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CttRA wrote:Until 1941 there had been no non-divisional anti-tank (AT) units in the Red Army. The lightning German victories of 1940 forced a re-evaluation of this policy and on 26 April 1941 the NKO, in something of an overreaction, ordered the creation of ten AT brigades. (One additional brigade was formed after the German invasion.) An AT brigade was a large formation of 5,309 men and was fully motorized with scarce vehicles, comprising 180 tractors (60 towing trailers), 10 motorcycles and no fewer than 706 cars and trucks. It consisted of two AT artillery regiments, a minelaying engineer battalion, a motor transport battalion and service elements.
With a total of 120 guns it was expected to defend a front 5-6 km long with a density of 20-25 guns per kilometre.
Each of the brigade’s artillery regiments consisted of five 12-gun AT battalions and an AA battalion. An AT battalion was made up of three 4-gun batteries. Two of the battalions were equipped with 76mm guns, two with 85mm AA guns used in the AT role, and one with 107mm guns (a weapon that never left the drawing board and was replaced in practice with more 76mm guns). The AA battalion had two 4-gun 37mm batteries and a 6-gun heavy machine gun company.

Drabkin, Panzer Killers wrote:each brigade was to have 48 76mm guns, 48 85mm anti-aircraft guns, 24 107mm guns, and 16 37-mm anti-aircraft guns. The authorized strength of the brigade was 5,322 officers and troops.

CttRA wrote:The most obvious change from the pre-war AT brigades was the replacement of the AT gun as the primary weapon by the AT rifle.
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[+ a chart showing 2 AT-Rifle Battalions with 3x24PTRD each = 144]

Drabkin, Panzer Killers wrote:According to its table strength, the anti-tank brigade would have 1,795 officers and men, 12 45mm guns, 16 76mm guns, 4 37mm anti-aircraft guns and 144 anti-tank rifles.