WWII
Russian Independent Tank Brigade
1938-41

All Theatres

List R14

by Mark Bevis

1. Teeth

    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 or Komsomlets tows
        3 platoons@ 4 MMG, 2 trucks
        1 battery: 6x 82mm mortars, 6 trucks, radio truck

    Light Tank Battalion

      Tank is:(d10):
        1: T-26TU & T-26A-2
        2: T-26A-3 & T-26TU
        3-4: T-26B M1933
        5: T-26S M1937
        6: BT-2 M1932
        7: BT-5 M1933
        8: BT-7-1 M1935
        9-0: BT-7-2 M1937

      Bttn HQ: 2x Tanks
      4 Companies@

        CHQ: 2x Tanks
        4 platoons@ 3 Tanks

      1 Platoon: 3x OT-130 (T-26) or 3x OP-7 (BT-7) or BT-5A (BT-5)

    Flame Tank Battalion

      Bttn HQ: 2x tanks, 2x OT-130 or OP-7
      3 Companies@
        CHQ: 3x OT-130 or OP-7
        4 platoons@ 3x OT-130 or OP-7
        1 platoon: 3x tanks

2. Brigade Support

    Tank Brigade HQ: 2x tanks with:
      2 Armoured Car Companies@
        CHQ: 2x Ba-10 or Ba-20 or Ba-7 or Ba-9 or Ba-27M or Ba-32
        3 platoons@ 4x AFV as in CHQ

3. Notes

    a) Radios are in Bttn HQs and above, vehicles so equipped have frame aerials 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.
    c) Ba-32 not available until late 1939.
    d) Brigades are equipped with all T-26 or all BT derivatives.
    e) The Brigade has 3 Light Tank Battalions, 1 Flame Tank Battalion and 1 Motor Rifle Battalion. In Finland up to 1 Battalion can have T-46.
    f) Thirteen of these brigades existed, making them the most common available, and some probably survived the 1939 and 1940 reorganisations until mid 1941.
    g) If T-26A and T-26TU are used, then the T-26TUs are issued at up to 1 tank per CHQ and PHQ.


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