19th Mechanised Corps

Updated October 27, 2006
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Later I hope to give structure of this Mechanised Corps. Now only brief info is available here


upStrength of the 19th Mechanised Corps on June 22'41 [3]
KV T-34+KV T-34 T-26 Other Total
5 [4] 5 [5] 2 [4]
9 [2]
291 [4] 152 [4] 279 [2]
280 [4]
450 [4]
453 [5]
In the 43rd TD there were ≤ 5 T-34s [7]

upStrength of the 19th Mechanised Corps on June 22'41 [1,6,9]
  KV T-34 T-26 T-37/38/40 Total
40th TD - - 19 139 158
43rd TD 5 2 230 - 237
213th MD - - 42 13 55
Total* 5 2 291 152 450

* - Row "Total" formed by AMVAS probably it can be a bit greated because of other small units

upArtillery Equipment on June 22'41 [6,9]
  76mm guns 37mm AA 152mm How. 122mm How. Total* 82mm Mortars 50mm mortars Total*
40th TD 0 4 4 8 16 12 27 39
43rd TD 4 4 12 12 32 12 22 34
213th MD 8 4 0 4 16 8 60 68
Total* 12 12 16 24 64 32 109 141
* - Rows "Total" formed by AMVAS

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Mechanical Traction Vehicles on June 22'41 [6,9]
  Automobiles Tractors Motorcycles Total*
40th TD 157 5 0 162
43rd TD 630 15 18 663
213th MD 140 47 0 187
Total* 927 67 18 1012

* - Rows "Total" formed by AMVAS

 

upStrength of the 19th Mechanised Corps on June 22'41 and losses by Aug. 1'41 [8]
  KV T-34 T-26 T-37/40 Total*
Available on June 22'41 5 9 252 13 279
Under repair in workshops and plants - - 5 - 5
Left in winter quarters 2 - 14 - 16
Lost touch or missed 1 - 24 - 25
Transferred to other units - - - - -
Irreparable losses 2 - 169 13 184
Available on Aug. 1'41 - 4 24 - 28

* - Row "Total" formed by AMVAS

 

upStrength of the 19th Mechanised CorpsUpdated
Date KV T-34 T-26 T-26 Fl. Total BA Guns Manpower Source
July 10   30 35 13*1 78*2   5 ~3500*3 [14]
July 15 4 7 22   33 2     [3,11]
July 17   31 46   77 2     [12]

*1 - After [16] the corps had 47 flame thrower tanks

*2 - resulting cell formed by AMVAS

*3 - Part of its staff which had been received from Western Ukraine deserted.

 

upStrength of the 19th Mechanised Corps on July 15 [15]NEW
Unit Manpower Horses Tanks Guns Automobiles
HQ 315 - - - -
40th TD 2010 - 30 - 99
43rd TD 2625 - 52 17 342
213rd MD No reports
 
upStrength of the 19th Mechanised Corps on July 17 [12]NEW
Passenger cars GAZ trucks ZIS trucks Tractors Total
25 160 199 37 421

 

upManpower of the 43rd Tank Division on June 22, 1941 [10] NEW
Commanders Junior commanders Soldiers Total
711 1054 6669 8434

 

upEquipment of the 43rd Tank Division on June 22,1941 [10] NEW
Tanks*2 Vehicles*1 Guns
KV T-34 T-26+Fl. BT Trucks & Special cars Fuel trucks Tractors 152mm 122mm 76mm 37mm AA *3
5 2 230 - 571 69 15 4 12 4 4

*1 - 150 automobiles were in repair.

*2 - All of them operable, but very worned. United group of the division (86th Tank Regiment) took 2 KV + 2 T-34 + 75 T-26 the field on June 26. On June 29 only 1 KV was operable, other were evecuated to rears [13]

*3 - All of them out of ammo.

 

upLosses of the 43rd Tank Division [10] NEW
Date KV T-34 T-26+Fl. BA Guns Automobiles Casaulities*3
June 25-26*1 2*2   11+4       128
~3:00 June 27*4     3+1     7 17
15:00 June 27*5     3+2 1     41
June 28     11   2*6 5+2*7 13+47*8
June 29-July1 19 1 2*9 9 190
at night July 2 2*10       3
July 2-3     26   9*11 16+3*7 173
July 4-7 19        

* 1- Fights for Dubno

*2 - Both burnt

*3 - Killed & wounded.

*4 - While retreat from Dubno to Rovno

*5 - Rovno area

*6 - regimental (76mm) guns. From the text we also can learn it was losses of the 43rd MRR, which also lost in fights 3 mortars, 5 "Maxim" MGs and ~20% of manpower killed and wounded (figures for all fights before June 29)

*7 -trucks + fuel trucks

*8 - Killed+wounded;

*9 - 122 mm

*10 - hit tanks

*11 - 2 - 152mm + 7 - 122 mm

 

upEquipment of the 43rd Tank Division [10] NEW
Date Unit T-34 T-26
June 29 85th TR   25
86th TR 1 35
July 2 43rd TD 40
July 4 43rd TD 20 operable

On July 7 the 43rd TD had ~300 manpower, 2 regimental guns, 2 152mm howitzers in repair, 2 heavy MGs.

Later division was reinforced by ~600 men from own rears and later by ~400 men from reserve. While follwed heavy fights July 25-Aug. 5 the MRR was loosing ~100-150 men every day receiving small reinforcements


Abbreviations

AA - Antiaircraft

BA - Armored Cars

HQ - Headquarters

Fl. - Flame thrower

How. - Howitzer

MD - Motorised Division

TD - Tank Division

TBn - Tank Battalion


Literature
  1. A. Isaev, "1941. Boi na Ukraine", Frontovaja Illyustratsia, 4/2004
  2. Baryatinskiy M., "Sredniy Tank T-34", Bronekollektsia, 3(24)/1999
  3. http://mechcorps.rkka.ru/
  4. Drogovoz I., "Zhelezniy Kulak RKKA. Tankovye i mechanizirovannii korpusa Krasnoi Armii 1932-1941 gg", Moscow, Tekhnika-Molodezhi, 1999
  5. "1941 god - uroki i vyvody", Moscow, Voyenizdat, 1992, Generalniy Shtab Vooruzhennykh sil SNG
  6. A.V. Vladimirskiy, "Na Kievskom napravlenii: Po opytu vedeniya boyevykh deistvij voiskami 5-j Armii Yugo-Zapadnogo Fronta v Ijune-Sentiabre 1941 g.", Moscow, Voenizdat, 1989 (cited from http://mechcorps.rkka.ru)
  7. Arkhipov V.S., "Vremya Tankovykh Atak", Moscow, 1981 (cited from http://mechcorps.rkka.ru)
  8. TsAMO, f.38, op. 11360, d.2 (cited from http://mechcorps.rkka.ru)
  9. E. Drig, "Mekhanizirovannye korpusa RKKA v boyu", AST, Moscow, 2005
  10. Doklad Komandira 43-j tankovoj divizii komanduyushchimi voyskami Yugo-Zapadnogo Fronta o boyevykh deystviyakh divizii za period s 22 Iyunia po 10 Avgusta 1941 goda. //Sbornik boyevykh dokumentov vol. 33, Moscow, Voyennoye Izdatelstvo Ministerstva Oborony, 1957
  11. Doklad Nachal'nika Avtobronetankovogo Upravleniya Yugo-Zapadnogo Fronta Nachal'niku Glavnogo Avtobronetankovogo Upravleniya Krasnoi Armii o nalichii is sostoyanii materialnoy chasti mekhanizirovannykh korpusov fronta na 15 Iyulia 1941 goda//Sbornik boyevykh dokumentov vol. 36, Moscow, Voyennoye Izdatelstvo Ministerstva Oborony, 1958
  12. Spravka Nachal'nika Avtobronetankovogo Upravleniya Yugo-Zapadnogo Fronta Komanduyushchemu vojskami fronta o sostoyanii abtobronetankovykh vojsk na 17 Iyulia 1941 goda//Sbornik boyevykh dokumentov vol. 36, Moscow, Voyennoye Izdatelstvo Ministerstva Oborony, 1958
  13. Opersvodka No.8 k 15:00, 29.VI.41, Shtarm 5// Sbornik boyevykh dokumentov vol. 36, Moscow, Voyennoye Izdatelstvo Ministerstva Oborony, 1958
  14. Otchet Voyennogo soveta 5-j Armii Voyennomu Sovetu Yugo-Zapadnogo Fronta o Boyevykh Deystviyakh Vojsk za period 9-16 Iyulia 1941 goda//Sbornik boyevykh dokumentov vol. 36, Moscow, Voyennoye Izdatelstvo Ministerstva Oborony, 1958
  15. Svedeniya Shtaba Yugo-Zapadnogo Fronta o boyevom i Chislennom Sostave Soyedineniy i Otdelnykh Chastey Fronta po sostoyaniyu na 15 Iyulia 1941 goda//Sbornik boyevykh dokumentov vol. 38, Moscow, Voyennoye Izdatelstvo Ministerstva Oborony, 1959
  16. "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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