4th Mechanised Corps

Updated September 29, 2006
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As different sources gives different data, I made several tables
Later I hope to give structure of this Mechanised Corps. Now only brief info is available here


upStrength of the 4th Mechanised Corps on June 22'41 [1]
  KV T-34 T-28 BT T-26 Fl. T-37/38/40 Total
Tanks
8th TD 50 140 68 31 36 - - 325
32th TD 49 173 - 31*1 70 - - 323
81st MD - - - 270 - - 28*2 298
Total* 99 313 68 332 106 0*3 28 946

* - Row "Total" formed by AMVAS

*1 - BT-7 [4]

*2 - Including 18 T-37 and 10 T-40
*3 - According to [12] the corps had 23 flame thrower tanks on T-26 chassis on June 22'41.


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  76mm guns 37mm AA guns 152mm how. 122mm how. Total* Automobiles Tractors Motorcycles
 
Artillery
Transport
8th TD ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
32th TD ? ? ? ? ? 417 46 94
81st MD 16 4 12 16 48 945 93 173

* - Row "Total" formed by AMVAS

upStrength of the 4th Mechanised Corps on June 22'41 [2]
  KV*1 T-34*1 T-28 BT T-26 T-37/38/40 T-27 Total*2
8th TD 50 140 68 31 36     325
32th TD 49 173 0 31 70   38 361
81st MD       ?   13*3   283
Total*2 101*4 313*5 75 290*6 103*6     892*7

 

*1 - total number of KVs and T-34s also could be seen as great as 414 vehicles

*2 - This row is formed from different sources, but not from sum of the cells

*3 - T-40

*4 - also figure of 89 vehicles mentioned in another source.

*5 - also figure of 327 vehicles mentioned in another sources.

*6 - Resulting cell isn't equal to total sum as figures for tank divisions and resulting cell are taken from different sources.

*7 - In different other sources also mentioned figures of 882?, 950, 979 vehicles

 

upStrength of the 4th Mechanised Corps NEW
Date KV T-34 T-28 BT T-26 T-37/38/40 Total* BA** Source
June 22 101 313 75 290 103 10 892 198 [3]
July 15 6 39   23     68 36 [7]
July 17*2 10 49   23*1 18   100 38 [8]

* - Row "Total" formed by AMVAS

** - Armored Cars

*1 - BT-7

*2 - Auxiliary vehicles - 622 total, from them:

 

upStrength of the 4th Mechanised Corps on July 15, 1941 [11]NEW
Unit Manpower Tanks Guns Auto transport
4th Mechcorps 1815 2 12 104
8th TD 1306 29 41 137
32th TD 736 7 18 32
81st MD 3287 13 33 344
Total* 7144 51 104 617

* - Row "Total" formed by AMVAS.

 
upStrength of the 4th Mechanised Corps on June 22'41 and its losses by Aug. 1'41 [5,3]NEW
  KV T-34 T-28 BT T-26 T-37/38/40 Total* BA Tr. Sp.
Numbers on June 22 101 313 75 290 103 10 892 198 2312 606
in repair*1 2 - 12   -   14 - ? ?
Left on winter quarters 2 2 5 2 1   12 6 ? ?
Lost touch or missed 8 4 - 49 12 2 75 15 ? ?
transferred to other units 1 4 - 16 1   22 2 ? ?
Irreparable losses 73 221 58 188 74 7 621 130 ? ?
Numbers on Aug. 1 - 3 22 4 - 1 30 38 1111 306

Rem. AMVAS: This data in original document are called preliminary and numbers of losses are given only for confirmed ones.

The table in both [3] and [5] orignates from the same "Doklad"

* - Row "Total" formed by AMVAS

*1 - in repair workshops and plants

 

upStrength of the 4th Mechanised Corps on June 22'41 and Aug. 1'41 [3] NEW
  Vehicles Manpower
  Transport Special cars Commanders Junior commanders Soldiers Total
Numbers on June 22 2312 606 3223 7059 23452 33734
Numbers on Aug. 1 1111 306 2096 2648 10348 15092

 

upStrength of the 8th Tank Division on June 22'41 and its losses by Aug. 1'41 [6]NEW
  KV T-34 T-28 BT-7 T-26 Total* BA-10
Numbers on June 22 50 140 68 31 35 324 57
Lost in fights 13 54 10 2 6 85 7
Missed - 8 - 1 1 10 -
Lost in swamps 2 2 - 1 1 6 -
Finished Resource of Engine 3 - - - - 3 -
Abandoned & Destroyed by crew 25 31 26 12 13 107 14
Returned on plants 5 32 - 3 5 45 5
Other breakages - 10 1 1 - 12 13
Total losses* 48 137 37 20 26 268 39

* - Row "Total" formed by AMVAS

 

upTank Power of the 8th Tank Division on Aug. 16, 1941 [10] NEW
KV T-34 BT-T-26 Total
6 3 112 121

Rem.: On the South-Western and Southern Fronts 350 tanks are mentioned in repair and didn't assigned to any division.

 

 

upStrength and Losses of the 32nd Tank Division on June 22'41 [4]
  KV T-34 BT-7 T-26 T-27 Total* BA-10 BA-20 Total*
Tanks & Tankettes
Armored Cars
63rd TR 18/14 71/61   42/42 19/19 150/136 7/7 3/2 10/9
64th TR 31/23 102/85 5/5 28/16 19/19 185/148 4/4 2/2 6/6
32nd RB     19/17     19/17 10/6 2/2 12/8
32nd Sep. Signals Bn.     7/6     7/6 5/4 5/5 10/9
32nd Mot. Rfl. Reg.           0/0 2/0 5/0 7/0
Total* 49/37 173/146 31/28 70/58 38/38 361/307 28/21 17/11 45/32

 

in denominator - losses by July 31'41

* - Row "Total" formed by AMVAS

 

  63rd TR 64th TR 32nd RcB 32 ndSSBn 32nd MRR

"Voroshilovets"

prime-mover

10/6 10/8 - - -
ZIS-5 40/6 38/9 6/2 3/0 21/?
ZIS-5(33)*1 3/2 2/1 - - 2/?
ZIS-5TT*2 5/3 2/1 1/1 - -
ZIS-5ARS*3   1/1 - - -
GAZ-AA trucks 7/5 7/5 1/1 2/0 37/?
GAZ-AA passenger 1/0 1/0 - - -

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  AutB RW HAR PonB HQ-32

"Voroshilovets"

prime-mover

- 2/2 - - -
ZIS-5 44/8 7/2 27/17 2/0 1/1
ZIS-5(33)*1 1/1 - - - -
ZIS-5TT*2 17/9 1/1 5/1 2/1 -
ZIS-5ARS*3 - - - - -
GAZ-AA trucks - 2/2 1/0 10/6 10/4
GAZ-AA passenger - 1/1 - - -

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  MedB SAABn MMOPP FBk Total*

"Voroshilovets"

prime-mover

- - - - 22/16
ZIS-5 2/0 17/6 - 3/0 211/51
ZIS-5(33)*1 - 2/2 - - 10/6
ZIS-5TT*2 - 2/0 - - 35/17
ZIS-5ARS*3 - - - - 1/1
GAZ-AA trucks - 12/3 - 1/0 90/26
GAZ-AA passenger - - - - 3/1

* - Data for losses of the MRR is not counted.

*1 - Probably ZIS-33 landrover mentioned.

*2 - ZIS-5 based tank truck

*3 - Auto barreling station???

 

  63rd TR 64th TR 32nd RcB 32nd SSBn 32nd MRR
GAZ-A PSZ*1 1/0 1/0 - - -
GAZ-AA ADM*2 - 1/0 - - -
GAZ-AA AES-1*3 - - - - -
Motorcycles (individual) 22/22 22/20 14/14 2/2 16/?

Motorcycles

(with buddy-seat)

- - 8/4    
GAZ-AA (ambulance)*4 2/2 - 1/1 - 1/?
GAZ-AA based "5-AK" transmiter 1/1 - 1/0 1/1 1/?
GAZ-AAA trucks 1/1 1/0 - - -
STZ-5 tractors - - - - -
GAZ-M1 passenger cars - - - - -
GAZ-AAA based "RSB" transmitter - - - - -
ZIS-6 based workshops type "B" - - - - -
"Komintern" tractors - - - - -
ZIS-5 based water-oil refuellers - - - - -

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  AutB RW HAR PonB HQ-32
GAZ-A PSZ*1 - 1/1 - - -
GAZ-AA ADM*2 - - - - -
GAZ-AA AES-1*3 - - - 1/0 -
Motorcycles (individual) 4/2 - - - -

Motorcycles

(with buddy-seat)

- - - - 6/5
GAZ-AA (ambulance)*4 - - 1/0 - -
GAZ-AA based "5-AK" transmiter - - 1/1 - -
GAZ-AAA trucks - - - - 1/0
GAZ-AA based workshops type "A" - 1/0 - - -
STZ-5 tractors - - 19/6 - -
GAZ-M1 passenger cars - - 1/0 - 5/2
GAZ-AAA based "RSB" transmitter - - - - -
ZIS-6 based workshops type "B" - 1/0 - - -
"Komintern" tractors - 1/1 - - -
ZIS-5 based water-oil refuellers 1/1 - - - -

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  MedB SAABn MMOPP FBk Total*
GAZ-A PSZ*1 - - - - 3/1
GAZ-AA ADM*2 - - - - 1/0
GAZ-AA AES-1*3 - - - - 1/0
Motorcycles (individual) - - - - 80/60

Motorcycles

(with buddy-seat)

- - - - 14/9
GAZ-AA (ambulance)*4 2/0 - - - 7/3
GAZ-AA based "5-AK" transmiter - - - - 5/3
GAZ-AAA trucks - - - - 3/1
GAZ-AA based workshops type "A" - - - - 3/1
STZ-5 tractors - - - - 19/16
GAZ-M1 passenger cars - - 1/1 - 7/3
GAZ-AAA based "RSB" transmitter - - - - 1/-
ZIS-6 based workshops type "B" - - - - 1/-
"Komintern" tractors - - - - 1/1
ZIS-5 based water-oil refuellers - - - - 1/1

* - Data for losses of the MRR is not counted.

*1 -Some military modificatin of GAZ-A???

*2 -???

*3 - Power station(?)

*4 - GAZ-55?

 
  63rd TR 64th TR 32nd RcB 32nd SSBn 32nd MRR
ZIS-5 based printing-works - - - - -
Chevrolet cars - - - - -
ZIS-101 passenger cars - - - - -
ZIS-106 passenger cars - - - - -
GAZ-AAA (shower cubicle) - - - - -
GAZ-AA (disinfection plant) - - - - -
ZIS-5 (pontoon) - - - - -
T-20 "Komsomolets" prime-movers - - - - 4/4

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  AutB RW HAR PonB HQ-32
ZIS-5 based printing-works - - - - 2/0
Chevrolet cars - - - - 1/1
ZIS-101 passenger cars - - - - 1/1
ZIS-106 passenger cars - - - - -
GAZ-AAA (shower cubicle) - - - - -
GAZ-AA (disinfection plant) - - - - -
ZIS-5 (pontoon) - - - 25/14 -
T-20 "Komsomolets" prime-movers - - - - -

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  MedB SAABn MMOPP FBk Total*
ZIS-5 based printing-works - - - - 2/-
Chevrolet cars - - - - 1/1
ZIS-101 passenger cars - - - - 1/1
ZIS-106 passenger cars 1/1 - - 5/0 6/1
GAZ-AAA (shower cubicle) - 1/1 - - 1/1
GAZ-AA (disinfection plant) - 1/0 - - 1/-
ZIS-5 (pontoon) - - - - 25/14
T-20 "Komsomolets" prime-movers - - - - 4/4

* - Data for losses of the MRR is not counted.

 
upStrength and Losses of the 32nd Tank Division from June 23 to July 31, 1941 [4]
Unit Commanders Junior Commanders Soldiers Total
Killed Wounded Killed Wounded Killed Wounded Killed Wounded
HQ-32 - 2 1 1 - 1 1 4
32nd Traffic Control Company - - - 1 2 - 2 1
32nd Signals Battalion - 1 - - 1 - 1 1
32ns SAAB 1 - - 1 4 12 5 13
32nd Recon Battalion - 4 - 4 - 5 - 13
32nd MRR 5 7 2 2 20 17 27 26
63rd Tank Regiment 5 10 4 6 8 47 17 63
64th Tank Regiment 8 19 11 16 28 29 47 64
32nd HAR 5 8 3 6 16 78 24 92
32nd Pontoon Battalion 1 1 - - 6 57 7 58
22nd Autotransport Battalion 2 1 - - 2 15 4 16
32nd Repair Workshop - - - - 2 5 2 5
MMOPP 1 - - - 1 - 2 -
Total 28 53 21 37 90 266 139 356

 

According to [9] the united regiment of the 8th Tank Division attached to the 15th Mechcorps had 65 tanks on June 26'41.


Abbreviations

AutB - Autotransport Battalion

FBk - Field Bakery

Fl. - Flame thrower

HAR - Howitzer Artillery Regiment

HQ - Headquarters

MD - Motorised Division

MedB - Medical Battalion

MMOPP - Military Office of Public Prosecutor

MRR - Motorised Rifle Regiment

PonB - Pontoon Battalion

RcB - Recon Battalion

RW - Repair Workshop

SAAB - Separate Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion

SSBn - Separate Signals Battalion

TD - Tank Division

TBn - Tank Battalion


Literature
  1. A. Isaev, "1941. Boi na Ukraine", Frontovaja Illyustratsia, 4/2004
  2. http://mechcorps.rkka.ru
  3. Vedomost o Boevom i chislennom sostave Abtvoisk na 22 Ijyunia 1941 goda (cited from photocopy in T. Abashidze, I. Moschansky, "Kievskaya Strategicheskaya Oboronitelnaya operatsia. Part I. Tragedia pod Umanju" , 2003)
  4. Svedeniya o poteryakh chastey 32 tankovoy divizii za period s 23.6 po 30.7.41g//Sbornik boyevykh dokumentov vol. 33, Moscow, Voyennoye Izdatelstvo Ministerstva Oborony, 1958
  5. TsAMO, f. 38, op. 11360, d.2 (cited by http://mechcorps.rkka.ru )
  6. E. Drig, "Mekhanizirovannye korpusa RKKA v boyu", AST, Moscow, 2005
  7. Doklad Nachal'nika Avtobronetankovogo Upravleniya Yugo-Zapadnogo Fronta Nachal'niku Glavnogo Avtobronetankovogo Upravleniya Krasnoi Armii o nalichii is sostoyanii materialnoy chasti mekhanizirovannykh korpusov fronta na 15 Iyulia 1941 goda//Sbornik boyevykh dokumentov vol. 36, Moscow, Voyennoye Izdatelstvo Ministerstva Oborony, 1958
  8. Spravka Nachal'nika Avtobronetankovogo Upravleniya Yugo-Zapadnogo Fronta Komanduyushchemu vojskami fronta o sostoyanii abtobronetankovykh vojsk na 17 Iyulia 1941 goda//Sbornik boyevykh dokumentov vol. 36, Moscow, Voyennoye Izdatelstvo Ministerstva Oborony, 1958
  9. Doklad Komandira 15-go Mekhanizirovannogo Korpusa Nachal'niku glavnogo Avtobronetankovogo Upravleniya Krasnoi Armii o boyevykh Dejstviyakh Korpusa s 22 Iyunia po 12 Iyulia 1941 goda//Sbornik boyevykh dokumentov vol. 36, Moscow, Voyennoye Izdatelstvo Ministerstva Oborony, 1958
  10. Spravka Zamestitelya Narodnogo Komissara Oborony Soyuza SSR ot 17 Avgusta 1941 g Stavke Verkhovnogo glavnokomandovaniya o Nalichii Material'noy chasti tankov v Yugo-Zapadnom i Yuzhnom Frontakh na 16 Avgusta 1941 g//Sbornik boyevykh dokumentov vol. 40, Moscow, Voyennoye Izdatelstvo Ministerstva Oborony, 1960
  11. Svedeniya Shtaba Yugo-Zapadnogo Fronta o boyevom i Chislennom Sostave Soyedineniy i Otdelnykh Chastey Fronta po sostoyaniyu na 15 Iyulia 1941 goda//Sbornik boyevykh dokumentov vol. 38, Moscow, Voyennoye Izdatelstvo Ministerstva Oborony, 1959
  12. "Nalichiye khimicheskikh tankov v mekhanizirovannykh korpusakh po sostoyaniyu na 22 iyunia 1941 goda",Doklad nachalnika 1-go otdela GABTU Krasnoy Armii Inzhenera 1-go ranga Yukina, (cited from M. Kolomiets, M.Svirin, "T-26: Mashiny na ego baze", Part 2, Moscow, Frontovaya Illustratsiya/Frontline Illustration No. 4/2003)

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