The 1st Army Group Equipment on July 20, 1939*1

Updated December 16, 2003
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Unit BT-5, -7 T-26 T-37 BA-20 FAI BA-3 BA-6 BA-10
11th Tank Brigade*2 115 10*3 1 2 39 - - -
6th Tank Brigade*4 245 - - 5 - - - 20
7th Armored Brigade - - - 20 - - 31 -
8th Armored Brigade 10 - - 14 9 4 6 22
9th Armored Brigade - - - 18 8 - 9 21*5
5th Rifle-Machine-Gun Brigade - - - 11 5 - 16 15
82nd Rifle Division - 14 14 2 - - - -
149th Rifle Regiment/36th Rifle Division - - - 10 8 3 - -
24th Rifle Regiment/36th Rifle Division - - - - 3 1 - -
175th Artillery Regiment /36th Rifle Division - - - 2 - - - -
406th Signals Battalion - - - 9 8 1 - 2
Other formations*6 - - - - - - - -
Total number 370 24 15 93 80 9 62 80
Under repair 75 3 2 5 6 2 8 11
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Unit Trucks Special Cars Tank trucks Tractors Motorcycles
GAZ-AA ZIS-5, -6 GAZ-AA ZIS-5, -6
11th Tank Brigade 204 212 110 64 19 121 23 18
6th Tank Brigade 51 292 85 30 18 176 13 23
7th Armored Brigade 51 56 43 10 13 18 1 1
8th Armored Brigade 66 70 48 42 12 14 5 9
9th Armored Brigade 34 97 72 21 17 34 1 8
5th Rifle-Machine-Gun Brigade 212 165 63 21 13 32 24 45
82nd Rifle Division (601st, 603rd Rifle Regiments) 404 168 21 11 36 3 28 -
149th Rifle Regiment/36th Rifle Division 136 37 13 6 1 11 - -
24th Rifle Regiment/36th Rifle Division 152 20 17 5 3 13 - 1
175th Artillery Regiment /36th Rifle Division 40 54 12 7 1 14 - -
406th Signals Battalion 16 6 33 6 1 3 - -
Other units *6 477 256 369 176 91 158 45 128
Total number 1843 1433 886 399 225 597 140 233
Under repair 84 121 8 6 47 12 23 28

*1 - Only for the troops in the operational zone without back areas formations.

*2 - In the battle on the Western riverside (July 03, 1939) 133 tanks took part (1st Battalion -44 BT-5, 2nd Battalion - 28 BT-5, 3rd Battalion - 50 BT-5. Support Company - 10 KhT-26. Recon company - 5 BT-5)

Losses:

Mongolian armored battalions lost 8 armored cars

Between July, 23 - August 28 the 11th tank brigade was reinforced by 155 BT-7 tanks.

*3 - KhT-26 (OT-26). Later in the same book Supply Company/11th Tank brigade was told to have 11 OT-26 (10 line tank+ 1 commander's)

*4 - Transferred to the combat zone in August. In the same book [1] on the beginning of August its equipment was found to be: 233 BT-7, 12 BT-7A, 9 KhT-26 (OT-26), 5 BA-20, 10 BA-10. Had 4 tank battalions without Rifle-Machine-gun battalion.

*5 - Including 12 BA-10 in Recon Company (On July 03).

*6 - Troops without hard weapons (Field engineers, Air forces, Signals formations, Anti-Aircraft formations, 1st Army Group Headquarters).

On July 01, the 8th Mongolian Motorised Armored Brigade had 18 armored cars. Some of them under repair.

Armored battalion of the 6th Mongolian Cavalry Division on May, 28 was equipped by 9 BA-6.

The 2nd and 3rd Battalions/175th Artillery Regiment/36th Rifle Division and the 3rd Battalion/185th Artillery Regiment equipment:

On July, 20 the 1st Army Group was reinforced by the 2nd Company/2nd Chemical Tank Brigade equipped with KhT-130 flame thrower tanks. Total number of flame thrower tanks at the beginning of August - 19 KhT-26 (OT-26) + 18 OT-130.

Mongolian Cavalry Division Staff:

Total strength:

1591 - men,

4 - 76mm field guns M1902,

4 - 76mm regimental guns M1927,

6 - 45mm AT guns M1932,

24 - 7.62mm "Maxim" heavy machine-guns,

44 - "DP" light machine-guns,

1279 Rifles,

180 revolvers,

1060 sabres,

9 - Medium Armored Cars (BA-6, BA-10),

9 - Light Armored Cars (FAI, BA-20),

18 - ZIS-5 trucks,

4 - GAZ-AA trucks,

6 - GAZ-AA trucks mounted with "Maxim" AA MGs,

1 - water-oil refueller ZIS-5,

1 - Tank-truck ZIS-6,

2 Medicine buses,

1 Radio "11AK",

24 (machine-gun?) carts ("Tachanka"),

42 caissons,

17 field-kitchens,

13 two-wheeled carts,

1723 horses,

198 camels.

It should be noted that not all the formations were totally equipped. Some ones had lack of artillery, armored cars. In the others there were lack of men.

Literature
  1. M. Kolomiets. "Boi u reki Khalkhin-Gol" Frontovaya Illyustratsia, No 2, 2002
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