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by AMVAS
Tue Aug 08, 2023 6:48 am
Forum: The Allies in WWII
Topic: The Soviet 14 RD - Bobruisk 1944.
Replies: 11
Views: 6322

Re: The Soviet 14 RD - Bobruisk 1944.

Hello AMVAS :D; interesting indeed, because this work was a thesis presented to the Faculty of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College. Cheers. Raúl M 8). That doesn't make it free from mistakes :D After observing KV-2 tanks in the CIA report for the Kursk Battle :[] I'm not too much surpri...
by AMVAS
Sat Aug 05, 2023 4:19 am
Forum: The Allies in WWII
Topic: Soviet 7th Independent Guards Heavy Tank Brigade Operational History
Replies: 2
Views: 5926

Re: Soviet 7th Independent Guards Heavy Tank Brigade Operational History

Hi The 46th Tank Division/21Mech Corps was reorganized into the 46th Tank Brigade on Sept 2'41 Sept - Dec 1941 - 7th Separate Army From Jan 1942 - 4th Army/Volkhov Front On Feb 16'1942 was promoted to the 7th Guards Tank Brigade May - June 1942 - 59th Army/Leningrad Front July 1942 - 59th Army/Volkh...
by AMVAS
Sat Aug 05, 2023 3:45 am
Forum: The Allies in WWII
Topic: The Soviet 14 RD - Bobruisk 1944.
Replies: 11
Views: 6322

Re: The Soviet 14 RD - Bobruisk 1944.

Hi, Tigre I'm a bit confused here with the numbers of units first of all. I consider your data is not exact. 65th Army composition by June 1'44 18 Rfl. Corps (44 Gds., 69 Rfl. Div), 105 ск (37 & 75 Gds., 193 Rfl. Div), 15, 354 Rfl. Div., 115 Rfl. Bde, 119, 153, 161 fortified regions by July 1'44...
by AMVAS
Sun Jul 23, 2023 6:53 am
Forum: Campaigns and Battles
Topic: Defeat of the 49th Rifle Division - June 1941
Replies: 14
Views: 5222

Re: Defeat of the 49th Rifle Division - June 1941

Location: из Штатно-должностной книги. 4/100 Управление 49 Краснознам. Стр. Дивизии - г. Высокое 4/113 Штабная батарея НАД -д.Александрия 4/101 15 стрелковый полк - лес.запад. д.Вулька 4/101 212 стрелковый полк -ст. Нурец 4/101 222 стрелковый полк - ст.Черемха 4/107 79 отдел Батальон связи - монасты...
by AMVAS
Sat Jul 22, 2023 11:28 am
Forum: Campaigns and Battles
Topic: Defeat of the 49th Rifle Division - June 1941
Replies: 14
Views: 5222

Re: Defeat of the 49th Rifle Division - June 1941

15th Rifle Regiment Commander: Major Konstantin Borisowicz Nisienkov, year of birth 1906 Chief of Staff: Major Anatolij Illarionowicz Żygariew, year of birth 1903 212th Artillery Regiment Commander: Major Nikolai Ignatievich Kovalenko. Chief of Staff: Captain Piotr Wasilewicz Czuprow, year of birth...
by AMVAS
Wed May 20, 2015 2:19 am
Forum: Operational Map Project & Archival Research
Topic: German captured records in Russian archives available
Replies: 1
Views: 8704

German captured records in Russian archives available

Hi! Finally, German records, which had been "terra ingonita" in Russian archive will be available for researchers. Materials will be published on site http://wwii.germandocsinrussia.org/de/nodes/1-fond-500 It includes mysterious "fund 500" of TsAMO archive and some other material...
by AMVAS
Tue May 19, 2015 3:52 pm
Forum: Translation Requests
Topic: Russian posters - WW2?
Replies: 2
Views: 5733

Re: Russian posters - WW2?

in Ukrainian: Red cavalry annihilated(?) Mamontov, Shkuro and Denikin. It beat POles and Petlyura Now it's time to beat remaining Wrangel Workers and peasants. Enter to the Red Cavalry [AMVAS - seems it's from 1920 year] -- May 1st. All-Russia subbotnik (community work day) AMVAS - style 1920s -- Ha...
by AMVAS
Sat Oct 26, 2013 1:11 am
Forum: Luftwaffe
Topic: Luftwaffe air attacks against Minsk in June 1941
Replies: 2
Views: 3658

Re: Luftwaffe air attacks against Minsk in June 1941

Hi, Andrew

Thank you for reply!
Unfortunately most of the text deals with airfields, which are a bit out of my research. For Minsk itself only German interest to exits from the town was new to me... A very mysterious episode of the war. Almost unknown...
by AMVAS
Fri Oct 25, 2013 9:44 am
Forum: Luftwaffe
Topic: Luftwaffe air attacks against Minsk in June 1941
Replies: 2
Views: 3658

Luftwaffe air attacks against Minsk in June 1941

Hi Need some help for getting materials about Luftwaffe air attacks against Minsk in June 1941. Especially for June 24. I have some aerials for this day, but it's not clear for me the sequence of air attacks, which lasted for the full day and which Luftwaffe units (KG3?/Luftflotte 2) were involved i...
by AMVAS
Sun Mar 16, 2008 5:18 am
Forum: Campaigns and Battles
Topic: Soviet documents for the Battle for Kiev 1943
Replies: 0
Views: 1672

Soviet documents for the Battle for Kiev 1943

Hi, everybody! My friend told me he has collected a large set of Soviet archival documents describing the battle for Kiev at Bukrin and Lytezh bridgehead. In particlular I know he obtains documents of the 3rd Guards Tank Army. Anybody, who are interested in getting those ones are welcomed. Nobody el...
by AMVAS
Wed Oct 31, 2007 9:04 am
Forum: Other Sites
Topic: "RKKA in WWII" site updates for October 2007
Replies: 9
Views: 5999

"RKKA in WWII" site updates for October 2007

Hi, pals! I decided not to miss the current update of my site http://www.rkkaww2.armchairgeneral.com/ , because it was very large. Not sure when I'm able to perform something compatible to that amount! -- Finally all changes in internal structure of the map section are completed! So, we can proceed ...
by AMVAS
Sun May 20, 2007 1:16 am
Forum: Campaigns and Battles
Topic: Berlin - russian tank losses
Replies: 21
Views: 13909

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Graphic of daily irreparable losses of the 3rd Gds. Tank Army
April 15-May 10'45

source: Shein. ~"The 3rd GTA in the battle for Berlin", in press.

regards,
Alex
by AMVAS
Tue Mar 27, 2007 11:21 pm
Forum: Campaigns and Battles
Topic: Soviet command failure at Gaitolovo
Replies: 21
Views: 9451

... AG North reported that from 28 August through 30 September it suffered casualties of 671 officers (172 dead) and 25,265 sergeants and privates (4,721 dead) or about 763 per day. The Soviets were suffering casualties at a rate of 2,145 per day, according to Krivosheev. A brief note... Usual rati...
by AMVAS
Tue Mar 27, 2007 11:06 pm
Forum: Campaigns and Battles
Topic: What happened with all the russian tanks?
Replies: 35
Views: 21494

Ask Igorn what happened to all the Soviet tanks destroyed or captured on the Eastern Front. :? I'm not Igorn, but I can answer in brief what had happened with captured Soviet tanks :[] 1) Germans used captured soviet tanks such as KVs and T-34s (BTs, T-26, T-37/38 T-28 were almost not seen in their...