News-2008

December 10
Galleries KV-1 with additional armor - 1 image added Added and updated some links to external galleries Maps Western Direction 1941 Operations of the 32nd Rifle Division at Borodino area Counter-attack of the 20th Tank Brigade Southern Direction 1941 The Sevastopol fortifications, aviation and anti-aircraft artillery positions by the beginning of the war Southern Direction 1942 German map of Sevastopol Sevastopol fortifications by June 7'42
August 4
Maps Northern Direction 1941 Defensive operations of the 168th Rifle Division North-Western Direction 1941 Fights of the 168th Rifle Division Aug. 29 - Sept. 7 Fights of the 168th Rifle Division Sept. 8 - Oct. 27 Southern Direction 1941 Sevastopol fortifications Nov. 1 Sevastopol fortifications Nov. 30 Sevastopol fortifications and artillery positions The Sevastopol Defensive Region fortifications Artillery fire of the 14th Coastal Battery Scheme of the 30th Coastal Battery Scheme of the 35th Coastal Battery South-Western Direction 1942 Defensive positions of the 62nd Army Southern Direction 1942 Scheme of defensive operations on Chersones peninsula North-Western Direction 1943 Operations of the 268th Rifle Division Western Direction 1943 Course of the Bryansk operation Fights for Khotynets Northern Direction 1944 Breaking through the second Finnish defensive line in Vyborg operation by the 46th Rifle Division North-Western Direction 1944 Operations of the 46th Rifle Division Breaking through German defenses by the 46th Rifle Division South-Western Direction 1944 Defensive positions of the 6th Tank Army at the outward front of the Korsun pocket Southern Direction 1944 Operations of the coastal support detachment in fights for Raduevats and Prakhovo North-Western Direction 1945 Course of operations of the 50th Army Western Direction 1945 Positions of the 29th Guards Rifle Corps prior to the Poznan assault The Poznan citadel assault Breaking the German defense and parrying a counter-attack by the troops of the 46th Rifle Division Breaking of the 46th Rifle Division through German defenses towards Danzig South-Western Direction 1945 Operations of the Coastal Support Detachment for Esztergom and Tata
July 4
As I guessed my free time became too limited. So, updates will appear when I can find opportunity. Now some small updates were prepared. Thank you for your patience Alex aka AMVAS Maps North-Western Direction 1941 Forces and Artillery Fire of the 125th Rifle Division Antitank artillery positions of the 42nd Army Deployment of artillery of the 42nd Army Conter-blow of the 11th Army Western Direction 1941 Course of the Smolensk Battle Antitank artillery positions of the 32nd Rifle Division at Borodino Southern Direction 1941 Approximate location of 6th and 12th Armies in Uman pocket Positions of Soviet troops in Uman pocket by morning Aug. 5 Artillery positions during the 2nd assault of Sevastopol Deployment of artillery of the Southern Front on the Dnieper line South-Western Direction 1942 Artillery deployment of the 62nd Army and changing of it Artillery positions in the course of the Stalingrad defensive operation Deployment of artillery of the 5th Tank Army Southern Direction 1942 System of antiaircraft artillery defense of Sevastopol Deployment of artillery on May 4 and course of operations on May 8-12 at Kerch peninsula North-Western Direction 1943 Artillery deployment of the 67th Army and course of operations Western Direction 1943 Parrying German counter-attacks by the 11th Guards Rifle Division Course of the Smolensk operation Deployment of the 50th Army and its artillery for flanking movement Breaking through the enemy lines and fights for Desna bridgehead Deployment and artillery fire of the 65th Army in th course of crossing the Dnieper South-Western Direction 1943 Deployment of artillery of the Don Front Anti-Tank Defense of the 13th Army Artillery arrangement of the 6th Guards Army Rocket launchers fire in the anti-tank defense scheme of the 13th Army Artillery arrangement of the 6th Guards Army in the counter bombardment action Course of the battle and maneuvers of the Central Front units Fight of the 3rd Antitank Artillery Brigade vs. German tanks Course of operations of the Voronezh Front July 5-15 Manoeuvring and combat of the 27th Antitank Artillery Brigade Combat order of the shock group of the Southern Front and breaking the Mius line Annihilating of the Zaporozh'ye bridgehead Course of operations in Kiev vicinities Southern Direction 1943 Artillery positions and course of the Novorossiysk assault Course of the Kerch-Eltigen landing operation South-Western Direction 1944 Antiaircraft protection of the 3rd Guards Tank Army in the course of break-through the defensive lines of Germans Operations of artillery during annihilation of Brody pocket Crossing the Vistula river and bridgehead capture Antiarcraft protection of Vistula bridges. Aug. 8+ Antiaircraft protection of Vistula bridges. Aug 16 Carpathian-Dukla operation of the 38th Army and artillery movements thereof Northern Direction 1944 Petsamo-Kirkeness operation North-Western Direction 1944 Artillery of the Leningrad Front Artillery fire of the 30th Guards Rifle Corps Southern Direction 1944 Artillery placement at Kopansky bridgehead Artillery support of the 6th Guards Tank Army breakthrough Artillery support of engagemtn of the 4th Guards Mechanised Corps and 7th Mechanised Corps Artillery positions around Belgrade North-Western Direction 1945 Course of the Eastern Prussian operation Western Direction 1945 Fights for Oder bridgehead Artillery movements of the 1st Byelorussian Front prior to the Berlin operation Artillery fire of the 8th Guards Army South-Western Direction 1945 Antitank artillery zones of the 4th Guards Army Fight against German tanks of the 1172 Antitank Artillery Regiment Routes of German aviation and positions of the Soviet antiaircraft units Layout of combat operations in Hungary Mar. 1945 Antitank artillery positions Artillery fire "Storm" of the 57th Army Summary operations of the 3rd Ukrainian Front
May 8 2003 - 2008
Can't miss this remarkable date! Today we celebrates 5 year anniversary of the project!!! 5 years ago I felt myself crazy enough to start this project without any hope to finish it!!! Observing everything what had been done through these years I can see many wishes which were not done and many things which are well-done. As I always say "This site contains less than 1% of information which I obtain and I have no hope to increase this amount, because my endless storages are filling more quickly than I can process and upload those materials". Right now Russian copyright law changed and libraries refuse to make digital copies of the sources published later than in 1938. But even taking into acocunt this sad fact I hope in the future to upload more unique materials, which I collected in the past years. Be sure, they are more than enough for 100 years of hard work.... Congratulate everybody with the Great Victory Day!!! Alex aka AMVAS
April 26
Maps Southern Direction 1941 Deployment of the 35th Rifle Regiment for meeting engagement Western Direction 1942 Attacks of the 1104th and 1108th Rifle Regiments South-Western Direction 1943 Fights of the 1st Czechoslovak Battalion around Sokolovo Fights of the 121st Rifle Division for Rylsk town Defensive positions of the the 8th Guards Mechanised Corps Parrying of German attacks by the 353rd Rifle Division Fights for Voroshilovgrad (Lugansk) Western Direction 1943 Forced Desna river crossing by the 162nd Rifle Division Northern Direction 1944 Positions of artillery of the 37th Guards Rifle Corps and 4th Rifle Corps Forced Svir' river crossing by the troops of the 98th Guards Rifle Division North-Western Direction 1944 Results of fight recon in operative zone of the 23rd Rifle Corps Meting engagement of the 145th Rifle Division Western Direction 1944 Artillery positions and fire scheme of the 5th Army Artillery positions of the 5th Army and the 3rd Guards Artillery Division Operations of the 1022nd Rifle Regiment in advanced detachment Pursuit of enemy troops by the 48th Guards Rifle Division Decision of the 38th Guards Rifle Division commander for counter-attack Defensive operations of the 108th Rifle Division at Narew bridgehead Deployment of artillery of the 31rd, 49th and 50th armies in the course of annihilation of the pocket east from Minsk Artillery deployment of the 5th Army Vistula forced river crossing by the troops of the 8th Guards Army South-Western Direction 1944 Fights of the 167th Rifle Division for the Ruske pass (Ruskè sedlo) Artillery movements prior to the Lvov-Sandomir operation Artillery fire of the 60th Army during preparatory bombardment. Lvov-Sandomir operation Southern Direction 1944 Fights of the 15th Light Artillery Brigade Artillery support of the Pliev Cavalry-Mechanised Group break-through Artillery group of the 51st Army Pursuit of Axis troops by the 227th Rifle Division North-Western Direction 1945 Deployment of artillery of the 43rd Army on Apr. 5 and the 3rd Guards Breakthrough Artillery Division on Apr 5-8 Western Direction 1945 The 74th Guards Rifle Regiment Regiment of the second echelon engagement in the battle
March 29
Galleries T-50 Photos Blueprints Images Museums IS-1 (IS-85) Photos Blueprints Images KV-2 Mod. 1940 - gallery was rebuilt Photos Blueprints Images KV-2 Mod. 1941 - gallery was rebuilt Photos Blueprints Images Museums KV-85 Photos - 4 images added Images - 1 image added Museums T-80 - 1 photo added
February 29
Formations Units listings: Groups and Regions Aviation regiments Tank and Self-propelled Artillery Regiment Rifle and Cavalry Regiments Miscellaneous_Regiments Training Establishments NKVD Galleries BA-3/BA-3M - 1 photo added BA-11 - 2 photos added BT-7A - 2 photos added Maps Defensive operations in Umpyrsky pass area
January 16
Battles The Kursk Battle Strength of the 69th Army on July 10 Armored Strength of the 5th Guards Tank Army on July 11 Strength of the Rifle Units Involved in the Prokhorovka Battle on July 12 Strength of the 5th Guards Army on July 10 United Losses Report of the 5th Guards Tank Army for July 12 Maps Western Direction 1941 Decision of the 8th GRD commander to attack Kryukovo Course of fights for Kryukovo South-Western Direction 1942 Decision of the 21st Army commander on offensive Decision of the 76th & 293rd RDs commanders on offensive Course of operations of the 76th & 293rd Rifle Divisions Western Direction 1943 Decision on offensive of the 11th Gds. Army commander Decision of the 8th Gds. Rifle Corps commander on offensive Battle order of the 8th Guards Rifle Corps for breaking through the enemy main defensive line Battle order of the 43rd Guards Tank Brigade, 2nd Separate Guards Heavy Tank Regiment and 1536th Self-propelled Gun Regiment Course of operations of the 8th Guards Rifle Corps South-Western Direction 1943 Decision of the 32nd Guards Rifle Corps commander on break-through Combat order of the 32nd Guards Rifle Corps Course of operations of the 32nd Guards Rifle Corps Western Direction 1944 The 42nd Rifle Corps Commander's decision on breaking-through (updated) Temporary bridges' scheme across Drut' river. The 42nd Rifle Corps zone (updated) Operations of the 42nd Rifle Corps (updated) Battle order of the 42nd Rifle Corps Southern Direction 1944 Decision of the Coastal Army commander for offensive Decision of the 16th Rifle Corps commander on breaking through enemy defensive lines Course of operations of the 16th Rifle Corps May 7-8 Course of operations of the 16th Rifle Corps May 11-12 Decision of the 35th Guards Rifle Corps commander Battle order of the 35th Guards Rifle Corps Combat operations of the 35th Guards Rifle Corps Battle order of the 10th Guards Rifle Corps Decision of the 10th Guards Rifle Corps commander on break-through Parrying of enemies counter-attack on the left flank of the 10th Guards Rifle Corps Operations of the 10th Guards Rifle Corps North-Western Direction 1945 Battle order of the 94th Rifle Corps Decision of the 94th Rifle Corps commander Course of operations of the 94th Rifle Corps Western Direction 1945 Battle order of the 32nd Rifle Corps Course of operations of the 32nd Rifle Corps
2008
It's time to tell about my plans for the year 2008. I can't be sure I have more time than I have in 2007, but still think I'm able to keep and update this project, which is important both for me, my friends and my visitors worldwide. The year 2008 can be decisive in my life and I hope it to be not worse than the year 2007, which appeared to be among the most interesting years! I have in mind uploading more battle schemes and images. Of course this will result in less figures and text information, but I think those efforts are worth to do, because this sort of info is among the most useful and informative. Also I ahve plans to upload some tables and figures. As usual, any your help both financial and moral is much appreciated! Important! As I've promised, when I returned my debts finally I found time for some updates. It took me onle a few full days. Enjoy them! Imagine what amount I could process, if I can spend more than a week per month for updates....But right now no much optimism for this scenario, as I learnt my approximate schedule for the year 2008...In brief, it's very heavy, both for my scientific occupation and home works. Alex aka AMVAS