08/1941
Currently WIP, things may not make 100% sense due to new findings which have to be worked through.
Timeline
Initial order to form 56 new Divisions.
Alternative Source
06.07.1941
To oblige the NPOs to mobilize in front-line regions (Kamenetz-Podolskaya, Zhytomyr, Odessa, Vinnitsa, Kiev, Chernihiv, Gomel, Mogilev, Vitebsk, Smolenskaya, Kalinin, Leningrad regions) The entire calling contingent is up to the age of 50, as well as mobilize horses to form 50 pages and 10 pages of destructive destruction Cavalry divisions. In addition, to form 6 divisions in the Central Asian Military District (4) and the Ural Military District (2).
08.07.1941 Further specification.
Initial 56 Divisions approved with dates and TOE proposal (the small one).
For whatever reason it is forgettoing about all AMMGs...
19.07.1941
3 Approve the following armament for each rifle division:
Rifles — 11,000 pieces
Light machine guns — 162
Machine guns — 108
PPSh — 162
50-mm mortars — 54
82-mm mortars — 18
120-mm mortars — 6
45-mm anti-tank guns — 18
76-mm regimental guns — 12
76-mm divisional guns — 16
85-mm anti-aircraft guns — 4
122-mm howitzers — 8
37-mm anti-aircraft guns — 6
Trucks — 120
STZ-5 tractors − 12
Initial TOE Version release.
29.07.1941 (Regiment):
[Otherwise, see BArch RH 2/2713 pics 9+21 for a "full TOE" and Errata in German Intel]
- 601_Regiment.jpg (231.01 KiB) Viewed 344 times
Increase of 50mm+82mm Mortars from 50mm 54→81 and 82mm 18→54.
09.08.1941
In order to increase the firepower of the rifle division and cavalry division, the State Defense Committee decrees:
To change the organization chart of the above-mentioned divisions and have:
1. In a rifle division:
a) not 54 - 50 mm mortars,
but 81 - 50 mm mortars, having 1 - 50 mm mortar for each rifle platoon;
b) to have not 18 82 mm mortars per rifle division,
but 54, having in each rifle battalion not a mortar platoon, but a mortar company consisting of 6 - 82 mm mortars.
Increase of 120mm from 6→18.
11.08.1941
4. The rifle divisions shall have the following composition:
People - 11,447 people.
Horses - 2,698 heads.
Rifles — 8,844
Light machine guns — 162
PPSh — 162
Machine guns — 108
37mm anti-aircraft guns or 25mm anti-aircraft guns — 6
45mm guns — 18
12.7mm anti-aircraft machine guns — 9
or 25mm anti-aircraft guns — 4
76mm regimental guns — 12
76mm divisional guns — 16
122mm howitzers — 8
50mm mortars — 81
82mm mortars — 54
120mm mortars — 18
Cars — 4
Trucks — 192
Special vehicles — 5
Tractors - 15
It is highlighted that
both Versions existed simultanously (besides the fact that many Divisions stayed on the 04/1941 TOE), whereas the Divisions created between 6th of July and 11th of August 1941 (all) most likely got and kept the initial TOE (small - currently available almost exactly like that as "Milita" RD) until December/early 1942 (at least) [example
226RD]. It'd make sense adding one TOE, making it two different ones during this period for regular Divisions and form the new/scheduled Divisions during this time according to their initial TOE. The following is a list of the
56 Divisions (see "Code window") initially ordered to be formed.
Note: We have 2 cases of Milita conversions and one case of a
Error with mixing up two Divisions eventually.
...not 100% sure about the Milita stuff yet (the PTRDs should be deleted, that's 99%)...But from current observations I'd say to create all in this list according to the small TOE and leave everyting else as is.
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211 SD - MVO - Zagorsk dislocation - by 28.07.41. SR T4
223 SD — HVO — Kharkov dislocation — by 24.07.41. SR T3
226 SD - Odvo - DISTaculation of Nuts - by 08.08.41. SR T5
230 SD - Odvo - dislocation of Dnepropetrovsk - by 20.08.41. SR T6
253 SD – Odvo — Nikopol deployment — by 01.08.41. SR T4
255 SD - Odvo - dislocation of Pavlograd - by 20.08.41. SR T4
258 SD – OrVO – Orel dislocation – by 24.07.41. SR T4
260 SD - MBO - Kimra dislocation - by 26.07.41. SR T3
261 SD — Odvo — Berdyansk dislocation — to 16.08.41. SR T5
263 SD - Archvo - dislocation of Vologda - by 30.07.41. SR T5
264 sd - CVO - dislocation of Poltava - by 24.07.41. SR T4
266 SD - MVO - Kaluga dislocation - to 12.08.41. SR T2
267 SD - OrVO - Dislocation of Old Oskol - by 20.08.41. SR T4
269 SD - MVO - space Colomna - by 28.07.41. SR T4
270 SD - Odvo - Dislocation of Melitopol - to 16.08.41. SR T4
271 sd - OrVO - Dislocation of Mzensk - by 30.07.41. SR T4
272 SD - LAN - dislocation Tikhvin - by 30.07.41. SR T5
273 sd - Odvo - dislocation Dnepdzerzhinsk - by 01.08.41. SR T4
274 SD - Odvo - dislocation Zaporozhye - to 08.08.41. SR T4
275 SD - Odvo - deployment of Novomoskovsk - to 08.08.41. SR T4
276 SD - OrVO - Oboyan dislocation - by 30.07.41. SR T4
277 SD — OrVO — Dmitrov-Lgovsky dislocation — to 08.08.41. SR T4
278 SD - OrVO - Livna dislocation - to 26.07.41. SR T4
279 SD - MVO - dislocation Gorky - by 28.07.41. SR T3
280 SD - MVO - Tula dislocation - to 28.07.41. SR T3
281 SD - LVO - Borovichi dislocation - by 30.07.41. SR T4
282 SD - MVO - dislocation of Yuriev-Polish - to 12.08.41. SR T3
283 SD - OrVO - Schigrey dislocation - to 08.08.41. SR T5
284 SD - HVO - dislocation of the Romn - by 30.07.41. SR T4
285 SD - UMV - Kostroma dislocation - by 12.08.41. SR T3
286 SD - Archvo - dislocation Cherepovets - by 30.07.41. SR T5
287 SD - OrVO - Yetz deployment - by 04.08.41. SR T3
288 SD - MVO - dislocation of Yaroslavl - to 12.08.41. SR T4
289 SD - HVO - dislocation of Lubnya - to 24.07.41. SR T4
290 SD - MVO - Kalyazin dislocation - by 28.07.41. SR T4
291 SD - MVO - Dislocation Rybinsk - to 16.08.41. SR T3 11th Moscow Militia (renamed T5)
292 SD - MVO - Ryazhsk dislocation - by 20.08.41. SR T3
293 SD - CVO - space of Sumy - by 16.08.41. SR T4
294 SD — OrVO — Lipetsk deployment — by 20.08.41. SR T3 1st. Gd. Leningrad Militia (renamed T14)
295 sd - HVO - Chuguev dislocation - by 01.08.41. SR T4
296 SD - Odvo - dislocation Genichesk - by 04.08.41. SR T3
297 SD - CVO - Dislocation Romodan - by 30.07.41. SR T4
298 SD - MVO - Dislocation Kalinin - by 24.07.41. SR T3
299 SD - Orvo - Belgorod dislocation - by 16.08.41. SR T4
300 SD — HVO — Krasnograd dislocation — to 08.08.41. SR T4
301 SD - HVO - Dislocation Mirgorod - by 24.07.41. SR T4
303 SD - OrVO - deployment of Voronezh - to 26.07.41. SR T4
305 SD - MVO - Dmitrov dislocation - by 30.07.41. SR T3
307 SD - MVO - Ivanovo deployment - to 12.08.41. ERROR WITH 304 !!!
309 SD - OrVO - dislocation Kursk - by 26.07.41. SR T4
310 SD — SABO — dislocation Akmolinsk — by 01.08.41. SR T5
311 SD - UrVO - dislocation of Kirov - by 30.07.41. SR T5
312 SD — SABO — Aktobe dislocation — by 04.08.41. SR T5
313 SD — URVO — dislocation of Izhevsk — by 01.08.41. SR T5
314 SD — SABO — dislocation of Petropavlovsk — by 04.08.41. SR T6
315 SD - SABO - Alma-Ata dislocation - to 04.08.41. (I assume) Disbaned and only created in 1942
Further Amendments happened especially in October.
Restructuring (
centralizing Mortars into Battalions for each Regiment), totals: 72x50mm+72x82mm+18x120mm
12.10.1941
№ 91. Order on the reorganization of mortar units into battalions and divisions [Divizion, so Battalions ...]
№ 0405 October 12, 1941
The current organization and combat use of mortars, scattered among small rifle units, does not provide the necessary fire action against the enemy.
Mortars operating alone lose a lot in terms of firepower. Mortar fire, which is distinguished by a great moral impact and material damage, if not used massively, does not give the necessary results.
The same fire of a mortar group, centralized in the hands of one commander, by its power, destructive effect on the enemy always leads to its rapid suppression and destruction, predetermining the success of the battle of rifle units.
The ease of carrying mortars, the simplicity and accessibility of choosing firing positions make it possible to maneuver a group of mortars from one direction of battle of a battalion and regiment to another, which can achieve fire superiority over the enemy in a short period of time.
The existing organization of mortar units does not meet these advantageous requirements and is flawed.
I order:
- To cancel the existing staff organization of dispersed mortar units.
- To remove mortars from rifle companies and battalions and in each rifle regiment the regiment commander should have at his disposal {115} a mortar battalion of 3 companies, in each company 4 platoons, in a platoon 4 mortars.
In a mortar company to have two platoons of 4 50-mm mortars and two platoons of 4 82-mm mortars. In total, a mortar company has 16 mortars; in a mortar battalion 48 mortars.
- Remove 120 mm mortars from the rifle regiment and place at the disposal of the division commander a 120 mm mortar battalion consisting of 3 batteries, each battery of 3 platoons with 2 mortars per platoon. In total, a battery has 6 120 mm mortars, a battalion has 18 120 mm mortars. [117]
- Regiment and division commanders are to use mortar battalions and battalions in a centralized manner, using them en masse and by maneuvering companies and the battalion (division) as a whole to create superiority in firepower over the enemy in the direction of the main attack.
Widely use maneuver, surprise in opening massive mortar fire to destroy the enemy's manpower and material resources.
People's Commissar of Defense I. Stalin
f. 4, op. 11, d. 65, p. 179-181. Original.
The addition of the SMG Companies to the Regiments:
12.10.1941
№ 92. Order on the introduction of submachine gun companies into the staff of rifle regiments
№ 0406 October 12, 1941
In modern infantry combat, mass{116} automatic fire represents a huge firepower, hampering the enemy's maneuver in defense and decisively suppressing his manpower during an attack.
Automatic fire, used suddenly and by a large number of submachine guns, allows the enemy's battle formations to be immediately disrupted and the enemy to be severely defeated.
The organization of submachine guns that exists in our infantry does not give the regiment commander the opportunity to decisively influence the enemy, both during the offensive and in defense, with mass automatic fire and thereby dominate him.
This same organization does not allow the senior infantry commander to have in his hands a permanent, maneuverable, strong fire fist of submachine gunners, using which in any combat situation the senior infantry commander could firmly impose his will on the enemy.
In order to eliminate the existing shortcoming in automatic fire of the existing rifle division according to the organization chart No. 04/600, I order:
- To place at the disposal of the regiment commander a company of fighters armed with submachine guns (PPSh) in each rifle regiment.
- To call the company a company of submachine gunners.
- Rifle regiment commanders are to widely use companies of submachine gunners to create decisive fire superiority over the enemy in close combat, in ambushes, during flanking, searches, to cover maneuvers, using the surprise and mass nature of automatic fire.
People's Commissar of Defense I. Stalin
f. 4. op. 11, d. 66, l. 182-183. Original. Published. in the Collection of Combat Documents of the Great Patriotic War. No. 5. Moscow, 1947. P. 24.
PTRDs seem to only/mostly been introduced into the later TOE 751 in December as far as I have found/understood (until now), so about as in game right now. First frontline use/trials of PTRD was in November according to CttRA.
- Regular Shtat No. 04/600-616 of 29.07.1941 Soviet Archives or nwtele
04/637 Military Tribunal TOE
micelaneous/issues
I do not yet know where the +9 Squads in the original vanilla TOE are originating from.
The Pioneer Battalion didn't have SMGs, so this can't be it.
Recons are all accounted for with the 21xFoot+6xHorsed.
- NEW (eventually)Regular Initial/Small 07/1941 (Updates to 12/1941)
- Manpower
see pic
10790
- AAMGs (0xQuad+9xDShK→18xQuad+9xDShK)
Found the original Regiment TOE, there were 18xQuad AAMG+9xDShK inisde the 3 Regiments it appears, why they are not listed in some lists/occasions I do not know. So either add them or remove the manpower.
Those 18 Quad AAMG need/would have needed 31Men x 3Regt = 93Men.
Other Sources: The CttRA and the nwtele give 10859Men (2695Men per Regiment) and the 18xQuad and the German intel 10790Men (2695Men per Regiment) but does not list the Quad AAMG.
- Flamethrowers (4→3)
Need to be reduced, as with the TOE/Post before. It had 3 Groups of 11Men [10 Flamethrowers] each, totalling 30 Flamethrowers.
- PTRD (IRL 0→0) 48Men
I did not find TOEs from 06-08/1941 which are actually containing the PTRDs already. Most likely to me is that they got added to TOEs later on without highlighting them as an Amendment.
- Mortars ([54-18-6])
The Mortars were vastly reduced to 54-18-6 for a short period of time (~early July till early August, see Timeline above). Looking through several Strength reports which include authorized strengths it seems like the later setup of Mortars were more common (together with the setup of the prior TOE which also remained in service). So applying this TOE to the Division created during this time makes sense (it's about 50, see Timeline).
- Sappers (19→50)
see the pic for calculations
As with the 04/1941 TOE massive amounts are missing, not sure what the reason for that is.
- Recons
see the pic for calculations
Take the 21xRifle Squad (-) for Regimental and Divisional Foot/Mot. Recons.
Cavalry may be some men too many, but keeping the 6x still seems alright.
- Regular Amended/big 08/1941 (Updates to 12/1941)
- Manpower
see pic
11496
- AAMGs (0xQuad+9xDShK→18xQuad+9xDShK)
Found the original Regiment TOE, there were 18xQuad AAMG+9xDShK inisde the 3 Regiments it appears, why they are not listed in some lists/occasions I do not know. So either add them or remove the manpower.
Those 18 Quad AAMG need/would have needed 31Men x 3Regt = 93Men.
Other Sources: The CttRA and the nwtele give 10859Men (2695Men per Regiment) and the 18xQuad and the German intel 10790Men (2695Men per Regiment) but does not list the Quad AAMG.
- Flamethrowers (4→6)
One of the amendments (I did not find the order, it's described in CttRA and shown in the German Intel's Amendment translation) added the Flamethrowers into the Regiments, so the 30x Flamethrowers in total became 20x per Regiment (so 60x in total).
- PTRD (IRL 0→0) 48Men
I did not find TOEs from 06-08/1941 which are actually containing the PTRDs already. Most likely to me is that they got added to TOEs later on without highlighting them as an Amendment.
- Mortars ([54-18-6]→[81-54-18])
The Mortars were reduced to 54-18-6 with the initial version, already in 08/1941 increased again to 81-54-18.
- Sappers (19→50)
see the pic for calculations
As with the 04/1941 TOE massive amounts are missing, not sure what the reason for that is.
- Recons
see the pic for calculations
Take the 21xRifle Squad (-) for Regimental and Divisional Foot/Mot. Recons.
Cavalry may be some men too many, but keeping the 6x still seems alright.
- Militia 06/1941 (similar to the small one, slight differences)
General Note.
Hard to rly find main sources or general proper Infos (and obv. each RD, especially amongst these Militias looked different). So I don't think I can right now look deeper into this.
As far as I've found/seen the initial idea was to either use the normal TOE from 04/1941 with ~14k+ Men. The ~10500 ended up being the Lenigrad's sizes by massively reducing (or missing) all the Supporting stuff (as with the Moscow TOE, probably not as pronounced). Somehow as the quote shows there was already before the war some proposed ~9424 Manpower Divisional TOE (I can't access/find the source for that number in the Source), which is reflected in the Moscow Militia TOE, which seems fine.
What both, Leningrad and Moscow region Militias ended up looking like is more in the area of the small 08/1941 TOE, so the currently ingame TOEs therefore look pretty good and could only need minor changes eventually, if any. There are just some Militias/Communist RDs which got later mobilized or last long enuff to even be remotely close getting PTRDs, so I assume this causes the PTRDs to be present already in the initial TOE.
Some Info I've found:
List of Divisions creation/disbandment/renamings
https://journals.rudn.ru/russian-history/article/view/42329/24370 wrote:In their organization, personnel, weapons, and equipment, the people's militia divisions differed significantly from the rifle divisions of the Red Army. When they were created, they were initially guided by the staffing and organization of a reduced-strength Red Army rifle division (9,424 men) introduced shortly before the start of the war12. However, most of the people's militia divisions had to be significantly reduced in the first weeks after the withdrawal from Moscow, dismissing soldiers who were unfit for health and adjusting the staffing to the available resources. To replenish them, reserve regiments were disbanded, and their personnel and equipment were used to staff the remaining regiments. There was no unified organization of the militia divisions. For example, in the 33rd Army, there were three staffing tables for five people's militia divisions (from 7,547 to 7,831 men)13. In total, as of August 10, 1941, there were 87,946 people listed in the 12 divisions of the people's militia.1
Organizationally, the people's militia division consisted of a command, to which were subordinated a headquarters, a political department, three rifle regiments, an artillery division of 45-mm guns, an artillery division of 76-mm guns, a medical battalion, and companies: motor transport, communications, sapper, and reconnaissance. A rifle regiment consisted of a headquarters, three rifle battalions, a battery of 45-mm guns, a battery of 76-mm guns, a communications company, sapper and transport platoons, and a supply point. A rifle battalion included a battalion headquarters, three rifle companies, a machine-gun company, communications, medical, supply, and 82-mm mortar platoons. 15 It should be noted that, in comparison with the organizational structure of a rifle division, many special and rear services of the people's militia divisions (communications, engineering, transport, rear, medical, food supply) were, as they say, in an "embryonic" state. Some types of combat support, such as air defense systems, were completely absent.
Moscow Militia Text 2
Moscow Militias Formation Order
For the Moscow Milita RDs it is mentioned that the AA (batl.) was missing, this is a change I could imagine would make sense.
Removing the PTRDs from the "regular" Militia TOE (so the one Leningrad RDs use) seems reasonable, none being around anymore when PTRDs pop up in 12/1941.
Divisions that exist during period when PTRDs are a thing:
2nd Communist Moscow Militia Rifle Division
3rd Communist Moscow Militia Rifle Division
4th Workers Moscow Militia Rifle Division
5th Workers Moscow Militia Rifle Division
...all others have been renamed prior.
All 4 using the "Moscow Militia" TOE.
- Guards (only starts 09/1941)
Nothing specific known.
The first four Divisions were made Guards on 18.09.1941. Ingame it starts with T12 (07.09.1941).
An idea would be to use an ameneded variant of the 600series TOE (Amended 10/1941) for this Guards TOE, it'd not be 100% historically reasoned (as in: this change wasn't influenced by Guards, nor was there any distinction between Guards and normal TOEs during this time (afaik)).
This could include either of these changes:
- 81x50mm+54x82mm Mortars changing to 72x50mm+72x82mm Mortars = +241Men
- addition of the three SMG Companies (one=9squads of 10Men per Regiment) (+27 SMG Squads) = +300Men
Latought this Squad's production only begins 10/1941, so tere'd be some leeway
....both are amendments/orders made on 12.10.1941.
Just an idea, as said not necessary or 100% history-related.
- Reduced Shtat RD TOEs [OB:2327-2352]
I don't know what exactly they are based on/intended to do, they are not used in GC41 at least.
The regular TOE (which we discussed in this Post) was "reduced" by erasing one Artillery Regiment and so on.
The "Reduced" subject only later pops up (again) in ~1943 historically as you may see further down in the Thread. Possible that there were also been some adjustments prior but nothing "official" or not in a scale worth making an whole set of TOE for?!
The Levels of this TOE's reduction I only know from ~1943+, since it requires quite a lot of "cutting" (324→108Squads).
1. removing one Squad per Platoon (4→3), happened
2. reducing the Battalions to 2 per Regiment, happened "oficially" in 12/1943 (one I know of)
3. Reducing one more echelon which ussually has 3x to 2x (happened in varying versions)
Additionally they are (except one other TOE) the only TOEs so far using the Reconnaissance Squad 41 with 11Men [10SMG, 1Carbine] which is also weird - A Squad I do not know what it is based on, but at least can good be used as Recon Squad in the Rifle Divisions from 12/1942 TOE onwards to represent the massive SMG influx.
