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Rifle Division August 1941 - 1942

Rifle Division June 1941
Rifle Division August 1941
Rifle Division November 1941
Rifle Division July 1942
Rifle Division December 1942
Rifle Division 1943
Rifle Division 1944 >
Guards Rifle Division July 1942
Guards Rifle Division December 1942
Guards Rifle Division 1943
Guards Rifle Division 1944
Guards Rifle Division 1945
DNO (People's Militia) Divisions 1941
Guards DNO (People's Militia) Divisions 1941
Rifle Brigade 1941
Rifle Brigade 1942
Rifle Army Troops April 1943 >

Tank Division 1941

Tank Brigade December 1941
Tank Corps March 1942
Tank Corps April 1942
Tank Corps 2nd Half 1942
Tank Corps Early 1943
Tank Corps May 1943
Tank Corps August 1943
Tank Corps November 1943
Tank Corps August 1944
Tank Corps March 1945

Mechanized Corps March 1942

Mechanized Corps April 1942
Mechanized Corps 2nd Half 1942
Mechanized Corps Early 1943
Mechanized Corps May 1943
Mechanized Corps August 1943
Mechanized Corps November 1943
Mechanized Corps August 1944

Tank Army Troops April 1943 >

Cavalry Corps 1942 to Early 1943

Cavalry Corps Mid 1943 >
Cavalry Corps May 1945

Artillery Division
Breakthrough Artillery Division 1943
Breakthrough Artillery Division 1944-45

Independent Units

5th Guards Tank Army, Kursk 1943

Rifle Division August 1941 - 1942

Infantry Regiment
3 rifle (2 AT)
Infantry Regiment
2 rifle (1 AT)
Infantry Regiment
2 rifle (1 AT)

NOTES:
*This is a good way to represent most Soviet Rifle Divisions during this period. One regiment has
a +1 STR for the attachment of the divisional artillery.

Rifle Division June 1941

Infantry Regiment
3 rifle (1 AT)
Infantry Regiment
3 rifle (1 AT)
Infantry Regiment
3 rifle (1 AT)
Armored Car Battalion
 2 A/C
Artillery Regiment
2 76mm & limber
Artillery Regiment
2 122mm & limber

NOTES:
*1 AA.

Rifle Division August 1941

Infantry Regiment
2 rifle (1 AT)
Infantry Regiment
2 rifle (1 AT)
Infantry Regiment
2 rifle (1 AT)
Artillery Regiment
2 76mm & limber

NOTES:
*1 AA.

Rifle Division November 1941

Infantry Regiment
2 rifle (1 AT)
Infantry Regiment
2 rifle (1 AT)
Infantry Regiment
2 rifle (1 AT)
Artillery Regiment
2 76mm & limber
Mortar Battalion
1 120mm mortar & limber
Katyusha Battalion
1 M-8/M-13

NOTES:
*Katyusha Battalion very rarely.
*1 AA.

Rifle Division July 1942

Infantry Regiment
2 rifle (1 AT)
Infantry Regiment
2 rifle (1 AT)
Infantry Regiment
2 rifle (1 AT)
Machine Gun Battalion
1 MG
Artillery Regiment
2 76mm & limber
Anti Tank Regiment
2 47mm ATG & limber

NOTES:
*1 AA.

Rifle Division December 1942

Infantry Regiment
2 rifle (1 AT)
Infantry Regiment
2 rifle (1 AT)
Infantry Regiment
2 rifle (1 AT)
Artillery Regiment
2 76mm & limber
Anti Tank Regiment
2 47mm ATG & limber

Rifle Division 1943

Infantry Regiment
3 rifle (1 AT)
Infantry Regiment
3 rifle (1 AT)
Infantry Regiment
3 rifle (1 AT)
Artillery Regiment
2 76mm & limber
Anti Tank Regiment
2 47mm ATG & limber

NOTES:
*47mm ATG gradually replaced with 76/85mm ATG.

Rifle Division 1944 >

Infantry Regiment
4 rifle (1 AT)
Infantry Regiment
4 rifle (1 AT)
Infantry Regiment
4 rifle (1 AT)
Artillery Regiment
2 76mm & limber
Anti Tank Regiment
2 76/85mm ATG & limber

NOTES:
*1 AA.

Guards Rifle Division July 1942

Infantry Regiment
3 rifle (1 AT)
Infantry Regiment
3 rifle (1 AT)
Infantry Regiment
3 rifle (1 AT)
Machine Gun Battalion
1 MG
Artillery Regiment
 2 76mm & limber
Anti Tank Regiment
2 47mm ATG & limber

NOTES:
*1 AA.

Guards Rifle Division December 1942

Infantry Regiment
3 rifle (1 AT)
Infantry Regiment
3 rifle (1 AT)
Infantry Regiment
3 rifle (1 AT)
Artillery Regiment
2 76mm & limber
Anti Tank Regiment
2 47mm ATG & limber

NOTES:
*1 AA.

Guards Rifle Division 1943

Infantry Regiment
4 rifle (1 AT)
Infantry Regiment
4 rifle (1 AT)
Infantry Regiment
4 rifle (1 AT)
Artillery Regiment
2 76mm & limber
Anti Tank Regiment
2 76/85mm ATG & limber

NOTES:
*1 AA.
Guards Rifle Division 1944

Infantry Regiment
5 SMG (1 AT)
Infantry Regiment
5 rifle (1 AT)
Infantry Regiment
5 rifle (1 AT)
Artillery Regiment
2 76mm & limber
Anti Tank Regiment
2 76/85mm ATG & limber

NOTES:
*1 AA.

Guards Rifle Division 1945

Infantry Regiment
5 SMG (1 AT)
Infantry Regiment
5 rifle (1 AT)
Infantry Regiment
5 rifle (1 AT)
Artillery Regiment
2 76mm & limber
Anti Tank Regiment
2 SU76

NOTES:
*1 AA.

DNO (People's Militia) Divisions 1941

Infantry Regiment
2 rifle
Infantry Regiment
1 rifle
Infantry Regiment
1 rifle

NOTES:
*DNO (People's Militia) Divisions were formed in Moscow and Leningrad. They were untrained
and had no heavy weapons. All were disbanded by 1942.

Guards DNO (People's Militia) Divisions 1941

Infantry Regiment
2 rifle
Infantry Regiment
2 rifle
Infantry Regiment
2 rifle

NOTES:
*Guards DNO divivions were formed in 1941 from remnants of the original DNO divisions and
also disbanded in 1942.

Rifle Brigade 1941

Infantry Battalions
4 rifle (1 AT)
Artillery Battalion
3 120mm mortar & limber
Anti Tank Battalion
2 47mm ATG & limber

NOTES:
*The Brigades were raised as an expedient unit, easier to produce than an infantry division.
*Infantry quality varied, many will be STR 3 or even 2.
*Often the supporting guns were absent.
*Many mortar units have STR 2 for poor troop quality.

Rifle Brigade 1942

Infantry Battalions
 5 rifle (1 AT)
Artillery Battalion
3 120mm mortar & limber
Anti Tank Battalion
2 47mm ATG & limber

NOTES:
*In 1942 the brigades were strengthed.
*By late 1942, many had been converted into divisions or broken up to reinforce divisions.

Rifle Army Troops April 1943 >

Artillery Battalion
3 120mm mortar & truck
Artillery Brigade
3 152mm & truck

Tank Division 1941

Armored Car Battalion

2 A/C
Tank Battalion
1 T-28
Tank Battalion
1 T-28
Tank Battalion
2 T-26
Tank Battalion
2 T-26
Tank Battalion
2 T-26
Tank Battalion
2 T-26 Flame
Tank Battalion
2 T-26 Flame
Infantry Regiment
3 rifle & truck (1 AT)
Artillery Regiment
2 122mm & truck
NOTES:
*In theory, the T-26 units were being replaced with T-34/76 and the T-28 with KV-1, but this had
not happened to most units in June 1941.
*1 AA

Tank Brigade December 1941

Tank Battalions
3 T-34/76

NOTES:
*A small infantry battalion accompanied the tanks.
*Some brigades were equipped with KV-1 instead.

Tank Corps March 1942

Tank Brigade
3 T-34/76
Tank Brigade
3 T-34/76
Infantry Brigade
4 rifle & truck (1 AT)

NOTES:
*1 AA.

Tank Corps April 1942

Tank Brigade
3 T-34/76
Tank Brigade
3 T-34/76
Tank Brigade
3 T-34/76
Infantry Brigade
4 rifle & truck (1 AT)
NOTES:
*1 AA.

Tank Corps 2nd Half 1942

Tank Brigade
3 T-34/76
Tank Brigade
3 T-34/76
Tank Brigade
3 T-34/76
Infantry Brigade
4 rifle & truck (1 AT)
Armored Car Battalion
2 A/C
Katyusha Battalion
1 BM-13

NOTES:
*Armored Car unit increasingly present.
*A very few units have Katyusha.
*1 AA.

Tank Corps Early 1943

Tank Brigade
3 T-34/76
Tank Brigade
3 T-34/76
Tank Brigade
3 T-34/76
Infantry Brigade
4 rifle & truck (1 AT)
Armored Car Battalion
2 A/C
Mortar Battalion
3 120mm mortar & truck
Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment
1 SU-76
NOTES:
*2 AA.

Tank Corps May 1943

Tank Brigade
3 T-34/76
Tank Brigade
3 T-34/76
Tank Brigade
3 T-34/76
Infantry Brigade
4 rifle & truck (1 AT)
Armored Car Battalion
2 A/C
Mortar Battalion
3 120mm mortar & truck
Anti Tank Battalion
1 76/85mm ATG & truck
Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment
2 SU-152

NOTES:
*2 AA.

Tank Corps August 1943

Tank Brigade
3 T-34/76
Tank Brigade
3 T-34/76
Tank Brigade
3 T-34/76
Infantry Brigade
4 rifle & truck (1 AT)
Armored Car Battalion
2 A/C
Mortar Battalion
 3 120mm mortar & truck
Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment
1 SU-76
Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment
2 SU-122
Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment
2 SU-152

NOTES:
*2 AA.

Tank Corps November 1943

Tank Brigade
3 T-34/76
Tank Brigade
3 T-34/76
Tank Brigade
3 T-34/76
Infantry Brigade
4 rifle & truck (1 AT)
Armored Car Battalion
2 A/C
Mortar Battalion
3 120mm mortar & truck
Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment
1 SU-76
Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment
2 SU-122
Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment
2 SU-152

NOTES:
*2 AA.

Tank Corps August 1944

Tank Brigade
3 T-34/76
Tank Brigade
3 T-34/76
Tank Brigade
3 T-34/76
Infantry Brigade
4 rifle & truck (1 AT)
Armored Car Battalion
2 A/C
Mortar Battalion
3 120mm mortar & truck
Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment
1 SU-76
Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment
2 ISU-122
Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment
2 ISU-152
Artillery Regiment
2 76mm & limber

NOTES:
*IS-II may also be present in some units, where it replaces the ISU-152.
*In 1944 T-34/76 are increasingly replaced by T-34/85.
*2 AA.

Tank Corps March 1945

Tank Regiment
4 T-34/85
Tank Regiment
4 T-34/76
Tank Regiment
4 T-34/76
Rifle Battalion
1 SMG & truck
Rifle Battalion
1 SMG & truck
Rifle Battalion
1 SMG & truck
Infantry Brigade
4 rifle & truck (1 AT)
Armored Car Regiment
2 A/C
SP Artillery regiment
2 ISU-152
Artillery Regiment
2 120mm mortar & truck
SP Artillery Regiment
2 ISU-122
SP Artillery Regiment
2 SU-76
Artillery Regiment
1 76mm & truck

NOTES:
*Rifle Battalions can be Tank Riders.
*2 AA.

Mechanized Corps March 1942

Tank Brigade
3 T-34/76
Tank Regiment
2 T-34/76
Tank Regiment
2 T-34/76
Tank Regiment
2 T-34/76
Infantry Brigade
4 rifle & truck (1 AT)
Infantry Brigade
4 rifle & truck (1 AT)
Infantry Brigade
4 rifle & truck (1 AT)

NOTES:
*1 AA.

Mechanized Corps April 1942

Tank Brigade
 3 T-34/76
Tank Regiment
2 T-34/76
Tank Regiment
2 T-34/76
Tank Regiment
2 T-34/76
Infantry Brigade
4 rifle & truck (1 AT)
Infantry Brigade
4 rifle & truck (1 AT)
Infantry Brigade
4 rifle & truck (1 AT)

NOTES:
*1 AA.

Mechanized Corps 2nd Half 1942

Tank Brigade
3 T-34/76
Tank Regiment
2 T-34/76
Tank Regiment
2 T-34/76
Tank Regiment
2 T-34/76
Infantry Brigade
4 rifle & truck (1 AT)
Infantry Brigade
4 rifle & truck (1 AT)
Infantry Brigade
4 rifle & truck (1 AT)
Armored Car Battalion
2 A/C
Katyusha Battalion
1 BM-13

NOTES:
*Armored Car unit increasingly present.
*A very few units have Katyusha.
*1 AA.

Mechanized Corps Early 1943

Tank Brigade
3 T-34/76
Tank Regiment
2 T-34/76
Tank Regiment
2 T-34/76
Tank Regiment
2 T-34/76
Infantry Brigade
4 rifle & truck (1 AT)
Infantry Brigade
4 rifle & truck (1 AT)
Infantry Brigade
4 rifle & truck (1 AT)
Armored Car Battalion
2 A/C
Mortar Battalion
3 120mm mortar & truck
Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment
1 SU-76

NOTES:
*2 AA.

Mechanized Corps May 1943

Tank Brigade
3 T-34/76
Tank Regiment
2 T-34/76
Tank Regiment
2 T-34/76
Tank Regiment
2 T-34/76
Infantry Brigade
4 rifle & truck (1 AT)
Infantry Brigade
4 rifle & truck (1 AT)
Infantry Brigade
4 rifle & truck (1 AT)
Armored Car Battalion
2 A/C
Mortar Battalion
3 120mm mortar & truck
Anti Tank Battalion
1 76/85mm ATG & truck
Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment
2 SU-152

NOTES:
*2 AA.

Mechanized Corps August 1943

Tank Brigade
3 T-34/76
Tank Regiment
2 T-34/76
Tank Regiment
2 T-34/76
Tank Regiment
2 T-34/76
Infantry Brigade
4 rifle & truck (1 AT)
Infantry Brigade
4 rifle & truck (1 AT)
Infantry Brigade
4 rifle & truck (1 AT)
Armored Car Battalion
2 A/C
Mortar Battalion
3 120mm mortar & truck
Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment
1 SU-76
Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment
2 SU-122
Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment
2 SU-152

NOTES:
*2 AA.

Mechanized Corps November 1943

Tank Brigade
3 T-34/76
Tank Regiment
2 T-34/76
Tank Regiment
2 T-34/76
Tank Regiment
2 T-34/76
Infantry Brigade
4 rifle & truck (1 AT)
Infantry Brigade
4 rifle & truck (1 AT)
Infantry Brigade
4 rifle & truck (1 AT)
Armored Car Battalion
2 A/C
Mortar Battalion
3 120mm mortar & truck
Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment
1 SU-76
Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment
2 SU-122
Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment
2 SU-152

NOTES:
*2 AA.

Mechanized Corps August 1944

Tank Brigade
3 T-34/76
Tank Regiment
2 T-34/76
Tank Regiment
2 T-34/76
Tank Regiment
2 T-34/76
Infantry Brigade
4 rifle & truck (1 AT)
Infantry Brigade
4 rifle & truck (1 AT)
Infantry Brigade
4 rifle & truck (1 AT)
Armored Car Battalion
2 A/C
Mortar Battalion
3 120mm mortar & truck
Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment
1 SU-76
Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment
2 ISU-122
Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment
2 ISU-152
Artillery Regiment
2 76mm & limber

NOTES:
*IS-II may also be present in some units, where it replaces the ISU-152.
*In 1944 T-34/76 are increasingly replaced by T-34/85.
*2 AA.

Tank Army Troops April 1943 >

Tank Regiment (*)

3 IS-II
Motorcycle Regiment (*)
3 M/C (1 AT)
Mortar Battalion
 3 120mm mortar & truck
Mortar Battalion
3 120mm mortar & truck
Katyusha Battalion
2 BM-13
Anti Tank Regiment
1 76mm ATG & truck
Anti Tank Regiment
1 76mm ATG & truck
Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment
1 SU-76
Self-Propelled Artillery regiment
2 SU-122
Self-Propelled Artillery Brigade
4 SU-76
Artillery Brigade
4 76mm & limber

NOTES:
*Units with (*) only present in some armies.
*SU-76 Brigade and 76mm artillery brigade only present in 1944 and later.

Cavalry Corps 1942 to Early 1943

Cavalry Division
4 cavalry (1 AT)
Cavalry Division
4 cavalry (1 AT)
Cavalry Division
4 cavalry (1 AT)
Mortar Battalion
3 120mm mortar & truck
Tank Regiment
1 T-60 or T-70

NOTES:
*The 120mm mortars and tanks were not present until the summer and autumn of 1942
respectively.
Cavalry Corps Mid 1943 >

Cavalry Division
4 cavalry (1 AT)
Cavalry Division
4 cavalry (1 AT)
Cavalry Division
4 cavalry (1 AT)
Mortar Battalion
3 120mm mortar & truck
Tank Regiment
1 T-60 or T-70
Tank Regiment
2 T-34/76
Tank Regiment
2 T-34/76
Tank Regiment
2 T-34/76
Katyusha Battalion
1 BM-13
Artillery Regiment
2 76mm & limber
Anti Tank Regiment
2 76/85mm ATG & truck
Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment
1 SU-76

NOTES:
*A Cavalry Mechanized Group consists of one cavalry corps and one tank or mechanized corps.
*The SP Gun unit is sometimes a different support gun (SU-122, SU-152, etc).
*1 AA.

Cavalry Corps May 1945

Cavalry Division
2 SMG cavalry (1 AT)
Cavalry Division
2 SMG cavalry (1 AT)
Cavalry Division
2 SMG cavalry (1 AT)
Tank Regiment
3 T-34/76
Tank Regiment
3 T-34/76
Tank Regiment
3 T-34/76
Mortar Battalion
2 120mm mortar & truck
SP Artillery Regiment
2 SU-76
Anti Tank Regiment
1 85mm ATG & truck
Katyusha Battalion
2 Katyusha Rockets

Artillery Division

Artillery Brigade
7 120mm mortar & truck
Artillery Brigade
5 76mm & truck
Artillery Brigade
6 122mm How & truck
Artillery Brigade
3 152mm & truck
Artillery Brigade
3 160mm mortar & truck
Artillery Brigade
2 Katyusha BM-13

NOTES:
*160mm mortars and Katyusha replace 152mm gun starting in September 1944.

Breakthrough Artillery Division 1943

Artillery Regiment
5 76mm & truck
Artillery Regiment
6 122mm How & truck
Artillery Regiment
2 152mm Gun & truck
Artillery Regiment
2 152mm How & truck
Artillery Regiment
3 203mm & truck
Artillery Regiment
3 120mm mortar & truck
Artillery Regiment
3 120mm mortar & truck
Artillery Regiment
3 120mm mortar & truck

Breakthrough Artillery Division 1944-45

Artillery Regiment
3 76mm & truck
Artillery Regiment
6 122mm How & truck
Artillery Regiment
2 152mm How & truck
Artillery Regiment
3 203mm & truck
Artillery Regiment
3 120mm mortar & truck
Artillery Regiment
3 120mm mortar & truck
Artillery Regiment
3 120mm mortar & truck
Artillery Regiment
2 160mm mortar & truck
Artillery Regiment
2 Katyusha Guards Mortar

Independent Units

Fortified Region
2 rifle (1 AT)
Anti Tank Regiment
 2 47mm ATG & limber
Anti Tank Regiment
2 76/85mm ATG & limber
Artillery Regiment
2 122mm & truck
Artillery Regiment
3 152mm & truck

NOTES:
*Fortified Regions often would have STR 1, because of poor infantry.
*47mm ATG prior to 1943, after 76/85mm ATG.
*122mm and 152mm were Corps artillery in 1939-41.
*In 1942, just 122mm.
*By late 1942 until end of war, only 122mm with STR 1, or 152mm with STR 2.

5th Guards Tank Army, Kursk 1943

Army Troops
53rd Guards Heavy Tank Regiment
4 T-34/76
1549th Heavy SU Regiment
2 SU-152
1st Guards Motorcycle Regiment
1 M/C
687th Howitzer Regiment
2 122mm & truck
689th Anti Tank Regiment
2 76mm ATG & truck
76th Guards Mortar Regiment
3 BM Katyusha & truck
5th Guards Mechanized Corps
10th Guards Mechanized Brigade
5 rifle & truck (1 AT)
11th Guards Mechanized brigade
5 rifle & truck (1 AT)
12th Guards Mechanized Brigade
5 rifle & truck (1 AT)
51st Guards Tank Regiment
4 T-34/76
54th Guards Tank Regiment
 4 T-34/76
55th Guards Tank Regiment
4 T-34/76
24th Guards Tank brigade
5 T-34/76
1447th SU Regiment
2 SU-122
104th Guards Anti tank Regiment
2 76mm & truck
285th Mortar Regiment
2 120mm mortar & truck
4th Guards Armored Car Battalion
2 A/C
2nd Guards Motorcycle Battalion
1 M/C
737th Anti Tank Battalion
1 85mm ATG & truck
409th Guards Mortar Battalion
2 BM-13 Rockets & truck
18th Tank Corps
110th Tank brigade
4 T-34/76
170th Tank Brigade
4 T-34/76
181st Tank brigade
4 T-34/76
32nd Motorized Rifle Brigade
4 rifle & truck (1 AT)
36th Guards Heavy tank regiment
2 Churchill IV
1000th Anti Tank Regiment
2 76mm ATG & truck
292nd Mortar Regiment
2 120mm mortar & truck
736th Anti Tank Battalion
1 85mm ATG & truck