The Automobile Troops are troops in the

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of several former Soviet states, which transport personnel, deliver

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, fuel, food and other military materiel. They also evacuate wounded and sick personnel, and move weapons and military equipment. Vehicle troops can transport

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that do not have their own

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s. They consist of automobile (vehicle)

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, and

, included in combined arms units and formations, as well as separate units and formations, sometimes constituting separate automobile units. They are called transport troops in some states. Two of the most important such bodies are the Automotive Troops of the Russian Federation and the

Belarusian Transport Troops The Belarusian Transport Troops, also known as the Belorussian Mobile Forces as is the service branch of the Armed Forces of Belarus. It is responsible for the movement of personnel and material by truck, rail, and air, and is designed to carry th ...

Automotive Troops schools in the Soviet Union

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Ussuriysk Higher Military Automotive Command School Ussuriysk (russian: Уссури́йск) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city in Primorsky Krai, Russia, located in the fertile valley of the Razdolnaya River, north of Vladivostok, the administrative center of the krai, and about ...

( :ru:Уссурийское высшее военное автомобильное командное училище). The school was disbanded in June 2007, and replaced by a centre for the training of automotive service specialists, in turned disbanded 2012. After that the 70th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade (from 2018, 114th Guards MRR / 127th Motor Rifle Division) took over the site. * Ryazan' Higher Military Automotive Engineering School * Chelyabinsk Higher Military Automotive Engineering School *

Samarkand Higher Military Automobile Command School The Samarkand Higher Military Automobile Command School (; ) is a military academy of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Uzbekistan and a former educational institution under the Soviet Defence Ministry. History Soviet period As it relates to it ...

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, Военное издательство (ВИ), 1984, 863 стр. с иллюстрациями (ил.), 30 листов (ил.); * Большая советская энциклопедия (БСЭ), Третье издание, выпущенной издательством «Советская энциклопедия» в 1969—1978 годах в 30 томах; * {{cite book, author = Под редакцией: В. А. Золотарева, В. В. Марущенко, С. С. Автюшина. , chapter = , chapter-url = , format = , url = , title = «Во Имя России: Российское государство, армия и воинское воспитание» / учебное пособие по общественно-государственной подготовке (ОГП) для офицеров и прапорщиков Вооружённых Сил Российской Федерации , orig-year = , agency = , edition = , location= Moscow , date = 1999 , publisher= «Русь-РКБ» , volume= , pages = 336 + вкл, series = , isbn = 5-86273-020-6 Transport units and formations Military units and formations of the Soviet Union Military units and formations of Russia

Automotive Troops schools in the Soviet Union

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