Logistical Support of the Russian Armed Forces explained

Unit Name:Logistical Support of the Russian Armed Forces
Native Name:Материально-техническое обеспечение Вооружённых сил Российской Федерации
Dates:2010 – present
Country:Russian Federation
Branch:Russian Armed Forces
Command Structure:Ministry of Defence
Garrison:Moscow
Patron:Joseph Volotsky
Motto:"Никто лучше нас!' (Nobody is better than us!)
Anniversaries:1 August[1]
Battles:Russian military intervention in the Syrian civil war
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
Website:https://mto.ric.mil.ru/
Commander1:Colonel-General Mikhail Mizintsev
Identification Symbol Label:Flag

Logistical Support of the Russian Armed Forces (Russian: Материально-техническое обеспечение Вооружённых сил Российской Федерации, 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.[2] 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 up until it was dissolved in 2010.[3] The management of Logistical Support is entrusted to the central bodies of military command, subordinate to the Deputy Minister of Defence.[4] [5]

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.[6]

Mizintsev was then replaced during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. 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.[7]

Composition

The structure of the Central Office of the Logistics Department of the Armed Forces of Russia:

Educational institutions

The training of MTO specialists is carried out by the Military Logistics Academy.[8]

Current agencies

The agencies under the MTO include:[9]

Regional units and formations

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: День тыла военнослужащие подразделений МТО Центрального военного округа встретили на полигоне : Министерство обороны Российской Федерации . 2022-07-12 . 2021-01-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210125160406/http://xn--d1acaykgvdf0he1a.xn--90anlfbebar6i.xn--p1ai/news_page/country/more.htm?id=12188709@egNews . dead .
  2. Web site: Новости . РИА . В зоне СВО оснастили защитой от дронов более тысячи единиц бронетехники . РИА Новости . 2024-04-08 . ru . 2024-05-11.
  3. Web site: Архивир ванная копия. 2018-07-12. 2020-08-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20200814021757/http://old.redstar.ru/2010/12/29_12/2_05.html. unfit.
  4. Web site: Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 27 июля 2010 года № 941 "О заместителях Министра обороны Российской Федерации". 2010-07-27. Kremlin.ru. 2013-09-12. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20131231000107/http://graph.document.kremlin.ru/page.aspx?1;1293380. 2013-12-31.
  5. Web site: 2011-02-25. Замминистра обороны Дмитрий Булгаков стал генералом армии. 2021-06-02. РИА Новости. ru.
  6. Web site: Mikhail Mizintsev appointed deputy defense minister for logistics . 2022-09-24 . TASS.
  7. News: Pannett. Rachel. Timsit. Annabelle. Parker. Nick. Brasch. Ben. Ukraine live briefing: Russia blames Ukraine for drone attack on Crimea fuel depot. The Washington Post. 30 April 2023. 30 April 2023.
  8. Web site: Военная академия материально-технического обеспечения им. генерала армии А. В. Хрулёва. 2017-10-25. ru. https://web.archive.org/web/20180629185732/http://vamto.net/. 2018-06-29.
  9. Web site: Специалисты МТО необходимы во всех компонентах нашей армии. 1 August 2018. Красная звезда. 2018-11-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20181130060519/http://redstar.ru/spetsialisty-mto-neobhodimy-vo-vseh-komponentah-nashej-armii/. 2018-11-30.