12th Mechanised Corps

Updated October 4, 2006
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As different sources gives different data, I made several tables

Later I hope to give structure of this Mechanised Corps. Now only brief info is available here

upStrength of the 12th Mechanised Corps on June 22'41 [1]
  BT-7 T-26 Fl.*1 T-26T "Vickers" Fiat 3000 Renault FT-17 TKS Carden-Lloyd T-27 Total* BA-10 BA-20 Total T-20*2
Tanks
Tankettes
  
Armored Cars
 
HQ 6/0 -     - - - - - - 6/0 18/0 - 18/0 -
23rd TD   350/20*3 9/2*4 3/0 17/12*5     2/2     381/36 10/1 5/0 15/1 4/0
28th TD 236/26*6 69/13*7   9/7           314/46 10/2 15/2 25/4  
202nd MRD - 66/6*8 16/10 6/6 6/6*9 2/2 1/1 8/8 105/39 12/? 3/- 15/? 15/1
Total* 242/26 497/41 42/29 6/6 6/6 4/4 1/1 8/8 806/121 50/3 23/2 73/5 19/1

236/26 means 26 vehicles out of 236 total, were abandoned in winter quarters.

 

* - Row "Total" formed by AMVAS

*1- Flame thrower tanks. It should be noted there were no such ones at all according to [4]!!! I guess [4] is wrong in this case.

*2 - "Komsomolets" prime-mover

*3 - Including 258 line, 82 equipped with radio (Mod. 1938-40), 10 two-turreted (1 with gun others with machine-guns)

*4 - 6 KhT-26 (BKhM-3), 1 OT-130, 1 OT-133, 1 OT-134

*5 - from them 5 equipped with 40mm gun. The others - with machine-guns

*6 - From them 17 BT-7A

*7 - Including 39 line, 29 equipped with radio, 1 Flame thrower

*8 - From them: 31 line, 20 equipped with radio station, 13 two-towered, 1 prime-mover (T-26T or T-26T2)

*9 - Equipped with "Maxim" machine-guns

 

upStrength of the 12th Mechanised Corps on June 22'41 [2 ]Updated
  BT-7 T-26 "Vickers" Fiat-3000 Renault FT-17 Tankettes Fl. T-26T* Total BA-10 BA-20 Total
HQ 6 - - - - - - - 6 18 - 18
23rd TD - 350 17 - - 2 9 3 381 10 5 15
28th TD 236 68 9 - - - 1 - 314 10 15 25
202nd MD - 65 16 6 6 11 - 1 105 12 3 15
Total* 242 483 42 6 6 13 10 4 806 50 23 73

* - Prime-mover

 

upCorps Strength [1] NEW
  HQ* 23rd TD 28th TD 208th MD Total
Manpower 2013 9285 9194 10105 30597
Small Arms
7,62 mm rifles & carbines mod. 1891/30 1997(?) 3476 4716 4409 14598(?)
Sniper rifles - - - - -
7.62 mm SVT-40 self-loading rifles 300 182 10 436 928*1
"PPD" Submachineguns 535 452 71 338 1396
7.62 light machine-guns ("DP") 227 157 169 296 849
7.62mm "Maxim" heavy machine-guns - 36 60 108 204
7.62mm "DS" heavy machine-guns 16 24 - - 40
12.7mm "DShK" machine-guns - - - - -
7.62 quadrupled "Maxim" AA mountings - 3 3 - 6
Artillery
50mm mortars 24 27 27 54 132
82mm mortars - 18 18 12 48
45mm AT guns mod. 1932&1937 6 - - 30 36
76mm guns mod. 1927 - - - - -
76mm divisional guns mod. 1936 & 1939 (F-22, F-22USV) - - - 8 8
122mm howitzers mod. 1910/30 - - - - -
122mm howitzers mod. 1938 (M-30) - 4 4 - 8
152mm howitzers mod. 1938 (M-10) - 4 4 4 12
37mm AA guns - 12 4 8 24
76mm AA guns ("3K") - - - - -
Vehicles
Passenger cars 13 25 29 17 84
Trucks 27 557 773 873 2230
Special automobiles 4 97 148 71 320
Tractors 4 76 96 38 214
Motorcycles 6 27 31 26 90
Tanks 6 381 314 105 806
Armored Cars 18 15 35 15 83

Rem. Data is given for small arms and artillery on June 1'41. For vehicles on June 20'41.

*-Units directly subordinated to the Corps HQ.

*1 - Figure corrected by AMVAS. In original - 628. Probably typo.



upTank Equipment and Losses of the HQ and 10th Motorcycle Regiment of
the 12th Mechanised Corps (June 22-July 07, 1941)
Type Available on June 22'41 Operable Left on winter quarters Combat losses Technical losses* Available
on July 7, 1941
BT-7 6 6 - 2 3 1
BA-10 18 18 - 8 5 5

*- left on battlefield due to different breakages

 

upTank Equipment and Losses of the 202nd Motorised Division
of the 12th Mechanised Corps (June 22-July 7, 1941) [1]
Type Available on June 22'41 Operable Left on winter quarters Combat losses Technical losses* Available on July 7, 1941
T-26 66*1 60 6 27 27 6
T-27 8 - 8 - - -
Vickers 16 6 10 - 4 2
FIAT-3000 6 - 6 - - -
Renault FT-17 6*2 - 6 - - -
TKS tankettes (Polish) 2 - 2 - - -
Carden-Loyd tankette 1 - 1 - - -
BA-10 12 ? ? ? ? ?
BA-20 3 3 - 1 1 1
T-20 "Komsomolets" Prime-mover 15 14 1 5 4 5

*- left on battlefield due to different breakages


*1 - Including 31- battle tanks, 21-tanks with radio, 13 - with two turrets, 1 - prime mover.

*2 - Equipped with "Maxim" 7,62mm machine-guns

 

upTank Equipment and Losses of the 23rd Tank Division (June 22-July 07, 1941)
Type Available on June 22'41 Operable Left on winter quarters Combat losses Technical losses* Transferred to other formations Available on July 7, 1941
T-26*1 350 330 20 144 119 9 58
T-26*2 flame throwers 9 7 2 3 4 - -
T-26 prime movers 3 3 - 1 2 - -
Vickers*3 17 5 12 1 1 1 2
TKS tankette (Polish) 2 - 2 - - - -
BA-10 10 9 1 5 1 3 -
BA-20 5 5 - 1 4 - -
T-20 "Komsomolets" prime mover 4 4 - 3 1 - -

*- left on battlefield due to different breakages


*1 - Including 258 battle tanks, 82 tank with radio (produced in 1939-40), 10 with two turrets (1 equipped with gun, the other with machine-guns)

*2 - Including 6 KhT-26 (also called OT-26, BKhM-3), 1 KhT-130, 1 KhT-133, 1 KhT-134 flame thrower tanks. (KhT-134 maybe an experimental one as it had not been produced in series)

*3-Including 5 equipped with 40mm gun, the other with machine-guns.

 

upTank Equipment and Losses of the 28th Tank Division (June 22-July 7, 1941)
Type Available on June 22'41 Operable Left on winter quarters Combat losses Technical losses* Available on July 7, 1941
BT-7 236*1 210 26 133 68 9
T-26 69*2 56 13 25 29 2
Vickers 9*3 2 7 - - 2
BA-10 10 8 2 5 3 -
BA-20 15 13 2 4 5 4

* - left on battlefield due to different breakages


*1 - Including 17 BT-7A.

*2 - Including 39 battle tanks, 29 tanks with radio, 1 flame thrower tank.

*3 - Equipped with machine-guns.

 

upStrength of the 12th Mechanised Corps on July 4, 1941 [3] NEW
  HQ* 23rd TD 28th TD 202nd MD Total*1
Manpower
Commanders   384 464 114 962
Junior Commanders   347 578 46 971
Soldiers   2467 2692 875 6034
Total 1550 3198 3734 1035 9517
Small arms
Rifles   2008 2276 306 4590
Automatic rifles     2   2
Light Machine-guns   42 59 22 123
"DP" light machine-guns     41 2 43
Antiaircraft Machine-guns     2   2
Artillery
Mortars     2   2
37mm   12 6   18
45mm   10 0   10
76mm     1 2 3
122mm   7 2 6 15
152mm     1   1
Vehicles
Tanks 32 11 3 6*2 52
Armored Cars   2     2
Automobiles   167 384   551

*-Units directly subordinated to the Corps HQ.

*1 - Row "total" formed by AMVAS

*2 - 5 T-26 + 1 T-38

 
Abbreviations

HQ - Headquarters

Fl. - Flame thrower

MD - Motorised Division

TD - Tank Division

TBn - Tank Battalion

Literature
  1. Maxim Kolomiets, "1941. Boi v Pribaltike", Frontovaja Illyustratsiya, 5/2002
  2. E. Drig, "Mekhanizirovannye korpusa RKKA v boyu", AST, Moscow, 2005
  3. Doneseniye Shtaba Severo-Zapadnogo Fronta ot 4 Iyulia 1941 goda Generaln'nomu shtabu Krasoni Armii o Boyevom i chislennom sostave vojsk fronta na 4 Iyulia 1941 goda. // Sbornik boyevykh dokumentov vol. 34, Moscow, Voyennoye Izdatelstvo Ministerstva Oborony, 1958
  4. "Nalichiye khimicheskikh tankov v mekhanizirovannykh korpusakh po sostoyaniyu na 22 iyunia 1941 goda",Doklad nachalnika 1-go otdela GABTU Krasnoy Armii Inzhenera 1-go ranga Yukina, (cited from M. Kolomiets, M.Svirin, "T-26: Mashiny na ego baze", Part 2, Moscow, Frontovaya Illustratsiya/Frontline Illustration No. 4/2003)
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