Kursk - Order of Battle for Finland

This page shows the Order of Battle for The Finnish forces at the time of Kursk
The OB below shows the complete hierarchy of the Finnish Forces. I have to admit that this is NOT ALL MY OWN WORK This comes from my original work - heavily corrected by Harri Anttonen from Finland. His work was done based on Finnish records.... I can handle some German, a little Russian - but absolutely NO Finnish !! Without Harri's assistance this page would still be WRONG !

The full data is available as a plain Word Document, or as a Zipped version - click to download.
And while I am at it, here is some data on Finnish weapons of the period - again as Word or Zipped.

And, YES, I am still very aware that the Finns had nothing to do with the fighting at Kursk; the Northern sectors of the OstFront were fairly quiet at this time. They are included here because I want to present as complete a picture as possible of the whole of the Eastern Front at the moment in time...

Click on Commanders to see a list of the unit commanders as known.

If you choose to disagree with any of this lot, please e-mail Harri and myself -

Unit	Notes
*Finnish Forces*	*Finland*
ï¿½ 14F Infantry Division
ï¿½ Er.P 4 Infantry Battalion	"Freebooters of the HQ" - deep pentration patrols
ï¿½ Laa Infantry Brigade	Lake Ladoga Coastal Brigade
ï¿½ 3 Finnish Corps	Uhtua area
ï¿½ ï¿½ 3F Infantry Division
ï¿½ Kannas Group	Karelian Isthmus
ï¿½ ï¿½ 1 Frontier Infantry Battalion
ï¿½ ï¿½ 10F Infantry Division
ï¿½ ï¿½ 15F Infantry Division
ï¿½ ï¿½ 18F Infantry Division
ï¿½ ï¿½ 2 Coastal Art Regiment	Under Navy Command
ï¿½ ï¿½ 2F Infantry Division
ï¿½ ï¿½ 3 Tribal Infantry Bn
ï¿½ ï¿½ Rv Cavalry Brigade	Ratsuväkiprikaati Cav Bde - actually Elite infantry
ï¿½ Maaselkä Group Corps	Between L. Onega and Ontajärvi
ï¿½ ï¿½ 14F Infantry Division	Rukajärvi area
ï¿½ ï¿½ 1F Infantry Division	Formed 24.5.43
ï¿½ ï¿½ 3F Infantry Brigade	In reserve
ï¿½ ï¿½ 4F Infantry Division
ï¿½ ï¿½ 6F Infantry Division	Became 1F ID 20.6.43
ï¿½ Aunus Group	Between Ladoga and Onega
ï¿½ ï¿½ 15F Infantry Brigade
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ 8F Infantry Division	Became Armd Div 12.6.43
ï¿½ ï¿½ 5 Finnish Corps	Viipuri
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ 11F Infantry Division
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ 7F Infantry Division
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ Ään Infantry Brigade	Lake Onega Coastal Brigade
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ Er.P 1 Infantry Battalion	Attached to Onega Coastal Brigade
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ Er.P 2 Infantry Battalion	Attached to Onega Coastal Brigade
ï¿½ ï¿½ 6 Finnish Corps	Nurmoila
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ 17F Infantry Division	"Oak" Division
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ 5F Infantry Division	Lynx Division
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ Panssari Panzer Division	Formed from 8F ID12.6.43