Kursk - Russian OB - Independent Units

This page shows the Order of Battle to handle all Independent Units

Note that this is not one single Front - it is my catch-all to make a place to put these units.
The OB below shows the complete hierarchy of the Front, as far as I have been able to ascertain. The indents are used to show the levels of reporting - each indent showing units subordinate to the previous.
The attachments show movements of units from their starting OB during the battle.
The notes column includes the following info:

AT - Antitank
nn AT - Number of AT Guns
MTR - Mortar
AA - Anti-aircraft
Bn - Battalion
LAB - Light Artillery Brigade
HB - Howitzer Brigade
CB - Cannon Brigade
MB - Medium Artillery Brigade
HHB - Heavy Howitzer Brigade
SHHB - Super-Heavy Howitzer Brigade
GMB - Guards Mortar Brigade
ARBn - Artillery Battalion

Unit	Commander	Notes
*Independent Units Front*
ï¿½ 75 Rifle Division		Iran: not a MD
ï¿½ SMB NKVD Brigade		Special Mot Brigade for Special Assignments - forerunner of the Spetsnaz !
ï¿½ Archangelsk Military District		Archangel
ï¿½ ï¿½ 12 Naval Rifle Brigade
ï¿½ ï¿½ 25 Rifle Division		Formed 4.43; training or coast defence only.
ï¿½ Central Asia Military District Army		Central Soviet Asia
ï¿½ ï¿½ 93 Rifle Brigade
ï¿½ Independent Coastal Army		Sevastopol 5.42
ï¿½ Northern Defence Region	North Fleet, Archangel	Rybachy Peninsula
ï¿½ ï¿½ 254 Naval Rifle Brigade		Formed from 135 RRgt
ï¿½ ï¿½ 63 Naval Rifle Brigade		Formed in Urals MD from Pacific Fleet
ï¿½ Urals Military District		Ural Mountains
ï¿½ Volga Military District		Stalingrad
ï¿½ ï¿½ 10 Tank Brigade
ï¿½ ï¿½ 104 Tank Regiment
ï¿½ ï¿½ 126 Tank Bn (Separate)
ï¿½ ï¿½ 14 Tank Brigade
ï¿½ ï¿½ 15 Tank Brigade
ï¿½ ï¿½ 2 Tank Brigade
ï¿½ ï¿½ 207 Tank Brigade
ï¿½ ï¿½ 249 Tank Bn (Separate)
ï¿½ ï¿½ 254 Tank Brigade
ï¿½ ï¿½ 258 Tank Bn (Separate)
ï¿½ ï¿½ 41 Guards Tank Bde.
ï¿½ ï¿½ 51 Tank Regiment
ï¿½ ï¿½ 563 Tank Bn (Separate)
ï¿½ ï¿½ 564 Tank Bn (Separate)
ï¿½ ï¿½ 608 Tank Bn (Separate)
ï¿½ ï¿½ 9 Mechanised Corps		Forming
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ 259 Tank Regiment
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ 53 Tank Regiment		Of 69MB
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ 69 Mech Brigade		53TR
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ 70 Mech Brigade		47GTR
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ 71 Mech Brigade		74TR
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ 74 Tank Regiment		Of 71MB