Maps 1943

(Western Direction)

Updated October 15, 2009
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Typical Soviet Abbreviations

Some typical coding of Soviet military maps and battle schemes

Abbreviations of units

Kalinin Front/1st Baltic Front*
# Title Area Unit subordination Date Lang. Source
KF4301 Probing action of the 47th Rifle Division SE from Nevel 47 RD/4SA/KF May 26 Rus 10
KF4302 Course of the Smolensk operation Smolensk area KF; WF; BrF Aug. 7 - Sept. 30 Rus 7
KF4303 Operations of the 184th Rifle Division Dukhovshchina area 39A/KF Sep 14-30 Rus 3

* - On Oct. 20 the Kalinin front was renamed into the 1st Baltic Front

 

upWestern Front
# Title Area Unit subordination Date Lang. Source
WF4301 Mission settings and organization of cooperation in the 36th Rifle Corps two days before the counter-offensive ? 11 GA/ WF July 10 Rus 2
WF4302 Advancing of the 8th Guards Rifle Corps Obukhovo-Yagodnaya 11 GA/WF July 12-13 Rus 2
WF4303 Meeting engagement of the 26th Guards Rifle Division Bolkhov area 8 GRC/11GA/ WF (BF) July 26 Rus 4
WF4304 Battle order of the 8th Guards Rifle Corps in counter-offensive Bolkhov area? 11 GA/ WF (BF) July Rus 2
WF4305 Battle order of the 8th Guards Rifle Corps for breaking through the enemy main defensive line S from Kozelsk 11 GA/ WF (BF) ~July 11 Rus 6
WF4306 Battle order of the 43rd Guards Tank Brigade, 2nd Separate Guards Heavy Tank Regiment and 1536th Self-propelled Gun Regiment S from Kozelsk? 11 GA/ WF (BF) ~July 11 Rus 6
WF4307 Decision on offensive of the 11th Gds. Army commander S from Kozelsk 11 GA/ WF (BF) ~July 11 Rus 6
WF4308 Decision of the 8th Guards Rifle Corps commander on offensive S from Kozelsk 11 GA/ WF (BF) ~July 12 Rus 6
WF4309 Course of operations of the 8th Guards Rifle Corps S from Kozelsk 11 GA/ WF (BF) July 12-14 Rus 6
WF4310 The 290th Rifle Division's blow directions in Smolensk operation Smolensk area 10 A/WF Aug. Rus 1
WF4311 Offensive of the 82nd Rifle Division against Smolensk NEW Smolensk area 82 RD/(71 RC)/31A/WF Aug. 4 - Oct. 10 Rus 12
WF4312 Probing action of the 1/963rd Rifle Regiment NE from Yartsevo

963 RR/274RD/

36RC/31A/WF

 Aug. 6 Rus 11
WF4313 Engagement of the 29th Guards Rifle Division into the battle Yelnya-Spas-Demensk area 10 GA/WF Aug. 10 Rus 5
WF4314 Combat operations of the 29th Guards Rifle Division Yelnya-Spas-Demensk area 10 GA/WF Aug. 11-13 Rus 5
WF4315 Missions of the 29th Guards Rifle Division Yelnya-Spas-Demensk area 10 GA/WF ~Aug. 27 Rus 5
WF4316 Combat operations of the 29th Guards Rifle Division Yelnya-Spas-Demensk area 10 GA/WF Aug. 28-31 Rus 5
See also:
WF42xx Operations of the 82nd Rifle Division in Sychevka vicinity Karmanovo - Sychevka area 82 RD/20A/WF Aug. 4'42 - Mar. 13'43 Rus 12

 

upCentral Front/Byelorussian Front*
# Title Area Unit subordination Date Lang. Source
B4301 Forced Desna river crossing by the 162nd Rifle Division Novgorod-Seversky area 19RC/65A/CF Sept. 8-10 Rus 4
B4302 Forced Desna river crossing by the 65th Army Novgorod-Severskiy area 65 A/CF Sept. 8-17 Rus 9
B4303 Forced Dniepr crossing by the 65th Army S. from Gomel 65 A/CF Sept. 28-Oct. 18 Rus 9
B4303 Deployment and artillery fire of the 65th Army in th course of crossing the Dnieper Dnieper river CF Oct. 15-19 Rus 7

* - On Oct. 20 the Central Front was renamed into the Byelorussian Front

Battle schemes for the previous time period see in the South-Western Direction section

 

upBryansk Front'*
# Title Area Unit subordination Date Lang. Source
BF4301 United counter-attack of the reserves of the 41st Rifle Division and its 102nd Rifle Regiment Alexandrovka-Bereznyak 63A/BrF July 5 Rus 1
BF4302 Parrying German counter-attacks by the 11th Guards Rifle Division NE from Karachev 16 GRC/1GA/BrF Aug. 3-7 Rus 7
BF4303 Fights for Khotynets Khotynnets area

1 TC/11 GA/BrF

5TC/BrF

 ~Aug. 18-19 Rus 8
BF4304 Deployment of the 50th Army and its artillery for flanking movement Kirov area BrF ~Aug. 30 Rus 7
BF4305 Course of the Bryansk operation W from Bryansk BrF Sept. 1 - Oct. 3 Rus 8
BF4306 Breaking through the enemy lines and fights for Desna bridgehead

SW from Kirov

Desna river area

 108RD/50A/BrF ~Sep. 12 Rus 7
BF4307 Hot pursuit of the Bryansk Front Bryansk-Gomel area BrF Sep 20-Oct 3 Rus 3

** - Disbanded on Oct. 10

Abbreviations

A - Army

BrF - Bryansk Front

BF- Byelorussian Front

CF - Central Front

GA- Guards Army

GRC - Guards Rifle Corps

RC - Rifle Corps

RD - Rifle Division

RR - Rifle Regiment

SA - Shock Army

WF - Western Front

 

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