Kursk - Russian OB - SouthWestern Front

This page shows the Order of Battle for the SouthWestern Front
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 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
*Southwestern Front*	*Malinovsky, RYa*
ï¿½ 1 Tank Destroyer Brigade		16 76mm ZIS-3
ï¿½ 10 Guards Tank Regt.
ï¿½ 11 Artillery Div.		31 LAB; 40 HB; 45 CB; 838 ARBn
ï¿½ 11 Antitank Brigade		60 AT; 102G, 462, 565 AT Rgts
ï¿½ 2 NKVD Border Regiment
ï¿½ 23 Mortar Brigade		120mm MTR
ï¿½ 7 B-Thru Arty Div.		11 LAB; 17 CB; 25 HB; 3 MB; 9 GdsCB; 105 SHHB
ï¿½ 9 Antitank Brigade		60 AT; 150, 174, 1172 AT Rgts
ï¿½ 9 B-Thru Arty Div.		23 HB; 26 LAB; 30 CB; 10 MB; 778 Truck Bn; 113 SHHB; 115 CB
ï¿½ 90 NKVD Border Regiment
ï¿½ 91 NKVD Border Regiment
ï¿½ 104 Rifle Brigade		Disbanded 25 July 1943
ï¿½ 18 Independent Corps
ï¿½ 1 Guards Mechanised Corps		Kursk; att 1T 10.7
ï¿½ ï¿½ 1 Guards Mech Bde.		18GTR
ï¿½ ï¿½ 116 Guards Artillery Regt		3 Bns, each 8 76mm + 4 122mm How
ï¿½ ï¿½ 1504 Antitank Regiment		20 76mm AT
ï¿½ ï¿½ 1544 SU Regiment		SU-152s
ï¿½ ï¿½ 16 Guards Tank Regt.
ï¿½ ï¿½ 1699 AA Regiment		16 37mm AA
ï¿½ ï¿½ 17 Guards Tank Regt.
ï¿½ ï¿½ 18 Guards Tank Regt.		Of 1GMB
ï¿½ ï¿½ 19 Guards Tank Regt.		Of 2GMB
ï¿½ ï¿½ 2 Guards Mech Bde.		19GTR
ï¿½ ï¿½ 20 Guards Tank Regt.		Of 3GMB
ï¿½ ï¿½ 267 Mortar Regiment		120mm Mtr
ï¿½ ï¿½ 3 Guards Mech Bde.		20GTR
ï¿½ ï¿½ 407 Guards Mortar Battalion		8 BM-13
ï¿½ ï¿½ 741 Antitank Battalion		12 85mm AT
ï¿½ 32 Corps	Rodimtsev, AI
ï¿½ 12 Army	Danilov, A.I.	SW
ï¿½ ï¿½ 141 Tank Regiment
ï¿½ ï¿½ 172 Rifle Division		Or w/1GA ??
ï¿½ ï¿½ 203 Rifle Division		w/12 8.43
ï¿½ ï¿½ 244 Rifle Division		w 66C 9.43
ï¿½ ï¿½ 333 Rifle Division
ï¿½ ï¿½ 350 Rifle Division		w/12 4.43
ï¿½ ï¿½ 60 Guards Rifle Div.		278RD Gds 3.1.43
ï¿½ ï¿½ 23 Independent Tank Corps		Dnieper R in reserve
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ 135 Tank Brigade		1942 Shtat
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ 1443 SU Regiment		SU76s
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ 3 Tank Brigade		1942 Shtat
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ 39 Tank Brigade		1942 Shtat
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ 56 Motor Rifle Brigade
ï¿½ ï¿½ 66 Corps
ï¿½ 17 Air Army
ï¿½ ï¿½ 244 Bomber Air Division
ï¿½ ï¿½ 262 Night Bomber Air Division
ï¿½ ï¿½ 1 Mixed Aviation Corps
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ 2 Fighter Air Division
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ 5 Assault Air Division
ï¿½ ï¿½ 3 Mixed Aviation Corps
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ 207 Fighter Air Division
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ 208 Assault Air Division
ï¿½ ï¿½ 9 Mixed Aviation Corps
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ 295 Assault Air Division
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ 305 Fighter Air Division
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ 308 Assault Air Division
ï¿½ 1 Guards Army	Kuznetsov, V.I.	Izyum
ï¿½ ï¿½ 230 Rifle Division		Formed 29.6.43 from 229RB; to RVGK 8.43 - for retraining
ï¿½ ï¿½ 50 Rifle Division		Smolensk 9.43
ï¿½ ï¿½ 33 Corps
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ 243 Rifle Division		w 1G/8G/6A
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ 253 Rifle Brigade
ï¿½ ï¿½ 4 Guards Corps		Admin unit only
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ 195 Rifle Division		Novomoskovsk 2.43; w/34 46 from 10/43
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ 35 Guards Rifle Div.		Formed from 8 Airborne Corps 6.8.42
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ 57 Guards Rifle Div.		153RD Gds 31.12.42
ï¿½ ï¿½ 6 Guards Corps		Admin only
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ 44 Guards Rifle Div.		5RD Gds 5.10.42; assigned 65 Army 12.43
ï¿½ 3 Guards Army	Khetagurov, G.I.	Starobelsk/Donets R
ï¿½ ï¿½ 11 Tank Brigade		2 Bns only
ï¿½ ï¿½ 243 Tank Regiment
ï¿½ ï¿½ 25 NKVD Border Regiment
ï¿½ ï¿½ 259 Rifle Division
ï¿½ ï¿½ 47 Guards Rifle Div.		154RD Gds 20.10.42; Smolensk; assigned 4G late 1943
ï¿½ ï¿½ 52 Tank Regiment
ï¿½ ï¿½ 61 Guards Rifle Div.		159RD Gd 15.1.43
ï¿½ ï¿½ 78 Rifle Division
ï¿½ ï¿½ 266 Rifle Division
ï¿½ ï¿½ 279 Rifle Division
ï¿½ ï¿½ 34 Guards Corps	Ryabishev, DI
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ 59 Guards Rifle Div.		197RD Gds 3.1.43
ï¿½ 3 Tank Army	Rybalko, P.S.	Volchansk
ï¿½ ï¿½ 15 Tank Corps		Des 7GT 26.7.43
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ 113 Tank Brigade		3 Bns - T34 + T70
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ 1418 SU Regiment		SU76s
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ 1503 Antitank Regiment		20 45mm AT
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ 1704 AA Regiment		16 37mm AA
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ 195 Tank Brigade		3 Bns - T34 + T70
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ 39 Armoured Car Battn		Armoured Car Battalion
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ 467 Mortar Regiment		120mm Mtr
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ 52 Motor Rifle Brigade
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ 733 Antitank Battalion		12 85mm AT
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ 88 Tank Brigade		3 Bns - T34 + T70
ï¿½ 46 Army	Glagolev, V.V.	In July
ï¿½ ï¿½ 223 Rifle Division		w/44 1.43; w/46 early 43
ï¿½ ï¿½ 236 Rifle Division		Kuban w/56 2.43; Dnieper w/46 4.43
ï¿½ ï¿½ 394 Rifle Division
ï¿½ ï¿½ 409 Rifle Division
ï¿½ 57 Army	Gagen, N.A.	Kursk
ï¿½ ï¿½ 113 Rifle Division
ï¿½ ï¿½ 14 Guards Rifle Div.		96RD Gds 24.1.42; Belgorod Kharkov Op 8.43
ï¿½ ï¿½ 173 Tank Brigade		Originally 22T; Ind from 11.42
ï¿½ ï¿½ 179 Tank Brigade
ï¿½ ï¿½ 19 Rifle Division		Kharkov w/3TA
ï¿½ ï¿½ 24 Rifle Division	Prokhorov, FA	Don Basin w/1G 8.43
ï¿½ ï¿½ 303 Rifle Division		To Steppe Front w/57A Aug 43
ï¿½ ï¿½ 48 Guards Rifle Div.		264RD Gds 20.10.42
ï¿½ ï¿½ 52 Rifle Division
ï¿½ ï¿½ 58 Guards Rifle Div.		1RD Gds 31.12.42; Belgorod w/57 8.43; w/1G 2.43
ï¿½ ï¿½ 64 Corps	Karzhavin, GG	Kursk
ï¿½ 6 Army	Shlemin, I.T.	Izyum/Donets R
ï¿½ ï¿½ 115 Tank Brigade
ï¿½ ï¿½ 152 Rifle Division		To 1GA 12.8.43
ï¿½ ï¿½ 20 Guards Rifle Div.		174RD Gds 17.3.42
ï¿½ ï¿½ 212 Tank Regiment
ï¿½ ï¿½ 228 Rifle Division		Formed 29.6.43; to 34C/1GA/SW 8.43
ï¿½ ï¿½ 25 Guards Rifle Div.	Bilyutin, KV	Formed 4.42 from 2GRB
ï¿½ ï¿½ 263 Rifle Division		w/10 51 1.44
ï¿½ ï¿½ 267 Rifle Division
ï¿½ ï¿½ 38 Guards Rifle Div.		Formed from 4 Airborne Corps 6.8.42
ï¿½ ï¿½ 41 Guards Rifle Div.		Formed from 10 Airborne Corps 6.8.42; assigned to 7G Army early 1944
ï¿½ ï¿½ 6 Rifle Division		Orel 8.43
ï¿½ ï¿½ 62 Guards Rifle Div.		127RD Gds 15.1.43
ï¿½ ï¿½ 1 Guards Cavalry Corps		Belgorod
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ 1 Gds Cavalry Div.		No tanks until 8.43; 4 Rgts
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ 2 Gds Cavalry Div.		No tanks until 8.43
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ 61 Tank Regiment
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ 7 Gds Cavalry Div.		No tanks until 8.43
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ 87 Tank Regiment
ï¿½ ï¿½ 26 Corps
ï¿½ 8 Guards Army	Chujkov, V.I.	Kupyansk
ï¿½ ï¿½ 224 Tank Regiment
ï¿½ ï¿½ 5 Guards Tank Regt.		KVs
ï¿½ ï¿½ 9 Guards Tank Regt.
ï¿½ ï¿½ 28 Guards Corps		Izyum
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ 39 Guards Rifle Div.		Formed from 5 Airborne Corps 6.8.42
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ 79 Guards Rifle Div.		284RD Gds 1.3.43
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ 88 Guards Rifle Div.		99RD Gds 18.4.43
ï¿½ ï¿½ 29 Guards Corps
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ 27 Guards Rifle Div.		Formed 21.5.42 from 3GRB
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ 74 Guards Rifle Div.		45RD Gds 1.3.43
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ 82 Guards Rifle Div.		321RD Gds 19.3.43