Operative department of reserve front. Army and division report about staff and equipment. 24th Army.

Started: 20 SEP 1941

Ended: 30 SEP 1941

33 pages

REPORT

About numerical and combat composiiton of the 24th Army

			Personnell											Horse staff				Automobiles			Tractors	Motorcycles		Tanks						Armoured cars	Rifles and machineguns							Cannons								Howitzers					Mortars				Radios
			Command staff								Minor command staff	Privates	Total personell	Riders	Artillery	Convoy	Total	Passenger	Trucks	Special		With MG	Without MG	Heavy	Medium	BT	T-26	Chemical Tank	T37-38-40		Rifles and carbines	Automatic rifles	Mounted MG	MG	PPD	AA MG	Hi cal MG	210mm	122mm	Tables y 107 MM 42	Tables y 76 мм 43	76mm mountain	76mm-85mm AA	45mm	37mm AA	305mm	280mm	203mm	152mm	122mm	120mm	107mm	82mm	50mm	30A/RAF	4-A/RSB	5-AK/RB	11-AK	6-PK
Order Nr	Units and divisions names		Commanders	Political staff	Technical staff	Administrative staff	Medical staff	Veterinary staff	Juridical staff	Total
			5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	23	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50	51	52	53	54	55	56	57	58	59	60	61
1	309 rd	Authorised	494	134	56	67	75	21	To	857	1615	9178	11650	557	736	1495	2788	5	179	32	5	-	7								5180	3774	108	166	174	18	9				28		4	18	6					8	18		54	81		-	7		12
		On hand	271	121	35	54	75	25	8	589	809	5211	6609	464	616	1305	2385	7	151	18			6								4985	185	73	60	81					-	27			17		-	-			8	6			21		19	5		4
2	103 rd	Authorised	494	134	56	67	75	21	10	857	1615	9178	11650	557	736	1495	2788	5	179	32	5	-	7								5180	3774	108	166	174	18	9				28		4	18	6					8	18		54	81		-	7		12
		On hand	380	138	115	90	91	6	5	825	941	6251	8017	127	137	493	757	30	689	169	63		32						8	6	4416	450	72	146	25	4					27		4	48							3		11	29		7	10	1	14
3	19 rd	Authorised	494	134	56	67	75	21	10	857	1615	9178	11650	557	736	1495	2788	5	179	32	5		7								5180	3774	108	166	174	18	9				28		9	18	6					8	18		54	81			7		12
		On hand	290	100	71	78	85	21	8	653	903	6291	7847	578	627	1469	2614	11	376	20	8		7						3		6718	58	33	55	7	19					12			23						6	9		12	11		1	7	-	4
4	106 rd	Authorised	494	134	56	17	75	21	10	857	1615	9178	11650	557	736	1495	2788	5	179	32	5		7								5180	3774	108	166	174	18	9				28		4	18	6					8	18		54	81		-	7	-	12
		On hand	252	140		88	76	3	9	673	794	5787	7254			799	799	27	480	109	65		10							5	4960	88	29	57	7								3	22	2				3	14			8	2		2	17		10
5	303 rd	Authorised	494	134	56	67	75	21	10	857	1615	1178	11650	557	736	1495	2788	5	179	32	5		7								5180	3774	108	166	174	18	9				28		4	18	6					8	18		54	81			7	-	12
		On hand	275	87	47	60	76	21	10	576	774	4753	6103	484	591	1247	2322	5	176	1	12		3								4784	305	43	44	87						24			10						7	6		-	16		11	5		4
6	160rd (former 6 AMO)	Authorised	494	134	56	67	75	21	10	857	1615	9178	11650	557	736	1495	2788	5	179	32	5		7								5180	3774	108	166	174	18	9				28		9	18	6					8	18		54	81		-	7		12
		On hand	435	131	41	70	56	21	6	760	1336	9029	1125	597	535	1649	2781	8	135	8	12		14					20			3088	1257	115	180	90		3				28									8	12		54	81		2	2	-	6
7	144 Tank brg	Authorised	141	45	63	28	17			294	488	1220	2002					15	195	53	17	31	22	7	22				64	17	851	271	6	43	183		6							8	12								6	6		1	10
		On hand	356	90	108	68	37		5	664	892	3440	4996					23	659	133	33	10	28	7	9	5	22		17	24	3156	165	20	66	57	14					3				12						11		20	3			2	1
8	146 Tank brg	Authorised	141	45	63	28	17			294	488	1220	2002					1	195	53	17	31	22	7	22				64	17	851	271	6	43	183	-	6							8	12								66	6		1	10
		On hand	97	40	47	43	16			243	194	903	1340					1	153	36	3		9			3				10	498	20	6	35	15									1													2
9	275 mounted Artillery Regiment with artillery park	Authorised	100	21	28	11	11			17	428	1510	2109					1	149	5	84		18								1563		3	20	77				24										12								8		30
		On hand	79	18	24	9	11			141	384	1517	2042					1	224	54	62		11								1582	90	1	29	5	3			24					1					12								9		28
10	573 cannon ary reg with artillery park	Authorised	122	24	30	11	15			202	528	1851	2576					1	181	53	112		19								1910			26	94		3		24										24								10		40
		On hand	106	23	18	8	6			161	393	1753	2307					1	215	23	100		14								2080			19		3			24										23								10		16
11	544 Artillery reg high power	Authorised	107	21	23	11	12			174	428	1639	2241					1	153	49	104		12								1816			26	85		3											24									6		40
		On hand	106	15	22	11	12			176	436	1599	1211					3	243	11	82		4								1881			30	2	3												22									4		22
12	271 Artillery regiment with art park	Authorised	79	21	27	11	11			149	346	1149	1644					5	176	44	86	37	17								815			4							8								12	16							6		24
		On hand	76	23	26	9	10			199	340	1143	1636					5	159	14	56		4								1048			6							7								15	15							4		33
13	103 Howitzer Artillery Regm	Authorised	81	15	16	5	9			126	228	923	1277					1	105	8	73										941			18	53	3													12	24							3		6
		On hand	66	18	17	5	8			114	212	856	1182					3	107	3	37										1021			18	3	1				2									10	11
14	305 Cannon Artillery Regiment with arillery	Authorised	122	24	30	11	15			202	523	1851	2576					1	181	53	119		19								1910			26	94		3		24										24								10		40
		On hand	104	18	16	6	11			155	336	1741	2232					1	255	22	54										2062			11		3			12										23								32
15	336 Cavalry Artillery Regiment	Authorised	82	17	18	9	9			135	346	1202	1683					1	102	26	84		7								1226			18	59		3												36								8		30
		On hand	70	16	17	10	10			123	231	945	1299					2	17	2	19		1								1238			10	1														12										7
16	105 Howitzer Artillery Regiment	Authorised	64	12	8		7			91	193	1003	1287						99	1	62		2								1002			18															18								4		6
		On hand	48	14	7	5	6			80	59	763	902					2	83	7	28		2								728			8	89	6													8	11							1
17	879 Artillery Regiment	Authorised	26	12	7	7	4			56	75	382	513					2	52	10	36		9								446	37		18	14								20														1		6
		On hand	27	7	1	7	3			45	74	377	496					1	32		28										439			5									20														1		6
18	880 Artillery Regiment ATW	Authorised	22	10	7	7	4			50	93	388	531					1	57	5	5		3								498			7	10	7							20														4		10
		On hand	20	10	6	7	4			47	93	397	537					1	37		17										498			5									20														2		4
19	42 separate Artillery div	Authorised	25	9	9	4	3			50	88	374	512					2	68	2											430	10	1	10		5		12																					7
		On hand	25	9	9	4	3			50	88	374	512					2	68	2											430	10	1	10		5		12																					7
20	24 mortar Batt	Authorised	37	7	11	4	2			61	248	791	1000					3	197	18	224		14								866																				48						4
		On hand	32	7	8	4	2			54	62	328	444					1	51	2			1								310	23	4		9									1							33

Deputy Head of the Recruitment Department Major Shatrin

Military Commissar of the Recruitment Department. Battalion Commissar. Storozhenko

ЦАМО Фонд 219, Опись 679, Дело 28, Коробка 3455

Declassified: 08.11.2000

Brief technical report about shaped charge rounds.

Approve Head of BTU GABTU RA Engineer-Colonel Afonin 15 November 1942

Approve Deputy Peoples Commissaar of the Tank industry of the USSR Popov 15 November 1942

Brief Technical Report.
About the development of means for tank protection against sub-caliber and cumulativeHere and further 'cumulative' is same as 'shaped charge' rounds.

During the war, new ammunition types have entered the service of the German army - sub-caliber and cumulative shells. The test firing of the hull of T-34 tank from the German 75mm gun and 76mm domestic gun with cumulative shells have shown the following:
I. The strength of the hull of T-34 tank against the cumulative shells.

Hull part	Tank bearing angle	Strength of part
		75mm German cumulative shells	76mm domestic cumulative shells
Frontal hull plates	0	No penetration	No penetration
Hull sides	90	Penetrated	penetration
Hull sides	60	No Penetration	Penetrated
Sloped sideThe upper sides (sloped) of the hull. "Подкрылки" in original.	90	No penetration	Penetrated
Hull rear	180	No penetration	No penetration
Turret	90	No penetration	Penetrated

From the above table it is evident that domestic shells have better penetration ability than the German ones as the former ones penetrate only the sides of the hull of a T-34 tank and only from angles that are close to normal.
The pecularity of these shells is that due to their HE capability they do not loose their penetrative capabilities with distance. Because of that the hull sides of a T-34 tank can be penetrated from a large distance.
Regarding the HE capability of these shells, it is quite significant and is even slightly bigger than that of ordinary HE shells.
Moreover, when impacting to the hull sides near the bottom, Подкрылки? Or transmission parts, cumulative rounds destroy them and make the tank inoperable. On impact to the lower part of the turret the roof is bent inwards or even breaks. When hitting the rear side, the hatches are torn off, exhaust pipe protection is torn off, bolt joints are destroyed.

РГАСПИ. Ф. 644. Оп. 2. Д. 115. Л. 80

About the evacuation of Orphanage from Stalingrad region.

18 August 1942

(In coordination with the executive committee of the Oblast' council)

According to command of Sovnarkom of RSFSR, the executive committee of the Oblast' council of workers deputees VKP(b) decide:

1. To evacuate to the Molotovskaya oblast' the following orphanages of the Stalingrad province:
   • Chernoyarsk orphanage - 230 people
   • Tsarevsky of Lininsjy district - 91 people
   • Bykovsky - 178 people
   • Rakhinsky of Proleysk district - 68 people
   • n.Kardalysky N.Nikolayevsky district - 208 people
   • Filonovsky - 126 people
   • Serafimovichsky Nr2 260 people
   • Nikolayevsky pre-school orphanage - 208 people
   • Nikolayevsky orphanage Nr2 - 170
   • Zaplavinsky mid.Akhtubinsky district - 137
   • Kikvidzensky - 99 people
   • Berezovsky - 105 people
   • >Malodelsky - of the Berezovsky district - 89 people
   • L.-lychagsky of the Berezovsky district - 100 people
   • Zhdanovsky - 120 people
   • Dubovsky pre-school orphanage - 85 people
   • from Astrakhan district orphanages - 520 people
2. Establish the following routes of evacuation of the orphanages:
   • Dubovsky and Rakhinsky orphanages to Dubovka dock, up along Volga until the destination.
   • Chernoyarsky orphanage to Akhtuba dock by horse-drawn transport and from Akhtuba station till the destination by railroad.
   • Tsarevsky and Zaplavinsky orphanages by railroad until the destination.
   • Bykovsky orphanage from Bykovy dock of the farm, up along Volga until the destination.
   • L.Kardailsky orphanage of L.Nikolayevsky district, until station Yelany to Kamyshin by railroad and from Kamyshin up along Volga until destination.
   • Filonovsky orphanage situated in the Gmelynsky district, from station Gmelynka by railroad until the destination.
   • Berezovsky, Malodelsky, l.-Lychagsky and Zhdanovsky orphanages until kamyshin by horse-drawn transport and from Kamyshin up by Volgauntil the destination.
3. Oblige the chief secretaries of of region committees of VKP(b) and heads of executive commitees of the region councils: Chernoyarsky, Leninsky, Bykovsky, Proletarsky, l.Nikolayevsky, Gmelnitzky, Staro-Poltavsky, Nikolayevsky, mid-Akhtubinsky districts to organize the evacuation of children, workers, and all the possessions of the orphanages and provide them with monthly supplies of food. Also organize their transportation until the places of loading on stations and docks.
4. Oblige the Olast' trading department (Oblgorotdel) com. Gromov and Oblast' consumption union (Oblpotrbsoyuz) com. Bokov to provide the necessary food for the evacuated orphanages.
5. Ask deputy of peoples commissariat of communication routes com. Bagayev to provide the necessary amount of railroad cars to transfer the evacuated orphanages according to request from OblONO.
6. Oblige the head of department NVRP com. Kachenin to provide the necessary tonnage to evacuate the orphanages according to request from OblONO.
7. Oblige the OblONO com. Agrinsky to send the responsible representatives to the field to execute all the necessary work for preparation of the evacuation of the orphanages.
8. Task the Astrakhan' district VKP(b) and executive commitee of disctrict council of the worker deputees to ensure the evacuation of 520 kids from orphanages.
9. Oblige regional commitees VKP(b) and executive district councils to handle orhpanages' auxillary farms with crops, cattle and farming tools over to schools, but the auxillary farms of Nikolayevsky orphanage Nr2 to handle over to special VVS school Nr7.

RGASPI Ф. 17. Оп. 43. Д. 1772. Л. 252–253.

Assembly of imported cars at domestic factories

REPORT OF THE SUPPLY DEPARTMENT OF GAVTU RA

28.09.1945

Table 22. Assembly of imported cars at domestic factories during the war (thousands of units)

Factory name	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945 (by 09.05)	Total
Moscow Automobile Plant Stalin	-	3.9	14.4	15.6	6.0	39.9
Gorkovsky Automobile Plant Molotov	0.3	12.8	13.9	14.8	1.9	43.7
Plant No. 79 (Kolomna)	-	3.7	9.9	13.4	5.1	32.1
Minsk Automobile Assembly Plant	-	-	-	0.1	3.3	3.4
Odessa Automobile Assembly Plant	-	-	-	-	0.5	0.5
Total	0.3	20.4	38.2	43.9	16.8	119.6

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Numbers of vehicles accepted throughout the war by the defense comissariat

REPORT OF THE SUPPLY DEPARTMENT OF GAVTU RA

28.09.1945

Table 20. Numbers of vehicles accepted throughout the war by the peoples defense comissariat from the peoples external trade comissariat

Points of receipt of cars	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945 (by 9.05)	Total
Through Northern ports	0.4	17.0	8.3	33.6	12.8	72.1
Through Iran	-	10.1	58.9	92.6	19.4	181.0
Through the Far Eastern ports	-	5.4	27.9	13.4	12.8	59.5
Total	0.4	32.5	95.1	139.6	45.0	312.6

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Issue of special vehicles to GAU of the Red Army

REPORT OF THE SUPPLY DEPARTMENT OF GAVTU RA

28.09.1945

Table 19 Issue of special vehicles to GAU of the Red Army until 9. May 1945.

Name of military branches	Gasoline tank truck	PZS-4	Repair workshops type "A"	Repair workshops type "B"	Total special machines
Automotive	994	125	224	61	1404
Tank	481	246	27	4	758
Artillery	219	178	58	18	468
Mortar	36	5	-	-	41
RA Air Force	123	2	10	-	135
RA Main military sanitary department	2	-	1	-	3
RA Fuel Supply Department	4	4	4	-	12
Main Road Administration of the RA	55	-	-	-	55
Air defense units	6	4	-	-	10
Long range aviation	51	-	-	-	51
Airborne Troops	18	1	1	-	20
Cavalry	25	11	13	3	52
Military districts	11	24	10	1	46
Fronts and armies	149	426	172	28	775
Foreign formations	177	67	84	14	342
NarkomVoyenMorFlot	2	-	-	-	2
People'sCommissariat of Internal Affairs	7	2	20	-	29
General Staff of the Red Army	6	-	4	-	10
Engineering units	6	-	4	-	10
Military educational institutions	3	3	2	-	8
AKHU NPO	3	1	-	-	4
Miscellaneous parts and institutions	37	4	9	-	50
Civil organizations	5	-	-	-	5
Total	2420	1098	643	129	4290

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Main types and brands of imported cars supplied

REPORT OF THE SUPPLY DEPARTMENT OF GAVTU RA

28.09.1945

Table 21. The main types and brands of imported cars that entered the Soviet Union during the war (thousands of units)

Types and brands of vehicles	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945(by 09.05)	Total
Tractors
Studebaker	-	3.8	34.8	56.7	19.2	114.5
GMC	-	1.4	4.9	0.4	-	6.7
International	-	0.9	1.8	0.1	0.3	3.1
Chevrolet	-	2.7	13.1	25.1	6.8	47.7
Ford - English	-	0.4	0.5	-	0.1	1.0
Dodge 3/4 t	-	-	4.3	10.7	4.6	19.6
Total	-	9.2	59.4	93.0	31.0	192.6
%of total arrived	-	28.2	62.5	66.2	70.3	62.0
Freight
Ford 6	-	7.6	18.6	29.0	5.8	61.0
Dodge 1.5 t	-	8.0	1.5	0.1	-	9.6
Dodge 3t Canadian	-	-	1.4	0.3	-	1.7
Bedford	-	1.1	-	-	-	1.1
Ford Marmont	0.2	0.3	-	-	-	0.5
Austin	0.2	0.3	-	-	-	0.5
Different brands	-	0.1	-	-	-	0.1
Total	0.4	17.4	21.5	29.4	5.8	74.5
%of total income	100.0	53.5	22.6	20.9	13.3	23.8
Cars
Willis	-	5.4	13.9	15.3	5.2	39.8
Bantam	-	0.5	0.1	-	-	0.6
Chevrolet	-	-	-	-	0.2	0.2
Total	-	5.9	14.0	15.3	5.4	40.6
%of total arrival	-	18.1	14.7	10.9	12.3	13.0
Special purpose vehicles
Dodge headquarters	-	-	-	0.1	0.1	0.2
Ford amphibious	-	-	-	1.9	0.3	2.2
GMC amphibious	-	-	-	-	0.3	0.3
Studebaker trawler	-	-	-	0.6	0.2	0.8
MAC (diesel)	-	-	-	-	0.9	0.9
Workshops and other special machines	-	-	0.2	0.3	-	0.5
Total	-	-	0.2	2.9	1.8	4.9
%of total arrival	-	-	0.2	2.0	4.1	1.2
Grand total	0.4	32.5	95.1	140.6	44.0	312.6

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