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Ground forces to be reduced by 30 per cent

Thu, Oct 04 2001 15:00 CET

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This year Bulgaria will reduce its ground forces by 12,000, or nearly 30 per cent of the authorized strength, according to the latest draft update of Plan 2004 for army reform, the new chief of ground forces Staff Major-General Kiril Tsvetkov announced on Monday.

Some 20 per cent of the present strength of ground forces will be transferred to the reserve brigade commands, which will be in charge of the safekeeping of material and supplies and troop training.

The ground forces command has a vision on the development of the armed service until 2015, Tsvetkov said. The troops will be subdivided into deployment forces and homeland defence forces. Their components will also vary by degree of readiness. The army will keep only its most advanced tanks, T-72, and part of the best-preserved modifications of T-55 in the mobilization reserve. The statutory framework on security is open to further updating depending on changes in the international and national situation, said Tsvetkov.

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