Artillery Data for the 26th and 27th Armies

on March 9, 1945

November 15, 2004
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Artillery Regiments in the 26th Army on March 09, 1945

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  RC/RD*/AR Gun Howitzer Light Artillery Antitank Mortar Rocket Antiaircraft
26A 37 RC/202RD/652AR
37 RC/ 337RD/899AR

135 RC/233RD/634 AR
135 RC/236 RD/687 AR

104 RC/66RD/135AR
104RC/93RD/100AR
104RC/151RD/353AR
205 GAB*1
Bn/160 GAB
  407 LAR/26LAB 595 ATAR (A)

1008ATAR/49ATAB
117ATAR/7ATAB
1243 ATAR/10ATAB
1245 ATAR/10ATAB

1312ATAR
175 MtrR (A)

140MtrR/23MtrB
529MtrR/23MtrB
87 GMtrR 272AAR (A)

1084AAR/2AAB(?)
1089AAR/2AAB(?)

800AAR/9AAB(?)

60,227 SAABn
5 CC                
Total 7 1*1+1 Bn - 1 6 3 1 4+2 Bn

*-Only divisional numbers are given without additional info whether they were guards ones or not.

*1-Unreadable

upArtillery Strength
Calibers 1st Line 2nd Line Total
82mm 209 75 284
120mm 143 43 186
45mm 72 35 107
57mm 2 - 2
76mm RA 38 17 55
76mm DA 173 52 225
122mm (howitzers?) 51 9 60
122mm (guns?) 20 - 20
152mm 23 - 23
Total 731 231 962

 

upArtillery Regiments in the 27th Army on March 09, 1945

Original

  RC/RD*/AR Gun Howitzer Light Artillery Antitank Mortar Rocket Antiaircraft
27A 30RC/21RD/78AR
30RC/36RD/65AR
30RC/68RD/136AR
30RC/155RD/306AR

35GRC/3RD/2AR
35GRC/781RD/1030AR
35GRC/163RD/365AR

37RC/108RD/245AR
37RC/316RD/857AR
37RC/320RD/985AR

206AR(66A)
1st Gds. Fortified Region
27GAB(A)
9GAB: (215,216GAR)
17GAB: (213,1092GAR)
49GAB (19A)
25HAB: (124,320,877HAR)

274HAR

173?HAB: (1194, 1166, 1184HAR)

105 HHAB
11LAB: (210,525LAR)
170LAB: (1144,1151LAR)
315ATAR(A)
24 ATAB: (562,1670ATAR)
9 ATAB: (338 ATAR)
42 ATAB: (1962 ATAR)
43ATAB: (1964,1965,1966ATAR)
49 ATAB: (1249ATAR)

521 ATAR
480(A)
10MtrB: (188,205MtrR)
3MtrB: (101,103,107MtrR)
58GMtrR
45GMtrR
328GMtrR

Bn./51 GMtrR

Bn./28 GMtrB
249AAR(A)

9AAB: (974,981,993AAR)
1MC           267 407 Bn. 1699
18TC       452 1000 242? 106 Bn. 1694
1114AAR/3AAD
Total 11 4+2 Brigades 7+1 Brigade 5 11 8 3+4 Bn. 7

*-Only divisional numbers are given without additional info whether they were guards ones or not.

 

upArtillery Strength
Calibers 1st Line Rear positions Total
82mm 222 220 442
120mm 185 148 333
45mm 61 85 146
57mm 21 13 34
76mm RA 32 32 64
76mm DA 260 173 433
122mm (howitzers?) 137 142 279
122mm (guns?) 16 12 28
152mm 82 24 106
203mm - 24 24
Total 1016 873 1889

 


upAbbreviations

A-Army;

(A)-Army subordinated;

AAB-Antiaircraft Brigade;

AAD-Antiaircraft Division;

AAR-Antiaircraft Regiment;

AR-Artillery Regiment;

ATAB-Anti-tank Artillery Brigade;

ATAR-Anti-Tank Artillery Regiment;

Bn - Battalion;

CC-Cavalry Corps;

DA-Divisional Artillery;

GAB-Gun Artillery Brigade

GMtrB-Guards Mortar Brigade (rocket launchers);

GMtrR-Guards Mortar Regiment (rocket launchers);

GRC- Guards Rifle Corps;

HAB-Howitzer Artillery Brigade;

HAR-Howitzer Artillery Regiment;

HHAB-Heavy Howitzer Artillery Brigade;

LAB-Light Artillery Brigade;

LAR-Light Artillery Regiment;

RA-Regimental Artillery;

RD-Rifle Division;

SAABn-Separate Antiaircraft Battalion;

MC- Motorized Corps;

MtrR-Mortar Regiment;

MtrB-Mortar Brigade

RC-Rifle Corps;

TC-Tank Corps;


Literature:
  1. Photocopies of original reports provided by M. Kolomiets.

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