News-2004

My plans for 2004: To create a mirror site to provide more rapid access for my visitors.(Done) My main efforts will be applied on translation of a new maps and battle descriptions. I'll try to create more photo galleries, as I have found that my visitors are much interested in the existing ones. Maybe I'll even make soon a separate section for them (Done). Can't promise to create anything revolutionary in Weapons section, as this topic is widely presented in the net. More time will be spend for translating an unique materials from Russian sources, not presented even in Russian net segment! So the site will change a little its policy, transforming from the digest to rather independent source of information. If you had visited my site earlier you could see my preferences in information sources. I consider their listing to be expanded. More materials will be loaded to Formations section too, but I can't promise to proceed with detailed descriptions of a specific units. As usual they will be gathered in charts. The Structure section also will be supported, but in less scales than other sections. Maybe some or even all Russian maps I obtain which will become free for all. I'll think a bit on this...(Done) If I create a mirror site, I may put there some multimedia files (songs, maybe some video etc). I prefer to avoid using complex tools, scripts etc in design of my site. I will follow this policy and in the future. In spite of all my efforts, the amount of untranslated materials is growing and growing. I'll try to serve the update schedule (twice a month), but it's "a drop in the bucket", as I'm neither a professional translator nor a historian. Any suggestions concerning your available help in my work and supporting of this project in any way are, as usual, STRONGLY WELCOMED! Thank you for your reference, Alex (AMVAS)
Jan. 08	The latest updates Formations: Irregular RKKA formations page opened. Peoples militia divisions presented. A few figures of BT tanks supplement on June 22 were added on the pages of 1, 2, 22 Mechanised Corps Battles: KV tanks in the Winter War Maps: Another map of the Prokhorovka tank battle is placed. Plans of both sides on July 12 on Prokhorovka direction Summary operations in Prokhorovka vicinities The final fights in the battle at Prokhorovka Some grammar corrections were performed. A few terms were changed (e.g. Communication Units => Signals Units, Automobile units => Auto-Transport units)
Jan. 24	New Galleries section is opened with: Double-turreted T-26 Mono-turreted T-26 T-26 with Conical Turret Screened T-26 Vehicles Based on T-26's Chassis Flamethrowers Based on T-26's Chassis T-26 Images Hope these galleries to be a good gift for all modellers. Links page updated. Slight changes in Weapons section
Jan. 30	US mirror site is opened in a test mode! Forum design was changed!
Feb. 10	Battles: The Battle at Prokhorovka (a brief translation of G.A. Oleinikov's paper) Chapters 1,2 published. Weapons: The Number of Armored Vehicles in RKKA on April 01'41 Maps: New Prokhorovka maps added from G.A. Oleinikov's paper. Combat operations Final combats of the battle at Prokhorovka Functional diagram of the Prokhorovka's tank meeting engagement Operations on Prokhorovka direction Opponents deployment on the end of July 11 and plans on July 12 Opponents objectives on July 12 Situation on 4:00 July 10 on the Prokhorovka direction Situation on the end of July 09, and German plans for July 10. Maps of Vyborg operation 1944 added. Regrouping of the 21st Army before Vyborg operation Breaking through the first Finnish defensive line in Vyborg operation Breaking through the second Finnish defensive line in Vyborg operation Breaking through the third Finnish defensive line and capturing of Vyborg in Vyborg operation
Feb. 17	As I decided to give Russian original maps for free, terms and conditions are changed (this section was deleted). So, the first pack of Russian maps have been published! (Imagine the time I need to translate those!!!.........) Internal search engine is now configured for my mirror site. One search engine form on the title is left for my homepage search. Maps: Khasan lake operations 1938 Deployment of the Soviet troops Deployment of the Soviet artillery Khalkhin-Gol Artillery deployment in May fights Operations of the Soviet troops on Aug. 20 Operations of the Soviet troops on Aug 21-22 Operations of the Soviet troops on Aug 23-25 Khalkhin-gol area Deployment of the troops of 57th Special Corps and Japan forces Carpathian operation of the 1st Gds Army 1944 A decision of the 1st Army's commander on the offensive. Operations of the 1st Gds. Army (Sept. 1944) Crossing the main mountain ridge by the troops of the 1st Gds. Army Evolution of the offensive of the 1st Gds Army along the Hungarian plain and reaching Ondava river line. Hungarian operations 1944-45 The layout of the artillery force grouping of the 4th Gds. Army in the Velenze lake- Danube river sector. Organization of the defences of the 3rd Ukrainian Front in the Zhambek - lake Balaton area. Layout of combat operations in Lake Balaton - Lake Velenze area. Layout of the anti-tank defences of the 6th Gds. and 64 Rifle Corps of the 57th Army Diagram of Combat operations of the Soviet, German and Hungarian troops from December 26'44 until February 13'45 Defensive operations of the right flank of the 3rd Ukrainian Front Eastern Prussian operation 1945: Battle order scheme of the 5th Army at the commencement of operation Battle order scheme of the 28th Army at the commencement of operation Repulsing of enemy's counter-attacks by the troops of the 65th and 3rd Gds. Rfl. Corps The war against Japan. August 1945: Toro-Esutoru operations (Sakhalin island) Operations on Shimushu island Other maps: Osovets Fortress scheme The scheme of the T-100 and "SMK" tanks' operations vic. Summa. Winter War. The 20th Tank Brigade/138th Rifle Division
Mar. 03	For my new section: Multimedia (not created yet) uploaded an excellent videoclip (24Mb) of V.S. Shelomovskiy from vaenga.tekos.ru This file will be available from my mirror ONLY!!! Maps: Odessa defense scheme 1941 Operations of the 3rd Company/11th Motorised Anti-tank Fougasse Flamethrower Battalion in assault of the Fort No. 8. Crimea 1941 The 1st assault of Sevastopol The 2nd assault of Sevastopol The 2nd assault of Sevastopol (another map) Western Direction 1941 Pillboxes' defense. Slokhi area Pillboxes arrangement scheme. Brest vicinity The Brest Fortress defense scheme The opponents assets at the commencement of the operations. Western Special Military District Summary operations for the 4th Army of the Western Front June 23-24 Summary operations for the 4th Army of the Western Front June 25-27 Summary operations for the 4th Army of the Western Front June 28- July 25. Minsk defensive operation Surrounding scheme for the troops of the Western Front Operations of the 100th Rifle Division in Minsk defense Operations of the 100th Rifle Division in Minsk defensive operation Operations of the 100th Rifle Division in Berezina area Operations of the 1st Motorised Rifle Division in Minsk defensive operation Operations of the 61st Infantry Corps. Mogilev defense Counter-attacks of the Western Front Operations of the 13th Army between Dnieper and Sozh rivers. (Mogilev-Trubchevsk-Sevsk area) The Moscow Battle Summary of operations on the Western Front left flank and center Summary of operations on the Western Front left flank Operations of the 26th Separate Company of Fougasse Flamethrowers Crimea 1942 Organisation of fire and positioning of the 44th Army. Crimea - edited The opponents assets at the commencement of the German offensive in Crimea. Kerch-Feodosian Landing Operation Operations in Kerch peninsula May 08-09 Operations in Kerch peninsula May 10-11 Operations in Kerch peninsula May 12-20 Caucasus 1942 The German defeat in Gizel vicinity. (Ordzhonikidze (Vladikavcaz) region. The 9th Soviet Army). Caucasus Don area 1942 Combat action at the big bend of Don. (Voronezh-Voroshilovgrad defensive operation) Sides standing by night of June 27 and German High-command plans for "Blau" and "Klausevic" operations. South-Western Front. Stalingrad Combat operations of the 100th and 104th Separate Fougasse Flamethrower Companies The Kursk Battle Defense operations of the 40th Army and the 1st Tank Army. The Kursk Battle. Voronezh Front. Operation map for the 39th Panzer Regiment in the Kursk Battle Ukraine 1943-44 Operations of the 4th Motorised Anti-tank Flamethrower Battalion. Dnieper 1943. Operations of the 1st Gds., 38th, 40th Armies, 1st, 3rd Gds. Tank Armies in Zhitomir-Vinnitsa region. Ukraine. Poland 1945 Utilising of fougasse flamethrowers in the fights for Posnan
Mar. 24	Weapons: Small updates of SP guns page Galleries: KV gallery started with KV-2, KV-85, KV-8/KV-8s subsections T-26 galleries Artillery gallery Rocket launchers ("Katyusha") ~~Self-Propelled guns gallery~~ (spread into several galleries) Auxiliary vehicles gallery (pictures) Auxiliary vehicles gallery (photos) Other interesting weapons' gallery Battles: Strength Reports of the Tank Units on Kerch Peninsula. Spring 1942 Formations: Cavalry Divisions (brief info) New linksadded
Apr. 05	Maps: Kursk Battle: Battle order of the 1241st Rifle Regiment/375th Rifle Division in the Kursk battle Battle order of the 200th Tank Brigade/6th Tank Corps United counter-attack of the reserves of the 41st Rifle Division and 102nd Rifle Regiment The decision of commander of the 280th Gds. Rifle Regiment/92nd Gds. Rifle Division/35th Gds. Rifle Corps/7th Gds. Army on march and meeting engagement Meeting engagement of the 280th Gds. Rifle Regiment/92nd Gds. Rifle Division/35th Gds. Rifle Corps/7th Gds. Army Maneuver of the 228th Gds. Rifle Regiment/78th Gds. Rifle Division Meeting engagement of the 3rd Mechanised Corps in Bogodukhov area Meeting engagement of the 112nd Tank Brigade/6th Tank Corps. Bogodukhov area Stalingrad battle: Crushing defeat of the retreating enemy by the 17th Separate Tank Regiment. Chir river area. South to Veshenskaya. Night counter-attack by the reserves of the 34th Gds. Rifle Regiment and 13th Gds. Rifle Division Frontal attacks of the 117th and 159th Tank Brigades/1st Tank Corps in Stalingrad area Defensive combats of the 64th Army Situation before the battle on Volga Defensive operations of the Soviet troops at the remote approaches of Stalingrad Operations in big scroll of Don river Repulsing of enemy's attacks from the south-west Defensive battle at the close approaches to Stalingrad Defensive battle at the close approaches to Stalingrad Operations of the 1st Guards Army and 4th Tank Army Operations of the 4th Tank and 62nd Armies at the outer defensive line Operations of the 4th Tank and 62nd Armies Offensive of the 63rd and 21st Armies Counter-attacks of the left flank of the Stalingrad Front Operations of the 64th and 57th Armies in the southern sectors of the outer and medium Stalingrad defensive lines Operations of the 64th Army in the outer and medium Stalingrad defensive lines Operations of the 62nd and 64th Armies in the inner defensive line Defensive operations at Stalingrad and in its vicinity Night fight of the 13th Guards Rifle Division inside Stalingrad Operations in Stalingrad area Situation on the Volga's downstream area Stalingrad counter-offensive plan Combat operations of the Southwestern, Don and Stalingrad Fronts Situation on the Volga's downstream area The plan of "Saturn" operation of the South-western Front Crushing defeat of the German forces at the medium Don flow area Defensive operations of the 51st and 2nd Guards Armies Offensive of the Stalingrad Front Deployment of the Don Front troops in Stalingrad area Combat operations of the Don Front Operations inside Stalingrad Moscow battle 1941-42: Battle order of the 4th Tank Brigade Performing counter-attack by the 131st Rifle Regiment/9th Gds. Rifle Division. Maneuver of the 1162nd Rifle Regiment/352nd Rifle Division in breaking-through the enemy defense on Lama river Different maps Street fights of the 756th Rifle Regiment/150th Rifle Division in Berlin. Reichstag area Formations: A Short History of Mechanized Units in the Red Army
Apr.26	Attention! Galleries and Maps sections are available now from http://rkkaww2.armchairgeneral.com ONLY!This is because of too time-consuming both uploading and downloading procedures of my www.rkkaww2.narod.ru host. New section Uniform opened! (However, can't promise to update it often) Link page was slightly changed and added. Battles: Equipment of the Baltic Territorial Formations on October 20, 1940 Two articles translated by Andrey for forum are uploaded in a bit corrected form. Operation "Mars" - Was it Large Disaster or a Part of the Victory in Stalingrad? Strategic Radio Game “Monastery” with German Intelligence Maps: Northern direction 1941: Battle order of the 135th Rifle Regiment/14th Rifle Division on Rybachiy peninsula Battle order an course of actions of the 715th Rifle regiment/122nd Rifle Division on Kandalaksha-Rovaniemi direction Retreat of the 420th Rifle Regiment/122nd Rifle Division on Kandalaksha-Rovaniemi direction South-western direction 1941 Course of operations of the 5th Army in the state frontier zone Operational scheme of T-35 tanks organic to the 34th Tank Division/8th Mechanised Corps The counter-attack of the 8th Mechanised Corps. Brody-Dubno area The battle in Brody-Dubno region. Battle order of the 87th Rifle Regiment/72nd Rifle Division in meeting engagement. Fastov area North-western direction 1941 The opponents assets at the commencement of the operations. Baltic Region Summary operations for the 8th Army of the North-Western Front. (June 23) Summary operations for the 8th Army of the North-Western Front. (June 24) Summary operations for the 8th Army of the North-Western Front (June 25) Summary operations Pskov-Ostrov area Summary operations Luga-Novgorod area The opponents assets south to the town of Leningrad Counter-attacks of the Soviet troops in the vicinity of Soltsy town Caucasus 1942 Defensive operation of the 85th Guards Rifle Regiment/32nd Guards Rifle Division in mountains Repulsing of counter-attack by the 478th Rifle Regiment/320th Rifle Division. Mozdok area Caucasus 1943 Novorossiysk landing operation. Operations of the North-Caucasian Front. Taman peninsula. Operations in the vicinity of Krymskaya and the Front commander's decision as of the Apr. 18. Caucasus. 56th Army. Combat operations of the 56th Army in the vicinity of Krymskaya Main blow direction of the 1331st Rifle Regiment/318th Rifle Division in Novorossiysk assault Eastern Prussia 1945: Maneuver of the 117th Tank Brigade in the Eastern-Prussian operation (Taplacken-town vicinity) Envelope maneuver of the 89th Tank and 44th Motorised Rifle Brigades. Koenigsberg area

May 11
Maps: Crimea 1944 Combat operations of the 512nd Separate Tank Flamethrower Battalion in breaking through enemy's defense and liberation of Armyansk. Combat operations of the 512nd Separate Tank Flamethrower Battalion in night attack for Dzhulga settlement liberation Ukraine 1944 Operations of the 1st Tank Army. South-western Ukraine. Chernovitsy vicinity. Lvov operation and Sandomir beach-head capturing Poland 1944 Sandomir beach-head operations. Poland Defense operation of the 2nd Tank Army. Warsaw vicinity Combat operations of the 25th Separate Flamethrower Battalion on Dorotkin's bridge-head Berlin 1945 Operations of the 756th Rifle Regiment while crossing the river Spree and storming the Reichstag Operations of the 153rd Gds. Rifle Regiment in Berlin Other maps Combat operations of the 25th Separate Flamethrower Battalion in fights for the town of Breslau. Combat operations of the 516th Separate Tank Flamethrower Regiment in breaking through the enemy's defense Leningrad vicinities (Topographic map 1930s) Index of VIZh articles for 1982-1989 (most of fulltext English articles are available from http://stinet.dtic.mil/str/index.html) see here (ZIP)
May 24
I'm trying to upload as many maps, as I can now... Maps: Baltic area 1941 Meeting engagement of the 28th Tank Division/12nd Mechanised Corps. Shauliay area Leningrad defense 1941 Defensive operations of the 42nd Army at close approaches to Leningrad. Fights for beachhead. Luga bay - Gatchina (Krasnogvardeisk) area Course of combat operations at close approaches to Leningrad Defensive operations on Gatchina (Krasnogvardeisk) direction North 1941 Defensive operations on the Petrozavodsk, Olonets and Medvezh'yegorsk directions Defensive operations of the 14th Army on the Murmansk direction Defensive operations of the 23rd Army on the Karelian Isthmus Western direction 1941 Defensive positions of the 153rd Rifle Division/20th Army in combats for the town of Vitebsk Moscow 1941 Defensive operation of the 1075th Rifle Regiment/316th Rifle Division Battle order of the 50th Rifle Division System of fire in defense of the 50th Rifle Division South-western direction 1941 Anti-tank defense of the 733rd Rifle Regiment/136th Rifle Division. south western direction. Djakovo area Organization of anti-tank defense of the 136th Rifle Division in Djakovo area The Stalingrad battle 1942 Battle order of the 124th Rifle Division/5th Tank Army in the period of counter-offensive Lines of cooperation for the 422nd Rifle Division in offensive. Mission settings for the 47th Guards Rifle Division/5th Tank Army in the counter-offensive. Re-subordinating of artillery and cooperation of artillery and infantry in offensive of the 293rd Rifle Division/21st Army/South-Western Front Battle order of the 33rd Guards Rifle Division. Anti-tank defense of the 112th Rifle Division along Don river North-western direction 1942 Artillery fire system in fortification of the 880th Rifle Regiment/189th Rifle Division/Leningrad Front South-western direction 1942 Course of night attack of 605th and 721st Rifle Regiments' detachments/132nd Rifle Division The battle of Kursk 1943 Battle order of the 8th Guards Rifle Corps/11th Gds Army in counter-offensive Mission settings and organization of cooperation in the 36th Rifle Corps/11th Gds. Army/western Front during counter-offensive Attack progress of the 8th Guards Rifle Corps in Kursk counter-offensive Battle order of the 25th Guards Rifle Corps in the Kursk defensive operation Cooperation in the 25th Guards Rifle Corps in the Kursk defensive operation System of fire in defense of the 25th Rifle Corps. Kursk defensive operation. Fortifications of the 151st Rifle Regiment/8th Rifle Division Anti-tank defense scheme of the 375th Rifle Division Anti-aircraft defense of the 148th Rifle Division/15th Rifle Corps in Kursk defense. Counter attack of second echelon of the 8th Rifle Division in Kursk defense The Stalingrad battle and its companions 1943 Battle order of the 107th Rifle Division/40th Army in Ostrogozhsk-Rossoshansky operation Attacking battle order of the 309th Rifle Division/18th Rifle Corps in Ostrogozhsk-Rossoshansky operation Ukraine 1943 Dnieper forced crossing by the 544th Rifle Regiment/152nd Rifle Division Byelorussia 1944 Operations of the 1022nd Rifle Regiment/169th Rifle Division in advanced detachment Meeting engagement of the 103rd Tank Brigade/3rd Tank Corps in the course of pursuit. Maneuver by the units of 1287th Rifle Regiment/110th Rifle Division for flank blow. Meeting engagement of the 174th Rifle Regiment/20th Rifle Division in the course of offensive progress. Brest area. Combat operations of the 71st Rifle Corps/31st Army in course of Byelorussian operation Poland 1945 Meeting engagement in defense while counter-attack of the 1108th Rifle Regiment/331st Rifle division. Filipuv (West to Suvalki) area Immediate break-through of German defense by the 128th Gds. Rifle Regiment/44th Gds. Rifle Division. Narev bridge-head. Battle order, missions and course of operations of the 176th Rifle Regiment/46th Rifle Division. Narev bridge-head. Battle order of the 47th Gds. Tank Brigade/9th Gds. Tank Corps in Vistula-Oder operation. Battle order of the 47th Gds. Tank Brigade/9th Gds. Tank Corps for breakthrough in Vistula-Oder operation. Battle order of the 125th Rifle Corps/47th Army in Vistula-Oder operation Battle order of assault battalions of the 29th Guards Rifle Corps in Vistula-Oder operation Engagement of second echelon of the 65th Tank Brigade into battle in course of Vistula-Oder operation Germany 1945 Combat operations of the 2nd Motorised Rifle Battalion in the vanguard of the 19th Motorised Rifle Brigade. Vistula-Oder operation Meeting engagement of the 54th Tank Brigade/7th Gds. Tank Corps and 21st Panzer Division. Trebendorf area Developing of coordination in attack operation of the 4th Guards Rifle Corps/8th Gds. Army/1st Byelorussian Front in Berlin operation. Seelow area Hungary 1945 Anti-tank defense of the 74th Rifle Division/135th Rifle Corps. Balaton lake area System of fire in the 135th Rifle Corps. Balaton lake area. Fortifications of the 135th Rifle Corps. Balaton lake area. Battle order of the 135th Rifle Corps. Balaton lake area. Principle battle order scheme of Soviet rifle units in Balaton defensive operation (one of variants)
June 15
Site Map added for better navigation. Provided for quick reference... Term Corrections: Fortified Zone->Fortified Region Uniform: Second page is added to this section. A small changes in internal structure of this section. Battles: Kursk Battle Composition of the Soviet Troops in the Kursk Battle (Aug., 01, 1943)
July 06
Battles: Improved title page design for this section. It was made more informative. The Stalingrad Battle Tank Units Strength in Stalingrad Defense The Battle for Hungary Balaton operation. Strength reports for the 4th Guards Army Balaton Operation. Artillery Strength Tables for the 57th Army Structure Equipment of the Soviet Artillery Units before the War Rifle Division Staff #04/101 June 10, 1940 (wartime period) Galleries Artillery Gallery Auxiliary vehicles gallery (pictures) Auxiliary vehicles gallery (photos) Auxiliary vehicles gallery (blueprints) I started revision of abbreviation listing. So some of them now changed. ATABr (Anti-tank Artillery Brigade) - ATAB GABr (Gun Artillery Brigade) - GAB MB (Mortar Battalion) - MBn RB (Repairing Battalion) - RpBn SEB (Sapper - Engineer Battalion) - SEBn
August 02
Attention: As the internal structure of T-26 gallery was changed, images from its previous version linked by you on external sites and message boards will be unavailable. Sorry, but restructuring of this section was essential, as too much images occurred to be in one folder. Links page was rebuilt. New links added Site Map was rebuilt Galleries: Much updates! T-26 galleries updated Rocket Launchers Gallery updated KV-1 screened Other interesting weapons' gallery updated Auxiliary vehicles gallery (photos) updated Weapons: Rocket Launchers Developed by "Compressor" Plant Design Office in the WW2 period (1941-45) Maps Maps 1941 (South) Maneuver of rifle unit in defense. 241st Rifle Regiment/95th Rifle Division. Sevastopol vicinity Maps 1941 (West) Defensive positions of the 153rd Rifle Division Vitebsk area Battle order of the 32nd Rifle Division Tarusa-river region Defensive operations of the 316th Rifle Division. Volokolamsk area Maps 1942 (West) The 881st Rifle Regiment/158th Rifle Division offensive on Rzhev direction Defensive operations of the 1085th Rifle Regiment/322nd Rifle Division on Resseta river Maps 1942 (South-West) Meeting engagement of the 4th Mechanised Corps. Verkhne-Kumskoy area. Myshkova-river Maps 1943(West) The 290th Rifle Division blow directions in Smolensk operation Maps 1943(South-West) Combat operations of the 13th Army in Kursk Defense Defensive positions of the 6th Tank Corps along Pena rive Course of the battle and maneuvers of the Central Front units Meeting engagement of the 18th Tank Corps Meeting engagement of the 26th Guards Rifle Division (Bolkhov area) Defensive positions of the 52nd Guards Rifle Division/23rd Gds. Rifle Corps/6th Gds. Army Meeting engagement of the 112nd Tank Brigade/6th Tank Corps. Bogodukhov area Battle order of the 13th Guards Rifle Regiment/3rd Guards. Rifle Division in Dnieper defense Maps 1943(South) Main blow direction of the 318th Rifle Division in Novorossiysk assault Maps 1944 (North) Attack of the 1217th Rifle Regiment/367th Rifle Division against Nikel town Maps 1944 (North-West) The 22nd Guards Rifle Regiment/9th Guards Rifle Division Commander's Decision on break-through the main German defensive line in Velikiye Luki area Enveloping maneuver of the 729th Rifle Regiment/252nd Rifle Division Yelgava area Night enveloping maneuver of the 880th Rifle Regiment/189th Rifle Division Kingisepp area Maps 1944 (South) Combat of the 429th Rifle Regiment for mountain pass in Yugoslavia Southern Bug river forced crossing by the 808th Rifle Regiment/394th Rifle Division Maps 1945 (South-West) Course of the 36th Guards Rifle Division defensive operations in Austrian mountains
September 06
Battles: Don 1942 Article by Maj Gen (Ret) N. Shtykov: "In the Battles for Bridgeheads on the Upper Don" Stalingrad 1942 Article by Col Yu. Loskutov: "Combat Operations of the 308th Rifle Division During 10-25 September 1942" Kursk, 1943 Aviation Activity Hungary 1945 Balaton Operation. German Losses According to Soviet Data. March 5-15, 1945 Maps Topographic maps Moscow Leningrad Rostov Minsk Kiev Kharkov 1942 (South-West) The course of combat operations by the 25th Guards Rifle Division to capture the Storozhevoye bridgehead Combat operations of the 174th Rifle Division and 73d Guards Rifle Regiment to the north of Korotoyak Combat operations of the 308th Rifle Division on 10-25 September 1942 to the north of Stalingrad 1943 (South-West) Operations of the 2nd Tank Army in the Kursk battle on July 05-09 Operations of the 1st Tank Army in the Kursk battle on July 05-11 Operations of the 5th Guards Tank Army (colored variant) Structure Changes in structure of Breakthrough Artillery Division in course of the Great Patriotic War Airborne Brigade, Staff April 23, 1941 Changes in Tank Brigade structure during the War Also some grammar corrections were made, as well as some other technical works
October 18
A large scale reconstruction of site is performing. Its main aim is to optimize pages' codes. All title pages were processed and several sections. Some current updates can be performed in situ without additional information here. Maps South-West 1945 (Hungary) Opponents assets on Jan. 01'45 Course of defensive operations Jan. 04-14'45 Course of defensive operations Jan. 18-20'45 Capture of Szekesfehervar(German name-Stuhlweißenburg) town and breakthrough of the 4th SS Pz. Corps Jan. 21-26'45 Counter-offensive of Soviet troops Jan. 28-Feb. 07'45 Galleries Amphibious tanks T-37 T-38 T-26 set of galleries updated Other gallery updated
November 15
Battles Kharkov operation 1942 Numerical Strength of the Soviet Tank Units Hungary, 1945 Artillery Data for the 26th and 27th Armies on March 09, 1945 Artillery Regiments in the 26th Army on March 09'45 Artillery Regiments in the 27th Army on March 09'45 Galleries Churchill heavy tank Auxiliary vehicles (blueprints) updated T-26 galleries updated Vehicles Based on T-26's Chassis updated Flamethrowers updated T-26 images updated T-37 gallery updated T-38 gallery updated ~~Self -propelled guns gallery~~ updated (later spread into several galleries) Maps Western direction, 1941. Additional info about the Brest Fortress. Winter War 1939-1940 Honkaniemi tank fight scheme
December 20
Maps Topographic Moscow region 3 km scale South-Western Direction 1944 Czechoslovakia (Several English versions added) Unknown area 1943 Meeting engagement of the 3rd Tank Brigare/23rd Tank Corps at Grodovka area Northern direction 1944 Decision of commander of the 367th Rifle Division on attacks in Nikel-town vicinities Western Direction 1945 Poland Offensive of the 44th Guards Rifle Division/105th Rifle Corps/65th Army from Narev bridgehead. Vistula-Oder Operation Immediate breakthroug of transient defensive line by units of the 44th Gds. Rifle Division/105th Rifle Corps/65th Army in Vistula-Oder operation Combat operations of the 11th Tank Corps in course of Vistula-Oder operation Battle order of the 11th Tank Corps while entering in the breakthrough in Vistula-Oder operation Berlin Operation Rout of counter-attacking enemy by the 50th Rifle Division in cooperation with the second echelon of rifle corps North-Western Direction 1945 Parrying of attacks of the 549th Infantry Division by troops of the 144th Rifle Division in the course of Eastern Prussian operation The 235th Rifle Division in Koenigsberg assault Manuever operations of the 1st Tank Corps in Eastern Prussian operation Galleries I'm glad to present subsection maiden in cooperation with beutepanzer.narod.ru As original site is very slow, gradually I will upload its materials here, as it supplement my Galleries section. When I'm able, I'll replace some photos on more qualitative ones. Captured Soviet Tanks in Axis Service Early KV tanks Other KV types