MTO RF Armed Forces- an integral part of the RF Armed Forces, including the forces and means intended for the rear and rear services technical support troops (forces) in peace and war time... The structure of the MTO of the RF Armed Forces includes: military command and control bodies with military units and organizations of support and protection, special troops (formations and military units of material support, automobile, road, railway, pipeline, auxiliary fleet, military supply units rocket fuel), military units, organizations and bodies (military communications, transshipment areas, trade and household, (tourist, cultural and leisure), rear services (fuel, food, material, medical, veterinary and sanitary), as well as military schools, training military units, research, testing and design organizations and military units.

Organizationally, the forces and means of the rear are part of the military districts (fronts), fleets, large formations, formations and military units of the services and combat arms of the RF Armed Forces, and are also directly subordinate to the central bodies of military command. The MTO of the RF Armed Forces is subdivided: according to the scale and nature of the tasks performed - into strategic, operational (operational-strategic, operational and operational-tactical formations) and military (formations, military units and subunits); by belonging - to the rear of the Center, types and arms of the RF Armed Forces, district (frontline), naval, army, corps, air force (air force and air defense) of the fleet, rear of flotillas, naval bases, squadrons, divisional (brigade), regimental, battalion (divisions).

The general management of the MTO of the Armed Forces is carried out by the Minister of Defense through the Head of the MTO of the RF Armed Forces - Deputy Minister of Defense of the RF, the commanders-in-chief of the branches of the Armed Forces, the commanders of the branches of the RF Armed Forces, the chiefs of the main and central directorates of the RF Ministry of Defense.

Historical reference. The foundations of the organization of the military economy in the Russian army were laid by the decree of Peter I of February 18, 1700, which formed the Provision and Commissariat orders. From 1711, the functions of supplying the army and navy were transferred to the Senate, from 1720 - to the Military Collegium, which included a commissariat office and a provisional office, from 1802 - to the relevant departments of the War Ministry, and in 1864 instead of them - to the Chief quartermaster office. The logistic support system was improved taking into account the experience of the wars. As part of military units, formations, associations and at the disposal of central bodies, established subdivisions, units and institutions are designed for centralized supply of troops separately for each rear service. In World War I, front-line and army supply bases were formed, front-line distribution stations began to function, providing reception of railway transport from the rear of the country, as well as hull unloading stations.



In the Red Army in 1918, the Central Supply Directorate was formed, the positions of supply chiefs were established in the associations and formations, to whom units, institutions and rear services were subordinate. In the course of the Great Patriotic War, the Rear Services of the RF Armed Forces were formed, which successfully coped with a large volume of tasks for the rear support of troops (forces). On 1.8.1941, by order of the People's Commissar of Defense, the Main Directorate of the Rear Services of the Red Army was created (since 1998, August 1 is the Day of the Rear Services of the RF Armed Forces), and rear services directorates in the fronts and armies. By May 1942, the posts of chiefs of rear services in corps and divisions were introduced. Thus, a centralized rear was formed.

In the post-war years, with the development of the country's economy, changes in the organizational structure, technical equipment of the RF Armed Forces, and the development of military science, the Logistics of the RF Armed Forces were improved.

The chiefs of the Logistics of the Red Army, the Soviet Army, the USSR Armed Forces and the RF Armed Forces: A.V. Khrulev (1941-1951), V.I. Vinogradov (1951-1958), I.Kh. Baghramyan (1958-1968), S.S. Maryakhin (1968-1972), S.K. Kurkotkin (1972-1988), V.M. Arkhipov (1988-1991), I.V. Fuzhenko (1991-1992), V.T. Churanov (1992-1997), V.I. Isakov (1997-2009). Since 2009 D.V. Bulgakov.

Department of planning and coordination of logistics (former Logistics Headquarters) of the RF Armed Forces- the main control body in the system of logistic support of troops (forces). Main tasks: maintaining the combat and mobilization readiness of the Armed Forces Logistics; collection, study and evaluation of data on the operational and logistical situation; preparation of operational logistical calculations and proposals for making decisions on the organization of logistic support of troops (forces); planning of logistic support, bringing tasks to the performers and monitoring their implementation; organization of interaction between the rear services, its protection, security and defense; ensuring the uninterrupted functioning of the rear services control and communications system, etc. Includes management - operational rear and organizational mobilization, a communications and automation department, a special department (for exhumation).

Historical reference. By order of the People's Commissar of Defense of the USSR No. 0257 dated 1.8.1941, the Main Directorate of the Rear Services of the Red Army was created, which included the headquarters of the head of this department (A.V. Khrulev), later renamed the Headquarters of the Rear Services of the USSR Armed Forces. During the restructuring of the highest bodies of military command in the late 1940s - early 1950s. reorganized into the Department of Logistics Services of the USSR War Ministry. 04/23/1953 was restored as the Headquarters of Logistics of the USSR Ministry of Defense and the post of its chief was established. In 1965 it was renamed the Logistics Headquarters of the USSR Armed Forces. Chiefs:

P.V. Utkin (1941), M.P. Milovsky (1941-1944), V.I. Vinogradov (1944-1951), V.F. Konkov (1952-1953), F.M. Malykhin (1953-1959), M.S. Novikov (1959-1969), I.M. Golushko (1969-1989); A.T. Klimov (1989-1997), V.I. Isakov (1997), D.V. Bulgakov (1997-2009).

Automobile troops- special troops of the MTO of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, intended for the implementation of military road transport, including delivery material resources, transportation of personnel, evacuation of the wounded, sick, property and trophies. They include automobile brigades, regiments, battalions and other units and subunits that are organizationally part of the formations and formations of the branches and branches of the RF Armed Forces and MTO Armed Forces. Subordinate to the head of the Central Automobile and Road Administration of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

Historical reference. They appeared in the Russian army in 1906 in the form of automobile teams attached to railway battalions. During World War I, there were 22 automobile companies with a total fleet of about 10 thousand vehicles. The first automobile units of the Red Army were automobile convoys and cargo detachments (10-20 vehicles each). By the beginning of World War II, there were about 27 thousand, and in 1944, 100 thousand cars. The fronts included 35 automobile regiments and over 200 separate battalions and companies. During the war years, they transported over 101 million tons of cargo, the total cargo turnover amounted to more than 3.5 billion ton-kilometers. 77 of them were awarded orders, 15 were awarded honorary titles, 14 motorists were awarded the title of Hero Soviet Union.

Road troops- special troops of the MTO of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, intended for the preparation, operation, technical cover, restoration of military highways and the solution of other tasks of road support. They consist of road commandant formations and units, bridge, pontoon bridge and road units and subdivisions. Subordinate to the head of the Central Automobile and Road Administration of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

Historical reference. Lead history from the "pioneer teams" for road works, which appeared in the Russian army at the beginning of the 18th century. In World War I, special road troops were formed (by the end of the war, 240 thousand people). V Civil war in the Red Army, military road detachments were created. During the Great Patriotic War in the summer of 1943, as a result of the separation of the motor transport and road services, they were separated into independent special forces. The Main Road Administration (GDU) of the Red Army was created, road administrations and departments in the fronts and armies. During the war, road troops restored, repaired and built over 100 thousand km of roads, completed about 35 million cubic meters. volume of earthworks restored and repaired more than 1 million bridges. For distinction, 59 road parts were awarded orders and 27 - honorary titles.

In 1946, instead of the GDU, the 5th (road) department was created in the Logistics Headquarters of the USSR Armed Forces, and departments and divisions were created in the headquarters of the rear of military districts, groups of troops and armies. The road troops were disbanded, partly transferred to the NKVD (in a special road building corps). Instead of them, small road depots were formed in the military districts. In the 1960s. the revival of the road troops began. Road commandant brigades have been formed, from the Far East to western counties road battalions have been redeployed. Since 1970, the leadership was carried out by the Road Administration of the USSR Ministry of Defense, in the districts - by road services. In the 1980s. new staffs of road troops were introduced.

Railway troops- special troops of the MTO of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, intended for the restoration, construction, operation, barrage and technical cover of railways used for military transport. Organizationally, they consist of railway corps, separate railway brigades and battalions, and other military units and organizations.

Historical reference. In Russia, the prototype of the railway troops (ZhDV) became the military workers, conductor and telegraph companies formed by the Decree of Nicholas I dated 6.8.1851 (since 2006 - the Day of Railway Troops) for the operation and protection of the St. Petersburg-Moscow (Nikolaev) railway. Were part of engineering troops, since 1904 are independent. In the Red Army, they were created on 10/05/1918 (by order of the commander-in-chief, a resolution of the Republican Revolutionary Military Council of the Republic on their formation was announced). During the Great Patriotic War, together with special formations of the People's Commissariat of Railways, about 120 thousand km of railways were restored. For distinction, 18 railway formations and units were awarded orders, one brigade was awarded the title of Guards, 5 units received honorary titles, 28 railway soldiers were awarded the title of Hero of Socialist Labor, and one was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. Until 1992, they were part of the RF Armed Forces. In 1995-2004. were administered by the Federal Railroad Service. In January 2005 he was again a member of the RF Armed Forces.

Pipeline troops- special troops of the MTO of the RF Armed Forces, designed to deploy field trunk pipelines and supply fuel through them to the warehouses of associations and formations of services and combat arms of the RF Armed Forces, as well as for pumping fuel in transshipment areas. They include pipeline brigades and separate pipeline battalions, companies and platoons that are directly subordinate to the Central Directorate of Rocket Fuel and Fuel of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation or are part of the rear of military districts (fronts) and formations of services of the RF Armed Forces. Equipped with pipelines, piping equipment and other means of mechanization of work, off-road vehicles, communication facilities. Maintain in constant operation the lines of field main pipelines total length more than 2 thousand km, along which fuel is supplied from unloading stations (ports) to airfield and district (naval) warehouses.

Historical reference. The first military unit of the pipeline troops was a separate battalion for pumping fuel through a pipeline, formed on January 14, 1952. In the RF Armed Forces of the USSR, there were 24 pipeline brigades, 6 separate battalions, 3 companies and 8 platoons with a total number of over 5 thousand people. Pipeline troops were involved in eliminating the consequences of Chernobyl nuclear power plant(1986), earthquakes in Armenia (1988), as well as for extinguishing forest fires and peat bogs.

Service of the Armed Forces Russian Federation - the service of the MTO of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, designed to provide troops (forces) with clothing, organization of its repair and dry cleaning, bath and laundry service for personnel, procurement of items of clothing, detergents and repair materials; an integral part of the rear of large formations, formations and military units. It includes the relevant governing bodies, clothing depots, warehouses, repair shops, bath-laundries and other institutions and divisions. The central body is the Central Clothing Department of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. In associations, formations and military units, he is headed by the chiefs of the clothing service. Apparel provision is carried out according to the following scheme: center - military district - army (corps) - formation - military unit - subdivision - serviceman. Military units that do not run their own household are on rations in other units.

Historical reference. The clothing service traces its history back to the establishment in 1700 of the Commissariat Order headed by the General-Commissar (General-Kriegskommissar), which laid the foundation for the formation of clothing supply agencies in the Russian army. Created in 1864, the Main Quartermaster Directorate united the functions of supplying the troops with all types of food allowance, including clothing and transportation equipment. It existed in the USSR Armed Forces in 1940-1955. and in 1958-1959. After the abolition of the quartermaster service, the clothing supply service that was part of it became independent. In 1975 it was renamed into a clothing service.

Food Service of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation the service of the MTO of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, designed to provide troops (forces) with food, special equipment and service property, as well as organize meals for personnel according to established standards; an integral part of the rear of large formations, formations and military units. The central body of military control is the Central Food Administration of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. In associations, formations and military units, he is headed by the chiefs of the food service. Food supply in the RF Armed Forces (except for the Navy) is carried out according to the following scheme: center - military district - army - formation - military unit - subdivision - serviceman; in the navy - according to the scheme: center - fleet (flotilla) - naval base (rear department) formation (coastal base of ship connections, floating base) - ship (military unit) - subunit - serviceman. Military units that are not part of the military district are provided with food, equipment and property through the military district in the territory of which they are deployed. Military units that do not run their own household are on rations in other units.

Historical reference. The food service traces its history back to the establishment in 1700 of the Provision Order headed by the General-Provisioner (General-Provision Master), which laid the foundation for the formation of food supply agencies in the Russian army. Created in 1864, the Main Quartermaster Directorate united the functions of supplying troops with all types of provisions, including food and fodder. In the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the USSR existed in 1940-1955. and in 1958-1959. After the abolition of the quartermaster service, the food supply service that was part of it became independent. In 1975 it was renamed the food service.

Fuel Service of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation- MTO service of the RF Armed Forces, designed to provide troops (forces) with liquid rocket fuel, fuel, lubricants and special fluids, as well as technical means for working with them; an integral part of the rear of large formations, formations and military units. The central body is the Central Department of Rocket Fuel and Fuel of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. In associations, formations and military units, he is headed by the corresponding chiefs of the service. The fuel service also includes the 25th State Research Institute of the Ministry of Defense, centers, bases and fuel depots, pipeline, automobile connections and military units, etc.

Historical reference. It took shape as an independent service in the mid-1930s. with the creation in the center of the Fuel Supply Directorate of the Red Army, in the military districts - the corresponding departments, as well as military units and service institutions. The 25th State Research Institute of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation deals with the development and application of rocket fuel, lubricants and technical means of the service. Created on 1.01.1945 as the Research Institute of Fuel and Lubricants of the Red Army. In 1968 it was transformed into a state one. Since 1984, he has been designated as the head organization in the country, responsible for issuing recommendations on the appointment and rational use of fuels and lubricants. In 1995, he was accredited as the Certification Center for rocket fuel, fuel, lubricants, filter materials and rubber components.

Medical Service of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation- MTO service of the RF Armed Forces, intended for medical support of troops (forces) in order to maintain combat effectiveness, improve the health of personnel, provide timely medical care and restoration of health, combat capability (working capacity) of the wounded and sick. It is responsible for the organization and implementation of therapeutic and prophylactic, medical and evacuation, sanitary and hygienic and anti-epidemic measures, medical measures for radiation, chemical and biological protection, as well as the supply of medical equipment. It consists of command and control bodies and various medical units, military units and institutions. The central body is the Main Military Medical Directorate of the RF Ministry of Defense; in associations, formations and military units, it is headed by the respective chiefs of the medical service. They are subordinate to military hospitals, clinics, sanatoriums, rest homes, sanitary and epidemiological institutions, medical detachments, battalions, points, etc.

Historical reference. In Russia, a full-time medical service appeared in the 18th century. By the beginning of the 20th century. In the troops there were corps, divisional, brigade and regimental doctors, in the military districts there were district military sanitary inspectors with the appropriate command apparatus, in the center was the chief military sanitary inspector, who headed the Main Military Sanitary Directorate. During the Great Patriotic War and in the pre-war period, it was called the military sanitary (sanitary) service, since the beginning of the 1950s. - military medical, and since the late 1970s. - by the medical service.

Veterinary and Sanitary Service Of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation - the service of the MTO of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, intended for veterinary and sanitary support of troops (forces) in order to preserve the combat effectiveness of personnel, prevent and eliminate diseases of military and food animals. It is entrusted with the organization and conduct of veterinary - preventive and antiepizootic measures, medical measures, veterinary - sanitary supervision over the food supply of the troops, and the supply of service bodies with veterinary property.

Headed by the head of the veterinary and sanitary service - the chief veterinary and sanitary inspector of the RF Armed Forces, in the types and branches of the RF Armed Forces, associations and formations - by the corresponding heads of the service. They are subordinate to veterinary and epizootic detachments, veterinary laboratories and warehouses.

Historical reference. Its history dates back to the "animal healers" introduced at the beginning of the 18th century. in the cavalry and dragoon regiments. During the Patriotic War of 1812, the first field veterinary hospitals were created. By the beginning of the 20th century. In the troops there were corps, divisional, brigade and regimental veterinarians, in the military districts there were district military sanitary inspectors with the appropriate control apparatus, in the center was the chief military sanitary inspector, who headed the Main Military Sanitary Directorate (GVSU). During the Great Patriotic War, it ensured stable veterinary and sanitary welfare of the troops. In the post-war period, instead of the GVSU, a military veterinary department was formed with subordination to the head of Logistics of the RF Armed Forces. BEFORE 1972 it was called the military veterinary service.

Service of military communications of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation- a special service of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, representing the interests of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, other troops, military formations and bodies on railway, sea, river and air transport on the preparation of these types of transport for military transport. The VOSO service is represented on these types of transport by military transport authorities. The central body of the service is the Central Directorate of the VOSO of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

Historical reference. The date of creation of the service is considered to be 5.3.1918, when the VOSO Directorate, formed on the basis of the VOSO Directorate at the Headquarters, became part of the formed Supreme Military Council of the Republic Supreme Commander-in-Chief Russian army. In September 1918, under the Revolutionary Military Council of the Republic, the Central Directorate of the VOSO was formed, headed by the head (chief) of the VOSO of the Republic. The chiefs of the VOSO fronts (armies), railway, automobile and stage troops were subordinate to him. The line bodies of the VOSO on railway transport included the directorates of the heads (chiefs) of the movement of troops on the railways and the directorates of the military commandants of railway sections and stations. Subsequently, VOSO bodies were formed in river, sea and air transport, and railway, automobile and stage troops were removed from the subordination of the service.

Thus, the studied composition and purpose of the combat arms, special troops and the rear show the increased capabilities of these components of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in fulfilling the tasks facing them according to their intended purpose.

Summing up, it should be noted that the composition, organization and armament of the branches of the armed forces and special forces, formations, units and subunits of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, and after them, their combat capabilities are constantly being improved depending on the changes in the nature of the tasks facing them and the methods of their implementation. ... An increase in combat capabilities, in turn, entails a change in strategy, operational art and tactics. Local wars and armed conflicts of recent decades have significantly supplemented the tactics of troops. The conditions and content of measures related to the disposition of troops, their movement, as well as the all-round support of the battle, have radically changed. The problems of resolving the contradictions arising in this case find their solution, sometimes extraordinary, which leads to new changes in tactics. Each officer must remember this and constantly improve his knowledge and skills.

To those who have not really thought about the structure of the RF Armed Forces, the army may seem like a banal set of employees who are distributed among different troops, however, this is far from the case. The army is a separate formation capable of operating in different conditions, based on the current foreign policy situation.

Sometimes the Armed Forces help to resolve matters of national importance. For proper operation in all situations, there must be a service dealing with logistics issues (in short, MTO). It is recognized to organize the receipt and expenditure of money that are allocated to stay on alert for units.

As part of their activities, MTO troops solve the following tasks:

  • plan the spending of money for the state defense order, the functioning of state programs and other targeted appointments;
  • check the equipment with weapons, equipment, equipment and other means;
  • control the receipt of allowance by the soldiers, organize its delivery;
  • resolve issues related to supply;
  • ensure the work of their services;
  • prepare reservists.

The composition of the logistics service

Back in the days of Peter I, an intendant management body was organized, which was in charge of the military economy, and became a kind of model of today's material and technical support. Currently, this structure covers every activity in the RF Armed Forces.

The organization of management is carried out at the headquarters. Here mobilization and logistic training, data collection, troop support, security and defense are carried out. This includes the department for the provision of transport, regulation of railway troops, housing and communal services, provision of food and coordination of metrology.

Under these departments, certain troops are assigned, which carry out diverse tasks. The automobile troops are independent units, they are engaged in the transportation of both materials and employees, the wounded, and the like. In the army, there are brigades and battalions, which are subordinate to the head of the transport department.


If it were not for the road troops, such a transport connection, known today, would not exist. They are involved in the construction, maintenance and rehabilitation of military roads. These troops have a complex structure, but are subordinate to the RF Ministry of Defense.

The goals and objectives of the railway troops are to build and restore communication lines on railroad, in its cover and exploitation. Few know that there are also pipeline troops. They transport fuels and lubricants to warehouses or HF. In addition to personnel, the department has construction equipment and weapons.

The real estate service deals with the property of the employee, while renovation work and dry cleaning, baths are provided, hygiene products are purchased. There are armies without their own facilities, then large units are engaged in this.

The task of the food supply service is to provide personnel with food. It has the appropriate technical equipment, since when organizing food, you need to supply it in parts.

Of great importance is also the issues of medical care, solved by the Medical Service of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. Here not only provide help needed, but also carry out prevention.

Appointment of MTO troops

Taking into account the goals and objectives of the formation, it becomes clear why such a complex unit as MTO is needed.

The main tasks of the RF Armed Forces service include the following:

  • the supply of weapons to maintain the country's defense capability;
  • delivery of fuels and lubricants to maintain combat readiness and military equipment;
  • providing the employee with all the necessary equipment;
  • nutrition;
  • laundry and hygiene procedures;
  • construction, maintenance of auto and railway roads, pipelines;
  • maintenance, repair, provision of housing and communal services services to buildings and premises;
  • training of personnel.

In the management of MTO, as well as in the army in general, the principle of one-man command operates, therefore, in the management of the central body is the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, and direct leadership is entrusted to one of the deputy ministers. Further, powers are transferred to the commander-in-chief, heads of directorates and departments.

From beds to rockets

The combat capability of a modern army to a large extent depends on the effective work of the rear services. Now the material and technical support system (MTO) of the Armed Forces is a well-oiled mechanism that successfully works even in extreme situations. How does the MTO system work, why do servicemen need to undergo biometric registration before visiting the canteen, will the soldiers receive more spacious beds when the army completely switches to new form- Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Dmitry BULGAKOV answered these and many other questions of "MK".

- Dmitry Vitalievich, please explain what the material and technical support of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation is? What tasks are being set for you?

- I will try to explain it clearly. Material support of troops is the satisfaction of their needs for various items of supply. In particular, more than 100 thousand tons of missiles and ammunition, about two million tons of fuels and lubricants are spent every year on combat training alone. In addition, the Armed Forces provide daily food for about 520 thousand people at 21 food rations. The main ones include more than forty product names. Meals are organized in more than two thousand canteens and galleys. More than 700 thousand tons of food are spent annually on the allowance of military personnel. There are more than 50 million different items of uniform in personal use of military personnel, and the annual volume of issued items is 15 million units. The second type of MTO is technical support. It includes the supply of weapons and military equipment to the troops, their maintenance in good condition and readiness for combat use, recovery in case of damage and return to service. Every year, specialists of technical services ensure the correct operation and maintenance of more than 120 thousand units of armored and rocket-artillery weapons, more than 400 thousand units of automotive and special equipment. An important type of MTO is the maintenance and provision of communal services to military camps. Their total number reaches almost six thousand. And most are located in hard-to-reach areas, including islands in the arctic zone. More than 76 thousand objects of barracks and housing stock and 9 thousand residential buildings, 4.5 thousand boiler houses and 65 thousand kilometers of engineering networks are operated in military towns. Moreover, all objects have a high degree of wear - from 50 years or more.

- How actively are innovative control and accounting systems being introduced in your farm, what new products will be used this year?

- I will share those plans that the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Sergei Shoigu defined as innovative. In November last year, a comprehensive plan was approved for the implementation of an automated material accounting system using bar coding and radio frequency identification technologies.

In addition, a control system, access control and ordering food will be introduced in 835 canteens of military units and institutions by July 1. The principle of operation of this system is as follows: before the first visit to the canteen, a serviceman undergoes biometric registration, the results of which are entered into the systems for recording the movement of food, accounting, access control - when a soldier passes through the food distribution line through a card reader with a connected information board, the receipt of food by his surname is recorded. At the exit from the dining room, he can order food by meals and days of the week, independently withdraw from the boiler allowance and re-enroll in it.

Also, the implementation of the project "Development and implementation of modern ammunition closure" was organized. The use of containers made of polymer composite materials by their physicochemical properties will allow doubling its service life and at the same time ensuring the proper technical condition of the missiles and ammunition themselves, increasing the level of explosion and fire safety of their storage sites.

- Literally over the past couple of years, the appearance of our serviceman has changed. What responses are coming from the servicemen themselves, what else can we expect in the field of clothing provision?

- From the experience of the service, I will share that there can be no trifles in the issue of individual support for a serviceman, be it a soldier or an officer. And an example of how positively the society perceived the decision from 2014 to provide all conscripts and cadets with dressing bags.

Also, from the fall of 2015, at the assembly points of military commissariats, conscripts sent to serve in the Armed Forces will be provided with items of a new everyday form clothes. These are demi-season jackets, casual suits, mufflers, high-top boots, earflaps, T-shirts, warm underwear, socks and waist belts of a new design, while for recruits sent to the Navy, they will be given a black uniform, in the Airborne Forces and the Air Force - blue, in other types and types of the RF Armed Forces - protective. By the end of 2015, we will complete the transition of all the Armed Forces to wearing an all-season set of field uniforms for all categories of military personnel. This kit is distinguished by its functionality and allows servicemen to perform all types of combat and special missions in various climatic and weather conditions.

- Has the installation of shower cabins in the barracks been completed? What other innovations have appeared and will appear in the army life?

- Yes, we have completed the transfer of military units to the organization of washing in showers equipped in barracks and soldiers' hostels. In addition, more than 14 thousand household washing machines were installed in the barracks, 16.5 thousand vacuum cleaners with the function of wet cleaning were purchased and issued to military units and universities. If we talk about soldiers' food, then our main task is full and high-quality food for servicemen, whether it is at the location of the unit, on a ship or during exercises in the field. Now 835 canteens have been transferred to catering with elements of the "buffet", for which there are 1.4 thousand salad bars. To improve the life and life of conscripts, the units have equipped more than 6.5 thousand tea rooms. In terms of creating comfort in the barracks, we are increasing the volume of ongoing repairs in the premises, in 2014 alone, 4,500 objects were repaired. These issues are addressed in a complex. For example, the transition to new modern, more spacious beds is accompanied by the transition to bedding of a modern type.

- Now there is an active rearmament of the army with new equipment. How is this work going for you?

- In 2014, more than 6 thousand units of armored and automobile equipment were adopted to equip the troops - tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, armored personnel carriers, field repair equipment, general purpose vehicles. More than a thousand modern models of missile and artillery weapons were put into operation: Iskander-M OTRK, Msta-SM self-propelled guns, S-300V4 air defense systems, TOR-M2U air defense systems, Verba MANPADS, Tiger vehicles, ships provision. As a result, 25 formations and military units were rearmed, which significantly increased their combat potential.

- What other tasks do you set for yourself and your subordinates in 2015?

- This year, MTO specialists will have to ensure the holding of more than 4 thousand combat training events at various levels in the Armed Forces, of which about 400 will be carried out on the subject of material and technical support. The most significant of these will be the Center-2015 strategic command post exercise and special teaching MTO in the Central Military District, as well as a joint exercise of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus "Union Shield-2015" on the territory of the Western Military District. Also, special attention will be paid to ensuring created groupings in the Arctic. In 2015, we have to carry out a large amount of work on the environmental cleaning of the places of deployment of military formations in the Arctic zone - collection, pressure testing of barrels, crushing of scrap metal, preparation of disposal results for sea transportation.

More than 5 thousand units of modern weapons and military equipment are to be commissioned. To monitor the progress of construction in 2015 of 14 ships of the auxiliary fleet and their further delivery and transfer to the fleets. In 2015, we must build and commission 450 storage facilities at 13 integrated storage arsenals and load them with missiles and ammunition. Build 5 modern refueling complexes (refueling complexes) at airfields (Domna, Akhtubinsk, Chkalovsky, Koltsovo, Kursk), as well as carry out design and survey work for the construction of 6 refueling complexes in 2016. In 2015, we will continue to equip military units with tent mobile devices. Thanks to their construction, we will soon forget what the equipment that is stored under open air... In 2015, we will continue to equip military districts with autonomous field camps with a closed life support cycle. As regards the creation of promising weapons and military equipment, we have to organize activities for the military-scientific support of the tests of prototypes developed as part of the development work of "Armata", "Kurganets-25", "Boomerang", "Platform-O", Typhoon-U, Typhoon-K and Tornado.

- The Armed Forces will host the International Army Games. What is your role in them?

- Servicemen of the countries of the near and far abroad are invited to participate in the games. Our specialists will have to not only fully complete the tasks of material and technical support, but also conduct their own stage of this international tournament. It will be called "Masters of armored vehicles" and will be held at the training center in the city of Ostrogozhsk, Voronezh region. We restore and develop the competitiveness system within the MTO system. This is a very important activity for us. In May, Bronnitsy near Moscow will traditionally host the Open Championship of the Armed Forces in military automobile orientation, which is gaining popularity among fans of motor sports. But if we talk about identifying the best in all MTO specialties, then in the Leningrad Region in July 2015 the Army Reserve competition will be held, where logistics specialists of all branches of the Armed Forces and combat arms will fight for the right to be called the best among the best.

A. VENEDIKTOV - 12 hours 8 minutes in Moscow. Good afternoon everyone. Alexey Venediktov is at the microphone. And Anatoly Ermolin and I are receiving General of the Army, Deputy Defense Minister of the Russian Federation Dmitry Vitalievich Bulgakov. Hello Dmitry Vitalievich.

D. BULGAKOV - Good afternoon.

A. VENEDIKTOV - Dmitry Vitalievich is responsible for the logistics of the army. We have been trying for a long time to understand where the very point, the important, the most important point, is, for which Dmitry Vitalievich is responsible in, say, a technical sense, and realized that this is a matter of exploitation. Here, my first question as a civilian, there ... Tolya is still a military man, and I am a civilian. Please tell me where we have the most strong points in the operation of equipment in Russian army and where do you need to change? Where do you need to focus?

D. BULGAKOV - Thank you very much for the question from the beginning of our work. First, with your permission, I would like ... today is Pacific Fleet Day.

A. VENEDIKTOV - Yes.

D. BULGAKOV - To congratulate all the Pacific Ocean forces - both the surface forces, the submarine forces, and most importantly - the logistical support system, without which not a single ship and submarine can practically fulfill the task. All health, happiness, good luck and success in fulfilling all the combat missions facing the Pacific Fleet. At first, before answering the question, I would briefly say that the system of material and technical support and all types of support (there are 3 of them today in the Armed Forces) of all armies, including the Russian army, are combat, logistical and technical ... Not a single support system can develop independently without the development of the Armed Forces themselves, that is, a support system is a system that is developing in parallel to support structures. Naturally, they must correspond to the parameters requested by combat formations and units. In order to provide at the specified time in the specified place as it should be and what should be. And to support weapons and military equipment in that state of technical readiness. As of today, the material and technical support system, I would like to remind you once again that there were 2 of them - logistical and technical. As a rule, they worked in one zone, but in two areas of activity. As a result, the activities of these two systems were limited to the provision of personnel and weapons, military equipment. Today, a decision was made in the Ministry of Defense to create a material and technical support system under a single leadership in one single zone with the creation of forces and means today. Later, if possible, I will explain what forces and means are. The entire system of material and technical support today consists of 2 components - a stationary base and a mobile one, which is from the battalion to brigades and other associations and formations today. All formations and parts of the logistics system are the formations of the logistics brigades in the district. The brigade itself has a logistics battalion. The battalion has a logistics company. In the line battalion, there is a logistics company. They are all parts of constant readiness and correspond to the level of readiness of those formations and parts that they provide. The meaning and task lies in the fact that the system of material and technical support is engaged in bringing to the personnel the norms of allowance or services. And the maintenance of manning, the provision of weapons with military equipment in accordance with the states and timesheets to the staff of units of units and their operation. Therefore, in answering your question, we say that exploitation is the most difficult process in the operation of weapons and military equipment. There are many parameters in operation here - both the training of the personnel, and the training of the crew, their technical literacy, their preparation for the operation of complex weapons, military equipment today. Therefore, today we are in operation for this, so that it happens, we train the crews of driver mechanics, you know, according to a three-month program in training centers, in order to engage in the operation of weapons, military equipment.

A. VENEDIKTOV - Is it enough? Dmitry Vitalievich, look, today is a year of service, yes, by conscription. So, 3 months training, right? 9 months of work. Enough?

D. BULGAKOV - If you are asking about the training of specialists who are engaged in technical ... in the sense of providing.

A. VENEDIKTOV - Well, the driver.

D. BULGAKOV - Yes, driver. In principle, today ... not in principle, but we will say unequivocally that experience has shown that there is enough time to prepare this, it has already been tested, all this has already been proven that this time is enough for preparation. The second side of the constituent is ... precisely those technical support units that are engaged in the technical support of weapons and military equipment. Naturally, we, probably, should understand correctly that in 3 months we are not able to prepare a repairman for the repair of the most complicated equipment on electronic equipment and so on. Therefore, the procedure for recruiting repair units is being called up from the military registration and enlistment offices of those specialists who are trained in civilian life. This time. Second. This is training in educational units. Two. And the third is training directly in the military unit itself. But today, in accordance with the decision of the Minister of Defense, we have reported, made all calculations, studied these experiments, and so on, we are switching to servicing weapons and military equipment by civilian enterprises and civilian specialists, professionals in these matters. That is, this issue includes today specialists from factories, enterprises that are engaged in the manufacture and maintenance of this equipment.

A. VENEDIKTOV - Well, you said that there is also a combat direction, right? And how can civilian specialists do this very quickly and, most importantly, in a coordinated manner?

D. BULGAKOV - I am answering this question. The question is often asked - what if there is a war?

A. VENEDIKTOV - Well, actually ... well, a conflict, well, a conflict.

D. BULGAKOV - We must clearly understand a number of things. The first is in Peaceful time combat training is in progress. Consequently, there are standards, indicators, when weapons and military equipment during operation should go for daily maintenance, right? If maintenance is numbered ... No. 1, No. 2 ... there is an average repair, there is a major overhaul, there is a current repair of equipment, and so on. For this, in each unit, a plan for the operation of weapons and military equipment is being developed. For it, a plan is drawn up and deployed to provide spare parts, various other fuels and lubricants to perform these tasks. Therefore, for this, civilian enterprises are involved in service maintenance, with which we have concluded a contract, and for this plan, in accordance with each part, for each brigade, this plan was made ... for each brigade. And under these terms, specialists stay in this unit and carry out the service that should be carried out on certain models of weapons and military equipment.

A. VENEDIKTOV - This is when there is no conflict.

D. BULGAKOV - When there is no conflict.

A. VENEDIKTOV - Not just civil, yes, enterprises. These are military-industrial complex enterprises that produce the same equipment, including military ones.

D. BULGAKOV - Yes, these are enterprises of the military-industrial, military-industrial complex, these are enterprises that were factories of the Ministry of Defense, that is, these are civilian specialists, each trained in his own direction.

A. VENEDIKTOV - By the way, can you embed it? And if this is a foreign-made technique?

D. BULGAKOV - So, for this, specialists from civilian enterprises of the military-industrial complex also have appropriate training.

A. VENEDIKTOV - Russian?

D. BULGAKOV - Russian, of course, unambiguously. Exactly as we say today - there is a service for servicing foreign-made passenger cars. Our civilian people who have undergone training are also working ...

A. VENEDIKTOV - This is a very important question, because our listeners ...

D. BULGAKOV - They are being trained unambiguously on this issue, and the fact is that the enterprise has a license to manufacture and perform work. Not just like that. It receives a license for the right to perform certain work on a particular weapon, military equipment. And it also gives a warranty or warranty period for the performance of certain tasks after this repair.

A. VENEDIKTOV - That is, I understand correctly that if, suppose, these IVECOs or Mistrals are purchased, then it is Russian specialists, specially trained, who will then conduct ...

D. BULGAKOV - Of course, definitely.

A. VENEDIKTOV - That is, not French, not Americans, not Italians, not Canadians, not Zimbabweans ...

D. BULGAKOV - Definitely. Well, today, whoever has a car ... let's say I don’t, and whoever has foreign cars too, take any - BMW, yes, it is being driven for service. I have not seen anywhere to be there ...

A. VENEDIKTOV - Germans, so that the Germans work there.

D. BULGAKOV - But the second part, which you asked the question, this task on the battlefield consists of two things. The first is to help people and technology. And the task on the battlefield is to evacuate ... that is, the first is ... if possible, that is, the maintenance units are regular, to provide the crew so that the vehicle either continues to perform the task, or leaves the battlefield in order to recover. Therefore, when they say that, here, on the battlefield, what to do? Nobody repairs equipment on the battlefield. The equipment must be evacuated. Or was she given the technical assistance in which she can continue further ... why, for example, there is a lot of electronic equipment today. Somewhere a transistor burned out. But a specialist can quickly determine, yes, the driver is sometimes unable to determine the cause of a car breakdown or a stop. Therefore, for this there are repair units that are engaged in evacuation from the battlefield, and then the repair agencies that you are talking about, including we have today and contracts have been concluded ... those factories that are operating today, they deploy their specialized enterprises for the repair of weapons.

A. VENEDIKTOV - Dmitry Vitalievich, I remind you, Dmitry Vitalievich Bulgakov, General of the Army, Deputy Minister of Defense, is on air with Anatoly Yermolin. Here is, perhaps, the most primitive example. Maybe he doesn't primitive example... Small arms, yes, personal small arms. Here, there, we all know that AK is there, long time continues to serve. Please tell me, but if we talk about spare AK, here, 1: 5, 1: 7, 1: 2 in warehouses, yes, here, AK is also lost, broken, operated. What is the stock rate for you, say, according to small arms? On personal small arms.

D. BULGAKOV - I will answer your question, but I will ask ... I will not give specific numbers.

A. VENEDIKTOV - Well, approximately.

D. BULGAKOV - I will name the ideology.

A. VENEDIKTOV - Yes.

D. BULGAKOV - If the order, we say, there are states, there are timesheets for the states, which are provided, and there is a separation of reserves. Because there are scientifically grounded and proven calculations, the percentage of the yield of weapons of military equipment, depending on the existing means of destruction today. For this, an echeloning of stocks or weapons, military equipment is created to make up for losses. Because the losses on the battlefield today, as they say, are divided into irrecoverable ones, which cannot be repaired, nothing, losses that require medium repair, maintenance, or, conversely, current average ... and overhaul. So, for these outputs of weapons of military equipment, an echeloning of stocks and the weapons themselves, military equipment has been created. To date, these reserves have been created 100%.

A. VENEDIKTOV - Actually, I had a question about this.

D. BULGAKOV - 100%.

A. VENEDIKTOV - All the same, small-arms ... here, peacetime ... it is clear that people are learning.

D. BULGAKOV - Today they are at the arsenals, bases and warehouses in accordance with the approved ... there are 0044, 0060 orders of the Minister of Defense.

A. VENEDIKTOV - So there are reserves?

D. BULGAKOV - Yes, there are reserves.

A. VENEDIKTOV - Tolya.

A. ERMOLIN - Dmitry Vitalievich, but returning to the repair base, what you are now telling, is it the way it should be or the way it is now? Why am I asking this question? Because literally 7 years ago, when I was studying at the Academy of the General Staff, we were just told ... well, tankers, for example, yes, that the problem was no longer to produce new types of weapons, well, tanks in particular, yes , but was where to repair them, and the most the main problem was that the personnel, in general, had already been lost. Here are the ones that were prepared earlier. How are things with you now? Where do you get them? Are the qualifications sufficient?

D. BULGAKOV - Speaking on this topic, the most important indicator of the maintenance departments of technical support is the daily return of equipment to service, the daily return of equipment to service. To do this, today there is in every subdivision, starting from the battalion, what I called ... the line battalion has a logistics company ... further in the brigade there is a logistics battalion, there is a repair and restoration battalion. And in the logistics brigade there are two battalions of repair and restoration. So, the task of the repair bodies is as much as possible ... and we strive to ensure that at least 70% of equipment requiring medium, current repair and medium, returns to service every day. Because major repairs are underway along the row ... and then, if on finished ones ... and we have now switched to major repairs, to components and assemblies, that is, to components and assemblies ... if the engine is out of order, without disassembling, we change the engine ... maximum - 72 hours ... Therefore, we strive at least for today, and these indicators are there - 70 and more percent of the equipment is returned to operation every day. And those irrecoverable losses that enter the battlefield, they are completed at the expense of those supplies that are in the supply from arsenals, bases and warehouses or reserve bases that are available today.

A. VENEDIKTOV - I will take a little such a step to the right. The fact is that last summer, when there were fires, the ammunition depots, well, roughly speaking, also fell into the danger zone. I know that you have written the report. Please tell me this summer what you are going to do so that in the event of a situation around ammunition depots, yes, so that they do not tear ... well, of course, yes, the question is. Unfortunately, the Ministry of Emergency Situations also warns what proposals were made to the leadership in anticipation of the possibility of fires, including in the area of ​​ammunition warehouses.

D. BULGAKOV - Well, this question - it has a wide field of activity. Why? You know, today we ... have a program approved by the Minister of Defense, and I am implementing it. First and foremost, ammunition, which the armed forces do not need, based on the availability of weapons, equipment, times. Those that have served the deadline, this year we are in 4 directions, we must dispose of them. This is a little, a lot, the figure is very large, very large. The second thing we are conducting ... from 31 cities we are withdrawing arsenals outside the cities. You know…

A. VENEDIKTOV - That it was in the cities, in fact, within the borders.

D. BULGAKOV - Here, 31 cities. This was reported to the Minister, approved by the Minister of Defense, reported to the President, and this year we are carrying out this work, withdrawing from the cities ... the case that happened in Ulyanovsk, you remember.

A. VENEDIKTOV - Yes, yes, yes, of course.

D. BULGAKOV - Here. Third. Today we ... I declare to you with full responsibility, we have carried out all fire-prevention measures in arsenals, bases and warehouses. Since last year. The Minister of Defense has also approved and given the go-ahead. If earlier we were engaged in maintenance, creation of 50-meter mineralized strips, plowing of perimeters, and so on, using the means of arsenals, today we are doing civic organizations... As of today, I report to you, 100% of arsenals, bases and warehouses are plowed, 100% are mineralized strips. To date, we are completing practically according to the plan approved by the Minister of Defense, by July 1 we must complete the creation of additional fire reservoirs at the expense of the fuel service reservoir tanks, which came out ... we will say, the disbanded bases and warehouses, these are 60-cc tanks, we are now creating additional fire tanks at all arsenals, bases and warehouses in such a way that the water supply corresponds to 2-2.5 times the need for this issue. We have already purchased 100% and delivered and distributed to all arsenals, bases and warehouses ... I’m even ready to tell you the numbers. To date, we have supplied, converted ARS-14, which were in service with the troops of the RHBZ 500 vehicles for fire trucks, first of all, we equipped all bases and warehouses, and military units. Second, we bought 230 modern fire engines this year.

A. VENEDIKTOV - Additionally.

D. BULGAKOV - In addition to this issue. We have purchased 40+ different types water bombs, and apart from other fire-technical equipment, including the simplest fire extinguisher, and all bases and warehouses are provided. In accordance with what is, as you say, God forbid, such a situation will arise, the minister was reported, the chief of the general staff was also reported, and a decision was made, today we are ready to provide assistance to the Armed Forces up to 15,000 people in the personnel department and more than a thousand units of equipment in order to provide assistance to the constituent entities of the Russian Federation through the Ministry of emergencies…

A. VENEDIKTOV - Dmitry Vitalievich, thanks to the Ministry of Defense, I had representatives of our military unit in Transnistria, and it works there ... there are also warehouses.

D. BULGAKOV - Yes.

A. VENEDIKTOV - It works there ... You turn it on ... there, too, this work was carried out, because there is another state, there, another zone, 50-meter or 100-meter.

D. BULGAKOV - So, if I say everything to you for the Armed Forces, I mean - wherever they are deployed.

A. VENEDIKTOV - Well, this is important, you understand, for our listeners it is important, because there are also warehouses there.

D. BULGAKOV - Wherever they are deployed. Whether in Transnistria or in Tajikistan, that is, where our troops are deployed, these tasks have been completed.

A. VENEDIKTOV - And disposal ... we have 2 minutes before the news, maybe to finish this question before the news, disposal of ammunition in Transnistria - how is it going?

D. BULGAKOV - Today there is no need or need for the disposal of ammunition in Transnistria.

A. VENEDIKTOV - Well, there is a partial export.

D. BULGAKOV - Well, everything that was supposed to be done there, we have already done.

A. VENEDIKTOV - Have you already done it? That is, your work MTO-shnaya ended there?

D. BULGAKOV - It ended there, yes.

A. VENEDIKTOV - It ended there. And in Tajikistan?

D. BULGAKOV - It's the same there - it's over.

A. VENEDIKTOV - In Armenia?

D. BULGAKOV - It's also over in Armenia.

A. VENEDIKTOV - It hasn't started yet, has it?

D. BULGAKOV - Why didn't it start? The base is what it is, it is provided. All other decisions on it have been made.

A. VENEDIKTOV - By the way, all the bases that are ... bases, there are also warehouses, and so on, outside the Russian Federation, too, here, 100% ... what you say also applies to them.

D. BULGAKOV - It's the same in the Black Sea Fleet ...

A. VENEDIKTOV - Well, that's understandable. Roofing paper.

A. ERMOLIN - There is very little time left. Then in the continuation of the fires. Some special latest systems you are using? So, when we talked with the participants in the firefighting last summer, they said that there were situations when no plowing helped, because plasma is formed, and it is directly ... a top fire, and can directly fall anywhere.

A. VENEDIKTOV - For the fence.

A. ERMOLIN - On trees, anywhere. Now, in this case, the fire engine does not help. Maybe some special means chemical fire extinguishing work?

D. BULGAKOV - Yes, we are these subdivisions ... we also have stations created according to need. But the fact is that, you know, it's actually hard to fight the elements. And the element ... I was ... extinguished our Kolomna base, if you remember.

A. VENEDIKTOV - Yes, of course.

D. BULGAKOV - Naturally, this is the element, of course, to foresee everything and create some kind of shield, which you are talking about, so as not to fly over and so on. The problem is different. The main thing is to have the forces and means to liquidate, to prevent the spread of the fire center. This is the most important thing.

A. VENEDIKTOV - Thank you. I remind you that Dmitry Vitalievich Bulgakov, General of the Army, Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, is in the studio. In 5 minutes we will return to our conversation.

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A. VENEDIKTOV - Hello again. Alexey Venediktov, Anatoly Ermolin. Our guest is Dmitry Vitalievich Bulgakov, General of the Army, Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation for Logistics. Rather, not software, but is responsible for logistics. Anatoly.

A. ERMOLIN - We talked about material and technical support and outsourcing in particular, about the fact that a large number of civilian specialists are involved now, and even uttered the following phrase - what if tomorrow is a war? And if tomorrow is a war, then what about the civilians in this situation?

D. BULGAKOV - I will answer this question as follows. Today, the issue of outsourcing is a very important issue, because we have just talked with you - and the armament of military equipment, which today comes in complex, we talked about culture, we talked about other things, so today in armed forces ah outsourcing system works in many directions. I will list them with your permission. First of all, this is service and repair of equipment. It is divided into 2 parts. The first one is guaranteed by the forces of the plant and manufacturers. We have signed a contract with them. The second - subsequent by the forces of Oboronservis LLC. The next one is refueling motor vehicles in civilian petrol stations... We all of our structures ... refuel their cars ... hospitals, that is, those that are not Combat vehicles refuel at civilian gas stations. Next - aeronautical engineering at the airfields of the Air Force and the Navy. Fuel filling complexes operate on a competitive basis, contracts have been signed, and they provide fuel. And when they start asking the question - how is the airfield ... the airfield will not leave in wartime. He's not going anywhere. This is a stationary airfield. The fuel filling complex remains in place. Therefore, the implementation of tasks is also in peace, at any time on this issue. On the organization of catering, bath and laundry services, on the delivery of material resources to the troops stationed in the regions of the far north outside our state. This is also a very interesting and difficult question. If we were engaged before ... it was necessary to purchase material resources, accumulate all this, deliver it to the district bases and warehouses, then it was necessary to send it to the loading port, to the transshipment bases. Load ships and tankers from transshipment bases. And then take it there to military unit to the regions of the far north and hand over. Now we are working on a straight line. The supplier wins the auction for the supply and supplies the material assets in full, including the transport component ...

A. VENEDIKTOV - Your head does not hurt. He won and delivers, huh?

D. BULGAKOV - At the final point we ordered ... 5 thousand tons of fuel and lubricants. We accept 5 thousand tons of fuel ...

A. VENEDIKTOV - How did he put it?

D. BULGAKOV - And we pay for this, for this service we are fully ... that is, the whole economy turns out, as they say, in full today. The next is the bunkering of ships and tankers of the navy in the world's oceans. We also work on outsourcing.

A. VENEDIKTOV - That's how! I wanted to ask.

D. BULGAKOV - You can also discuss it in different ways. We have a support fleet dedicated to these tasks. Yes, he does, he also prepares his ships, but if we calculate the resources that the auxiliary fleet spends on these tasks, given the forces and means ... those that are able to carry out the tasks ... the civil sector in the same world ocean. Therefore, we also have a contract. Today, with the NGO "Freight", which provides our ships in the world's oceans. For applications that are at a point ... at what point, at what time it is necessary ... we conduct what? Not only ... we are bunkering ships with fuel and lubricants, water supply, food supply, that is, 3 components to provide a ship on a cruise, which is the most important in its activity.

A. VENEDIKTOV - That is, they do it third-party organizations, roughly speaking?

D. BULGAKOV - Yes, this is done by third-party civil organizations.

A. VENEDIKTOV - But there is a question. It happens that our peacekeepers, yes, say, helicopter pilots in Africa. And who delivers there?

D. BULGAKOV - We provide the same for outsourcing 100%.

A. VENEDIKTOV - Into the combat zone? Well, practically.

D. BULGAKOV - Yes, we have a contract there. And they are provided ... including we do not deploy and do not have any of our tents, which are there. We fully rent the town and provide outsourcing ... including washing, and washing, and refueling helicopters with fuel, and medical support, that is, this question is ...

A. VENEDIKTOV - This is Russian companies or local?

D. BULGAKOV - Any, already any.

A. VENEDIKTOV - Anyone.

D. BULGAKOV - Yes, an auction. For any auction, you know, a task is written, a condition, an order of performance of all these matters. We also carry out road transportation of material assets by third-party organizations, motor convoys, which today have a wide scope, range, and then I am ready to tell you the numbers. And now we are switching to complex engineering and aerodrome support by third-party organizations. Here is just the range of those where we work for outsourcing today. If we say, as you said, if there’s a war tomorrow, then at the beginning I’ll name the numbers that I told you about. Today, within the framework of service maintenance or outsourcing, we have only planned to repair more than 4.5 thousand units of weapons and equipment in this way. More than 4.5 thousand pieces of equipment. This, let's say, is practically weapons and equipment that require this repair to be carried out by the Armed Forces. In 84 cities, we refuel equipment with a volume of 2.4 thousand tons at civilian enterprises. At 20 airfields, it is almost 400 thousand tons of kerosene working today. For bunkering, there are more than 70 thousand tons of fuel available. If we talk about nutrition, last year we graduated from 51.6 thousand servicemen. This year we have already reached the parameters of 380 thousand people who are content with outsourcing. This is almost 50% of the armed forces, which receive power from the boiler. This is not only ... it is the flight crew, the engineering and technical staff, these are the servicemen, as they say, of combined-arms brigades or others. The only thing is that we do not outsource work on surface ships and submarines. Naturally, it is clear from the perspective of their activities. Today we wash civilian linen in 40 large laundry enterprises with a capacity of 30,000 tons ... You know very well that there used to be a bath and laundry plant in almost every brigade.

A. VENEDIKTOV - Yes, yes.

D. BULGAKOV - They also contained everything else. Today, outside organizations are erasing these issues. If we talk about washing, today we have a contract for 37 thousand people, this is for washing. We have more than 2 million per year - this is also outsourced washing of personnel. Individual tailoring of uniforms in full 100% outsourcing. Order. 44 enterprises are operating. Transport organizations Last year they transported us 84.5 thousand tons of wagons, and this year about more than 100 thousand tons, and we only plan to carry out about 13 thousand machine trips by car, this is the task. Well, to complete the task, I already told you at the beginning, there is a structural unit, which is leased by state technical means, kitchens, refuellers, repair shops, and so on. And the servicemen who are, they are engaged today only in the preparation for which he must be ready to perform tasks in a combat situation. And it's not a secret for anyone that civilian enterprises and organizations are going to carry out these tasks under a contract in the area of ​​conflicts or military operations. Please, you know perfectly well that they work in Afghanistan, and they work in Iraq, everywhere. And our organizations with which we have contracts, if necessary, will also work, there is no doubt about this issue.

A. ERMOLIN - Dmitry Vitalievich, how do you solve pricing problems? Well, now, you have fixed budgets, right? Let's say the repairmen who serve you say - that's it, our prices have gone up.

D. BULGAKOV - So, today the structure and scheme of contracting in the Ministry of Defense have been approved. As the head of the system, I am responsible for the logistics, there are customers. The main thing central office or departments. Because today the logistics system for the central office consists of 3 departments - the department of planning and coordination of material and technical support, the department of resource support, and the department of transport support. The three main directorates are the main tank directorate, the main military artillery directorate and the main directorate of the chief of the railway troops. This is the structure that is currently subordinate to us. All departments and headquarters are customers.

A. VENEDIKTOV - Separately?

A. ERMOLIN - That is, they have reserves in their budgets, yes ...

D. BULGAKOV - This means that we participate on the basis that the need that is necessary for the Armed Forces is determined by this or that service or Glavk. How much bread is needed is determined by the food service, because there is the number of personnel, yes, there is a norm, there are 365 days, the number, here, determines the volume.

A. ERMOLIN - Yes, but the price has gone up in the markets.

D. BULGAKOV - Then comes the budget, then comes this economy, there are deflator indices that are envisaged when approving the development of the budget. Then, by submitting an application to the structures that exist today in the Ministry of Defense ... there is a pricing department, there is a state defense order department, which fulfill our applications, hold auctions, tenders, determine the winners and say - now, the winner in this area will sign a contract with this one. organization. You asked a question about pricing. We focus on the prices that were before, right? And the prices we have. And we offer or present documents ... to the pricing department. Pricing Department - it monitors the market, it knows all prices from world prices, and so on. And it considers certain applications, approves this or that price, agreeing in order to be able to issue, issue documents by the government order department for the auction.

A. ERMOLIN - Well, have you ever been ... this is me sneaking up on the topic of corruption, right? Here, you recorded, are there really any specific examples? Well, it’s no secret that mainly in construction, in repairs, there, in shipbuilding, there, man-hours are used. So, our cruiser, for example, there, requires, there, almost 10 times more man-hours, there, respectively, and financing than, there, I do not know, Dutch or American, and so on, right? Here's how you deal with this ... these questions are solved by professional estimators, yes, here, do you have such an apparatus of such people? And in general, what about corruption?

A. VENEDIKTOV - Corruption is good.

D. BULGAKOV - If you answer this question, I will say that the structures that are subordinate to me, they practically do not participate in these issues, because his task is to determine the need. Pricing is handled by the pricing department. And I will say that this is a very correctly built system, set up, and this is one of the ways that you say, to get out of that corruption, because many structures are involved in this issue that are not subordinate to anyone. They are all in different subordination. Pricing Department - it is subordinate to a completely different Deputy Minister of Defense. Has nothing to do with the system. The military representatives who participate are subordinates to a completely different first deputy. That is, the system has been built in the Ministry of Defense, approved by the Minister of Defense, such that the elements of corruption that may occur on this issue are eliminated as much as possible.

A. VENEDIKTOV - Then I have another question. You spoke about exploitation. Now, when there are samples of experimental equipment, naturally, your representatives should participate, right? Here, let's say you are looking at ... exploitation ... you know, this scandal is quite loud in the press, there, "Tiger" or "IVECO". Here's what they say not on this issue, in general, how can your representatives assess what is more needed at the moment or what you are looking at - what is easier to operate? What is more reliable? How, here, do they write in their department? Here, they have visited the tests of future technology, compared - one, two, three, four samples. Then they have to report something somewhere?

D. BULGAKOV - This means that the development of weapons and military equipment is the responsibility of the commander-in-chief of one or another branch of the armed forces. He determines what he needs, what kind of weapons and equipment he needs to conduct modern forms and methods of conducting armed struggle... It defines, it sets the parameters. Next comes the development and release of a prototype, which ... the operating system participates in testing, participates in various ... until it is accepted for supplying the troops.

A. VENEDIKTOV - You have to say, Dmitry Vitalievich - how will I serve this?

D. BULGAKOV - Therefore, we participate in this issue and give our proposals, based on the experience of operating the same type, previous samples, and so on. But here is the most main question it is about the fact that the system, here, during the operation of equipment, we conduct a very large analysis of the behavior of a sample of weapons and equipment, we analyze starting from the wishes and give analyzes of the crews, from how the restoration of equipment is going, maintainability, and so on, and so on, that is, we analyze all the constituent parts of it. And when an order comes in, we give out our wishes as operators for this or that type of weapons and equipment. Starting from the life support of the same crew ... a lot of things. Let's say today, here, just take, let's say, a tank. The crew ... in the course of operation came to the conclusion that the complete tank should have a tent of at least M3 for the crew, because he needs to rest, and this is now included. There are kits for boiling water. That is, we give these questions from the life support of the crew of weapons and equipment to its repair, restoration, we give our wishes, which are. We say how long it takes to replace this or that unit, how it will affect the restoration of the unit's combat effectiveness, what we would like. What we would like, there should be a monoblock engine with a gearbox, and so on. Well, a number of other components, assemblies, and industry ... those developers ... they take this into account, they understand. Then we do comparative characteristics and we say that if under this option the tank is repaired in 72 hours, then under this option it will be rebuilt in 4 hours.

A. ERMOLIN - And what about the question now, with ensuring the survivability of the crew? Well, it is no coincidence, now, they appeared in the west, now, you have already mentioned IVECO, "Boxer" in Germany. Just military equipment, arranged according to the principle of capsule booking. So, are we somehow moving in this direction ourselves?

D. BULGAKOV - We are moving. And we are moving very well.

A. ERMOLIN - That is, we develop ourselves?

D. BULGAKOV - Yes, and we are moving very well. We will not get ahead of ourselves, but we are moving very well.

A. VENEDIKTOV - And Thrones too, unmanned ...

D. BULGAKOV - Well, unmanned aerial vehicles are not my department. At least for the armament of the equipment we operate, the work is very active and purposeful in this matter.

A. VENEDIKTOV - Well, let's talk about your favorite - about the procedure for using belongings in winter time... There was a lot of criticism that, accordingly, the uniforms are, well, cold, roughly speaking. Complaints, complaints, probably, and first of all, came to you. Actually, not even to the press, but to you. Has anything been done in a year? Any additional research done? Have additional decisions been made?

D. BULGAKOV - Answering this question ... it was very disturbing, we will say, this winter, but there were many different judgments, various checks and ranging from correspondents who traveled and wore this uniform, and so on to various, as they say, organizations ... And all this question. I would like, perhaps, to clarify, or perhaps so that we can understand together that the uniform is the personal belongings of military personnel. And there is no uniform that would, starting from the civilian, yes, we have a civilian uniform that would provide a person in different climatic conditions ... here, put on a jacket, yes, and it is from +10 to -50? There is no such thing, right?

A. VENEDIKTOV - Well, there is no such thing, of course.

D. BULGAKOV - Therefore, the military uniform is designed to perform certain tasks in certain conditions. And certain parameters are laid for it. So, the point is when a new form of clothing was developed, and this is the principle of layering, 7 layers. 7 layers. And these layers are put on ... some are constantly worn, and the second begin to be worn when certain conditions occur. But in this case, here is this form of clothing - it is determined that it is maximally calculated up to -25 no more than 2 hours in the open air when performing medium-stress work. That is, not by the method of standing up and standing with a statue, but by the method of performing medium-intensity work. For this, this multi-layered work is provided.

A. ERMOLIN - Well, so that they understand us correctly, after all, it is not the soldier who determines the form of clothing, yes, in the morning the foreman did, he said.

D. BULGAKOV - I wanted to say ...

A. ERMOLIN - Take off the shivniki.

D. BULGAKOV - Yes, the fact is that these uniforms are determined by the commander depending on the conditions that occur ... we have it spelled out in the regulations, everywhere that every day every day the commander announces the uniform that should be for servicemen. Therefore, if we talk ... the prosecutor's office worked a lot on this issue. We have carried out checks. I myself traveled, traveled all the districts, practically walked all these questions with my feet. I wore it myself, this uniform all winter on these issues. And what comes out today? We definitively say that this form of clothing is everywhere, as it was laid down in conditions of up to -25 and wind speed no more than 7 meters per second. We conducted a second, as they say, another survey. The prosecutor's office also gave us the materials that they had to date. Therefore, the form was developed and during various checks it was found out that the questions are practically not about the form of clothing, but questions of an organizational nature. Indeed, to date, this form of clothing is also defined ... there is special clothing, there is other clothing ...

A. VENEDIKTOV - For 25.

D. BULGAKOV - Which should be issued to servicemen. And by order of the minister, there is this uniform in the norms of supply. These are the personal belongings of military personnel. Then the inventory items of the military personnel come further. Because felt boots are an inventory item. And if we take, for example, the order of the minister, it is written that in the Siberian military district or the eastern military district in the region ... boots are given to 100% of the personnel. And they are in stock. That sheepskin coats are given to this personnel for 100% in this region. And then, say, for example, in Yekaterinburg - there are issued at 50 or 60%. That is, one is in the classroom in the field, and the second is in the classes that go, yes, then he does not need to wear a sheepskin coat there. That is, this whole organizational structure- it affects this order of execution. Therefore, we once again conducted all the studies, we took into account all the wishes of the military personnel. We are now finalizing all these issues this year, the Minister of Defense has been reported, a meeting with the Minister has been held, all these issues have been identified, including those of an organizational nature. I want to tell you that now there is a call. And servicemen are provided at the military registration and enlistment office, yes, they dress, then, here, a decision has been made ... this memo goes into the pocket of every serviceman when called up. Not to mention the fact that it is in every part ... these are the albums about the order of wearing uniforms. Because even a change in the order of wearing a form of clothing affects completely the temperature regime.

A. ERMOLIN - What is important today, that, of course, the officers must explain it, yes, that is, the rules of hygiene, because if you ... in our "Opener" was the last one discussed. Children were taught how to sleep on a hike, yes, that is, if you got warm, moved there, moved a lot, sweated, no matter how you dress, no matter what kind of thermal underwear you put on, you will freeze anyway. If you haven't changed and put on dry clothes on yourself. That is, such elementary ...

D. BULGAKOV - How many checks were there. Here, for example, there is a formation in the barracks. All are dressed and are in the barracks.

A. VENEDIKTOV - And they sweat.

D. BULGAKOV - A person starts to fog up. They go out into the street - of course, it all starts ... it still depends on many organizational issues in all matters. Therefore, we have taken into account all the questions for today. Those that have wishes, we will finalize this year. I think that ... and they brought it on, we have already told you, we held classes and training camps. That is, all the organizational work has been done to date.

A. VENEDIKTOV - Dmitry Vitalievich, but the kit for an especially cold climate is also fully provided in those regions that are determined by the order of the minister, or has not everything been delivered there yet?

D. BULGAKOV - So, there, in areas with a particularly cold climate, all uniforms are also provided, but we are talking about something else - the development or approval of uniforms for the Arctic units.

A. VENEDIKTOV - This is quite there, yes.

D. BULGAKOV - Therefore, we are working on this issue now. Previously, I already reported to the Minister of Defense and the General Staff on this issue. Now we are studying the experience of both Norway and other states in all matters. After all, I would ask you to understand correctly - that this is the development of forms of clothing, it is preceded by the study of everything and everyone. And the fact is that our state is not in one climatic zone located. And we today, if you look at the dress code, we now have a completely different dress code in areas with hot climates. And today, according to the program ... they saw, showed us and the shorts were introduced completely for other hot regions. The uniform of the sailors who saw it was also introduced for the campaigns. That is, many forms of clothing have been introduced today to provide servicemen.

A. VENEDIKTOV - Dmitry Vitalievich Bulgakov, Deputy Minister of Defense, General of the Army, was on the air of Echo of Moscow.