Soviet heavy tank brigade torrent

In late march 1942 a tank corp consisted of the following. Cold war soviet tanks 19471991 with lessons garnered from world war 2, soviet armored divisions were geared up to execute similar operations should the cold war with the west ever have gone hot. These were used to reinforce tank or mechanized corps, or could be attached to rifle and cavalry divisions to provide support. The heavy tank smk, t100 and kv prototypes saw action in the war, taking part in a number of skirmishes as part of the 91st tank battalion of the 20th heavy tank brigade. After defeats in 1941 they were reorganized as the 46th tank brigade and fought in the leningrad area. They were intended to be lean, with minimal auxiliary units. Oct 18, 2017 the title of the soviet union strongest tank was held by multiple tanks during the period of war because the technology development continuity is a must to win the war. We start with the 110th tank brigade to show the main combat arm of the corps. Soviet russian organization varied greatly over time and according to type of tank. May 16, 2012 the iosif vissarionovich tank or is tank, also known as the joseph stalin tank, was a heavy tank developed by the soviet union during world war ii and first used in the kursk area in september. The first three each have 12 180mm s23 guns, the other two each have 12 203mm b4m howitzers. A 1944 soviet tank brigade was roughly the equivalent of a tank battalion in the other armies, having 65 tanks. It became clear that future tanks would need to be heavily. Below is an example of the evolution of the 18th tank corps from its formation in 1942 through the war until its last action in hungary in 1945.

Soviet tank units, 193945 offers an highly illustrated guide to the main armored fighting vehicles used by the red army during world war ii. Soviet tank js2 iosif stalin from 7th independent guards heavy tank brigade, april 1945, berlin. Medium tank companies were made up of three platoons of 3 t34 and a company command tank. Wwii orders of battle and organizations world war ii. This compact volume includes sample unit structures and orders of battle from company up to corps level, providing an organizational context for key campaigns. The discovery of a damaged t72b3 exclusively russian tank on the battlefield, holding the documents of a soldier of the 6th tank brigade. Review of the authorised sizes of soviet divisions and brigades, from 22nd. Entries are listed below in alphanumeric order 1toz. Sep 22, 2015 the death, and secret burials, of two 6th tank brigade soldiers on the same days as the battle. A tankdestroyer brigade, of five battalions, armed with 90 heavy antitank guns and 30 antitank rocket complexes. Although large, the prewar tank divisions were particularly tank heavy. The iosif vissarionovich tank or is tank, also known as the joseph stalin tank, was a heavy tank developed by the soviet union during world war ii. Such tank brigades were to have 372 men and 46 tanks, an infantry tank brigade would have had 10 heavy, 16 medium and 20 light tanks.

Flag images indicative of country of origin and not necessarily primary operator. Besides the independent heavy tank regiments mentioned earlier, in september 1942, gabtu also introduced independent tank regiments composed of t 34s and light tanks. What was the strongest tank in the soviet union in wwii. Manpower requirements in the tank regiment was simplified down to little. The formation of independent guards heavy tank brigades began in december of 1944. The tank could be manufactured with either welded 75mm towers, or cast 95mm towers. Soviet tank, heavy tank, smk tank russian tanks of world. The complete illustrated history of soviet armoured theory and design, harrisburg penn stackpole books. The brigade is used to strengthen the army which is having the greatest success. Unlike other nations, the soviet heavy infantry is considered more of an antivehicle unit. A key figure in soviet tank building of the 1920s, shukalov appeared in correspondence starting in november of 1920.

His 15th tank corps of the 11th army was equipped with 461 bt tanks, the 6th tank brigade had another 248 tanks, mostly bt7. Timoshenkos ukraine front had the largest amount of fast tanks, its 25th mechanized corps had 435 bt tanks, 23rd tank brigade had another 209 bts, 24th brigade had 205 and the 10th brigade had 30. The heavy tank company was made up of three platoons of 2 kv1. The 105th heavy tank brigade and 17th motor rifle brigade captured smetskiye vyselkami from the 56th infantry divisions. It is number 414 and part of the 7th independent guards heavy tank brigade. Soviet tank bt7 lying on its side in a ditch soviet.

Soviet tank, heavy tank, smk tank russian tanks of world war 2. Tank brigade tank brigades tank brigades of the far east command 9 august 1945 brigade. St2, soviet double barrelled heavy tank project, 1945. Only one was built, and after trials showing the downsides of its weight and size against the kv tank and brief service with the 91 st tank battalion of the 20th heavy tank brigade at the battle of summa in the winter war with finland in 193940, where it was immobilized by an antimine and left unrecovered for 2 months, the project was. Manpower requirements in the tank regiment was simplified down to little more than what was required to crew the tanks. The title of the soviet union strongest tank was held by multiple tanks during the period of war because the technology development continuity is a must to win the war.

The is3s belonged to 71st guard heavy tank regiment of 2nd guards. The motormechanization program of the red army during. Soviet tanks and combat vehicles of world war two, london. The heavy tanks design purpose was to wage war on the european countryside battlefield in. Orders of battle organisation of the soviet units some of the great historical information we just didnt have enough room to include in hammer and sickle were the complete organisations and orders of battle of the four soviet corps featured in the book. The structure and organization of the red armys tank forces. The mixing of mechanized infantry and tanks at battalion. The t10 heavy tank was not built in large numbers by soviet standards, but nato viewed it as the most powerful type of the late 1950s and early 1960s. Corps hq 2 medium tank brigades bg37 heavy tank brigade bg35, replace in july by a third medium tank brigade. Destroyed tank can be divided into mobility kill the tank cant move any. Corps hq 3 mediumtank brigades bg37 motorized rifle brigade bg41 engineer company me11 reconnaissance company bg40 in may 1942 a tank corp consisted of the following. Soviet is2 tank outside the brandenburg gate may 7th. In 19311935, the red army adopted light, medium, and later heavy tanks of different types. Review of the authorised sizes of soviet divisions and.

By the end of the march, the soviet advisors and instructors left the regiment and its remains were incorporated into the republican armys tank brigade. The st2 was a heavy tank project created by soviet artillery engineer valentin ganin in 1945. The russian obyekt translating to object 279 soviet heavy tank was developed in 1957 at the kirov plant in leningrad by l. The strengths of the brigades, both in material and men, was usually lower than the official strengths. World war ii armed forces orders of battle and organizations. See more ideas about tank destroyer, world war and ww2 tanks. The death, and secret burials, of two 6th tank brigade soldiers on the same days as the battle. The identification marks of this tank, and others, matching that of the 6th tank brigade from august 2014. The thik white stripe is for quick aerial indetification by the allies.

Handbook on ussr military forces unl digital commons. Seeing how the situation was developing, the red commanders decided to flank the interventionists. Heavy tank the red army, soviet armed forces, german armed. Soviet tank division, 10 july 1941 33236 116% soviet cavalry division, 6 july 1941 11005 39% soviet nkvd rifle division, 1941 16163 57% brigade designated units, post june 1941 soviet rifle brigade, 15 october 1941 9418 33% soviet naval rifle brigade, 18 october 1941 9542 33% soviet airborne brigade, september 1941 5842 20% soviet tank brigade.

Russian tank brigade vs an american armoured brigade. Apr 01, 2009 the essential vehicle identification guide. Its design influenced the soviet t35 heavy tank the spanish civil war showed that tankversustank engagements and tankversustowed antitank gun engagements would now be a major consideration. It was a followup to his earlier st1 project that was rejected by the soviet military. The toe of a soviet light tank brigade in the winter war. Warsaw pact analyses of modern nato defenses exhibit a. One of the most discussed counterattacks ever conducted by the red army, the 21st tank brigades assault on the city of kalinin the modern day city of tver, russia, has gone down in russian history as one of the defining moments of the great patriotic war. Over time, its hull armor was strengthened with additional plates, and the total thickness of the cast towers armor rose to 105mm. Brigade hq 2 t34s each tank battalion had 2 cos of 10 tanks, with 1 hq tank total 21 tanks btl 1 motorized rifle btl with 507 men specifically for the 29th tank corps for june 1944 with 5th gds tank army in 3rd belorussian front for the belorussian strategic offensive operation, bagration 25th tank brigade with 65 t3485s 3rd, 25th, 362nd.

Their first action took place near summa between 17 and 19 december, and was one of mixed fortunes for the experimental tanks. The 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th tank corps were to consist of a headquarters, two tank brigades, and a motor rifle brigade, authorized a total of 5,603 men with 20 kv heavy tanks, 40 t34 medium tanks, and 40 t60 or t70 light tanks. Soviet is2 tank outside the brandenburg gate may 7th 1945. Soviet mobilisation from 23rd june to 31st december 1941. Generally the medium and heavy tanks plus tank destroyers, the occasional light tank will also appear.

Some units may have tractortrailers to carry heavy tracked. A brigade was organized with 3 heavy tank regiments, a motorised submachinegun battalion, as well as administration and supply units, for a total of 1666 men, 65 heavy is2 tanks, 3 su76 selfpropelled guns, 19 armored personnel carrier and 3 armored cars. Soviet combat vehicle production during world war ii the case of tank destroyed in a single day. The main tank of the soviet light tank brigade was either the t26 or the bts bt5 andor bt7, types werent mixed. In a rush to keep up with their foes, soviet infantry armour was developed quickly and put into use not long after their rivals. This subject has been covered in recent russian language accounts, but for the english language audience, this material is entirely fresh and new. Cruiser tanks were 75mm shermans or cromwells, infantry tanks were churchills, and aa tanks were crusader mk ii. There are a total of 38 cold war soviet tanks 19471991 entries in the military factory. The clip appears to show the entire battalion in action. Just like st1, it was also rejected by the soviet military. Based upon an assessment of the t34 delivered on 25. Soviet tank bt7 6 operation barbarossa soviet tank bt7 9 soviet tank bt5 suffered an internal explosion soviet tank bt7 4 burned out tank bt7 soviet tank bt5 4 destroyed tank bt7 bt5 tank bt2 russia 1941 bt7 model 1937 bt7 rt command tank this tank has a radio frameaerial. By that time only 22 men were left from the original 85 volunteers and 18 tanks from the original 50 were assembled together using parts from the other vehicles. The new tank corps lacked artillery, reconnaissance and engineer units, and rear support elements, although its.

The bear of 7th separate guards heavy tank brigade ussr. The formation of tank brigades for integration with cavalry and infantry began in january of 1942. T64 b, t64 b1, t72 b and t80 b tanks and their command variants may be fitted with kontact 1 explosive reactive armour era. Another notable design that influenced the soviets was the vickers a1e1 independent, a large multiturreted heavy tank built in 1925. It was formed during january and february 1943 from the 3rd reserve army of the belorussian front originally the army comprised 11th and 16th tank corps, 60th, 112th and 194th rifle divisions, the 11th guards separate tank brigade, 115th rifle brigade, the 28th ski brigade and other units in the middle of february the army joined the soviet central front and as part of. Russian tank brigade august 1941 the next logical step for the hard pressed russians was to organize their tanks into a smaller and even leaner organization. The soviet tankmen are ready for action sons of their great motherland. The is2 434 the is2 443 the is2 414 the is2 404 soviet is2 tanks of unknown unit, probably postwar 7ogttb. Cumbersome and bulky, the soviet suits lack subtlety, but their effectiveness is not disputed. When discussing soviet mobilisation, there are two clear distinctions.

The shock administered to the german armed forces when they encountered the much more powerful soviet kv and t34 tanks during operation barbarossa in 1941 forced them to initiate the development of their own medium and heavy tank capable of overturning the red armys tactical advantage. Soviet tank brigade, september 1941 8525 30% soviet tank brigade, 9 december 1941 5408 19%. Including the battalion command tank, the russians would have 93 tanks, but the americans also put one or two platoons of tanks in each heavy cavalry troop, so that would take their total up to as much as 108 if serving american or russian members have more current numbers that would be handy im going off orbats that may well have been. Combat composition of the soviet army, part iii januarydecember 1943 pdf in russian. Each of the three battalions in a brigade had an hq with 1 x t34 and two companies of 10 x t34 tanks, for a total of 21 tanks in each battalion. The tank brigade consisted of headquarters, three tank battalions of heavier tanks t28 and t35, and a security battalion which was comprised of a signal company, an engineer company, an anti aircraft machine gun company, a traffic control company, and a brigade park.

These support units may also include special troops and services. This brigade started out as the 46th tank division of the 21st mechanized corps which operated in the baltic area. The 15th tank corps was a tank corps of the soviet unions red army. Tank brigade tank brigades tank brigades of the far east command 9 august 1945 brigade commander. The result was a tankheavy division with the engineering, antiaircraft, artillery, and aviation assets needed to operate in the enemys rear areas without outside support from its parent front. A total of 4800 units were produced, in various modification. Russian defense budgets and military expenditures as a.

It was accepted into production in 1952 as the is10 iosif stalin, russian form of joseph stalin, but due to the political climate in the wake of stalins death in 1953, it was renamed t10. During the early years of wwii 1939 the title for the strongest tank in the. The interventionists fired an artillery barrage at the attacking forces of the 2nd brigade of the zadneprovsk division of the soviet ukrainian army, after which the tanks attacked. In konflikt47 slow but resilient with a duel weapons system these are some of the hardest hitting infantry in combat today. Joseph kotin developed a heavy tank that would later become known as the kv1. An artillery regimentthe main firepower of the divisionwhich consists of three battalions of 152 selfpropelled howitzers and one battalion of bm27. How many men and tanksspgs were in a soviet tank army. Thundering with fire, glinting with steel, the tanks will begin a harsh campaign when were called to battle by. Feb 09, 2016 a typical russian tank battalion has 31 tanks3 companies of 10 tanks each, plus the battalion commanders tank.