"Large sea horse": conditionally combat ships of the Navy Lithuania. Alexander Khrolhenko. Scary dream of Lithuanians Mobilization potential and equipment in peacetime

Rowing and anti-tank armament of the Lithuanian army actually corresponds to a given criterion - the soldiers have automatic rifles M-14 and M-16, "Colt" and "Glock" pistols and even the anti-tank missile complex "Javelin". But the means of movement of the Armed Forces of Lithuania on Earth are not as good, since most of them are outdated BTR-60, BRDM-2, MT-LB of Soviet production.

Of all the types and childbirth of the troops of the most weak of the country's naval forces (Navy). Although the Republic has strong maritime traditions, but the core of the combat composition of the Navy Lithuania is two travelers type Hunt produced by the United Kingdom and several Norwegian (type Storm) and Danish (type "fluouffescript") patrol boats. At the same time, none of the ships have a rocket weapon, although the developed complex of managed missile weapons on board is the main trend of the naval forces in the 21st century.

Against the background of the Baltic Fleet of Russia, this mosquito squadron looks extremely small, however, the main trouble is not in the number of Lithuanian travelers and patrol boats (there are only 12 units), but in their quality.

Consider the fighting capabilities of Lithuanian warships.

British Merchal Hunt.

Ships of this type began to build in 1980.

The base trailer with a displacement of 615 tons, a length of 60 meters and a width of 10 meters has a fiberglass housing, a two-wing energy installation (two diesel engines with a total capacity of 3,800 horsepower) and the speed of about 35 kilometers per hour. Crew - 45 people. For more complete characteristics, not avoiding numbers and naval terms.

The main weapon of the traveler: one anti-aircraft artist Bofors caliber of 40 millimeters (the times of World War II) and two artillery settings of 20 millimeters caliber.

As part of radio-electronic weapons, Hunt is a navigation radiolocation station, the system of the radio electronic war "Matilda" UAR-1, the mine-search hydroacoustic station type 193m, the second hydroacoustic station - the warnings about the mine hazard "MIL Cross".

For the search for mines on the trashman there is a team of miners and two autonomous underwater apparatus for neutralization of mines of French production of the late 1980s are placed.

It seems that the main task of Lithuanian military sailors in combat conditions is to be practically handed to clear the Baltic Farvater from Min for other NATovs who are approaching Lithuania's revenue.

Storm Watchdog Boat

Such ships began to build 55 years ago. For example, Lithuanian boat P33 Skalvis (he is the Norwegian Steil P969) built in 1967; He worked a lot in his native Norwegian Navy and was removed from weapons in 2000. Soon after the write-off, the Norwegians sold it to the Baltic ally. Note, this is not the oldest boat type Storm in Lithuania.

Displacement of the boat 100 tons, length 36 meters and a width of 6 meters. Two diesel engines with a total capacity of 6,000 horsepower provide speed speed up to 60 kilometers per hour. Crew - 19 people.

These relatively small boats, which were part of Norway, were armed with anti-workers (PCR) "Penguin" MK1. Unlike other PCR Penguins, they were equipped with an infrared, not a radar guidance system, flew to a maximum of 20 kilometers and rarely fell into a goal.

In Lithuania, the boat sold without missile armament. And this is understandable, because the STORM task is to apply a rocket strike on the enemy ships, followed by "flight" to Norwegian fjords. There is no fjords on the Baltic, so it is not necessary to annoy the enemy once again.

Storm was left only by the old artist for the caliber of 76 millimeters and a 40 millimeters caliber with a bofors. The hydroacoustic station and antique weapons on such boats were absent initially.

To understand the overall picture: By 2000, all 19 Storm boats were brought out of the combat composition of Norway, and seven of them (after dismantling missile weapons), Latvia was transferred (3 units), Lithuania (3) and Estonia (1). With the Danish boats "Fluufisken" - about the same story.

Worn weapons "from the Barskoe" reflects the attitude of Brussels to the Baltic Allies. In turn, Lithuanian authorities, Latvia and Estonia continue to pretend that they all go according to the plan, the "military" money is consumed by grazing and "Russian aggression", including from the sea, will be reflected. "Three wisers in the same pushed in swimming in a thunderstorm" ...

The Republic of Lithuania spends about 0.8 percent of GDP (in 2012 - almost $ 344 million). The army of the country can be said, weak and poorly equipped and the possibilities for mobilizing larger forces she does not have. The basis of the ground forces is only one infantry brigade. Lithuanian armed forces cannot independently protect the country without the help of the North Atlantic Alliance. But in Lithuania there are voluntary formations, ready to remember the guerrilla experience, if the enemy suddenly strikes.

Lithuanian armed forces consist of ground forces, naval forces, air force and special operations. They lead their history from the Lithuanian troops - the army of the Republic of Lithuania 1918-1940. Soon after Germany's surrender in World War I, on November 23, 1918, the authorities of the Lithuanian Republic of Lithuania issued an act on the formation of the army. This day is celebrated as the Day of Lithuanian Warriors.

Three Wars for two years

On December 20, 1918, the Chairman of the Council of Lithuania Antanas Smeton and the Prime Minister of Lithuania Augustinas Voldemaras arrived in Germany to obtain assistance in the formation of the Armed Forces. By the end of the year, Germany paid Lithuania 100 million stamps of reparations, which went to procurement of army. It was mainly weapons left by German troops in Lithuania. At the end of December 1918, the new Lithuanian government, led by a mycolas, released a call to voluntarily join the army to protect the Motherland. Volunteers promised to put the earth. Parallel, Germany began to form volunteer parts in the Baltic States. Part 1 of the German Volunteer Division arrived in Lithuania from Germany in January 1919. All German parts, including volunteers, left Lithuania in July 1919.

On March 5, 1919, mobilization in the Lithuanian army was announced. His number by the end of the summer reached eight thousand. Lithuanians had to fight against the Red Army, who invaded Lithuania from the East. On January 5, 1919, Soviet troops occupied Vilnius, and on January 15 - Shiauliai. Lithuanian troops with the help of the German Volunteer Corps (10 thousand people) stopped the Red Army in Kedain. On February 10, the United German-Lithuanian troops defeated by the Soviet near Kaunas and forced them to retreat. The Germans were fighting in Lithuania until the end of May 1919, since the German government was concerned about the advancement of the Red Army to the borders of East Prussia. On April 19, Polish troops were knocked out the troops of the Lithuanian-Belarus Soviet Republic from Vilnius. By early October 1919, the Lithuanian army pushed the Red Army from the territory of Lithuania. In July - December, the Lithuanians conducted the fighting against the White Guard Western Russian Army of General Pavel Bermondta-Avalov, which also included German volunteral detachments, and defeated her defeat in Radviliskis in November, and on December 15, they were crowded out the Western Army from the territory of Lithuania.

On July 12, 1920, a peace treaty was signed between Lithuania and Soviet Russia, through which Moscow recognized the right to Vilnius for Lithuania. This city, occupied in June of the Red Army, after the defeat of the latter under Warsaw was in late August transferred to the control of Lithuanian troops. In September, battles began between Polish and Lithuanian troops. On October 7, in SledgeValki, an agreement on air conditioning was achieved through the mediation. However, the Lithuanian-Belarusian division of the Polish Army under the command of General Lucian Zheligovsky, allegedly published from the obedience of the Polish government, broke the resistance of the Lithuanian troops and took Vilnius, which in 1923 was attached to Poland. The fighting between Polish and Lithuanian troops was discontinued at the end of November 1920.

The events of 1918-1920 in Lithuania are called war for independence, which actually disintegrates three wars: Lithuanian-Soviet, Lithuanian-Polish and war against the Western army. The commander-in-chief of the Lithuanian troops from May 7, 1919 was General Sylvestrass Zhukauskas (Sylvester Zhukovsky), the former major major general of the Russian Army (until the appointment of the commander-in-chief he was the chief of the General Staff of the Lithuanian Forces). During the war of independence, the Lithuanian army lost 1444 killed, more than 2,600 wounded and over 800 missing.

After the accession of Lithuania to the Soviet Union in August 1940, the Lithuanian army was reformed in the 29th territorial rifle body of the Red Army. The only learning ship of the Navy of the Navy "President of the Smeton", bought in 1926 in Germany, was transferred to the Soviet Baltic Fleet, where, renamed Pirrimanas ("excellent"), then included in the NKVD maritime border guard Under the name "Coral", and with the beginning of the Great Patriotic War, he entered the Baltic fleet and was used as a guard ship and a trash. January 11, 1945, renamed by the time of the T-33 trailer, he was drowning with the German submarine or exploded on Mine at the Alena Island. Lithuanian military aviation, which had several dozen cars for the summer of 1940s (mainly educational and intelligence outdated structures), was abolished. Nine Anox-41, three ANBO-51, one "gladiator I" were transferred to the 29th corps as part of the 29th Corps Airborne Detachment.

On the eve of the Great Patriotic War, almost all Lithuanian officers of the 29th corps were arrested. With the beginning of the war of 16 thousand Lithuanians who served in the building, 14 thousand or deserted, or with weapons in their hands, having interrupted commanders and Nelitsev Commissioners, raised uprising against Soviet power.

The main enemy is defined

The Lithuanian army was recreated with the restoration of Lithuanian independence in March 1990 and the formation of the Department for the Protection of the Region and the first educational unit of the Armed Forces. However, practical measures for the creation of the army followed only after the actual collapse of the USSR in August 1991 and recognition of the independence of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia by the Allied authorities and the Government of the Russian Federation in September. On October 10, 1991, the First Minister of Registry of the Region was appointed - Audryus Butkevichaus, who had previously headed the Department of Region of the Region. On December 30, 1991, the first Lithuanian military ranks were assigned.

On January 2, 1992, the Ministry of Health of the Region began its activities and was recreated by Lithuanian military aviation. At the same time, they announced the first call for valid military service. On September 1, 1992, the regional guard of the region was opened in Vilnius. The officers of the Lithuanian army are also trained in the United States, Germany, Poland, other NATO countries and in Sweden. On November 1, flotilla of the Naval Forces of Lithuania was created.

On November 19, 1992, the Supreme Council - the recovery selection proclaimed the recreation of the troops of the Republic of Lithuania. Continuing the tradition of the army of the interwar period, many battalions of the modern Lithuanian army were assigned the names of the regiments of the 20s and 30th and their symbolism. The units of voluntary forces received the names of the partisan districts, which were divided by Lithuanian partisans, fought against Soviet power in 1944-1957.

The Supreme Commander is the President of Lithuania. The operational leadership of the Armed Forces is carried out by the Commander-in-Chief of the Sun - Professional Military, Whose Worker - Joint Headquarters. The Ministry of Defense (the Ministry of the Region) fulfills the financing and supply of the Armed Forces.

On March 29, 2004, Lithuania joined NATO. Its Sun is integrated with the armed forces of other countries of the North Atlantic Treaty. The Military Doctrine of Lithuania was adopted on March 10, 2010. It provides for the maintenance of military and peacekeeping operations in cooperation with other members of NATO and within the framework of the missions taken by the North Atlantic Union. In the case of the situation of collective defense, the Armed Forces of Lithuania are transferred under the command of NATO. As the only threat to Lithuania, the doctrine is considering "unstable states, in whose documents related to policies in the field of defense and security, it is envisaged, and military force makes it possible to carry out the actions of a military nature, directly or indirectly directed against Lithuania or its allies." Under this definition is understood primarily by Russia, although it is not said about this directly in any Lithuanian documents and our country is not called. In the case of external aggression, the "independent defense of the country and its collective defense together with the allies" is supposed.

September 15, 2008 was canceled by the call for an urgent military service. Recent recruits are fired in stock on July 1, 2009. Since 2009, the recruitment of the armed forces is carried out exclusively by contracting volunteers.

In Sun Lithuania, 10,640 people, including 8,200 - in the ground forces, 600 - in the fleet, 1200 - in aviation, 1804 - in the headquarters and services common to all armed forces. 4600 people are in stock reservists of the land forces, combined into the volunteer troops of the protection of the edge. The male population between the ages of 16 and 49 people had in 2010 890 thousand people, of which the number of suitable military service is estimated at 669 thousand. Annually the age of 18, from which the service in the army can begin, reach 20,425 men.

Military expenses of Lithuania are 0.79 percent of GDP. In 2012, they can be estimated at $ 343.65 million at the official exchange rate of currencies and $ 511.9 billion at purchasing power parity. The lack of funds affects the level of the equipment of the army by weapons and military equipment and the preparation of servicemen.

Ground troops

There are 8,200 people, including 3,600 professionals, and 4600 - in service active reservists from the voluntary troops of the protection of the edge. Professionals are divided into one Brigade "Iron Wolf" (three mechanized infantry battalion and one artillery battalion), three separate motor suitable battalion, one engineering battalion and one training center.

In service with the ground forces, 10 BRDM-2 armored vehicles, delivered by Poland, about 200 American armored personnel carriers M113A1 and M113A2 and Swedish armored personnel carriers BV 206 A MT.

Artillery is represented by 72 105 mm American M101 Gaubes, which provided Denmark, and 61 120 mm M-43 mortar supplied by Poland.

Anti-tank armament - 10 American FGM-148 Javelin FGM-148 mounted on HMMWV Wheel Wheel. There is also a number of FGM-148 Javelin FGM-148 and 84-mm Swedish anti-tank grenade launchers Carl Gustav.

The air defense agents are represented by American CRKK FIM-92 Stinger, 10 of which are installed on armored personnel carriers MTLB, and eight - on American armored personnel carriers M113. There is also a certain number of "stingers" in the portable version.

4600 Active reservists from the volunteer troops of the protection of the region are combined into six regiments and 36 battalions of territorial defense.

Special operations consist of one group of special operations, which includes a special purpose service (group), one hunting battalion and service (group) of combat divers.

Naval

There are about 600 people. Together with the Navy of Latvia and Estonia, they form the combined forces "Baltron", based in Liepaja, Riga, Ventspils, Tallinn and Klaipeda. The headquarters of the united forces is in Tallinn. The Fleet of Lithuania consists of a division of guard ships, a division of anti-mine ships and a division of auxiliary vessels.

The Fleet has three Danish Standard Flex 300 Patrol Boats, armed with one 76-mm gun, and one Norwegian Storm Patrol Boat with antique Penguin missiles, one 76 mm and one 40 mm cannons of Bofors.

There are also two German mine travelers like "Lindau" (type 331), two British mine traders Skulvis (type HUNT), one Norwegian Mine Vidar type (used and as a control ship).

Navy Lithuania is primarily oriented to the fight against mine danger. In stock Four auxiliary port vessels of Soviet and Danish production.

Air Force

There are 980 military personnel and 190 people of civilian personnel. Consist from one air defense battalion. In service with the Air Force, three C-27J Spartan transport aircraft, two transport L-410 Turbolet and two L-39ZA training and combat aircraft. All Czechoslovak production aircraft. The helicopter park consists of nine Mi-8. There are several RBS-70 Swedish CRCK. Lithuanian pilots have a decent flaw - 120 hours a year.

Command serving the needs of all armed forces

The join command of the supply has 1070 people. It consists of one supply battalion. In the joint command of training and documentation of 734 people, consists of one educational regiment.

Militarized formations of other departments

Lithuanian Rifle Union is a public organization engaged in the preparation of young people for service in the army. It has 9,600 people.

Border Guard of the Ministry of the Interior has 5,000 people. Coast Guard Service - 540 people, has three patrol boats of Finnish and Swedish production and one of the Amphibian Griffon 2000 British production.

Lithuanian troops outside the country and foreign allied forces in Lithuania

In Afghanistan there are 236 Lithuanian servicemen as part of international security forces ISAF. In the area of \u200b\u200bthe Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict within the OSCE Mission - one Lithuanian military observer. In Iraq, within the framework of the NATO Mission - 12 Lithuanian servicemen.

Within the framework of the NATO program for the protection of the Baltic airspace, the Lithuanian airspace is patrolled on a permanent basis, four fighters of Germany, Holland, Denmark and other NATO countries. In the case of a sudden Russian invasion of Lithuania, other countries of the Baltic and Poland (although right Russia is not called in the document, but it is obvious that we are talking about it, and not about any aliens) in NATO in the beginning of 2010, a defense plan was developed. Eagle Guardian (Eagle-Defender), providing for the transfer to these countries in the threatened period or immediately after the start of the aggression of nine divisions of the US Army, Germany, Great Britain and Poland with relevant aviation support to the territory of the Baltic States and Poland and sending alliance warships in Ports of Poland, Germany and Baltic countries.

In general, the Army of Lithuania is not inferior to the armies of other Eastern European NATO member countries, has the ability to fully take part in the peacekeeping operations of the Alliance and other international structures. At the same time, the Air Force and Fleet are unable to solve the tasks of the protection of the Lithuanian territory, and in this regard, Lithuania relies entirely to the aid of the Allies on NATO. In the event of an attack from Russia, it is assumed that the Lithuanian army will be able to successfully defend at least within a week, before the approach of reinforcements from other countries of the North Atlantic Alliance, but subject to aviation support from the first day of battles. At the same time, the main hopes for the volunteer troops of the protection of the edges, ready for partisan actions in the case of enemy occupation.

Rowing and anti-tank armament of the Lithuanian army actually corresponds to a given criterion - soldiers have automatic M-14 and M-16 rifles, "Colt" and "Glock" pistols and even the anti-tank missile complex "Javelin". But the means of movement of the Armed Forces of Lithuania on Earth are not as good, since most of them are outdated BTR-60, BRDM-2, MT-LB of Soviet production.

Of all the types and childbirth of the troops of the most weak of the country's naval forces (Navy). Although the Republic has strong sea traditions, but the nucleus of the combat composition of the Navy Lithuania is two travelers type Hunt produced by Great Britain and several norwegian (Storm type) and Danish (type "fluouffescript") patrol boats. At the same time, none of the ships have a rocket weapon, although the developed complex of managed missile weapons on board is the main trend of the naval forces in the 21st century.

Against the background of the Baltic Fleet of Russia, this mosquito squadron looks extremely small, however, the main trouble is not in the number of Lithuanian travelers and patrol boats (there are only 12 units), but in their quality.

Consider the fighting capabilities of Lithuanian warships.

British Merchal Hunt.

Ships of this type began to build in 1980.

The base trailer with a displacement of 615 tons, a length of 60 meters and a width of 10 meters has a fiberglass housing, a two-wing energy installation (two diesel engines with a total capacity of 3,800 horsepower) and the speed of about 35 kilometers per hour. Crew - 45 people. For more complete characteristics, not avoiding numbers and naval terms.

The main weapon of the traveler: one anti-aircraft artist Bofors caliber of 40 millimeters (the times of World War II) and two artillery settings of 20 millimeters caliber.

As part of radio electronic weapons, Hunt is a navigation radiolocation station, a system of radio-electronic war "Matilda" UAR-1, Mino-search hydroacoustic station type 193m, the second hydroacoustic station - warnings about the mine's hazard "MIL Cross".

For the search for mines on the trashman there is a team of miners and two autonomous underwater apparatus for neutralization of mines of French production of the late 1980s are placed.

It seems that the main task of Lithuanian military sailors in combat conditions is to be practically handed to clear the Baltic Farvater from Min for other NATovs who are approaching Lithuania's revenue.

Storm Watchdog Boat

Such ships began to build 55 years ago. For example, Lithuanian boat P33 Skalvis (he is the Norwegian Steil P969) built in 1967; He worked a lot in his native Norwegian Navy and was removed from weapons in 2000. Soon after the write-off, the Norwegians sold it to the Baltic ally. Note, this is not the oldest boat type Storm in Lithuania.

Displacement of the boat 100 tons, length 36 meters and a width of 6 meters. Two diesel engines with a total capacity of 6,000 horsepower provide speed speed up to 60 kilometers per hour. Crew - 19 people.

These relatively small boats, which were part of Norway Navy, were armed with anti-workers (PCR) "Penguin" MK1. Unlike other PKR Penguins, they were equipped with an infrared, rather than a radar guidance system, flew to a maximum of 20 kilometers and rarely fell into a goal.

In Lithuania, the boat sold without missile armament. And this is understandable, because the STORM task is to apply a rocket strike on the enemy ships, followed by a "flight" in Norwegian fjords. There is no fjords on the Baltic, so it is not necessary to annoy the enemy once again.

Storm was left only by the old artist for the caliber of 76 millimeters and a 40 millimeters caliber with a bofors. The hydroacoustic station and antique weapons on such boats were absent initially.

To understand the overall picture: By 2000, all 19 Storm boats were brought out of the combat composition of Norway, and seven of them (after dismantling missile weapons), Latvia was transferred (3 units), Lithuania (3) and Estonia (1). With the Danish boats "Fluufisken" - about the same story.

The worn weapon "from the Barsh shoulder" reflects the attitude of Brussels to the Baltic Allies. In turn, the authorities of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia continue to pretend that they all go according to the plan, the "military" money is consumed by grazing and "Russian aggression", including from the sea, will be reflected. "Three wise men in one pelvis put in swimming in a thunderstorm" ...

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