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5th Army, Rovno Commanders:
Political assistant (Comissar): Regimental Comissar I.A. Lipodayev Structure:
Other subdivisions (Separate Anti-Aircraft Battalion, Recon Battalion, Pontoon Battalion, Separate Signals Battalion, Medical Battalion, Auto-Transport Battalion, Repairing Battalion,Traffic Control Company, Field Bakery) except 643rd Field Post Station and 515th Field Bank Department had the same number as division.
Other subunits (Separate Anti-Aircraft Battalion, Recon Battalion, Separate Signals Battalion, Medical Battalion, Auto-Transport Battalion, Repairing Battalion,Traffic Control Company, Field Bakery) except the 740th Field Post Station and 595th Field Bank Department had the same number as division.
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Total | KV | BT | T-26 | Flame throwers | T-37 | |
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19th TD | 163 | 34 | 122 | 7 | ||
41st TD | 415 | 31 KV-2 | 342 | 41 | 1 | |
215th MRD | 129 | 129 | ||||
Total | 707* | 31 | 178[11]** |
*-Maybe total tank amount is somewhat greater because of presence of additional tanks of corps' headquarters and auxiliary formations. By other sources there were 647 tanks [1] or 712 [9] tanks. By [10] there were only 18 KV-2's in the 41st tank Division.
**- 173 BT-7 + 5 BT-2
On July 07, 1941 Mech Corps had 340 tanks [7]
On July 15, 1941 Mech Corps had 30 tanks (2 BT, 28 T-26) and 17 Armored Cars.
76mm guns | 37mm AA guns | 152mm How. | 122mm How. | Total* | 82mm Mortars | 50mm Mortars | Total* | |
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19th TD | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 24 | 18 | 27 | 45 |
41st TD | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 24 | 18 | 27 | 45 |
215th MRD | 8 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 36 | 12 | 60 | 72 |
Total* | 16 | 12 | 8 | 48 | 84 | 48 | 114 | 162 |
* - Rows "Total" formed by AMVAS
Automobiles | Tractors | Motorcycles | Total* | |
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19th TD | 295 | 52 | 10 | 357 |
41st TD | 682 | 15 | 0 | 697 |
215th MRD | 405 | 62 | 0 | 467 |
Total* | 1382 | 129 | 10 | 1521 |
* - Rows "Total" formed by AMVAS
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Counter-Attack on Novograd-Volynsky direction
Plan: Defending with part of the forces Rudnitsa, Belokorovichi, Emilchino, Serby region, attack broken through German forces in Bronniki, Tchernitsa direction using forces of the 31st Infantry Corps and the 9th, 22nd Mechanised Corps together with the troops of the 6th Army and restore frontline along Sluch river.
The 22rd Mechanised corps was ordered to attack together with the 9th Mech Corps from Mirnoe, Pulin and to the end of July, 10 it had to reach Kournoye - Ochertyanka line. That time the 9th and 22nd Mech Corps had ~10,000 men each, 30-35 tanks and approximately the same number of guns. They were nearly equal each to a weakened rifle divisions.
The attacks started at 04:00 July, 10.
During July 10-14 the forces of the left flank of the shock group of the 5th Army (19th, 9th, 22nd Mech Corps) moved 10-20km forward and reached Kiev highway. The 22nd Mech Corps captured Kournoe, Tsvetyanka, Pulin (South) and crossed Kiev highway. There the corps was fighting vis. the 113th German Rifle Division, 25th Motorised Rifle Division and SS Motorised Division "Adolf Hitler". Started from the morning of July 15 with a strong preparatory bombardment followed by bombing attacks, the German troops assumed the offensive from Versnitsa, Tsvetyanka. They forced the troops of the 31st Inf. Corps, 19th, 9th, 22nd Mechanised Corps to retreat to the north and north-east.
The 22nd Mech Corps was deployed in Kolkhoz Maydan, Pisarevskaya Guta region.
Commander of the 5th Army decided to re-deploy his troops. The 62nd and 288th Rifle Divisions, 9th, 19th, 22nd Mech. Corps were ordered to move to the left flank of the army.
The 22nd Mech. Corps was set as a reserve in the forest North to Golovki (10km north-west to Malin)
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See also map section.
HQ - Headquarters
How. - Howitzer
MRD - Motorised Division
TD - Tank Division
TBn - Tank Battalion