Saxhorn, AT-8 Songster, AT-10, AT-11, Cornet. Surface-to-surface missile systems with rockets SS-21. Air defence: about 4 900 units.

Army-co-operation aircraft: 4 300 helicopters Mi-2, Mi-4, Mi-6, Mi-8, Mi-10, Mi-24, Mi-26.

Air force. Staff: 167 000. Structure: the long-range aircraft (strategic forces), the tactical aircraft, the army transport aircraft, the air defence aircraft, the training units, the naval aircraft.

Arms. Bombers: 28 Tu-160, 100 Tu-22M, 43 Tu-95, 87 Tu-95SM. Battleplanes: 500 Su-24. Fighters: 450 MiG-29, 150 Su-27, 250 MiG-27, 300 MiG-23, 130 Su-22, 30 MiG-31, 20 MiG-25, 250 Su-25. Reconnaissance and electronic warfare planes: 80 MiG-25P, 80 Su-24. Helicopters: 300 Mi-1, 600 Mi-2, 50 Mi-4, 300 Mi-6, 1 900 Mi-8, 50 Mi-26 and 60 Mi-28. Tankers: 10 M-4 (Bizion), 20 Tu-16 and 60 Mi-28. Transport aircraft: about 700 planes of the following types: 320 An-12, 24 An-124, 45 An-22, Il-12, 300 Il-76, 300 An-2, 100 An-24, 50 An-32, 30 An-72, 20 Tu-134/154, 150 L-410. Training aircraft: 2 000 Yak-18, L-29 and L-39, MiG-23U, MiG-25U, Su-7U, Su-11U, Tu-22U.

Air defence. Structure: the space observation forces, the rocket forces, the air defence rocket forces, 4 air defence armies, the combatant forces, technical units.

Arms. Interceptors: 180 MiG-25, 320 MiG-31, 250 MiG-23, 200 Su-27. Airborne early warning: 15 A-50 Mainstay, An-12 and Il-14/18. Anti-ballistic missile systems: 33 ABM-1 Galosh. Surface-to-air missile systems.

Stationary systems: 300 SA-2 (Gudeline), 200 SA-3 (GOA), 600 SA-5 GAMMON. Mobile systems: 2 000 SA-10/12. Air defence radars: 9 long-range radars, other 9 000 radars in 1 200 points.