WWII
Russian Corp and Army Support
1938-July 1941

All theatres

List R18

by Mark Bevis

1. Corps Support

Up to:

    1 AA Battery: 6x 37mm M39 or 76mmL55 M31, lorries

    3 Artillery Battalions@

      BHQ: 8 rifle sqds, horses or 6 lorries
      2 batteries@ 6x 152mmL12 M09/30 or 152mmL24 M38, horses or 6x Komintern tractors

    1 Artillery Battalion:

      BHQ: 8 rifle sqds, 6 lorries
      2-3 batteries@ 6x 152mmL29 M10/34 or M37 or 152mmL32 M10/30, 6x Voroshiloyets or Komintern tractors

    3 Pioneer Companies@

      CHQ: 1 rifle sqd
      3 platoons@ 3 rifle/pioneer sqds

      3 Scout flights@ 4x U-2 (Po-2) or R-5 scout planes

      1 Independent Tank Battalion: 1940+

        Bttn HQ: 1x BT-7-2, 1-5x T-28B or T-28C
        2 Companies@
          CHQ: 2x T-28B or C
          4 platoons@ 3x T-28B or C

        1 Company:
          CHQ: 2x BT-7-2
          4 platoons@ 3x BT-7-2

2. Army Support

Up to:

    9 AA Batteries@ 6x 76mmL55 M31, horses

    3 AA Batteries@ 4x 105mm M34 Leningrad, static

    6 Artillery Battalions@

      BHQ: 8 rifle sqds, horses
      2 batteries@ 6x 122mmL46 M31/37 or 152mmL29 M10/34, horses

    1 Artillery Battalion:

      BHQ: 8 rifle sqds, horses or 6 lorries
      2 batteries@ 6x 203mm M31, horses or Voroshiloyets tractors

    1 Artillery Battalion:

      BHQ: 8 rifle sqds, horses
      2 batteries@ 6x 152mmL50 M35, horses or static

    3 AA Companies@

      CHQ: 1 rifle sqd
      3 platoons@ 4x 12.7mm HMG/AA tripods

3. Notes

    a) Radios are in tank battalion HQ only. Artillery is Obsolete or Assigned FC.
    b) Other support types unknown.
    c) For all 1938 lists, Russians are DT4, T5, due to purges. In 1939 can be CT4, T5, with B class from Dec'39. Paras can be BT3 pre 1941.


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