Equipment of the Soviet Troops in the Balaton Defensive Operation

November 10, 2003
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upAnti-Tank Force of Supreme Command-in-Chief Reserve in the Formations of the 3rd Ukrainian Front on January 1945
Date Army ATAR, ATAB AT guns Total number of guns
Jan. 1 46th 12 ATAB, 437 ATAR 66 760
4th Gds. 9,42 ATAB, 438,521,1312 ATAR 139 1123
57th 49 ATAB, 374 ATAR, 1172 ATAR/9 ATAB 81 638
Front reserve 418,595 ATAR 42 117
Jan. 5 46th 417,437 ATAR 15 693
4th Gds. 7 Gds. ATAB, 9,42 ATAB, 438,521,1312 ATAR 165 996
57th 49 ATAB, 374 ATAR 47 551
Front reserve

 

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Jan. 17 46th 12,24 ATAB, 437,532,1962 ATAR 102 905
4th Gds. 7 Gds. ATAB, 9,49 ATAB, 438,521,1312,1961 ATAR 196 1052
57th 184,374 ATAR 35 549
Front reserve 10 ATAB 33 241
upAnti-Tank Artillery Strength of Strong-Points of the 4th Guards Army on January 01, 1945  
Corps No.
(Frontline length)		 #ATSP 45mm AT guns 76mm regimental guns 76mm divisional guns 85mm AA guns 122mm howitzers
31st Gds.
(42 km) 		1 4 3 - - -
2 - - 5 - 3
3 - - 6 - 4
4 - - 6 - 3
5 - 4 5 - -
6 - - 8 - 2
7 - - 8 - 4
8 - - 7 - 4
9 - - 6 - 2
68st
(20 km) 		10 - 4 6 - -
11 - - 5 - 4
12 - - 8 - 4
13 - - 8 - 4
14 - - 6 - 3
20th Gds.
(26 km) 		15 3 3 4 - -
16 - - 3 - 2
17 - - 4 - 3
18 8 4 - - 2
19 7 3 6 - -
20 5 4 4 - 1
21 - - 5 8* -
135th
(18 km) 		22 10 4 4 - -
23 11 4 15 - -
24 10 4 8 - -
25 6 1 10 - -
26 8 4 3 - -
27 8 4 3 - -
28   6 3 4 -
21st
(20 km) 		29 - - 8 - 3
30 3 4 6 - -
31 - - 11 - 4
32 11 - 12 - -
33 - 8 12 - -
34 6 - 8 - -
35 - - 11 4 -
36 - - - 20 -
37 3 4 8 - -
38 - 3 6 - 4
39 4 2 4 - 2
Total in ATSPs   107 73 242 26 58
Total in Army   262 108 458 38 163
* - 88mm captured AT guns
upThe Soviet Tank and Mechanised Units Strength in Hungary on January 10, 1945
Unit T-34 IS-2 SU-76 SU-85 SU-100 ISU-122 ISU-152 M4A2 "Sherman"
18th Tank Corps 120 19 - 11 - - - -
1st Gds. Mechanised Corps - - - - 62 - - 184
2nd Gds. Mechanised Corps 35 8 - 11 - - - -
7th Mechanised Corps   65 12 14 10 - - -
1st Gds. Fortified Region 7 - 4 - - - - -
5th Gds. Cavalry Corps (since Jan. 15) 2 - 11+2* - - - - -
23rd Tank Corps
(since Jan. 25. Transferred from the 2nd Ukrainian Front) 		- 174 - - - - 19 -
Since February 1:                
23rd Tank Corps 13 - - 11 - 6 - -
18th Tank Corps   26 - 11 - - 8 3
1st Gds. Mechanised Corps - - - - 17 - - 47
* - 2 SU-57 SP guns based on M3 halftrack carrier's chassis  
upThe Soviet Tank and Mechanised Units Strength in Hungary on March, 1945 *1*2
Unit T-34 IS SU-76 SU-85 SU-100 ISU-122 ISU-152 M4A2 "Sherman" Other
18th Tank Corps 42/19 (48/4) - 12 - - 16(12) 6/1 (6) - -
208th SPGBr 2 (2) - 3 (3) - 63 (27/2) - - - -
23rd Tank Corps 20/2 (34/1) 1 (4) - - -   - (4) - -
207th SPGR 2 - - - 20 - - - 3 (SU-57)
366th Gds. SPGR - 2 - - - - 4 - 12 captured SP guns
1st Gds. Mech. Corps - - - - 17/2 (13/3) - - 47/1 (60/1) -
5th Gds. Cav. Corps 7 (2) - 8 (16) - - - - 2(1) 1 captured tank
1891st SPGR - - 2 - - - - - -
1513rd SPGR - - 24/1 - - - - - -
1523rd SPGR - - 25 - - - - - -
1524th SPGR - - 25 - - - - - -
SSPGB
(4th Gds. Army) 		- - 2 (76) - - - - - 6 Captured SP guns + 2 Pz.V "Panther"
432nd SSPGB - - 7 - - - - - 1 T-70
1202nd SPGR - - 14 (20) - - - - - -
1201 SPGR 1 - - 12 - - - - -
72nd SSPGB - - - - - - - - 3 captured SP guns
32nd Gds. Mot. Rfl. Brig. 19/2 - - - - - - - -
249th Tank Regiment   10 - - - - - - -
854th SPGR 1 - 21- - - - - - -
1094th SPGR - - - - 20/1 - - - -
1922nd SPGR - - - - 16/1 - - - -
3rd Gds. SSPGB 10*3 - - - - - - - -
58th SSPGB 10*3 - - - - - - - -
SSPGB (27th Army) - - 22 - - - - - -
209th SSPGBr 2 - - - 46/2 - - - 2 SU-57
22nd Tank Corps 6/6 -   2 - - - - -

*1 - 6th Guards Tank Army not included (423 operational armored vehicles on Mar 16,1945) as it didn't took part in this battle.

*2 - Data on Mar. 5, 1945 and (in brackets) on  Mar. 16, 1945. In denominator - number of tanks in repair.

*3 - According to the other data- 10 SU-85 

  upArtillery Equipment of the First Line of the 4th Guards Army on March 1, 1945
  21st Gds. Rfl. Corps
1st Gds. Fortified Region 		20th Gds. Rfl. Corps
69th Gds Rfl. Div,.		 41st Gds. Rfl. Division 5th Gds. Airborne Division 7th Gds. Airborne Division
Divisional Artillery
82mm mortars 54 45 48 48 48
120mm mortars 10 16 14 14 15
45mm AT guns 28 16 13 12 13
76mm Reg. guns - 8 7 6 6
76mm Div. guns 5 16 15 14 18
Reinforcement
120mm mortars 36 - - 28 -
57mm AT guns 29 - - 19 -
76mm AT guns 4 24 11 21 28
88mm AT guns - - 5 - -
122mm How. 24 18 25 20 19
Corps artillery
M-13 Rocket launchers 8 8 - 16  
152mm ML-20 31 13 29 22 12
Army reserve
57mm AT guns 9        
76mm AT guns 67        
M-13 Rocket launchers 16        
M-31 Rocket launchers 12        
upGerman Losses from Artillery Fire in Defense Operations of January 02-29, 1945
(After the data of Artillery Headquarters of the 3rd Ukrainian Front)
Artillery Tanks Hit SP guns Hit Total
Divisional 156 36 192
Gun regiments 85 - 85
Howitzer regiments 45 4 49
Light regiments 27 9 36
ATAR 138 15 153
Total 451 64 515
Abbreviations:

AA- Anti-Aircraft

AT- Anti-Tank

ATAR-Anti-Tank Artillery Regiment

ATAB-Anti-Tank Artillery Brigade

ATSP - Anti-Tank Strong-Point

Div. -Division

Gds. - Guards

How. - Howitzer

Inf. - Infantry

Reg. - Regimental

SPGBr - Self-Propelled Gun Brigade

SPGR - Self-Propelled Gun Regiment

SSPGB- Separate Self-Propelled Gun Battalion

Literature:
  1. 1.O. Baronov. "Balatonskaya Oboronitelnaya Operatsiya", Moscow, Exprint, 2001.
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