Lend-Lease Tanks

(1942-45)

UpdatedAugust 20, 2005
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upArmored units of the Transcaucasian Front Equipped with Foreign Materiel
(on November 1, 1942)
Northern Operative Group
Unit M3M M3L MK.III Valentine MK.VII Tetrarch T-26 T-60
5th Gds.TBr (9A) 16   24      
15th TBr (9A) 1 16 22      
75th STB   9 3      
140 TBr   16 24      
249th STB*1   30        
45A (Northern Iran)
151st TBr       19 24  
191st TTBr*2            
21st TTR 1 4     12 31

*1Since November 26, 1942 is alloted in the 2nd TBr.

*2The 191st tank brigade had no tanks and was engaged to drive foreign vehicles in Gorki.

 

upArmored units of the 30th Army of the Kalinin Front Equipped with Foreign Materiel at the Time of the Rzhev operation
(August-November 1942)
on August-September 1942
Unit*1 MK.II Matilda MK.III Valentine M3M M3L T-60
119th TBr   23     13
153rd TBr     24 27  
196th TBr 35       13
on September-October 1942
119th TBr   4     4
153rd TBr     7 3  
196th TBr*2   6     4
October 1942
153rd TBr     3 2  
196th TBr 3 1     3
November 1942
153rd TBr*3          
196th TBr 10 1 4 4 4

*1The 119th, 153rd, 196th TBr were in action since July 30, 4 and 30 of 1942 respectively.

*2The 196th Tank Brigade left its damaged tanks in battle dispositions of the 242nd rifle division and used them as defended posts while repairing them.

*3On November 15, 1942 the 153rd TBr handed over its materiel to 196th TBr and departed for reformation.

 

upArmored units of the Don Front Equipped with Foreign Materiel
(October 1942 --- February 1943)
October 1942
Unit KV T-34 T-60 T-70 M3L M3M MK.III MK.IV
167th TBr*1             3  
114th TBr*1           6    
241st TBr*1         3 3    
November 1942
91st TBr (65A)   7 5 4   7    
January 1943
91st TBr (65A)*2 8 1 2     1    
47th Gds. SBTR (65A)               21*3
48th Gds. SBTR (21A)               21*4

*1On October 10, 1942 moved to reserve forces of Stavka for reorganization.

*2On January 14, 1943.

*3On January 9, 1943.

*4On January 19, 1943.

 

upArmored units of the Bryansk Front Equipped with Foreign Materiel
(August 1942)
On August 8, 1942
Unit KV T-60 T-70 MK.II MK.III M4A2 MK.IV T-34
11th TC 7 28 32 23       1
53rd TBr (11th TC) 7 11 12 1        
59th TBr (11th TC)   10 10 9       1
160th TBr (11th TC)   7 10 13        

 

upArmored units of the Leningrad and Volkhov Fronts Equipped with Foreign Materiel
(March 1943 - September 1944)
The Leningrad Front
April 1943
Unit T-34 MK.III MK.IV "Universal" armored personnel carrier KV
49th Gds. SBTR     21 3  
February 1944
36th Gds. SBTR     21    
49th Gds. SBTR     20   1
51st TR 11 10      
September 1944
82nd TR (8A) 7   10   11
The Volkhov Front
On March 17, 1943
50th Gds. SBTR     21    

 

upArmored units of the Voronezh Front Equipped with Foreign Materiel (July 1942---October 1943)
On June 28, 1942
Unit BT-5 BT-7 MK.III MK.II M3L M3M KV T-34 T-60 T-70 SU-76 MK.I MK.VI BA-64
14th TBr (40A) 2 16 20                 2    
170th TBr (40A)     3 2         20     3    
130th TBr (24 TC)         21     26       2    
On August 20, 1942
14th TBr   2 3   1   10 5 6 7   3    
130th TBr (24 TC)         3     6 22     3    
On October 1, 1942
192nd TBr (38A)         14 25           3    
201st TBr (7 CC)     43 6               2    
On July 31, 1943
4th Gds. TC     16         26     7      
12th Gds. TBr     3         5            
13th Gds. TBr     10         16            
14th Gds. TBr     3         5            
On August 22, 1943
4th Gds. TC     10         15     1 16 19 38
245th TR         10 8                
On September 8, 1943
3rd Gds. TC*1               30         19  
129th TBr*2     11 6     3 20 5 2        

*1On September 14, 1943 it received reinforcements and included: 18 T-34, 20 Valentines,7 Churchills, 6 T-70s.

*2On October 29, 1943.

 

upArmored units of the 4th Ukranian Front*1 Equipped with Foreign Materiel (April 1944)
Unit T-34 TO-34* MK.IX MK.VII SU-85 SU-76 BA-64 'Universal' armored personnel carrier
19th TC 25 34 61 2 1 42 10 10
79th TBr 3 19 29          
101st TBr 4 15 29          
91st Sep. Mtcl. Btln.     3 2     10 10

*-also known as OT-34

*1After liberation of the Crimea the 19th TC was equipped with Soviet materiel. Until the end of the Great Patriotic War the 4th Ukranian Front had no other units equipped with foreign materiel.

 

upArmored units of the Karelian Front Equipped with Foreign Materiel
(January 1943---July 1944)
Unit BT-5 BT-7 T-34-85 T-34-76 M3m Valentine IX
January 1943
91st STR 5 14     11  
July 1944
7th Gds. TBr     23 42   10

 

upArmored units of the North-western Front Equipped with Foreign Materiel
(August 1942---April 1943)
Unit KV T-34 T-60 T-70 M3m M3l Valentine Matilda
August 1942
177th TBr (53A)     16       30  
December 1942
177th TBr (53A)                
167th TR (1st Shock Army)                
February 1943
STB of the 53A*1 1 7   4 1      
184th TR (1st Shock Army)           20    
37th TR (1st Shock Army)         10 7    
April 1943
37th TR (1st Shock Army)         4 3    
226th TR (1st Shock Army) 3 2 3 1 1      
81st TBr (1st Shock Army) 1 11 2 1     2  
170th STB (1st Shock Army) 6 3 13         6

*1Was formed by the 53rd Army forces using repaired tanks.

 

upArmored units of the 3rd Byelorussian Front Equipped with Foreign Materiel (June 1944)*1
Unit IS KV T-34 MK.III M3M M3L M4A2 ISU-152 SU-85 SU-76 M10 SU-57
5th Gds. TA 29   350 39*2     64 23 42 22 21 37
5th A       30*2 3 14            
3rd Gds. MechC     16 70*2     110   21 21 -  
3rd CC     11 63*2           21 -  

*1On June 22, 1944.

*2Valentine IX tanks.

 

upArmored units of the 1st Baltic Front Equipped with Foreign Materiel
Unit T-34 T-70 MK.II MK.III M3L M3M M4A2 SU-85
On December 19, 1943
39th Gds. TBr (39A) 32     21        
171st STB (4th Shock Army) 7 5 1          
February 1944 (Vitebsk operation)
39th Gds. TBr (4th Shock Army) 8   18          
March 1944 (Idritsa-Sebezh operation)
39th Gds. TBr (4th Shock Army) 9 4 5   1      
41st TBr (5TC) 24         38    
On July 20, 1944
39th Gds. TBr (4th Shock Army) 6     7   1   4
1st TC                
3rd Gds. MechC*1 11     26*2     35  
35th Gds. TBr (3rd MechC) 9     13*2     18  
7th Gds. MechBr (3rd MechC)       5*2     7  
8th Gds. MechBr (3rd MechC)       2*2     5  
9th Gds. MechBr (3rd MechC)       4*2     5  

*1The corps HQ had two T-34 and three Valentine IX tanks.

*2Valentine IX tanks.

 

upArmored units of the 2nd Baltic Front Equipped with Foreign Materiel
(June 1944)
Opochka direction
Unit KV T-34 T-70 T-60 M3 MK.III MK.II
78th TBr   17       38*1  
37th TR   5       9*1  
Idritsa direction
29th Gds. TBr 8 21       18*2  
239th TR   2   1   11*2  
Osveya direction
118th TBr   32       19*2  
171st STB   3   6     1
5th TC   204     20    

*1Valentine III-V tanks.

*2Valentine IV tanks.

 

upArmored units of the 2nd Ukrainian Front Equipped with Foreign Materiel
(May 1944---March 1945)
March 1944
Unit T-34 IS-85 IS-122 T-70 MK.III M4A2 ISU-152 SU-85 SU-76 SU-57 M3l MK.II
3rd TC 69       6*1   2*2 1 11      
16th TC 66       7*1     11 12      
87th SMotB         9*1              
May 1944
2nd TA (16th TC, 13th TC, 11th Gds. STBr, 8th Gds. TR "IS", 13th Gds. TR "IS")
2nd TA 82 5 19   3*1   19 5        
5th Gds. TA (18th TC, 3rd Gds. TC, 29th TC, 14th Gds. TR "IS")
5th Gds. TA 183   13   33*1 42 18 22 21 26    
August 1944 (on August 20, 1944)
5th MechC (6th Gds. TA) 1     4 29*1 90     14     6
4th Sep.Mtcl.Reg. (6th Gds. TA)         10*1         4    
18th TC 204         2            
60th STR (5th Gds. CC) 1         20            
70th STR (5th Gds. CC) 1         20            
October 1944 (on October 1, 1944)*3
135th STR (5th Gds. CC) 24     8       1 5   4  
154th STR (5th Gds. CC) 5       5*1       10      
250th STR (5th Gds. CC) 27     1 8*1     2 5      
December 1944 (on December 5, 1944)
9th Gds. MechC (6th Gds. TA)         26*1 126     11      
4th Sep.Mtcl.Reg. (6th Gds. TA)         11*1         3    
March 1945 (on March 25, 1945)*4
1st Gds. Mech.Cav.Group 22       41*1       63   20  

*1MK.III Valentine IX.

*2SU-152.

*3In October 1944 the following units of the 2nd Ukrainian Front were equipped with foreign tanks: 6th Gds. TA, 5th CC, 6th CC.

*4By the end of the March 1945 the only unit equipped with foreign tanks was the 1st Mech.Cav.Group.

 

upArmored units of the Far Eastern and Transbaikal Fronts Equipped with Foreign Materiel
(August 1945)
1st Dalnevostochny Front*1
20-Mk.IIIM Valentine-Bridgelayer
2nd Dalnevostochny Front*2
41 (38 operable)-MK.III, 1-M3L, 1-M3M
Transbaikal Front*2
Unit T-34 M4A2 SU-76 SU-100 MK.III MK.II M3m M3l
9th MechC (6th Gds. TA)   137 13 23        
48th STB 4 2   2        
267th TR (Mech.Cav.Group)         40 1 1 1
201st TBr   65            

*1On September 8, 1945.

*2On September 5, 1945.


Literature

1. M. Kolomiets, I. Moshchanskiy, "Tanki Lend-Liza", Exprint, 2000


Abbreviations

TBr - Tank Brigade

STB - Separate Tank Batallion

TTBr - Training Tank Brigade

TTR - Training Tank Regiment

SBTR - Separate Breakthrough Tank Regiment

TC - Tank Corps

TR - Tank Regiment

CC - Cavalry Corps

Sep.Mtcl.Btln. - Separate Motorcycle Batallion

TA - Tank Army

MechC - Mechanized Corps

Gds. - Guards

MechBr - Mechanized Brigade

SMotB - Separate Motorized Batallion

Sep.Mtcl.Reg. - Separate Motorcycle Regiment

Mech.Cav.Group - Mechanized Cavalry Group


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