Maps 1942

(Southern Direction)

UpdatedJune 22, 2009
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Typical Soviet Abbreviations

Some typical coding of Soviet military maps and battle schemes

Abbreviations of units

upCrimean Front
# Title Area Unit subordination Date Lang. Source
SC4201 Kerch-Feodosian Landing Operation Crimea CrF Dec 26'41 - Jan 3'42 Rus 2
SC4202 Organisation of fire and positioning of the 44th Army. Crimea CrF May RusEng 8
SC4203 Deployment of artillery on May 4 and course of operations on May 8-12 at Kerch peninsula Crimea CrF May 4 - 12 Rus 11
SC4204 The opponents assets at the commencement of the German offensive in Crimea. Crimea CrF May 6 Rus 2
SC4205 The opponents assets at the commencement of the German offensive in Crimea. Crimea CrF May 8 Rus 8
SC4206 Summary operations for the Crimean Front Crimea CrF May 9-19 Rus 8
SC4207 Operations in Kerch peninsula Crimea CrF May 8-9 Rus 2
SC4208 Operations in Kerch peninsula Crimea CrF May 10-11 Rus 2
SC4209 Operations in Kerch peninsula Crimea CrF May 12-20 Rus 2

upThe Siege of Sevastopol
# Title Area Unit subordination Date Lang. Source
SS4201 German map of Sevastopol Sevastopol - 1942 Rus 13
SS4202 System of antiaircraft artillery defense of Sevastopol Sevastopol SCA/NCF Spring Rus 11
SS4203 The 3rd assault of Sevastopol Sevastopol SCA/NCF June 2 - July 4 Rus 2
SS4204 Sevastopol fortifications by June 7'42 Sevastopol SCA/NCF June 7 Rus 14
SS4205 Positions of troops and missions of the 79th Naval Rifle Brigade Sevastopol SCA/NCF June 7 Rus 9
SS4206 Defensive positions of the 79th Naval Rifle Brigade Sevastopol SCA/NCF June 7 Rus 9
SS4207 Course of combat operations NEW Sevastopol SCA/NCF June 7-16 Rus 12
SS4208 Operations of the 79th Naval Rifle Brigade Sevastopol SCA/NCF June 7-30 Rus 9
SS4209 The 3rd assault of Sevastopol Sevastopol SCA/NCF June 7 - July 4 Rus 4
SS4210 Course of combat operations NEW Sevastopol SCA/NCF June 17 - July 3 Rus 12
SS4211 Scheme of defensive operations on Chersones peninsula Chersones peninsula SCA/NCF July 1-17 Rus 12


upCaucasus:
North-Caucasian & Transcaucasian Fronts
# Title Area Unit subordination Date Lang. Source
C4201 Operations around the Klukhorsky pass Klukhor & Nakhar passes 46A/(BSOG; NOG)/TCF Aug-Dec Rus 4
C4202 Defensive operations in Umpyrsky pass area Sochi area

20 MRD/3RC/46A

NOG/TCF

 Aug-Oct Rus 10
C4203 Positions of the 46th Army and followed German attacks Dagomys-Vladikavkaz area TCF Aug. 15+ Rus 7
C4204 Operations of the Novorossiysk Defensive Region Novorossiysk area 47A/NCF Aug. 19-Sept. 10 Rus 6
C4205 The German defeat in Gizel vicinity Ordzhonikidze (Vladikavkaz) region 9A;37A/NOG/TCF Nov. 6-12 Rus 1
C4206 Course of the Tuapse defensive operation Tuapse area BSOG/TCF Sep-Dec Rus 7
C4207 Defensive operation of the 85th Guards Rifle Regiment in mountains Kurinskoye area 32GRD/18A/ BSOG/TCF Sep. 25-29 Rus 3
C4208 Repulsing of counter-attack by the 478th Rifle Regiment Mozdok area 320RD/44A/ NOG/TCF Dec. 26 Rus 3

 

In "(_)" brackets are given units formed/disbanded in the course of operations, or units from which mentioned lower units were removed..

Abbreviations

BSOG - Black Sea Operative Group

CrF-Crimean Front

GRD - Guards Rifle Division

NCF -North-Caucasian Front

NOG - Northern Operative Group

SCA - Separate Coastal Army

TCF - Transcaucasian Front

Literature:
  1. M. Kolomiets, I. Moshchansky, "Oborona Kavkaza. Iyul-Decabr' 1942", Frontovaya Illyustratsia, 2000, No 2
  2. I. Moshchansky, A. Savin, "Bor'ba za Krym. Sentyabr' 1941 - Iyul 1942.", Voyennaya Letopis', #1, 2002.
  3. "Taktika v boevykh primerakh. Polk", Voyennoe izdatelstvo Ministerstva Oborony SSSR, Moscow, 1974. (cited from docs.vif2.ru)
  4. http://dp60.narod.ru
  5. Gusev A.M. "Elbrus v ogne", Moscow, Voyenizdat, 1980
  6. Kirin I.D. "Tchernomorskiy Flot v bitve za Kavkaz", Moscow, Voyenizdat, 1958 (cited from militera.lib.ru)
  7. I. Moshchanskiy, A. Karashchuk, "V Gorakh Kavkaza. Voyennyje alpinisty SSSR i Germanii Iyun' 1942-Fevral' 1943 goda", voyennaya Letopis/Military Chronicle, "Armii Mira", No. 9, Moscow, 2007
  8. www.rkka.ru
  9. Boyevyje Dejstvija Strelkovoy Divizii. Sbornik takticheskikh primerov iz Velikoy Otechestvennoy vojny. Moscow, Voyenizdat, 1958 (cited from militera.lib.ru)
  10. Sochi museum(?). Provided by A. Eliseenko
  11. Sovetskaja Artilleryija v Velikoy Otechestvennoy vojne 1941-1945 godov, Moscow, Voyennoye Izdatel'stvo Ministerstva Oborony SSSR, 1960
  12. sevdig.sevastopol.ws
  13. www.bellabs.ru
  14. Morgunov. Geroicheskiy Sevastopol, Moskva, Nauka, 1979 (Cited by www.bellabs.ru)
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