WWII
Russian Paratroop Brigade
1939-42

All theatres

List R19

by Mark Bevis

1. Teeth

    Paratroop Battalion
      Bttn HQ: 2 rifle sqds 3 Companies@
        CHQ: 1 rifle or SMG sqd
        4 platoons@ 3 rifle or SMG sqds, 3 LMG
      1 Support Company:
        CHQ: 1 rifle sqd
        1-2 platoons@ 4 MMG
        1 battery: 6x 82mm mortars, Assigned FC
        0-1 platoon: 6-9 PTRD41, 2 SMG sqds, molotovs, 1941+ only

    Light Tank Battalion

      Bttn HQ: 2x T-37 or T-38 or T-40
      3 Companies@
        CHQ: 1x T-37 or T-38 or T-40
        3 platoons@ 5x T-38 or T-37 or T-40

2. Brigade Support

    Paratroop Brigade HQ: 4 rifle sqds with possibly:
      1 Mortar Battalion:
        BHQ: 4 rifle sqds, Assigned FC
        2 batteries@ 6x 120mm or 107mm M38 mortars

      1 Gun Battery: 6x 76mm M27 field guns or 76mm M1936g recoilless rifles on wheeled trolley, Obsolete FC

3. Notes

    a) Radios are in Bttn HQs and above, possibly in CHQs from 1940.
    b) Infantry can have RPG-1940 A/T grenades from 1940. Companies are either all rifle armed or all SMG armed.
    c) T-40 not before early 1941. T-38s can be airdropped from TB-3 bomber transports at very low altitude with crews being parachuted in.
    d) The brigade has 4 Paratroop battalions and 1 tank battalion. Lower organisations and brigade support are provisional. By 1940 the brigades may have been organised into divisions, there being at least 6 Paratroop Brigades available by 1939.
    e) The battalion A/T platoon has extra A/T grenades, with molotovs if near built up areas.


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