Tank Equipment of the Soviet Tank Units in the Battle in Don Area, 1942

June 12, 2003
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If total amount of tanks exceeds the sum of named types thereof, it means presence of other types of tanks.

upTank Equipment in Armies of the South-Western Front

28th Army on June 29,1942
Tank Brigades KV-1 T-34 M3 Light T-60 Total
6th Gds. 5 7 - 16 28
65th 24*1 - - 23*1 47
90th 7*2 3 15*2 15*2 40
Total 36 10 15 54 115

*1 - Including 2 of them in repair.

*2- Including 1 in repair.



up38th Army on June 30,1942
Tank Brigades KV-1 T-34 T-60 Mk II Matilda Mk III Valentine Total
3rd 1 2 4 - - 20
13th - - - - 1 6
36th 5 1 13 1 9 23
133rd - - - - - -
156th 2 - - - - 8
159th - - 20 - 28 48
168th 3 10 17 - - 13
92nd STB 7 - 7 - - 23
Total 19 24 61 9 28 141


up9th Army on June 29,1942
Tank Brigades T-34 BTs & T-26s T-60 Mk II "Matilda" Mk III "Valentine" Total
12th 2 - - - - 2
71st STB - 20 24 2 5 51
132nd STB 3 - 3 1 4 11
Total 5 20 27 3 9 64


up22nd Tank Corps on June 30,1942
Tank Brigades KV-1 T-34 Mk II "Matilda" Mk III "Valentine" T-60 Total
36th 5 1 1 9 13 29
168th 3 10 - - 17 30
13rd - - - 1 - 1
Total 8 11 1 10 30 60


upTank Equipment in the Armies of the South Front on July 01, 1942*1
Units KV-1 T-34 Mk II Matilda Mk III Valentine BT T-26 KhT-26 (OT-26) T-60 T-37 Total
121st STB (37A) 8 18 - - - - - 20 - 46
64th Tank Brig. (18A) 8 - - - - - - - - 8
63rd Tank Brig. (56A) 9 2 - - - 14 6 19 5 55
140th Tank Brig.*2 9 20 - - - - - 18 - 47
62nd STB*2 5 1 - - 18*3 12*3 - - - 36
75th STB*2 5 - - - 11 - - - - 16
2nd Reserve Tank Btln.*2 1 1 1 1 - - - 2 - 6
Total 45 42 1 1 29 26 6 59 5 214

*1 - On July, 28'42 the South Front had only 59 tanks

*2 - In reserve of the Front.

*3 - Dug in ground.

upTank Equipment in Armies of the Bryansky Front

Tank Equipment and Losses of the 16th Tank Corps (June, 28-July, 13 1942)
Tank brigade Type Available
on June 28,1942		 Lost Sent under repair on plants Available
on July, 13, 1942
107th KV-1 24 7 17 -
T-60 27 5 3 19*1
Total 51 12 20 19
109th T-34 44 25 13 6
T-60 21 3 16 2
Total 65 28 29 8
164th T-34 44 37 - 7*2
T-60 21 10 - 11*2
Total 65 47 - 18
Total*3 181 87 49 45

*1-Including 15 in repair

*2-All in repair

*3-Besides tanks the corps had: 10 Armored cars BA-10, BA-20 (5 cars in HQ's control company and 5 ones in 15th Motorised Rifle Brigade) and 19 English carriers "Universal" (3 units in each tank brigade and 10 on 15th Motorised Rifle Brigade). Eight "Universals" were lost in combat.



upTank Equipment of the 4th Tank Corps (40 A) on June, 26 1942
Tank Brigades KV-1 T-34 T-70 T-60 Total
45th 29 - 4 26 59
47th - 8 13 17 38
102nd - 18 13 17 48
Total 29 26 30 60 145

upTank Equipment of the 17th Tank Corps on June, 28 1942
Tank Brigades KV-1 T-34 T-60 Total
66th 23 - 26 49
67th - 44 21 65
174th - 44 21 65
Total 23 88 68 179


upTank Equipment and Losses of the 24th Tank Corps (June, 29-July, 20 1942)
Tank brigade Type Available on June 28,1942 Lost Available on July, 20, 1942
4th Guards KV-1 24 24 -
T-60 27 18 9
Total 51 41*1 10
54th T-34 28 23 5
T-60 25 17 8
Total 53 40*2 13
130th T-34 20 12 8
M3 Light 17 14 3
Total 37 26*3 11
Total 141 109 32*4

*1 - Including irreparable losses - 14 KV and 15 T-60.

*2 - Including irreparable losses - 17 T-34 and 17 T-60.

*3 - Including irreparable losses - 14 KV and 15 T-60. (seems to be a typo in the source, as in this brigade there were no KV tanks)

*4 - Including operable: 7 T-34, 11 T-60, 3 M3 Light, the others been in repair.



upTank Equipment of the 13th Tank Corps on June, 28 1942*
Tank Brigades KV-1 T-34 Mk III Valentine T-60 Total
167th - - 30 20 50
158th 8 20 - 20 48
85th - 31 - 34 65
Total 8 51 30 74 163

*-Besides the tanks the corps had 19 "Universal" carriers (3 units in each brigade and 10 in 20th Motorised brigade) and 8 Rocket launchers BM-8-24 based on T-60 tank chassis in the 309th Guards Mortar (Rocket Launcher) Battalion)



upTank Equipment of the 23th Tank Corps on 7:00 AM, June, 30 1942
Tank Brigades KV-1 T-34 M3 Medium M3 Light T-60 Total
6th - 18 - - 20 38
91st 9 20 - - 20 49
114th - - 3 38 - 41
Total 9 38 3 38 40 128


upTank Equipment and Losses of the 21 Army (June, 30-July, 12 1942)
Unit Type Available
on June, 30		 Irreparable combat losses Available
on July, 12
10th Tank Brigade KV-1 3 3 -
T-34 12 12 -
BT 7 - 7*1
T-26 5 - 5*1
T-60 11 11 -
Total 38 26 12
478th STB BT-7 2 1 1
BT-5 2 2 -
T-26 14 14 -
T-40 4 3 1
T-37, T-38 41 32 9
BA-10 1 - 1
Total 64 52 12
8th Motorized NKVD Division BA-10 5 ? No data
BA-20 2 ? No data
Total 7 ? No data
1st Motorized Rifle Brigade BA-10 18 14 4
BA-3 1 1 -
BA-20 1 1 -
Total 20 16 4
74th Evacuation Company T-20 "Komsomolets" Prime-movers 3 - 3
Repair train No. 3 T-20 "Komsomolets" Prime-movers 1 - 1
Army HQ's guard company BA-10 1 - 1
BA-20 1 - 1
Total Tanks and Armored cars 135*2 94*3 41*4

*1- Under thorough repair in army repairing centers.

*2 - Including 101 tanks, 30 Armored cars and 4 prime movers.

*3 - Including 78 tanks and 16 Armored cars

*4 - Including 24 tanks, 7 Armored cars and 4 prime movers



upTank Equipment and Losses of the 5th Tank Army (July 6-17, 1942)
Corps Brigade Type Available on July, 06 Irreparable losses Available on July 17 From them need repair
2 26th T-34 44 28 16 14
T-60 21 - 21 5
Total 65 28 37 19
27th T-34 44 35 9 2
T-60 21 15 6 -
Total 65 50 15 -
148th KV-1 26 26 - -
T-60 27 24 3 -
Total 53 50 3 -
Total in the Corps 183 128 55 21
7 3rd Gds. KV-1 33 23 10 9
T-60 27 24 3 -
Total 60 47 13 9
62nd T-34 44 23 21 15
T-60 21 7 14 6
Total 65 30 35 21
87th T-34 52 21 31 23
T-60 35 7 28 9
Total 87 28 59 32
Total in the Corps 212 105 107 62
11 3rd KV-1 24 8 16 9
T-60 27 8 19 15
Total 61 16 35 24
59th Mk II Matilda 44 31 13 8
T-60 21 5 16 4
Total 65 36 29 12
160th Mk II Matilda 44 20 24 14
T-60 21 4 17 11
Total 65 24 41 25
Total in the Corps 181 76 105 61
19th Tank Brigade T-34 44 23 21 12
T-60 21 9 12 2
Total 65 32 33 14
Total in the Tank Army 641* 341 300 158

*- From that 641 tanks - 83 KV-1, 228 T-34, 88 Mk II Matilda and 242 T-60 (38% from total).



upTank Equipment of Tank Units of Voronezh Front

Tank Equipment and Losses of the 18th Tank Corps (July 3-23, 1942)
Tank Brigades Type Available on July, 3 Reinforcement Irreparable losses Damaged Available on July, 23
180th KV-1 24 18 12 8 22
T-60 27 - 3 4 20
181st T-34 44 20 33 15 16
T-60 21 25 11 7 28
110th T-34 44 20 33 11 20
T-60 21 - 13 8 -
Total 181 83 105 53 106
Abbreviations
Literature:

1. M. Kolomiets, A. Smirnov, "Boi v Izluchine Dona 28 Iyunia - 23 Iyulia 1942 goda", Frontovaya Illyustratsia, 6/2002

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