Kursk - Tank Strengths - Voronezh Front

This page shows the details on tank strengths for the Voronezh front as of the 5th July 1943. All Soviet Tank Brigades are at the 1943 Shtat (see the pages on the Tank Brigade 1942 and 1943 for details), unless otherwise stated.

Unit	Notes	Medium/ Heavy	Light	Other	Total
*Voronezh Front*		*1,621*	*133*	89	*1,843*
ï¿½ 2 Guards Independent Tank Corps	Kursk; att 5GT 11.7	117	63	0	180
ï¿½ ï¿½ 25 Guards Tank Bde.	1942 Shtat	32	21	0	53
ï¿½ ï¿½ 26 Guards Tank Bde.	1942 Shtat	32	21	0	53
ï¿½ ï¿½ 4 Guards Tank Bde.	1942 Shtat	32	21	0	53
ï¿½ ï¿½ 47 Guards Tank Regt.	KVs	21	0	0	21
ï¿½ 5 Guards Tank Corps	Kursk	153	0	0	153
ï¿½ ï¿½ 20 Guards Tank Bde.	2 Bns	44	0	0	44
ï¿½ ï¿½ 21 Guards Tank Bde.	2 Bns	44	0	0	44
ï¿½ ï¿½ 22 Guards Tank Bde.	2 Bns	44	0	0	44
ï¿½ ï¿½ 48 Gds Heavy Tank Regt.	Churchill IVs	21	0	0	21
ï¿½ 1 Tank Army	Kursk	749	21	41	811
ï¿½ ï¿½ 10 Tank Corps	Kursk; att 1T 8.7	196	0	16	212
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ 1450 SU Regiment	SU122s	1	0	16	17
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ 178 Tank Brigade	Full strength	65	0	0	65
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ 183 Tank Brigade	Full strength	65	0	0	65
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ 186 Tank Brigade	Full strength	65	0	0	65
ï¿½ ï¿½ 31 Independent Tank Corps	Oboyan; still forming	195	0	0	195
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ 100 Tank Brigade	Full strength; att 5GT Corps 8.7; immediately into action & loses 25 tanks	65	0	0	65
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ 237 Tank Brigade	Full strength - 1/3 M3 Grant; att 6T;3M	65	0	0	65
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ 242 Tank Brigade	Full strength - 1/3 M3 Grant; att 6T/3M	65	0	0	65
ï¿½ ï¿½ 3 Mechanised Corps	Kursk; formed from 8T 9.42	226	21	0	247
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ 1 Guards Tank Bde.		65	0	0	65
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ 14 Tank Regiment	Of 1MB	32	7	0	39
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ 16 Tank Regiment	Of 3MB	32	7	0	39
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ 17 Tank Regiment	Of 10MB	32	7	0	39
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ 265 Mortar Regiment	120mm Mtr	0	0	0	0
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ 49 Tank Brigade		65	0	0	65
ï¿½ ï¿½ 6 Tank Corps	Des 11G 23.10.43	132	0	25	157
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ 112 Tank Brigade	2 Bns - all T34; independent & destroyed 10th	44	0	0	44
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ 1461 SU Regiment	SU76/SU122s	0	0	25	25
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ 200 Tank Brigade	2 Bns - mixed T34 + M3 Grants	44	0	0	44
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ 22 Tank Brigade	2 Bns - mixed T34 + M3 Grants	44	0	0	44
ï¿½ 38 Army	Oboyan	162	7	0	169
ï¿½ ï¿½ 180 Tank Brigade		65	0	0	65
ï¿½ ï¿½ 192 Tank Brigade	Attached to 40 Army during the battle - wrong - see 180TB	65	0	0	65
ï¿½ ï¿½ 60 Tank Regiment	Assigned 63CD late July	32	7	0	39
ï¿½ 40 Army	Kursk	97	7	0	104
ï¿½ ï¿½ 59 Tank Regiment		32	7	0	39
ï¿½ ï¿½ 86 Tank Brigade		65	0	0	65
ï¿½ 6 Guards Army	Oboyan	129	14	16	159
ï¿½ ï¿½ 1440 SU Regiment		0	0	16	16
ï¿½ ï¿½ 230 Tank Regiment		32	7	0	39
ï¿½ ï¿½ 245 Tank Regiment		32	7	0	39
ï¿½ ï¿½ 23 Guards Independent Corps	Kursk	65	0	0	65
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ 96 Tank Brigade	Independent unit in action on 5.7.43	65	0	0	65
ï¿½ 7 Guards Army	Kursk	214	21	32	267
ï¿½ ï¿½ 1438 SU Regiment		0	0	16	16
ï¿½ ï¿½ 148 Tank Regiment	Poss w/7G Army; from 9M Corps	32	7	0	39
ï¿½ ï¿½ 1529 SU Regiment		0	0	16	16
ï¿½ ï¿½ 167 Tank Regiment		32	7	0	39
ï¿½ ï¿½ 201 Tank Brigade		65	0	0	65
ï¿½ ï¿½ 262 Tank Regiment		32	7	0	39
ï¿½ ï¿½ 27 Guards Tank Bde.	5 Companies T-34s	53	0	0	53