Cavalry Divisions of RKKA

(Brief info)

UpdatedMarch 24, 2004
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Used materials of:

Kirill Shishkin, E. Drig

Forum: www.soldat.ru


This is only a brief listing. I have no additional data to check this. At least, the numbers of tank units agree with www.rkka.ru data.


No. Cavalry Division No. Cavalry Regiments No. Tank Regiment
3 34,60,99,158 44
5 11,96,131,160 32
6 3,48,94,152 35
8 49,115,121,163 7*1
9 5,72,108,136 30
14 31,76,92,129 29
24 14,18,56,70 24
32 65,86,153,121 18
36 24,42,102,144 8
17 Mnt.*2 13,45,91,128 22*3
18 Mnt. 46,97,135 33*3
20 Mnt. 22,103,124 27*3*4
21 Mnt. 17,67,112 23*3

*1 - Commander Col. I.E. Galushko. From Aug. 2'43 - 154th Tank Regiment

*2 - Mnt. means Mountain Cavalry Division

*3 - Armored Battalion

*4 - 189th Tank Reg. from July 18'43

Some corrections and additions may be made later....

Other units in cavalry division: Cavalry Artillery Battalion, Separate Anti-aircraft Battalion, Artillery Park, Sapper Squadron, medical battalion, recon squadron, anti-gas squadron, repair squadron, auto-transport squadron, field vet hospital, field bakery, field bank department, field post office.

 

NOTE: Numbers of tank regiments of cavalry divisions may be repeated in tank divisions.

For example, 8th Tank Regiment existed either in the 4th Tank Division and 36th Cavalry Division simultaneously.


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