Kursk - Russian OB - Far Eastern Front


This page shows the Order of Battle for the Far Eastern Front

The OB below shows the complete hierarchy of the Front, as far as I have been able to ascertain. The indents are used to show the levels of reporting - each indent showing units subordinate to the previous.
The attachments show movements of units from their starting OB during the battle.
The notes column includes the following info:

Unit Commander Notes
Far Eastern Front Purkaev
• 100 Mountain Division
• 101 Rifle Division Sakhalin Island
• 13 Naval Rifle Brigade Formed by the Pacific Fleet
• 214 Tank Brigade
• 79 Mountain Division
• • 88 Rifle Brigade    
• 15 Army Mamonov, S.K. Birobidzhan
• • 165 Tank Brigade
• • 171 Tank Brigade
• • 203 Tank Brigade
• • 255 Rifle Division Formed 6.7.43
• • 39 Rifle Division Or w/59 Corps in 1SRB ??
• • Novoye Fortified Area
• • • 18 Rifle Brigade  
• • • 260 Rifle Brigade    
• • • 38 Rifle Brigade  
• • 59 Corps
• • • 12 Rifle Brigade  
• 16 Army Dubkov, M.G. Des 11G 4.43; Reform 7.43
• • 2 Rifle Brigade Sakhalin Island
• • 5 Rifle Brigade Sakhalin Island
• • 56 Corps
• • • 79 Rifle Division Sakhalin Island
• 1 Cavalry Army   Far East
• 1 Special Red Banner Army Savushkin, M.S. Manchuria
• • 105 Rifle Division Or w/25 Army ??
• • 106 Poltavka Fortified Area
• • 187 Rifle Division
• • 204 Tank Brigade
• • 208 Tank Brigade
• • 209 Tank Brigade
• • 210 Tank Brigade
• • 22 Rifle Division
• • 231 Rifle Division Formed 1.7.43
• • 42 Tank Brigade
• • 59 Rifle Division
• • 66 Rifle Division Goncharov
• • 75 Tank Brigade
• • 77 Tank Brigade
• • Grodekovo Fortified Area
• • Ussuriiskaya Tank Brigade
• • 113 Rifle Brigade    
• • 18 Cavalry Corps Khabarovsk
• • • 67 Cavalry Div.
• • • 84 Cavalry Div.
• 25 Army Maksimov, A.M. Manchuria
• • 107 Chansi Fortified Area
• • 108 Possier Fortified Area
• • 110 Kraskino Fortified Area
• • 111 Schaffan Fortified Area
• • 113 Golubini Fortified Area
• • 190 Rifle Division Reported as 17C/25A/FE 1942?
• • 218 Tank Brigade
• • 258 Rifle Division Des 96 GRD 5.43; 3rd formn 28.7.43
• • 40 Rifle Division Or w/59 Corps ??
• • 72 Tank Brigade
• • 76 Tank Brigade
• • Barabash Fortified Area
• • Primorskaya Tank Brigade
• • Slavyanka Fortified Area
• • 39 Corps
• • • 158 Rifle Brigade    
• • • 21 Rifle Brigade  
• • • 247 Rifle Brigade    
• • • 261 Rifle Brigade    
• • • 262 Rifle Brigade    
• • • 6 Rifle Brigade  
• • • 8 Rifle Brigade  
• 2 Ind Red Banner Army Terekhin, M.F. Far East
• • 12 Rifle Division
• • 2Amurskaya Tank Brigade
• • 3 Rifle Division
• • 73 Tank Brigade
• • 74 Tank Brigade
• • 17 Rifle Brigade Amur River
• • 259 Rifle Brigade    
• • 41 Rifle Brigade  
• 35 Army Zajtsev, V.A. Bikin
• • 125 Tank Brigade
• • 172 Tank Brigade
• • 34 Rifle Division Or w/15 Army
• • 35 Rifle Division
• • Iman Fortified Area
• • 5 Corps    
• • • 246 Rifle Brigade    
• • • 30 Rifle Brigade  
• • • 95 Rifle Brigade    


© Alan Wilson 1997, 1998, 1999 Last update: 17/11/99 08:40:35 PM GMT