Strength of the 69th Army

on July 10

UpdatedDecember 30, 2007
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Unit Manpower Total horses Total rifles PPSh/PPD MG
Officers Junior leaders Privates Total Light Heavy AA
107th RD 755*1 1992 5261 8003*1 1072 4745 2134 271 7 1
183rd RD 786 1492 5500 7778 813 4501 1566 249 ? -
305th RD 777 1909 5092 7778 669 4812 1756 268 66 -
375th RD 714 1829 4858 7401 982 4449 1725 323 45 -
81st GRD 846 2046 5587 8479 824 4700 2474 416 ? -
89th GRD 889 1857 5238 7979*2 1234 4632 2425 330 ? 2
92nd GRD 690 1390 3169 5249 639 5313 1862 332 ? 6
93rd GRD 890 2778 5601 9269 741 6189 2482 506 ? 3
94th GRD 867 2534 4705 8106 668 6978 2456 470 169 6
Total 7209 17827 45011 70047 7642 46319*3 18880 3165 1047 18
Tank Units
96th STBde 194 397 451 1042 - 450 213 22 4 8
148th TR 97 234 212 543 - 163 145 2 - -
Total 291 631 663 1585 - 613 358 24 4 8
Artillery Units
273rd AMR 79 169 381 629 - 436 155 - - 4
496th AMR 82 160 389 631 148 436 60 1 - -
1661st ATAR 47 160 131 338 9 67 76 6 - -
121st SATRBn 24 70 230 324 - 138 61 - - -
122nd SATRBn 24 108 192 324 - 138 61 - - -
123rd SATRBn 24 67 226 317 - 139 61 - - -
130th SATRBn 24 86 237 347 - 110 146 - - -
131st SATRBn 23 19 299 341 - 110 146 - - -
132nd SATRBn 24 22 299 345 - 110 146 - - -
10th ATABde 154 329 770 1253 - 606 314 12 - -
Total 505 1190 3154 4849 157 2290 1226 19 - 4
Guards Mortar (Katyushas) Units
309th GMR 71 175 419 665 - 339 173 3 - 6
315th GMR 84 209 428 721 - 423 25 18 - 3
Total 155 384 847 1386 - 762 198 21 - 9
Antiaircraft units of Supreme Command-in -Chief Reserve
332nd SAABn 27 89 265 381 15 211 4 2 - 1
225th GAAR 40 108 231 379 8 152 4 - - 13
Total Antiaircraft units 67 197 496 760 23 363 8 2 - 14
69th Army
Grand Total
8227 20229 50171 78627 7822 50407 20670 3231 1051 53

 

Unit Mortars Guns ATR Cars Tanks RL AA guns
85/76mm*
120mm 82mm 50mm 122mm 76mm DA 76mm RA 45mm
107th RD 21 80 65 8 13 20 39 214 76 - - -
183rd RD 21 73 50 8 15 16 40 207 71 - - -
305th RD 19 82 56 8 20 15 37 219 54 - - -
375th RD 12 55 38 11 13 10 27 163 113 - - -
81st GRD 24 87 1 12 36 - 41 277 130 - - -
89th GRD 24 86 64 2 19 12 32 283 65 - - -
92nd GRD 11 44 39 4 17 - 16 225 114 - - -
93rd GRD 24 84 69 12 2 3 46 282 87 - - -
94th GRD 24 82 54 12 13 9 43 276 128 - - -
Total 180 673 436 77 148 85 326*4 2145*5 838 - - -
Tank Units
96th STBde - 6 - - 4 - - 24 81 57 - -
148th TR - - - - - - - 18 75 47 - -
Total - 6 - - 4 - - 42 156 104 - -
Artillery Units
273rd AMR 36 - - - - - - 36 81 - - -
496th AMR 36 - - - - - - 36 15 - - -
1661st ATAR - - - - - - - 12 2 - - -
121st SATRBn - - - - - - - 108 8 - - -
122nd SATRBn - - - - - - - 107 6 - - -
123rd SATRBn - - - - - - - 108 8 - - -
130th SATRBn - - - - - - - 80 2 - - -
131st SATRBn - - - - - - - 72 3 - - -
132nd SATRBn - - - - - - - 81 2 - - -
10th ATABde - - - - 40 - 20 20 84 - - -
Total 72 - - - 40 - 20 660 211 - - -
Guards Mortar (Katyushas) Units
309th GMR - - - - - - - 24 107 - 23 -
315th GMR - - - - - - - 24 69 - 22 -
Total - - - - - - - 48 176 - 45 -
Antiaircraft units of Supreme Command-in -Chief Reserve
332nd SAABn - - - - - - - - - - - 12/0
225th GAAR - - - - - - - - - - - 0/17
Total Antiaircraft units - - - - - - - - - - - 12/17
69th Army
Grand Total
252 679 436 77 192 85 346 2895 1381 104 45 12/17

*Rem. AMVAS - In the book this cell is given as "85-76-37-25-20" mm. I guess only two first calibers are presented.

*1 -I guess the number of officers could be 750. In the case of 755 direct sum gives 8008 (AMVAS)

*2 - Direct sum gives 7984 (AMVAS)

*3 - In the book the figure 46379 is given but direct sum doesn't correspond with this one. (AMVAS)

*4 - Direct sum gives 321 (AMVAS)

*5 - Direct sum gives 2146 (AMVAS)


Abbreviations

AA - antiaircraft

AMR - Army Mortar Regiment

ATABde - Antitank Artillery Brigade

ATAR - Antitank Artillery Regiment

ATR - Antitank rifles

DA - Divisional artillery

GAAR - Guards Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment

GMR - Guards Mortar Regiment (Katyushas)

GRD - Guards Rifle Division

MG - Machine-gun

PPD - "PPD" submachine-gun

PPSh - "PPSh" submachine-gun

RA - Regimental artillery

RD - Rifle Division

RL - Rocket Launchers (Katyushas)

SAABn - Separate Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion

SATRBn - Separate Antitank Rifles Battalion

STBde - Separate Tank Brigade

TR - Tank Regiment


Literature

1.V.Zamulin, "Zasekrechennaya Kurskaya Bitva", Moscow, Yauza, Eksmo, 2007


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