61st Army (Soviet Union)
| 61st Army | |
|---|---|
| Country | Pavel Alexeyevich Belov |
The 61st Army was a
Structure during the Battle of Kursk
During the Battle of Kursk the army was part of the Bryansk Front.[3]
- 9th Guards Rifle Corps
- 12th Guards Rifle Division
- 76th Guards Rifle Division
- 77th Guards Rifle Division
- 97th Rifle Division
- 110th Rifle Division
- 336th Rifle Division
- 356th Rifle Division
- 415th Rifle Division
- 12th Anti-Tank Artillery Brigade
- 68th Tank Brigade
- 36th Tank Regiment
- 1539th Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment
- 31st Railroad Armoured Regiment
- 45th Railroad Armoured Regiment
- 310th Engineer Battalion
- 344th Engineer Battalion
- 60th Guards Artillery Regiment
- 67th Guards Artillery Regiment
- 554th Artillery Regiment
- 547th Mortar Artillery Regiment
- 533rd Anti-Tank Artillery Regiment
- 1282nd Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment
- 13th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Division
- 1065th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment
- 1173rd Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment
- 1175th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment
- 1218th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment
Commanders
The following officers commanded the army:[4]
- Colonel General Fyodor Kuznetsov (10 November–18 December 1941)
- Lieutenant General Markian Popov (18 December 1941–28 June 1942)
- Lieutenant General Pavel Belov(promoted to Colonel General 26 July 1944; 28 June 1942–after May 1945)
References
Citations
- ^ Коллектив авторов (1966). Боевой состав Советской Армии. Часть II. (Январь — декабрь 1942 г.) (Военно-Научное управление Генерального Штаба ed.). М.: Военное издательство Министерства обороны СССР. p. 266.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|agency=ignored (help) - ^ Коллектив авторов (1972). Боевой состав Советской Армии. Часть III. (Январь — декабрь 1943 г.) (Военно-Научное управление Генерального Штаба ed.). М.: Ордена Трудового Красного Знамени Военное издательство Министерства обороны СССР. p. 336.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|agency=ignored (help) - ^ "61st Army, Bryansk Front, Battle of Kursk, 04.07.1943". niehorster.org. Retrieved 2019-02-07.
- ^ Beloborodov 1963, pp. 515–516.
Bibliography
- Beloborodov, Afanasy, ed. (1963). Военные кадры Советского государства в Великой Отечественной войне 1941 – 1945 гг [Military Leaders of the Soviet State in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945] (in Russian). Moscow: Voenizdat.
External links
- Просмотрено цензурой
- Клуб память. 61-я армия
- Боевые действия Красной армии в ВОВ. 61-я армия
- Смерш. Документы войны
| Armies |
|
|---|---|
| Guards | |
| Tank/Mechanized | |
| Guards Tank/Mechanized | |
| Shock | |
| Cavalry |
|
| Sapper |
|
| Reserve Army |
|
.svg){kind=small}