News-2006

January 18
Galleries Artillery Railroad Guns - updated Rocket launchers ("Katyusha") - updated Howitzers/Mortars 152mm Howitzers & Mortars - updated 152mm Guns - Howitzers - updated Auxiliary vehicles Trucks GAZ-AAA - updated ZIS-5/ZIS-5V - updated Buses Ambulances gallery split between GAZ and ZIS buses galleries HQ and propaganda gallery split between GAZ and ZIS buses galleries ATUL plant - updated GAZ buses - updated Field repair works vehicles - updated Lend-lease vehicles Armored Personnel Carriers M2 M3A1 "Scout" "Churchill" - updated "Matilda" Mk II M17 antiaircraft mounting SU-57 self-propelled gun Self-propelled guns Armored tractors - updated Odds & Ends Other interesting weapons' gallery - updated Maps Khasan lake operations Khasan lake operations Operations of border guards Khalkhin-Gol Khalkhin-Gol operations May 28-29'39 Khalkhin-Gol operations July 2-5'39 Course of the Khalkhin-Gol operation Aug. 20-31'39 Operations of the Soviet border-guards North-West 1941 Summary operations of the 8th Army in June Operations of the 12th Mechanised Corps accompained by the 2nd Tank Division/3rd Mech Corps on June 23 Operations of the 12th Mechanised Corps on June 24 Operations of the 12th Mechanised Corps on June 25 Operations of the 27th Army Situation on the North-Western Front by June 30 Situation on Tallinn direction by Aug. 25 Course of defensive operations on Moonzund isles Deployment of artillery batteries on isles West 1941 Course of the Yelets operation Plans for the Klin-Solnechnogorsk operation South 1941 Course of combat operations of the Southern Front Odessa defense scheme North-West 1942 Course of operations on Staraya Russa and Demyansk directions Course of operations of the 3rd Shock Army in the Kholm-Toropets operation Course of operations of the 4th Shock Army in the Kholm-Toropets operation Jan. 9-21'42 Course of operations of the 4th Shock Army in the Kholm-Toropets operation Jan. 23-31'42 Unblocking of the Demyansk group of German troops Course of operations in Velikiye Luki area West 1942 Course of the Pogorelo-Gorodishchevskaya operatsiya. (Rzhev-Zubtsov area) South-West 1942 Kharkov The opponents assets and plans prior to the operation. Tactical situation Combat operations of the Northern Operative Group May 12-14 Combat operations of the Northern Operative Group May 15-16 Combat operations of the Northern Operative Group May 17 Combat operations of the Northern Operative Group May 18-19 Combat operations of the Northern Operative Group May 19-20 Combat operations of the Southern Operative Group May 12-16 Starting of the German offensive May 17-19 Combat operations of the Northern Operative Group May 20-21 Combat operations of the Northern Operative Group. Surrounding of the Soviet troops Combat operations of the Northern Operative Group. Annihilation of the Soviet troops North-West 1943 Running the Leningrad blockade. "Iskra" operation Operations of the 268th Rifle Division/67th Army in the course of "Iskra" operation South-West 1943 Kursk Operations of the 6th Guards Tank Army on Oboyan direction Ukraine At Bukrin bridgehead South 1943 Kerch-Eltigen landing operation South 1944 Crimea Deployment of the Coastal Army on April 10 West 1945 Berlin operation Decision of commanders of the 1st Byelorussian and the 1st Ukrainian fronts on the Berlin operation Decision of commander of the 2nd Byelorussian Front on the Berlin operation Summary operations of the 1st Byelorussian Front Fight of the 1st Mechcorps in Weissensee area Summary operations of the 1st Ukrainian Front for breaking through the Neisse river defensive line Maneuver of the 1st Byelorussian and 1st Ukrainian fronts for surrounding and breakdown of the Berlin group of German troops Operation of the 6th Guards Tank Corps for capturing Barut Summary operations of the 2nd Byelorussian Front Fights against "Frankfurt-Guben group" (9th A, 4th Pz. A) Summary operations of the 2nd Byelorussian Front Apr. 26-May 5 Summary operations of the 1st Byelorussian and 1st Ukrainian Fronts inside Berlin Fights against "Frankfurt-Guben group" (9th A, 4th Pz. A) Assault of Reichstag
February 20
Galleries Armored Cars BA-64 - updated Self-propelled guns SU-76 gallery splitted into SU-76 and SU-76M SU-76/SU-76M Photos Blueprints - updated SU-76M Photos Blueprints Images SU-100 Photos Blueprints Images Interiors Auxiliary vehicles Trucks GAZ-AA - updated Specialized vehicles BZ-35 - updated BZ-38 - updated Lend-lease vehicles "Matilda" Mk II - updated Tanks T-26 - updated. Interiors added. Maps North-West 1945 Positions and plans of the Eastern Prussian operation Decision on the breakthrough to Gumbinnen Fights for Gumbinnen town Decision of the 28th Army commander on the offensive against Instenburg Deployment of the 28th Army prior to operation against Instenburg Redeployment of troops of the 28th Army prior to operation Positions of opponents at the commencement of operation in operative zone of the 28th Army Deployment of rear units of the 28th Army at the commencement of the operation Battle order of the 28th Army Course of operations of the 28th Army on Insterburg direction Jan. 13-19 Course of operations of the 28th Army against Gumbinnen Jan. 13-15 Course of operations of the 28th Army against Gumbinnen Jan. 16-19 West 1945 Combat operations of the 5th Shock Army and 8th Gds. Army Jan. 31-Feb. 7 Combat operations of the 5th Shock Army and 8th Gds. Army Feb. 8-14 Combat operations of the 5th Shock Army and 8th Gds. Army March Bridgehead operations of the 5th Shock Army and 8th Gds. Army Fights of the 32nd Rifle Corps/5th Shock Army and 4th Gds. Rfl. Corps/8th Gds. Army for Noistadt and Kitz Multimedia Some external links were fixed Sources About new 200 titles added
March 20
Battles Soviet-Japanese War 1945 Strength of the Soviet Armored Troops on the Far East on August 5, 1945 Strength Data for the Soviet and Japanese Troops by the Beginning of Landing Operation on Shumshu Island Soviet Losses of Navy Staff During Landing Operation on Shumshu Island Soviet Losses During Operations against Japan Captured Japanese Equipment Structure Organization of Marines Units of the Northern Fleet 1941-45 Organization of the 12^th Pechenga Red Bannered Marines Brigade Organization of the 31^st Separate Petrozavodsk Marines Battalion of the Onega Lake Flotilla Organization of Marines Units of the Baltic Fleet 1941-45 Organization of the 1st Mozyr’ Red Bannered Marines Division of the Baltic Fleet Organization of the 8th Separate Rifle Brigade of the Baltic Fleet Defending Hanko Peninsula Organization of Marines of the Black Sea Fleet 1941-1945 Organization of the Novorossiysk Defensive Zone Changes in the Structure of Rifle Battalion 1941-1945
April 24
Battles Winter War 1939-1940 Tank Power Data Strength of the Armored Troops of the Karelian Front on July 20, 1944 Galleries Armored cars BAI/BAI-M - 1 photo added Artillery 305mm Howitzer Mod. 1915 - 3 photos added; Lend-lease Vehicles in Soviet Service Mk IV "Churchill" - 2 photos added; Self-propelled guns SU-100 - several blueprints added Trucks YaG-10 - 1 photo added ZIS-5/ZIS-5V - several images and blueprints added. ZIS-12 - 2 photos in this new gallery Maps Khalkhin-Gol 1939 Khalkhin-Gol operations May 28-29 Fights for the Bain-Tsagan mountain July 2-3 Decision of the 1st Army Group commander for attack August 1939 Course of the Khalkhin-Gol operation - August 20-31 Northern Direction 1944 Course of operations of in the Southern Karelia Vyborg operation of the Leningrad Front Sources - updated
May 22
This update is devoted to the 3-year anniversary of my site!!!
Battles The Moscow Battle Tank Equipment of the Soviet Troops in the Moscow Battle - a small corrections were performed. Soviet-Japanese War 1945 Memoirs - a few articles added Galleries Armored cars BA-6/BA-6M - 11 images added BA-11 - new BA-64 -split into several galleries Blueprints - Armor plating diagramme added Images - 2 images added Buses Field Repair Works Vehicles - 2 photos added Motorcycles M-72 - new Prime-movers ZIS-22 - 1 photo added Trucks GAZ-AAA - 1 photo added GAZ-410 dump-trucks - 1 blueprint added GAZ-44/45 - new Vehicles based on GAZ chassis - 4 photos added YaG-10 - 2 photos added ZIS-5/ZIS-5V - 4 images added ZIS-12 - 1 photo added SP guns SU-76M - 1 blueprint added Tanks T-26T, T-26T2 prime movers - 1 photo added T-27 tankette - new OT-27 Flame thrower tankette - new Lend-Lease Mk II "Matilda" -1 photo added Maps Topographic Praha Czechoslovakia North-Western Direction 1941 Course of operations of the North-Western Front (June 22 - October 1941) North-Western Direction 1945 Course of Koenigsberg assault Apr. 6'45 Course of Koenigsberg assault Apr. 7'45 Course of Koenigsberg assault Apr. 8'45 Course of Koenigsberg assault Apr. 9'45 Raw Data Several sample pages added!!! Sources - updated Weapons Trucks & Buses Strength of the Soviet Air Forces prior to the War
June 23
A time to perform some technical works. Slight changes in navigation system. Some corrections in abbreviations were made to fix bugs with distinguishing of Motorised and Motorised Rifle Divisions. Some other invisible work... Weapons Artillery data updated
July 26
Galleries Armored cars BA-10 (2 axle) KS-18 chemical armored car Maps Western Direction 1941 The Moscow Battle Defensive operations of the 30th Army south-east from Kalinin (Tver) Defensive operations of the 16th Army in Istra area Defensive fights in Klin area Nara river defense Beginning of Tula defensive operation Tula defense Counter-offensive of the right wing of Western Front Fights in Klin area Dec. 41 Fights in Istra and Klin area Approaching of Lama and Ruza rivers line Attempts to breakthrough Ruza-Moskva-Nara river defensive line Holding actions of the 49th Army/Western Front South-Western Direction 1941 Long ago I promised to upload schemes from the book of Vladimirsky scanned from original. Represented scans were of too poor quality. Only now I got chance to fulfill my promise. Planned Missions of the 5th Army in tactic zone according to the plan of protecting the state frontier The opponents assets at the commencement of the operations. Kiev Special Military District Counter-attacks of the South-Western Front - updated The battle in Kiev vicinity Counter-attack of the 5th Army. Malin area - updated Counter-offensive of the 5th Army. Novograd-Volynsky area Operations of the 5th Army June 22-23 The opponents assets at the commencement of the operations in front of the 5th Soviet Army The second counter-offensive of the 5th Army and its followed retreatment Deployment of rears of the 5th Army Decision on the retreatment of the 5th Army Operations of the 5th Army between Dniepr, Snov, Desna rivers Southern Direction 1941 The Battle for Rostov Opponent assets and decision of the 9th Army Commander on defense Opponent assets before Oct. 29 (9A) Strongpoint Djakovka defended by the 136th Rifle Division Opponent assets (9A) Fights of the 9th Army in Djakovo-Millervo area Decision of the 9th Army commander (Nov.5) and fights of Nov.6 Opponent assets (9A) North-Western Direction 1943 Decision of the 67th Army commander Operations of the 67th Army in running of the Leningrad blockade Raw Data Several sample pages added!!! New titles added to the index as well. Structure Structure of the Tuapse Defensive Zone Structure of Marines of the Black Sea Fleet by the End of Fights on the Theatre (Sept. 1944) Structure of Marines of the Pacific Fleet Typical Structure of Naval Rifle Brigades Weapons Tanks Light tanks - updated Medium tanks - updated Armored cars - new
September 5
Battles Baltic 1941 Attack of Soviet Aviation against Dvinsk (Daugavpils) Bridges Maps North-Western Direction 1941 Operations of the 21st Mechcorps in Daugavpils (Dvinsk) area Western Direction 1941 The Moscow Battle Operations of the 1st Special Guards Rifle Corps in Orel-Mtsensk area Oct. 3-11 Positions of the 5th Army Oct. 14 Defensive operations of the 108th Rfl. Division/5th Army Opponent assets in the operative zone of the 30th Army and its commander's decision Dec. 6 Western Direction 1942 Operations in Rzhev area 108th Rifle Division/5th Army in fights for Mozhaisk Jan. 17-20 Fights of the 108th Rifle Division/5th Army for Vasilkov strongpoint Jan. 25-Mar. 3 South-Western Direction 1942 Operations of the 63rd Rifle Division/21st Army in Raspopinskaya settlement area South-Western Direction 1943 Operations of the 52nd Rifle Division/23th Gds. Rfl.Corps/6th Gds. Army on Oboyan direction July 5-6 Sources - updated
September 29
ACG Gallery of my photos from the Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War is opened. Captions are available here Battles Artillery Strength of the Southern Front on July 28, 1941 Numbers of Vehicles of the Southern Front on July 24, 1941 Formations Since year 2003 I have had much holes in mechanised corps data. So, trying to fill in some of them Tanks and Armored Cars in Infantry and Cavalry Units - updated 1st Mechanised Corps - updated 2nd Mechanised Corps - updated 3nd Mechanised Corps - updated 4th Mechanised Corps - updated & corrected 8th Mechanised Corps - updated 12th Mechanised Corps - updated 15th Mechanised Corps - updated 16th Mechanised Corps - new 18th Mechanised Corps - new Maps Western Direction 1941 Positioning of the 63rd Rifle Corps on ~July 7 Counter-offensive of the 63rd Rifle Corps in Rogachev, Zhlobin area Positions of the 21st Army North-Western direction 1942 Decision of the Volkhov Group on escaping of the 2nd Gds. Army from encirclement Structure Staff of Motorised Division, 1941
October 27
Abbreviations Typical Soviet Abbreviations Abbreviations of units Formations Since year 2003 I have had much holes in mechanised corps data. So, trying to fill in some of them 1st Mechanised Corps - updated 10th Mechanised Corps - new 12th Mechanised Corps - corrected 19th Mechanised Corps - updated Galleries SU-26 - 1 photo added Maps North-Western Direction 1941 Scheme of the "Road of Life" and other transport communicatin of Leningrad Western Direction 1941 Operations of the 132nd Rifle Division on Bykhov bridgehead and its retreat to the Sozh river positions Escaping of the 132nd Rifle Division from surrounding south from Trubchevsk Southern Direction 1942 Operations around the Klukhorsky pass Western Direction 1944 Redeployment of the 43rd Army to the Witebsk direction 145th Rifle Division/43rd Army in liberation of Witebsk Combat operations of the 39th Army in Witebsk area June 23 Combat operations of the 39th Army in Witebsk area June 24 Combat operations of the 39th Army in Witebsk area June 25 Combat operations of the 39th Army in Witebsk area June 26-27 South-Western Direction 1944 Lutsk-Rovno operation of the 1st Ukrainian Front Far East 1945 Assault of Mudantzyan Raw Data Several sample pages added!!! New titles added to the index as well.
November 27
I wanted to handle some old resources, which were in my storage for quite a long time. Otherwise I could loose them in that heap of materials, which is stored on my computer. Maps Topographic maps Yelnia. Area east from the town North-Western Direction 1941 Positions of the 10th Rifle Division/8th Army and units of the 105th Border Guards Detachment in Klajpeda (Memel) area Course of the 1st Sinyavino operation Course of the 2nd Sinyavino operation Western Direction 1941 Defensive operations of the 5th Army Operations of the 50th Army in Bryansk area Moving of the 8th Rifle Division to the frontline Klin-Solnechnogorsk defensive operation Mozhajsk-Maloyaroslavets defensive operation South-Western Direction 1941 Positions of the 45th Rifle Division and 98th Border guards Detachment Southern Direction 1941 Defensive positions of the 384th & 733rd Rifle Regiments/136th Rfl. Division and the 132nd Tank Brigade around Djakovo Positions of the 541st Rifle Regiment/136th Rfl. Division North-Western Direction 1942 Plans of the Toropets-Kholm operation Plans of the Toropets-Kholm operation (another copy) Positions of the 330th Rifle Regiment/86th Rifle Division/Neva's Operative Group Course of operations against Velikiye Luki and Novosokol'niky Western Direction 1942 Operations of the 10th Tank Corps in Sukhinichi area South-Western Direction 1942 Positions of the 15th Guards Rifle Division/57th Army Southern Direction 1942 Operations of the Novorossiysk Defensive Region South-Western Direction 1943 Operations of the 50th Guards Rifle Division/3rd Gds. Rfl. Corps/5th Shock Army in Zaporozhje area March of the 15th Gds. Rifle Division/49th Rfl. Corps/7th Gds. Army and crossing of the Dniepr river North-Western Direction 1944 Operations on the Shauliaj direction Western Direction 1944 Defensive operations of the 69th Rifle Division/18th Rfl. Corps/65th Army at Narev bridgehead South-Western Direction 1944 Defensive positions of the 4th Gds. Army Far East 1945 Decision of the 1st Army Commander on the first stage of operation Changing direction of the main blow (26th Rfl. Corps+257th Tank Brigade/1st Army)
December 27
Final update for the year 2006. Wish to my visitors all the best in the new year and promise to provide more interesting materials soon. Some of those materials I already uploaded in current update. Hope with time to perform larger updates... Regards, Alex Uniform Uniform page 3 appeared Galleries T-18/MS-1 gallery opened T-27 tankette images - 2 images added T-37 amphibious tank - updated T-38 amphibious tank - updated T-40/T-40S/T-30 gallery added Other weapons - 2 images added

News-2006

This update is devoted to the 3-year anniversary of my site!!!