Tank Power Data

Updated April 24, 2006
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upLosses and Repaired Vehicles in the Armored Troops of the 7th Army. (Nov. 30'39 - March 13' 40)
Type T-28 BT T-26 T-37 T-38
Lost since the beginning of the war 482 956 930 97 78
From them repaired in the course of the war 386 582 463 5 62

upLosses of the Soviet Armored Troops on the Karelian Isthmus. (Nov. 30'39 - March 13' 40)
Period Army Losses From them Irreparable
Artillery Fire Mines & Fougasses Burnt Sank Missed Breakages
Nov. 30'39-Feb. 1'40 7 199 90 92 13 1 375 62
13 76 16 62 - 1 195 56
Feb. 1'40-Feb. 25'40 7 264 137 84 43 9 259 96
13 116 40 43 8 2 152 64
Feb. 25'40-Mar.13'40 7 242 82 101 37 15 192 61
13 58 18 54 9 7 102 29

 

upStrength Data for the 1st Tank Brigade. Nov. 30'39 - Mar. 13'40
Type On the Beginning of the War Received from Plants Losses Repaired
Artillery Fire Mines & Fougasses Burnt Sank Breakages
BT-2 82 16 8 8 4 2 68 11
BT-5 83 22 18 19 2 3 74 32
BT-7 - 112 31 31 23 8 8 51
BT-7A 6 - 4 2 - - - 6
T-26 7 1 - - 2 - 4 -
KhT-133 - 5 - - - - - -
BA-10 18 6 3 - - - 3 6
BA-20 5 - - 1 - - 3 4

 

upStrength Data for the 13th Tank Brigade. Nov. 30'39 - Mar. 13'40
Type On the Beginning of the War Received from Plants Losses
Artillery Fire Mines & Fougasses Burnt
BT-2 - 2 - - -
BT-7 246 67 122 63 52
T-26 10 5 2 1 2

 

upStrength Data for the 20th Tank Brigade. Nov. 30'39 - Mar. 13'40
Type On the Beginning of the War Received from Plants Losses Total Losses Repaired in the course of the War Irreparable Losses
Artillery Fire Mines & Fougasses Burnt Sank Missed Breakages
T-28 105 67 155 77 30 21 2 197 482 371 32
T-26 11 - 1 1 1 - - 10 13 14 -
BT-5 8 - 2 1 - 4 - 22 32 19 2
BT-7 21 - - 1 1 1 -
BA-6 5 - - - - - - - - - -
BA-20 15 - - - - - - - - - -

 

upStrength Data for the 35th Tank Brigade. Nov. 30'39 - Mar. 13'40
Type On the Beginning of the War Received from Plants Losses Repaired in the course of the War
Artillery Fire Mines & Fougasses Burnt Sank
T-26 136 137 51 53 33 8 70
KhT-26 10 - 2 3 5 - 2
ST-26 3 - - - - - -
BA-10 10 - - - - - -
BA-20 10 - - - - - -

 

Strength Data for the 39th Tank Brigade. Nov. 30'39 - Mar. 13'40
Type On the Beginning of the War Received from Plants Losses
Artillery Fire Mines & Fougasses Burnt Sank
T-26 100 43 57 9 12 3
KhT-26 10 5 2 1 1 -
ST-26 - 1 - - - -
T-26T* 3 - - - - -
BA-20 15 8 - - - -

* - in original "T-26 prime-mover"

 

upStrength Data for the 40th Tank Brigade. Nov. 30'39 - Mar. 13'40
Type On the Beginning of the War Received from Plants Losses From them Irretrievably Repaired
Artillery Fire Mines & Fougasses Burnt Sank
T-26 201 76 69 58 46 7 65 74
BT 34 - 5 3 4 - 4 -
KhT-26 8 5 3 4 2 - 1 4
ST-26 4 - - - - - - -
BA-20 6 - - - - - - -
BA-10 18 - - - - - - -

 

upStrength of the Armored Units of the 8th Army on the November 30, 1939
  T-26 KhT-26/KhT-130 T-37/38 BA-10 FAI
421st STB 11 - 12 - -
129th SRcB - - - - 2
162nd SRcB - - 21 6 -
368th STB 16 - 22 - -
54th SRcB - - - 5 -
410th STB 15 - 22 - -
38th SRcB - - - 10 -
381st STB 17 - 20 - -
56th SRcB - - - 7 -
456th STB 12 - 15 - -
187th SRcB - - - 9 -
111th STB 54 - - - -
218th CTB - 31 - - -
201st CTB - 51 - - -

 

upLosses of Armored Troops of the 8th Army between Nov. 30'39 and Mar. 13'40*
Type Took part in fights Losses Total Losses
Artillery Fire Mines & Fougasses
T-26 247 56 9 65
KhT-26/KhT-130 47 21 5 26
T-37/38 54 17 5 22
BA-10 39 7 3 10
BA-20 23 3 - 3

* - except the 18,168 Rifle Divisions, 201st Chemical Tank Battalion and 34th Light Tank Brigade.

 

upLosses of Armored Troops of the 9th Army between Nov. 30'39 and Mar. 13'40
Type Losses
Artillery Fire Mines & Fougasses Burnt Sank Abandoned on Enemies Territory
T-26 5 8 2 1 14
T-37/38 7 18 - 2 16
T-20 "Komsomolets" 2 11 1 - 7
BA-27 - - - - 2
BA-20 - - 2 - 1
BA-6 2 3 - - 2
BA-3 - - - - 2
D-8 - - - - 3
SPK* - - - - 2

* - I guess it's "Samokhodnaya Pushka Kurchevskogo" - "Self-Propelled Recoiless Gun". See images

 

upStrength Data for Small Units*
Unit On Frontline T-26 T-37 T-38 KhT-26 KhT-130 ST-26 BT-5 BT-7 BA-3 BA-6 BA-10 BA-20 D-8 FAI-M
22 TR*1 Feb. 76 - - - 5 - - - - - - 2 - -
28 TR*2 Feb. 126 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
62 TR*3 Feb. 82*4 - - 7 - - - - - - - - - -
63 TR*5 Feb. 29 76 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
14 STB ? [data on Feb. 14 ] - 8 32 - - - - - - - - - - -
18 STB*6 Dec. 11 - - 54 - - - - - - - - - - -
38 TB*7 Dec. 20 - ? - - - - - - - - - - - -
41 STB ? [data on Feb. 14] - 54 - - - - - - - - - - -
81 STB ? [data on Feb. 14]   37 - - - - - - - - - - -
204 CTB*8 arrived on Nov. 25 - - - 20 30 - - - - - - - - -
210 SCTB*9 since the beginning 7 - - - 28 - - - - - - - - -
217 SCTB*10 Dec. 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
307 STB*11 Jan. 8 32 - - 4 - - - - - - - - - -
315 STB*12 ? [data on Nov.'30] 8 28 - - - - - - - - - - - -
317 STB*13 Feb. 1940 12*14 8 - - - 3 - - - - - - - -
320 STB*15 Dec. 11 [data on Feb. 8] 16 17 - - - - - - - - - - -
339 STB*16 Feb. 29 12 20 2 - - - - - - - - - - -
350 STB*17 Jan. 20 9 - - - - - 4 19 - - - - - -
355 STB*18 Feb. - - - - 12 - - 37 - - - - - -
357 STB*19 Dec. 28 1*20 5 6 - - - - - - - - - - -
361 STB*21 Nov. 30 10 - 20 - - - - - - - - - - -
372 STB*22 Jan. 25 [data on Feb. 25] 14*23 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
377 STB*24 Jan. 28 31*25 - - 6 - - - - - - - - - -
391 STB*26 Dec. 2 14 - 12 - - - - - - - - - - -
405 STB*27 Jan. 26 39 - - 6 - - - - - - - - - -
436 STB*28 ?[data on Nov.] 7 15 - - - - - - - - - - - -
442 STB*29 Nov. 30 9*30 - 19 - - - - - - - - - - -
6 SRcB*31 Jan. 28 - - - - - - - - - - 10 - - -
33 SRcB*32 ?[data on Mar. 9] - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
62 SRcB*33 Nov. 30 - - - - - - - - 3 - 7 - - -
69 SRcB*34 Feb. - - - - - - - - 2 - 9 - - -
100 SRcB*35 Jan. 9 - - - - - - - - - - 10 - - -
114 SRcB*36 Jan. 30 - - - - - - 16 1 - - 4 - 1 -
175 SRcB*37 Nov. 30 - - - - - - - - - - 10 - - -
250 AAB*38 ?[data on Mar. 5] - - - - - - - - - 3 24 4 - 17
8 SArTBn*39 Jan. 21 - - - - - - - - - 6 1 - - -
Unnum.STC *40 ? [data on Jan. 26] 17 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Unnum.STC *41 ? [data on Jan. 26] 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Unnum.STC *42 ? [data on Jan. 26] 17 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Unnum.STC *43 ? [data on Jan. 8] 17 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Unnum.STC *44 ? [data on Jan. 8] 17 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Unnum.STC *45 ? [data on Jan. 8] 17 - - - - - - - - - - - - -

* - Table composed based on the [1] data.

*1 - From the 173rd Rfl. Division; Losses: - 11 tanks

*2 - From the 70th Rfl. Div.; Losses: 16 tanks, from them 6 irretrievably.

*3 - From the 86th Rifle Division; Losses: 53 tanks, from them 28 irretrievably. Losses in manpower: 53 killed, 65 wounded, 5 sank;

*4 - including 15 twin-turreted;

*5 - Tank losses: 6 - hit, 7 - sank; Losses in manpower: 6 killed, 11 wounded, 5 sank;

*6 - Was attached to the 136th Rfl. Div.; Tank losses: 1 - burnt, 2 - hit, 3 - broken; Losses in manpower: 3 wounded;

*7 - By Feb. 25, losses - 18 vehicles. From them 4 - artillery fire, others - from different breakages;

*8 - Until Dec. 25 was attached to the 70th Rfl. Div. Later - to the 23rd Rfl. Corps.Tank losses: 32 - artillery fire, 5 - mines. From them 10 irretrievably. Losses in manpower: 23 killed, 33 wounded, 1 - got frost-bitten, 2 - missed;

*9 - Until Dec. 15 was attached to the 24th Rfl. Div. Later operated together with the 50th Rfl. Corps. Tank losses: 15 vehicles;

*10 - Was attached to the 20th Heavy Tank Brigade. Equipment - remote controlled tanks TT-26 & TU-26. Operated until Feb. 18. Tank losses: 42 - damaged, from them 6 irretrievably, 21 - needed thorough repair, 15 - repaired in battalion. Losses in manpower: 14 killed, 16 wounded;

*11 - From the 80th Rfl. Div.; Tank losses: 4 -artillery fire, 8 - mines, 20 - broken; Losses in manpower: 5 killed; 19 wounded;

*12 - Tank losses: 3 T-26 +1 T-37 - artillery fire; 1 T-26 + 7 T-37 - burnt; 1 T-37 - mines; 1 T-37 - sank; 3 T-26 - broken. From this amount 2 T-26 + 8 T-37 irretrievably.

*13 - From the 100th Rfl. Div.;

*14 - From them: 6 - with 45mm gun, 1 - twin-turreted equipped with 37mm gun + MG, others - twin-turreted equipped with machine-guns;

*15 - From the 4th Rfl. Div.;

*16 - From the 90th Rfl. Div.; Tank losses: 6 T-26 + 1 T-37 - artillery fire, 5 T-37 - mines; 8 T-37 - breakages;

*17 - From the 17th Motorised Rifle Division;

*18 - From the 84th Mot. Rfl. Div.; In the course of fights captured 2 Finnish Vickers (one burnt and another with damaged track) + 1 Renault. Tank losses: 3 BT-7 + 1 KhT-130 - artillery fire; 6 BT-7 - mines; 9 BT-7 burnt; 5 BT-7 - sank; 7 BT-7 + 9 KhT-130 - different breakages. Losses in manpower: 11 killed, 22 wounded;

*19 - From the 11th Rfl. Div.;

*20 - T-26 prime-mover;

*21 - From the 70th Rfl. Div.; Tank losses: 11 T-26 + 4 T-38 - artillery fire; 3 T-26 + 2 T-38 - mines; 4 T-26+ 4 T-38 - different breakages; Losses in manpower: 23 - killed, 18 wounded, 5 -got frost-bitten;

*22 - From the 95th Rfl. Div.;

*23 - Including 1 T-26 prime-mover;

*24 - From the 97th Rfl. Div.; Tank losses: 5 T-26 + 2 KhT-26; 13 T-26 + 4 KhT-26 - breakages; Losses in manpower: 6 killed, 4 wounded, 10 -got frost-bitten;

*25 - Including 11 twin-turreted;

*26 - From the 49th Rfl. Div. By Feb. 24 lost all vehicles. Losses in manpower: 3 killed, 11 wounded;

*27 - Tank losses: 6 T-26 - artillery fire; 2 T-26 - mines; 3 T-26 - burnt; 27 T-26 + 6 KhT-26 - breakages; From them 4 T-26 irretrievably;

*28 - From the 138th Rfl. Div.; By Feb 10 lost all vehicles;

*29 - From the 150th Rfl. Div.;

*30 - Twin-turreted machine-gun;

*31 - From the 5th Rfl. Div.; Losses: 3 BA-10 - breakages; 25 - killed, 7 - wounded;

*32 - Equipment: 2 T-27 tankettes + 2 SU-1-12 self-propelled guns.

*33 - From the 52nd Rfl. Div.;

*34 - From the 100th Rfl. Div.;

*35 - From the 80th Rfl. Div.;

*36 - From the 84th Mot. Rfl. Div. Had no losses;

*37 - From the 150th Rfl. Div.;

*38 - Didn't take part in combats;

*39 - Equipped with Light Armored Train No. 16; Heavy Armored Train No. 21, Armored "DTR" trolley, 1 BA-10ZhD + 6 BA-6ZhD. Was attached to the 19th Rfl. Corps. On Mar. 8 received "MBV" motorised armored carriage.

*40 - 27th Rfl. Regt./7th Rfl. Div. Losses - 10 tanks;

*41 - 257th Rfl. Regt/7th Rfl. Div. Lost all vehicles;

*42 - 300th Rfl. Regt/7th Rfl. Div. Loses -11 tanks;

*43 - 77th Rfl. Regt/80th Rfl. Div. Loses -14 tanks;

*44 - 153rd Rfl. Regt/80th Rfl. Div. Loses -11 tanks;

*45 - 218th Rfl. Regt/80th Rfl. Div. Loses -5 tanks;

Abbreviations

 

AAB -Armored Automobile Battalion

CTB - Chemical Tank Battalion (Flame throwers);

MG - Machine-gun;

SArTBn - Separate Armored Train Battalion;

SCTB - Separate Chemical Tank Battalion (Flame throwers);

SRcB - Separate Recon Battalion;

STB - Separate Tank Battalion;

STC - Separate Tank Company;

TB - Tank Battalion;

TR -Tank Regiment;

Literature:
  1. M. Kolomiets,"Tanki v Zimney voine",Frontline Illustration 3/2001
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