I was reading a book that listed a TOE for a Soviet ATG Brigade in June 1941. I compared that to the data in WitE and saw that the numbers for the 85mm and 76mm guns were the reverse of each other. So I sought a 3rd verification and found what I think is the correct data, which contradicts both.
But the reasons that I think that this other source is correct are: it’s much more detailed, it makes sense based on military organization in general, and if WitE and this other book used it as a source, I can see how it could be misread to give higher numbers.
WitE lists this for ID#177 41 AT Artillery Brigade (forgive table formatting)
ID#.............ground unit name.............# guns/ squads
817.............76mm Anti-tank Gun F-22.....72
806.............85mm Anti-aircraft Gun.........48
787.............37mm Anti-Aircraft Gun.........16
792.............12.7mm Anti-aircraft MG........12
800.............Sapper.................................0
3rd party Source
Battalions.........................Per Brigade...........name....................Per Battery....#batteries.........Total # guns/squads
Anti-Tank Battalion...............6.....................76mm M36 (F-22)............4..........3.......................72
Heavy Anti-Tank Battalion......2.....................85mm KS12....................4..........3.......................24
Anti-Air Battalion...................1.....................37mm M39.....................4..........2.........................8
-- AA Company.....................1.....................12.7mm AAHMG...............3..........2.........................6
Engineer Mine Battalion.......(3 companies).....(Sapper 39 BAT)...............3..........4.......................36
WitE shows no Engineers (which is fine if that is game designers choice), but shows double the number of guns aside from the 76mm. This would be an easy mistake to make even if using the reference above if you don’t catch the punctuation in the key explanation from the OOB:
- "The (anti-tank) Brigades each have 2 Regiments, each with 3 AT Battalions; PLUS 2 Heavy AT Battalions, 1 AA Battalion and 1 Engineer Mine Battalion at Brigade level."
All of that to say, I think the Brigade in question has too many guns in WitE
