Draft:Outline of the Mongolian People's Army at the end of the Cold War

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the Mongolian People's Army (the predecessor of the Mongolian Armed Forces) at the end of the Cold War:

Following is a structured list of topics intended to convey the connections and relationships between units and formations. At the end of the Cold War in 1989, the MPA reported to the Ministry of Defense of Mongolia:

MPRP

 * Central Committee of the Mongolian People's Party
 * Central Political Administration Unit

Ministry of Defence

 * Mongolian Military Song and Dance Academic Ensemble
 * Mongolian Military Museum
 * Central Archives


 * 032 Military Unit
 * State Honor Guard
 * Military Police Company
 * Special Forces Company


 * Civil Defense Office of the Ministry of Defense.

General Staff of the Armed Forces:

 * 084th Special Task Battalion
 * Military Band of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Mongolia

Educational institutions

 * Sukhe-Bator Officers' School
 * Combined Military Higher School
 * Border Troops Institute (now the Law Enforcement University of Mongolia )

Ground Forces

 * 1st Motor Rifle Division
 * 2nd Motor Rifle Division
 * 3rd Motor Rifle Division
 * 4th Motor Rifle Division
 * 5th Motor Rifle Division
 * 6th Motor Rifle Division
 * 7th Motorized Armored Brigade
 * 3rd Separate Tank Regiment
 * 3rd Artillery Regiment
 * Chemical Defence-Engineering Regiment

Both in June 1991 and June 1992 the IISS Military Balance listed the Ground Forces with four motor rifle divisions (understrength) and 14,000 personnel (perhaps 11,000 conscripts).

Air Force
Aviation Mixed Division

Construction and Engineering Forces
Since 1963, large-scale construction work has been a military affair, with the Council of Ministers on 8 January 1964 establishing the General Construction Military Agency under the Ministry of Defense. In addition, a large number of construction military units were established.