Soviet Units Kursk

Russian Forces
Battle of Kursk
July 1943
Western Front: Colonel General V.Dd..Sokolovsky

50th Army: Lieutenant General I.V.Boldin
38th Rifle Corps: Major General A.V.Tereshkov
17th Rifle Division: Major General I.L.Radulia
1312th Infantry Regiment
320th Artillery Regiment
326th Rifle Division: Major General V.G.Terent'ev
1101st Infantry Regiment
413th Rifle Division: Colonel I.S.Khokhlov
1322nd Infantry Regiment
982nd Artillery Regiment
49th Rifle Division: Colonel A.V.Chuzhov
31st Artillery Regiment
64th Rifle Division: Colonel I.I.Iaremenko
433rd Infantry Regiment
212th Rifle Division: Colonel A.P.Mal'tsev
324th Rifle Division: Colonel E.Zh. Sedulin
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196th Tank Brigade: Lt.Colonel E.E.Dukhovny1
426th Tank Battalion
196th Motorized Rifle Battalion
Army Troops:
1536th Self Propelled Artillery Regiment (152mm)
21st Separate Armored Train Battalion
43rd Separate Armored Train Battalion
447th Gun Artillery Regiment
523rd Gun Artillery Regiment
1091st Gun Artillery Regiment
600th Antitank Artillery Regiment
541st Mortar Regiment
542nd Mortar Regiment
54th Guards Mortar Regiment
1275th Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment
1482nd Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment
1483rd Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment
307th Separate Engineer Battalion
Total: 54,602 men, 236 guns over 76mm, 241 anti-tank guns
50 ati-aircraft guns, 594 mortars (82mm & 120mm) &
87 tanks & self propelled guns
11th Guards Army: Lieutenant General I.Kh. Bagramian

8th Guards Rifle Corps: Major General P.F.Malyshev
11th Guards Rifle Division: Major General I.F.Fediun'kin
until 22 July; Major General A.I.Maksimov from 23 July)
27th Guard Infantry Regiment
33rd Guard Infantry Regiment
30th Guard Artillery Regiment
26th Guards Rifle Division: Major General N.N.Korzhenevsky
83rd Guards Rifle Division: Major General Ia.S.Vorb'ev
252nd Guard Infantry Regiment
? Guard Artillery Regiment
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A Russian armored brigade generally consisted of one Medium Armored Armored
Battalion, one Light Armored Tank Battalion, one (mot) Machine Gun/Rifle Battalion, and an
Anti-Tank Battery (4 76.2mm guns). The armored brigadesd in this order of battle show
those battalions known to have been attached to the brigade and may not indicate every
battalion that was present. It should be assumed that every brigade contained not only
those units shown as present, but those that are part of the standard organization that are not
shown.
16th Guards Rifle Corps: Major General A.V.Lapshov (KIA 7/13)
Major General I.F.Fediun'kin (from 7/22)
1st Guards Rifle Division: Maj. Gen.N.A.Kroptin
16th Guards Rifle Division: Maj. Gen.P.G.Shafranov
31st Guards Rifle Division: Colonel I.K.Shcherbin
169th Rifle Division: Maj. Gen. Ia.F.Eremenko
36th Guards Rifle Corps: Maj. Gen. A.S.Ksenefontov
5th Guards Rifle Division: Colonel N.I.Soldatov
21st Guard Infantry Regiment
18th Guards Rifle Division: Colonel M.N.Zavodovsky
52nd Guard Artillery Regiment
84th Guards Rifle Division: Maj. Gen. G.B.Peters
108th Rifle Division: Col. P.A.Teremov
217th Rifle Division: Col. E.V.Ryzhikov
10th Guards Tank Brigade: Col. A.R.Burlyga
10th Guards Motorized Rifle Battalion
29th Guards Tank Brigade: Col. S.I.Tokerov (to 7/29, G.L. Iudin
(from 7/30)
1st/29th Guards Tank Battalion
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2nd/29th Guards Tank Battalion
3rd/29th Guards Tank Battalion
43rd Guards Tank Brigade: Lt.Col. (Col on 7/11) M.P.Lukashev
1st Guards Tank Battalion
2nd Guards Tank Battalion
43rd Guards Tank Battalion
43rd Guards Motorized Rifle Battalion
213th Tank Brigade: Lt. Col. V.S.Gaev
2nd Guards Separate Heavy Tank Regiment
4th Guards Separate Tank Regiment
Army Troops:
1453rd Self Propelled Artillery Regiment (152mm)
8th Artillery Penetration Corps: Lt.Gen. N.F.Salichko
3rd Artillery Penetration Division: Col. I.F.San'ko
15th Light Artillery Brigade
637th Light Artillery Regiment
15th Gun Artillery Brigade
unknown
1st Howitzer Artillery Brigade
296th Howitzer Regiment
302nd Howitzer Regiment
117th High Power Howitzer Artillery Brigade
1st, 2nd , 3rd & 4th Battalions
7th Mortar Brigade
169th Mortar Regiment
6th Artillery Penetration Division: Maj.Gen.A.S.Bitutsky
21st Light Artillery Brigade
551st Light Artillery Regiment (May be a
replacement for another regiment)
486th Gun Regiment
1171st Gun Regiment
18th Howitzer Artillery Brigade
173rd Howitzer Regiment
2 unknown howitzer regiments
1st, 2nd , 3rd & 4th Battalions
3rd Mortar Brigade
103rd Mortar Regiment
14th Artillery Division: Col. L.I.Kozhukhov
2 unidentified light artillery regiments
188th Gun Regiment
1 unidentified cannon regiment
43rd Howitzer Artillery Brigade
3 unidentified cannon regiments
9th Mortar Brigade
3 unidentified mortar regiments
56th Guards Corps Artillery Regiment
1st Guards Gun Artillery Regiment
17th Guards Gun Artillery Regiment
761st Gun Artillery Regiment
15th Guards Howitzer Artillery Regiment
16th Guards Howitzer Artillery Regiment
128th Howitzer Artillery Regiment
5th Guards Antitank Artillery Regiment
14th Antiaircraft Artillery Division: Col. A.I.Vasiuta
525th Antiaircraft Regiment
721st Antiaircraft Regiment
17th Antiaircraft Artillery Division: Col. A.M.Shumikhin
48th Antiaircraft Artillery Division: Col. P.M.Barsky
231st Guards Antiaircraft Regiment
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4th Separate Antiaircraft Battalion
614th Separate Antiaircraft BattalionP
6th Guards Separate Engineer Battalion
243rd Separate Engineer Battalion
51st Pontoon-Bridge Battalion
Total: 135,000 men, 280 tanks & SP guns, 2,652 guns &
mortars, 468 antitank gusn 255 antiaircraft guns, 89
multiple rocket launchers (BM-8 & BM-13) & 55 multiple
rocket launchers (M-30 & M-31)
1st Air Army: Lt. Gen. M.M.Gromov

2nd Assault Aviation Corps: Maj.en. V.V. Stepichev
231st Assault Aviation Division - Col. I.A.Chizikov
232nd Assault Aviation Division - Col. A.G. Val'kov
2nd Fighter Aviation Corps: Lt.Gen.A.S. Blagoveshchensky
7th Guards Fighter Aviation Division - Maj.Gen. V.M.Zabaluev
8th Fighter Aviation Corps: Maj.Gen.F.F.Zherebchenko
215th Fighter Aviation Division - Col.N.M.Iakushin
323rd Fighter Aviation Division - Col.Rubakov
204th Bomber Aviation Division - Colonel S.PANdrev
224th Bomber Aviation Division - Colonel M.V.Kotel'ikov
233rd Bomber Aviation Division - Colonel V.V.Smirnov (to 7/27)
Lt. Col V.N.Buss (from 7/16)
213th Fighter Bombear Aviation Division - Maj.Gen.V.S.Molokov
10th Reconnaissance Aviation Division
1st Medical Aviation Regiment
713th Transport Aviation Regiment
65th Corrective Aviation Regiment
Front Subordination:
371st Rifle Division: Col. V.L.Alekseenko
36th Rifle Brigade
1st Tank Corps: Maj.Gen.V.V.Butkov
89th Tank Brigade - Colonel K.N.Bannikov
117th Tank Brigade - Lt.Col.A.S.Voronkov
159th Tank Brigade - Col. S.P.Kaidukov
44th Motorized Rifle Brigade
Strength 184 tanks & SP guns
5th Tank Corps: Maj.Gen. M.S.Sakhno
24th Tank Brigade Col. V.S.Sytnik (KIA 7/17)
Col.V.K.Borodovsky (from 7/18)
41st Tank Brigade: Colonel S.I.Alaev (KIA 8/6);
Lt.Col. V.M.Tarakanov (from 8/7)
582nd Tank Battalion
583rd Tank Battalion
241st Motorized Rifle Battalion
70th Tank Brigade: Col. S.V.Kuznetsov (KIA 7/15);
Col. V.E.Noda (7/6-8/15); Lt.Col S.I.Nikitin (from 8/16)
261st Tank Battalion
5th Motorized Infantry Brigade:
1st, 2nd & 3rd Motorized Rifle Battalions
Corps Troops:
731st Separate Antitank Battalion
Total: 184 tanks & SP guns
2nd Guards Tank Brigade: Colonel N.A.Obdalenko

1st, 2nd Tank Battalions
2nd Guards Motorized Rifle Battalion
94th Tank Brigade: Colonel E.A.Novikov
120th Tank Brigade: Colonel N.I. bukov
187th Tank Brigade: Maj.Gen.M.V.Kolosov (converted into
187th Separate Tank Regiment on 7/15)
161st Separate Tank Regiment
233rd Separate Tank Regiment
248t Separate Tank Regiment
7th Separate Aero-Sleigh Battalion
40th Aero-Sleigh Battalion
11th Guards Mortar Battalion (59th Guards Mortar Regiment)
1272nd Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment (49th AA Division)
1281st Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment 8/5)
324th Separate Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion
11th Engineer Miner Battalion
12th Engineer Miner Battalion
33rd Special Designation Engineer Brigade
11th Guards Battalion of Miners
122nd Separate Engineer Battalion
133rd Separate Engineer Battalion
527th Separate Mine Sapper Battalion
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9th Pontoon Bridge Battalion
51st Bridge Battalion
62nd Bridge Battalion
87th Bridge Battalion
91st Bridge Battalion
Front Strength: 211,458 men, 4,285 guns & mortars, 14 multiple

rocket launchers, 745 tanks & SP guns, & 1,300 aircraft
Briansk Front: Colonel General M.M.Popov

3rd Army: Lt.Gen. A.V.Boratov
41st Rifle Corps: Gen.Maj. V.K.Urbanovich
(HQ only by 7/22)
235th Rifle Division: Col.F.N.ROmashin (KIA 7/13);
Col. A.F.Kubasov (14-28 Jul); Col. I.G.Basenets
(from 7/27)
308th Rifle Division: Maj.Gen. L.N.Gurt'ev (KIA 8/3);
Col. N.K. Maslennikov (from 8/4)
380th Rifle Division: Col. A.F.Kustov
269th Rifle Division: Maj.Gen. P.S.Merzhakov (to 7/28);
Col. A.F.Kubasov (from 7/29)
283rd Rifle Division: Col. V.A.Konovalov (to 7/21);
Lt. Col S.F.Bazanov (22-30 July); Col S.K.Renznichenko
(7/30 to 8/5); Col. V.I.Kuvshinnikov (from 8/5)
9th Guards Artillery Regiment
342nd Rifle Division: Maj.Gen.L.D.Chervony
903rd Artillery Regiment
Army Troops:
82nd Separate Tank Regiment
114th Separate Tank Regiment
10th Separate Armored Train Battalion
20th Artillery Penetration Division: Col. N.V.Bogdanov
53rd Gun Artillery Brigade
2 unidentified artillery regiments
93rd Heavy Howitzer Artillery Brigade
1/,2/,3/,4/386th Howitzer Regiment
102nd High Power Howitzer Artillery Brigade
1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th Battalions
20th Mortar Brigade
475th Morar Regiment
24th Antiaircraft Artillery Division: Col.I.G.Liarsky
Army Strength: 60,000 men, 100 tanks & self propelled guns
61st Army: Lt. General. P.A.Belov

9th Guards Rifle Corps: Maj.Gen.A.A.Boreiko
12th Guards Rifle Division: Maj.Gen. K.M.Erastov (to 7/9);
Col. D.K.Mal'kov (from 7/10)
31st Guard Artillery Regiment
76th Guards Rifle Division: Maj.Gen. A.V.Kirsanov
77th Guards Rifle Division: Maj.Gen. V.S.Askalepov
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97th Rifle Division: Maj.Gen. P.M.Davydov
110th Rifle Division: Col.S.K.Artem'ev
336th Rifle Division: Maj.Gen.V.S.Kuznetsov (to 7/1);
Col. M.A.Ignachev (7/2 to 8/4); Col. I.I.Petykov (5-22 Aug);
Col. LV.Grinval'd-Mukho (from 8/23)
356th Rifle Division: Col.M.G.Makarov
415th Rifle Division: Col.N.K.Maslennikov (to 7/30);
Col. P.I. Moshchalkov (from 8/1)
12th Separate Destroyer Brigade: (probable organization)
organization unknown
68th Tank Brigade: Col. P.F.Iurchenko (to 8/13); Lt.Col.
G.A.Timchenko (from 8/14)
2 Tank Battalions
1 Motorized Rifle Battalion
Support Units
31st Separate Armored Train Batalion
45th Separate Armored Train Batalion
533rd Antitank Artillery Regiment
13th Antiaircraft Artillery Division: Col.V.M.Kochubei
1065thAntiaircraft Artillery Regiment
Army Strength: 80,000 men, 1110 tanks & SP guns

63rd Army: Lt. Gen. V.Ia.Kolpakchi
35th Rifle Corps: (HQ only) Maj.Gen.V.G.Zholudev
40th Rifle Corps: (HQ only) Maj.Gen.V.S.Kuznetsov
5th Rifle Division:Lt.Col. F.Ia.Volkovitsky (to 7/9);
Col.P.T.Mikhalitsyn (from 7/10)
41st Rifle Division: Col. A.I.Surchenko
129th Rifle Division: Col.I.V.Panchuk
250th Rifle Division: Col. V.M.Muzitsky (to 7/5);
Col. I.V.Mokhin (from 7/6/)
287th Rifle Division: Maj.Gen.I.N.Pankratov
348th Rifle Division: Col. I.F.Grigor'evsky
397th Rifle Division: Col. N.F. Andron'ev
Support Units:
1452nd Self Propelled Artillery Regiment (85mm)
1071st Antitank Artillery Regiment
28th Antiaircraft Artillery Division: Col.G.E.Drabkov
1371st Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment
Army Strength: 70,000 men & 60 tanks & SP guns
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15th Air Army: Lt. Gen. N.F.Naumenko
1st Guards Fighter Aviation Corps: Lt. Gen. E.M.Beletsky
3rd Guards Fighter Aviation Division: Col. V.P.Ukhov
4th Guards Fighter Aviation Division: Col. V.A.Kitaev
3rd Assault Aviation Corps: MajGen.Gorlachenko
307th Assault Aviation Division: Col.A.V.Kozhemiakin
308th Assault Aviation Division: Col.G.P.TUrykin
113th Bomber Aviation Division: Lt. Col. F.G.Michugin
225th Assault Aviation Division: Col. A.F.Obukhov
284th Night Bomber Aviation Division: Maj. G.P.Pokoevoi (to 7/22);
Lt.Col. I.A.Trushkin (from 7/23)
234th Fighter Aviation Division: Col. E.Z.Tatanashvili
315th Fighter Aviation Division: Col. V.Ia.Litvinov
99th Guards Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment
25th Rifle Corps: Maj.Gen.P.V.Pererva
186th Rifle Division: Col.N.P.Iatskevich (to 7/26);
Col. G.V. Revunenkov (from 7/27)
283rd Rifle Division: Col. I.D.Krasnoshtanov
362nd Rifle Division: Maj.Gen.D.M.Dalmatov
1st Guard Tank Corps: Maj. Gen.M.F.Pankov
15th Guards Tank Brigade: LT. Col. V.S. Belousov (to 7/18);
Col.K.G.Kozhanov (from 7/19)
43rd Guard Artillery Regiment
16th Guards Tank Brigade: Col. M.N.Filippenko
17th Guards Tank Brigade: Col.Shul'gin
Corps Troops:
1st Guards Motorized Rifle Briagde
24th Guards Tank Regiment
65th Motorcycle Battalion
732nd Separate Antitank Artillery Batalion
80th Guards Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment
Total: 207 tnaks & SP guns
Army Troops:
55th Separate Motorcycle Battlaion
2nd Artillery Penetration Corps: Lt. Gen.M.M.Barsukov
13th Artillery Penetration Division:
Col.D.M.Krasnokutsky
42nd Light Artillery Brigade
1/,2/,3/,4/181st Howitzer Regiment
91st Heavy Howitzer Artillery Brigade
101st High Power Howitzer Artillery Brigade
17th Mortar Brigade
15th Artillery Penetration Division: Col.A.A.Korochkin
87th Heavy Howitzer Artillery Brigade
18th Mortar Brigade
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3rd Heavy Guards Mortar Division: Col.P.V.Kolesnikov
15th Guard Mortar Brigade
4 Battalions2
4 Battalions
4 Battalions
17th Artillery Penetration Corps: Maj.Gen.P.M.Korol'kov
16th Artillery Penetration Division: Col.P.S. Ivanov
(to 8/29); Col. F.V. Fedoseev (from 8/30)
1431st Light Artillery Regiment
61st Gun Artillery Brigade
1301st Gun Regiment
1305th Gun Regiment
52nd Howitzer Artillery Brigade
741st Howitzer Regiment
14th Mortar Brigade
17th Artillery Penetration Division: Maj.Gen.
S.S.Volkenshtein
1432nd Light Artillery Regiment
95th Army Artillery Regiment
158th Army Artillery Regiment
92nd Heavy Howitzer Artillery Brigade
1/,2/,3/,4/215h Howitzer Regiment
22nd Mortar Brigade
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Each Guard Mortar Battailon had 3 btrys of 4 M-20 rocket launchers.
2nd Heavy Guards Mortar Division:
Maj.Gen.A.F.Tveretsky
3rd Guard Mortar Brigade
4 Battalions
4 Battalions
4 Battalions
12th Antitank Artillery Brigade
546thAntitank Regiment
702nd Antitank Regiment
1 unidentified Antitank Regiment
13th Mortar Brigade
1 unidentified mortar regiment
8th Guards Mortar Brigade
4 Battalions
93rd Guards Mortar Regiment
10th Separate Guards Mortar Battalion
386th Separte Antiaricraft Artillery Battalion
8th Special Designation Engineer Brigade
57th Engineer Sapper Brigade
3rd Guards Battalion of Miners
131st Separate Sapper Battalion
231st Separate Enginer Battalion
740th Separate Enginer Battalion
53rd Pontoon Bridge Battalion
131st Pontoon Bridge Battalion
Front Strength: 433,616 men, 7,642 guns & mortars, 160

multiple rocket launchers, 794 tanks & SP guns
(1,578 on 7/15) & 1,000 aircraft
OREL-KURSK AXIS
Central Front: General K.K.Rokossovsky
13th Army: Lt. Gen. N.P.Pukhov
17th Guards Rifle Corps: Lt. Gen.A.L.Bondarev
6th Guards Rifle Division: Maj.Gen. D.P.Onuprienko
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70th Guards Rifle Division: Col. I.A.Gusev
75th Guards Rifle Division: Maj.Gen. V.A.Goroshny
18th Guard Rifle Corps: Maj.Gen. I.M.Afonin
2nd Guards Airborne Division: Maj.Gen.I.F.Dudarev
4th Guards Airborne Regiment
3rd Guards Airborne Artillery Regiment
3rd Guards Airborne Division: Col.I.N.Konev
2nd Guards Airborne Regiment
2nd Guards Airborne Artillery Regiment
4th Guards Airborne Division: Maj.Gen.A.D.Rumiantsev
1st Guards Airborne Artillery Regiment
15th Rifle Corps: Maj.Gen.I.I.Liudnikov
8th Rifle Division: Col.P.M.Gudz
108th Tank Destroyer Battaliion
158th Mortar Battaliion
162nd Flak Battery
21st Engineer Battalion
61st Signals Battalion
2nd (mot) Reconnaissance Company
41st Chemcial Warfare Company
77th Medical Battalion
922nd Veterinary Hospital
22nd Field Bakery
74th Rifle Division: Maj.Gen.A.A.Kazaarian
148th Rifle Division: Maj.Gen.A.A.Mishchenko
29th Rifle Corps: Maj.Gen. A.N.Slyshkin
15th Rifle Division: Col.V.N.Dzhandzhava (KIA 7/14);
Col. V.I.BUlakov (7/15-8/7); Col.K.E.Grebonik
(from 8/8)
81st Rifle Division: Maj.Gen. A.B.Barinov
307th Rifle Division: Maj.Gen.M.A.Enshin
Army Troops:
129th Tank Brigade: Col. N.V. Petrushin
1442nd Self Propelled Artillery Regiment (152mm)
49th Separate Armored Train
4th Artillery Penetration Corps: Maj.Gen.N.V.Ignatov
5th Artillery Penetration Division: Col.A.I.Snegirov
642nd Gun Regiment
753rd Gun Regiment
1/,2/,3/,4/411th Howitzer Regiment
1st Mortar Brigade
12th Artillery Penetration Division: Col.M.N.Kurkovsky
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41st Gun Artillery Brigade
125th Gun Regiment
155th Gun Regiment
32nd Howitzer Artillery Brigade
11th Mortar Brigade
5th Heavy Guards Mortar Division: Col.E.A.Firsov
(to 7/15); Col.G.M.Fantalov (from 8/16);
4 Battalions
22nd Guard Mortar Brigade
4 Battalions
23rd Guard Mortar Brigade
4 Battalions
1st Antiaircraft Artillery Division: Maj.Gen.R.A.Dzivin
225th Antiaircraft Artillery Division: Col. K.M.Andreev
27th Separte Engineer Battalion
Army Strength: 114,00 men, 2,934 guns & mortars, 105

multiple rocket launchers, & 270 tanks & SP guns
48th Army: Lt. Gen. P.I.Romanenko

42nd Rifle Corps: Maj.Gen.K.S.Kolganov
16th Rifle Division: Maj.Gen. V.A.Karvialis
202nd Rifle Division: Col.Z.S.Revenko
399th Rifle Division: Col.D.M.Ponomarov (to 7/9);
Col. P.I. Skachkov (from 7/10)
73rd Rifle Division: Maj.Gen.D.I.Smirnov
137th Rifle Division: Col. M.G.Volovich (to 8/29);
Col.A..Alferov (from 8/30)
143rd Rifle Division: Col. D.I.Lukin
170th Rifle Division: Col. A.M.Cheriakh
Army Troops:
2nd Antitank Artillery Brigade
2 unidentified antitank regiments
16th Antiaircraft Artillery Division: Col. I.M.Seredin
615th Separate Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment
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Army Strength: 84,000 men, 1,454 guns & mortars,
178 tanks & SP guns
60th Army: Lt.Gen. I.D.Cherniakhovsky

24th Rifle Corps: Maj.Gen. N.I.Kiriukhin
112th Rifle Division: Col.P.S.Poliakov (to 8/23);
Col. A.V. Gladkov (from 8/24)
42nd Rifle Division: Maj.Gen.N.N.Mul'tan
129th Rifle Brigade
3 Rifle Battalions
1 Mortar Battalion
30th Rifle Corps:Maj.Gen. G.S.Laz'ko
121st Rifle Division: Maj.Gen.I.I.Ladygin
141st Rifle Division: Col.S.S.Rassadnikov
322nd Rifle Division: Col.N.I.Ivanov (to 8/22);
Col. P.N.Lashchenko (from 8/26)
55th Rifle Division: Colonel N.N.Zaiiulev
248th Rifle Brigade:
4 Rifle Battalions
150th Tank Brigade: Lt. Col. I.V.Safronov (to 8/15);
Lt. Col. S.I.Ugriumov (from 8/16)
3 Tank Battalions
Support Units:
221st Guards Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment
Army Strength: 96,000, 1,376 guns & mortars, & 67 tanks

& self-propelled guns
65th Army: Lt. Gen. P.I.Batov

18th Rifle Corps: Maj.Gen.I.I.Ivanov
69th Rifle Division: Col. I.A.Kuzovkov
149th Rifle Division: Col. A.A.Orlov
246th Rifle Division: Lt.Col. M.G.Fedosenko
27th Rifle Corps: Maj.Gen.F.M.Cherokmanov
60th Rifle Division: Maj.Gen. I.V.Kliaro (to 8/27);
Col. A.V.Boroiavlensky (from 8/29)
193rd Rifle Division: Maj.Gen.F.N.Zhobrev (8/26);
Col.A.G.Frolenkov (from 8/28)
115th Rifle Brigade
4 Rifle Battalions
1 Machine Gun Battalion
1 Artillery Battalion (76.2mm)
1 Antitank Battalion (57mm)
37th Guards Rifle Division: Col. E.G.Ushakov
181st Rifle Division: Maj.Gen. A.A.Saraev
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194th Rifle Division: Col. P.P.Opiakin
354th Rifle Division: Maj.Gen.D.F.Alekseev
Support Units
14th Engineer Miner Brigade
321st Separate Engineer Battalion
Army Strength: 100,000, 1,837 guns & mortars, 124 tanks

& SP guns.
70th Army: Lt.Gen.I.V.Galanin

28th Rifle Corps: Maj.Gen. A.N.Nechaev
132nd Rifle Division: Maj.Gen.T.K.Shkrylev
211th Rifle Division: Maj.Gen.v.L.Makhlinovsky
280th Rifle Division: Maj.Gen.D.N.Golosov
19th Rifle Corps: (added by 7/20)
102nd Rifle Division: Maj.Gen. A.N.Andreev
106th Rifle Division: Maj.Gen.F.N.Smekhotvorov (to 8/1);
Col. M.M.Vlasov (from 8/2)
140th Rifle Division: Maj.Gen.A.Ia.Kiselev
162nd Rifle Division: Maj.Gen.S.Ia.Senchillo
175th Rifle Division: Col. V.A.Borisov
Support Units:
3rd Destroyer Brigade (2nd Destroyer Division)
1st Guards Artillery Division: Colonel G.V.Godin
3rd Guards Light Artillery Brigade
167th Gds Light Artillery Regiment
1st Guards Gun Artillery Brigade
201st Guards Gun Regiment
205th Guards Gun Regiment
2nd Guards Howitzer Artillery Brigade
169th Guards Howitzer Regiment
203rd Guards Howitzer Regiment
12th Antiaircraft Artillery Division: Lt.Col. P.I.Korchagin
Army Strength: 96,000 1,658 guns & mortars, 125 tanks

& SP guns
2nd Tank Army: Lt. Gen. A.G.Rodin

3rd Tanks Corps: Maj.Gen.M.D.Sinenko
50th Tank Brigade: Col. F.I.Konovalov (til 7/27);
Lt.Col. V.A.Bzyrin (from 7/28)
50th Tank Battalion
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51st Tank Brigade: Lt.Col.G.A.Kokurin (KIA 7/14);
Lt. Col. P.K.Borisov (from 7/14)
94th Tank Battalion
103rd Tank Brigade: Col. G.M.Maksimov (to 7/27);
Lt.Col.A.I.Khalaev from 7/28)
103rd Motorized Rifle Battalion
57th Motorizd Infantry Brigade
3 Motorizd Infantry Battalions
881st Antitank Regiment
728th Separate Antitank Artillery Battalion
Strength: 204 tanks
16th Tank Corps: Maj.Gen.V.E.Grigo'ev

107th Tank Brigade: Lt.Col.N.M.Teliakov
109th Tank Brigade: Lt.Col.P.D.aBabkovsky
164th Tank Brigade: Lt.Col.N.V.Kopylov
15th Motorized Infantry Brigade:Col.P.M.Akimochkin
3 Motorized Rifle Battalions
51st Motorcycle Battalion
1441st Self Propelled Artillery Regiment (76mm)
614th Antitnak Artillery Regiment
Total: 220 tank s& SP guns
11th Guards Tank Brigade: Col. N.M.Bubnov (KIA 8/2);

Lt. Col.N.M.Koshaev (from 8/3)
87th Separate Motorcycle Battalion
Army Strength: 37,000 men, 338 guns & mortars, 456

tanks & SP guns
16th Air Army: Lt. Gen. S.I.Rudenko
3rd Bomber Aviation Corps: Maj.Gen.A.Z.Karavatsky
241st Bomber Aviation Division: Col.I.G.Kurielenko
301st Bomber Aviation Division:F.M.Fedorenko
6th Mixed Aviation Corps:Maj.Gen. I.D. Antoshkin
221st Bobmer Aviation Division: Col. S.F.Buzylev
282nd Fighter Aviation Division: Col.A.M.Riazanov (to 7/16);
Lt.Col Iu.M.Berkel' (from 7/17)
6th Fighter Aviation Corps: Maj.Gen.E.E.Erlykin
273rd Fighter Aviation Division: Col.I.F.Federov
279th Fighter Aviation Division: Col.F.N.Dement'ev
2nd Guards Assault Aviation Divison: Col. G.I.Komarov
2th Assault Aviation Divison: Col. I.V.Krupsky
1st Guards Fighter Aviation Division: LT. Col. I.V. Krupenin
(to 8/2); Col.V.V.sukhoriakov (from 8/3)
283rd Fighter Avation Divisoin: Col. S.P.Denisov
286th Fighter Avation Divisoin: Col. I.I.Ivanov
271st Night Bomber Aviation Division: Lt.Col.K.I.Rasskazov
(to 7/18); ol.M.Kh.Borisenko (from 7/19)
16th Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment
6th Medical Aviation Regiment
14th Corrective Aviation Squadron
115th Fortified Region
119th Fortified Region
161st Fortified Region
4th Destroyer Brigade (2nd Destroyer Division)
14th Separate Destroyer Brigade
9th Tank Corps: Maj.Gen. S.I.Bogdanov
23rd Tank Brigade: Col. M.S.Demidov
2 Tank Battalions
1 Motorized Infantry Battalion
95th Tank Brigade: Col.I.E.Galushko (to 8/25); Col.
A.I. Kuznetsov (from 8/26)
108th Tank Brigade: Col.R.A.Liberman (to 8/2); Lt.Col.
M.K.Elenko0 (from 8/3)
63rd Tank Battalion
8th Motorized Infantry Brigade
3 Motor Rifle Battalions
Strength: 168 tanks
19th Tank Corps: Maj.Gen.I.D.Vasil'ev

79th Tank Brigade: Lt.Col. F.P.Vasetsky
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101st Tank Brigade: Col. I.M. Kurdupov (to 8/15);
Col.A.N.Pavliuk-Moroz (from 8/16)
202nd Tank Brigade:

202nd Motorized Rifle Battalion
Strength 168 tanks
Joined After Battle had Begun

2 unidentified gun artillery regiments
13th Anti-tank Artillery Brigade
567th Antitank Regiment
130th Anti-tank Artillery Brigade
3 unidentified antitank artillery regiments
563rd Anti-tank Artillery Brigade
3 unidentified antitank artillery regiments
21st Mortar Brigade
84th Guards Mortar Regiment (to 70th Army)
92nd Guards Mortar Regiment
323rd Guards Mortar Regiment (to 13th Army)
10th Antiaircraft Artillery Division: Lt.Col.S.Ia.Sussky
997th Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment (12th AA Division):
13th Guards Separate Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion
1st Guards Special Designation Engineer Brigade
6th Engineer Miner Brigade
12th Guards Battalion of Miners
Front Strength: 711,575 men, 11,076 guns & mortars, 246
multiple rocket launchers, 1y,785 tanks & SP guns, & 1,000
aircraft
Voronezh Front: General N.F.Vatutin
6th Guards Army: Lt.Gen.I.M.Chistiakov

22nd Guard Rifle Corps: Maj.Gen.A.I.Baksov
67th Guard Rifle Division:
73rd Guards Separate Antitank Artillery Batalion
71st Guard Rifle Division: Col.I.P.Sivakov
76th Guards Separate Antitank Artillery Batalion
134th Separate Antitank Rifle Battalion (attached)
136th Separate Antitank Rifle Battalion (attached)
90th Guard Rifle Division: Col. V.G.Chernov
95th Anti-Tank Battalion
92nd Reconnaissance company
101st Pioneer Battalion
9th Signals Company
94th Chemical Warfare Company
96th (mot) Supply Company Company
93rd Field Bakery
91st Veterinary Hospital
1409th Field Post Office
771st Field Paymaster
23rd Guard Rifle Corps: Maj.Gen.P.P.Vakhrameev (to 7/21);
Maj.Gen.N.T.Tavartkiladze (from 7/22)
51st Guard Rifle Division: Maj.Gen.N.T.Tavartkiladze (to 7/21);
Col. I.M.SUkhov (from 7/21)
52nd Guard Rifle Division: Maj.Gen.I.M.Nekrasov
57th Guards Separate Antitank Artillery Battalion
375th Rifle Division: Col. P.D.Govorunenko
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Army Troops:
89th Guard Rifle Division: Col.I.A.Pigin
96th Armored Brigade: Maj.Gen.V.G.Lebedev (to 7/15);
Col.A.M. Popov (from 7/16)
228th Armored Battalion
331st Armored Battalion
Army Troops:
1440th self Propelled Artillery Regiment (76mm)
60th Armored Train
27th Artillery Brigade
93rd Gun Artillery Regiment (122mm)
142nd Gun Artillery Regiment (152mm)
33rd Gun Artillery Brigade (to 1st Tank Army on 7/8)
628th Separate Gun Artillery Regiment
27th Antitank Artillery Brigade: Lt.Col.N.D.Chevola
(attachedt 71st Guards Rifle Division on 7/6)
28th Antitank Artillery Brigade: (attached to 52nd Guards
Rifle Division on 7/6)
1842nd Antitank Artillery Regiment
493rd Antitank Artillery Regiment (attached to 71st Guards
496th Antitank Artillery Regiment (attached to 71st & 67th
Guards Rifle Divisions on 7/6)
538th Antitank Artillery Regiment (from 1st Tank Army
in April, att'd to 52nd Guards Rifle Division on 7/6)
611th Antitank Artillery Regiment (attached to 67th
Guards Rifle Division)
Rifle Division)
868th Antitank Artillery Regiment (attached to 71st Guards
Rifle Division)
1008th Antitank Artillery Regiment (attached to 52nd Guards
Rifle Division)
1666th Antitank Artillery Regiment (attached to 71st
Guards Rifle Division)
263rd Mortar Regiment (attached to 375th Rifle Div)(To
69th Army on 7/13)
295th Mortar Regiment (attached to 71st Guards Rifle Div)
5th Guards Mortar Regiment (2 bns to 67th Guards Rifle
Div. & 1 to 52nd Guards Rifle Div.)
16th Guards Mortar Regiment (attached to 375th Rifle Div,
(to 5th Guards Tank Army on 7/11)
314th Guards Mortar Regiment (attached to 22nd Guards
Rifle Div.)
26th Antiaircraft Artillery Division: Col.A.E.Florenko
1352nd Antiaircraft Artillery
1357th Antiaircraft Artillery
1363rd Antiaircraft Artillery

multiple rocket launchers, 155 tanks & SP guns

31st Antitank Artillery Brigade (from 7th Gds Army on
7/8)(to 6th Army on 13 July)
184th Rifle Division (from 40th Army on 7/12)
219th Rifle Division (from 40th Army on 7/12)
7th Army: Lt. Gen. M.S.SHumilov
24th Guard Rifle Corps: Maj.Gen.N.A.Vasil'ev
15th Guard Rifle Division: Maj.Gen.E.I.Vasilenko
36th Guard Rifle Division: Maj.Gen.M.I.Denisenko
39th Guards Separate Antitank Battalion
Total strength: 8,013 men
72nd Guard Rifle Division: Maj.Gen.A.I.Losev
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25th Guard Rifle Corps: Maj.Gen.G.B.Safiullin
73rd Guard Rifle Division: Col. S.A.Kozak
78th Guard Rifle Division: Maj.Gen.A.V.Skvortsov
81st Guards Antitank Artillery Battalion
Total strength: 7,854 men
81st Guard Rifle Division: Col. I.K.Morozov
Army Troops
213th Rifle Division: Col. I.E.Buslaev
27th Guard Armored Brigade: Col. M.V.Nevzhinsky
99th Tank Battalion
100th Tank Battalion (equipped with KV-1S)
201st Armored Brigade: Col. A.I.Taranov
unnumbered (mot) Rifle Battalion
148th Separate Tank Regiment (attached to 25th Guards
Rifle Corps)(to 69th Army on 7/10)
167th Separate Tank Regiment (attached to 25th Guards
Rifle Corps)(to 73rd Guards Rifle Div. 7/6)
262nd Separate Tank Regiment (attached to 25th Guards
Rifle Corps)
(attached to 25th Guards Rifle Cors)(to 73rd Gds
Rifle Div on 7/6)
1529th Self Propelled Artillery Regiment (152mm)(attached
to 24th Guards Rifle Corps)
109th Guards Gun Artillery Regiment (attached to 24th Gds
Rifle Corps)
161st Guards Gun Artillery Regiment (attached to 25th
Rifle Corps)
265th Guards Gun Artillery Regiment (attached to 25th
Rifle Corps)(to 73rd Gds Rifle Div on 7/6)
30th Antitank Artillery Brigade (army reserve, attached
to 78th Gds Rifle Div, 25th Gds Rifle Corps on 7/6)
(to 69th Army on 7/10)
114th Guards Antitank Artillery Regiment (attached to
25th Guards Rifle Corps)
114th Guards Antitank Artillery Regiment (attached to
26th Guards Rifle Div, 24th Gds Rifle Corps)(to
69t Army on 7/13)
1669th Antitank Artillery Regiment (attached to 36th Gds
Rifle Division on 7/5 & 78th Gds Rifle Division on 7/6)
1st Antitank Rifle Battalion (attached to 24th Gd
Rifle Corps)
2nd Antitank Rifle Battalion (attached to 81st Gds
Rifle Div)
3rd Antitank Rifle Battalion
4th Antitank Rifle Battalion (attached to 78th Gds
Rifle Division)
5th Antitank Rifle Battalion (attached to 24th Gds

Rifle Corps)
290th Mortar Regiment (attached to 25th Gds Rifle Corps)
5th Antiaircraft Artillery Division: Col. M.A.Kudraisov
162nd Guards Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment
175th Separate Engineer Battaion
329th Separate Engineer Battaion (to 73rd Gds Rifle Div
on 7/6)

multiple rocket launchers, & 246 tanks and self propelled
guns

97th Guards Mortar Regiment (from front on 7/4)(attached
to 81st Gds Rifle Div, 25th Gds Rifle Corps)(to 72nd
Gds Rifle Div on 7/6)
309th Guards Mortar Regiment (from front on 7/5)(to 78th
Gds Rifle Division on 7/6)
315th Guard Mortar Regiment (from front on 7 /4)(attached
to 25th Gds Rifle Corps)(to 69th Army on 7/13):
443rd Guards Mortar Battalion (to 81st Gds Rifle Div
on 7/5)
477th Guards Mortar Battalion (to 81st Gds Rifle Div
on 7/5)
31st Antitank Artillery Brigade (from front on 7/6)(to 73rd
Gds Rifle Div on 7/6)(to 6th Gds Army on 7/8)
1853rd Antitank Regiment
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38th Army: Lt. Gen. N.E.Chibison
50th Rifle Corps: Maj.Gen. S.S.Martirosian
167th Rifle Division: Maj.Gen.I.I.Mel'nikov
232nd Rifle Division: Col. N.P.Ulitin
340th Rifle Division: Col.M.I.Sharin (to 8/12);
Col.I.E.Zubarev (from 8/12)
51st Rifle Corps: Mj.Gen. P.P.Andreenko
180th Rifle Division: Maj.Gen.F.P.Shmelev
240th Rifle Division: Col.K.M.Biadak (to front reserve
on 7/8)
180th Separate Tank Brigade: Colonel M.Z.Kiselev (attached
to 51st Rifle Corps)(to 1st Tank Army on 7/7)
392nd Armored Battalion
393rd Armored Battalion
192nd Separate Armored Brigade: Col.A.F.Karavan (to 21 Aug);
Lt.Col. N.N.Kitvin (from 8/22)(attached to 50th
Rifle Corps)(to 40th Army on 7/6 & 1st Tank Army
on 7/7)
Army Troops:
111th Guards Howitzer Artillery Regiment (to 40th Army on
7/6 & 1st Tank Army on 7/7)
29th Antitank Artillery Brigade (to 6th Gds Army & 1st
Tank Army on 7/7)
222nd Antitank Artillery Regiment (to 1st Tank Army &
69th Army on 7/7)
483rd Antitank Artillery Regiment (to 1st Tank Army 7/8)
1658th Antitank Artillery Regiment (to 69th Army on 7/13)
66th Guards Mortar Regiment (to 1st Tank Army on 7/7)
441st Guards Mortar Battalion, 314th Guards Mortar Regt
981st Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment, 9th AA Division
Army Strength 60,000 men, 1,168 guns & mortars, 32

multiple rocket launchers & 150 tanks & SP guns
40th Army: Lt. Gen.K.S.Moskalenko

47th Rifle Corps: Maj.Gen.A.S.Griaznov1
161st Rifle Division: Maj.Gen.P.V.Tertyshny
(to 52nd Rifle Corps on 7/6)
436th Antiaircraft Battery
503rd Machine Gun Battalion
13th Training Battalion
336th engineer Battlaion
242nd (mot) Reconnaissance Company
585th (mot)Suply Company
251st Medical Battalion
850th Veterinary Hospital
380th Field Bakery
206th Rifle Division: Col. V.I.Rut'ko (to 8/11); Maj.
Gen. S.P.Merkulov (from 8/12)
237th Rifle Division: Col.P.A.D'iakonov (to 8/26);
Col.V.I.Novozhilov (from 8/27)
52nd Rifle Corps: Lt.Gen.F.I.Perkhorovich
100th Rifle Division: Col.N.A.Bezzubov (to 7/17);
Col. P.T.Tsygankov (to 7/23);
unknown antitank rifle battalion
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219th Rifle Division: Maj.Gen.V.P.Kotel'nikov (to 8/29);
Col.A.S.Pypyrev (from 8/30)(to 6th Guards
Army on 8/12)
unknown antitank rifle battalion
309th Rifle Division: Col.D.F.Dremin (to 1st Tank Army
on 7/8)
Army Troops:
184th Rifle Division: Col. S.I.Tsukarev (to 6th Gds Army
on 7/12)
262nd Rifle Regiment
294th Rifle Regiment
297th Rifle Regiment
86th Separate Armored Brigade: Col.V.S.Agafonov (to 1st

Tank Army on 7/8)
232nd Armored Battalion
233rd Armored Battalion
59th Separate Tank Regiment (to 1st Tank Army 7/8)
60th Separate Tank Regiment (to 1st Tank Army 7/8)
32nd Antitank Artillery Brigade (to 69th Army 7/13)
4th Guards Antitank Artillery Regiment (to 1st Tank
Army 7/8)
12th Antitank Artillery Regiment (to 1st Tank Army 7/8)
9th Mountain Mortar Regiment
10th Mountain Mortar Regiment
9th Antiaircraft Artillery Division: Lt.Col. N.A.
Roshchitsky (to 1st Tank Army on 7/8)
Army Strength: 77,000 men, 1,636 guns & mortars &

237 tanks

(fro 1st Tank Army on 7/5)
1689th Antitank Artillery Regiment (from front on 7/5)
111th Guards Howitzer Artillery Regiment (from 40th Army
0n 7 July)(to 1st Tank Army on 7/8)
204th Rifle Division (from front reserve on 7/12)
69th Army: Lt. Gen. V.D.Kruichenkin
48th Rifle Corps: Maj.Gen.Z.Z.Rogozny
107th Rifle Division: Maj.Gen.P.M.Bezhko (to 35th Gds
Rifle Corps on 7/10)
183rd Rifle Division: Maj.Gen.A.S.Kostitsyn (to 7/24)
Col.I.D.Vasilevsky (from 7/2)
305th Rifle Division: Col.A.F.Vasil'ev (to 35th Gds
Corps on 7/10)
49th Rifle Corps: Maj.Gen.G.P.Terent'ev (to 7th Gds Army on
7/8)
111th Rifle Division: Lt.Col.A.N.Petrushin
270th Rifle Division: Col.I.P.Peliaev
Army Troops:
1661st Antitank Artillery
322nd Separate Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment
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Army Strength: 52,000 men & 889 guns & mortars

35th Guards Rifle Corps: (fro front on 7/5)
92nd Guards Rifle Division:
94th Guards Rifle Division:
93rd Guards Rifle Division: (from front on 7/7)
81st Guards Rifle Division: (from 7th Guards Army on 7/10)
89th Guards Rifle Division: (from 6th Guards Army on 7/10)
Army Troops:
10th Antitank Artillery Brigade (from Southwestern
front on 7/10)(to 5th Gds Tank Army on 7/11)(from
5th Gds Tank Army on 7/13)
2 unidentified antitank regiments
375th Rifle Division: (from 6th Gds Army on 7/10)
2nd Guard Tank Corps (from 1st Tank Army on 7/10)
See below
96th Tank Brigade: (from 6th Gds Army on 7/10)
96th Machine-Gun Battalion
96th Antitank Battery (4 45mm guns)
148th Separate Regiment (from 7th Gds Army on 7/10)
30th Antitank Artillery Brigade (from 7th Gds Army
on 7/10)
27th Gun Artillery Brigade (from 6th Gds Army on 7/10)
(to 5th Gds Tank Army on 7/11)(retrned 7/13)
93rd Gun Regiment
142nd Gun Regiment
32nd Antitank Artillery Brigade (from 40th Army
on 7/13)
36th Antiaircraft Artillery Division (from front
reserves on 7 /13)
80th Guards Mortar Regiment (from 5th Gds Tank
Army on 7/13)
1076th Antitank Artillery Regiment (from 2nd Gds
Tank Corps on 7/13)
31st Antitank Artillery Brigade (from 6th Gds Army
on 7/13)
1853rd Antitank Regiment
115th Guards Mortar Regiment (from 7th Gds Army
on 7/13)
1658th Antitank Artillery Regiment (from 38th Army
on 7/13)
315th Guards Mortar Regiment (from 7th Gds Army
on 7/13)
293rd Mortar Regiment (from 6th Gds Army on 7/13)
290th Mortar Regiment (from 7th Gds Army on 7/13)
48th Antitank Artillery Regiment (from 2nd Tank Corps
on 7/13)
638th Antitank Artillery Regiment (on 7/13)(from
aother antitank brigade)
1510th Antitank Artillery Regiment (on 7/13)(from
aother antitank brigade)
1st Tank Army: Lt. General M.E.Katukov

3rd Mechanized Corps: Maj.Gen. S.M.Krivoshein
1st Mechanized Brigade: Col.F.P.Liptenkov
14th Tank Regiment
3rd Mechanized Brigade: Col.A.Kh.Babadzhanian
16th Tank Regiment
10th Mechanized Brigade: Col.I.I.Iakovlev
17th Tank Regiment
1st Guards Tank Brigade: Col.V.M.Gorelov
49th Tank Brigade: Lt.ColA.F.Burda
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2nd , 49th Tank Battalions
35th Antitank Artilery Regiment
34th Separte Armored Car (Reconaissance) Battalion
Corps Strength: 250 tanks
6th Tank Corps: Maj.Gen.A.L.Getman
22nd Tank Brigade: Col. N.G.Vedenichev
1st Tank Batalion
2nd Tank Batalion
112th Tank Brigade: Col.M.T.Leonov
124th Tank Batalion
125th Tank Batalion
200th Tank Brigade: Col.N.V.Morgunov
6th Motorized Rifle Brigade: Col. I.P.Elin
1461 Self Propelled Artillery Regiment (76mm)(to 40th
Army on 7/5)
538th Antitank Artillery Regiment (to 6th Gds Army in
April)
1008th Antitank Artillery Regiment (to 6th Gds Army in
April)
40th Separate Armored Car (Reconaissance) Battalion
Corps Strength 179 tanks on 7/6 & 52 on 7/18.

79th Guards Mortar Regiment (from 6th Gds Army on 7/6)
31st Tank Corps: Maj.Gen.D.Kh.Chernienko
100th Tank Brigade: Col. N.M.Ivanov (to 7/12);
Maj.V.M.Potapov (from 7/22)
2 Tank Battalions
237th Tank Brigade: Maj. N.P.Protsenko
2 Tank Battalions
242nd Tank Brigade: Lt. Col. V.P.Sokolov
2 Tank Battalions
31st Separate Armored Car (Reconaissance) Battalion
10th Antitank Rifle Batalion
Corps Total: 43 T-34 & 12-17 T-60 & T-70 tanks
per brigade for a total of 196 tanks
Joined After Battle had Begun:
753rd Antitank Artillery Battalion (on 7/10)
316th Guards Mortar Regiment (attached to 6th Gds Army
in April)
8th Antiaircraft Artillery Division: Col.I.G.Kamen'sky
71st Separate Motorized Engineer Battalion
267th Separate Motorized Engineer Battalion
385th Signal Aviation Regiment (19 PO-2)
83rd Signal Regiment
35th Auto Transport Regiment
6th Repair-Reconstruction Battalion
7th Repair-Reconstruction Battalion
Army Strength: 40,000, 419 guns & mortars, 56 multiple

rocket launchers, 646 tanks & SP guns)
2nd Guards Tank Corps: (from front on 7/5)

See below
5th Guards Tank Corps: (from front on 7/5)
See above
29th Antitank Artillery Briagde (from 38th Army on 7/7)
(attached to 31st Tank Corps)
180th Separate Tank Brigade (from 38th Army on 7/7)
See above
192nd Separate Tank Brigade (from 38th Army on 7/7)
See above
111th Guards Howitzer Artillery Regiment (from 38th
Army 7/7)
222nd Antitank Artillery Regiment (from 38th Army on 7/7)
1244th Antitank Artillery Regiment (from 40th Amry on 7/7)
(attached to 31st Tank Corps)
66th Guards Mortar Regiment (from 38th Army on 7/8)
754th Antitank Artillery Battalion (from 38th or 40th
Army on 7/8)
138th Antitank Rifle Battalion (from 38th or 40th Army on
7/8)
139th Antitank Rifle Battalion (from 38th or 40th Army on
7/8)
86th Separate Tank Brigade (from 40th Army on 7/8)
33rd Guard Light Artillery Brigade (from 6th Gds Army
on 7/8)
4th Guards Antitank Artillery Regiment (from 40th Army
on 7/8)
12th Antitank Artillery Regiment (from 40th Army on 7/8)
36th Guards Mortar Regiment (from front on 7/8)
309th Rifle Division (from 40th Army on 7/8)(to 40th
Army to 7/12)
See above
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10th Tank Corps: (from Steppe Front on 7/8)
See below
59th Separate Tank Regiment (from 40th Army on 7/8)
60th Separate Heavy Tank Regiment (from 40th Army on 7/8)
203rd Separate Tank Regiment (from front on 7/8)
483rd Antitank Artillery Regiment (from 38th Army on 7/8)
869th Antitank Artillery Regiment (from 40th Army on 7/8)
14th Antitank Artillery Brigade (from front on 7/8)
9th Antiaircraft Artillery Division (from 40th Army on 7/8)
See above
204th Rifle Division: (from front of 7/10)
See above
2nd Air Army: Lt.Gen.S.A.Krasovsky
I Bomber Air Corps: Col. I.S.Polbin
1st Guard Bomber Air Division
293rd Bomber Air Division
I Assault Aviation Corps: Lt.Gen.V.G.Riazanov
266th Assault Aviation Division
292nd Assault Aviation Division
4th Fighter Aviation Corps: Maj.Gen.I.D.Podgorny
294th Fighter Aviation Division (to 7/27)
302nd Fighter aviation Division
5th Fighter Aviation Corps: Maj.Gen.D.P.Galunov
8th Guards Fighter Aviation Division
205th Fighter Aviation Division
291st Assault Aviation Division
203rd Fighter Aviation Division
208th Night Bomber Aviation Division
385th Light Bomber Aviation Regiment
331st Corrective Aviation Squadron
35th Guards Rifle Corps: Maj.Gen.S.G. Goriachev
92nd Guards Rifle Division: Col.V.F.Trunin (to 8/10)
Col. A.N.Petrushin (from 8/11)
93rd Guards Rifle Division:Maj.Gen.V.V.Tikhomirov
(50 48th Rifle Corps on 7/7)
94th Guards Rifle Division:Col.I.G.Russkikh (to 69th Army
on 7/5; returned on 35th Gds Rifle Corps on 7/8)
Corps Strength: 35,000 men and 620 guns & mortars

81st Guards Rifle Division: (from 7th Gds Army on 7/8,
returned to 48th Rifle Corps, 69th Army on 7/10)
see above
375th Rifle Division: (From 6th Gds Army on 7/8, returned
to 48th Rifle Corps, to 69th Army on 7/10)
see above
305th Rifle Division: (to 69th Army on 7/10)
see above
107th Rifle Division: (to 69th Army on 7/10)
see above
1510th Antitank Artillery Regiment (45mm)(corps reserve
on 7/13)
2nd Guards Tank Corps: Maj.Gen.A.S.Burdeiny (to 1st Tank
Army on 7/5, 69th Army on 7/10, and 5th Gds Tank
Army on 7/11)
4th Guards Tank Brigade: Col.A.K.Brazhnikov
21st Armored Regiment
11th (mot) Rifle Battalion
25th Guards Tank Brigade: Lt.Col.SM.Bulygin
26th Guards Tank Brigade: Col.S.K.Nesterov
261st Armored Battalion
4th Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade:3
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An independent motorized infantry rifle brigade generally had:
4 (mot) Infantry Battalions

1 Artillery Battalion
1 Mortar Battalion
1 (mot) Anti-Tank Rifle Company
1 (mot) Machine Pistol Company
1 Reconnaissance Company
1 (mot) Anti-aircraft Machinegun Company
1 (mot) Pioneer Company
support services
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19th Separate Armored Car (Reconnaissance) Battalion
Strength: 200 tanks on 7/5, 100 tanks on 7/11
1076th Antitank Artillery Regiment (from front on

7/7)(to 69th Army on 7/13)
5th Guards Tank Corps: Maj.Gen.A.G.Kravchenko (to 1st Tank
Army on 7/5)
20th Guards Tank Brigade: Lt.Col.P.F.Okhrimenko
1st Tank Battalion
2nd Tank Battalion
21st Guards Tank Brigade: Col.K.I.Ovcharenko
1st Tank Battalion
2nd Tank Battalion
21st Guards Motorized Rifle Battalion
22nd Guards Tank Brigade: Col.F.A.Zhilin
1st Tank Battalion
2nd Tank Battalion
22nd Guards Motorized Rifle Battalion
6th Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade:
23rd Separate Armored Car (Reconnaissance) Battalion
(200 tanks total)
One Battalion/203rd Separate Heavy Tank Regiment

1528th Howitzer Artillery Regiment (29th Howitzer
Artillery Brigade)
522nd High Powered Howitzer Artillery Regiment (to 5th
Guards Tank Army on 7/11)
1148th High Powered Howitzer Artillery Regiment (to 5th
Guards Tank Army on 7/11)
14th Antitank Artillery Brigade (to 1st Tank Army on 7/8)
31st Antitank Artillery Brigade (to 7th Gds Army on 7 /6 &
6th Gds Army on 7/8)
1076th Antitank Artillery Regiment (to 2nd Gds Tank Corps
on 7/7)
12th Mortar Brigade
one unidentified Mortar Regiment
36th Guards Mortar Regiment (to 1st Tank Army on 7/8)
80th Guards Mortar Regiment (to 5th Tank Army on 7/11)
97th Guards Mortar Regiment (to 7th Gds Army on 7/5)
315th Guards Mortar Regiment (to 7th Gds Army on 7/4)
22nd Guards Separate Antiaircraft Battalion
4th Engineer Mine Brigade
5th Engineer Mine Brigade
42nd Engineer Brigade (Spetznaz)
6th Pontoon Bridge Brigade
13th Guards Miner Battalion
1529th Self Propelled Artillery Regiment (from RVK in July)
36th Antiaircraft Artillery Division: (from RVK in July)
204th Rifle Division: (from 38th Army on 7/8)
See above
13th Artillery Penetration Division: Maj.Gen.D.M.Krasnokutsky
(from Briansk Front on 7/20)(to 5th Gds Army on 8/1)
42nd Light Artillery Brigade
91st Heavy Howitzer Artillery Brigade (to 27th Army
on 8/1)
1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th Battalions
101st High Power Howitzer Artillery Brigade
17th Mortar Brigade
17th Artillery Penetration Division: (7th Art Pen Corps)
(from Briansk Front after 7/20)
774th Howitzer Regiments
1003rd Howitzer Regiments
1516th Howitzer Regiments
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92nd Heavy Gun Artillery Brigade
22nd Mortar Brigade
Front Strength: 625,591 men, 8,718 guns & mortar, 272

multiple rocket launchers, 1,704 tanks & SP guns and
900 aircraft
KHAR'KOV AXIS
Southwestern Front: Gen. R.Ia.Malinovasky
27th Guards Rifle Corps: Lt.Gen.F.E.Sheverdin (to 8/22);
Maj.Gen.E.S.Alekhin (from 8/23)
14th Guards Rifle Division: Col.V.V.Rusakov
48th Guards Rifle Division: Col.G.N.Korchikov
58th Guards Rifle Division: Col. P.I.Kazatkin
19th Rifle Division: Col.P.E.Lazarov
24th Rifle Division: Maj.Gen.F.A.Prokhorov
52nd Rifle Division: Lt.Col.P.D.Fadeev (to 8/11);
Col. A.Ia.Maksimov (from 8/12)
113th Rifle Division: Maj.Gen.E.S.Alekhim (8/22);
Lt.Col.M.I.Pogorelov (from 8/23)
303rd Rifle Division: Col.K.S.Fedorovsky
Army Troops:
1st Separate Destroyer Brigade
173rd Tank Brigade: Col. V.P.Korotkov
179th Tank Brigade: Col. Lt.Col.V.I.Tutshkin
26th Light Artillery Brigade (9th Art. Div.)
9th Guards Gun Artillery Brigade
Army Strength: 65,000 men & 80 tanks
2nd Tank Corps: Maj.Gen.A.F.Popov (to Southwest front on 7/8 &

& 5th Guards Tank Army on 7/11)
26th Tank Brigade:
99th Tank Brigade: Lt.Col.S.Malov (KIA 7/11)
1st, 2nd, 3rd Tank Battalions
169th Tank Brigade:
3rd, 370th, 371st Tank Battalions
83rd Motorcycle Batalion
307th Guards Mortar Battalion
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Army Strength: 168th tanks on 7/8 & 100 tanks on 7/12
17th Air Army: Lt. General V.A.Sudets

1st Mixed Aviation Corps: Maj.Gen.V.I.Shevchenko
5th Guards Assault Aviation Division
3rd Mixed Aviation Corps: Maj.Gen.V.I.Aladinsky
9th Mixed Aviation Corps: Maj.Gen.O.V.Tolstikov
295th Fighter Aviation Corps
244th Bomber Aviation Division
306th Assault Aviation Aviation Division
262nd Night Bomber Aviation Division
3rd Medical Aviation Regiment
Southern Front
8th Air Army: Lt.Gen.T.T.Khriukin
289th Assault Aviation Division (10th Mixed Av. Corps)
270th Bomber Aviation Division
1st Guards Assault Aviation Division
2nd Guards Night Bomber Aviation Division
8th Reconaissance Aviation Regiment
678th Transport Aviation Regiment
5th Medical Aviation Regiment
87th Guards Aviation Regiment (Civil Air Fleet)
STAVKA RESERVES
Steppe Military District (Steppe front on 7/9): Col.Gen. I.S.Konev
4th Guards Army: Lt. Gen. G.I.Kulik
20th Guards Rifle Corps: Maj.Ge.N.I.Biriukov
5th Guards Airborne Division: Maj.Gen.M.A.Bogdanov
1st Guards Airborne Regiment
6th Guards Airborne Artillery Regiment
7th Guards Airborne Division: Maj.Gen.M.G.Mikeladze
21st Guards Airborne Regiment
8th Guards Airborne Division: Maj.Gen.V.F.Stenin (to 8/12)
Maj.Gen.M.A.Bogdanov (7/20)
22nd Guards Airborne Regiment
21st Guards Rifle Corps: Maj.Gen.P.I.Fomenko
68th Guards Rifle Division: Maj.Gen.G.P.Isakov
69th Guards Rifle Division: Maj.Gen.K.K.Dzhakhua
80th Guards Rifle Division: Col.A.E.Iakovlev
3rd Guards Tank Corps: Maj.Gen.I.A.Vovchenko
3rd Guards Tank Brigade: Col.G.A.Pokhodzeev
3rd Guards Motorized Rifle Battalion
18th Guards Tank Brigade: Col.D.K.Gumeniuk
19th Guards Tank Brigade: Col. T.S.Pozolotin
2nd Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade: Col.A.D.Pavlenko
1st, 2nd, 3rd Rifle Battalions
1436th Self Propelled Artillery Regiment
76th Motorcycle Batalion
Corps Strength: approx 178 tanks & SP guns
Army Troops:
1317 Antitank Artillery Regiment
27th Antiaircraft Artillery Division: Col.N.A.Bogan
Army Strength: 70,000 men and 178 tanks & SP guns
5th Guards Army: Lt.Gen. A.S.Zhadov (to Voronezh Front on 7/8)

32nd Guards Rifle Corps: Maj.Gen.A.I.Rodimtsev
13th Guards Rifle Division: Maj.Gen.G.V.Baklanov
34th Guard Rifle Regiment
42nd Guard Rifle Regiment
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8th PIoneer Battalion
4th Tank Destroyer Battlaion
14th Reconnaissance Company
139th Signals Battalion
11th Transportation Company
17th Field Bakery
2nd Veterinary Hospital
66th Guard Rifle Division: Maj.Gen.A.V.Iakushin
193rd Guard Rifle Regiment
6th Guards Airborne Division:
33rd Guards Rifle Corps: Maj.Gen.I.I.Popov (to 8/30);
Maj.Gen.M.I.Kozlov (from 8/31)
95th Guard Rifle Division: Col. A.N.Liakhov
103rd Guards Separate Antitank Artillery Battalion
97th Guard Rifle Division: Col.I.I.Antsiferov
292nd Guard Rifle Regiment
9th Guards Airborne Division: Col. A.M.Sazonov
23rd Guards Airborne Rifle Regiment
26th Guards Airborne Rifle Regiment
28th Guards Airborne Rifle Regiment
42nd Guards Rifle Division: Maj.Gen.F.A.Bobrov
127th Guards Rifle Regiment
132nd Guards Rifle Regiment
136th Guards Rifle Regiment
10th Tank Corps: Maj.Gen.V.G.Burkov (to front on 7/7 & 1st
Tank Army on 7/)
178th Tank Brigade: Maj.K.M.Pivorarov
183rd Tank Brigade: Col.G.Ia. Andriushchenko
186th Tank Brigade: Lt.Col.A.V.Ovsiannikov
11th Motorized Rifle Brigade: Col.P.G.Borodkin
1st, 2nd & 3rd Motorized Rifle Battalions
1450th Self Propelled Artillery Regiment (122mm/76mm)
30th Separate Armord Car (Reconaissance) Battalion
1693rd Antiaircraft Regiment
Corps Strength 9,612 men, 164 tanks (99 T-34, 64 T-70

& 1 KV-1), 21 Self Propelled Guns (12 SU-122 & 9 SU-76)
77 guns (28 76mm, 32 45mm, 17 37mm), 123 mortars, 983
vehicles, 14 tractors, 70 motorcycles, 52 armored
transporters, 44 armore cars, 4,613 rifles, 2,917 automatic
weapons, 209 submachine guns, 58 heavy machine guns, 57
antiaircraft machine guns, & 202 antitank guns
Joined During Battle:

301st Antitank Regiment (attached to 33rd Gds Rifle Corps)
(to 95th Gds Rifle Division on 7/12)
29th Antiaircraft Artillery Division: Col.Ia.M.Liubimov
(to 7/23); Col.M.A.Vialov (from 7/24)

multiple rocket launchers and 185 tanks & SP guns
27th Army: Lt.Gen.S.G.Trofimenko (to Voronezh Front on 7/14)

71st Rifle Division: Maj.Gen.N.M.Zamirovsky
147th Rifle Division: Maj.Gen.M.P.Iakimov
155th Rifle Division: Col.I.V.Kaprov
163rd Rifle Division: Col.F.V.Karlov
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166th Rifle Division: Col.B.I.Poltorzhitsky (to 8/19);
Col.A.I.Svetlaikov (from 8/20)
241st Rifle Division: Col.P.G.Arabei
Army Troops
93rd Tank Brigade:
Tank Battalion
Tank Battalion
Tank Battalion
23rd Antiaircraft Artillery Division: Col.N.S.Sitnikov
1342nd Antiaircraft Artillery
Army Strength: 70,000 men and 92 tanks
47th Army: Maj.Gen.P.M.Kozlov

21st Rifle Corps: Maj.Gen.V.L.Abramov
23rd Rifle Division: Col.A.I.Korolev
218th Rifle Division: Col.P.T.Kliushnikov (to 8/14);
Col.D.N.Dolganov (15-26 Aug); Col.S.F.Skliarov (from 8/14)
337th Rifle Division: Maj.Gen.G.O.Liaskin
23rd Rifle Corps: Maj.Gen.N.E.Chuvakov
29th Rifle Division: Col.N.M.Ivanovsky
104th Reconnaissance Company
78th Pioneer Battalion
702nd Signals Company
123rd Chemical Warfare Company
144th (mot) Supply Company
453rd Field Bakery
923rd Veterinary Hospital
30th Rifle Division: Col.M.E.Savchenko
38th Rifle Division: Col.S.F.Skliarov (to 8/10);
Lt. Col. F.S.Esipov (from 8/11)
Army Troops:
21st Antiaircraft Artillery Division: Col.G.V.Kasatkin
Army Strength 65,000 men
53rd Army: Lt.Gen.Im.mManagarov (to Voronezh Front on 7/14)

28th Guards Rifle Division: Maj.Gen.G.I.Churmaev
84th Rifle Division: Col.P.I.Buniashin
116th Rifle Division: Maj.Gen.I.M.Makarov
214th Rifle Division: Maj.Gen.P.P.Dremin (to 8/1);
Col.Ia.I. Brovchenko
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233rd Rifle Division: Col. Ia.N.Bransky (to 7/26);
Col. Iu.I.Sokolov (from 7/27)
242nd Rifle Division: Maj.Gen.G.I.Aisimov
299th Rifle Division: Col.A.Ia. Klimenko (to 8/12);
Maj.Gen.N.G.Travnikov (from 8/12)
Army Troops
30th Antiaircraft Artillery Division
5th Guards Tank Army: Lt.Gen.P.A.Rotmistrov (to Voronezh Front on 7/11)

5th Guards Mechanized Corps: MajGen.B.M.Skvortsov
10th Guards Mechanized Brigade: Col.I.B.Mikhailov
3 Motorized Infantry Battalions
51st Guards Tank Regiment
11th Guards Mechanized Brigade: Col.N.V.Grishchenko
12th Guards Mechanized Brigade: Col.G.Ia.Borisenkov
24th Guards Tank Brigade:Lt.Col.V.P.Karpov (7/29);
Col.T.A.Akulovich (7/30-8/11); Lt.Col.V.P.
Karpov (from 8/12)
1st Tank Battalion
2nd Tank Battalion
2nd Guards Motorcycle Battalion
104th Guards Antitank Artillery Regiment (57mm)
Strength: 212 tanks & 16 SP guns, tank regiment 32 T-34

16-17 T-70, & Tank brigade strength 63 T-34.
29th Tank Corps: Maj.Gen.I.F.Kirichenko

25th Tank Brigade: Col. N.K.Volodin
25th Tank Battalion
31st Tank Brigade: ColS.F.Moiseev (from 8/8); Col.A.A.
Novikov (from 8/9)
32nd Tank Brigade: Col.A.A.Linev (KIA 8/25); Col.K.K.
Vorob'ev (from 8/26)
53rd Motorized Rifle Brigade
38th Separate Armored Car (Reconaissance) Battalion
108th Anttank Artillery Regiment
271st Mortar Battalion
747th Separate antitank Battalion
Strength: 170 tanks & 21 SP guns
Joined During Battle

76th Guards Mortar Regiment (attached 7/5)
53rd Guards Separate Tank Regiment (21 tanks)(to Group
Trufanov on 7/11)
1st Separate Guards Motorcycle Regiment (to Group Trufanov
on 7/11)
678th Howitzer Artillery Regiment (to Group Trufanov on
7/11)
689th Antitank Artillery Regiment (to Group Trufanov on
7/11)
6th Antiaircraft Artillery Division:
146th Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment (attached to
5th Gds Motorized Corps)
36th Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment (atached to
29th Tank Corps)
4th Separate Signal Regiment
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18th Tank Corps: Maj.Gen.B.S.Bakharov (from RVK on 7/7)
110th Tank Brigade: Lt.Col.M.G.Khliupin
170th Tank Brigade: Lt.Col.V.D.Tarasov (to 7/13);
Lt.Col.A.I.Kazakov (7/14-8/7);
Col.N.P.Chunikin (from 8/8)
181st Tank Brigade: Lt.Col.I.A.Stukov (KIA on 7/13);
Lt.Col.A.F.Shevchenko (on 8/16)
32nd Motorized Rifle Brigade:Lt.Col.I.A.Stukov (KIA 7/13);
Col.M.E.Khvatov (from 7/13)
36th Guards Separate Tank Regiment (Heavy)
736th Separate Atitank Artillery Battalion
292nd Motar Regiment
29th Separate Armored Car (Reconnaissance) Company
78th Separate Motorcycle Batalion
Strength: 190 tanks
Army Strength: 37,000 men, 593 tanks & 37 SP guns on 7/7
Joined After Battle Began

2nd Tank Corps: Maj.Gen.A.F.Popov (from Southwest Front
on 7/8, to 5th Guards Tank Army on 7/11)
organization listed above
1529th Self Propelled Artillery Regiment (from RVK &
Voronezh Front on 7/11)(attached to 29th Tank Corps)
522nd High Power Howitzer Artillery Regiment (from Voronezh
Front 7/11)
148th High Power Howitzer Artillery Regiment (from Voronezh
Front 7/11)
148th Gun Artillery Regiment (fron Voronezh Front on 7/11)
93rd Gun Artillery Regiment (fron Voronezh Front on 7/11)
16th Guards Mortar Regiment (from 6th Gds Army, Voronezh
Front on 7/11)
80th Guards Mortar Regiment (from Voronezh Front on 7/11)
10th Antitank Artillery Brigade (57mm)(From 69th Army
on 7/11)(1 regt to 18th Tank Corps, remainder to
2nd Gds Tank Corps)(to 69th Army on 7/13)
27th Gun Artillery Brigade (from 6th Gds Army on 7/11)(to
69th Army on 7/13)
93rd Gun Regiment
142nd Gun Regiment
5th Guards Tank Army Strength on 7/11: 2ith 2nd Gds Tank
Corps & 2nd Tanks Corps; 793 tanks & 37 SP guns, including
501 T-34, 261 T-70, & 31 Mk IV Churchill tanks
5th Air Army: Lt. Gen.S.K.Goriunov

7th Mixed Aviation Corps: Maj.Gen.P.P.Arkhangel'sky
202nd Bomber Aviation Division: Col.S.I.Pechiporenko
287th Fighter Aviation Division: Maj.Gen.S.P.Danilov
8th Mixed Aviation Corps: Maj.Gen.N.P.Kamanin
4th Guards Assault Aviation Division: Maj.Gen.G.F.Baidukov
264th Assault Aviation Division: Col.N.I.Olenev
256th Fighter Aviation Division: Col.N.S.Geraisimov
3rd Fighter Aviation Corps: Maj.Gen.E.Ia.Savitsky
265th Fighter Aviation Division: Lt.Col.A.A.Kariagin
278th Fighter Aviation Division: Col.V.T.Lisin
7th Fighter Aviation Corps: Maj.Gen.A.V.Utin
259th Fighter Aviation Division: Col.S.S.Iachmenev
(to 8/13); Lt.Col.Ia.A.Kurbatov (8/14)
304th Fighter Aviation Division: Col. I.K.Pechenko
69th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment
Steppe Military District Subordination:
35th Rifle Corps (HQ only)
No units assigned
3rd Guards Cavalry Corps: Maj.Gen.N.S.Oslikovsky
5th Guards Cavalry Division:Maj.Gen.N.S.Chepurkin
17th Guard Cavarly Regiment
22nd Guard Cavarly Regiment
6th Guards Cavalry Division: Col.P.P.Birkel
23rd Guard Cavarly Regiment
32nd Guards Cavalry Division: Col.G.F.Maliukov
86th Cavarly Regiment
121st Cavarly Regiment
Corps Troops:
3rd Guards Separate Antitank Artillery Regiment
5th Guards Cavalry Corps: Maj.Gen.A.G.Selivanov
11th Guard Cavalry Division: Col.L.A.Slanov
41st Guard Cavarly Regiment
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12th Guard Cavalry Division: Col.V.I.Grigovorvich
63rd Cavalry Division: Maj.Gen.K.P.Beloshnichenko
223rd Cavarly Regiment
Corps Troops:
unknown Self Propelled Artillery Battalion
72nd Guards Mortar Battalion
7th Guards Cavalry Corps: Maj.Gen. M.F.Maleev
14th Guards Cavalry Division: Col.Kh.V.Fiksel
15th Guards Cavalry Division: Maj.Gen.I.T.Chalenko
16th Guards Cavalry Division: Col.G.A.Belov
Corps Troops:
4th Guards Tank Corps: Maj.Gen.P.P.Poluboiarov
12th Guards Tank Brigade: Lt.Col N.G.Dushak (7/11)
1st & 2nd Tank Battalions
13th Guards Tank Brigade: Col.L.I.Baukov
14th Guards Tank Brigade: Col.I.P.Mikhailov (to 8/15);
Maj. V.M.Pechkovsky (from 8/16)
3rd Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade: Col.M.P.Leonov
Corps Troops:
752nd Separate Antitank Artillery Battalion
Strength: 189 tanks & SP guns
3rd Guards Mechanized Corps: Maj.Gen. V.T.Obukhov
7th Guards Mechanized Brigade: Col.M.I.Rodoinov
43rd Guards Tank Regiment
8th Guards Mechanized Brigade: Col.D.N.Bely
9th Guards Mechanized Brigade: Col.I.P.Goriachev
35th Guards Tank Brigade: Col.A.A.Aslanov
Corps Troops:
1st Guards Motorcycle Battalion
743rd separate Antitank Artillery Battalion
1st Mechanized Corps: Maj.Gen.M.D.Solomatin
19th Mechanized Brigade: Lt.Col. V.V.Ershov
3 Mechanized Rifle Battalions
9th Tank Regiment
35th Mechanized Brigade:
4th Tank Regiment
37th Mechanized Brigade: Lt.Col. P.V.Tsyganenko
3rd Tank Regiment
219th Tank Brigade: Lt.Col.S.T.Khilobok
Corps Troops:
75th Anttank Artillery Regiment
Total: 204 tanks
Army Troops:
11th Antiaircraft Artillery Division:
27th Special Designation Engineer Brigade
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Steppe Front Strength 573,195 men, 8,510 guns & mortars,

1,639 tanks and SP guns
11th Army: Lt.Gen. I.I.Fediuninsky (to Western Front by 7/12)

53rd Rifle Corps: Maj.Gen.I.A.Gartsev (from 7/26)
135th Rifle Division: Col. A.N.Sosnov (to 8/15);
Col. F.N.Romashin (from 8/21)
197th Rifle Division: Col. B.N.Popov (to 8/10);
Col.F.S.Danilovsky (from 8/10)
369th Rifle Division: Maj.Gen.I.V.Khazov
4th Rifle Division: Col.D.D.Vorob'ev
96th Rifle Division: Col.F.G.Bulatov
260th Rifle Division: Col.G.K.Miroshnichenko (to 8/27);
Col.S.V.Maksimovsky (from 8/28)
273rd Rifle Division: Col.A.I.Baliugin
323rd Rifle Division: Col.I.A.Gartsev (to 8/13);
Col. I.O.Naryshkin (14-16 Aug); Col.A.M.Bakhtizin
(8/16); Col. S.F.Ukrainets (from 8/16)
Army Troops:
31st Antiaircraft Artillery Division: Col.I.S.Shilin
202nd Separate Engineer Battalion
3rd Guards Tank Army: Lt.Gen.P.S.Rybalko (to Briansk Front 7/13)

12th (6th Guards)4 Tank Corps: Maj.Gen.M.I.Zin'kovich
30th (51st Gds) Tank Brigade: Lt.Col. M.S.Novkhat'ko
97th (52nd Gds) Tank Brigade: Col.I.T.Potapov (to 8/15);
Col.A.S.Borodin (from 8/16)
106th (53rd Gds) Tank Brigade: Col.G.G.Kuznetsov (WIA 7/23);
Maj. S.V.Tashkin (KIA 7/29), Lt. Col.V.A. Bzyrin (3-15
Aug); Col.V.S.Arkhipov (from 8/16)
13th (22nd Gds) Motorized Rifle Brigade: Col N.I.Mikhailov
(to 8/20); Col Kh.S.Bogdanov (from 8/20)
Corps Troops:
1417th (292nd Gds) Self Propelled Artillery Regiment
(85mm)
1498th (289th Gds) Antitank Artillery Regiment
1703rd (286th Gds) Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment
4
The 12th Tank Corps was designated as the 6th Guard Corps on 26 July 1943.
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15th (7th Guards)5 Tank Corps: Maj.Gen.F.N.Rudkin
8th (54th) Tank Brigade: Col.I.I.Sergeev
228th, 331st Tank Battalions
96th Machine-Gun Battalion
113th (55th Gds) Tank Brigade: Col.L.S. Chigin (KIA on 7/19);
Lt.Col.V.S.Belousov (from 7/20)
195th (56th Gds) Tank Brigade: Col. V.A.Lomakin (KIA 7/19);
Lt.Col. T.F.Malik (from 7/19)
52nd (23rd Gds) Motorized Rifle Brigade: Col.A.A.Golovachev
(WIA 7/19)
Corps Troops:
1418th (293rd Gds) Self Propelled Artillery Regiment
(85mm)
89th Separate Armored Car Battalion
1503rd (290th Gds) Antitank Artillery Regiment
733rd Separate Antitank Artillery Battaion
1704th (287th Gds) Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment
Army Troops:
91st Separate Tank Brigade: Col.I.I.Iakobovsky
? Tank Battalion
? Tank Battalion
50th Motorcycle Regiment
2nd (7th Guards) Mechanized Corps: Maj.Gen.I.M.Korchagin
(from RVK reserves to 3rd Tank Army on 7/14)
18th (24th Gds) Mechanized Brigade:
13th Tank Regiment
34th (25th Gds) Mechanized Brigade:
12th Tank Regiment
43rd (26th Gds) Mechanized Brigade: Maj.Gen.D.M.Barinov
215th Tank Regiment
33rd (57th Gds) Tank Brigade: Col. I.P.Silaev
Corps Troops:
5
The 15th Tank Corps became the 7th Guards Tank Corps on 26 July.
1706th (288th Gds) Antiaircraft Artillery
Regiment
Strength: 204 tanks
Army Strength: (on 7/18) 37,266 men, 492 guns &

mortars & 731 tanks & SP guns (475 T-34, 224 T-70s
& 32 self propelled guns
4th Tank Army: Lt.Gen.V.M.Badanov (Moscow Military District on 7/1 and

to Western Front on 7/1)
6th Guards Mechanized Corps: Maj.Gen.A.I.Askimov
16th Guards Mechanized Brigade
28th Tank Regiment
126th Tank Regiment

127th Tank Regiment
Corps Troops:
1st Guards Self Propelled Artillery Regiment (152mm)
51st Guards Antitank Artillery Regiment
740th Antitank Artillery Battalion
31st Guards Separate Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion
11th Tank Corps: Maj.Gen.N.N.Radkevich

20th Tank Brigade: Col.B.M.Kostantinov
20th Tank Battalion
36th Tank Brigade: Col.T.I.Tanaschishin (to 7/15);
Col.A.Ia.Eremin (from 7/16)
65th Tank Brigade: Col.A.I.Shevchenko
12th Motorized Rifle Briade
Artillery Battalion (12 76.2mm guns)
Corps Troops:
61
93rd MOtorcycle Batalion
132es Mortar Regiment
Strength: 204 tanks
30th Tank Corps: Col. G.S.Rodin

197th Tank Brigade: Col. Ia.I.Trotsehnk (to 8/14);
Lt.Col.N.G.Zhukov (from 8/15)
243rd Tank Brigade: Lt.Colo.V.I.Prikhod'ko (to 8/22);
Lt.Col.S.A.Denisov (from 8/23)
244th Tank Brigade: Col.V.I.Konovalov (to 7/15);
Lt.Col.M.G.Fomichev (from 7/16)
30th Mechanized Rifle Brigade: Col.M.S.Smirnov
Corps Troops:
742nd Separate Antitank Artillery Battalion
Strength: 216th tank & self propelled guns
1545th Self Propelled Artillery Regiment

51st Motorcycle Regiment
Army Strength: 37,000 men, 652 tanks & SP guns
20th Tank Corps: Maj.Gen.I.G.Lazarov (to 61st Army on 7/13)

8th Guards Tank Brigade: Col.I.M.Morus (to 7/15);
Col.V.F.Orlov (from7/16)
80th Tank Brigade: Col.V.N.Busaev (to 7/14);
Col.V.I.Evsiukov (from 7/15)
155th Tank Brigade: Col.N.V.Belochkin (to 8/9);
Lt.Col.I.I.Proshin (from 8/10)
7th Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade
Corps Troops:
25th Tank Corps: Maj.Gen.F.G.Anikushkin (to 11th Gds Army

on 7/17)
11th Tank Brigade:Lt.Col I.N.Granovsky
162nd Tank Brigade: Col.I.A.Volynetz (WIA on 7/19);
Lt.Col.N.I.Syropiatov (7/19-8/15); Col.I.P.
Mikhailov (from 8/15)
175th Tank Brigade: Lt.Col.A.N.Petushkov (to 7/15);
Lt.Col.S..Drilenok (16-22 Jul); Lt.Col.A.N.Petushkov
(7/23-8/10); Lt.Col.V.I.Zemliakov (from 8/11)
20th Motorized Rifle Brigade: Maj.Gen.P.S.Il'in
Corps Troops:
53rd Motorcycle Battalion
1829th Heavy Self Propelled Artillery Regiment (152mm)
Corps Strength: 195 tanks & SP guns
2nd Guards Cavalry Corps: Lt.Gen. V.V.Kriukov (to 11th Gds

Army on 7/25)
3rd Guards Cavalry Division: Maj.Gen.M.D.Iagodin
4th Guards Cavalry Division: Maj.Gen.G.I.Pankratov
20th Cavalry Division: Maj.Gen.P.T.Kursakov
122nd Cavarly Regiment
123rd Cavarly Regiment
63
Corps Troops:
2nd Guards Separate Antitank Artillery Battalion
60th Guards Mortar Batalion
Long Range Aviation:

1st Guards Aviation Corps (Orel Axis):Maj.Gen.D.P.Iukhanov
1st Guards Long-Range Aviation Division
6th Guards Long-Range Aviation Division
2nd Guards Aviation Corps (Orel Axis): Maj.Gen.E.F.Loginov
2nd Guards Long-Range Aviation Division
3rd Guards Aviation Corps (Orel Axis): Maj.Gen.N.A.Volkov
3rd Guards Long-Range Aviation Division
4th Guards Aviation Corps (Poltava Axis): Col.S.P.Kovalev
5th Guards Aviation Corps (Orel Axis): Maj.Gen.I.V.Georgiev
53rd Guards Long-Range Aviation Division
6th Guards Aviation Corps (Orel Axis): Maj.Gen.G.N.Tukipov
62nd Guards Long-Range Aviation Division
7th Guards Aviation Corps (Orel Axis): Maj.Gen.V.E.Nestertsev
1st Long-Range Aviation Division
12th Long-Range Aviation Division
45th Long-Range Aviation Division
7th Assault Aviation Corps: Maj.Gen.N.P.Kamanian (to Voronezh
Front 2nd Air Army by 8/3)
10th Fighter Corps: Maj.Gen.M.M.Golovnia (to Voronezh
Front 2nd Air Army 8/3)
201st Fighter Aviation Division
202nd Bombar Aviation Divsion (to Voronezh Front 2nd Air
Army 8/3)
Klink, E., Des Gesitz des Handeln: Die Operation Zitadelle, 1943, Stut-
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Russian Forces

Western Front: Colonel General V.Dd..Sokolovsky

11th Guards Army: Lieutenant General I.Kh. Bagramian

1st Air Army: Lt. Gen. M.M.Gromov

2nd Guards Tank Brigade: Colonel N.A.Obdalenko

Front Strength: 211,458 men, 4,285 guns & mortars, 14 multiple

Briansk Front: Colonel General M.M.Popov

61st Army: Lt. General. P.A.Belov

Army Strength: 80,000 men, 1110 tanks & SP guns

Army Strength: 70,000 men & 60 tanks & SP guns

Total: 207 tnaks & SP guns

Front Strength: 433,616 men, 7,642 guns & mortars, 160

Army Strength: 114,00 men, 2,934 guns & mortars, 105

48th Army: Lt. Gen. P.I.Romanenko

60th Army: Lt.Gen. I.D.Cherniakhovsky

Army Strength: 96,000, 1,376 guns & mortars, & 67 tanks

65th Army: Lt. Gen. P.I.Batov

Army Strength: 100,000, 1,837 guns & mortars, 124 tanks

70th Army: Lt.Gen.I.V.Galanin

Army Strength: 96,000 1,658 guns & mortars, 125 tanks

2nd Tank Army: Lt. Gen. A.G.Rodin

Strength: 204 tanks

16th Tank Corps: Maj.Gen.V.E.Grigo'ev

Total: 220 tank s& SP guns

11th Guards Tank Brigade: Col. N.M.Bubnov (KIA 8/2);

Army Strength: 37,000 men, 338 guns & mortars, 456

Strength: 168 tanks

19th Tank Corps: Maj.Gen.I.D.Vasil'ev

202nd Tank Brigade:

Joined After Battle had Begun

Voronezh Front: General N.F.Vatutin

6th Guards Army: Lt.Gen.I.M.Chistiakov

Army Strength: 79,900 men, 1,682 guns & mortars, 92

Joined After Battle had Begun

5th Antitank Rifle Battalion (attached to 24th Gds

Army Strength: 76,800 men, 1,573 guns & mortars, 47

Joined After Battle had Begun

Army Strength 60,000 men, 1,168 guns & mortars, 32

40th Army: Lt. Gen.K.S.Moskalenko

86th Separate Armored Brigade: Col.V.S.Agafonov (to 1st

Army Strength: 77,000 men, 1,636 guns & mortars &

Joined After Battle had Begun

Joined After Battle had Begun

1st Tank Army: Lt. General M.E.Katukov

Corps Strength 179 tanks on 7/6 & 52 on 7/18.

Joined After Battle had Begun

Army Strength: 40,000, 419 guns & mortars, 56 multiple

2nd Guards Tank Corps: (from front on 7/5)

Corps Strength: 35,000 men and 620 guns & mortars

Joined After Battle had Begun

4 (mot) Infantry Battalions

Strength: 200 tanks on 7/5, 100 tanks on 7/11

1076th Antitank Artillery Regiment (from front on

One Battalion/203rd Separate Heavy Tank Regiment

Front Strength: 625,591 men, 8,718 guns & mortar, 272

Army Strength: 65,000 men & 80 tanks

2nd Tank Corps: Maj.Gen.A.F.Popov (to Southwest front on 7/8 &

17th Air Army: Lt. General V.A.Sudets

Corps Strength: approx 178 tanks & SP guns

Army Strength: 70,000 men and 178 tanks & SP guns

5th Guards Army: Lt.Gen. A.S.Zhadov (to Voronezh Front on 7/8)

Corps Strength 9,612 men, 164 tanks (99 T-34, 64 T-70

Joined During Battle: