Command staff vehicle

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Command staff vehicle (KSchM) R-145M "Tschaika" ("Seagull", Russian Р-145БМ "Чайка" )
Staff vehicle (SchM), management level General Staff / Military District «MSch-12 Sweliza»
Combined radio station «R-142NMR» on a KamAZ-5350 , Russia
Airborne Forces Command Staff Vehicle P-230T (2017)

A command staff vehicle (KSch / KSchM) ( Russian Командно-штабная машина КШМ , transcribed komandno-schtabnaja maschina KSchM ) is a combat vehicle based on an armored personnel carrier or a military command vehicle, which is equipped with a radio station for commanding tactical command units , Units or units.

designation

The NVA- usual short name until 1990 was KSch. If command staff vehicles were anchored in the strength and equipment records of the telecommunications troops, such as the KSch R-145BM in the 14th intelligence regiment , they were referred to as radio equipment , which initially led to irritation among CSCE observers. The operational use of this KSch in particular was carried out by the combat command center in the LSK / LV command .

Today in the Russian army the designation command staff vehicle (KSchM), staff vehicle (MSch - schtabnaja maschina ) or combined radio station (combinirovannaja radiostanzija) is common. Here the device is usually used for military guidance up to the regiment , brigade and division level . Special versions of the rocket troops and artillery are excluded from this, such as the command staff vehicle of the rocket troops and artillery PRP-3 "Whale" for reconnaissance, identification and target assignment.

Armored personnel carriers such as the BTR-60 and BMP-1 series are used for vertical guidance below the unit level or horizontally within a battalion .

Operational principles

Command staff vehicles were designed for self-sufficient, field-based use. The purpose was to provide comprehensive telecommunications support for the troop commander, chief or staff body concerned. Depending on the respective command level, however, command staff vehicles could be part of a field communication center or the communication center of a command post .

history

The following are examples of command staff vehicles, staff vehicles or combined radio stations that were mainly used in army units or are possibly currently in use:

  • Command staff vehicle BMD-1 KSch (БМД-1 КШ)
  • Command staff vehicle BMP-1K (БМП-1К)
  • Command staff vehicle BTR-50PU, BTR-50PUM (БТР-50ПУ, БТР-50ПУМ)
  • Command staff vehicle MP-21, MP-31 (МП-21, МП-31)
  • Command staff vehicle PRP-3 (ПРП-31)
  • Command staff vehicle R-145BM (БМП-1КШТ)
  • Combined radio station R-125B1, R-125B2 (Р-125Б1, Р-125Б2)
  • Combined radio station R-142N, R-142NM, R-142-NMR (Р-142Н, Р-142НМ, Р-142-НМР)
  • Staff vehicle MSch-12 (МШ-12)

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Military Lexicon, 2nd ed. 1973, L-No .: 5, ES-No .: 6C1, BstNr: 745.303.1, page 269 Definition: "Message center"