Kursk - Russian OB - Independent Units


This page shows the Order of Battle to handle all Independent Units


Note that this is not one single Front - it is my catch-all to make a place to put these units.
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
Independent Units Front
• 75 Rifle Division Iran: not a MD
• SMB NKVD Brigade Special Mot Brigade for Special Assignments - forerunner of the Spetsnaz !
• Archangelsk Military District   Archangel
• • 12 Naval Rifle Brigade
• • 25 Rifle Division Formed 4.43; training or coast defence only.
• Central Asia Military District Army Central Soviet Asia
• • 93 Rifle Brigade    
• Independent Coastal Army Sevastopol 5.42
• Northern Defence Region North Fleet, Archangel Rybachy Peninsula
• • 254 Naval Rifle Brigade Formed from 135 RRgt
• • 63 Naval Rifle Brigade Formed in Urals MD from Pacific Fleet
• Urals Military District Ural Mountains
• Volga Military District Stalingrad
• • 10 Tank Brigade
• • 104 Tank Regiment
• • 126 Tank Bn (Separate)
• • 14 Tank Brigade
• • 15 Tank Brigade
• • 2 Tank Brigade
• • 207 Tank Brigade
• • 249 Tank Bn (Separate)
• • 254 Tank Brigade
• • 258 Tank Bn (Separate)
• • 41 Guards Tank Bde.
• • 51 Tank Regiment
• • 563 Tank Bn (Separate)
• • 564 Tank Bn (Separate)
• • 608 Tank Bn (Separate)
• • 9 Mechanised Corps Forming
• • • 259 Tank Regiment
• • • 53 Tank Regiment Of 69MB
• • • 69 Mech Brigade 53TR
• • • 70 Mech Brigade 47GTR
• • • 71 Mech Brigade 74TR
• • • 74 Tank Regiment Of 71MB


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