October 29, 1962
Chief of Staff, 2nd Bulgarian Army, Order Regarding Raising Army Air Defense Combat Readiness
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O R D E R
OF THE CHIEF OF STAFF OF 2ND BULGARIAN ARMY
29.10.1962 [29 October 1962] PLOVDIV
Ref. Raising the combat readiness of air defense in the army
With regard to order N 00190/25.10.1962 [25 October 1962] aiming to raise air defense combat readiness in the army, the Commander of the 2nd army
ORDERS:
- The air defense command post of the army, the air defense posts in the formations, anti-aircraft regiments and divisions shall organize and maintain continuous combat duty.
The air defense command post shall maintain continuous contacts with the command post of 2nd anti-aircraft brigade.
- One combat ready battery shall be formed in each anti-aircraft division in the formations and in 32nd anti-aircraft regiment, and they will be deployed in the vicinity of the barracks and will stay on combat duty.
- Stations P-10 from air defense of the army and 32nd anti-aircraft regiment shall be deployed close to the garrison and shall be ready to act by additional order.
- The army commander shall give permission to the anti-aircraft batteries to open fire after permission is granted by the General Staff.
- All important information from the Instruction for fire interaction between air defense and air force and air defense in the troops shall be provided to the commanders of anti-aircraft units.
- Each anti-aircraft battery shall be supplied with 0.5 set of shells.
CHIEF OF STAFF OF 2ND BULGARIAN ARMY Colonel /sign/ Alexiev
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The commander of the Bulgarian 2nd Army, Colonel Alexiev, issued the order to prepare the Army's air defense for combat. Alexiev cites order N 00190/25.10.1962 issued four days prior to justify the heightened defense alert. The order includes six commands related to combat preparation and instructions for anti-aircraft units.
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