WWII
Russian 5th Ind. Heavy Tank Brigade
1938-Nov'39-Jul'41

East Europe

List R11

by Mark Bevis

1. Teeth

    Heavy Tank Battalion
      Bttn HQ: 1x T-35 M35, 1x BT-7
      3 Companies@
        CHQ: 1x T-35 M1935
        3 platoons@ 3x T-35 M1935

    Heavy Tank Battalion

      Bttn HQ: 1x T-35 M37, 1x BT-7
      2 Companies@
        CHQ: 1x T-35 M1937
        3 platoons@ 3x T-35 M1937

      1 Company:
        CHQ: 1x T-35 M1935
        1 platoon: 3x T-35 M1935
        2 platoons@ 3x T-35 M1938

    Heavy Tank Battalion

      Bttn HQ: 2x T-28, 1x BT-7
      2 Companies@
        CHQ: 2x T-28
        4 platoons@ 3x T-28

    Light Tank Battalion

      Bttn HQ: 2x BT-7
      2 Companies@
        CHQ: 2x BT-7
        3 platoons@ 5x BT-7

      1 Company:
        CHQ: 1x OP-7
        3 platoons@ 3x OP-7
        1 platoon: 3x BT-7

    Motor Rifle Battalion

      Bttn HQ: 1 rifle sqd, 1 truck
      3 Companies@
        CHQ: 1 rifle sqd, 1 truck
        3 platoons@ 3 rifle sqds, 2 LMG, 3 trucks
        1 platoon: 2x MMG, 2 LMG teams, 3x 50mm, 3 trucks

      1 Support Company:
        CHQ: 1 rifle sqd, 1 truck
        1 platoon: 4 or 6x 45mm M37 A/T guns, truck tows
        3 platoons@ 4 MMG, 2 trucks
        1 battery: 6x 82mm mortars, 6 trucks, radio truck

2. Brigade Support

    Tank Brigade HQ: 2x BT-7, 2x T-28 with:
      2 Armoured Car Companies@
        CHQ: 2x Ba-10 or Ba-32
        3 platoons@ 3-4x Ba-10 or Ba-32

3. Notes

    a) Radios are in Bttn HQs and above, possibly in CHQs. Any vehicle so equipped has frame aerial and must be pointed out if requested.
    b) Infantry have no A/T grenades in 1938-39. From 1940 can have RPG-1940 A/T grenades. In 1941 can add one PTRD41 per platoon.
    c) Ba-32 not available until late 1939.
    d) T-28 is T-28B M1938; or can be T-28C (also known as T-28E or T-28M2) from March 1940.
    e) BT-7 is BT-7-2 M37 or BT-7M M1939 variant.
    f) The brigade has 2 T-35 battalions, 1 T-28 battalion, 1 Light Tank Battalion and 1 Motorised Battalion. One of the T-35 battalions was stationed around Moscow for parading. In theory the brigade was the heavy tank brigade of one of the four Mechanised Corps, but in practice the brigade acted independently, and survived the disbandment of the Corps of 1939-40, to be involved in combat in July 1941. Can use Corps and Army Support from List R18 throughout 1938-41.


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