Strength of the 5th Guards Army

on July 10

UpdatedJanuary 16, 2008
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  6th GABnD 9th GAbnD 13th GRD 42nd GRD 66th GRD 95th GRD 97th GRD 29th AAD
Junior leaders 866 856 926 889 863 862 885 224
Officers 2561 2586 2545 2167 2348 2433 1911 483
Privates 5467 5576 5096 4990 5626 5476 6041 1123
Total 8894 9018 8567 8046 8837 8771 8637*1 1832*2
Army Grand Total 62862*3
Rifles 5410 4985 4197 4622 4350 4720 4884 1273
PPSh-41 SMG 2433 2652 2588 2676 2506 2644 2581 414
Light MGs 570 489 499 473 501 489 473 -
Heavy MGs 166 166 161 157 133 165 163 -
ATR 256 258 236 216 219 218 263 2
Guns 94 76 92 94 96 96 96 -
Mortars 157 170 163 137 163 170 140 -
AA MGs               48
AA guns               64
Automobiles 121 125 131 74 89 188 84 112
Tractors - - 1 2 7 7 18 -
Prime-movers 50 44 44 51 48 28 37 67
Horses saddle-horses 72 81 200 74 62 78 95 -
artillery horses 176 168 133 150 115 271 121 -
transport horses 554 554 614 618 651 574 557 -
Total horses 802 803 947 842 828 923 773 -

*1 - Sum total gives 8837 (AMVAS)

*2 - Sum total gives 1830 (AMVAS)

*3 - Sum total gives 62800, but maybe some other staff is included here (AMVAS)


Abbreviations

AA - antiaircraft

AAD - Antiaircraft Artillery Division

ATR - Antitank rifles

GAbnD - Guards Airborne Division

SMG - submachinegun

GRD - Guards Rifle Division

MG - machine-gun


Literature

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


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