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Voronezh Front in Kharkov March 1943

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Hi,

Added more information on the Soviet forces in March 1943 during
the Kharkov defensive operations against the German's HeeresGruppe Süd counterattacks.
Hope you enjoy.
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Mаpтa 1943

Voronezkiy Front - General-Polkovnik F.I. Golikov
40-ya Armiya - General-Leytenant K.S. Moskalenko

100 Strelkovaya Diviziya - General-Mayor F.I. Perkhorovich
---(454, 460, 472 Strelkoviy Polkov, 1031 Artilleriskiy Polk)
---(408 Otdel’niy ProtivoTankoviy Batalyon)
107 Strelkovaya Diviziya - General-Mayor P.M. Bezhko
---(504, 516, 522 Strelkoviy Polkov, 1032 Artilleriskiy Polk)
---(409 Otdel’niy ProtivoTankoviy Batalyon)
183 Strelkovaya Diviziya - General-Mayor A.S. Kostitsin
---(227, 285, 295 Strelkoviy Polkov, 623 Artilleriskiy Polk)
---(18 Otdel’niy ProtivoTankoviy Batalyon)
206 Strelkovaya Diviziya
---(722, 737, 748 Strelkoviy Polkov, 661 Artilleriskiy Polk)
---(35 Otdel’niy ProtivoTankoviy Batalyon)
309 Strelkovaya Diviziya - General-Mayor M.I. Men'shikov
---(955, 957, 959 Strelkoviy Polkov, 842 Artilleriskiy Polk)
---(343 Otdel’niy ProtivoTankoviy Batalyon)
340 Strelkovaya Diviziya - General-Mayor S.S. Martirosyan
---(1140, 1142, 1144 Strelkoviy Polkov, 911 Artilleriskiy Polk)
---(261 Otdel’niy ProtivoTankoviy Batalyon)
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Voronezkiy Front - General-Polkovnik F.I. Golikov
69-ya Armiya - General-Leytenant M.I. Kazakov

161 Strelkovaya Diviziya - General-Mayor P.V. Tertyshny
---(565, 569, 575 Strelkoviy Polkov, 1036 Artilleriskiy Polk)
---(413 Otdel’niy ProtivoTankoviy Batalyon)
180 Strelkovaya Diviziya - General-Mayor I.Ya. Maloshitsky
---(21, 42, 86 Strelkoviy Polkov, 627 Artilleriskiy Polk)
---(15 Otdel’niy ProtivoTankoviy Batalyon)
270 Strelkovaya Diviziya - Polkovnik N.D. Polyakov
---(973, 975, 977 Strelkoviy Polkov, 810 Artilleriskiy Polk)
---(325 Otdel’niy ProtivoTankoviy Batalyon)
305 Strelkovaya Diviziya - Polkovnik I.A. Danilovich
---(1000, 1002, 1004 Strelkoviy Polkov, 830 Artilleriskiy Polk)
---(358 Otdel’niy ProtivoTankoviy Batalyon)
37 Strelkovaya Brigada - Polkovnik P.G. Moskovsky
173 Tankovaya Brigada - Polkovnik M.V. Aleksandrovich
---3 x KV-1 M42, 11 x T-34 M42, 10 x T-70 (378 Tankoviy Batalyon)
---2 x KV-1 M42, 10 x T-34 M42, 10 x T-70 (379 Tankoviy Batalyon)
---(173 MotoStrelkoviy Batalyon)
262 Otdel’niy Tyazheliy Tankoviy Polk
---20 x KV-1 M42
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Voronezkiy Front - General-Polkovnik F.I. Golikov

3 Gvardeyskiy Tankoviy Korpus - General-Mayor I.A. Vovchenko
3 Gvardeyskaya Tankovaya Brigada - Polkovnik I.V. Sidyakin
---27 x T-34 M42 (1 Tankoviy Batalyon)
---13 x T-34 M42, 5 x T-70, 5 x T-60 (2 Tankoviy Batalyon)
---(3 MotoStrelkoviy Batalyon)
18 Gvardeyskaya Tankovaya Brigada - Podpolkovnik D.K. Gumenyuk
---27 x T-34 M42 (1 Tankoviy Batalyon)
---13 x T-34 M42, 5 x T-70, 5 x T-60 (2 Tankoviy Batalyon)
---(18 MotoStrelkoviy Batalyon)
19 Gvardeyskaya Tankovaya Brigada - Polkovnik A.V. Yegorov
---27 x T-34 M42 (1 Tankoviy Batalyon)
---13 x T-34 M42, 5 x T-70, 5 x T-60 (2 Tankoviy Batalyon)
---(130 MotoStrelkoviy Batalyon)
2 Gvardeyskaya MotoStrelkovaya Brigada

5 Gvardeyskiy Tankoviy Korpus - General-Mayor A.G. Kravchenko
20 Gvardeyskaya Tankovaya Brigada - Polkovnik I.G. Voychik
---10 x T-34 M42 (1 Tankoviy Batalyon)
---6 x T-34 M42 (2 Tankoviy Batalyon)
---(20 MotoStrelkoviy Batalyon)
21 Gvardeyskaya Tankovaya Brigada - Polkovnik K.I. Ovcharenko
---10 x T-34 M42 (1 Tankoviy Batalyon)
---6 x T-34 M42 (2 Tankoviy Batalyon)
---(21 MotoStrelkoviy Batalyon)
22 Gvardeyskaya Tankovaya Brigada - Polkovnik N.V. Koshelev
---10 x T-34 M42 (1 Tankoviy Batalyon)
---6 x T-34 M42 (2 Tankoviy Batalyon)
---(22 MotoStrelkoviy Batalyon)
6 Gvardeyskaya MotoStrelkovaya Brigada

6 Gvardeyskiy Kavaleriyskiy Korpus - General-Mayor S.V. Sokolov
8 Gvardeyskaya Kavaleriyskaya Diviziya
---(29, 31, 33 Gvardeyskiy Kavaleriyskiy Polkov)
13 Gvardeyskaya Kavaleriyskaya Diviziya
---(46, 48, 50 Gvardeyskiy Kavaleriyskiy Polkov)

219 Strelkovaya Diviziya - General-Mayor V.P. Kotel'nikov
---(375, 710, 727 Strelkoviy Polkov, 673 Artilleriskiy Polk)
---(45 Otdel’niy ProtivoTankoviy Batalyon)
303 Strelkovaya Diviziya - Polkovnik K.E. Fedorovsky
---(845, 847, 849 Strelkoviy Polkov, 844 Artilleriskiy Polk)
---(346 Otdel’niy ProtivoTankoviy Batalyon)
104 Strelkovaya Brigada
253 Strelkovaya Brigada

86 Tankovaya Brigada - Podpolkovnik V.G. Zaseev
---3 x KV-1 M42, 6 x T-34 M42 (232 Tankoviy Batalyon)
---3 x KV-1 M42, 6 x T-34 M42 (233 Tankoviy Batalyon)
---(86 MotoStrelkoviy Batalyon)
192 Tankovaya Brigada - Podpolkovnik P.F. Shevchenko
---17 x M3M Grant, 8 x M3L Stuart (416 Tankoviy Batalyon)
---17 x M3M Grant, 8 x M3L Stuart (417 Tankoviy Batalyon)
---(192 MotoStrelkoviy Batalyon)
201 Tankovaya Brigada - Polkovnik I.A. Taranov
---22 x Mk.III Valentine, 3 x Mk.II Matilda (295 Tankoviy Batalyon)
---21 x Mk.III Valentine, 3 x Mk.II Matilda (296 Tankoviy Batalyon)
---(201 MotoStrelkoviy Batalyon)
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Soon I will post the SouthWestern Front (3 Tank Army, 2 Guards Tank Corps, etc.)
which also participated in the defensive operations.

Sources:
From The Don To The Dnepr by David Glantz
Bitva za Kharkov (Battle of Kharkov) by Isaev
http://bdsa.ru/
http://en.valka.cz/index.php/f/504067

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SouthWestern Front in March 1943

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Hi,

Here's the Soviet SouthWestern Front in March 1943 during the Kharkov defensive operations.
Hope you enjoy.
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Mаpтa 1943

Yugo-Zapadnoy Front - General Armii N.F. Vatutin
3-ya Tankovaya Armiya - General-Leytenant P.S. Rybalko

12 Tankovy Korpus - General-Mayor M.I. Zin’kovich
30 Tankovaya Brigada - Podpolkovnik L.I. Kurist
---8 x T-34 M43 (315 Tankovy Batal'on)
---2 x T-34 M42, 5 x T-70 (316 Tankovy Batal'on)
---(30 MotoStrelkovy Batal'on)
97 Tankovaya Brigada - Polkovnik I.T. Potapov
---8 x T-34 M42 (288 Tankovy Batal'on)
---2 x T34 M42, 5 x T-60 (332 Tankovy Batal'on)
---(97 MotoStrelkovy Batal'on)
106 Tankovaya Brigada - Polkovnik I.M. Dagilis
---5 x T-34 M42 (305 Tankovy Batal'on)
---ne tanki (306 Tankovy Batal'on)
---(106 MotoStrelkovy Batal'on)
13 MotoStrelkovaya Brigada - Polkovnik N.L. Mikhailov

15 Tankovy Korpus - Polkovnik A.B. Lozovskiy
88 Tankovaya Brigada - Podpolkovnik I.I. Sergeev
---ne tanki (209 Tankovy Batal'on)
---ne tanki (210 Tankovy Batal'on)
---(96 MotoStrelkovy Batal'on)
113 Tankovaya Brigada - Polkovnik A.G. Sviridov
---ne tanki (317 Tankovy Batal'on)
---ne tanki (318 Tankovy Batal'on)
---(113 MotoStrelkovy Batal'on)
195 Tankovaya Brigada - Polkovnik S.V. Levi
---10 x T-34 M42 (424 Tankovy Batal'on)
---4 x T-34 M42, 4 x T-70 (425 Tankovy Batal'on)
---(195 MotoStrelkovy Batal'on)
52 MotoStrelkovaya Brigada - Polkovnik A.A. Golovachev

25 Gvardeyskaya Strelkovaya Diviziya - General-Mayor P.M. Shafarenko
---(73, 78, 81 Gvardeyskiy Strelkovy Polkov, 53 Gvardeyskiy Artilleriyskiy Polk)
---(29 Gvardeyskiy Otdel’ny ProtivoTankovy Batal'on)
48 Gvardeyskaya Strelkovaya Diviziya - General-Mayor N.M. Mokovchuk
---(138, 143, 146 Gvardeyskiy Strelkovy Polkov, 98 Gvardeyskiy Artilleriyskiy Polk)
---(53 Gvardeyskiy Otdel’ny ProtivoTankovy Batal'on)
62 Gvardeyskaya Strelkovaya Diviziya - General-Mayor G.M. Zaitsev
---(182, 184, 186 Gvardeyskiy Strelkovy Polkov, 131 Gvardeyskiy Artilleriyskiy Polk)
---(69 Gvardeyskiy Otdel’ny ProtivoTankovy Batal'on)

111 Strelkovaya Diviziya - Polkovnik S.P. Khoteev
---(399, 468, 532 Strelkovy Polkov, 286 Artilleriyskiy Polk)
---(267 Otdel’ny ProtivoTankovy Batal'on)
184 Strelkovaya Diviziya - Polkovnik S.T. Koida
---(262, 294, 297 Strelkovy Polkov, 616 Artilleriyskiy Polk)
---(415 Otdel’ny ProtivoTankovy Batal'on)
219 Strelkovaya Diviziya - General-Mayor V.P. Kotel'nikov
---(375, 710, 727 Strelkovy Polkov, 673 Artilleriyskiy Polk)
---(45 Otdel’ny ProtivoTankovy Batal'on)

179 Otdel'naya Tankovaya Brigada - Polkovnik F. N. Rudkin
---11 x T-34 M42 (390 Tankovy Batal'on)
---8 x T-34 M42, 3 x T-60 (391 Tankovy Batal'on)
---(179 MotoStrelkovy Batal'on)
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Yugo-Zapadnoy Front - General Armii N.F. Vatutin

2 Gvardeyskiy Tankovy Korpus - General-Mayor V.M. Badanov
4 Gvardeyskaya Tankovaya Brigada - Polkovnik G.I. Kopylov
---31 x T-34 M42 (1 Tankovy Batal'on)
---16 x T-34 M42, 5 x T-70, 5 x T-60 (2 Tankovy Batal'on)
---(11 MotoStrelkovy Batal'on)
25 Gvardeyskaya Tankovaya Brigada - Polkovnik V.M. Polyakov
---31 x T-34 M42 (1 Tankovy Batal'on)
---16 x T-34 M42, 5 x T-70, 5 x T-60 (2 Tankovy Batal'on)
---(54 MotoStrelkovy Batal'on)
26 Gvardeyskaya Tankovaya Brigada - Polkovnik S.K. Nesterov
---31 x T-34 M42 (1 Tankovy Batal'on)
---16 x T-34 M42, 5 x T-70, 5 x T-60 (2 Tankovy Batal'on)
---(130 MotoStrelkovy Batal'on)
4 Gvardeyskaya MotoStrelkovaya Brigada - Polkovnik V.S. Savchenko

19 Strelkovaya Diviziya - Polkovnik G.A. Gogolitsyn
---(32, 315, 1310 Strelkovy Polkov, 90 Artilleriyskiy Polk)
---(132 Otdel’ny ProtivoTankovy Batal'on)

253 Strelkovaya Brigada - Podpolkovnik M.H. Krasin

17 Narodny Komissariat Vnutrennikh Del Brigada - Polkovnik I.A. Tankopiy

1 Chechoslovatskiy Batal'on - Polkovnik L. Svoboda
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Sources:
From The Don To The Dnepr by David Glantz
Битва за Харьков (Battle of Kharkov) by Isaev
Харьков Январь-Март 1943 (Kharkov January-March 1943) by George Bernage
Wydawnictwo Militaria 139 - Charkow 1943 by Jacek Solarz
http://bdsa.ru/
http://en.valka.cz/index.php/f/504067
http://samsv.narod.ru/
viewtopic.php?f=45&t=11184&start=0

Best regards,
Apollo
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Voronezh Front in March 1943 (revised)

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Hi,

Revised information on the Soviet forces in March 1943 during the Kharkov defensive operations.
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Mаpтa 1943

Voronezhskiy Front - General-Polkovnik F.I. Golikov
40-ya Armiya - General-Leytenant K.S. Moskalenko

100 Strelkovaya Diviziya - General-Mayor F.I. Perkhorovich
---(454, 460, 472 Strelkovy Polkov, 1031 Artilleriyskiy Polk)
---(408 Otdel’ny ProtivoTankovy Batal'on)
107 Strelkovaya Diviziya - General-Mayor P.M. Bezhko
---(504, 516, 522 Strelkovy Polkov, 1032 Artilleriyskiy Polk)
---(409 Otdel’ny ProtivoTankovy Batal'on)
183 Strelkovaya Diviziya - General-Mayor A.S. Kostitsin
---(227, 285, 295 Strelkovy Polkov, 623 Artilleriyskiy Polk)
---(18 Otdel’ny ProtivoTankovy Batal'on)
206 Strelkovaya Diviziya - Polkovnik S.I. Cukarev
---(722, 737, 748 Strelkovy Polkov, 661 Artilleriyskiy Polk)
---(35 Otdel’ny ProtivoTankovy Batal'on)
309 Strelkovaya Diviziya - General-Mayor M.I. Men'shikov
---(955, 957, 959 Strelkovy Polkov, 842 Artilleriyskiy Polk)
---(343 Otdel’ny ProtivoTankovy Batal'on)
340 Strelkovaya Diviziya - General-Mayor S.S. Martirosyan
---(1140, 1142, 1144 Strelkovy Polkov, 911 Artilleriyskiy Polk)
---(261 Otdel’ny ProtivoTankovy Batal'on)
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Voronezhskiy Front - General-Polkovnik F.I. Golikov
69-ya Armiya - General-Leytenant M.I. Kazakov

160 Strelkovaya Diviziya - Polkovnik I.I. Oborin
---(1293, 1295, 1297 Strelkovy Polkov, 973 Artilleriyskiy Polk)
---(290 Otdel’ny ProtivoTankovy Batal'on)
161 Strelkovaya Diviziya - General-Mayor P.V. Tertyshny
---(565, 569, 575 Strelkovy Polkov, 1036 Artilleriyskiy Polk)
---(413 Otdel’ny ProtivoTankovy Batal'on)
180 Strelkovaya Diviziya - General-Mayor I.Ya. Maloshitsky
---(21, 42, 86 Strelkovy Polkov, 627 Artilleriyskiy Polk)
---(15 Otdel’ny ProtivoTankovy Batal'on)
270 Strelkovaya Diviziya - Polkovnik N.D. Polyakov
---(973, 975, 977 Strelkovy Polkov, 810 Artilleriyskiy Polk)
---(325 Otdel’ny ProtivoTankovy Batal'on)
305 Strelkovaya Diviziya - Polkovnik I.A. Danilovich
---(1000, 1002, 1004 Strelkovy Polkov, 830 Artilleriyskiy Polk)
---(358 Otdel’ny ProtivoTankovy Batal'on)

37 Strelkovaya Brigada - Polkovnik P.G. Moskovsky

173 Tankovaya Brigada - Polkovnik V.A. Mishulin
---3 x KV-1 M42, 21 x T-34 M42 (378 Tankovy Batal'on)
---2 x KV-1 M42, 20 x T-70 (379 Tankovy Batal'on)
---(173 MotoStrelkovy Batal'on)

262 Otdel’ny Tankovy Polk Proryva - Polkovnik I.I. Ayzenberg
---20 x KV-1 M42
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Voronezhskiy Front - General-Polkovnik F.I. Golikov

3 Gvardeyskiy Tankovy Korpus - General-Mayor I.A. Vovchenko
3 Gvardeyskaya Tankovaya Brigada - Polkovnik I.V. Sidyakin
---30 x T-34 M42 (1 Tankovy Batal'on)
---10 x T-34 M42, 5 x T-70, 5 x T-60 (2 Tankovy Batal'on)
---(3 MotoStrelkovy Batal'on)
18 Gvardeyskaya Tankovaya Brigada - Podpolkovnik D.K. Gumenyuk
---30 x T-34 M42 (1 Tankovy Batal'on)
---10 x T-34 M42, 5 x T-70, 5 x T-60 (2 Tankovy Batal'on)
---(18 MotoStrelkovy Batal'on)
19 Gvardeyskaya Tankovaya Brigada - Polkovnik A.V. Egorov
---30 x T-34 M42 (1 Tankovy Batal'on)
---10 x T-34 M42, 5 x T-70, 5 x T-60 (2 Tankovy Batal'on)
---(130 MotoStrelkovy Batal'on)
2 Gvardeyskaya MotoStrelkovaya Brigada - Podpolkovnik A.D. Pavlenko

5 Gvardeyskiy Tankovy Korpus - General-Mayor A.G. Kravchenko
20 Gvardeyskaya Tankovaya Brigada - Polkovnik I.G. Voychik
---ne tanki (45 Otdel'ny Tankovy Batal'on)
---ne tanki (250 Otdel'ny Tankovy Batal'on)
---(20 MotoStrelkovy Batal'on)
21 Gvardeyskaya Tankovaya Brigada - Polkovnik K.I. Ovcharenko
---14 x T-34 M42 (149 Otdel'ny Tankovy Batal'on)
---10 x T-34 M42 (152 Otdel'ny Tankovy Batal'on)
---(21 MotoStrelkovy Batal'on)
22 Gvardeyskaya Tankovaya Brigada - Polkovnik N.V. Koshelev
---14 x T-34 M42 (207 Otdel'ny Tankovy Batal'on)
---10 x T-34 M42 (208 Otdel'ny Tankovy Batal'on)
---(22 MotoStrelkovy Batal'on)
6 Gvardeyskaya MotoStrelkovaya Brigada - Polkovnik A.M. Shchekal

6 Gvardeyskiy Kavaleriyskiy Korpus - General-Mayor S.V. Sokolov
8 Gvardeyskaya Kavaleriyskaya Diviziya
---(29, 31, 33 Gvardeyskiy Kavaleriyskiy Polkov)
13 Gvardeyskaya Kavaleriyskaya Diviziya
---(46, 48, 50 Gvardeyskiy Kavaleriyskiy Polkov)

303 Strelkovaya Diviziya - Polkovnik K.E. Fedorovsky
---(845, 847, 849 Strelkovy Polkov, 844 Artilleriyskiy Polk)
---(346 Otdel’ny ProtivoTankovy Batal'on)
350 Strelkovaya Diviziya - Polkovnik G.A. Zverev
---(1176, 1178, 1180 Strelkovy Polkov, 917 Artilleriyskiy Polk)
---(268 Otdel’ny ProtivoTankovy Batal'on)

86 Tankovaya Brigada - Podpolkovnik V.G. Zaseev
---3 x KV-1 M42, 6 x T-34 M42 (232 Tankovy Batal'on)
---3 x KV-1 M42, 6 x T-34 M42 (233 Tankovy Batal'on)
---(86 MotoStrelkovy Batal'on)
192 Tankovaya Brigada - Podpolkovnik P.F. Shevchenko
---17 x M3M Grant , 8 x M3L Stuart (416 Tankovy Batal'on)
---17 x M3M Grant , 8 x M3L Stuart (417 Tankovy Batal'on)
---(192 MotoStrelkovy Batal'on)
201 Tankovaya Brigada - Polkovnik I.A. Taranov
---7 x Mk.III Valentine , 3 x Mk.II Matilda (295 Tankovy Batal'on)
---7 x Mk.III Valentine , 3 x Mk.II Matilda (296 Tankovy Batal'on)
---(201 MotoStrelkovy Batal'on)

Sources:
From The Don To The Dnepr by David Glantz
Битва за Харьков (Battle of Kharkov) by Isaev
Харьков Январь-Март 1943 (Kharkov January-March 1943) by George Bernage
Wydawnictwo Militaria 139 - Charkow 1943 by Jacek Solarz
http://bdsa.ru/
http://en.valka.cz/index.php/f/504067

Best regards,
Apollo
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Re: ?? on Soviet OOB in Kharkov 1943

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Great stuff, Apollo! 8)
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