Kursk - Russian OB - SouthWestern Front


This page shows the Order of Battle for the SouthWestern Front

The OB below shows the complete hierarchy of the Front, as far as I have been able to ascertain. The indents are used to show the levels of reporting - each indent showing units subordinate to the previous.
The notes column includes the following info:

Unit Commander Notes
Southwestern Front Malinovsky, RYa
• 1 Tank Destroyer Brigade 16 76mm ZIS-3
• 10 Guards Tank Regt.
• 11 Artillery Div. 31 LAB; 40 HB; 45 CB; 838 ARBn
• 11 Antitank Brigade 60 AT; 102G, 462, 565 AT Rgts
• 2 NKVD Border Regiment
• 23 Mortar Brigade 120mm MTR
• 7 B-Thru Arty Div. 11 LAB; 17 CB; 25 HB; 3 MB; 9 GdsCB; 105 SHHB
• 9 Antitank Brigade 60 AT; 150, 174, 1172 AT Rgts
• 9 B-Thru Arty Div. 23 HB; 26 LAB; 30 CB; 10 MB; 778 Truck Bn; 113 SHHB; 115 CB
• 90 NKVD Border Regiment
• 91 NKVD Border Regiment
• 104 Rifle Brigade   Disbanded 25 July 1943
• 18 Independent Corps
• 1 Guards Mechanised Corps Kursk; att 1T 10.7
• • 1 Guards Mech Bde. 18GTR
• • 116 Guards Artillery Regt 3 Bns, each 8 76mm + 4 122mm How
• • 1504 Antitank Regiment 20 76mm AT
• • 1544 SU Regiment SU-152s
• • 16 Guards Tank Regt.
• • 1699 AA Regiment 16 37mm AA
• • 17 Guards Tank Regt.
• • 18 Guards Tank Regt. Of 1GMB
• • 19 Guards Tank Regt. Of 2GMB
• • 2 Guards Mech Bde. 19GTR
• • 20 Guards Tank Regt. Of 3GMB
• • 267 Mortar Regiment 120mm Mtr
• • 3 Guards Mech Bde. 20GTR
• • 407 Guards Mortar Battalion 8 BM-13
• • 741 Antitank Battalion 12 85mm AT
• 32 Corps Rodimtsev, AI
• 12 Army Danilov, A.I. SW
• • 141 Tank Regiment
• • 172 Rifle Division Or w/1GA ??
• • 203 Rifle Division w/12 8.43
• • 244 Rifle Division w 66C 9.43
• • 333 Rifle Division
• • 350 Rifle Division w/12 4.43
• • 60 Guards Rifle Div. 278RD Gds 3.1.43
• • 23 Independent Tank Corps Dnieper R in reserve
• • • 135 Tank Brigade 1942 Shtat
• • • 1443 SU Regiment SU76s
• • • 3 Tank Brigade 1942 Shtat
• • • 39 Tank Brigade 1942 Shtat
• • • 56 Motor Rifle Brigade
• • 66 Corps
• 17 Air Army    
• • 244 Bomber Air Division    
• • 262 Night Bomber Air Division    
• • 1 Mixed Aviation Corps    
• • • 2 Fighter Air Division    
• • • 5 Assault Air Division    
• • 3 Mixed Aviation Corps    
• • • 207 Fighter Air Division    
• • • 208 Assault Air Division    
• • 9 Mixed Aviation Corps    
• • • 295 Assault Air Division    
• • • 305 Fighter Air Division    
• • • 308 Assault Air Division    
• 1 Guards Army Kuznetsov, V.I. Izyum
• • 230 Rifle Division Formed 29.6.43 from 229RB; to RVGK 8.43 - for retraining
• • 50 Rifle Division Smolensk 9.43
• • 33 Corps  
• • • 243 Rifle Division w 1G/8G/6A
• • • 253 Rifle Brigade    
• • 4 Guards Corps Admin unit only
• • • 195 Rifle Division Novomoskovsk 2.43; w/34 46 from 10/43
• • • 35 Guards Rifle Div. Formed from 8 Airborne Corps 6.8.42
• • • 57 Guards Rifle Div. 153RD Gds 31.12.42
• • 6 Guards Corps Admin only
• • • 44 Guards Rifle Div. 5RD Gds 5.10.42; assigned 65 Army 12.43
• 3 Guards Army Khetagurov, G.I. Starobelsk/Donets R
• • 11 Tank Brigade 2 Bns only
• • 243 Tank Regiment
• • 25 NKVD Border Regiment
• • 259 Rifle Division
• • 47 Guards Rifle Div. 154RD Gds 20.10.42; Smolensk; assigned 4G late 1943
• • 52 Tank Regiment
• • 61 Guards Rifle Div. 159RD Gd 15.1.43
• • 78 Rifle Division
• • 266 Rifle Division
• • 279 Rifle Division
• • 34 Guards Corps Ryabishev, DI
• • • 59 Guards Rifle Div. 197RD Gds 3.1.43
• 3 Tank Army Rybalko, P.S. Volchansk
• • 15 Tank Corps Des 7GT 26.7.43
• • • 113 Tank Brigade 3 Bns - T34 + T70
• • • 1418 SU Regiment SU76s
• • • 1503 Antitank Regiment 20 45mm AT
• • • 1704 AA Regiment 16 37mm AA
• • • 195 Tank Brigade 3 Bns - T34 + T70
• • • 39 Armoured Car Battn Armoured Car Battalion
• • • 467 Mortar Regiment 120mm Mtr
• • • 52 Motor Rifle Brigade
• • • 733 Antitank Battalion 12 85mm AT
• • • 88 Tank Brigade 3 Bns - T34 + T70
• 46 Army Glagolev, V.V. In July
• • 223 Rifle Division w/44 1.43; w/46 early 43
• • 236 Rifle Division Kuban w/56 2.43; Dnieper w/46 4.43
• • 394 Rifle Division
• • 409 Rifle Division
• 57 Army Gagen, N.A. Kursk
• • 113 Rifle Division
• • 14 Guards Rifle Div. 96RD Gds 24.1.42; Belgorod Kharkov Op 8.43
• • 173 Tank Brigade Originally 22T; Ind from 11.42
• • 179 Tank Brigade
• • 19 Rifle Division Kharkov w/3TA
• • 24 Rifle Division Prokhorov, FA Don Basin w/1G 8.43
• • 303 Rifle Division To Steppe Front w/57A Aug 43
• • 48 Guards Rifle Div. 264RD Gds 20.10.42
• • 52 Rifle Division
• • 58 Guards Rifle Div. 1RD Gds 31.12.42; Belgorod w/57 8.43; w/1G 2.43
• • 64 Corps Karzhavin, GG Kursk
• 6 Army Shlemin, I.T. Izyum/Donets R
• • 115 Tank Brigade
• • 152 Rifle Division To 1GA 12.8.43
• • 20 Guards Rifle Div. 174RD Gds 17.3.42
• • 212 Tank Regiment
• • 228 Rifle Division Formed 29.6.43; to 34C/1GA/SW 8.43
• • 25 Guards Rifle Div. Bilyutin, KV Formed 4.42 from 2GRB
• • 263 Rifle Division w/10 51 1.44
• • 267 Rifle Division
• • 38 Guards Rifle Div. Formed from 4 Airborne Corps 6.8.42
• • 41 Guards Rifle Div. Formed from 10 Airborne Corps 6.8.42; assigned to 7G Army early 1944
• • 6 Rifle Division Orel 8.43
• • 62 Guards Rifle Div. 127RD Gds 15.1.43
• • 1 Guards Cavalry Corps Belgorod
• • • 1 Gds Cavalry Div. No tanks until 8.43; 4 Rgts
• • • 2 Gds Cavalry Div. No tanks until 8.43
• • • 61 Tank Regiment
• • • 7 Gds Cavalry Div. No tanks until 8.43
• • • 87 Tank Regiment
• • 26 Corps
• 8 Guards Army Chujkov, V.I. Kupyansk
• • 224 Tank Regiment
• • 5 Guards Tank Regt. KVs
• • 9 Guards Tank Regt.
• • 28 Guards Corps Izyum
• • • 39 Guards Rifle Div. Formed from 5 Airborne Corps 6.8.42
• • • 79 Guards Rifle Div. 284RD Gds 1.3.43
• • • 88 Guards Rifle Div. 99RD Gds 18.4.43
• • 29 Guards Corps
• • • 27 Guards Rifle Div. Formed 21.5.42 from 3GRB
• • • 74 Guards Rifle Div. 45RD Gds 1.3.43
• • • 82 Guards Rifle Div. 321RD Gds 19.3.43


© Alan Wilson 1997, 1998, 1999 Last update: 17/11/99 08:40:35 PM GMT