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[SIZE=3]Overview [/SIZE]
The Bulgarian Army is a professional (all-volunteer) artillery and heavy infantry-centric army. The Bulgarian Army has participated in international operations under the League of Nations banner.

The Bulgarian Army has spent several years slowly recovering from the limitations imposed through the Treaty of Neuilly upon Bulgaria following its defeat in the Great War. However, the Treaty of Neuilly has been rescinded and Bulgaria is rebuilding it's under-equipped forces. Very little of the army is motorized at present, although a large portion of the infantry is equipped with cargo bicycles in the interim.

[SIZE=3]Order of Battle- January 1937[/SIZE]
Following the January 1937 reorganization, Bulgaria shuffled the nomenclature and organization structure of it's regiments. Pre-reorganization, Bulgaria fielded 40 infantry regiments in eight divisions and additional fortress brigades, 10 cavalry regiments in two divisions, and nineteen artillery regiments. Post-reorganization, Bulgaria fielded 37 infantry regiments in nine divisions and ten fortress brigades, nine cavalry regiments in three cavalry divisions, and twenty-two artillery brigades (three without equipment). Three infantry regiments were disbanded and the manpower was recruited to the new artillery regiments and the Naval Rifle Regiment. Due to the reorganization, many regiments are now listed at half or three-quarters strength while manpower needs are being reorganized.

Additionally, all modern tanks (AT-33 and AT-34) were concentrated in the Armoured Regiment. Bulgaria intends to rearm one cavalry battalion per year. All AT-17 tanks (95) were moved to the Tank School and are listed as "active reserves".

Another effect of the 1937 reorganization was the formation of sharpshooter/sniper squads attached at the company level, armed with K31 Schmidt-Rubin rifles. Company snipers receive pay one grade above their rank upon completion of their sniper training.

Also notable is the formation of ten battalions of Shturmovi Otryadi, or Stormtroopers. These elite infantry battalions (Drujina) will be formed from picked trainees and provided with a larger number of semiautomatic rifles, submachine guns, and also new flamethrowers. Their role will be assaults on enemy strongholds, or infiltration tactics during trench warfare.

I Corps - HQ Sofia
- 1st Infantry Division
- 1st Cavalry Division + the Armoured Regiment
- 5th Infantry Division
- 1st Artillery Division
II Corps - HQ Plovdiv
- 2nd Infantry Division
- 4th Infantry Division
- 7th Infantry Division
- 2nd Artillery Division
III Corps - HQ Montana
- 2nd Cavalry Division
- 6th Infantry Division
- 9th Infantry Division (forming)
- 3rd Artillery Division
IV Corps - HQ Shumen
- 3rd Infantry Division
- 8th Infantry Division
- 3rd Cavalry Division (forming)
- 4th Artillery Division
Sofia Fortress Brigade
- 1st Fortress Regiment
- 11th Artillery Regiment
Plovdiv Fortress Brigade
- 2nd Fortress Regiment
- 12th Artillery Regiment
Varna Fortress Brigade
- 3rd Fortress Regiment
- 13th Artillery Regiment
Burgas Fortress Brigade
- 4th Fortress Regiment
- 14th Artillery Regiment
Russe Fortress Brigade
- 5th Fortress Regiment
- 15th Artillery Regiment
Stara Zagora Fortress Brigade
- 6th Fortress Regiment
- 16th Artillery Regiment
Pleven Fortress Brigade
- 7th Fortress Regiment
- 17th Artillery Regiment
Sleven Fortress Brigade
- 8th Fortress Regiment
- 20th Artillery Regiment - not equipped.
Shumen Fortress Brigade
- 9th Fortress Regiment
- 21st Artillery Regiment - not equipped.
Dobrich Fortress Brigade
- 10th Fortress Regiment - not formed.
- 22nd Artillery Regiment - not equipped, deployed to Varna.

Other Units
- Life Guards Regiment (Cavalry)
- Naval Rifle Regiment (Infantry)
Military Academies
- The Infantry School - Stara Zagora
- The Cavalry School - Pleven
- The Tank School - Pleven (also Lithuania)
- The Artillery School - Sofia
- The Army War College - Sofia

[SIZE=3]Organization of the Infantry[/SIZE]
- Squad: Nine soldiers and an NCO (usually a sergeant); one light machine gun (ZB30 LMG) and a corpsman included.
- Platoon: Three squads (10 men each), a platoon commander (1st Rank or 2nd Rank Lieutenant), a platoon sergeant, and two light machine guns (ZB30 LMG). 36 men, 5 LMGs total.
- Company: Three platoons (36 men each), a company commander (Captain), a company first sergeant, a sniper team (3-4 men) and a heavy weapons squad with three medium or heavy machine guns. 123 men, 15 LMGs.
- Battalion: Four regular companies (123 men), a battalion headquarters (36 men), a mortar platoon (36 men; 8 50mm and 4 81mm mortars), medical platoon (36 men), a transport/supply platoon (36 men; 18 trucks), and an AT Rifle/AT Gun platoon (36 men; 5 Cannone da 47/32 M35 AT guns (five crew each), five Solothurn S-18/1000 AT rifles, and five trucks and drivers). Total strength, 668 men.
- Regiment: Three infantry battalions (692 men), a regimental headquarters (36 men), a communications platoon (36 men), a military police company (128 men), a scout company (see cavalry), one field artillery battalion (483 men, 24 75mm or 105mm guns), an AA battery (113 men), a field hospital company (128 men), a transport and supply company (128 men, 32 trucks), and a pioneers company (128 men). Total strength, 3,314 men, 24 field guns, 60 mortars, 15 AT guns, 15 AT rifles, 8 AA guns, 24 artillery tractors, 143 trucks.
- Division: Three infantry regiments (3,314 men), one stormtrooper battalion (692 men), a division headquarters (128 men), a communications company (128 men), an artillery regiment (2,019 men), an AA battery (113 men), two aviation reconnaissance yatos (24 aircraft, 120 men), and two divisional field hospitals (128 men each). Total strength, 11,379 men, 72 howitzers, 180 mortars, 45 AT guns, 45 AT rifles, 36 AA guns, 72 artillery tractors.
- Corps: Three divisions, a Corps HQ (128 men), and a communications company (128 men).

[SIZE=3]Organization of the Cavalry[/SIZE]
- Lance: Ten men, either horse or bicycle mounted, commanded by a sergeant, with a wheeled medium or heavy machine gun.
- Troop: Three lances (10 men, 10 horses/bicycles), commanded by a lieutenant, with an NCO; has at least two wheeled heavy machine guns, or an armoured car; 36 men and five MGs (or three MGs and one armoured car).
- Squadron: Three troops of cavalry (36 men and horses), commanded by a captain, with a heavy weapons lance (two 50mm mortars or three MGs; 10 men), a sniper team (3-4 men) and two armoured cars (8 men in two vehciles). 130 men.
- Battalion: Three cavalry squadrons (130 men, 2 armoured cars), a battalion headquarters (36 men, one command armoured car), a mortar platoon (36 men), a transport/supply platoon (36 men; 18 trucks), and an AT Rifle/AT Gun platoon (36 men; 5 Cannone da 47/32 M35 AT guns (five crew each), five Solothurn S-18/1000 AT rifles, and five trucks and drivers). Total strength, 534 men.
- Regiment: Three cavalry battalions (552 men, 19 armoured cars), a regimental headquarters (36 men, one armoured car), a communications platoon (36 men), a military police company (128 men), a scout squadron (136 men, 4 armoured cars), one field artillery battalion (483 men, 24 75mm self-propelled or 75mm/105mm towed guns), an AA battery (113 men), a field hospital company (128 men), a transport and supply company (128 men, 32 trucks), and a pioneers company (128 men). Total strength, 2,805 men, 64 armoured cars, 24 field guns or SPGs, 60 mortars, 15 AT guns, 15 AT rifles, 8 AA guns, 24 artillery tractors, 143 trucks.
- Division: Three cavalry regiments (2,805 men), one stormtrooper battalion (692 men), a division headquarters (128 men), a communications company (128 men), an artillery regiment (2,019 men), an AA battery (113 men), two aviation reconnaissance yatos (24 aircraft, 120 men), and two divisional field hospitals (128 men each). Total strength, 9,852 men, 72 howitzers, 180 mortars, 45 AT guns, 45 AT rifles, 36 AA guns, 72 artillery tractors, 429 trucks.

[SIZE=3]Organization of the Artillery[/SIZE]
- Section: The crew of one artillery piece, generally six to ten men.
- Battery: Eight guns (6 crew), two transport squads (each 8 drivers and eight trucks or tractors; total 16 men, 8 trucks, and 8 tractors), battery HQ (10 men), communications squad (10 men), and artillery spotters (30 men). Aerial spotter element composed of three aircraft and six pilots, and nine ground crew (total 15 men, 3 aircraft). Total battery strength: eight guns, eight tractors, eight trucks, three spotter aircraft, and 113 men.
- Battalion: Three batteries (8 guns, 8 tractors, 8 trucks, 113 men), battalion headquarters (36 men), communications platoon (36 men), forward observer platoon (36 men), and transport/supply platoon (36 men, 18 trucks). Total strength: 24 guns, 24 tractors, 42 trucks, 483 men, and 9 spotting planes.
- Regiment: Three howitzer battalions (24 guns, 483 men), one field gun battalion (24 guns, 483 men) plus regimental headquarters (36 men), communications platoon, and aerial liason element (total 15 men, 3 aircraft). Total strength, 96 guns, 96 tractors, 168 trucks, 2,019 men, and 39 spotting planes.
- Division: Three Artillery Regiments (96 guns, 2,019 men), one railway artillery battalion (24 guns, 483 men), divisional headquarters (36 men), three supplies companies (140 men). Total strength: 6,996 men, 312 guns.

[SIZE=3]Organization of the Armoured Regiment[/SIZE]
- Troop (aka platoon): Four AT-33 Infantry Tanks (five men each) or four AT-34 Cruiser Tanks (total, four tanks, twenty men).
- Squadron: One command tank (five men), three Tank Troops (four tanks, twenty men), and one support platoon (thirty-six men, four trucks, two cars, five motorcycles). Total: Thirteen tanks,101 men.
- Battalion: Two tank squadrons (101 men, thirteen tanks), four cavalry squadrons (136 men, 2 armoured cars), a battalion headquarters (36 men, one command armoured car), a mortar platoon (36 men), a transport/supply platoon (36 men; 18 trucks), and an AT Rifle/AT Gun platoon (36 men; 5 Cannone da 47/32 M35 AT guns (five crew each), five Solothurn S-18/1000 AT rifles, and five trucks and drivers). Total: 890 men, twenty-six tanks.
- Regiment: Three tank battalions (890 men, twenty-six tanks), a regimental headquarters (36 men, one armoured car), a communications platoon (36 men), a military police company (128 men), a scout squadron (136 men, 4 armoured cars), one field artillery battalion (483 men, 24 75mm self-propelled or 75mm/105mm towed guns), an AA battery (113 men), a field hospital company (128 men), a transport and supply company (128 men, 32 trucks), and a pioneers company (128 men). Total: 3,986 men, seventy-eight tanks.

[SIZE=3]Organization of the Shturmovi Otryadi Drujina (Storm Troops Battalions)[/SIZE]
- Squad: Nine soldiers and an NCO (usually a sergeant); one light machine gun (ZB30 LMG) and a corpsman included.
- Platoon: Three squads (10 men each), a platoon commander (1st Rank or 2nd Rank Lieutenant), a platoon sergeant, and two light machine guns (ZB30 LMG). 36 men, 5 LMGs total.
- Company: Three platoons (36 men each), a company commander (Captain), a company first sergeant, a Sharpshooter squad (10 men) and a heavy weapons squad with three medium or heavy machine guns. 128 men, 15 LMGs, 2-3 mortars.
- Battalion: Four regular companies (128 men), a battalion headquarters (36 men), a mortar platoon (36 men; 8 50mm and 4 81mm mortars), medical platoon (36 men), a transport/supply platoon (36 men; 18 trucks), and a halftrack/armoured car platoon (12 halftracks, 36 men). Total strength, 692 men.