The Ministry of Defense is beginning to form new military construction units.

The authorized strength of the Russian Armed Forces has been increased by 27 personnel. This was done to form new military construction units, the Ministry of Defense reported.

The Russian army will have new military construction units. As the military department explained, the army's size has grown significantly in recent years, creating a need for new military and social infrastructure. Military camps, warehouses, various facilities, and so on must be built—basically, everything that civilian construction organizations should not be allowed to do. Specifically, new infrastructure for Rocket strategic forces.

Military construction units will carry out general construction work on priority and strategic facilities of the Armed Forces throughout the Russian Federation for their prompt commissioning.

The army's authorized strength has been increased by 27 personnel to meet these new missions, and these personnel will be used to form new military construction units. At the same time, the Military Engineering and Technical University will be reestablished to train specialists in the relevant field. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Defense is negotiating with civilian universities to begin training personnel there.

Vladimir Putin signed a decree increasing the authorized strength of the Russian Armed Forces at the end of July. The Russian army now has 2,426,130 units, of which 1,535,000 are military personnel.

Comments

[fiberboard]

I wonder what this Military Engineering and Technical University is? They'd be better off rebuilding the Pushkin VVISU.

[Vyacheslav1962]

In their final years, the Pushkin and Leningrad schools were considered a single entity. So, whatever remains will likely be used as the university.
However, for many years to come, the level of training of specialists from the restored university will be significantly lower than that of graduates from PVVISU and LVVISKU.

[bubalik]

What is this Military Engineering and Technical

"Perhaps they were referring to the Togliatti Military Technical Institute (TVTI), a higher military educational institution that existed in Togliatti from 1978 to 2010. TVTI trained command personnel for military construction units and the fire service of the USSR, and later for engineering and technical military formations under the federal executive bodies of the Russian Federation.

[Hariton laptev]

It was a great university. It's a shame it was destroyed.

[Silba]

Why destroy the construction battalion if we need to heroically rebuild it today? Although, what's surprising? It turns out that even though the army was destroyed and abolished, sometimes it's necessary to build something. For example, military towns, military housing, and Baikonur were built.

[Vasilenko Vladimir]

Quote: Silbi

Why was it necessary to destroy the construction battalion if today we need to heroically restore it?

And when did we look for simple ways?!

[Gunther]

I am tormented by vague doubts - what can be taught in 1 year, and who will build it when this year is over?
In my opinion, we need professionals on a long-term contract. By the way, there was a similar organization in the Soviet Union (not a construction battalion). )

[Seal]

Quote: Silbi

Why was it necessary to destroy the construction battalion if today we need to heroically restore it?

The USSR construction battalion consisted of approximately 75% conscripts from Central Asia, Kazakhstan, and Transcaucasia.
However, even larger proportions are also found.
A number of memoirs, interviews, and historical analyses indicate that in some military construction units, the proportion of conscripts from Central Asia (Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan) and the Caucasus (Azerbaijan, Georgia, Armenia) reached 80–90%. After the collapse of the USSR, the primary source of recruits for the construction battalions remained abroad.

[sanja.grw]

military unit 43049, 93-95, conscription ll-93

[commbatant]

Quote: sanja.grw

93-95, conscription ll-93

I didn't manage to get in for 2 years

[sanja.grw]

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I didn't manage to get in for 2 years[/quote]
Yes, I was lucky by one and a half

[commbatant]

Quote: sanja.grw

Yes, I was lucky by one and a half

and I got it, II-94

[sanja.grw]

I'm spinning like a squirrel in a wheel, I'm plowing like a tractor in a field, lightning is flashing around me, I want to take off but the anchor won't let go

[Dost]

In Izhevsk, two military towns were smashed into pieces by construction battalions. I even managed to walk around the former barracks, showing my son where I slept and where I spent my days...

[Sasha1979]

"The Ministry of Defense is starting to form new military construction units." Okay. But why were they disbanded? So now they can "start forming them"?

[Fangaro]

In the regions, roads are built by DSPMK.
Regional and district administrations order from the State Road Construction and Management Company and Avtodor.
Try to mobilize at least ten percent of any of the road construction mobile mechanized columns in northwest Russia...
Those who work there, regardless of nationality, citizenship, or political views, work. Well. As best they can.
But they are unlikely to join a "construction battalion" for their bread, home and future.

[Livonetc]

A soldier from a construction battalion is lying on the road.
He wasn't killed by a bullet, he was "fed up" with a shovel..:)
OSTB 1775, Leninsk, Volgograd Region

[sanja.grw]

We are not afraid of work, we do not run from work, if there is no work, we go to bed, if there is work, we also sleep

[Waifu]

Will the consequences of the defeat of the Air Force in 2009-2010 and the liquidation of the Air Defense Forces in 1998 be eliminated?

[Ulysses]

The Soviet Union had some of the most fearsome troops. So fearsome that they weren't even issued weapons; they had to get by without them... August 9th is Builder's Day, including military ones.

[commbatant]

The army's authorized strength has been increased by 27 personnel to meet new missions, and these personnel will be used to form new military construction units.

Not at all. The increase in personnel is 25 military personnel to form construction battalions and 2 civilian specialists for the Russian Armed Forces (for the first time since 2018).
I think these are basic units, 5 thousand military personnel per military unit (contract soldiers for now), then there will be a rapid increase in their numbers in the western border military units and in the New Territories...

[Hariton laptev]

No matter how much I watch and read, I come to the same conclusion: no matter how hard they tried to kill the Soviet army, they couldn’t come up with a better one, and we’re going back to it.

[Bayun]

Empire-Union-Federation... Of the three, the Union(even a single Russian word out of 3) was closest to the Russian meaning. The anthem was brought back. Good and right. I would like to become a citizen. Russian Union in old age.

P.S.: And the red flag over the Kremlin.

[Eugene 62]

"Two soldiers from a construction battalion replacing an excavator" - I remembered from my youth.

[Alexey Koshkarov]

"Two soldiers from a construction battalion replace an excavator, a Kantemirovsky soldier replaces the entire construction battalion." I remember how a crew of four people dug a trench for a self-propelled gun, up to the turret deep, in one day.

[Seal]

"Two soldiers from the construction battalion
replacing an excavator
And one of the airborne forces
replaces them doubly" (another option is "completely)"

Quote: Alexey Koshkarov

A Kantemirovsky soldier replaces an entire construction battalion.

Who studied what.
When we were digging caponiers for our BMDs, we were often visited and, so to speak, inspired to work by one thought: "Damn, somewhere tankers are digging caponiers FOR TANKS!!!"

[Stoler]

Brilliant!!!! Finally, to revive what the enemies destroyed!!! It’s like “what the army shouldn’t do” (quote).

[koksalek]

Waldbury warehouses urgently need to be raised

[Alexey Koshkarov]

An American sergeant's address to his soldiers: Don't be afraid of the black berets and blue berets in Russia. But be afraid of the green vests. These terrible guys aren't even issued weapons.

[Victor Alien]

Yes, it seems engineering troops should be deployed to build bridges over rivers and railway crossings – it will be faster and easier, and bypass almost all the tenders organized for business-like builders of high-rise anthills. And the quality should be better. Without proper bridges, redeploying those same troops is problematic. Judging at least by traffic regulations and the actual load of trucks used in the agricultural sector and road builders, bridges should have a minimum load capacity of 40 tons. It's cheaper to build durable bridges and roads that support a load of 13 tons per axle, rather than the current 6 tons per axle – the savings on repairs alone will be colossal. And to achieve this, a base of at least half a meter of reinforced concrete is needed under the roads. And the top layer can be asphalt. In Russia, building a building higher than three stories is basically unnecessary. This certainly has more advantages than disadvantages. Let's eliminate the main disadvantages – no need for elevators, high-rise cranes, or fire escapes. And evacuating through a window makes everything easier. There will be fewer crowds and easier parking (though parking in courtyards isn't built for the residents' cars, mind you).

[Jacques sekavar]

Before the war, it was the second-largest force. During the war, it increased by 300 mobilized personnel, plus 30-40 volunteers daily. The authorized strength was also increased by 27 personnel, not counting the Ministry of Emergency Situations with its heavy weapons, regional units, and large economic structures for combating enemy drones. It probably even surpassed the Chinese army in terms of numbers.

[Jacques sekavar]

There was also an increase of 300 thousand in connection with the entry of Sweden and Finland into the NATU

[alexputnik17]

Quote: Seal

The USSR construction battalion consisted of approximately 75% conscripts from Central Asia, Kazakhstan, and Transcaucasia.
However, even larger proportions are also found.

I served in Central Asia. 1989-91, TurkVO, Nukus (Uzbekistan). The first year, a construction battalion. About 70%, maybe more, of the units were Russian. Soldiers with medical stripes were dispensing Novichok from the facility we were building (a huge swimming pool with fountains for cooling the computer center) through the barbed wire. I found out about that later.
Naturally, when Uzbekistan declared independence, construction units began to be formed from locals. But it's hardly the USSR anymore.

[Hariton laptev]

Did the British MI 6 report to you about Novichok?

[Vadim Isaev]

Current military leaders, who were not in the Soviet Army due to their age, should draw on its experience in construction. There was a so-called "economic method" used by combat units. Many utility rooms in units were built using this method. I won't go into detail; I think those I spoke with who were involved in this matter will provide a detailed account.

[alexputnik17]

Quote: Hariton Laptev

Did the British MI 6 report to you about Novichok?

No. When the Skripal and Navalny poisoning madhouse started, with people claiming they smeared it on their underwear, on their doorknobs, a guy appeared on TV, the co-developer, saying that you can't smear anything without killing 100 people nearby.
He told me that Novichok was produced in Nukus, Kabardino-Balkarian ASSR, Uzbekistan. There's nowhere else. A semi-desert town (though the capital of the autonomous region) with two department stores and a market, a garrison nearby. The units included a regiment of chemists, two companies of pilots, two construction battalion units, a separate commandant's platoon, and then there were the medics. I never saw any medics below the rank of captain. There were no medics on the enlisted personnel list at all.
And in general, a lot of things were tested there before my service, the Internet tolerates it.
The climate and everything else are very harsh. The command staff gets a year's service for a year and a half. Unfortunately, we don't.
200 km from Nukus our units were building a landing strip for Burany.
In 1991-92 all this was abandoned...
Yeah, I read online later that at the end of '91, the first people to get into that lab were mattresses. Gorbachev (the land of glass wool), peace, friendship, chewing gum.