Tank Units Strength in Stalingrad Defense

Updated July 05, 2004
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upStrength of the 22nd Tank Corps on July 28'42 [1]
  T-34 T-70 T-60 Total
173rd Tank Brigade 32 21 13 66
176th Tank Brigade 32 16 - 48
182nd Tank Brigade 32 21 13 66
Total Corps 96 58 26 180

upTank Units strength of the South-Eastern Front on August 08'42 [1]
Brigade Tank Type Registered Operable In Repair Irreparable Losses
13th Tank Corps/64th Army

6th Gds.

T-34 44 13 17 14

13th

T-34 44 11 12 21

254th

T-34 32 6 15 11
T-70 16 4 7 5
Total Corps 136 34 51 51
Separate Tank Brigades of the 64th Army
133rd KV 40 38 2 -
Total Front 176* 72 53 51
*-The number of tanks by staff is given on Aug. 06'42 - the time of combat operations beginning.  

upTank Units Strength of the South-Eastern Front on August 12'42 [1]
Brigade Tank Type Registered Operable In Repair Irreparable Losses
13th Tank Corps/64th Army

6th Gds.

T-34 44 10 14 20
T-60 2 1 1 -

13th

T-34 44 10 12 22

254th

T-34 32 4 17 11
T-70 16 1 12 3
Total Corps 138 26 56 56
Separate Tank Brigades of the 64th Army
133rd KV 40 22 15 3
Separate Tank Brigades of the 57th Army
6rd T-34 44 16 28 -
Total Front 222 64 99 59


upTank Units Strength of the South-Eastern Front on August 23'42 [1]
Brigade Tank Type Registered Operable In Repair Irreparable Losses
13th Tank Corps/64th Army

6th Gds.

T-34 31 4 20 7
T-60 2 - 2 -

13th

T-34 31 10 15 6

254th

T-34 30 7 16 7
T-70 12 3 9 -
Total Corps 106 24 62 20
Separate Tank Brigades of the 64th Army
133rd KV 38 28 8 2
Total Army 144 52 70 22
Separate Tank Brigades of the 57th Army
6rd* T-34 44 5 39 -
T-26 6 5 1 -
T-60 1 1 - -
56th* T-34 25 25 - -
Total Front 220 88 110 22
* - the 6th Tank Brigade arrived on Aug. 11'42 and 56th - on Aug. 21'42

upTank Units Strength of the South-Eastern Front on August 31'42 [1]
Brigade Tank Type Registered Operable In Repair Irreparable Losses
13th Tank Corps/64th Army

6th Gds.

T-34 31 10 20 1
T-60 2 - 2 -
T-70 16 3 3 9

13th

T-34 30 8 10 12
T-70 8 2 1 5

254th

T-34 26 3 18 5
T-70 24 2 14 8
Separate Tank Brigades of the 64th Army
56th T-34 27 12 15 -
T-70 8 4 4 -
M3 (medium) 1 1 - -
Total 64th Army 182 45 87 40
Separate Tank Brigades of Front HQ
133th KV 34 23 11 -
Separate Tank Brigades of the 57th Army
6rd T-34 42 33 9 -
T-26 6 - 6 -
T-60 1 - 1 -
Total 57th Army 49 33 16 -
Total Front 265 101 114 40


upTank Units Strength of the South-Eastern Front on September 11'42 [1]
Brigade Tank Type Operable Inoperative
13th Tank Corps/64th Army

13th

T-34 3 -
T-70 2 -

T-60

1

2

56th T-34 1 3
T-70 4 -
T-60 - 7
Total Corps 11 12
Separate Tank Brigades of Front HQ
133th KV 14 8
23th Tank Corps/62nd Army

6th

T-34 18 6

6th Gds.

T-34 15 3
T-70 4 -
T-60 - 3
27th T-34 3 9
T-70 1 7
T-60 1 7
189th T-34 8 5
T-70 6 2
T-60 - 2
Total Front 81 64
The 39th Tank Brigade/13th Tank Corps performed reorganization, 137th Tank Brigade had 15 T-60, 99th Tank Brigade had no tanks.

upTank Units Strength of the Stalingrad Front on October 01'42 [1]*
Army Tank Corps Tank Brigade Operable Inoperative
T-34 T-70 T-60 T-34 T-70 T-60
62   6 Gds. 9 4 - 5 1 2
64 13 13 11 2 - 2 1 -
56 4 4 1 2 1 1
Total Corps 15 6 1 4 2 1
51   254 1 - 9 - - -
57   155** 3 - 9 - - -
Total for four armies 28 11** 19 9 3 3

* - From Sept. 28'42 the Stalingrad Front was renamed into Don Front and the South-Eastern Front into Stalingrad Front.

**-Also had 1 M3 (medium) tank

Abbreviations:

SCCR-Supreme Command-in-Chief Reserve

TA-Tank Army

TC-Tank Corps

Literature
  1. I. Moshchanskiy, S. Smolinov, "Oborona Stalingrada. Stalingradskaya strategicheskaya oboronitelnaya operatsiya 17 Iyulia-18 Noyabria 1942 goda", Voyennaya Letopis/Military Chronicle, No. 1/2001
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