Strength of the 20th Guards Rifle Corps

on December 20, 1944

February 15, 2005
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Unit Name Manpower Rifles Submachine guns Anti-tank rifles Machine guns Mortars Guns Rocket launchers SP Guns
Light and Heavy DShK 82mm 120mm 45mm 76mm RA 76mm DA 122mm 152mm 203mm M-13 M-31-12 SU-76 SU-152
Authorized means
5th Gds. AbnD 7292
5468 		3997
3140 		1529
1196 		135
79 		290
142 		18
18 		45
38 		18
18 		27
20 		11
10 		36
30 		12
12 		- - - - 13 -
80th Gds. Rfl. Div. (in corps until Dec. 24) 6131
5841 		3987
3571 		1508
1497 		137
91 		286
204 		18
18 		51
48 		18
16 		34
34 		12
11 		32
28 		12
12 		- - - - 10 -
7th Gds. AbnD 5928
5060 		3334
3268 		1282
1267 		150
147 		254
241 		18
18 		71
71 		18
18 		26
26 		9
8 		32
32 		12
12 		- - - - 11 -
40th Gds. Rfl. Div. (in corps until Dec. 24) 5799
5167 		2901
2505 		1299
1084 		29
23 		192
152 		19
19 		56
51 		11
11 		7
6 		3
2 		14
14 		9
7 		- - - - - -
Attached means
10th MBr (183, 200, 205 MR) - - - - - - - 85 - - - - - - - - - -
529 MR - - - - - - - 30 - - - - - - - - - -
23rd HABr (221 and 222 HAR) - - - - - - - - - - - 45 - - - - - -
152nd HAR - - - - - - - - - - - 19 - - - - - -
521st ATAR - - - - - - - - - - 24 - - - - - - -
251st Sep. Anti-tank Artillery Battalion - - - - - - - - - - 12 - - - - - - -
366th Gds. HSPGR - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 43
56th and 59th SAESBn - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Supporting means
115th GAB (1222, 1232 GAR) - - - - - - - - - - - - 35 - - - - -
123rd GAB - - - - - - - - - - - - 36 - - - - -
42nd ATAB (1961, 1962, 1963 ATAR) - - - - - - - - - - 70 - - - - - - -
438th ATAR - - - - - - - - - - 24 - - - - - - -
105th HHABr (w/o AD)* - - - - - - - - - - - - - 12 - - - -
58th and 61st Gds. RLR - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 40 - - -
28th Gds. RLBr - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 30 - -
Art. and mortars of the 84th Rfl. Div. - - - - - - 102 guns and mortars (76-mm caliber and greater) total - - - -

*-As I think, this means - without subordination to any artillery division.


Notes:
  1. Numerator indicates division personnel on 20.12.44, denominator – on 1.1.45.
  2. All divisions have triangular organization and regiments have three-battalion one. Average strength of rifle companies before attack was 60 men.
  3. 20th Gds. Rfl. Corps had to be supported by  115 & 123 GAB, 61 & 58 Gds. RLR, 28 Gds. RLBr, 438 ATAR, artillery and mortars of 84 Rfl. Div. according to a verbal direction of the commander of 4th Gds. army. Artillery of 438 ATAR and 84 Rfl. Div. was provided for artillery preparation only.
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Literature:
  1. "Organizatsiya i osushchestvlenije nastuplenija 10-m Gvardejskim Strelkovym Korpusom 46-j Armii i 20-m Gvardejskim Strelkovym Korpusom 4-j Gv. Armii 3-go Ukrainskogo Fronta v Budapeshtskoi Operatsii. Decabr 1944. Moscow, Izd. Akademii, 1957
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