Logistical Support of the Russian Armed Forces (, literally Materiel-Technical Support) or MTO are a unified system of command and control bodies, institutions and other military organizations that provide technical and logistical support for all branches of the
Russian Armed Forces
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, commonly referred to as the Russian Armed Forces, are the military of Russia. They are organized into three service branches—the Russian Ground Forces, Ground Forces, Russian Navy, Navy, and Russi ...
. The MTO system of the Russian Armed Forces combines 2 previously independent types of comprehensive support: technical and logistical, both of which existed in the structure of the
Rear of the Russian Armed Forces
The Rear of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (RAF-RF) (), often referred to in English as the '' rear services'', was an organization of support services for the Russian Armed Forces until 2010 when it was transformed into Logistical S ...
up until it was dissolved in 2010. The management of Logistical Support is entrusted to the central bodies of military command, subordinate to the Deputy Minister of Defence.
Deputy Defence Minister for logistics Army General
Dmitry Bulgakov was replaced by Colonel-General
Mikhail Mizintsev, the previous head of the MoD's National Defence Management Center.
Mizintsev was then replaced during the
Russian invasion of Ukraine
On 24 February 2022, , starting the largest and deadliest war in Europe since World War II, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, conflict between the two countries which began in 2014. The fighting has caused hundreds of thou ...
. He left the Armed Forces for the
Wagner PMC. Colonel General
Alexey Kuzmenkov was appointed deputy minister of defence for logistics, Western media sources reported on 30 April 2023. On 11 March 2024,
Lieutenant General
Lieutenant general (Lt Gen, LTG and similar) is a military rank used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages, where the title of lieutenant general was held by the second-in-command on the battlefield, who was norma ...
Andrey Bulyga was appointed as
Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation for Logistics and director of the service.
Composition
The structure of the Central Office of the Logistics Department of the Armed Forces of Russia:
* Logistics Headquarters of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation
* Department of Transport Support of the Ministry of Defence
* Department of Operational Maintenance and Provision of Utilities for Military Units and Organizations of the Ministry of Defence
* Food Directorate of the Ministry of Defence
*
*
Main Missile and Artillery Directorate
* Main Directorate of the Chief of the
Railway Troops
Railway troops are soldiers who are also railway engineers. They build, repair, operate or destroy militarily relevant railway lines and their associated infrastructure.
History
The establishment of railway troops by the great powers followe ...
* Meteorology Department of the Russian Armed Forces
Educational institutions
The training of MTO specialists is carried out by the
Military Logistics Academy.
Current agencies
The agencies under the MTO include:
*
Road Troops
*
Railway Troops
Railway troops are soldiers who are also railway engineers. They build, repair, operate or destroy militarily relevant railway lines and their associated infrastructure.
History
The establishment of railway troops by the great powers followe ...
*
Pipeline Troops
*
Regional units and formations
*
1060th Centre for Material-Technical Support (
Western Military District
The Western Military District () was a Military districts of Russia, military district of Russia, in existence from 2010 until its abolishment as a unitary military command on February 26, 2024, succeeded by the newly reconstituted Moscow Mil ...
)
*1061st Centre for Material-Technical Support (Southern Military District)
* Centres for Materiel-Technical Support in the Central and Eastern Military Districts
*Twelve independent Materiel-Technical Support brigades (
:ru:Бригада материально-технического обеспечения)
*Railway brigades
See also
*
Belarusian Transport Troops
*
United States Army Logistics Branch
*
:ru:Строительные войска - Soviet and Russian Construction Troops
References
{{Armed Forces of the Russian Federation
Military units and formations of Russia
2010 establishments in Russia
Military logistics of Russia
Russian Armed Forces