Russian Forces, Battle of Kursk, July 1943
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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