Composition of the Soviet Troops in the Moscow Battle
(October 01, 1941)
October
06,
2003
"Bitva pod Moskvoi, Khronika, Fackty, Lyudi",M., Olma-Press, 2002, vol.1,2
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Armies |
Infantry, paratroops and cavalry |
Artillery |
Tank and Mechanised troops |
Aviation |
Engineering troops |
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Zapadny front (Western Front) |
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16 |
38, 108, 112, 214 Rfl. Div. |
49,471,587 CAR, 700 ATAR, 375 SCCR HAR, 1/10 Gds.RLR1 |
127 Tank Brigade |
- |
42, 133 MEB, 243, 290 SFEB |
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19 |
50,89,91,166,244 Rfl. Div. |
596 CAR, 311 SCCR GAR, 57,120,399 SCCR HAR, 509, 874 ATAR, 4/302 HAR, 7,318 SAAB |
- |
- |
111 MEB, 238,321,498 SFEB |
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20 |
73,129,144,229 Rfl. Div. |
126 CAR, 592 SCCR GAR, 302 HAR2,872 ATAR,112,123,185,455 SAAB |
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- |
129,226,229 MEB, 127,288 SFEB |
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22 |
126,133,174,179,186,256 Rfl. Div.
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56,390,545 CAR, 301,360 SCCR HAR, 11 SMB, 183,397 SAAB |
- |
- |
113,114,115 MEB, 39, 251 SEBn |
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29 |
173,243,246,252 Rfl. Div.,Separate motorized brigade |
644 CAR, 432 SCCR HAR, 213 SATD* |
- |
- |
71,72,267SEBn 63 PonB |
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30 |
162,242,250,251 Rfl. Div. |
392,542 CAR, 871 ATReg, 12 SMB |
- |
- |
122 SEBn, 51PonB, 263,499 SFEB |
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Separate troops of front HQ command |
5 Gds, 134,152 Rfl. Div. Cavalry group (45,50,53 Cav.Div), 62,68 Fortified Regions, 3rd Flamethrower Btln. |
29,467 CAR, 9,10,11 Gds. RLR. , 7 AABr, Smolensky, Sukhinichsky, Rzhevsky, Vyazemsky and Kalininsky brigade's AA regions, 111,164,221 SAAB |
101,107 Mot. Div. 126,128,143 Tank brigades, 8,9 Mtcl. Reg. |
23 BAD, 31,43,46,47 MAD,
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61,62,64 PonB |
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Total: 6 |
Rfl. Div. - 30 Mot. Brigades - 1 Cav. Div. - 3 Fortified regions - 2 Flamethrower Btln -1 |
GAR - 28 SATD* - 1 Gds. RLR - 3 SAAB - 11 SMB - 2 AABr -1 Brigade AA regions - 5 |
Tank brigades - 4 Motorized brigades - 2 Motorcycle regiment - 2 |
MAD - 4 BAD - 1 |
SEBn - 21 SFEB - 9 |
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Rezervny front (Reserve front) |
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24 |
19,103,106,139,170,309 Rfl. Div. |
275 CAR, 305, 573 GAR, 103,105,544 SCCR How.AR, 879,880 ATAR, 42 SAB, 24 SMB |
144,146 Tank Brigades |
38 MAD, 10,163 FAR, 66Btl.AR |
37,88 SEBn 103 MEB 56 MPonB |
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31 |
5,110,119,247,249 Rfl. Div., 296,297 SAMGB |
43, 336 CAR, 766,873 ATAR,199 SAB, 282 NGB |
- |
- |
537 MFEB |
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32 |
2,8,29,140 Rfl. Div. |
685 CAR, 533,877 ATAR, 200 SAB (Naval), 36 SAAB |
- |
- |
- |
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33 |
17,18,60,113,173Rfl. Div. |
876,878 ATAR |
- |
- |
- |
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43 |
53,149,211,222 Rfl. Div. |
364,646 CAR, 320 SCCR GAR, 18, 758,875 ATAR, 64, 71,230,304 SAAB |
145,148 Tank Brigades |
10,12 MAD |
9 PonB, 273,312 SFEB, 538 MFEB |
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49 |
194,220,248,303 Rfl. Div., 29,31 Cav. Div. |
396 CAR |
- |
- |
246 SFEB |
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Separate troops of front HQ command |
- |
488 CAR, 104,109 How.AR, 42 Gds.SRLB |
147 Tank brigade |
- |
6 MEB, 84 SFEB |
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Total -6 |
Rfl. Div. - 28 Cav. Div - 2 |
GAR - 27 SAB - 3 SMB - 1 Gds.SRLB - 1 SAAB - 5 |
Tank brigades - 5 |
MAD - 3 FAR - 2 |
SEBn - 6 SFEB -6 |
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Bryansky front (formed Aug. 16, 1941) |
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3 |
137,148,269,280,282 Rfl. Div., 4 Cav. Div., 855 Rfl.Reg (278 Rfl. Div.) |
420, 645 CAR |
- |
- |
512 SFEB |
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13 |
6,121,132,143,155,298,307 Rfl Div.) 55 Cav. Div. |
207,462 CAR, 50 How.Reg.,387 SCCR How..AR., 12 SAAB |
141 Tank brigade, 43 Separate Tank Btln. |
- |
275 SEBn, 50 PonB |
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50 |
217,258,260,278,279,290,299 Rfl. Div. |
151,643 CAR, 761 ATAR, 86 SAAB |
108 Tank Div. |
- |
5 SFEB |
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Operational group of general Ermakov |
2Gds,160,283 Rfl. Div. 21 Gds.Cav. Div., 52 Cav. Div. |
455 CAR, 753 SATB, 1,6 Gds.RLR |
121,150 Tank brigades, 113Separate Tank Btln. |
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- |
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Separate troops of front HQ command |
7 Gds.,154,287 Rfl. Div. |
455 CAR,17,472 How.AR, 699 SATB,4,16,46,311,386 SAAB |
42 Tank brigade, 114,115 Separate Tank Btln. |
24 BAR, 6 Aviation Reserve Group (BAR-1, Btl.AR-1) |
70,78 SEBn 513 SFEB |
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Total armies - 3 Oper. groups - 1 |
Rfl. Div. - 25 Cav. Div. - 4 |
GAR - 16 Gds.RLR - 2 SAAB - 7 |
Tank divisions - 1 Tank brigades - 4 Separate tank battalions - 4 |
Aviation groups - 1 MAD - 3 BAR - 2 Btl.AR-1 |
SEBn - 4 SFEB - 2 |
1- Rocket Launchers Regiments in RKKA were called "Guards Mortar Regiments"
2- Without one battalion.
*- There are a difficulties in decoding of abbreviations of Separate Artillery Divisions and Battalions as they are identical in Russian. More believable that it was a Separate Anti-Tank Battalion (SATB). The same I can say about Separate Artillery Battalions. From the other hand - Artillery Divisions appeared according to my source only in 1943.
Abbreviations
AA |
Anti-Aircraft |
AT |
Anti-tank |
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ATAR |
Anti-Tank Artillery Regiment |
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BAD |
Bomber Aircraft Division |
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BAR |
Bomber Aircraft Regiment |
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BtlAR |
Battleplane Aircraft Regiment |
Btln. |
Battalion |
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CAR |
Corps Artillery Regiment |
Div. |
Division |
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FAR |
Fighter Aircraft Regiment |
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GAR |
Gun Artillery Regiment |
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Gds. |
Guards |
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Gds.RLR |
Guards Rocket Launchers Regiment |
HAR |
Howitzer Artillery Regiment |
HQ |
Headquarters |
LEB |
Light Engineering Battalion |
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MAD |
Mixed Aircraft Division |
Mech. |
Mechanised |
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MBn |
Mortar Battalion |
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MEB |
Motorized Engineer Battalion |
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MFEB |
Motorized Field Engineer (sapper) Battalion |
Mot. |
Motorized |
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Mnt. |
Mountain |
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MPonB |
Motorized Pontoon Battalion |
Mtcl. |
Motorcycle |
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NGB |
Naval Gun Battery |
PonB |
Pontoon Battalion |
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RAR |
Recon Aircraft Regiment |
Reg. |
Regiment |
Rfl. |
Rifle |
SAAB |
Separate Anti-Aircraft Battalion |
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SAD |
Separate Artillery Division |
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SAMGB |
Separate Artillery-Machine-Gun Battalion |
SATB |
Separate Anti-Tank Battalion |
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SATD |
Separate Anti-Tank Division(?)* |
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SCCR |
Supreme Command-in-Chief Reserve |
SEBn |
Separate Engineering Battalion |
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SFEB |
Separate Field Engineering (sapper) Battalion |
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SMB |
Separate Mortar Battalion |
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SRLB |
Separate Rocket Launchers Battalion (Guards Mortar Battalion) |
TD |
Tank Division |
