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Quantity and condition of tanks of the Red Army


Quantity of tanks in mechanized corps on Febriary 20, 1941.

Military District Leningrad Military District Baltic Special Military District Western Special Military District Kiev Special Military District Odessa Special Military District
Mech.
corps
1st MC 10th MC 3rd MC 12th MC 6th MC 14th MC 11th MC 13th MC 17th MC 20th MC 22nd MC 8th MC 4th MC 16th MC 15th MC 19th MC 24th MC 9th MC 2nd MC 18th MC
Number of tanks 1011 540 640 589 707 513 241 32 182 16 527 818 632 372 707 274 56 94 456 235


Quantity of tanks in mechanized corps on June 22, 1941.

Military District Mechanized Corps Total tanks KV and T-34
Leningrad Military District 1st, 10th 1506 15
Baltic Special Military District 3rd, 12th 1393 109 (there are 59 KV-1 and 50 T-34 in 3rd MC)
Western Special Military District 11th
6th
13th
17th
20th
237
294
520
63
93
31
-
-
-
-
Kiev Special Military District 4th
8th
9th
15th
16th
19th
22th
*24th
892
858
285
733
608
280
647
222
416 (89 KV-1 and 327 T-34)
171 (69 KV-1, 2 KB-2, 100 T-34)
-
131 (62 KV-1, 69 T-34)
-
7 (5 KV-1, 2 T-34)
31 (31 KV-2)
-
Odessa Special Military District **2nd
***18th
489
280
60 (10 KV-1 and 40 T-34)
-
Total in these Military Districts 10 394 1 325

* Some sources claimed there were 410 tanks;
** In K.S.Moskalenko's memoirs mentioned the 2nd MC had 358 tanks: 10 KV-1, 46 T-34, 215 BT � 87 T-26. As well as 168 armored cars.
*** In some sources mentioned the 18th Mechanized Corps was only equipped with T-38 light tanks.

Condition of tanks in Red Army on 01.06.41

Military District Total Intact Small repair is required *Large repair is required *Rebuild is required
All Western Military Districts
Leningrad Military District 1 857 7 1 536 210 104
Baltic Special Military District 1 549 378 896 203 72
Western Special Military District 2 900 470 1722 385 323
Kiev Special Military District 5 465 1 124 3 644 298 379
Odessa Special Military District 1 011 178 565 151 117
Total 12 782 2 157 8 383 1 247 995
All Internal Military Districts
Transcaucasus Military District 877 6 711 122 38
Central Asiatic Military District 363 0 288 44 31
Arkhangelsk Military District 26 9 16 0 1
Moscow Military District 1 173 29 920 150 74
Volga Military District 443 28 307 86 22
Orel Military District 321 23 176 78 44
Kharkov Military District 305 27 193 35 50
Northen-Caucasus Military District 157 0 133 14 10
Ural Military District 53 0 48 3 2
Siberian Military District 216 10 189 5 12
Other Military Districts
Far Eastern Front 3 201 191 2 772 134 104
Transbaikal Military District 2 496 131 1 943 232 190
Total 23 106 2 611 16 080 2 157 2 258

* Tanks are immobilized

Here you can find some additional information (likned to the WORLD II TWO ARMED FORCES website)




Sources:
"Voenno-istoricheskiy Jornal", #11 1993.

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