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Soviet Armed Forces
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Orel Military District, Red Army
22 June 1941
 
Orel Military District
 
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Orel Military District
Data for 01.06.1941
Officers
District Commander
       LTG F.N. Remezov
Deputy District Commander
       LTG A A. Tiurin
Chief of Staff
       MG A.D. Korneyev
Member of the Council of War
       Corps Commissar F.A. Semenovskiy
Commander of Aviation
       Col. N.F. Naumenko
Commander of Motor and Armored Vehicles
       ?
Chief of Artillery
       MG V.S. Bodrov
Army Chief of Communications
       Col. S.V. Tishchenko
Chief of Military Engineering
       ?
Chief of Operations Department
       ?
Chief of Artillery Supplies
       ?
Chief of the Department of Preparation of Combat
       ?
Deputy Chief of Staff for the Rear
       ?
Total Personnel Strength182,913  
     (therof STAVKA strategic reserves)(1 891)  
Small Arms
   rifles and carbines231,497  
   sub-machine guns279  
   light and heavy machine guns?  
   antiaircraft machine guns (12.7mm) 25  
Transport
   motor vehicles?  
   including trucks?  
   tractors and tractor unit?  
   horses?  
Artillery
  Guns   897
   45mm antitank gun M-1932 (19-K) & M-1937 (53-K)453  
   76mm regimental gun M-1927 176  
   76mm divisional gun M-1902/30 [L/30 and L/40]137  
   76mm divisional gun M-1936 (F-22)67  
   76mm divisional gun M-1939 (F-22 USW)9  
   107mm gun M-1910/30 25  
   122mm gun M-1931 (A-19) 30  
  Howitzers   408
   122mm howitzer M-1910/30 152  
   122mm howitzer M-1909/37 44  
   122mm howitzer M-1938 (M-30) 44  
   152mm howitzer M-1909/30 42  
   152mm howitzer M-1938 (M-10)48  
   152mm gun-howitzer M-1937 (ML-20)48  
   305mm howitzer M-1915 & M-1939 (BR-18) 30  
  Mortars   1 689
   50mm mortar M-1938 & M-1940 1 228  
   82mm mortar M-1937359  
   107mm mortar M-193830  
   120mm mortar M-193872  
  Antiaircraft Guns  44
   37(40)mm automatic antiaircraft gun M-1939 (61-K)4  
   76mm antiaircraft gun M-1931 & M-1938 40  
Armored Vehicles
  Heavy Tanks  8
   KV I8  
  Medium Tanks  16
   T-34 radio 16  
  Light Tanks  297
   T-37 61  
   T-37 radio 12  
   T-38 18  
   T-38 radio 2  
   T-40 1  
   T-26 two turret37  
   T-26 14  
   T-26 radio 16  
   BT-2 65  
   BT-5 36  
   BT-5 radio 15  
   BT-IS 1  
   BT-7 10  
   BT-7 radio9  
  Special Vehicles  7
   T-26 tractor7  
  Tankettes  146
   Т-27126  
   Т-27 tractor18  
   Т-27 chemical2  
  Armored Cars  37
   BA-208  
   BA-20 radio?  
   FAI2  
   D-8-121  
   BA-104  
   BA-10 radio1  
   BA-61  
   BA-31  
   BAI1  
   D-133  
   BA-2715  
Aircraft (total on hand/thereof not ready)
  Bombers  227/40
   DB-397/29  
   DB-3f7/1  
   Pe-210/0  
   SB113/10  
  Fighters  29/2
   I-1626/2  
  Ground Attack  ?
   Il-2?  
  Recon  9/0
   R-Zet9/0  
  Passenger  ?
   PS-84?  
  Training  13/2
   USB13/2  
 
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