Les Armées du Pacte de Varsovie - Organisation - Tactique et Doctrine, March 1980
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As previously discussed here,
it was not uncommon during the Cold War for nations to produce manuals concerning the opposing force, be it NATO or Warsaw Pact.In this post a Belgian document discussing the Warsaw Pact armies is presented. Although the entire document makes for interesting reading, for the sake of brevity, only a small portion of the Belgian (French/Dutch) terminology is translated below, specifically for the squad through the company level as found on pages 2-2 to 2-5.
It should, of course, be noted that this document by no means contains any particularly insightful information as to exactly what the Warsaw Pact militaries looked like, rather, it informs us how the Belgians perceived the Warsaw Pact forces.
The manual can be downloaded here.
The archive of manuals can be found here.
| French | Dutch | English |
| Page 2-2 | ||
| Section de Fusiliers Motorisées sur BMP | Gemotoriseerde Fusiliersectie op BMP | Motorised Rifle Squad/Section mounted in a BMP |
| Chef sec | Sec Comd | Squad/Section Leader |
| Mi | Machine Gunner | |
| Fusiliers | Riflemen | |
| Tireur ATK | ATK Schutter | Anti-Tank Gunner |
| Chef Veh | Vtg Comd | Vehicle Commander |
| Canonnier | Kanonnier | Gunner |
| Chauffeur | Driver | |
| Page 2-3 and 2-4 | ||
| Peloton de Fusiliers Motorisées sur BMP | Gemotoriseerd Fusilierpeloton op BMP | Motorised Rifle Platoon mounted in a BMP |
| Chef Pl | Pl Comd | Platoon Commander |
| Tireur Elite | Scherpschutter | Designated Marksman |
| Tireur | Schutter | (Machine) Gunner |
| Tireur AA | AA Schutter | AA (MANPAD) Gunner |
| Page 2-5 | ||
| Compagnie de Fusiliers Motorisées sur BMP | Gemotoriseerde Fusiliercompagnie op BMP | Motorised Rifle Platoon mounted in a BMP |
| Comd Cie | Cie Comd | Company Commander |
| Offr Adj | Executive Officer | |
| SOffr Techn | Techn OOffr | Technical Non-Commissioned Officer |
| SOffr Cie | Cie Ooffr | First Sergeant |
| Radio | Radio Operator | |