4^th Mechanised Corps

September 29, 2006

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

Strength of the 4th Mechanised Corps on June 22'41 [1]

* - Row "Total" formed by AMVAS

*1 - BT-7 [4]

*2 - Including 18 T-37 and 10 T-40
*3 - According to [12] the corps had 23 flame thrower tanks on T-26 chassis on June 22'41.

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* - Row "Total" formed by AMVAS

Strength of the 4th Mechanised Corps on June 22'41 [2]

*1 - total number of KVs and T-34s also could be seen as great as 414 vehicles

*2 - This row is formed from different sources, but not from sum of the cells

*3 - T-40

*4 - also figure of 89 vehicles mentioned in another source.

*5 - also figure of 327 vehicles mentioned in another sources.

*6 - Resulting cell isn't equal to total sum as figures for tank divisions and resulting cell are taken from different sources.

*7 - In different other sources also mentioned figures of 882?, 950, 979 vehicles

Strength of the 4th Mechanised Corps

* - Row "Total" formed by AMVAS

** - Armored Cars

*1 - BT-7

*2 - Auxiliary vehicles - 622 total, from them:

• Passenger cars - 39
• GAZ trucks - 450
• ZIS trucks - 109
• Tractors - 24

Strength of the 4th Mechanised Corps on July 15, 1941 [11]

* - Row "Total" formed by AMVAS.

Strength of the 4th Mechanised Corps on June 22'41 and its losses by Aug. 1'41 [5,3]

Rem. AMVAS: This data in original document are called preliminary and numbers of losses are given only for confirmed ones.

The table in both [3] and [5] orignates from the same "Doklad"

* - Row "Total" formed by AMVAS

*1 - in repair workshops and plants

Strength of the 4th Mechanised Corps on June 22'41 and Aug. 1'41 [3]

Strength of the 8th Tank Division on June 22'41 and its losses by Aug. 1'41 [6]

* - Row "Total" formed by AMVAS

Tank Power of the 8th Tank Division on Aug. 16, 1941 [10]

Rem.: On the South-Western and Southern Fronts 350 tanks are mentioned in repair and didn't assigned to any division.

Strength and Losses of the 32nd Tank Division on June 22'41 [4]

in denominator - losses by July 31'41

* - Row "Total" formed by AMVAS

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* - Data for losses of the MRR is not counted.

*1 - Probably ZIS-33 landrover mentioned.

*2 - ZIS-5 based tank truck

*3 - Auto barreling station???

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* - Data for losses of the MRR is not counted.

*1 -Some military modificatin of GAZ-A???

*2 -???

*3 - Power station(?)

*4 - GAZ-55?

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* - Data for losses of the MRR is not counted.

Strength and Losses of the 32nd Tank Division from June 23 to July 31, 1941 [4]

According to [9] the united regiment of the 8th Tank Division attached to the 15th Mechcorps had 65 tanks on June 26'41.

Abbreviations

AutB - Autotransport Battalion

FBk - Field Bakery

Fl. - Flame thrower

HAR - Howitzer Artillery Regiment

HQ - Headquarters

MD - Motorised Division

MedB - Medical Battalion

MMOPP - Military Office of Public Prosecutor

MRR - Motorised Rifle Regiment

PonB - Pontoon Battalion

RcB - Recon Battalion

RW - Repair Workshop

SAAB - Separate Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion

SSBn - Separate Signals Battalion

TD - Tank Division

TBn - Tank Battalion

Literature

1. A. Isaev, "1941. Boi na Ukraine", Frontovaja Illyustratsia, 4/2004
2. http://mechcorps.rkka.ru
3. Vedomost o Boevom i chislennom sostave Abtvoisk na 22 Ijyunia 1941 goda (cited from photocopy in T. Abashidze, I. Moschansky, "Kievskaya Strategicheskaya Oboronitelnaya operatsia. Part I. Tragedia pod Umanju" , 2003)
4. Svedeniya o poteryakh chastey 32 tankovoy divizii za period s 23.6 po 30.7.41g//Sbornik boyevykh dokumentov vol. 33, Moscow, Voyennoye Izdatelstvo Ministerstva Oborony, 1958
5. TsAMO, f. 38, op. 11360, d.2 (cited by http://mechcorps.rkka.ru )
6. E. Drig, "Mekhanizirovannye korpusa RKKA v boyu", AST, Moscow, 2005
7. 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
8. 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
9. Doklad Komandira 15-go Mekhanizirovannogo Korpusa Nachal'niku glavnogo Avtobronetankovogo Upravleniya Krasnoi Armii o boyevykh Dejstviyakh Korpusa s 22 Iyunia po 12 Iyulia 1941 goda//Sbornik boyevykh dokumentov vol. 36, Moscow, Voyennoye Izdatelstvo Ministerstva Oborony, 1958
10. Spravka Zamestitelya Narodnogo Komissara Oborony Soyuza SSR ot 17 Avgusta 1941 g Stavke Verkhovnogo glavnokomandovaniya o Nalichii Material'noy chasti tankov v Yugo-Zapadnom i Yuzhnom Frontakh na 16 Avgusta 1941 g//Sbornik boyevykh dokumentov vol. 40, Moscow, Voyennoye Izdatelstvo Ministerstva Oborony, 1960
11. 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
12. "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)