Trans-Caspian Detachment Trans-Caspian Division 1st Regiment - 923 rifles, 7 machineguns Supplemental Battalion - 76 rifles Turkestan Regiment - 952 rifles, 15 machineguns Horse Dagestan Division - 297 sabers, 3 machineguns Ossetia Horse Squadron (sotnya) - 68 sabers, 1 machinegun Horse-Partisan Division - 107 sabers, 7 machineguns Caucasus Artillery Battery - 2 light cannons Trans-Caspian Artillery Battery- 4 light cannons Sapper Company - 1 company, 72 sappers Kizil-Arvat Railroad Militia - 144 rifles, 4 machineguns Armored Trains: "Patrol", "General Kornilov", "Partisan", "Three Musketeers", and "Thunderstorm" Total: 2051 rifles, 26 machineguns, 562 sabers, 11 machineguns, 8 cannons, 1 company of 72 sappers, 5 armored trains. Total in the Forces of the North Caucasus: 11,167 rifles, 131 machineguns 5513 sabers, 94 machineguns 58 light cannons, 7 mountain cannons, 5 howitzers 4 companies with a total of 328 sappers 2 airplanes 8 armored trains Caucasus Army Gen-Lt Baron Wrangel (also called the Cossack Army) 1st Kuban Corps 1st Kuban Cossack Division 4th Kuban Cossack Division (temporarily in the 4th Kuban Corps) Attached to the Corps: Composite Grenadier Division 3rd Kuban Cossack Infantry Brigade 2nd Kuban Cossack Infantry Brigade 2nd Kuban Corps 2nd Kuban Cossack Division 3rd Kuban Cossack Division Attached to the Corps: Composite Gorsk (Horse) Division (temporarily) 4th Horse Corps 1st Horse Division Composite Gorsk (Horse) Division (temporarily attached to the 2nd Kuban Corps) Kabardino (Horse) Division Attached to the Corps: 4th Kuban Cossack Division (temporarily) Attached to the Army: Astrakhan Cossack Division 1st Independent Kuban Cossack Brigade Naval Special Purpose (Spetsnaz) Detachment 1st Kuban Corps: Gen-Lt Pokrovskiy (temporarily was Gen-Lt Pisarev) 1st Kuban Cossack Division - Gen-Maj Kryzhnovskiy (temporarily - all the division without the 2nd Black Sea (Cossack) Regiment which was in the 2nd Corps) 2nd Line Cossack Regiment - 244 sabers, 6 machineguns 2nd Black Sea Cossack Regiment - 202 sabers, 6 machineguns 2nd Composite Kuban Cossack Regiment - 98 sabers, 7 machineguns 3rd Composite Kuban Cossack Regiment - 40 sabers, 1 machinegun Guard Division - in Ekaterinburg Rifle Regiment - 741 rifles, 20 machineguns 1st Kuban (Cossack) Horse-Artillery Division: 1st Kuban Cossack Horse Battery - 4 light cannons 4th Kuban Cossack Horse Battery - being brought up to strength in Zhutovo Total: 741 rifles, 20 machineguns, 584 sabers, 20 machineguns, 4 light cannons Attached to the Corps: Composite Grenadier Division - Gen-Maj Pisarev (Gen-Maj Chichinadze temporarily assumed Pisarev's duties) Composite Regiment 1st Grenadier Division Composite Regiment 2nd Grenadier Division Composite Regiment 3rd Grenadier Division Composite Regiment Caucasus Grenadier Division Grenadier Artillery Brigade (4 Batteries) Grenadier Engineer Company Total: 1149 rifles, 27 machineguns, 178 sabers, 3 machineguns, 13 light cannons, 4 howitzers 3rd Kuban Cossack Infantry Brigade - Gen-Maj Khodkevich (Col Tsyganok temporarily assumed the duties) 1st Kuban Cossack Infantry Battalion - being brought up to strength in Otradniy 3rd Kuban Cossack Infantry Battalion - 721 rifles, 12 machinegun 5th Kuban Cossack Infantry Battalion - 508 rifles, 12 machinegun 11th Kuban Cossack Infantry Battalion - being brought up to strength in Otradniy 1st Kuban Cossack Infantry Howitzer Battery - being brought up to strength in Tikhoretskaya 3rd Kuban Cossack Infantry Battery - 3 light cannons Total: 1229 rifles, 24 machineguns, 3 light cannons 2nd Kuban Cossack Infantry Brigade - Col Zapol'skiy 2nd Kuban Cossack Infantry Battalion - 1108 rifles, 20 machineguns 4th Kuban Cossack Infantry Battalion - 605 rifles, 26 machineguns, 2 light cannons 8th Kuban Cossack Infantry Battalion - 765 rifles, 21 machineguns 9th Kuban Cossack Infantry Battalion - 821 rifles, 11 machineguns 2nd (Cossack Infantry) Artillery Division: 2nd Light Cossack Infantry Battery - 3 light cannons 2nd Howitzer Cossack Infantry Battery - 3 howitzers Total: 3289 rifles, 78 machineguns, 5 light cannons, 3 howitzers (Note: Total should be 3299 rifles, but the official documents show 3289) 1st Independent Heavy Artillery Division: 1st Battery - 3 heavy cannons 2nd Battery (1 platoon) - 2 heavy cannons 4th Howitzer Division, 2nd Artillery Brigade: 7th Howitzer Battery - 2 howitzers 8th Howitzer Battery - 4 howitzers Total in the Corps: 6408 rifles, 149 machineguns 862 sabers, 23 machinegun 25 light cannons 13 howitzers 5 heavy cannons 2nd Kuban Corps - Gen-Lt Ulagay 2nd Kuban Cossack Division - Gen-Maj Mamonov (temporarily was Col Shlyakhov) 1st Kuban Cossack Regiment - 150 sabers, 6 machineguns 1st Labin Cossack Regiment - 97 sabers, 7 machineguns 2nd Kuban Cossack Regiment - 96 sabers, 4 machineguns 1st Poltava Cossack Regiment - 210 sabers, 12 machineguns Rifle Regiment - 157 rifles 2nd Cuban Cossack Horse-Artillery Division: 3rd Kuban Cossack Horse Battery - 2 light cannons 7th Kuban Cossack Horse Battery - 2 light cannons 1st Kuban Cossack Horse Howitzer Battery - 3 howitzers Total: 157 rifles, 553 sabers, 29 machineguns, 4 light cannons, 3 howitzers 3rd Kuban Cossack Division 1st Black Sea Cossack Regiment - 190 sabers, 12 machineguns 1st Taman Cossack Regiment - 120 sabers, 8 machineguns 1st Caucasus Cossack Regiment - 364 sabers, 10 machineguns 2nd Poltava Cossack Regiment - 281 sabers, 12 machineguns Rifle Regiment - 309 rifles, 14 machineguns, 31 sabers Kornilov Cossack Regiment - 334 sabers, 21 machineguns 3rd Kuban Cossack Horse Artillery Division: 5th Kuban Cossack Horse Battery - 4 light cannons 1st Kuban Cossack Horse-Mountain Battery - 4 light cannons Total: 309 rifles, 14 machineguns, 1320 sabers, 63 machineguns, 8 light cannons Attached to the Corps: Composite Gorsk (Horse) Division: Col Greaves (temporarily was Col Kotiev) Ingushetia Horse Brigade: 1st Ingushetia Horse Regiment - 80 sabers 2nd Ingushetia Horse Regiment - 61 sabers, 3 machineguns Karachaev Horse Regiment - being brought up to strength in Nevinnomyssk Dagestan Horse Brigade: 1st Dagestan Horse Regiment - 249 sabers, 4 machineguns 2nd Dagestan Horse Regiment - 53 sabers Total: 443 sabers, 7 machineguns Attached to the Division: 1st Dagestan Rifle Battalion of Imam Shamil' - 230 rifles, 4 machineguns Total in the Division: 230 rifles, 4 machineguns, 443 sabers, 7 machineguns 1st Independent Engineer Squadron of the Kuban Cossack Forces - 1 Company, 166 Sappers Total in the Corps: 845 rifles, 18 machineguns (Note: total should be 843, number shown is in the official document) 2517 sabers, 99 machineguns 14 light cannons 3 howitzers 1 company of 166 sappers 4th Horse Corps - Gen-Lt Toporkov (Temporarily was Col Murav'ev) 1st Horse Division - Gen-Maj Uspenskiy (Temporarily was Gen-Maj Pavlichenko) 1st Ekaterinodar Cossack Regiment - 120 sabers, 1 machinegun 1st Line Cossack Regiment - 90 sabers, 6 machineguns 1st Uman Cossack Regiment - 151 sabers, 2 machineguns 1st Zaporozhye Cossack Regiment - 58 sabers, 2 machineguns Rifle Regiment - 519 rifles, 12 machineguns 1st Horse Artillery Division: 2nd Horse Battery - under repair at Station Belaya Glina 3rd Horse Battery - 2 light cannons 4th Horse Battery - 1 light cannon 1st Horse Howitzer Battery - 4 howitzers Total: 519 rifles, 12 machineguns, 419 sabers, 11 machineguns, 3 light cannons, 4 howitzers Kabardino Horse Division - Gen-Maj Bekovich-Cherkasskiy 1st Kabardino Horse Regiment - 140 sabers 2nd Kabardino Horse Regiment - 35 sabers 3rd Kabardino Horse Regiment - 62 sabers, 3 machineguns 4th Kabardino Horse Regiment - 40 sabers 5th Kabardino Horse Regiment - in the forces of North Caucasus 6th Kabardino Horse Regiment - in the forces of North Caucasus 2nd Horse Artillery Division: 1st Horse Battery - 2 light cannons 2nd Horse Howitzer Battery - 1 howitzer 5th Horse Battery - 1 light cannon Total: 277 sabers, 3 machineguns, 3 light cannons, 1 howitzer Attached to the Corps: 4th Kuban Cossack Division - Col Buryak (Temporarily Col Zemtsev) (Note: a handwritten note in red on the original document states that this unit was sent to the rear area of the Volunteer Army). 2nd Zaporozhye Cossack Regiment - 105 sabers, 4 machineguns 2nd Uman Cossack Regiment - 109 sabers, 4 machineguns 2nd Ekaterinodar Cossack Regiment - 73 sabers, 3 machineguns 2nd Caucasus Cossack Regiment - 64 sabers, 1 machinegun Rifle Regiment - 703 rifles, 9 machineguns 4th Kuban Cossack Horse Artillery Division: 6th Kuban Cossack Horse Battery - 2 light cannons 9th Kuban Cossack Horse Battery - 2 light cannons Total: 703 rifles, 9 machineguns, 351 sabers, 12 machineguns, 4 light cannons Total in the Corps: 1222 rifles, 21 machineguns 1047 sabers, 26 machineguns 10 light cannons 5 howitzers Units not attached to the Corps Astrakhan Cossack Division - Gen(-Maj) Kolossovskiy 1st Astrakhan Cossack Regiment - 546 sabers, 8 machineguns 2nd Astrakhan Cossack Regiment - 151 sabers, 6 machineguns 3rd Astrakhan-Manych Regiment - 425 sabers, 12 machineguns 4th Astrakhan-Kalmykia-Manych Regiment - 377 sabers, 11 machineguns 1st Inorodchesk Horse Regiment - 97 sabers, 3 machineguns 4th Horse Artillery Division: 1st Astrakhan Cossack Battery - 4 light cannons 9th Horse Battery - 5 light cannons Total: 1595 sabers, 40 machineguns, 9 light cannons 1st Independent Kuban Cossack Brigade - Gen-Maj Kosinov 3rd Caucasus Cossack Regiment 3rd Black Sea Cossack Regiment - defending the railroad 16th (Kuban) Cossack Infantry Battalion Total: unknown Life Hussar Pavlograd Regiment - 94 sabers Razdan Independent Squadron - defending the railroad Independent Kuban Battery - 4 light cannons 1st Armored Train Division "Unified Russia" "Forward for the Homeland" - under repairs "General Alexeev" - under repairs The adapted armored train "Steppe" (Note: this entry was made in red pen on the original document) Don Armored Trains **"Steppe" (Note: this entry is lined out) "Cossack Zemlyanukhin" "Ataman Platov" "Ilya Muromets" 2nd Armored Train Division 1st , 2nd , and 3rd Armored Detachments - under repairs 1st Tank Division 1st Tank Detachment 4th Tank Detachment - sent to Taganrog (Note: this is a major refit/repair facility for armor) 2nd Tank Division 6th Tank Detachment - sent to Tsaritsyn Air Detachments 1st Kuban Cossacks - 3 airplanes English 17-A - 5 airplanes English 17 B - 4 airplanes English 17 C - 3 airplanes 1st Railroad Battalion of the Volunteer Army 1st Caucasus Radio-Telegraph Division 1st Caucasus Independent Engineer Company 1 company of 117 sappers Naval Special Purpose (Spetsnaz) Detachment Captain 1st Rank Zaev Naval Independent Battalion - 165 rifles, 8 machineguns, 2 small caliber cannons 6th Division of River Cutters Cutters: MK3, MK4, Mk7 MK5, SK1, SK2, MK10 - under repairs 7th Division of River Cutters Armored Cutters: "Cossack" "Cherkass" "Cossack Infantryman" "Line Infantryman" - under repairs "Black Sea-man" "Ataman Chipega" "Anton Golovatiy" 1st Division of Gunboats Division of All Purpose Naval Heavy Artillery 1st Battery - under repairs 2nd Battery - 3 heavy guns 2nd Division of Naval Heavy Artillery 3rd Battery - 2 heavy guns 4th Division of Naval Heavy Artillery 7th Battery - 2 cannons 8th Battery - 1 cannon 6th Division of Naval Heavy Artillery 12th Battery - 2 cannons Independent Howitzer Platoon - 2 howitzers Total in the Cossack Army: 8640 rifles, 196 machineguns 6115 sabers, 188 machineguns 62 light cannons 21 howitzers 2 small caliber cannons 3 companies of 324 sappers 15 airplanes 7 armored trains More Armed Forces of South Russia OOB Part 1: Staffs of the Supreme Commander and of the Army Part 2: Administration of the Corps Part 3: Combat OOB for the VSYuR October 1919 Part 4: Trans-Caspian Detachments and Caucus Army Back to The Gauntlet No. 21 Table of Contents Back to The Gauntlet List of Issues Back to Master Magazine List © Copyright 2000 by Craig Martelle Publications This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. 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