Lend-Lease AFVs

(General info)

UpdatedMay 18, 2005
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upSupplies of Tanks and SP guns in the USSR in 1944
Arrival regions M4A2 Sherman Valentine III-V Valentine VII Valentine IX-X Valentine-Bridgelayer A27 Cromwell M10 SP gun T-70 SP gun Total
in northern ports 1465 33 - 199 25 - - 5 1727
in southern ports 800 49 9 91 - 6 52 - 1007
in eastern ports 80 - - - - - - - 80
Total by types 2345 82 9 290 25 6 52 5 2814

 

upSupplies of light SP guns, SP AA guns and armored carriers in the USSR in 1944
Arrival regions M3A1 "Scout" MK.I "Universal " SU-57 (T 48) M17 M15 Total
in northern ports 141 12 39 243 24 459
in southern ports 1807 339 370 757 76 3349
in eastern ports 6 - - - - 6
Total by types 1954 351 409 1000 100 3814

 

upSupplies of AFVs from Great Britain and Canada in the USSR from 1941 to 1945
(according to entrance examinations' data of the Red Army's Major Directorate of AFVs (GBTU))
Model 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 Total
MK.II "Matilda" 145 626 147 - - 918
MK.III "Valentine" 216 959 1776 381 - 3332
MK.IV "Churchill" - 84 179 - - 263*
MK.VII "Tetrarch" - 20 - - - 20
"Universal" carrier 330 903 408 351*1 16*2 2008

*-in original - 253. Probably errata.

*1 -Including 27 from Canada.

*2 -All 16 from Canada.

 

In 1943 - 1945 the following vehicles were supplied from Great Britain in the USSR for familiarization purposes: "Cromwell" cruiser tanks (6 vehicles), "Sherman-Crab" mine sweepers retrofitted from "Sherman" tanks (3 vehicles), "Churchill-Crocodile" flame-throwing tanks (5 vehicles), "AES" and "Daimler" armored cars (one of each type), flame-throwing modification of "Universal" carrier (named "Osa" ("Wasp"), 1 vehicle) and canadian "Bombardier" snowmobiles (6 vehicles).

 

upSupplies of AFVs from the USA in USSR from 1941 to 1945
(according to entrance examinations' data of the Red Army's Directorate General of AFVs (GBTU) )
Model 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 Total
M3 "General Lee" - 812 164*1 - - 976*2
M3 "Stuart" - 977 255 - - 1232
M4A2 "Sherman" - 36 469 2345 814 3664
M10 - - - 52 - 52
T-48 (SU-57) - - 241 409 - 650
M31 (T-2) - - 41 86 - 127
M2, M3, M9 carriers - 88 30 - - 118*3
M3A1 "Scout" - 261 608 1954 211 3034
M15 SP AA guns - - - 100 - 100
M17 SP AA guns - - - 1000 - 1000

*1 - In 1943 from the deck of transport sunk in Arctic Ocean maintenance units of the Karelian front lifted up 12 M3m tanks supplied in 1942. When 11 M3m tanks had been affiliated in units of the Karelian front the total amount of these tanks supplied in the USSR in 1943 ran up to 175.

*2 - In 1942 several American M2A1 medium tanks were supplied in the USSR as M3 medium tanks.

*3 - The data relates only to carriers received by the Red Army's Major Directorate of AFVs. Additionally in 1942-1945 the Major Directoratel of Artillery received 1082 M2, M3 and M9 carriers as artillery prime movers. Thus the total amount of halftrack armored carriers supplied in the USSR by lend-lease was 1200 units.

 

In 1943 - 1945 one T26 "General Pershing" heavy tank, five M5 light tanks, two M24 "General Chaffy" light tanks and five T-70 SP guns were delivered in the USSR from USA for testing and familiarization.

 

upSupplies of wheeled tank transporters from the USA in USSR in 1941--1945
( according to entrance examinations' data of the Red Army's Directorate General of armored vehicles)
Model 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 Total
REO28XS - - 91 99 - 190
Diamond T-980 - - 50 90 155 295

Literature
  1. M. Kolomiets, I. Moshchanskiy, "Tanki Lend-Liza", Exprint, 2000
Abbreviations

A- Army

Gds. - Guards

MRD-Motorised Rifle Division

RC - Rifle Corps

STB - Separate Tank Batallion

TBr - Tank Brigade

TD - Tank Division

TC - Tank Corps

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