16th Mechanised Corps

Updated September 29, 2006
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Later I hope to give structure of this Mechanised Corps. Now only brief info is available here

NOTE: On July 7 the 44th Tank Division organic to the 18th Mechanised Corps prior to the war was transferred to the 16th Mechanised Corps. The 39th Tank Division was transferred in exchange from the 16th Mechanised Corps


upStrength of the 16th Mechanised Corps on June 22'41 [1]
  T-28 BT T-26 Fl. Total
15th TD 75       347
39th TD     196 13 209
240th MD         112
Corps total 75 360 214 31* 680

* - AMVAS: according to [6] there were 32 flame throwers based on T-26 chassis.


upStrength of the 16th Mechanised Corps on July 15, 1941 [6]
Unit Manpower Tanks Guns Auto Transport
15th TD 2066 87 35 162
44th TD** 4826 28 32 107
44th TD* 1797 125 20 139
240th MD 9847 13 41 381

* - The 87 & 88 Tank Regiments

** - Probably errata because of bad state of my copy of the [6] book and must be 41st TD/22nd Mech Corps

 

upStrength of the 16th Mechanised Corps on July 17, 1941 [2]

 

upStrength of the 16th Mechanised Corps on July 27, 1941 [3]
T-28 BA-10 BA-20
5 11 1

Rem. AMVAS: The 16th Mechanised Corps was highly dispersed. So, these data are incomplete.

 

upStrength of the 16th Mechanised Corps on Aug. 1, 1941 [4]
Medium tanks BT+T-26 Armored cars
51 29 26

upAbbreviations

HQ - Headquarters

Fl. - Flame thrower

MD - Motorised Division

TD - Tank Division


upLiterature
  1. E. Drig, "Mekhanizirovannye korpusa RKKA v boyu", AST, Moscow, 2005
  2. Spravka Nachal'nika Avtobronetankovogo upravleniya Yugo-Zapadnogo fronta Komanduyushchimi Vojskami fronta o sostoyanii Avtobronetankovykh vojsk na 17 Iyulia 1941 goda.//Sbornik boyevykh dokumentov vol. 36, Moscow, Voyennoye Izdatelstvo Ministerstva Oborony, 1958
  3. Doneseniye Pomoshchnika Komanduyushchimi Vojskami Yuzhnogo Fronta po Avtobronetankovym vojskam ot 31 Iyulia 1941g. o nalichii materialnoy chasti na 30 Iyulia 1941 goda//Sbornik boyevykh dokumentov vol. 39, Moscow, Voyennoye Izdatelstvo Ministerstva Oborony, 1959
  4. Doneseniye Shtaba Yuzhnogo fronta ot 7 Avgusta 1941 g., Nachalniku Operativnogo Upravleniya Generalnogo Shtaba o Sootnoshenii Sil Storon v Polose Yuzhnogo Fronta na 1 Avgusta 1941 goda.//Sbornik boyevykh dokumentov vol. 39, Moscow, Voyennoye Izdatelstvo Ministerstva Oborony, 1959
  5. Svedeniya o Boyevom Sostave Artillerii Yuzhnogo Fronta na 28 Iyulia.//Sbornik boyevykh dokumentov vol. 39, Moscow, Voyennoye Izdatelstvo Ministerstva Oborony, 1959
  6. "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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