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[2-81 Armor]

Ah the Unified Corps, the units that were part of these are in the OOB but from what I found which I might add probably took 1 year to get some decent info on them is these 2 Corps were dissolved in 88, early 89

Ralph Peters in "Red Army" features the 1st Unified Corps in various chapters, and since his specialty was MI with concentration on the Soviets, I tend to trust him. He has the 1st UAC composed of 3 ( or is it 4?) Brigades, but never really mentions their detailed TO&E.

When I depict them, I give a UAC 4 brigades (each Brigade having 2 Tank Bns (51 tanks each), 2 BMP-2 Mot Rifle Bns, 1 122mm SPA Bn (24 tubes), 1 Recon Co, and an Engineer Co.) with support units (including attack helicopters) pretty similar to a US J Series Heavy Div. HQ's have close to the same command radius as a US Division, and along with the UAC HQ, the Brigade HQ's are also present. Makes for a pretty powerful and flexible unit suited for pursuit and exploitation, which is the way Peters describes it in the book.

Just my take, and you're right, they were experimental as far as the Soviets were concerned. I also seen them called "Unified Army Corps" sometimes. Whatever the name they're pretty elusive and shadowy units that existed for only a few years, prior to the Soviet break up.