News-2007

2007
Attention!!! Because I changed my working place, I need to concentrate on its subjects. I suppose this year updates of my site can become irregular, or even paused for some time! Please, be patient. I'm not going to abandon this my project in any case. Probably I also use this time for letting my friends to perform the site's conversion to the new engine and moving it to the another location. Alex aka AMVAS Mar. 25, 2007
December 30
Sorry for small update. December was very hard month for me. Much events took place this month. Luckily all of them finished in a good way, but I spent much nerves and time resolving all that problems! Wish everybody all the best in the coming year 2008 and promise to proceed keeping my project! Alex AMVAS Battles The Kursk Battle Data of V.Zamulin - one table added Formations Long-range aviation units listing. Galleries T-28 armed with KT-28 gun - 1 photo added TT-26, TU-26 remote controlled tanks - 1 photo added ST-26 Bridgelayer (Engineering) Tank - 1 photo added SU-5 "Small Triplex" Family - 1 photo added
November 29
Formations With the help of C. Crofoot and M. Avanzini I started uploading the full OOB of the Soviet Army. This set of so called "Perechen" books contains 36 volumes! So, it's really a giant amount of work! Directions and Fronts Armies Maps Northern Direction 1941 Positions of the 168th Rifle Division Defensive operations of the 168th Rifle Divsion Western Direction 1941 Defensive positions of the 316th Rifle Division Fortifications of the 316th Rifle Division Defensive operations of the 316th Rifle Division Southern Direction 1941 Positions of troops and missions of the 79th Naval Rifle Brigade Defensive positions of the 79th Naval Rifle Brigade Operations of the 79th Naval Rifle Brigade South-Western Direction 1943 Combat missions of the 49th Guards Rifle Division Course of combat operations of the 49th Guards Rifle Division North-Western Direction 1945 Decision of the 31st Guards Rifle Division commander Battle order of the 31st Guards Rifle Division Course of operations of the 31st Guards Rifle Division Decision of the 235th Rifle Division commander Battle order of the 235th Rifle Division Course of operations of the 235th Rifle Division Western Direction 1945 Decision of the 381st Rifle Division commander and course of operations Positions and missions of the 108th Rifle Division prior to operation Operations of the 108th Rifle Division between Ost- and West-Oder Crossing of the West-Oder by the 108th Rifle Division and fight on its left riverside Fights of the 108th Rifle Division Positions and breakthrough missions of the 295th Rifle Division Operations of the 295th Rifle Division Defensive fights of the 295th Rifle Division
October 30
Maps Finally all changes in internal structure of the section are completed! So, we can proceed with filling it with the new content! Topographic maps Berlin Kiev 1935 Khalkhin-gol area Kiev defensive positions Kiev defensive positions (2) Northern Direction 1941 Defensive operations of the 14th Army North-Western Direction 1941 Combat operations of the 264th Separate Artillery-Machine-gun Battalion Western Direction 1941 Operations of the 22nd Tank Division South-Western Direction 1941 The decision of commander of the 280th Gds. Rifle Regiment on march and meeting engagement - updated South-Western Direction 1941 Situation on the beginning of the day and planed counter-blow of the front July 8 Situation by the end of the day July 8 Western Direction 1943 Engagement of the 29th Guards Rifle Division into the battle Combat operations of the 29th Guards Rifle Division Aug. 11-13 Missions of the 29th Guards Rifle Division Combat operations of the 29th Guards Rifle Division Aug. 28-31 Southern Direction 1943 Opponents assets prior to the Novorossiysk operation Decision of the 318th Rifle Division commander Course of the Novorossiysk assault North-Western Direction 1944 The 42nd Army in fights for Pushkin and Pavlovsk Planned attack of the 39th Army Battle order of the 5th Guards Rifle Corps prior to fights Manuevers of amored units of the 39th Army Operations of the 6th Guards Army Combat operation of the 43rd Army Course of strategic operations for liberation of the Baltic region Liberation of Zilupe Liberation of Škaune settlement Liberation of Kraslava Liberation of Ludza Liberation of Rezekne Liberation of Prejli Liberation of Daugavpils Liberation of Karsava Liberation of Varaklani Liberation of Vilani Liberation of Livani Liberation of Krustpils and Jekabpils Liberation of Madona Liberation of Ogre Breakthrough of the 51st Army towards the Riga Gulf Liberation of Dobele Liberation of Jelgava Liberation of Aluksne Liberation of Valka Liberation of Cesis Liberation of Sigulda Liberation of Riga Liberation of Limbaži Liberation of Smiltene Liberation of Valmiera Liberation of Balvi Liberation of Gulbene Liberation of Auce (1st time) Liberation of Auce (2nd time) Libreation of Bauska Liberation of Jurmala Operations of the 130th Latvian Rifle Corps Riga area Operations of the 130th Latvian Rifle Corps Kurland Operations in Kurland Western Direction 1944 Attacks of the 307th Rifle Division on auxiliary direction Decision of the 49th Army commander Deployment of the 49th Army prior to the offensive Operations of the 49th Army June 23-24 Operations of the 49th Army June 25-26 Operations of the 49th Army June 27-28 South-Western Direction 1944 Carpathian-Dukla operation Southern Direction 1944 Mission of the 3rd Guards Division Course of operations of the 3rd Guards Rifle Division North-Western Direction 1945 Decision of the 54th Guards Rifle Division commander for breakthrough Battle order of the 54th Guards Rifle Division Combat operations of the 54th Guards Rifle Division Decision of the 144th Rifle Division commander for breakthrough Battle order of the 144th Rifle Division Course of operations of the 144th Rifle Division Decision of the 115th Rifle Division commander Western Direction 1945 Battle order, missions and course of operations of the 176th Rifle Regiment. Narew bridgehead - updated Deployment of the 3rd Guards Tank Army prior to the Berlin operation Breaking through the German defensive line Moving of the 3rd Guards Tank Army towards Berlin Operations of the 3rd Gds. Tank Army against surrounded German troops Artillery positions of the 29th Guards Corps & 91st Rifle Corps in the course of Poznan assault Assault of the 4-floor meat-packing plant in Poznan Decision of the 90th Rifle Division commander for breakthrough Battle order of the 90th Rifle Division Course of operations of the 90th Rifle Division Operations of the 27th Guards Rifle Division Decision of the 44th Guards Rifle Division commander on offensive from the Narew bridgehead Offensive of the 44th Guards Rifle Division from the Narew bridgehead. Vistula-Oder Operation Combat operations of the 44th Guards Rifle Division Decision of the 413th Rifle division commander on offensive from the Narew bridgehead Course of operations of the 413th Rifle Division from the Narew bridgehead
September 20
Maps Proceeded changes in internal structure of the section, which I had started a month ago. Sources More than 1,200 new titles added!!!
August 20
I decided to perform some structure changes in Maps section to make it more informative. Hope you'll enjoy this. Right now only the 1941 year was processed, but I hope to do the same with all the residual records. It's not a quick mission, because it needs some additional research. But it's worth doing this, as it helps in fixing bugs (I did find a few ones for the year 1941, some schemes were moved to other subsections) and makes searching for target areas & units much easier. Alex AMVAS Maps South-Western Direction 1941 The opponents assets at the commencement of the operations. Kiev Special Military District Course of operations on the South-Western Front Western Direction 1942 Fights of the 31st Rifle Brigade/3rd Shock Army/Kalinin Front and partisans in Ushitsy area (NW from Rzhev) Counter-attacks of the 144th Rifle Division/5th Army/Western Front in Ivanniki area Southern Direction 1942 Positions of the 46th Army and followed German attacks Course of the Tuapse defensive operation North-Western Direction 1944 Operations in Narva vicinities Feb-Apr. Positions of the 8th Estonian Rifle Corps and liberation of Narva Liberation of Moonzund Isles
July 31
Finally I managed to find a small period of free time to make current updates Uniform The Caucasus 1942-43 - 4 images added
June 24
Galleries Captured Axis Vehicles in Soviet Service - updated Tanks (Photos) SP Guns (Photos) SP Guns (Images)
May 9
Formations Tank Regiments Distribution - updated and corrected Weapons Fortified Regions ("Stalin line", "Molotov line") alertness data. 1941 - slight updates and conversion of old file format Galleries T-28 galleries section opened!!! T-26 with Conical Turret - 1 photo added BT-7A - 1 image added BA-27M - 2 photos added BAI/BAI-M - 1 photo added Axis captured tanks - 1 photo added KV-2 - 3 images added Added external links External KV-2 gallery (in Russian) External T-35 gallery (in Russian) (Note: slow downloading)
April 27
Galleries BT-7A Photos Blueprints Images
March 25
Formations Penal units of the Red Army Maps Some typical coding of Soviet military maps and battle schemes Northern Direction 1941 Positioning of the Soviet troops during Khanko base defense Western Direction 1941 Positions of opponents on Moscow direction on Oct. 1 Operations between Rzhev and Kalinin (Tver') Elimination of German breakthrough towards Marjino (Kalinin area) Course of operations of the Kalinin Front Nov. 1-26 Decision of the Kalinin Front commander on the counter-offensive Course of operations on the Kalinin (Tver') direction Dec. 5-16 Course of operations on the Kalinin (Tver') direction Dec. 17-20 Decision of the Kalinin Front Commander Dec. 21 Course of operations of the Kalinin Front Dec. 21'41 - Jan 1'42 Western Direction 1942 Course of operations of the Kalinin Front Jan. 1-7 South-Western Direction 1942 Operations of the 6th Mechanised Corps (since Jan.19'43 - 5th Gds. Mechanised Corps) Dec. 29'42 - Feb.6'43 South-Western Direction 1943 Operations of the 6th Mechanised Corps in Zimovniki area Jan. 7-8 Operations of the 5th Gds. Mechanised Corps in the course of the Prokhorovka Battle July 12-13 Defensive positions and fortifications of the 375th Rifle Division/27th Gds. Rifle Corps/6th Gds. Army prior to the Kursk Battle - updated Defensive positions of the 81st Guards Rifle Division (Russian variant) - updated Operations of the 2nd Tank Army July 5-10 (better copy of earlier scheme) Operations of the 1st Tank Army July 5-11 (better copy of earlier scheme) Operations of the 5th Guards Tank Army July 12-16 Course of operations of the 5th Gds. Mechanised Corps in Belgorod-Kharkov operation Aug. 3 - Sept. 2 Operations of the 5th Gds. Mechanised Corps across the Dniepr river Oct. 10'43 - Jan. 16'44 Northern Direction 1944 Regrouping of the 21st Army before Vyborg operation - updated Breaking through the first Finnish defensive line in Vyborg operation June 10-13 - updated Breaking through the second Finnish defensive line in Vyborg operation June 14-17 - updated Breaking through the third Finnish defensive line and capturing of Vyborg in Vyborg operation June 17-20 - updated North-Western Direction 1945 Redeployment mission of the 70th Army from Danzig (Gdansk) to Stettin (Szczecin) and route of its 47th Rifle Corps Decision of the 47th Rifle Corps/70th Army commander on march and its performing March order (on foot) of the 47th Rifle Corps/70th Army March order (by autotransport) of the 47th Rifle Corps/70th Army Operations of the 3rd Company (Commander Starshiy Lt. P.A.Bysov)/11th Motorised Anti-tank Flame thrower Battalion (Commander - Major N.T. Nekrasov) in assault of the Fort No. 8. Köenigsberg area Operative zone of the 84th Gds. Rifle Division/36th Gds. Rifle Corps. Positions of the 1/243rd Gds. Rifle Regiment. - title specified Western Direction 1945 Operations of the 5th Gds. Mechanised Corps in the Upper Silesia Mar. 10 - Apr.2 Operations of the 5th Gds. Mechanised Corps in the course of the Berlin operation Apr. 16 - May 5 South-Western Direction 1945 Course of operations of the 5th Gds. Mechanised Corps from Drezden to Prague May 6-12 Sources - updated See details
February 25
Galleries FAI/FAI-M - 2 images added T-37- 2 images+2 photos added Other interesting weapons' gallery - 1 photo added T-26 galleries - rebuilt and updated! tons of new images!
January 27
Changed direction of news tape Galleries BA-27/BA-27M - 1 photo added "Matilda" - 3 images added Mk IV "Churchill" - 1 photo added Other weapons - 3 images added Captured Axis Vehicles in Soviet Service - NEW Section Maps Topographic maps Moscow, 1931 Western Direction 1941 Positions of the Soviet troops in Kalinin (Tver') vicinities Oct. 14 Operations of the 21st Tank Brigade in Kalinin (Tver') area Oct. 17 Counter-offensive of the Vatutin's operative group in Kalinin (Tver') vicinities Oct. 17-21 Positions of the Soviet troops in Kalinin (Tver') vicinities Dec. 2 Decision of the Kalinin Front command for offensive against Kalinin (Tver') town Dec. 2 Liberation of Kalinin (Tver') Dec. 5-16 Weapons Lend-Lease "Matildas" in Soviet Units

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