Military Transport - Cold War
After the end of World War II to the organs of military communications and for the workers of transport it was necessary to solve many complex problems: to carry out the significant by the volume transportation, connected with the demobilization, by the return to the country of different type of supplies, which are located abroad. This work was carried out organizationally and within the established periods. Restoration and increase in the capacities of all forms of transport began. By 1965. the extent of railroads increased on more than 18 thousand km, automobile hard surface roads - approximately 2, inland waterways - by 14 percent. Freight traffic in the postwar 20 years grew: railroads - it is more than 6 times, river transport - almost 7,5 times, truck transport - approximately 28 times. Many times increased transportation by air transport and pumping of petroleum products in the conduits.
In 1961 the reorganization of military transport service was carried out. Volume and nature of the works of service became wider and more many-sided, considerably increased the complexity of the tasks in the preparation of all forms of transport in defense sense and their use solved by it for the satisfaction of the needs of armed forces for the transportation.
On the basis of the study of the experience of World War II, results of military science work, experience of studies the officers of military communications increased their knowledge and improved the skills of the organization of transportation and control of them, preparation of communications for defense purposes and increase in their vitality.
In the 1960's 7 thousand km of new railroad lines was built. The main railroad directions, which strengthened the transport connections of the center of the country with Central Asia regions, Transbaykal, the Far East were built. The main motor roads Moscow - Kiev, Moscow - Volgograd, Kuybyshev - Ufa - Chelyabinsk were built. The technical reequipping of railroads made it possible to increase the weight standards of trains, to increase their length and speed of motion.
The perfection of transport guarantee and technology of transportation, increase in the stability of the work of transport and introduction of new transportation means, an improvement in the quality of control by transport process and its comprehensive guarantee - these and many other tasks are the focus of the attention of the personnel of the organs of military communications.
The work of transport is improved, the rates of the transportation of the troops grow, are improved the coordination of the work of all forms of transport, the comprehensive guarantee of the transportable troops. New in the organization of military transportation solidly enters into life.
In 1979-1989 the organs of military communications ensured the transportation of the troops into Afghanistan, and then their removal. Subsequently, in connection with reduction and withdrawal of forces within the compressed periods were realized the transportation of personnel, combat materiel and property from the countries of far and near [zarubezhya]. For example, from the Western group of forces rail and sea transport exported 6 armies (22 divisions, 47 brigades, 42 individual regiments) by the total number more than half million people, 123,629 pieces of equipment and armament, about 3 millnio tons of supplies.
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