WWII
Russian Tank Brigade
Aug-Nov'41

All theatres

List R22

by Mark Bevis

1. Teeth

    Tank Battalion Light Tank is:(D%):
      01-20%: BT-5 M1933
      21-40%: BT-7-2 M1937
      41-60%: T-26B M33
      61-80%: T-26S M1937
      81-90%: T-26E
      91-00%: T-60

    Bttn HQ: 1x Light tank
    2 Companies@

      CHQ: 1x light tank
      3 platoons@ 3x light tanks
    1 Company:
      CHQ: 1x T-34/76A
      2 platoons@ 3x T-34/76A
    1 Company:
      CHQ: 1x KV-1A or KV-1B (in one Battalion only)
      1 platoon: 3x KV-2 or KV-2A or KV-1A or KV-1B
      1 platoon: 3x KV-1A or KV-1B

Motor Rifle Battalion

    Bttn HQ: 2 rifle sqds, 2 trucks
    3 Companies@
      CHQ: 1 rifle sqd, 1 truck
      3 platoons@ 3 rifle sqds, 2 LMG, 3 trucks
      0-1 platoon: 2x MMG, 0-7 LMG teams, 3 trucks
      0-1 platoon: 3x 50mm mortars, 1 truck
    1 Support Company:
      CHQ: 1 rifle sqd, 1 truck
      1 platoon: 4x 45mm M37 A/T guns, 4 trucks
      1 platoon: 3 SMG sqds, 9 PTRD41, 3 trucks
      2 batteries@ 4x 82mm mortars, 4 trucks, Assigned FC

    OR

    Can replace Motor Rifle Battalion with an SMG Battalion, carried on tanks:

      SMG Bttn HQ: 2 SMG sqds
      3 SMG Companies@
        CHQ: 1 SMG sqd
        3 platoons@ 3 SMG sqds

    OR

    Can replace Motor Rifle Battalion with a Motorised SMG Battalion:

      Bttn HQ: 2 SMG sqds, 2 trucks
      3 Companies@
        CHQ: 1 SMG sqd, 1 truck
        4 platoons@ 3 SMG sqds, 3 trucks

2. Brigade Support

    Tank Brigade HQ: 1x light tank, 1x T-34/76A with up to:
      1 Armoured Car Company:
        CHQ: 2x Ba-10 or Ba-20 or Ba-32
        3 platoons@ 2-4x AFV as in CHQ

3. Notes

    a) Radios are in Bttn HQs and above, possibly in tank CHQs.
    b) Infantry have RPG-40 A/T grenades. The Motor Rifle Battalion PTRD41s, 50mm mortars and LMGs are normally issued out to the rifle platoons.
    c) No APCR or HEAT rounds available.
    d) T-60 not available until October 1941.
    e) The Brigade has 1 Motor Rifle Battalion, one Tank Battalion with the KV company, and 2 (August) or 1 (Sept-Nov) other Tank Battalions without any KV tanks.


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