Development of recommendations regarding the composition of forces and equipment for topogeodesic support of the troops of the operational command

The object of the research is the forces and devices of topographic support of the operational command troops. The work highlights the recommendations regarding the composition of the forces and devices of topographical support of the operational command troops. The analysis of the nature of the armed struggle of the last decades shows a sharp increase in the need of the troops (forces) for information provision, in particular in the provision of topogeodesic information (geospatial information) of the armed forces, the timeliness and reliability of which affects the course and results of military operations. One of the types of geospatial data that is needed by the military both in peacetime and in a special period are topographic maps, they are the main source of information about the terrain and the objects on it. Nowadays, the state of topographic information on most nomenclature sheets of topographic maps of the territory of Ukraine does not meet the modern requirements of the troops. The successful implementation of the task of updating topographical information is facilitated by the use of the most acceptable and economically justified composition of forces and devices of topographical support of troops. However, the experience of geodetic support during the operational training of troops (forces), the operation of the United Forces in the east of the country and the large-scale armed aggression by the Russian Federation showed that the currently available forces and devices of geodetic support of the troops are not capable of fulfilling the entire scope of the assigned tasks This especially applies to operational commands. Therefore, in order to successfully carry out changes in the system of topographic support regarding the necessary composition of forces and devices of this support, appropriate scientific researches were conducted. This, in turn, will provide an opportunity to improve existing methods and develop recommendations regarding the necessary composition of forces and devices of topographic support for the troops of the operational command. The mentioned recommendations will make it possible to justify the composition of the forces and devices of topographical support of the troops of the operational command by the persons planning the operations of the groups of troops (forces).