Soviet Army Order of Battle in World War II : From June 22 to December 1, 1941

408 Pages·2010·21.65 MB·English

by  Maximino Argüelles Martínez

S oviet Army Order of Battle
in World War II
From June 22 to December 1, 1941

Maximino Argüelles Martínez

Maximino Argüelles Martínez

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Soviet Army from June 22 to December 1 1941

This work is to translate the structure and deployment of
the Soviet Army on June 22 1941, at the historical moment of
the beginning of Operation Barbarossa, and its evolution during
the remainder of 1941. Given the endless controversy on this

subject in the absence of matching two sources, the main source

for this work are the papers published by the Department of

Military History of the USSR MD. (Ministry of Defense of the

Soviet Union), in which are reflected the data from June 22 to
December 1, 1941.

Maximino Argüelles Martínez.

Asturias, Spain in September 2010.

ISBN: 978-1-4461-9180-4

Acknowledgments:
To my muses: Dori and Nidia.
And to my father:
Maximino Argüelles Suarez, and to all that as he loved books.

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Soviet Army from June 22 to December 1 1941

CONTENTS

- CONTENTS GUIDE AND 3
CLASSIFICATION CRITERIA.

- ORDER OF BATTLE JUNE 22. 5

- ORDER OF BATTLE JULY 1. 51

- ORDER OF BATTLE JULY 10. 103

- ORDER OF BATTLE AUGUST 1. 149

- ORDER OF BATTLE SEPTEMBER 1. 197

- ORDER OF BATTLE OCTOBER 1. 245

- ORDER OF BATTLE NOVEMBER 1. 295

- ORDER OF BATTLE DECEMBER 1. 347

- BIBLIOGRAPHY. 406

COMMAND RANKS

Marshal.
Army General.
General Colonel.
General Lieutenant. (Lieutenant Gral.)

General Major. (Major Gral.)

Komkor.* (Division Gral.)

Komdiv.* (Division Gral.)
Kombrig.* (Brigade Gral.)
Colonel.
Lieutenant Colonel.

* Pre war ranks in the Red Army.

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CONTENTS GUIDE.

On the subject of this book is the study of data on the structure and organization of the Soviet

Army during 1941, reflected in the original work prepared by the Ministry of Defence of Soviet Union.

Pages of the document edited by Soviet Ministry of Defence.

The way to reflect the information for each period, usually dated to the first day of each month,
consists on a structure of a chapter for each of these periods. Each chapter consists of two main blocks.

- In the first of which includes a list of all formations sorted by rank order and type, along with the
tactical symbol which will be reflected in the Order of Battle and the classification data that will locate in
the deployment. (The question of clasficación criteria discussed in the next chapter.)

- And in the second, is represented the structure and the deployment of the Soviet Army in this
period, the units are reflected by its tactical symbol and their numbers. Included in this section a series of
plans and maps, collected from numerous secondary sources that are sealed in the bibliography section, for
easy viewing of the formations deployment.

As for the symbolism of the units, has tried to follow the conventional pattern of tactical symbol
NATO-like in terms of size and type. Patterns and colors to distinguish the different nationalities have
been:

Soviet Army. German SS.

Soviet Guards. Finnish Army.

Soviet Popular Militia. Rumanian Army.

Soviet Army NKVD. Hungarian Army.

Soviet Army. Italian Army.

German Army. Slovakian Army.

German Luftwaffe. Spanish Army.

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Soviet Army from June 22 to December 1 1941

CLASSIFICATION CRITERIA.

In the early chapters on the situation in each period, there is a list of formations grouped by type
and body with a marker whose purpose is to locate each unit in the Order of Battle, showing that larger
units were subordinate. For the preparation of this marker have been taken into account four criteria of
classification.

- CRITERION 1: LEVEL.

The tree levels of deployment in the Soviet Army at II World War:

1. FRONTLINE ARMY. ACTIVE FRONTS.
2. STAVKA RESERVES.
3. NO ACTIVE FRONTS AND MILITARY DISTRICTS (INSIDE).

- CRITERION 2: FRONT, Military District or Battle Group.

N. North Front. MDTrBaikal. Trans Baikal Military District.

NW. Norwestern Front. MDKhark. Kharkov Military District.

W. West Front. MDOdes. Odessa Military District.

SW. Sudwest Front. MDTrCauc. Trans Caucasus Military District.
S . South Front. MDOrel. Orel Military District.
F E. Far East Front. MDMosc. Moscow Military District.
C. Central Front. MDCentAsia. Central Asia Military District.

R. Reserve Front. MDCauNor. North Caucasus Military District.

Kn. Karelian Front. MDArkhan. Arkhangelst Military District.
L d. Leningrad Front. MDVolga. Volga Military District.
B k. Bryansk Front. MDUrals. Urals Military District.
Klin. Kalinin Front. MDSiber. Siberian Military District.

Chit. Chita Front.

- CRITERION 3: ARMY NAME OR NUMBER.

- CRITERION 4: CORPS NAME OR NUMBER

NUMBERING OF UNITS.

In the numbering of the Guard units, along with the number is a letter "G" capitalized.
With the numbers underlined indicate that the unit is in training, forming or reorganization.

Example: 49 Infantry Division (1.W.4.28)

49 Infantry Division.
1. FRONTLINE ARMY. ACTIVE FRONT.
W. West Front.
4 Army.
28 Army Corps.

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Soviet Army June 22 1941

June 22, 1941

CONTENTS

- ORGANIZATION. CATALOG UNIT. 6

- AIR UNITS CATALOG. 21

- ORDER OF BATTLE. 23

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ORGANIZATION OF THE SOVIET ARMY. UNIT CATALOG.

FRONTS

North Front 6.24.41 (Leningrad Military District) (1./././).
Norwestern Front 6.22.41 (Baltic Special Military District) (1./././).
Western Front 6.22.41 (Western Special Military District) (1./././).
Sudwest Fornt 6.22.41 (Kiev Special Military District) (1./././).
Far East Front (3./././).

ARMIES

Total number of armies: 27

1 Army (3.FE././)
2 Army (3.FE././)
3 Army (1.W././)
4 Army (1.W././)
5 Army (1.SW././)
6 Army (1.SW././)
7 Army (1.N././)
8 Army (1.NW././)
9 Independent Army (1./././)
10 Army (1.W././)
11 Army (1.NW././)
12 Army (1.SW././)
13 Army, only headquarters (without troops) (1.W././)
14 Army (1.N././)
15 Army (3.FE././)
16 Army (2./././)
17 Army (3.MDTrBaikal././)
18 Army, only headquarters (without troops) (3.MDKharkov././)
19 Army (2./././)
20 Army (2./././)
21 Army (2./././)
22 Army (2./././)
23 Army (1.N././)
24 Army (2./././)
25 Army (3.FE././)
26 Army (1.SW././)
27 Army (1.NW././)

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ARMY CORPS

Airborne Corps.

1 Airborne Brigade.

2 Airborne Brigade.

3 Airborne Brigade.

Infantry Corps.

1 Infantry Division.

2 Infantry Division.

3 Infantry Division.

Mechanized Corps.

1 Armored Division.

2 Armored Division.

1 Mechanized Division.

1 Motorcycle Regiment.

Cavalry Corps.

1 Cavalry Division.

2 Cavalry Division.

Total number of Cavalry Corps: 4

2 Cavalry Corps (1./.9./)
4 Cavalry Corps (3. MDCentAsia././)
5 Cavalry Corps (1.SW.6./)
6 Cavalry Corps (1.W.10./

Total number of Airborne Corps: 5

1 Airborne Corps (1.SW././)
2 Airborne Corps (3.MDKharkov././)
3 Airborne Corps (3.MDOdes././)
4 Airborne Corps (1.W././)

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Total number of Infantry Corps: 62

1 Infantry Corps (1.W.10./) 33 Infantry Corps (3.MDOrel././)

2 Infantry Corps (1.W ././) 34 Infantry Corps (2./.19./)
3 Infantry Corps (3.MDTrCauc././) 35 Infantry Corps (1./.9./)
4 Infantry Corps (1.W.3./) 36 Infantry Corps (1.SW././)

5 Infantry Corps (1.W.10./) 37 Infantry Corps (1.SW.6./)
6 Infantry Corps (1.SW.6./) 39 Infantry Corps (3.FE.25./)
7 Infantry Corps (3.MDOdes././) 40 Infantry Corps (3.MDTrCauc././)
8 Infantry Corps (1.SW.26./) 41 Infantry Corps (3.MDMosc././)

9 Infantry Corps (3.MDOdes././) 42 Infantry Corps (1.N.14./)
10 Infantry Corps (1.NW.8./) 44 Infantry Corps (1.W././)
11 Infantry Corps (1.NW.8./) 45 Infantry Corps (2./././)
12 Infantry Corps (3.MDTrBaikal././) 47 Infantry Corps (1.W././)

13 Infantry Corps (1.SW.12./) 48 Infantry Corps (1./.9./)
14 Infantry Corps (1./.9./) 49 Infantry Corps (1.SW././)
15 Infantry Corps (1.SW.5./) 50 Infantry Corps (1.N.23./)
16 Infantry Corps (1.NW.11./) 51 Infantry Corps (2./.22./)

17 Infantry Corps (1.SW.12./) 52 Infantry Corps (2./.24./)
18 Infantry Corps (3.FE.15./) 53 Infantry Corps (2./.24./)
19 Infantry Corps (1.N.23./) 55 Infantry Corps (1.SW././)
20 Infantry Corps (2./././) 58 Infantry Corps (3.MDCentAsia././)

21 Infantry Corps (1.W././) 59 Infantry Corps (3.FE.1./)
22 Infantry Corps (1.NW.27./) 61 Infantry Corps (2./.20./)
23 Infantry Corps (3.MDTrCauc././) 62 Infantry Corps (2./.22./)
24 Infantry Corps (1.NW.27./) 63 Infantry Corps (2./.21./)

25 Infantry Corps (2./.19./) 64 Infantry Corps (3.MDNorCauC././)
26 Infantry Corps (3.FE.1./) 65 Infantry Corps, only headquarters
27 Infantry Corps (1.SW.5./) (without troops) (1.NW././)
28 Infantry Corps (1.W.4./) 66 Infantry Corps (2./.21./)

29 Infantry Corps (1.NW.11./) 67 Infantry Corps (2./././)
30 Infantry Corps (3.MDOrel././) 69 Infantry Corps (2./.20./)
31 Infantry Corps (1.SW././) Special Infantry Corps (3.FE././)
32 Infantry Corps (2./.16./)

Total number of Mechanzed Corps: 29

1 Mechanized Corps (1.N././) 16 Mechanized Corps (1.SW.12./)
2 Mechanized Corps (1./.9./) 17 Mechanized Corps (1.W././)

3 Mechanized Corps (1.NW.11./) 18 Mechanized Corps (1./.9./)
4 Mechanized Corps (1.SW.6./) 19 Mechanized Corps (1.SW././)
5 Mechanized Corps (2./.16./) 20 Mechanized Corps (1.W././)
6 Mechanized Corps (1.W.10./) 21 Mechanized Corps (2./././)
7 Mechanized Corps (2./.20./) 22 Mechanized Corps (1.SW.5./)

8 Mechanized Corps (1.SW.26./) 23 Mechanized Corps (3.MDOrel././)
9 Mechanized Corps (1.SW.5./) 24 Mechanized Corps (1.SW././)
10 Mechanized Corps (1.N.23./) 25 Mechanized Corps (2./.21./)
11 Mechanized Corps (1.W.3./) 26 Mechanized Corps (2./.19./)
12 Mechanized Corps (1.NW.8./) 27 Mechanized Corps (3. MDCentAsia././)

13 Mechanized Corps (1.W.10./) 28 Mechanized Corps (3.MDTrCauc././)
14 Mechanized Corps (1.W.4./) 30 Mechanized Corps (3.FE.1./)
15 Mechanized Corps (1.SW.6./)

Total number of Corps: 100.

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DIVISIONS

Infantry Division.

1 Infantry Regiment.

2 Infantry Regiment.

3 Infantry Regiment.

1 Artillery Regiment (Light).

1 Howitzer Artillery Regiment.

1 Anti-Tank Battalion.

1 Reconnaissance Battalion.

1 Anti-Aircraft Battalion.

1 Engineer Battalion.

1 Signals Battalion.

Motorized Infantry Division.

1 Motorized Infantry Regiment.

2 Motorized Infantry Regiment.

3 Motorized Infantry Regiment.

1 Motorized Light Artillery Regiment (Howitzer).

1 Motorized Anti-Tank Battalion.

1 Reconnaissance Battalion.

1 Motorized Anti-Aircraft Battalion.

1 Motorized Engineer Battalion.

1 Signals Battalion.

Mountain Infantry Division.

1 Mountain Infantry Regiment.

2 Mountain Infantry Regiment.

3 Mountain Infantry Regiment.

4 Mountain Infantry Regiment.

1 Light Artillery Regiment.

1 Howitzer Artillery Regiment.

1 Anti-Aircraft Battalion.

1 Engineer Battalion.

1 Anti-Tank Company.

1 Cavalry Company.
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