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