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 1314th Infantry Regiment 1316th Infantry Regiment 320th Artillery Regiment 326th Rifle Division: Major General V.G.Terent'ev 1097th Infantry Regiment 1099th Infantry Regiment 1101st Infantry Regiment 888th Artillery Regiment 413th Rifle Division: Colonel I.S.Khokhlov 1320th Infantry Regiment 1322nd Infantry Regiment 1324th Infantry Regiment 982nd Artillery Regiment 49th Rifle Division: Colonel A.V.Chuzhov 212th Infantry Regiment 222nd Infantry Regiment 551st Infantry Regiment 31st Artillery Regiment 64th Rifle Division: Colonel I.I.Iaremenko 433rd Infantry Regiment 440th Infantry Regiment 451st Infantry Regiment 1029th Artillery Regiment 212th Rifle Division: Colonel A.P.Mal'tsev 369th Infantry Regiment 669th Infantry Regiment 692nd Infantry Regiment 665th Artillery Regiment 324th Rifle Division: Colonel E.Zh. Sedulin 1091st Infantry Regiment 1093rd Infantry Regiment 1095th Infantry Regiment 887th Artillery Regiment

1 196th Tank Brigade: Lt.Colonel E.E.Dukhovny1 426th Tank Battalion 427th 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 309th 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 40th Guard Infantry Regiment 30th Guard Artillery Regiment 26th Guards Rifle Division: Major General N.N.Korzhenevsky 75th Guard Infantry Regiment 77th Guard Infantry Regiment 79th Guard Infantry Regiment 57th Guard Artillery Regiment 83rd Guards Rifle Division: Major General Ia.S.Vorb'ev 248th Guard Infantry Regiment 250th Guard Infantry Regiment 252nd Guard Infantry Regiment ? Guard Artillery Regiment

1 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 4th Guard Infantry Regiment 7th Guard Infantry Regiment 16th Guard Infantry Regiment 20th Guard Artillery Regiment 16th Guards Rifle Division: Maj. Gen.P.G.Shafranov 43rd Guard Infantry Regiment 46th Guard Infantry Regiment 49th Guard Infantry Regiment 44th Guard Artillery Regiment 31st Guards Rifle Division: Colonel I.K.Shcherbin 95th Guard Infantry Regiment 97th Guard Infantry Regiment 99th Guard Infantry Regiment 64th Guard Artillery Regiment 169th Rifle Division: Maj. Gen. Ia.F.Eremenko 434th Infantry Regiment 556th Infantry Regiment 680th Infantry Regiment 307th Artillery Regiment 36th Guards Rifle Corps: Maj. Gen. A.S.Ksenefontov 5th Guards Rifle Division: Colonel N.I.Soldatov 12th Guard Infantry Regiment 17th Guard Infantry Regiment 21st Guard Infantry Regiment 24th Guard Artillery Regiment 18th Guards Rifle Division: Colonel M.N.Zavodovsky 51st Guard Infantry Regiment 53rd Guard Infantry Regiment 58th Guard Infantry Regiment 52nd Guard Artillery Regiment 84th Guards Rifle Division: Maj. Gen. G.B.Peters 243rd Guard Infantry Regiment 245th Guard Infantry Regiment 247th Guard Infantry Regiment 186th Guard Artillery Regiment 108th Rifle Division: Col. P.A.Teremov 407th Infantry Regiment 444th Infantry Regiment 539th Infantry Regiment 575th Artillery Regiment 217th Rifle Division: Col. E.V.Ryzhikov 740th Infantry Regiment 755th Infantry Regiment 766th Infantry Regiment 668th Artillery Regiment 10th Guards Tank Brigade: Col. A.R.Burlyga 144th Tank Battalion 169th Tank Battalion 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

3 2nd/29th Guards Tank Battalion 3rd/29th Guards Tank Battalion 29th Guards Motorized Rifle 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 659th Tank Battalion 660th Tank Battalion 213th Motorized Rifle Battalion 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 685th Light Artillery Regiment 1170th Light Artillery Regiment 15th Gun Artillery Brigade unknown 1st Howitzer Artillery Brigade 296th Howitzer Regiment 302nd Howitzer Regiment 1475th Howitzer Regiment 117th High Power Howitzer Artillery Brigade 1st, 2nd , 3rd & 4th Battalions 7th Mortar Brigade 169th Mortar Regiment 171st Mortar Regiment 186th Mortar Regiment 6th Artillery Penetration Division: Maj.Gen.A.S.Bitutsky 21st Light Artillery Brigade 600th Light Artillery Regiment 1314th Light Artillery Regiment 1320th Light Artillery Regiment 551st Light Artillery Regiment (May be a replacement for another regiment) 10th Gun Artillery Brigade 486th Gun Regiment 1171st Gun Regiment 18th Howitzer Artillery Brigade 173rd Howitzer Regiment 2 unknown howitzer regiments 119th High Power Howitzer Artillery Brigade 1st, 2nd , 3rd & 4th Battalions 3rd Mortar Brigade 101st Mortar Regiment 103rd Mortar Regiment 107th Mortar Regiment

14th Artillery Division: Col. L.I.Kozhukhov 54th Light Artillery Brigade 1309th Light Artillery Regiment 2 unidentified light artillery regiments 48th Gun Artillery Brigade 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 74th Guards Gun Artillery Regiment 75th Guards Gun Artillery Regiment 39th Gun Artillery Regiment 403rd Gun Artillery Regiment 537th Gun Artillery Regiment 761st Gun Artillery Regiment 995th Gun Artillery Regiment 1093rd Gun Artillery Regiment 1165th Gun Artillery Regiment 15th Guards Howitzer Artillery Regiment 16th Guards Howitzer Artillery Regiment 128th Howitzer Artillery Regiment 360th Howitzer Artillery Regiment 364th Howitzer Artillery Regiment 5th Guards Antitank Artillery Regiment 545th Mortar Regiment 546th Mortar Regiment 24th Guards Mortar Regiment 25th Guards Mortar Regiment 40th Guards Mortar Regiment 59th Guards Mortar Regiment 60th Guards Mortar Regiment 74th Guards Mortar Regiment 325th Guards Mortar Regiment 14th Antiaircraft Artillery Division: Col. A.I.Vasiuta 525th Antiaircraft Regiment 715th Antiaircraft Regiment 718th Antiaircraft Regiment 721st Antiaircraft Regiment 17th Antiaircraft Artillery Division: Col. A.M.Shumikhin 500th Antiaircraft Regiment 1267th Antiaircraft Regiment 1276th Antiaircraft Regiment 1279th Antiaircraft Regiment 48th Antiaircraft Artillery Division: Col. P.M.Barsky 231st Guards Antiaircraft Regiment 50th Antiaircraft Regiment 1277th Antiaircraft Regiment 1278th Antiaircraft Regiment 716th Antiaircraft Regiment 739th Antiaircraft Regiment

5 1280th Antiaircraft Regiment 1484th Antiaircraft Regiment 4th Separate Antiaircraft Battalion 614th Separate Antiaircraft BattalionP 6th Guards Separate Engineer Battalion 84th Separate Engineer Battalion 226th Separate Engineer Battalion 243rd Separate Engineer Battalion 367th 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 1427th Self Propelled Artillery Regiment (85mm) 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) 265th Tank Battalion 276th Tank Battalion 24th Motorized Rifle Battalion 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 262nd Tank Battalion 70th Motorized Rifle Battalion 5th Motorized Infantry Brigade: 1st, 2nd & 3rd Motorized Rifle Battalions Corps Troops: 1435th Self Propelled Artillery Regiment (85mm) 731st Separate Antitank Battalion 277th Mortar Regiment 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 179th Tank Battalion 185th Tank Battalion 94th Motorized Rifle Battalion 120th Tank Brigade: Colonel N.I. bukov 333rd Tank Battalion 334th Tank Battalion 120th Motorized Rifle Battalion 187th Tank Brigade: Maj.Gen.M.V.Kolosov (converted into 187th Separate Tank Regiment on 7/15) 406th Tank Battalion 407th Tank Battalion 187th Motorized Rifle Battalion 56th Guards Separate Tank Regiment 161st Separate Tank Regiment 233rd Separate Tank Regiment 248t Separate Tank Regiment 7th Separate Aero-Sleigh Battalion 37th Separate Aero-Sleigh Battalion 38th Separate Aero-Sleigh Battalion 40th Aero-Sleigh Battalion 758th Antitank Artillery Regiment 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 6th Separate Engineer Battalion 113th Separate Engineer Battalion 122nd Separate Engineer Battalion 129th Separate Engineer Battalion 133rd Separate Engineer Battalion 229th Separate Engineer Battalion 230th Separate Engineer Battalion 527th Separate Mine Sapper Battalion 738th Separate Mine Sapper Battalion

7 9th Pontoon Bridge Battalion 51st Bridge Battalion 62nd Bridge Battalion 87th Bridge Battalion 88th Bridge Battalion 89th Bridge Battalion 90th Bridge Battalion 91st Bridge Battalion 99th 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) 732nd Infantry Regiment 801st Infantry Regiment 806th Infantry Regiment 682nd Artillery Regiment 308th Rifle Division: Maj.Gen. L.N.Gurt'ev (KIA 8/3); Col. N.K. Maslennikov (from 8/4) 339th Infantry Regiment 347th Infantry Regiment 351st Infantry Regiment 1011th Artillery Regiment 380th Rifle Division: Col. A.F.Kustov 1260th Infantry Regiment 1262nd Infantry Regiment 1264th Infantry Regiment 945th Artillery Regiment 269th Rifle Division: Maj.Gen. P.S.Merzhakov (to 7/28); Col. A.F.Kubasov (from 7/29) 1018th Infantry Regiment 1020th Infantry Regiment 1022nd Infantry Regiment 836th Artillery Regiment 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) 856th Infantry Regiment 858th Infantry Regiment 860th Infantry Regiment 9th Guards Artillery Regiment 342nd Rifle Division: Maj.Gen.L.D.Chervony 1146th Infantry Regiment 1148th Infantry Regiment 1150th Infantry Regiment 903rd Artillery Regiment

Army Troops: 82nd Separate Tank Regiment 114th Separate Tank Regiment 1538th Self Propelled Artillery Regiment (152mm) 10th Separate Armored Train Battalion 55th Separate Armored Train Battalion 20th Artillery Penetration Division: Col. N.V.Bogdanov 34th Light Artillery Brigade 3 unidentified light artillery regiments 53rd Gun Artillery Brigade 2 unidentified artillery regiments 60th Howitzer Artillery Brigade 3 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 240th Mortar Regiment 244th Mortar Regiment 247th Mortar Regiment 420th Gun Artillery Regiment 584th Antitank Artillery Regiment 475th Morar Regiment 24th Antiaircraft Artillery Division: Col.I.G.Liarsky 1045th Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment 1337th Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment 1343rd Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment 1349th Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment 1284th Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment 348th Separate Engineer Battalion

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) 29th Guard Infantry Regiment 32nd Guard Infantry Regiment 37th Guard Infantry Regiment 31st Guard Artillery Regiment 76th Guards Rifle Division: Maj.Gen. A.V.Kirsanov 234th Guard Infantry Regiment 237th Guard Infantry Regiment 239th Guard Infantry Regiment 154th Guard Artillery Regiment 77th Guards Rifle Division: Maj.Gen. V.S.Askalepov 215th Guard Infantry Regiment 218th Guard Infantry Regiment 221st Guard Infantry Regiment 156th Guard Artillery Regiment

9 97th Rifle Division: Maj.Gen. P.M.Davydov 69th Infantry Regiment 136th Infantry Regiment 233rd Infantry Regiment 47th Artillery Regiment 110th Rifle Division: Col.S.K.Artem'ev 1287th Infantry Regiment 1289th Infantry Regiment 1291st Infantry Regiment 971st Artillery Regiment 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) 1128th Infantry Regiment 1132nd Infantry Regiment 1134th Infantry Regiment 909th Artillery Regiment 356th Rifle Division: Col.M.G.Makarov 1181st Infantry Regiment 1183rd Infantry Regiment 1185th Infantry Regiment 918th Artillery Regiment 415th Rifle Division: Col.N.K.Maslennikov (to 7/30); Col. P.I. Moshchalkov (from 8/1) 1321st Infantry Regiment 1323rd Infantry Regiment 1326th Infantry Regiment 686th Artillery Regiment 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 36th Separate Tank Regiment 1539th Self Propelled Artillery Regiment (85mm) 31st Separate Armored Train Batalion 45th Separate Armored Train Batalion 60th Guards Gun Artillery Regiment 67th Guards Gun Artillery Regiment 554th Gun Artillery Regiment 533rd Antitank Artillery Regiment 13th Antiaircraft Artillery Division: Col.V.M.Kochubei 1065thAntiaircraft Artillery Regiment 1173rd Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment 1175th Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment 1218th Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment 1282nd Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment 310th Separate Engineer Battalion 344th Separate Engineer Battalion

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) 142nd Infantry Regiment 190th Infantry Regiment 336th Infantry Regiment 27th Artillery Regiment 41st Rifle Division: Col. A.I.Surchenko 102nd Infantry Regiment 139th Infantry Regiment 244th Infantry Regiment 132nd Artillery Regiment 129th Rifle Division: Col.I.V.Panchuk 438th Infantry Regiment 457th Infantry Regiment 518th Infantry Regiment 664th Artillery Regiment 250th Rifle Division: Col. V.M.Muzitsky (to 7/5); Col. I.V.Mokhin (from 7/6/) 918th Infantry Regiment 922nd Infantry Regiment 926th Infantry Regiment 790th Artillery Regiment 287th Rifle Division: Maj.Gen.I.N.Pankratov 866th Infantry Regiment 868th Infantry Regiment 870th Infantry Regiment 851st Artillery Regiment 348th Rifle Division: Col. I.F.Grigor'evsky 1170th Infantry Regiment 1172nd Infantry Regiment 1174th Infantry Regiment 916th Artillery Regiment 397th Rifle Division: Col. N.F. Andron'ev 446th Infantry Regiment 447th Infantry Regiment 448th Infantry Regiment 1015th Artillery Regiment Support Units: 231st Separate Tank Regiment 1452nd Self Propelled Artillery Regiment (85mm) 1071st Antitank Artillery Regiment 1311st Antitank Artillery Regiment 286th Mortar Regiment 28th Antiaircraft Artillery Division: Col.G.E.Drabkov 1355th Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment 1359th Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment 1365th Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment 1371st Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment 356th Separate Engineer Battalion

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

11 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

Front Subordination: 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) 238th Infantry Regiment 290th Infantry Regiment 298th Infantry Regiment 327th Artillery Regiment 283rd Rifle Division: Col. I.D.Krasnoshtanov 856th Infantry Regiment 858th Infantry Regiment 860th Infantry Regiment 9th Guards Artillery Regiment 362nd Rifle Division: Maj.Gen.D.M.Dalmatov 1206th Infantry Regiment 1208th Infantry Regiment 1210th Infantry Regiment 936th Artillery Regiment 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) 44th Guard Infantry Regiment 47th Guard Infantry Regiment 50th Guard Infantry Regiment 43rd Guard Artillery Regiment 16th Guards Tank Brigade: Col. M.N.Filippenko 43rd Guard Infantry Regiment 46th Guard Infantry Regiment 49th Guard Infantry Regiment 44th Guard Artillery Regiment 17th Guards Tank Brigade: Col.Shul'gin 45th Guard Infantry Regiment 48th Guard Infantry Regiment 52nd Guard Infantry Regiment 26th Guard Artillery Regiment Corps Troops: 1st Guards Motorized Rifle Briagde 24th Guards Tank Regiment 65th Motorcycle Battalion 1001st Antitank Artillery Regiment 732nd Separate Antitank Artillery Batalion 455th Mortar Regiment 80th Guards Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment

Total: 207 tnaks & SP guns

Army Troops: 11th Guards Separate Tank Regiment 12th Guards Separate Tank Regiment 13th Guards Separate Tank Regiment 26th Guards Separate Tank Regiment 253rd Separate Tank Regiment 1444th Self Propelled Artillery Regiment (152mm) 1445th Self Propelled Artillery Regiment (152mm) 1535th Self Propelled Artillery Regiment (152mm) 55th Separate Motorcycle Battlaion 54th Separate Armored Train Battalion 2nd Artillery Penetration Corps: Lt. Gen.M.M.Barsukov 13th Artillery Penetration Division: Col.D.M.Krasnokutsky 42nd Light Artillery Brigade 198th Light Artillery Regiment 200th Light Artillery Regiment 204th Light Artillery Regiment 47th Gun Artillery Brigade 556th Howitzer Regiment 615th Howitzer Regiment 866th Howitzer Regiment 88th Howitzer Artillery Brigade 1/,2/,3/,4/181st Howitzer Regiment 91st Heavy Howitzer Artillery Brigade 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th Battalions 101st High Power Howitzer Artillery Brigade 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th Battalions 17th Mortar Brigade 209th Mortar Regiment 217th Mortar Regiment 225th Mortar Regiment 15th Artillery Penetration Division: Col.A.A.Korochkin 69th Light Artillery Brigade 3 unidentified artillery regiments 35th Gun Artillery Brigade 3 unidentified artillery regiments 85th Howitzer Artillery Brigade 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th Battalions 87th Heavy Howitzer Artillery Brigade 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th Battalions 106th High Power Howitzer Artillery Brigade 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th Battalions 18th Mortar Brigade 211th Mortar Regiment 219th Mortar Regiment 227th Mortar Regiment

13 3rd Heavy Guards Mortar Division: Col.P.V.Kolesnikov 15th Guard Mortar Brigade 4 Battalions2 18th Guard Mortar Brigade 4 Battalions 19th Guard Mortar Brigade 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) 49th Light Artillery Brigade 1426th Light Artillery Regiment 1429th Light Artillery Regiment 1431st Light Artillery Regiment 61st Gun Artillery Brigade 1301st Gun Regiment 1305th Gun Regiment 52nd Howitzer Artillery Brigade 476th Howitzer Regiment 700th Howitzer Regiment 741st Howitzer Regiment 9th Heavy Howitzer Artillery Brigade 208th Howitzer Regiment 293rd Howitzer Regiment 876th Howitzer Regiment 109th High Power Howitzer Artillery Brigade 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th Battalions 14th Mortar Brigade 227th Mortar Regiment 228th Mortar Regiment 229th Mortar Regiment 17th Artillery Penetration Division: Maj.Gen. S.S.Volkenshtein 37th Light Artillery Brigade 218th Light Artillery Regiment 1430th Light Artillery Regiment 1432nd Light Artillery Regiment 39th Gun Artillery Brigade 95th Army Artillery Regiment 158th Army Artillery Regiment 50th Howitzer Artillery Brigade 774th Howitzer Regiment 1003rd Howitzer Regiment 1516th Howitzer Regiment 92nd Heavy Howitzer Artillery Brigade 1/,2/,3/,4/215h Howitzer Regiment 108th High Power Howitzer Artillery Brigade 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th Battalions 22nd Mortar Brigade 140th Mortar Regiment

2 Each Guard Mortar Battailon had 3 btrys of 4 M-20 rocket launchers.

520th Mortar Regiment 563rd Mortar Regiment 2nd Heavy Guards Mortar Division: Maj.Gen.A.F.Tveretsky 3rd Guard Mortar Brigade 4 Battalions 17th Guard Mortar Brigade 4 Battalions 26th Guard Mortar Brigade 4 Battalions 44th Gun Artillery Brigade 2 unidentified artillery regiments 12th Antitank Artillery Brigade 546thAntitank Regiment 702nd Antitank Regiment 1 unidentified Antitank Regiment 13th Mortar Brigade 1 unidentified mortar regiment 474th Mortar Regiment 548th Mortar Regiment 8th Guards Mortar Brigade 4 Battalions 85th Guards Mortar Regiment 93rd Guards Mortar Regiment 211th Guards Mortar Regiment 312th Guards Mortar Regiment 313th Guards Mortar Regiment 10th Separate Guards Mortar Battalion 1477th Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment 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 48th Pontoon Bridge Battalion 53rd Pontoon Bridge Battalion 131st Pontoon Bridge Battalion 136th 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 4th Guard Infantry Regiment 10th Guard Infantry Regiment 25th Guard Infantry Regiment 34th Guard Artillery Regiment

15 70th Guards Rifle Division: Col. I.A.Gusev 203rd Guard Infantry Regiment 205th Guard Infantry Regiment 207th Guard Infantry Regiment 137th Guard Artillery Regiment 75th Guards Rifle Division: Maj.Gen. V.A.Goroshny 212th Guard Infantry Regiment 231st Guard Infantry Regiment 241st Guard Infantry Regiment 159th Guard Artillery Regiment 18th Guard Rifle Corps: Maj.Gen. I.M.Afonin 2nd Guards Airborne Division: Maj.Gen.I.F.Dudarev 4th Guards Airborne Regiment 5th Guards Airborne Regiment 7th Guards Airborne Regiment 3rd Guards Airborne Artillery Regiment 3rd Guards Airborne Division: Col.I.N.Konev 2nd Guards Airborne Regiment 8th Guards Airborne Regiment 10th Guards Airborne Regiment 2nd Guards Airborne Artillery Regiment 4th Guards Airborne Division: Maj.Gen.A.D.Rumiantsev 9th Guards Airborne Regiment 12th Guards Airborne Regiment 15th Guards Airborne Regiment 1st Guards Airborne Artillery Regiment 15th Rifle Corps: Maj.Gen.I.I.Liudnikov 8th Rifle Division: Col.P.M.Gudz 151st Infantry Regiment 229th Infantry Regiment 310th Infantry Regiment 62nd Artillery Regiment 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 78th Infantry Regiment 109th Infantry Regiment 360th Infantry Regiment 6th Artillery Regiment 148th Rifle Division: Maj.Gen.A.A.Mishchenko 496th Infantry Regiment 507th Infantry Regiment 654th Infantry Regiment 326th Artillery Regiment

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) 47th Infantry Regiment 321st Infantry Regiment 676th Infantry Regiment 203rd Artillery Regiment 81st Rifle Division: Maj.Gen. A.B.Barinov 410th Infantry Regiment 467th Infantry Regiment 519th Infantry Regiment 346th Artillery Regiment 307th Rifle Division: Maj.Gen.M.A.Enshin 1019th Infantry Regiment 1021st Infantry Regiment 1023rd Infantry Regiment 837th Artillery Regiment Army Troops: 129th Tank Brigade: Col. N.V. Petrushin 27th Guards Separate Tank Regiment 30th Guards Separate Tank Regiment 43rd Separate Tank Regiment 58th Separate Tank Regiment 237th Separate Tank Regiment 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 16th Light Artillery Brigade 540th Light Artillery Regiment 697th Light Artillery Regiment 768th Light Artillery Regiment 24th Gun Artillery Brigade 642nd Gun Regiment 753rd Gun Regiment 9th Howitzer Artillery Brigade 208th Howitzer Regiment 293rd Howitzer Regiment 876th Howitzer Regiment 86th Heavy Howitzer Artillery Brigade 1/,2/,3/,4/411th Howitzer Regiment 100th High Power Howitzer Artillery Brigade 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th Battalions 1st Mortar Brigade 106th Mortar Regiment 124th Mortar Regiment 139th Mortar Regiment 142nd Mortar Regiment 12th Artillery Penetration Division: Col.M.N.Kurkovsky 46th Light Artillery Brigade 540th Light Artillery Regiment 697th Light Artillery Regiment 768th Light Artillery Regiment 1007th Light Artillery Regiment

17 1214th Light Artillery Regiment 41st Gun Artillery Brigade 125th Gun Regiment 155th Gun Regiment 32nd Howitzer Artillery Brigade 469th Howitzer Regiment 539th Howitzer Regiment 872nd Howitzer Regiment 89th Heavy Howitzer Artillery Brigade 165th Howitzer Regiment 372nd Howitzer Regiment 104th High Power Howitzer Artillery Brigade 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th Battalions 11th Mortar Brigade 208th Mortar Regiment 216th Mortar Regiment 232nd Mortar Regiment 5th Heavy Guards Mortar Division: Col.E.A.Firsov (to 7/15); Col.G.M.Fantalov (from 8/16); 16th Guard Mortar Brigade 4 Battalions 22nd Guard Mortar Brigade 4 Battalions 23rd Guard Mortar Brigade 4 Battalions 19th Guards Gun Artillery Regiment 874th Antitank Artillery Regiment 476th Mortar Regiment 477th Mortar Regiment 6th Guards Mortar Regiment 37th Guards Mortar Regiment 65th Guards Mortar Regiment 86th Guards Mortar Regiment 324th Guards Mortar Regiment 1st Antiaircraft Artillery Division: Maj.Gen.R.A.Dzivin 1042nd Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment 1068th Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment 1085th Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment 1090th Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment 225th Antiaircraft Artillery Division: Col. K.M.Andreev 1067th Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment 1356th Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment 1362nd Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment 1368th Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment 1287th Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment 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 156th Infantry Regiment 167th Infantry Regiment 249th Infantry Regiment 224th Artillery Regiment 202nd Rifle Division: Col.Z.S.Revenko 645th Infantry Regiment 682nd Infantry Regiment 1317th Infantry Regiment 652nd Artillery Regiment 399th Rifle Division: Col.D.M.Ponomarov (to 7/9); Col. P.I. Skachkov (from 7/10) 1343rd Infantry Regiment 1345th Infantry Regiment 1348th Infantry Regiment 1046th Artillery Regiment 73rd Rifle Division: Maj.Gen.D.I.Smirnov 392nd Infantry Regiment 413th Infantry Regiment 417th Infantry Regiment 11th Artillery Regiment 137th Rifle Division: Col. M.G.Volovich (to 8/29); Col.A..Alferov (from 8/30) 409th Infantry Regiment 624th Infantry Regiment 771st Infantry Regiment 17th Artillery Regiment 143rd Rifle Division: Col. D.I.Lukin 487th Infantry Regiment 635th Infantry Regiment 800th Infantry Regiment 287th Artillery Regiment 170th Rifle Division: Col. A.M.Cheriakh 391st Infantry Regiment 422nd Infantry Regiment 717th Infantry Regiment 294th Artillery Regiment Army Troops: 45th Separate Tank Regiment 193rd Separate Tank Regiment 299th Separate Tank Regiment 1454th Self Propelled Artillery Regiment (76mm) 1455th Self Propelled Artillery Regiment (76mm) 1540th Self Propelled Artillery Regiment (152mm) 37th Separate Armored Train 1168th Gun Artillery Regiment 2nd Antitank Artillery Brigade 2 unidentified antitank regiments 220th Guards Antitank Artillery Regiment 479th Mortar Regiment 16th Antiaircraft Artillery Division: Col. I.M.Seredin 728th Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment 1283rd Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment 1285th Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment 1286th Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment 461st Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment 615th Separate Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment 313th Separate Engineer Battalion

19 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) 385th Infantry Regiment 416th Infantry Regiment 524th Infantry Regiment 436th Artillery Regiment 42nd Rifle Division: Maj.Gen.N.N.Mul'tan 44th Infantry Regiment 455th Infantry Regiment 459th Infantry Regiment 452nd Artillery Regiment 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 383rd Infantry Regiment 574th Infantry Regiment 705th Infantry Regiment 297th Artillery Regiment 141st Rifle Division: Col.S.S.Rassadnikov 687th Infantry Regiment 745th Infantry Regiment 796th Infantry Regiment 348th Artillery Regiment 322nd Rifle Division: Col.N.I.Ivanov (to 8/22); Col. P.N.Lashchenko (from 8/26) 1085th Infantry Regiment 1087th Infantry Regiment 1089th Infantry Regiment 886th Artillery Regiment 55th Rifle Division: Colonel N.N.Zaiiulev 107th Infantry Regiment 111th Infantry Regiment 228th Infantry Regiment 84th Artillery Regiment 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 1 Motorized Rifle Battalion Support Units: 58th Separate Armored Train 1156th Gun Artillery Regiment 1178th Antitank Artillery Regiment 128th Mortar Regiment 138th Mortar Regiment 497th Mortar Regiment 98th Guards Mortar Regiment 286th Separate Guards Mortar Battalion 221st Guards Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment 217th Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment 59th Engineer Sapper Brigade 317th Separate Engineer Battalion

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 120th Infantry Regiment 237th Infantry Regiment 303rd Infantry Regiment 118th Artillery Regiment 149th Rifle Division: Col. A.A.Orlov 479th Infantry Regiment 568th Infantry Regiment 744th Infantry Regiment 314th Artillery Regiment 246th Rifle Division: Lt.Col. M.G.Fedosenko 906th Infantry Regiment 914th Infantry Regiment 915th Infantry Regiment 777th Artillery Regiment 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) 1281st Infantry Regiment 1283rd Infantry Regiment 1285th Infantry Regiment 969th Artillery Regiment 193rd Rifle Division: Maj.Gen.F.N.Zhobrev (8/26); Col.A.G.Frolenkov (from 8/28) 685th Infantry Regiment 883rd Infantry Regiment 895th Infantry Regiment 384th Artillery Regiment 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 109th Guard Infantry Regiment 114th Guard Infantry Regiment 118th Guard Infantry Regiment 86th Guard Artillery Regiment 181st Rifle Division: Maj.Gen. A.A.Saraev 243rd Infantry Regiment 271st Infantry Regiment 288th Infantry Regiment 375th Artillery Regiment

21 194th Rifle Division: Col. P.P.Opiakin 470th Infantry Regiment 616th Infantry Regiment 954th Infantry Regiment 299th Artillery Regiment 354th Rifle Division: Maj.Gen.D.F.Alekseev 1199th Infantry Regiment 1201st Infantry Regiment 1203rd Infantry Regiment 921st Artillery Regiment Support Units 29th Guards Separate Tank Regiment 40th Separate Tank Regiment 84th Separate Tank Regiment 255th Separate Tank Regiment 120th Antitank Artillery Regiment 543rd Antitank Artillery Regiment 143rd Guards Mortar Regiment 218th Mortar Regiment 478th Mortar Regiment 94th Guards Mortar Regiment 235th Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment 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 498th Infantry Regiment 605th Infantry Regiment 712th Infantry Regiment 425th Artillery Regiment 211th Rifle Division: Maj.Gen.v.L.Makhlinovsky 887th Infantry Regiment 894th Infantry Regiment 896th Infantry Regiment 829th Artillery Regiment 280th Rifle Division: Maj.Gen.D.N.Golosov 1031st Infantry Regiment 1033rd Infantry Regiment 1035th Infantry Regiment 840th Artillery Regiment 19th Rifle Corps: (added by 7/20) 102nd Rifle Division: Maj.Gen. A.N.Andreev 16th Infantry Regiment 30th Infantry Regiment 40th Infantry Regiment 6th Artillery Regiment 106th Rifle Division: Maj.Gen.F.N.Smekhotvorov (to 8/1); Col. M.M.Vlasov (from 8/2) 43rd Infantry Regiment 188th Infantry Regiment 236th Infantry Regiment 352nd Artillery Regiment 140th Rifle Division: Maj.Gen.A.Ia.Kiselev 96th Infantry Regiment 258th Infantry Regiment 283rd Infantry Regiment 371st Artillery Regiment 162nd Rifle Division: Maj.Gen.S.Ia.Senchillo 194th Infantry Regiment 209th Infantry Regiment 224th Infantry Regiment 369th Artillery Regiment 175th Rifle Division: Col. V.A.Borisov 277th Infantry Regiment 278th Infantry Regiment 282nd Infantry Regiment 175th Artillery Regiment Support Units: 3rd Destroyer Brigade (2nd Destroyer Division) organization unknown 240th Separate Tank Regiment 251st Separate Tank Regiment 259th Separate Tank Regiment 1st Guards Artillery Division: Colonel G.V.Godin 3rd Guards Light Artillery Brigade 167th Gds Light Artillery Regiment 200th Gds Light Artillery Regiment 206th 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 399th Howitzer Regiment 378th Antitank Artillery Regiment 136th Mortar Regiment 12th Antiaircraft Artillery Division: Lt.Col. P.I.Korchagin 836th Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment 977th Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment 990th Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment 581st Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment 169th Separate Engineer Battalion 371st Separate Engineer Battalion 386th Separate Engineer Battalion

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 254th Tank Battalion

23 50th Motorized Rifle Battalion 51st Tank Brigade: Lt.Col.G.A.Kokurin (KIA 7/14); Lt. Col. P.K.Borisov (from 7/14) 94th Tank Battalion 255th Tank Battalion 51st Motorized Rifle Battalion 103rd Tank Brigade: Col. G.M.Maksimov (to 7/27); Lt.Col.A.I.Khalaev from 7/28) 119th Tank Battalion 420th Tank Battalion 103rd Motorized Rifle Battalion 57th Motorizd Infantry Brigade 3 Motorizd Infantry Battalions 74th Motorcycle Battalion 881st Antitank Regiment 728th Separate Antitank Artillery Battalion 234th Mortar Regiment 121st Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment

Strength: 204 tanks

16th Tank Corps: Maj.Gen.V.E.Grigo'ev 107th Tank Brigade: Lt.Col.N.M.Teliakov 307th Tank Battalion 308th Tank Battalion 107th Motorized Rifle Battalion 109th Tank Brigade: Lt.Col.P.D.aBabkovsky 309th Tank Battalion 310th Tank Battalion 109th Motorized Rifle Battalion 164th Tank Brigade: Lt.Col.N.V.Kopylov 360th Tank Battalion 361st Tank Battalion 164th Motorized Rifle Battalion 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 729th Separate Antitank Artillery Battalion 226th Mortar 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) 266th Tank Battalion 267th Tank Battalion 11th Guards Motorized Rifle Battalion 87th Separate Motorcycle Battalion 357th Separate Engineer 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 Front Subordination: 115th Fortified Region 119th Fortified Region 161st Fortified Region 4th Destroyer Brigade (2nd Destroyer Division) organization unknown 14th Separate Destroyer Brigade organization unknown 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) 142nd Tank Battalion 195th Tank Battalion 95th Motorized Rifle Battalion 108th Tank Brigade: Col.R.A.Liberman (to 8/2); Lt.Col. M.K.Elenko0 (from 8/3) 63rd Tank Battalion 257th Tank Battalion 108th Motorized Rifle Battalion 8th Motorized Infantry Brigade 3 Motor Rifle Battalions 730th Separate Antitank Artillery Battalion

Strength: 168 tanks

19th Tank Corps: Maj.Gen.I.D.Vasil'ev 79th Tank Brigade: Lt.Col. F.P.Vasetsky 175th Tank Battalion 177th Tank Battalion 79th Motorized Rifle Battalion

25 101st Tank Brigade: Col. I.M. Kurdupov (to 8/15); Col.A.N.Pavliuk-Moroz (from 8/16) 432nd Tank Battalion 433rd Tank Battalion 101st Motorized Rifle Battalion

202nd Tank Brigade: 172nd Tank Battalion 182nd Tank Battalion 202nd Motorized Rifle Battalion 25th Motorized Infantry Brigade: 3 Motorized Rifle Battalions Strength 168 tanks

Joined After Battle had Begun 1541st Self Propelled Artillery Regiment (152mm) 40th Separate Armored Train 68th Gun Artillery Brigade 2 unidentified gun artillery regiments 13th Anti-tank Artillery Brigade 567th Antitank Regiment 1180th Antitank Regiment 1188th 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 131st Mortar Regiment 210th Mortar Regiment 495th Mortar Regiment 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 802nd Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment 975th Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment 984th Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment 994th Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment 997th Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment (12th AA Division): 325th Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment 1259th Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment 1263rd Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment 13th Guards Separate Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion 1st Guards Special Designation Engineer Brigade 6th Engineer Miner Brigade 12th Guards Battalion of Miners 120th Separate Engineer Battalion 257th Separate Engineer Battalion 9th Pontoon Bridge Battalion 49th Pontoon Bridge Battalion 50th Pontoon Bridge Battalion 104th Pontoon Bridge Battalion

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: 196th Guard Infantry Regiment 199th Guard Infantry Regiment 201st Guard Infantry Regiment 138th Guard Artillery Regiment 73rd Guards Separate Antitank Artillery Batalion 71st Guard Rifle Division: Col.I.P.Sivakov 210th Guard Infantry Regiment 213th Guard Infantry Regiment 219th Guard Infantry Regiment 151st Guard Artillery Regiment 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 268th Guard Infantry Regiment 272nd Guard Infantry Regiment 274th Guard Infantry Regiment 193rd Guard Artillery Regiment 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 97th Medical Battalion 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) 154th Guard Infantry Regiment 156th Guard Infantry Regiment 158th Guard Infantry Regiment 122nd Guard Artillery Regiment 52nd Guard Rifle Division: Maj.Gen.I.M.Nekrasov 151st Guard Infantry Regiment 153rd Guard Infantry Regiment 155th Guard Infantry Regiment 124th Guard Artillery Regiment 57th Guards Separate Antitank Artillery Battalion 375th Rifle Division: Col. P.D.Govorunenko 1241st Infantry Regiment

27 1243rd Infantry Regiment 1245th Infantry Regiment 932nd Artillery Regiment Army Troops: 89th Guard Rifle Division: Col.I.A.Pigin 267th Guard Infantry Regiment 270th Guard Infantry Regiment 273rd Guard Infantry Regiment 196th Guard Artillery Regiment 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: 230th Separate Tank Regiment 245th Separate Tank Regiment 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) 163rd Gun Artillery Regiment 159th Gun Artillery Regiment 628th Separate Gun Artillery Regiment 27th Antitank Artillery Brigade: Lt.Col.N.D.Chevola (attachedt 71st Guards Rifle Division on 7/6) 1837th Antitank Artillery Regiment 1839th Antitank Artillery Regiment 1841st Antitank Artillery Regiment 28th Antitank Artillery Brigade: (attached to 52nd Guards Rifle Division on 7/6) 1838th Antitank Artillery Regiment 1840th Antitank Artillery Regiment 1842nd Antitank Artillery Regiment 493rd Antitank Artillery Regiment (attached to 71st Guards Rifle Division on 7/5) 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) 694th Antitank Artillery Regiment (attached to 375th Rifle Division) 868th Antitank Artillery Regiment (attached to 71st Guards Rifle Division) 1008th Antitank Artillery Regiment (attached to 52nd Guards Rifle Division on 7/6) 1240th Antitank Artillery Regiment (attached to 375th 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.) 316th Guards Mortar Regiment 26th Antiaircraft Artillery Division: Col.A.E.Florenko 1352nd Antiaircraft Artillery 1357th Antiaircraft Artillery 1363rd Antiaircraft Artillery 1369th Antiaircraft Artillery 1487th Antiaircraft Artillery 205th Separate Engineer Battalion 540th Separate Engineer Battalion

Army Strength: 79,900 men, 1,682 guns & mortars, 92 multiple rocket launchers, 155 tanks & SP guns

Joined After Battle had Begun 31st Antitank Artillery Brigade (from 7th Gds Army on 7/8)(to 6th Army on 13 July) 1213th Antitank Regiment 1330th Antitank Regiment 1331st Antitank Regiment 184th Rifle Division (from 40th Army on 7/12) 262nd Infantry Regiment 294th Infantry Regiment 297th Infantry Regiment 616th Artillery Regiment 219th Rifle Division (from 40th Army on 7/12) 375th Infantry Regiment 710th Infantry Regiment 727th Infantry Regiment 673th Artillery Regiment 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 44th Guard Infantry Regiment 47th Guard Infantry Regiment 50th Guard Infantry Regiment 43rd Guard Artillery Regiment 36th Guard Rifle Division: Maj.Gen.M.I.Denisenko 104th Guard Infantry Regiment 106th Guard Infantry Regiment 108th Guard Infantry Regiment 65th Guard Artillery Regiment 39th Guards Separate Antitank Battalion Total strength: 8,013 men 72nd Guard Rifle Division: Maj.Gen.A.I.Losev 222nd Guard Infantry Regiment 224th Guard Infantry Regiment 229th Guard Infantry Regiment 155th Guard Artillery Regiment

29 25th Guard Rifle Corps: Maj.Gen.G.B.Safiullin 73rd Guard Rifle Division: Col. S.A.Kozak 209th Guard Infantry Regiment 211th Guard Infantry Regiment 214th Guard Infantry Regiment 153rd Guard Artillery Regiment 78th Guard Rifle Division: Maj.Gen.A.V.Skvortsov 223rd Guard Infantry Regiment 225th Guard Infantry Regiment 228th Guard Infantry Regiment 158th Guard Artillery Regiment 81st Guards Antitank Artillery Battalion Total strength: 7,854 men 81st Guard Rifle Division: Col. I.K.Morozov 223rd Guard Infantry Regiment 235th Guard Infantry Regiment 238th Guard Infantry Regiment 173rd Guard Artillery Regiment Army Troops 213th Rifle Division: Col. I.E.Buslaev 585th Infantry Regiment 702nd Infantry Regiment 793rd Infantry Regiment 671st Artillery Regiment 27th Guard Armored Brigade: Col. M.V.Nevzhinsky 99th Tank Battalion 100th Tank Battalion (equipped with KV-1S) 27th Guards Motorized Rifle Battalion 201st Armored Brigade: Col. A.I.Taranov 295th Armored Battalion 296th Armored Battalion 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) 1438th Self Propelled Artillery Regiment (122mm) (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) 34th Separate Armored Train Battalion 38th Separate Armored Train Battalion 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) 1844th Antitank Artillery Regiment 1846th Antitank Artillery Regiment 1848th Antitank Artillery Regiment 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) 1670th Antitank Artillery Regiment 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) (to 69th Army on 7/13) 5th Antiaircraft Artillery Division: Col. M.A.Kudraisov 670th Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment 743rd Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment 1119th Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment 1181st Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment 162nd Guards Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment 258th Guards Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment 60th Engineer Sapper Brigade 175th Separate Engineer Battaion 329th Separate Engineer Battaion (to 73rd Gds Rifle Div on 7/6)

Army Strength: 76,800 men, 1,573 guns & mortars, 47 multiple rocket launchers, & 246 tanks and self propelled guns

Joined After Battle had Begun 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) 1849th Antitank Regiment 1851st Antitank Regiment 1853rd Antitank Regiment

31 38th Army: Lt. Gen. N.E.Chibison 50th Rifle Corps: Maj.Gen. S.S.Martirosian 167th Rifle Division: Maj.Gen.I.I.Mel'nikov 465th Infantry Regiment 520th Infantry Regiment 615th Infantry Regiment 576th Artillery Regiment 232nd Rifle Division: Col. N.P.Ulitin 764th Infantry Regiment 793rd Infantry Regiment 797th Infantry Regiment 676th Artillery Regiment 340th Rifle Division: Col.M.I.Sharin (to 8/12); Col.I.E.Zubarev (from 8/12) 1140th Infantry Regiment 1142nd Infantry Regiment 1144th Infantry Regiment 911th Artillery Regiment 51st Rifle Corps: Mj.Gen. P.P.Andreenko 180th Rifle Division: Maj.Gen.F.P.Shmelev 21st Infantry Regiment 42nd Infantry Regiment 86th Infantry Regiment 627th Artillery Regiment 240th Rifle Division: Col.K.M.Biadak (to front reserve on 7/8) 836th Infantry Regiment 842nd Infantry Regiment 931st Infantry Regiment 692nd Artillery Regiment 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) 416th Armored Battalion 417th Armored Battalion Army Troops: 112th Guards Gun Artillery Regiment 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) 1843rd Antitank Artillery Regiment 1845th Antitank Artillery Regiment 1847th Antitank Artillery Regiment 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) 1660th Antitank Artillery Regiment 491st Mortar Regiment 492nd Mortar Regiment 66th Guards Mortar Regiment (to 1st Tank Army on 7/7) 441st Guards Mortar Battalion, 314th Guards Mortar Regt (to 69th Army on 7/7) 981st Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment, 9th AA Division 1288th Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment 235th Separate Engineer Battalion 268th Separate Engineer Battalion 108th Pontoon Bridge Battalion 1505th Separate Mine Sapper Battalion

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) 565th Infantry Regiment 569th Infantry Regiment 575th Infantry Regiment 1035th Artillery Regiment 413th Anti-Tank Battalion 436th Antiaircraft Battery 503rd Machine Gun Battalion 13th Training Battalion 336th engineer Battlaion 242nd (mot) Reconnaissance Company 165th Chemical Warfare 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) 722nd Infantry Regiment 737rd Infantry Regiment 748th Infantry Regiment 661st Artillery Regiment 237th Rifle Division: Col.P.A.D'iakonov (to 8/26); Col.V.I.Novozhilov (from 8/27) 835th Infantry Regiment 838th Infantry Regiment 841st Infantry Regiment 691st Artillery Regiment 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); 454th Infantry Regiment 460th Infantry Regiment 472nd Infantry Regiment 1031st Artillery Regiment unknown antitank rifle battalion

33 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) 375th Infantry Regiment 710th Infantry Regiment 727th Infantry Regiment 673rd Artillery Regiment unknown antitank rifle battalion 309th Rifle Division: Col.D.F.Dremin (to 1st Tank Army on 7/8) 955th Infantry Regiment 957th Infantry Regiment 959th Infantry Regiment 842nd Artillery Regiment 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 616th Artillery 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) 36th Gun Artillery Brigade 2 unidentified artillery regiments 29th Howitzer Artillery Brigade 805th Howitzer Artillery Regiment 839th Howitzer Artillery Regiment 76th Guards Gun Artillery Regiment 32nd Antitank Artillery Brigade (to 69th Army 7/13) 1850th Antitank Artillery Regiment 1852nd Antitank Artillery Regiment 1854th Antitank Artillery Regiment 4th Guards Antitank Artillery Regiment (to 1st Tank Army 7/8) 12th Antitank Artillery Regiment (to 1st Tank Army 7/8) 869th Antitank Artillery Regiment (to 1st Tank Army 7/8) 1244th Antitank Artillery Regiment (to 1st Tank Army 7/7) 1663rd Antitank Artillery Regiment 1664th Antitank Artillery Regiment 493rd Mortar Regiment 494th Mortar Regiment 9th Mountain Mortar Regiment 10th Mountain Mortar Regiment 9th Antiaircraft Artillery Division: Lt.Col. N.A. Roshchitsky (to 1st Tank Army on 7/8) 800th Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment 974th Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment 993rd Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment 1488th Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment 14th Separate Engineer Battalion

Army Strength: 77,000 men, 1,636 guns & mortars & 237 tanks

Joined After Battle had Begun 1461st Self Propelled Artillery Regiment (76mm) (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) 700th Infantry Regiment 706th Infantry Regiment 730th Infantry Regiment 657th Artillery Regiment 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) 504th Infantry Regiment 516th Infantry Regiment 522nd Infantry Regiment 1032nd Artillery Regiment 183rd Rifle Division: Maj.Gen.A.S.Kostitsyn (to 7/24) Col.I.D.Vasilevsky (from 7/2) 227th Infantry Regiment 285th Infantry Regiment 295th Infantry Regiment 623rd Artillery Regiment 305th Rifle Division: Col.A.F.Vasil'ev (to 35th Gds Corps on 7/10) 1000th Infantry Regiment 1002th Infantry Regiment 1004th Infantry Regiment 830th Artillery Regiment 49th Rifle Corps: Maj.Gen.G.P.Terent'ev (to 7th Gds Army on 7/8) 111th Rifle Division: Lt.Col.A.N.Petrushin 399th Infantry Regiment 468th Infantry Regiment 532nd Infantry Regiment 286th Artillery Regiment 270th Rifle Division: Col.I.P.Peliaev 973rd Infantry Regiment 975th Infantry Regiment 977th Infantry Regiment 810th Artillery Regiment Army Troops: 1661st Antitank Artillery 496th Mortar Regiment 225th Guards Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment 322nd Separate Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment 328th Separate Engineer Battalion

35 Army Strength: 52,000 men & 889 guns & mortars

Joined After Battle had Begun 35th Guards Rifle Corps: (fro front on 7/5) 92nd Guards Rifle Division: 276th Guard Infantry Regiment 280th Guard Infantry Regiment 282nd Guard Infantry Regiment 197th Guard Artillery Regiment 94th Guards Rifle Division: 283rd Guard Infantry Regiment 286th Guard Infantry Regiment 288th Guard Infantry Regiment 199th Guard Artillery Regiment 93rd Guards Rifle Division: (from front on 7/7) 278th Guard Infantry Regiment 281st Guard Infantry Regiment 285th Guard Infantry Regiment 198th Guard Artillery Regiment 81st Guards Rifle Division: (from 7th Guards Army on 7/10) 223rd Guard Infantry Regiment 235th Guard Infantry Regiment 238th Guard Infantry Regiment 173rd Guard Artillery Regiment 89th Guards Rifle Division: (from 6th Guards Army on 7/10) 267th Guard Infantry Regiment 270th Guard Infantry Regiment 273rd Guard Infantry Regiment 196th Guard Artillery Regiment 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) 1241st Infantry Regiment 1243rd Infantry Regiment 1245th Infantry Regiment 932nd Artillery Regiment 2nd Guard Tank Corps (from 1st Tank Army on 7/10) See below 96th Tank Brigade: (from 6th Gds Army on 7/10) 228th Tank Battalion 331st Tank Battalion 96th Motorized Rifle Battalion 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) 1844th Antitank Regiment 1846th Antitank Regiment 1848th Antitank Regiment

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) 1850th Antitank Regiment 1852nd Antitank Regiment 1854th Antitank Regiment 36th Antiaircraft Artillery Division (from front reserves on 7 /13) 1385th Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment 1391st Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment 1397th Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment 1399th Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment 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) 1849th Antitank Regiment 1851st Antitank Regiment 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 3 Motorized Rifle Battalions 14th Tank Regiment 3rd Mechanized Brigade: Col.A.Kh.Babadzhanian 3 Motorized Rifle Battalions 16th Tank Regiment 10th Mechanized Brigade: Col.I.I.Iakovlev 3 Motorized Rifle Battalion 17th Tank Regiment 1st Guards Tank Brigade: Col.V.M.Gorelov 1st, 2nd Tank Battalions 9th Guards Motorized Rifle Battalion 49th Tank Brigade: Lt.ColA.F.Burda

37 2nd , 49th Tank Battalions 49th Motorized Rifle Battalion 58th Motorcycle Battalion 35th Antitank Artilery Regiment 265th Mortar Regiment 405th Separate Guards Mortar Battalion 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 22nd Motorized Rifle Battalion 112th Tank Brigade: Col.M.T.Leonov 124th Tank Batalion 125th Tank Batalion 112th Motorized Rifle Battalion 200th Tank Brigade: Col.N.V.Morgunov 191st Tank Battalion 192nd Tank Battalion 200th Motorized Rifle Battalion 6th Motorized Rifle Brigade: Col. I.P.Elin 3 Motorized Rifle Battalions 85th Motorcycle Battalion 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) 270th Mortar Regiment 40th Separate Armored Car (Reconaissance) Battalion

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

Joined After Battle had Begun 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 797th Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment 848th Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment 978th Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment 1063rd Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment 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) 2 unidentified light artillery regiments 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

39 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) 94th Antitank Regiment 705th Antitank Regiment 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 454th Light Bomber Aviation Regiment 50th Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment 331st Corrective Aviation Squadron 1554th Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment 1555th Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment 1605th Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment

Front Subordination: 35th Guards Rifle Corps: Maj.Gen.S.G. Goriachev (to 69th Army on 7/5) 92nd Guards Rifle Division: Col.V.F.Trunin (to 8/10) Col. A.N.Petrushin (from 8/11) 276th Guard Infantry Regiment 280th Guard Infantry Regiment 282nd Guard Infantry Regiment 197th Guard Artillery Regiment 93rd Guards Rifle Division:Maj.Gen.V.V.Tikhomirov (50 48th Rifle Corps on 7/7) 278th Guard Infantry Regiment 281st Guard Infantry Regiment 285th Guard Infantry Regiment 198th Guard Artillery Regiment 94th Guards Rifle Division:Col.I.G.Russkikh (to 69th Army on 7/5; returned on 35th Gds Rifle Corps on 7/8) 283rd Guard Infantry Regiment 286th Guard Infantry Regiment 288th Guard Infantry Regiment 199th Guard Artillery Regiment

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

Joined After Battle had Begun 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 54th Armored Battalion 66th Armored Battalion 108th Armored Battalion 54th (mot) Rifle Battalion 26th Guards Tank Brigade: Col.S.K.Nesterov 260th Armored Battalion 261st Armored Battalion 130th (mot) Rifle Battalion 4th Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade:3 47th Guards Tank Regiment 1500th Antitank Artillery Regiment 755th Separate Antitank Artillery Battalion 273rd Mortar Regiment 1695th Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment

3 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

41 19th Separate Armored Car (Reconnaissance) Battalion 79th Separate Motorcycle 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 20th Guards Motorized Rifle 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: 48th Guards Tank Regiment 1499th Antitank Artillery Regiment 44th Mortar Regiment 1696th Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment 23rd Separate Armored Car (Reconnaissance) Battalion 80th Separate Motorcycle 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) 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th Battalions 1148th High Powered Howitzer Artillery Regiment (to 5th Guards Tank Army on 7/11) 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th Battalions 14th Antitank Artillery Brigade (to 1st Tank Army on 7/8) 1177th Antitank Artillery Regiment 1207th Antitank Artillery Regiment 1212th Antitank Artillery Regiment 31st Antitank Artillery Brigade (to 7th Gds Army on 7 /6 & 6th Gds Army on 7/8) 1849th Antitank Artillery Regiment 1851st Antitank Artillery Regiment 1853rd Antitank Artillery Regiment 1076th Antitank Artillery Regiment (to 2nd Gds Tank Corps on 7/7) 1689th Antitank Artillery Regiment (to 40th Army on 7/5) 12th Mortar Brigade 189th Mortar Regiment 204th Mortar Regiment one unidentified Mortar Regiment 469th 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 6th Pontoon Bridge Battalion 20th Pontoon Bridge Battalion 1529th Self Propelled Artillery Regiment (from RVK in July) 36th Antiaircraft Artillery Division: (from RVK in July) 1385th Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment 1391st Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment 1397th Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment 1399th Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment 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 198th Light Artillery Regiment 200th Light Artillery Regiment 204th Light Artillery Regiment 47th Howitzer Artillery Brigade 556th Howitzer Regiment 615th Howitzer Regiment 866th Howitzer Regiment 88th Heavy Howitzer Artillery Brigade 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th Battalions 91st Heavy Howitzer Artillery Brigade (to 27th Army on 8/1) 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th Battalions 101st High Power Howitzer Artillery Brigade 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th Battalions 17th Mortar Brigade 209th Mortar Regiment 217th Mortar Regiment 225th Mortar Regiment 17th Artillery Penetration Division: (7th Art Pen Corps) (from Briansk Front after 7/20) 37th Light Artillery Brigade 218th Light Artillery Regiment 1430th Light Artillery Regiment 1432nd Light Artillery Regiment 39th Gun Artillery Brigade 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th Battalions 50th Howitzer Artillery Brigade 774th Howitzer Regiments 1003rd Howitzer Regiments 1516th Howitzer Regiments

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92nd Heavy Gun Artillery Brigade 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th Battalions 108th Gun Artillery Brigade 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th Battalions 22nd Mortar Brigade 239th Mortar Regiment 242nd Mortar Regiment 245th Mortar Regiment

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 36th Guard Infantry Regiment 38th Guard Infantry Regiment 41st Guard Infantry Regiment 33rd Guard Artillery Regiment 48th Guards Rifle Division: Col.G.N.Korchikov 138th Guard Infantry Regiment 143rd Guard Infantry Regiment 146th Guard Infantry Regiment 98th Guard Artillery Regiment 58th Guards Rifle Division: Col. P.I.Kazatkin 173rd Guard Infantry Regiment 175th Guard Infantry Regiment 178th Guard Infantry Regiment 130th Guard Artillery Regiment 19th Rifle Division: Col.P.E.Lazarov 32nd Infantry Regiment 315th Infantry Regiment 1310th Infantry Regiment 90th Artillery Regiment 24th Rifle Division: Maj.Gen.F.A.Prokhorov 7th Infantry Regiment 168th Infantry Regiment 274th Infantry Regiment 160th Artillery Regiment 52nd Rifle Division: Lt.Col.P.D.Fadeev (to 8/11); Col. A.Ia.Maksimov (from 8/12) 429th Infantry Regiment 431st Infantry Regiment 439th Infantry Regiment 1028th Artillery Regiment 113th Rifle Division: Maj.Gen.E.S.Alekhim (8/22); Lt.Col.M.I.Pogorelov (from 8/23) 1288th Infantry Regiment 1290th Infantry Regiment 1292nd Infantry Regiment 972nd Artillery Regiment 303rd Rifle Division: Col.K.S.Fedorovsky 845th Infantry Regiment 847th Infantry Regiment 849th Infantry Regiment 844th Artillery Regiment Army Troops: 1st Separate Destroyer Brigade organization unknown 173rd Tank Brigade: Col. V.P.Korotkov 378th Tank Battalion 379th Tank Battalion 173rd Motorized Rifle Battalion 179th Tank Brigade: Col. Lt.Col.V.I.Tutshkin 390th Tank Battalion 391st Tank Battalion 179th Motorized Rifle Battalion 26th Light Artillery Brigade (9th Art. Div.) 407th Light Artillery Regiment 442nd Light Artillery Regiment 456th Light Artillery Regiment 9th Guards Gun Artillery Brigade 215th Guards Gun Regiment 216th Guards Gun Regiment 1110th Gun Artillery Regiment 374th Antitank Artillery Regiment 595th Antitank Artillery Regiment 523rd Mortar Regiment 45th Guards Mortar Regiment 303rd Guards Mortar Regiment 71st Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment 227th Separate Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion

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: 270th Tank Battalion 282nd Tank Battalion 26th Motorized Rifle Battalion 99th Tank Brigade: Lt.Col.S.Malov (KIA 7/11) 1st, 2nd, 3rd Tank Battalions 99th Motorized Rifle Battalion 169th Tank Brigade: 3rd, 370th, 371st Tank Battalions 169th Motorized Rifle Battalion 58th Motorized Infantry Brigade: 3 Motorized Rifle Battalions 83rd Motorcycle Batalion 48th Antitank Artillery Regiment (to 69th Army on 7/13) 1502nd Antitank Regiment 269th Mortar Regiment 1698th Antiaircraft Regiment 307th Guards Mortar Battalion

45 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 288th Fighter Aviation Division 3rd Mixed Aviation Corps: Maj.Gen.V.I.Aladinsky 290th Assault Aviation Division 207th Fighter Aviation Division 9th Mixed Aviation Corps: Maj.Gen.O.V.Tolstikov 305th Assault Aviation Division 295th Fighter Aviation Corps 244th Bomber Aviation Division 306th Assault Aviation Aviation Division 262nd Night Bomber Aviation Division 39th Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment 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 6th Guards Assault Aviation Division 2nd Guards Night Bomber Aviation Division 8th Reconaissance Aviation Regiment 406th Light Bomber 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 11th Guards Airborne Regiment 16th Guards Airborne Regiment 6th Guards Airborne Artillery Regiment 7th Guards Airborne Division: Maj.Gen.M.G.Mikeladze 18th Guards Airborne Regiment 21st Guards Airborne Regiment 29th Guards Airborne Regiment 10th Guards Airborne Artillery Regiment 8th Guards Airborne Division: Maj.Gen.V.F.Stenin (to 8/12) Maj.Gen.M.A.Bogdanov (7/20) 22nd Guards Airborne Regiment 25th Guards Airborne Regiment 27th Guards Airborne Regiment 9th Guards Airborne Artillery Regiment 21st Guards Rifle Corps: Maj.Gen.P.I.Fomenko 68th Guards Rifle Division: Maj.Gen.G.P.Isakov 198th Guard Infantry Regiment 200th Guard Infantry Regiment 202nd Guard Infantry Regiment 136th Guard Artillery Regiment 69th Guards Rifle Division: Maj.Gen.K.K.Dzhakhua 204th Guard Infantry Regiment 206th Guard Infantry Regiment 208th Guard Infantry Regiment 79th Guard Artillery Regiment 80th Guards Rifle Division: Col.A.E.Iakovlev 217th Guard Infantry Regiment 230th Guard Infantry Regiment 232nd Guard Infantry Regiment 171st Guard Artillery Regiment 3rd Guards Tank Corps: Maj.Gen.I.A.Vovchenko 3rd Guards Tank Brigade: Col.G.A.Pokhodzeev 1st, 2nd Tank Battalions 3rd Guards Motorized Rifle Battalion 18th Guards Tank Brigade: Col.D.K.Gumeniuk 1st, 2nd Tank Battalions 18th Guards Motorized Rifle Battalion 19th Guards Tank Brigade: Col. T.S.Pozolotin 1st, 2nd Tank Battalions 19th Guards Motorized Rifle Battalion 2nd Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade: Col.A.D.Pavlenko 1st, 2nd, 3rd Rifle Battalions 1436th Self Propelled Artillery Regiment 76th Motorcycle Batalion 1496th Antitank Artillery Regiment 266th Mortar Regiment 1701st Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment 749th Separate Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion 324th Guards Mortar Battalion

Corps Strength: approx 178 tanks & SP guns

Army Troops: 452nd Antitank Artillery Regiment 1317 Antitank Artillery Regiment 466th Mortar Regiment 6th Guards Mortar Regiment 27th Antiaircraft Artillery Division: Col.N.A.Bogan 1354th Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment 1358th Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment 1364th Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment 1370th Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment 48th Separate Engineer Battalion

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 39th Guard Rifle Regiment 42nd Guard Rifle Regiment 32nd Guard Artillery Regiment

47 8th PIoneer Battalion 4th Tank Destroyer Battlaion 14th Reconnaissance Company 139th Signals Battalion 12th Chemical Warfare Company 11th Transportation Company 17th Field Bakery 15th Medical Battalion 2nd Veterinary Hospital 66th Guard Rifle Division: Maj.Gen.A.V.Iakushin 145th Guard Rifle Regiment 193rd Guard Rifle Regiment 195th Guard Rifle Regiment 133rd Guard Artillery Regiment 6th Guards Airborne Division: 14th Guards Airborne Regiment 17th Guards Airborne Regiment 20th Guards Airborne Regiment 8th Guards Airborne Artillery Regiment 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 284th Guard Rifle Regiment 287th Guard Rifle Regiment 290th Guard Rifle Regiment 233rd Guard Artillery Regiment 103rd Guards Separate Antitank Artillery Battalion 97th Guard Rifle Division: Col.I.I.Antsiferov 289th Guard Rifle Regiment 292nd Guard Rifle Regiment 294th Guard Rifle Regiment 232nd Guard Artillery Regiment 104th Guards Separate Antitank Artillery Battalion 9th Guards Airborne Division: Col. A.M.Sazonov 23rd Guards Airborne Rifle Regiment 26th Guards Airborne Rifle Regiment 28th Guards Airborne Rifle Regiment 7th Guards Airborne Artillery Regiment 42nd Guards Rifle Division: Maj.Gen.F.A.Bobrov 127th Guards Rifle Regiment 132nd Guards Rifle Regiment 136th Guards Rifle Regiment 75th Guards Artillery 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 389th Tank Battalion 437th Tank Battalion 178th Motorized Rifle Battalion 183rd Tank Brigade: Col.G.Ia. Andriushchenko 398th Tank Battalion 399th Tank Battalion 183rd Motorized Rifle Battalion 186th Tank Brigade: Lt.Col.A.V.Ovsiannikov 404th Tank Battalion 405th Tank Battalion 186th Motorized Rifle Battalion 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 77th Motorcycle Battalion 727th Antitank Regiment 287th Mortar Regiment 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) 1322nd Antitank Artillery Regiment 308th Guards Mortar Regiment 29th Antiaircraft Artillery Division: Col.Ia.M.Liubimov (to 7/23); Col.M.A.Vialov (from 7/24) 1360th Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment 1361st Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment 1372nd Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment 1374th Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment 256th Separate Engineer Battalion 431st Separate Engineer Battalion

Army Strength: 80,000 men, 1,953 guns & mortars, 133 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 126th Infantry Regiment 131st Infantry Regiment 367th Infantry Regiment 237th Artillery Regiment 147th Rifle Division: Maj.Gen.M.P.Iakimov 15th Infantry Regiment 600th Infantry Regiment 640th Infantry Regiment 538th Artillery Regiment 155th Rifle Division: Col.I.V.Kaprov 436th Infantry Regiment 659th Infantry Regiment 786th Infantry Regiment 306th Artillery Regiment 163rd Rifle Division: Col.F.V.Karlov 529th Infantry Regiment 759th Infantry Regiment

49 1318th Infantry Regiment 365th Artillery Regiment 166th Rifle Division: Col.B.I.Poltorzhitsky (to 8/19); Col.A.I.Svetlaikov (from 8/20) 423rd Infantry Regiment 517th Infantry Regiment 735th Infantry Regiment 459th Artillery Regiment 241st Rifle Division: Col.P.G.Arabei 264th Infantry Regiment 318th Infantry Regiment 332nd Infantry Regiment 1010th Artillery Regiment Army Troops 93rd Tank Brigade: Tank Battalion Tank Battalion Tank Battalion 39th Separate Tank Regiment 680th Antitank Artillery Regiment 1070th Antitank Artillery Regiment 480th Mortar Regiment 47th Guards Mortar Regiment 23rd Antiaircraft Artillery Division: Col.N.S.Sitnikov 1064th Antiaircraft Artillery 1336th Antiaircraft Artillery 1342nd Antiaircraft Artillery 1348th Antiaircraft Artillery 25th Separate Engineer Battalion 38th Separate Engineer Battalion

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 89th Infantry Regiment 117th Infantry Regiment 225th Infantry Regiment 211th Artillery Regiment 218th Rifle Division: Col.P.T.Kliushnikov (to 8/14); Col.D.N.Dolganov (15-26 Aug); Col.S.F.Skliarov (from 8/14) 182nd Infantry Regiment 658th Infantry Regiment 667th Infantry Regiment 663rd Artillery Regiment 337th Rifle Division: Maj.Gen.G.O.Liaskin 1127th Infantry Regiment 1129th Infantry Regiment 1131st Infantry Regiment 899th Artillery Regiment 23rd Rifle Corps: Maj.Gen.N.E.Chuvakov 29th Rifle Division: Col.N.M.Ivanovsky 106th Infantry Regiment 128th Infantry Regiment 302nd Infantry Regiment 77th Artillery Regiment 125th Anti-Tank Battalion 104th Reconnaissance Company 78th Pioneer Battalion 702nd Signals Company 123rd Chemical Warfare Company 144th (mot) Supply Company 453rd Field Bakery 350th Medical Battalion 923rd Veterinary Hospital 30th Rifle Division: Col.M.E.Savchenko 35th Infantry Regiment 71st Infantry Regiment 256th Infantry Regiment 59th Artillery Regiment 38th Rifle Division: Col.S.F.Skliarov (to 8/10); 29th Infantry Regiment 48th Infantry Regiment 343rd Infantry Regiment 214th Artillery Regiment Lt. Col. F.S.Esipov (from 8/11) Army Troops: 269th Antitank Artillery Regiment 1593rd Antitank Artillery Regiment 460th Mortar Regiment 83rd Guards Mortar Regiment 21st Antiaircraft Artillery Division: Col.G.V.Kasatkin 1044th Antiaircraft Artillery 1334th Antiaircraft Artillery 1340th Antiaircraft Artillery 1346th Antiaircraft Artillery 91st Separate Engineer Battalion

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 86th Guard Infantry Regiment 89th Guard Infantry Regiment 92nd Guard Infantry Regiment 61st Guard Artillery Regiment 84th Rifle Division: Col.P.I.Buniashin 41st Infantry Regiment 201st Infantry Regiment 382nd Infantry Regiment 74th Artillery Regiment 116th Rifle Division: Maj.Gen.I.M.Makarov 441st Infantry Regiment 548th Infantry Regiment 656th Infantry Regiment 406th Artillery Regiment 214th Rifle Division: Maj.Gen.P.P.Dremin (to 8/1); Col.Ia.I. Brovchenko 776th Infantry Regiment

51 780th Infantry Regiment 788th Infantry Regiment 683rd Artillery Regiment 233rd Rifle Division: Col. Ia.N.Bransky (to 7/26); Col. Iu.I.Sokolov (from 7/27) 703rd Infantry Regiment 724th Infantry Regiment 734th Infantry Regiment 684th Artillery Regiment 242nd Rifle Division: Maj.Gen.G.I.Aisimov 897th Infantry Regiment 900th Infantry Regiment 903rd Infantry Regiment 679th Artillery Regiment 299th Rifle Division: Col.A.Ia. Klimenko (to 8/12); Maj.Gen.N.G.Travnikov (from 8/12) 956th Infantry Regiment 958th Infantry Regiment 960th Infantry Regiment 843rd Artillery Regiment Army Troops 34th Separate Tank Regiment 35th Separate Tank Regiment 232nd Antitank Artillery Regiment 1316th Antitank Artillery Regiment 451st Mortar Regiment 89th Guards Mortar Regiment 30th Antiaircraft Artillery Division 1361st Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment 1367th Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment 1373rd Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment 1375th Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment 11th Separate Engineer Battalion 17th Separate Engineer Battalion

Army Strength: 65,000 men & 78 tanks

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 3 Motorized Infantry Battalions 54th Guards Tank Regiment 12th Guards Mechanized Brigade: Col.G.Ia.Borisenkov 3 Motorized Infantry Battalions 55th Guards Tank Regiment 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 24th Guards Motorized Rifle Battalion 2nd Guards Motorcycle Battalion 1447th Self Propelled Artillery Regiment (85mm) 104th Guards Antitank Artillery Regiment (57mm) 285th Mortar Regiment 737th Separate Antitank Artillery Battalion 409th Separate Guards Mortar Battalion

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 362nd Tank Battalion 25th Motorized Rifle Battalion 31st Tank Brigade: ColS.F.Moiseev (from 8/8); Col.A.A. Novikov (from 8/9) 194th Tank Battalion 195th Tank Battalion 31st Motorized Rifle Battalion 32nd Tank Brigade: Col.A.A.Linev (KIA 8/25); Col.K.K. Vorob'ev (from 8/26) 141st Tank Battalion 142nd Tank Battalion 32nd Motorized Rifle Battalion 53rd Motorized Rifle Brigade 3 Motorized Rifle Battalions 1446th Self Propelled Artillery Regiment (85mm) 38th Separate Armored Car (Reconaissance) Battalion 75th Motorcycle 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) 1549th Self Propelled Artillery Regiment (152mm) 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) 76th Guards Mortar Regiment 6th Antiaircraft Artillery Division: 146th Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment (attached to 5th Gds Motorized Corps) 36th Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment (atached to 29th Tank Corps) 516th Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment 1062nd Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment 4th Separate Signal Regiment

53 94th Light Bomber Aviation Regiment 377th Separate Engineer Battalion 18th Tank Corps: Maj.Gen.B.S.Bakharov (from RVK on 7/7) 110th Tank Brigade: Lt.Col.M.G.Khliupin 311th Tank Battalion 312th Tank Battalion 110th Motorized Rifle Battalion 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) 392nd Tank Battalion 393rd Tank Battalion 180th Motorized Rifle Battalion 181st Tank Brigade: Lt.Col.I.A.Stukov (KIA on 7/13); Lt.Col.A.F.Shevchenko (on 8/16) 394th Tank Battalion 395th Tank Battalion 181st Motorized Rifle Battalion 32nd Motorized Rifle Brigade:Lt.Col.I.A.Stukov (KIA 7/13); Col.M.E.Khvatov (from 7/13) 3 Motorized Rifle Battalions 36th Guards Separate Tank Regiment (Heavy) 1000th Antitank Artillery Regiment 736th Separate Atitank Artillery Battalion 292nd Motar Regiment 1694th Antiaircraft Artillery 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) 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th Battalions 148th High Power Howitzer Artillery Regiment (from Voronezh Front 7/11) 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th Battalions 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) (to 69th Army on 7/13) 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) 532nd Antitank Artillery Regiment 1243rd Antitank Artillery Regiment 1245th Antitank Artillery Regiment 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 511th Reconnaissance 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 24th Guard Cavarly Regiment 6th Guards Cavalry Division: Col.P.P.Birkel 18th Guard Cavarly Regiment 23rd Guard Cavarly Regiment 25th Guard Cavarly Regiment 28th Guard Cavarly Regiment 32nd Guards Cavalry Division: Col.G.F.Maliukov 86th Cavarly Regiment 121st Cavarly Regiment 197th Cavarly Regiment Corps Troops: 144th Guards Antitank Artillery Regiment 3rd Guards Separate Antitank Artillery Regiment 64th Guards Mortar Battalion 1731st Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment 5th Guards Cavalry Corps: Maj.Gen.A.G.Selivanov 11th Guard Cavalry Division: Col.L.A.Slanov 37th Guard Cavarly Regiment 39th Guard Cavarly Regiment 41st Guard Cavarly Regiment

55 12th Guard Cavalry Division: Col.V.I.Grigovorvich 43rd Guard Cavarly Regiment 45th Guard Cavarly Regiment 47th Guard Cavarly Regiment 63rd Cavalry Division: Maj.Gen.K.P.Beloshnichenko 214th Cavarly Regiment 220th Cavarly Regiment 223rd Cavarly Regiment Corps Troops: unknown Self Propelled Artillery Battalion 150th Guards Antitank Artillery Regiment 5th Guards Separate Antitank Artillery Battalion 72nd Guards Mortar Battalion 585th Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment 7th Guards Cavalry Corps: Maj.Gen. M.F.Maleev 14th Guards Cavalry Division: Col.Kh.V.Fiksel 52nd Guard Cavarly Regiment 54th Guard Cavarly Regiment 56th Guard Cavarly Regiment 15th Guards Cavalry Division: Maj.Gen.I.T.Chalenko 53rd Guard Cavarly Regiment 55th Guard Cavarly Regiment 57th Guard Cavarly Regiment 16th Guards Cavalry Division: Col.G.A.Belov 58th Guard Cavarly Regiment 60th Guard Cavarly Regiment 62nd Guard Cavarly Regiment Corps Troops: 145th Guards Antitank Artillery Regiment 7th Guards Separate Antitank Artillery Battalion 57th Guards Mortar Battalion 1733rd Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment 4th Guards Tank Corps: Maj.Gen.P.P.Poluboiarov 12th Guards Tank Brigade: Lt.Col N.G.Dushak (7/11) 1st & 2nd Tank Battalions 12th Guards Motorized Rifle Battalion 13th Guards Tank Brigade: Col.L.I.Baukov 1st, 2nd Tank Battalions 12th Guards Motorized Rifle Battalion 14th Guards Tank Brigade: Col.I.P.Mikhailov (to 8/15); Maj. V.M.Pechkovsky (from 8/16) 1st, 2nd Tank Battalions 12th Guards Motorized Rifle Battalion 3rd Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade: Col.M.P.Leonov 3 Motorized Rifle Battalions Corps Troops: 1451st Self Propelled Artillery Regiment (76mm) 76th Motorcycle Batalion 756th Antitank Artillery Regiment 264th Mortar Regiment 752nd Separate Antitank Artillery Battalion 120th Guards Antitank Artillery Regiment Strength: 189 tanks & SP guns

3rd Guards Mechanized Corps: Maj.Gen. V.T.Obukhov 7th Guards Mechanized Brigade: Col.M.I.Rodoinov 3 Motorized Rifle Battalions 43rd Guards Tank Regiment 8th Guards Mechanized Brigade: Col.D.N.Bely 3 Motorized Rifle Battalions 44th Guards Tank Regiment 9th Guards Mechanized Brigade: Col.I.P.Goriachev 3 Motorized Rifle Battalions 45th Guards Tank Regiment 35th Guards Tank Brigade: Col.A.A.Aslanov 1st, 2nd, 3rd Tank Battalions 35th Guards Motorized Rifle Battalion Corps Troops: 1st Guards Motorcycle Battalion 1510th Antitank Artillery Regiment 1831st Self Propelled Artillery Regiment (152mm) 129th Mortar Regiment 743rd separate Antitank Artillery Battalion 334th Guards Mortar Battalion 1705th Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment 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: 3 Mechanized Rifle Battalions 4th Tank Regiment 37th Mechanized Brigade: Lt.Col. P.V.Tsyganenko 3 Mechanized Rifle Battalions 3rd Tank Regiment 219th Tank Brigade: Lt.Col.S.T.Khilobok 586th Tank Battalion 587th Tank Battalion 219th Motorized Rifle Battalion Corps Troops: 57th Motorcycle Batalion 75th Anttank Artillery Regiment 294th Mortar Regiment

Total: 204 tanks

Army Troops: 78th Separate Motorcycle Battalion 11th Antiaircraft Artillery Division: 804th Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment 976th Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment 987th Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment 996th Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment 8th Engineer Sapper Brigade 27th Special Designation Engineer Brigade 7th Pontoon Bridge Battalion 19th Pontoon Bridge Battalion 40th Pontoon Bridge Battalion 246th Separate Engineer Battalion

57 247th Separate Engineer Battalion 248th Separate Engineer Battalion 250th Separate Engineer Battalion 284th Separate Engineer Battalion

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) 396th Infantry Regiment 497th Infantry Regiment 791st Infantry Regiment 276th Artillery Regiment 197th Rifle Division: Col. B.N.Popov (to 8/10); Col.F.S.Danilovsky (from 8/10) 828th Infantry Regiment 862nd Infantry Regiment 889th Infantry Regiment 261st Artillery Regiment 369th Rifle Division: Maj.Gen.I.V.Khazov 1223rd Infantry Regiment 1225th Infantry Regiment 1227th Infantry Regiment 929th Artillery Regiment 4th Rifle Division: Col.D.D.Vorob'ev 39th Infantry Regiment 101st Infantry Regiment 220th Infantry Regiment 40th Artillery Regiment 96th Rifle Division: Col.F.G.Bulatov 331st Infantry Regiment 338th Infantry Regiment 350th Infantry Regiment 1059th Artillery Regiment 260th Rifle Division: Col.G.K.Miroshnichenko (to 8/27); Col.S.V.Maksimovsky (from 8/28) 1026th Infantry Regiment 1028th Infantry Regiment 1030th Infantry Regiment 738th Artillery Regiment 273rd Rifle Division: Col.A.I.Baliugin 967th Infantry Regiment 969th Infantry Regiment 971st Infantry Regiment 812th Artillery Regiment 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) 1086th Infantry Regiment 1088th Infantry Regiment 1090th Infantry Regiment 892nd Artillery Regiment Army Troops: 225th Separate Tank Regiment 1176th Antitank Regiment 1321st Antitank Regiment 481st Mortar Regiment 90th Guards Mortar Regiment 31st Antiaircraft Artillery Division: Col.I.S.Shilin 1376th Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment 1380th Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment 1386th Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment 1392nd Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment 202nd Separate Engineer Battalion 277th Separate Engineer Battalion

Army Strength: 65,000 men & 30 tanks

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 315th Tank Battalion 316th Tank Battalion 30th Motorized Rifle Battalion 97th (52nd Gds) Tank Brigade: Col.I.T.Potapov (to 8/15); Col.A.S.Borodin (from 8/16) 232nd Tank Battalion 233rd Tank Battalion 86th Motorized Rifle Battalion 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) 305th Tank Battalion 306th Tank Battalion 106th Motorized Rifle Battalion 13th (22nd Gds) Motorized Rifle Brigade: Col N.I.Mikhailov (to 8/20); Col Kh.S.Bogdanov (from 8/20) 3 Motorized Rifle Battalions Corps Troops: 1417th (292nd Gds) Self Propelled Artillery Regiment (85mm) 66th Motorcycle Battalion 1498th (289th Gds) Antitank Artillery Regiment 757th Separate Antitank Artillery Battalion 272nd Mortar Regiment 1703rd (286th Gds) Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment

Strength: 209 tanks & 16 SP guns

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 Motorized Rifle Battalion 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) 317th Tank Battalion 318th Tank Battalion 113th Motorized Rifle Battalion 195th (56th Gds) Tank Brigade: Col. V.A.Lomakin (KIA 7/19); Lt.Col. T.F.Malik (from 7/19) 424th Tank Battalion 425th Tank Battalion 195th Motorized Rifle Battalion 52nd (23rd Gds) Motorized Rifle Brigade: Col.A.A.Golovachev (WIA 7/19) 3 Motorized Rifle Battalion 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 467th Mortar Regiment 1704th (287th Gds) Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment

Strength: 209 tanks & 16 SP guns

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: 1st, 2nd, 3rd Rifle Battalions 13th Tank Regiment 34th (25th Gds) Mechanized Brigade: 1st, 2nd, 3rd Rifle Battalions 12th Tank Regiment 43rd (26th Gds) Mechanized Brigade: Maj.Gen.D.M.Barinov 1st, 2nd, 3rd Rifle Battalions 215th Tank Regiment 33rd (57th Gds) Tank Brigade: Col. I.P.Silaev 1st, 2nd Tank Battalions 33rd Motorized Rifle Battalion Corps Troops: 468th Mortar Regiment

5 The 15th Tank Corps became the 7th Guards Tank Corps on 26 July.

734th Separate Antitank Artillery Battalion 410th Guards Mortar Battalion 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 1st, 2nd, 3rd Rifle Battalions 28th Tank Regiment 17th Guards Mechanized Brigade 1st, 2nd, 3rd Rifle Battalions 126th Tank Regiment

49th Guards Mechanized Brigade 1st, 2nd, 3rd Rifle Battalions 127th Tank Regiment 29th Separate Tank Regiment 56th Separate Tank Regiment Corps Troops: 1st Guards Self Propelled Artillery Regiment (152mm) 95th Motorcycle Battalion 51st Guards Antitank Artillery Regiment 740th Antitank Artillery Battalion 240th Mortar Regiment 31st Guards Separate Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion

Strength: 216 tanks & SP guns

11th Tank Corps: Maj.Gen.N.N.Radkevich 20th Tank Brigade: Col.B.M.Kostantinov 20th Tank Battalion 136th Tank Battalion 20th Motorized Rifle Battalion 36th Tank Brigade: Col.T.I.Tanaschishin (to 7/15); Col.A.Ia.Eremin (from 7/16) 173rd Tank Battalion 174th Tank Battalion 36th Motorized Rifle Battalion 65th Tank Brigade: Col.A.I.Shevchenko 213th Tank Battalion 214th Tank Battalion 65th Motorized Rifle Battalion 12th Motorized Rifle Briade 3 Motorized Rifle Battalions Artillery Battalion (12 76.2mm guns) Corps Troops: 1493rd Antitank Artillery Regiment

61 93rd MOtorcycle Batalion 1507th Antitank Artillery Regiment 739th Separate Antitank Artillery Battalion 132es Mortar Regiment 1388th Antitank Artillery 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) 1st, 2nd, 3rd Tank Battalions 197th Motorized Rifle Battalion 243rd Tank Brigade: Lt.Colo.V.I.Prikhod'ko (to 8/22); Lt.Col.S.A.Denisov (from 8/23) 1st, 2nd, 3rd Tank Battalions 243rd Motorized Rifle Battalion 244th Tank Brigade: Col.V.I.Konovalov (to 7/15); Lt.Col.M.G.Fomichev (from 7/16) 1st, 2nd, 3rd Tank Battalions 244th Motorized Rifle Battalion 30th Mechanized Rifle Brigade: Col.M.S.Smirnov 3 Motorized Rifle Battalion Corps Troops: 1621st Self Propelled Artillery Regiment (85mm) 88th Motorcycle Battalion 1513th Antitank Artillery Regiment 742nd Separate Antitank Artillery Battalion 29th Mortar Regiment 248th Separate Guards Mortar 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) 1st, 2nd, 3rd Tank Battalions 8th Guards Motorized Rifle Battalion 80th Tank Brigade: Col.V.N.Busaev (to 7/14); Col.V.I.Evsiukov (from 7/15) 273rd Tank Battalion 274th Tank Battalion 80th Motorized Rifle Battalion 155th Tank Brigade: Col.N.V.Belochkin (to 8/9); Lt.Col.I.I.Proshin (from 8/10) 342nd Tank Battalion 343rd Tank Battalion 155th Motorized Rifle Battalion

7th Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade 3 Motorized Rifle Battalion Corps Troops: 1419th Self Propelled Artillery Regiment (85mm) 1505th Antitank Artillery Regiment 291st Mortar Regiment 1711st Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment 735th Antitank Artillery Battalion

Strength: 184 tanks & SP guns

25th Tank Corps: Maj.Gen.F.G.Anikushkin (to 11th Gds Army on 7/17) 11th Tank Brigade:Lt.Col I.N.Granovsky 313th Tank Battalion 314th Tank Battalion 111th Motorized Rifle Battalion 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) 356th Tank Battalion 357th Tank Battalion 162nd Motorized Rifle Battalion 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) 382nd Tank Battalion 383rd Tank Battalion 175th Motorized Rifle Battalion 20th Motorized Rifle Brigade: Maj.Gen.P.S.Il'in 3 Motorized Rifle Battalions Corps Troops: 53rd Motorcycle Battalion 1497th Antitank Artillery Regiment 459th Mortar Regiment 46th Antitank Artillery Battalion 1702nd Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment 1829th Heavy Self Propelled Artillery Regiment (152mm) 41st Self Propelled Artillery Regiment (85mm)

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 9th Guard Cavarly Regiment 10th Guard Cavarly Regiment 12th Guard Cavarly Regiment 4th Guards Cavalry Division: Maj.Gen.G.I.Pankratov 11th Guard Cavarly Regiment 15th Guard Cavarly Regiment 16th Guard Cavarly Regiment 20th Cavalry Division: Maj.Gen.P.T.Kursakov 122nd Cavarly Regiment 123rd Cavarly Regiment

63 124th Cavarly Regiment Corps Troops: 149th Guards Antitank Artillery Regiment 2nd Guards Separate Antitank Artillery Battalion 60th Guards Mortar Batalion 1730th Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment

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 8th Guards Long-Range Aviation Division 3rd Guards Aviation Corps (Orel Axis): Maj.Gen.N.A.Volkov 3rd Guards Long-Range Aviation Division 7th Guards Long-Range Aviation Division 4th Guards Aviation Corps (Poltava Axis): Col.S.P.Kovalev 4th Guards Long-Range Aviation Division 5th Guards Long-Range Aviation Division 5th Guards Aviation Corps (Orel Axis): Maj.Gen.I.V.Georgiev 53rd Guards Long-Range Aviation Division 54th Guards Long-Range Aviation Division 6th Guards Aviation Corps (Orel Axis): Maj.Gen.G.N.Tukipov 50th Guards Long-Range Aviation Division 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) 4th Guards Assault Aviation Division 264th Guards Assault Aviation Division 10th Fighter Corps: Maj.Gen.M.M.Golovnia (to Voronezh Front 2nd Air Army 8/3) 201st Fighter Aviation Division 235th Fighter Aviation Division 202nd Bombar Aviation Divsion (to Voronezh Front 2nd Air Army 8/3)

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