Composition of the Soviet Troops in the Moscow Battle

(November 01, 1941)

June 26, 2003
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Armies Infantry, paratroops and cavalry Artillery Tank and Mechanised troops Aviation Engineering troops
Kalinin Front (Was formed on Oct., 19, 1941 from the troops of right flank of the Western Front)
22 178,179,186,220,249 RD Separate Mot.Rfl.Brigade. 930th Rfl. Reg.(256 RD) 43,56,301,336,360,390,545 SCCR AR 11 SMB, 183,397 SAAB - - 22,39,69 SEBn, 114,115 MEB, 251 SFEB
29 174,183,243,246,250 RD 46,54 Cav. Div., Separate unnamed Cav.Reg. 432,510,644 SCCR AR, 873 ATAR, 213 SATB 8 Tank Brigade - 71,72,267 SEBn, 63 PonB
30 5,185,256 RD, 162,242,251 RD - in encirclement 392,542 CAR, 108 AR (108 TD), 871 ATAR, 1/14 Gds.RLR, 12 SMB, 21,61 SAAB 58 TD, 107 Mot. RD, 21 Tank Brigade, 2,11 Mtcl. Reg. - 133 SEBn, 263 SFEB
31 119,133,252 RD - - - 537 MFEB
Units directly subordinated to the Front HQ 257 Rfl.Reg (185 RD) Kalinin's Brigade AA Region 46 Mtcl. Reg. 10,193 FAR, 132 BAR -
Total: Armies - 4 RD - 19 Rfl. Brigade - 1 Cav. Div. - 2 Separate Cav. Reg. -1 AR - 15 SATB - 1 SMB -2 Brigade AA regions- 1 SAAB -4 TD -1 Mot. Rfl. Div -1 Tank Brigade -2 Mtcl. Reg.-3 FAR -2 BAR -1 SEBn-10 SFEB -3
Western Front (Zapadnij Front)
5 32,50,144 RD 82 Mot. RD 1310 Rfl.Reg (18 RD) 552,554,572 GAR, 537,995 SCCR AR, 316,509,703,766 ATAR 11 Gds.RLR*1 1/9 Gds. RLR, 1,5 Gds. RLR 18,19,20,22,25 Tank brigades, 36 Mtcl. Reg., 27 STB - 129 MEB, 467 SFEB
16 18,126,316 RD Uninted Student Reg., Cav. Group - 50,53 Cav. Div. 138,523,525 SCCR AR,289,296,483,525,641,694,768,863 ATAR, 14 Gds. RLR*1 1/13 Gds. RLR, Separate Student Artillery Battalion 4,27,28 Tank Brigades, 22 Separate Armored Train Battalion - 42 MEB, 51MPonB, 243 SFEB
33 1 Gds.Mot.RD 110,113,222 RD 109,486 HAR, 557 SCCR GAR, 600,989 ATAR, 2/364 CAR, 5/7 Gds.RLR, 2/13 Gds. RLR 5 Tank Brigade - -
43 17,53,93 RD5th Airborne Corps (10th,201st Airborne Brigades), 36,45,48 Flamethrower companies 320 GAR, 590 SCCR HAR, 364*1,403,517,646,998 SCCR AR, 18,395,452,610,868,869 ATAR, 275 SAB*, 24 SMB, 2 Gds. SRLB, 64,71,152,164,230,281,304 SAAB 9,17,24 Tank brigades, 31 STB 12 MAD 9 PonB, 273,312 SFEB, 513 MFEB
49 5,7 Gds.RD, 60,194,238 RD 440 AR, 564,570,979 SCCR AR, 304,551,598,992 ATAR, 13 Gds. RLR*2, 4 Gds. SRLB, 244 SAAB - - 103 MEB, 452 SFEB
Units directly subordinated to the Front HQ 19,78,108,129,173 RD 544 Heavy HAR, 571,643 SCCR AR, 39,121,367,533,540 ATAR, 10,15 Gds. RLR, 111,121 SAAB, 7 AA Brigade, Rzev's and Vyazma's Brigade AA Regions 23,26 Tank Brigades 31 FAD, 23 BAD, 38,43,46,47,77 MAD 6,111,113,133 MEB, 62,64 PonB, 136,145,291,321 SFEB
Total: Armies-5 RD - 24 Separate Rfl.Reg. - 1 Cav. Div. -2 Airborne Corps-1 Airborne Brigades-2 Flamethrower companies-3 AR-54 SAB - 2(?) Gds. RLR - 6 Gds. SRLB - 5 SMB -1 AA Brigades -1 AA Regions-2 SAAB-10 Tank Brigades-14 Mtcl. Reg.-1 STB-2 Armored Train Battalions-1 FAD-1 MAD-6 BAD-1 SEBn-11 SFEB-10
Bryansky Front
3 6 Gds RD, 137,269,280,282,283 RD, 4,29 Cav. Div. 420,645 CAR, 204 HAR, 6 Gds. RLR, 17 HAR (42 RD) 42,121,133 Tank Brigades - 78 SEBn
13 2 Gds. RD, 6,121,132,143,155,160,307 RD 21,52 Cav. Div. 207,387,462 SCCR AR, 50 HAR, 753 ATAR 141,150 Tank Brigades, 38 Mtcl.Reg. - 27,275 SEBn, 50 MEB
50 154,217,258,260,290,299,413 RD, 31,41 Cav. div., 1005 Rfl.Reg (279 RD), 34,156 Separate NKVD Reg., United Rifle Reg. of Tula's workers 151,447 SCCR AR, 700,702,761 ATAR, 9*1Gds. RLR, 4.86.168 SAAB 108 TD., 11,32 Tank Brigades - 5 SFEB
Units directly subordinated to the Front HQ 148 RD, 55 Cav.Div. 455,689 ATAR, 16,46,311,386 SAAB - 60,101 FAD, 11,61 MAD, 6 Reserve Aircradt Group (FAR-1, BAR-1) 70 SEBn, 50 PonB, 511,513 SFEB
Total: Armies-3 RD - 22 Separate Rfl.Reg.-3 Cav.Div -7 AR-16 Gds. RLR -2 SAAB-7 TD-1 Tank Brigades-7 Mtcl.Reg-1 Aircraft Groups-1 FAD-2 MAD-2 BAR-1 FAR-1 SEBn-6 SFEB-3
Moscow Defense Forces
  332 RD 1,2,3,4,5 Home Guard RD 482 HAR, 261,262,266,267,268,273,276,278 SCCR SAB*, Moscow's Separate Artillery Battalion, 3,7 Mech. Div.** - - -
Total RD-1 Home Guard RD -5 AR - 1 SAB* - 5 Gds. SRLB-2      
NOTE: In brackets are given parent formations. E.g. the 930th Rfl. Reg.(256h RD) means 930th Rifle Regiment of 256th Rifle Division
*-There are difficulties in decoding of abbreviations of Separate Artillery Divisions and battalions as they are identical in Russian. Mare believable that they were Separate Artillery Battalions. From the other hand-artillery divisions to my sources appeared only in 1943.
**-Maybe error presents in my source. Must be - Gds. SRLB
*1 - Without one battalion.
*2 - Without two battalions.
Abbreviations
AA Anti-Aircraft
AR Artillery Regiment
AT Anti-Tank
ATReg. Anti-Tank Regiment
ATAR Anti-Tank Artillery Regiment
BAD Bomber Aircraft Division
BAR Bomber Aircraft Regiment
BtlAR Battleplane Aircraft Regiment
Btln. Battalion
CAR Corps Artillery Regiment
Div. Division
FAD Fighter Aircraft Division
FAR Fighter Aircraft Regiment
GAR Gun Artillery Regiment
Gds. Guards
Gds.RLR Guards Rocket Launchers Regiment
HAR Howitzer Artillery Regiment
HQ Headquarters
LEB Light Engineering Battalion
MAD Mixed Aircraft Division
Mech. Mechanised
MBn Mortar Battalion
MEB Motorized Engineer Battalion
MFEB Motorized Field Engineer (sapper) Battalion
Mot. Motorized
MPonB Motorized Pontoon Battalion
Mtcl. Motorcycle
PonB Pontoon Battalion
RAR Recon Aircraft Regiment
RD Rifle Division
Reg. Regiment
Rfl. Rifle
SAAB Separate Anti-Aircraft Battalion
SAD Separate Artillery Division
SAMGB Separate Artillery-Machine-Gun Battalion
SATB Separate Anti-Tank Battalion
SCCR Supreme Command-in-Chief Reserve
SEBn Separate Engineering Battalion
SFEB Separate Field Engineering (sapper) Battalion
SMB Separate Mortar Battalion
SRLB Separate Rocket Launchers Battalion (Guards mortar Battalion)
STB Separate Tank Battalion
TD Tank Division

Literature
  1. "Bitva pod Moskvoi, Khronika, Fackty, Lyudi",M., Olma-Press, 2002,vol.1,2

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