Steve Wilcox
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Hi guys, here's the Russian Towed/SP AT Formation stuff. "RAHB" stands for Red Army Handbook. I tried to get as much Plt/Bty detail as I could find, but it's vague in a few places. Russian Towed/SP AT Formations -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For Rifle Divisions: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sep 39 Inf Bn's AT Plt: 2 x 45mm AT Inf Rgt's AT Bty: 6 x 45mm AT Rfl Div's AT Bn: 18 x 45mm AT Apr 41 Inf Bn's AT Plt: 2 x 45mm AT Inf Rgt's AT Bty: 3 x Plt (2 x 45mm AT) Rfl Div's AT Bn: 3 x Bty (6 x 45mm AT) These formations appear to be the same as in Sep 39, but a more detailed breakdown is given for the Apr 41 AT Bty and AT Bn. Jul 41 Inf Rgt's AT Bty: 3 x Plt (2 x 45mm AT) Rfl Div's AT Bn and Inf Bn's AT Plt removed at this time. Dec 41 Inf Rgt AT Bty: 3 x Plt (2 x 45mm AT) Rfl Div's AT Bn: 3 x Bty (4 x 57mm AT in theory, usually 45mm AT in practice) Mar 42 Inf Rgt AT Bty: 3 x Plt (2 x 45mm AT) Rfl Div's AT Bn: 3 x Bty (4 x 45mm AT) Dec 42 Inf Bn's AT Plt: 2 x 45mm AT Inf Rgt's AT Bty: 3 x Plt (2 x 45mm AT) Rfl Div's AT Bn: 3 x Bty (4 x 45mm AT) Dec 44 Inf Bn's AT Plt: 2 x 45mm AT Inf Rgt's AT Bty: 3 x Plt (2 x 57mm AT) Rfl Div's AT Bn: 3 x Bty (4 x 76mm gun) Gds Rfl Div's AG Bn (instead of towed AT Bn): 16 x SU-76 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For Tank Brigades: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nov 39 Tk Bde's Mot Rfl Bn's AT Plt: 3 x 45mm AT Aug 41 Tk Bde's Mot Rfl Bn's AT Co: 4 x Plt (2 x45mm AT) (replaces the AT Plt) Dec 41: Tk Bde's Mot Rfl Bn's AT Co removed. Jul 42 Tk Bde's AT Bty: 4 x 76mm gun Nov 43 Tk Bde's Mot Rfl (SMG) Bn's AT Bty: 4 x 45mm AT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For Tank Divisions/Motorized Divisions: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apr 41 Tk/Mot Div's Mot Rfl Rgt's Mot Rfl Bn's AT Plt: 2 x 45mm AT Apr 41 Mot Div's AT Bn's AT Bty: 6 x 45mm AT Jul 41 Tk Div's Mot Rfl Rgt's AT Bty: 6 x 45mm AT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For Tank Corps: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apr 42 Tk Corps Mot Rfl Bde's Mot Rfl Bn's AT Bty: 4 x 45mm AT Jan 43 Tk Corps AG Rgt*: 17 x SU-76 8 x SU-122 Apr 43 Tk Corps TD Arty Rgt: 20 x 45mm AT May 43 Tk Corps TD Arty Bn: 12 x 76mm gun or 85mm May 43 Tk Corps AG Rgt*: 12 x SU-152 (replaces the SU-76/SU-122 AG Rgt) Aug 43 Tk Corps towed formations (TD Arty Rgt and Bn) replaced by: AG Rgt*: 21 x SU-76 AG Rgt*: 16 x SU-122 Jan 44 Tk Corps also had 16 x 57mm AT (no clue as to organization or formation type) Feb 44 Tk Corps AG Rgts all become 21-vehicle Rgts*, ie: 1 x HQ Vehicle 4 x Bty (5 x vehicle) *See Assault Gun Regiments section. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For Mech Corps: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sep 42 Mech Corps Mech Bde's Mot Rfl Bn's AT Bty: 4 x 45mm AT Sep 42 Mech Corps AT Arty Rgt: ? (no details given) Jan 43 Mech Corps Lt SP Arty Rgt: 25 x SU-76 Jan 43 Mech Corps Mixed SP Arty Rgt: 1 x HQ SU-76 4 x SU-76 Bty (4 x SU-76) 2 x SU-122 Bty (4 x SU-122) Apr 43 Mech Corps AT Arty Rgt renamed as TD Arty Rgt. May 43 Mech Corps AT Bn: 12 x 76mm gun or 85mm Aug 43 Mech Corps SP component redefined as 3 Rgts*: 21 x SU-76 16 x SU-85 12 x SU-152 Jan 44 Mech Corps: added 16 x 57mm AT. Feb 44 Mech Corps AG Rgts all become 21-vehicle AG Rgts* Feb 44 Mech Corps TD Arty Rgt (the former AT Arty Rgt) is rearmed with 76mm ZiS-3 guns and the separate AT Bn is removed. *See Assault Gun Regiments section. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For Tank Armies: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apr 43 Tk Army's AT Rgt: 20 x 76mm gun Apr 43 Tk Army's AG Rgt*: 9 x SU-76, 12 x SU-122 Feb 44 Tk Army's Lt AG Bde: 60 x SU-76 5 x T-70 Feb 44 Tk Army's Lt Arty Bde: 48 x 76mm gun 20 x 100mm AT *See Assault Gun Regiments section. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Antitank Brigades and Regiments: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apr 41 AT Bde: 2 x AT Rgt AT Rgt: 2 x AT Bn: 3 x Bty (4 x 76mm gun) 2 x AT Bn: 3 x Bty (4 x 85mm AA used in the AT role) 1 x AT Bn: 3 x Bty (4 x 107mm gun in theory, 76mm in practice) 1 x AA Bn: 2 x Bty (4 x 37mm AA) Ten of these were ordered created in Apr 41 and another after the German invasion. "The bulk of the brigades were disbanded in the Autumn of 1941 and reformed into separate AT regiments. The last of these brigades was finally disbanded in March 1942." RAHB page119. "In late June and early July the Stavka ordered the formation of twenty additional AT regiments," (I take it of the above type of AT Rgt?) "but these large formations proved difficult to raise quickly." (so did they ever get raised?) "In response fifteen more regiments were ordered activated in July." RAHB page 119. See below: Jul 41 Separate AT Rgt: 5 x AT Bty (4 x 85mm AA, due to shortage of 76mm gun) Fifteen of these were raised and "All these regiments were lost in October 1941 in the battles outside Moscow." RAHB page 119. Yet in Jan 42 seventeen of this type of formation show up on the AT unit chart on page 127. (shrug) Aug 41 Separate AT Rgt: 2 x Bty (4 x 85mm AA) and 2 x Bty (4 x 45mm AT or 37mm AA) Thirty-six of these were raised in the period from August to October 1941. Oct 41 Separate AT Rgt: 5 x AT Bty (4 x 76mm gun) 1 x AA Bty (4 x 25/37mm AA) "Only one regiment was formed with this TO&E but nine other regiments were converted to this organization from the older AT brigades." RAHB page 119. Jan 42: Types and numbers of Separate AT Rgts at this time: 9 had 20 x 76mm gun and 4 x 37mm AA 17 had 20 x 85mm AA 23 had 8 x 45mm AT and 8 x 85mm AA Jan 42: Types and numbers of AT Bdes at this time: 1 had 48 x 76mm gun, 48 x 85mm AA, 24 x 107mm gun, and 16 x 37mm AA Apr 42 Separate AT Rgt: 5 x Bty: 2 x Plt (2 x 76mm gun, 2 x ATR, 1 LMG) "Provision was also made for the addition of a sixth battery." RAHB page 120 Apr-May 42 (Infantry) TD Bde's AT Arty Rgt: 4 x Hvy Bty (4 x 76mm gun) 3 x Lt Bty (4 x 45mm AT) 1 x AA Bty (4 x 37mm AA) Twenty-six were formed in 1942 (25 in Apr-May and 1 later). By Jan 43 there were 13 left, by mid-1943 only six, and the last one was disbanded at the end of the year. May 42 Separate AT Rgt: 5 x Bty: (4 x 45mm AT) and probably the same Plt structure as Apr 42. "Production of 76mm guns was apparently still insufficient, for on 15 May a new structure was authorized, organizationally similar to the April regiment, but with fewer men and equipped with 45mm guns. At the same time the bulk of the 76mm AT regiments were redesignated as light artillery regiments but on 1 July they were redesignated again as tank-destroyer artillery regiments." RAHB page 120. Jun 42 Separate Hvy TD Rgt: 5 x Bty (3 x 107mm gun) Three of these were raised. Jun 42 Separate TD Arty Bn: 3 x Bty (4 x 76mm gun) There were four of these raised and all four were still around in Jan 43 and Jan 44, but not by Jan 45. Summer 42 Leningrad Front variant AT Rgt: 3 x Bn: 3 x Bty (4 x 76mm gun) 1 x Bn: 3 x Bty (6 x 45mm AT) Eleven were raised. Nov 42 Transcaucasus Front variant AT Rgt: 4 x Bty (3 x 45mm AT) Each gun Bty also had 2 x HMG Plt (4 x DShK .50cal) and 1 x ATR Plt (16 x ATR). Two were raised. Nov 42: Types and numbers of AT Rgts (Separate and within AT Bdes) at this time (238 in total): 160 had the Apr 42 TO&E for 76mm guns (half had 5 x Bty and half had 6 x Bty) 65 had the May 42 TO&E for 45mm AT 3 had the Jun 42 Hvy TD Rgt TO&E 13 were local variants, ie: 11 had the Leningrad Front style 2 had the Transcaucasus Front style Jan 43: Types and numbers of Separate AT Rgts at this time: 11 had 18 x 45mm AT and 36 x 76mm gun 64 had 20 x 45mm AT 91 had 20 x 76mm gun 3 had 15 x 107mm gun 2 had 12 x 45mm AT Apr-Jul 43 TD Arty Bde: 2 x Hvy AT Arty Rgt, 1 x Lt AT Arty Rgt Hvy AT Arty Rgt: 5 x Bty (4 x 76mm) Lt AT Arty Rgt: 5 x Bty (4 x 45/57mm AT) Apr-Jul 43 Separate AT Arty Rgt: 6 x Bty (4 x 45/57mm AT or 76mm gun) Apr 43 AT Arty Rgt: 5 x Bty: HQ Plt (1 x ATR) 2 x Plt (2 x 76mm gun, 1 x ATR, 1 x LMG) Jul 43 AT Arty Rgt: 5 x Bty: 2 x Plt (2 x 76mm gun, 2 x ATR, 1 x LMG) Jul 43 Separate AT Arty Rgt: 6 x Bty: 2 x Plt (2 x 76mm gun, 2 x ATR, 1 x LMG) Sep 43 TD Arty Bde: 2 x AT Arty Rgt, 1 x Lt AT Arty Rgt Hvy AT Arty Rgt: 6 x Bty: (4 x 76mm gun) Lt AT Arty Rgt: 6 x Bty: (4 x 57mm AT) "In September 1943 a new TO&E replaced the 45mm regiment with a 57mm regiment, with the new 57mm regiment adopting the TO&E of the 76mm regiment. Separate TO&Es were issued that expanded the 57/76mm regiment to a 6-battery (24-gun) configuration." RAHB page 126. Sep 43 Separate AT Arty Rgt: 6 x Bty: (4 x 57mm AT or 76mm gun) Jan 44: Types and numbers of Separate AT Rgts at this time: 11 had 20 x 45mm AT 2 had 15 x 107mm gun 9 had 18 x 45mm AT and 36 x 76mm gun 2 had 20 x 57mm AT 111 had 24 x 76mm gun Jan 44: Types and numbers of TD Arty Bdes at this time: 37 had 20 x 45/57mm AT and 40 x 76mm gun 13 had 24 x 57mm AT and 48 x 76mm gun Aug 44: a SP AT Rgt of 21 x SU-85 was added to fifteen of the TD Arty Bdes, but this was not completed until 1945. Dec 44: twelve TD Arty Bdes had a 76mm AT Arty Rgt replaced with a 100mm one (16 x 100mm AT). Jan 45: Types and numbers of TD Arty Bdes at this time: Three TD Arty Bde appear to be on a 3 x Hvy AT Arty Rgt structure, twelve on a 2 x Lt AT Arty Rgt and 1 x Hvy AT Arty Rgt structure, and seven seem to have been on a 3 x Hvy AT Arty Rgt structure before converting one of their 76mm AT Arty Rgt (20 x 76mm gun) to a 100mm one (16 x 100mm AT), ie: 2 had 60 x 76mm gun 1 had 72 x 76mm gun 7 had 40 x 76mm gun and 16 x 100mm AT 6 had 48 x 57mm AT and 24 x 76mm gun 6 had 48 x 57mm AT and 24 x 76mm gun, and 21 SU-85 The others at this time: 11 had 20 x 45/57mm AT and 40 x 76mm gun 6 had 24 x 57mm AT and 48 x 76mm gun 2 had 24 x 57mm AT and 48 x 76mm gun, and 21 SU-85 5 had 24 x 57mm AT and 24 x 76mm gun, and 16 x 100mm AT Jan 45: Types and number of Separate AT Rgts at this time: 2 had 20 x 45mm AT 1 had 18 x 45mm AT and 36 x 76mm gun 1 had 20 x 57mm AT 88 had 24 x 76mm gun -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Assault Gun Regiments: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dec 42-Mar 43 AG Rgt: 1 x HQ SU-76 4 x SU-76 Bty (4 x SU-76) 2 x SU-122 Bty (4 x SU-122) Dec 42-Mar 43 AG Rgt (rarer version): 1 x HQ SU-76 2 x SU-76 Bty (4 x SU-76) 3 x SU-122 Bty (4 x SU-122) Mar 43 Hvy AG Rgt: 1 x HQ KV-1 6 x SU-152 Bty (2 x SU-152) Apr 43 Lt AG Rgt: 1 x HQ SU-76 4 x SU-76 Bty (5 x SU-76) Apr 43 AG/Med AG Rgt: 1 x HQ T-34 4 x SU-122 Bty (4 x SU-122*) *The SU-85 starts production in Aug 43 and begins to gradually replace the SU-122 in the above unit. They were also used in Separate AG Bns (12 x SU-85). Oct 43: all AG Rgts reorganized to 4 x Bty while keeping the same number of combat vehicles as before: Lt AG Rgt: 1 x HQ SU-76 4 x SU-76 Bty (5 x SU-76) Med AG Rgt: 1 x HQ T-34 4 x SU-85 Bty (4 x SU-85) Hvy AG Rgt: 1 x HQ KV-1 4 x SU-152 Bty (3 x SU-152) Feb 44: all AG Rgts were to be reorganized to 4 x Bty (5 vehicles each), although it appears this was not completed until the end of 1944: Lt AG Rgt: 1 x HQ SU-76 4 x SU-76 Bty (5 x SU-76) Med AG Rgt: 1 x HQ T-34 4 x SU-85/100** Bty (5 x SU-85/100**) Hvy AG Rgt: 1 x HQ IS-2 4 x ISU-122/152 Bty (5 x ISU-122 or ISU-152) **The SU-100 began production in September 1944, but most SU-100s went to the AG Bdes. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Assault Gun Brigades: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 44 Lt AG Bde: 3 x Lt AG Bn: 1 x HQ T-70 5 x SU-76 Bty (4 x SU-76) Dec 44 Med AG Bde: 65 x SU-100 and 3 x SU-76 Mar 45 Hvy AG Bde: 65 x ISU-122 or ISU-152 and 3 x SU-76 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Whew! I think I'm going to give my brain a rest now.
< Message edited by Steve Wilcox -- 3/30/2004 7:58:19 AM >
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