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Operation Barbarossa: the Complete Military Simulation
The Soviet Armed Forces from June to December 1941:
the Soviet Fully Integrated Land and Air Resource Model
1.
Overview of the Structure and Terms Used, in the Soviet Fully
Integrated Land and Air
Resource Model (FILARM)
2. The Soviet Personnel and Equipment Resource Database
(Separate Table: Soviet Weapon Database OCPCs)
(Separate Table: Soviet Weapon, Specific Combat Attributes)
1) Soviet Light Infantry Weapons
a. Machine Guns
b. Small Arms
2) Soviet Squads Equipped with Light Infantry Weapons
3) Heavy Infantry Weapons
a. Anti-Tank Rifles
b. Anti-Tank Guns (AT Guns)
c. Mortars
d. Infantry Guns
4) Artillery Weapons
a. Light Divisional Artillery (75-105mm Guns,
Howitzers, Gun-Howitzers)
b. Medium to
Heavy Divisional Artillery (122-155mm Howitzers)
c. Heavy Corps Artillery (100-152mm Guns-Cannons)
d. Super Heavy Corps Artillery (200-305mm Guns,
Howitzers and Mortars)
e. Railway and
Coastal Artillery
f. Rocket
Artillery
5) Anti-Aircraft Weapons
a. Anti Aircraft Machine Guns (AAMGs)
b. Light to Medium AA guns (20-40mm)
c. Heavy AA guns (75-105mm)
6) Tanks
a. Tankettes
b. T-60 Light
Tanks
c. T-26 Light Tanks
d. BT-2 and BT-5 Fast Tanks
e. BT-7 Fast Tanks
f. T-28 Medium Tanks
g. T-34 Medium Tanks
i. The T34 in WWII: the Legend vs. the Performance
h. T-35 Heavy Tanks
i. KV-1 Heavy Tanks
j. KV-2 Heavy Tanks
7) Armoured Cars, Reconnaissance and Observation AFVs
a. The BA-10 Armoured Cars
b. The BA-20 Armoured Cars
i. Soviet Wheeled and Semi-Tracked AFVs and ‘Deep
Battle’
8) Armoured Trains
9) Transport and Prime Movers
a. Horse Teams
b. Trucks
c. Light
Transports
d. Tractors
10) Fighter Aircraft
a. Polikarpov I-16
b. Curtiss P-40
11) Fighter Bomber Aircraft
a. Polikarpov I-153, I-15bis and I-15
b. Yakovlev Yak-1
c. Lavochkin LaGG-3
d. Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-1 and MiG-3
e. Petlyakov Pe-3bis
f. Hawker Hurricane IIB
12) Ground Attack and Close Support Aircraft
a. Ilyushin Il-2
b. Sukhoi SU-2
c. Arkangelski Ar-2
13) Bomber Aircraft
a. Tupolev SB-2
b. Ilyushin DB-3/Il-4
c. Petlyakov Pe-2
d. Tupolev TB-3
e. Petlyakov Pe-8/TB-7
f. Yakovlev Yak-2/Yak-4
14) Short Range Reconnaissance, Army Cooperation and Support Aircraft
a. Polikarpov R-5
b. Polikarpov R-Z
c. Nyeman R-10
d. Polikarpov U-2/Po-2
15) Coastal Aviation, Patrol and Anti-Ship Aircraft
a. Beriev MBR-2/Be-2
***
3. The Tables of Organisation and Equipment (TOE) for Soviet Land Combat Units from
22nd June to 31st December 1941
1) Red Army Rifle Units
a. Rifle Divisions, 5th April 1941 (Sep Diagram, TOE Soviet Rifle Division, April 1941)
b. Rifle Divisions, 29th July 1941 (Sep Diagram, TOE Soviet Rifle Division, July 1941)
c. Rifle Divisions, 6th December 1941 (Sep Diagram, TOE Soviet Rifle Division, December 1941)
d. Rifle Brigades, 22nd June 1941 (Sep Diagram, TOE Typical Rifle Brigade, June 1941)
e. Rifle Brigades, 15th October 1941 (Sep Diagram, TOE Soviet Rifle Brigade, October 1941)
f. Ski Battalions, 1941
(Sep Diagram, TOE Typical Soviet Ski Battalion, 1941)
2) Red Army Armoured, Mechanised and Motorised Units
a. A Brief History of Soviet Pre-War Mechanised Forces
b. Tank Divisions, 22nd June
1941
(Sep Diagram, TOE Soviet Tank Division, June 1941)
i. The TOE of the Soviet Tank Division vs. the German
Panzer Division, June 1941
c. Tank Divisions, 10th July 1941
d. Tank Brigades, 1941
e. Mechanised Divisions, 22nd June 1941
f. Motorised Divisions, 22nd June 1941
g. Motorcycle Regiments, June 1941
3) Red Army Cavalry Units
a. A Brief History of Soviet Pre-War Cavalry Forces
b. Cavalry Divisions 22nd June 1941
c. Mountain Cavalry Divisions, 22nd June 1941
d. Cavalry Divisions, 6th July 1941
4) Red Army Mountain Units
a. A Brief History of Soviet Pre-War Mountain Forces
b. Mountain Rifle Divisions, 22nd June 1941
5) Red Army Airborne Units
a. A Brief History of Soviet Pre-War Airborne Forces
b. Soviet Airborne Brigades, April 1941
c. Soviet Airborne Brigades, September 1941
6) Soviet Naval Ground Combat Units
a. Soviet Naval Infantry Brigades, 22nd June 1941
b. Soviet Naval Rifle Brigades, 18th October 1941
7) NKVD Combat Units
a. NKVD Border Guard Forces
i. NKVD Border Guard Detachments/Units, 22nd June 1941
ii. NKVD Border Regiments, Post 22nd June 1941
b. NKVD Internal Guard Forces
i. NKVD Rail Security Divisions and Regiments, 22nd
June 1941
ii. NKVD Security or Rifle Brigade
iii. NKVD Armoured Trains
c. NKVD Tactical Forces
i. NKVD Motorised Divisions, 1941
ii. NKVD Rifle Divisions, 1941
8) Soviet Militia Units
a. Militia Rifle Divisions, 1941
b. Moscow Militia Rifle Divisions, 1941
c. Militia Fighter Battalions
9) Red Army Corps and Army Level Units
a. Red Army Corps and Army Level Artillery Units
i. Corps Artillery Regiments
ii. RVGK Cannon and Howitzer Regiments
iii. RVGK Super Heavy Howitzer Regiments, (BM)
iv. RVGK High Power Artillery Battalions, (OM)
v. RVGK Mortar Battalions
vi. RVGK (Army) Artillery Regiments, September 1941
vii. RVGK Rocket Artillery Regiments and Battalions
b. Red Army Corps and Army Level Anti-Tank Units
i. RVGK Anti-Tank Brigades, April 1941
ii. Anti-Tank Regiments, July-November 1941
c. Red Army Corps and Army Level Anti Aircraft Units
i. Army Anti-Aircraft Battalions
d. Red Army Corps and Army Level Engineer Units
i. Engineering Regiments and Battalions, June 1941
ii. Pontoon Bridge Regiments and Battalions, June 1941
iii. Army Construction Battalions
e. Soviet Headquarter (HQ) Units
i. Rifle Corps HQs
ii. Mechanised Corps HQs
iii. Cavalry Corps HQs
iv. Airborne Corps HQs
v. Army HQs
vi. Front HQs
vii. PVO Air Defence Corps HQs
10) Soviet Strategic Defence Ground Forces
a. PVO-strany, National Air Defence Ground Units
b. Fortified Sectors or Regions
c. Coastal Artillery
11) Railroad Artillery and Armoured Trains
a. Railroad Artillery
b. Armoured Trains
12) Review of the Authorised Sizes
of Soviet Divisions and Brigades, from 22nd June to
31st December 1941
a. Pre-war Divisions and Brigades
b. Post-June 1941 divisions and brigades
***
4. The Order of Battle (OOB) of Soviet Land Combat Units on 22nd June 1941
(Separate Table, Soviet Deployment Example: Leningrad Military District on 22nd July 1941)
(Separate Table, Soviet Deployment Example: Kiev Special Military District on 22nd July 1941)
***
5. The Transfer Schedule of Soviet Land Combat Units in a Deployed (D) State, Transferred
to the USSR’s Western Fronts in 1941
1) The Siberian Divisions
***
6. The Actual Strength of all Soviet Land Combat Units in a Deployed (D) State on
22nd June 1941
1) Review of the Overall Strengths
of Selected Red Army Units and PVO forces on
22nd June 1941
a. The Rifle Divisions
b. The Mechanised Corps (Separate Table, Mech Corps Strengths,22nd June 1941)
c. The AT Brigades
d. The Fortified Sectors
e. The PVO Ground Forces
2) Leningrad Military District (Northern Front from 24th June 1941)
a. Rifle Divisions
(Separate Table, RD Strengths, Leningrad MD, 22nd June 1941)
b. 1st Mechanised Corps (Separate Table, 1st Mech Cps Strength, 22nd June 1941)
c. 10th Mechanised Corps (Separate Table, 10th Mech Cps Strength, 22nd June 1941)
d. The Hango Peninsula Garrison (Separate Table, Hango Garrison, 22nd June 1941)
e. Leningrad Military District, Front, Army and Corps
Support Units
(Separate Table, Leningrad MD Support Units Strengths 1, 22nd June 1941)
(Separate Table, Leningrad MD Support Units Strengths 2, 22nd June 1941)
f. Total
Manpower and Equipment in the Leningrad Military District, 22nd June
1941
(Separate Table, Leningrad MD Total Strength, 22nd June 1941)
3) Baltic Special Military District (Northwestern
Front from 22nd June 1941)
a. Rifle Divisions
b. NKVD Rifle Divisions
c. 5th Airborne Corps
d. 3rd Mechanised Corps
e. 12th Mechanised Corps
f. Garrisons on the Islands of Oesel (Saaremaa) and
Dago (Hiiumaa)
g. Baltic
Special Military District, Front, Army and Corps Support Units
h. Total Manpower and Equipment in the Baltic Special
Military District, 22nd June 1941
4) Western Special Military District (Western Front from 22nd June 1941)
a. Rifle Divisions
b. 4th Airborne Corps
c. 6th Cavalry Corps
d. 6th Mechanised Corps
e. 11th Mechanised Corps
f. 13th Mechanised Corps
g. 14th Mechanised Corps
h. 17th Mechanised Corps
i. 20th Mechanised Corps
j. Western Special Military District, Front, Army and
Corps Support Units
k. Total
Manpower and Equipment in the Western Special Military District, 22nd
June 1941
5) Kiev Special Military District (Southwestern Front
from 22nd June 1941)
a. Rifle
Divisions
b. Mountain Rifle Divisions
c. 1st Airborne Corps
d. 5th Cavalry Corps
e. 4th Mechanised Corps
f. 8th Mechanised Corps
g. 9th Mechanised Corps
h. 15th Mechanised Corps
i. 16th Mechanised Corps
j. 19th Mechanised Corps
k. 22nd Mechanised Corps
l. 24th Mechanised Corps
m. Kiev Special Military District, Front, Army and
Corps Support Units
n. Total
Manpower and Equipment in the Kiev Special Military District, 22nd June
1941
6) Odessa Military District (Including the 9th Separate Army)
a. Rifle Divisions
b. Mountain Rifle Divisions
c. 3rd Airborne Corps
d. Cavalry Divisions
e. 2nd Mechanised Corps
f. 18th Mechanised Corps
g. Odessa Military District, Front, Army and Corps
Support Units
h. Total
Manpower and Equipment in the Odessa Military District, 22nd June 1941
7) Reserves of the Stavka GK (Headquarters of the Main Command)
a. The 16th Army
i. Rifle Divisions
ii. 5th Mechanised Corps and the Lepel Offensive
Operation
iii. Total Manpower and Equipment
in the 16th Army, 22nd June 1941
b. The 19th Army
i. Rifle Divisions
ii. 26th Mechanised Corps
iii. Total Manpower and Equipment in the 19th Army,
22nd June 1941
a. The 20th Army
i. Rifle Divisions
ii. 7th Mechanised Corps
iii. Total Manpower and Equipment in the 20th Army,
22nd June 1941
a. The 21st Army
i. Rifle Divisions
ii. 25th Mechanised Corps
iii. Total Manpower and Equipment in the 21st Army,
22nd June 1941
a. The 22nd Army
i. Rifle Divisions
ii. Total Manpower and Equipment in the 22nd Army,
22nd June 1941
a. The 24th Army
i. Rifle Divisions
ii. Total Manpower and Equipment in the 24th Army,
22nd June 1941
a. Separate
Stavka Reserves
i. Rifle
Divisions
ii. 21st Mechanised Corps
iii. Total Manpower and Equipment in the Separate
Stavka Reserves, 22nd June 1941
a. Total Manpower and Equipment in the Reserves of
the STAVKA GK, 22nd June 1941
8) Internal Military Districts and Non-Active Fronts
9) The Moscow Military District
a. Rifle Divisions
b. Moscow Military District, Front, Army and Corps
Support Units
c. Total
Manpower and Equipment in the Moscow Military District, 22nd June 1941
10) The Orel Military District
a. Rifle Divisions
b. 23rd Mechanised Corps
c. Orel Military District, Front, Army and Corps
Support Units
d. Total
Manpower and Equipment in the Orel Military District, 22nd June 1941
11) The Kharkov Military District
a. Rifle Divisions
b. 2nd Airborne Corps
c. Kharkov Military District, Front, Army and Corps
Support Units
d. Total
Manpower and Equipment in the Kharkov Military District, 22nd June 1941
12) The Volga Military District
a. Volga Military District, Front, Army and Corps
Support Units
b. Total
Manpower and Equipment in the Volga Military District, 22nd June 1941
13) The North Caucasus Military District
a. Rifle Divisions
b. Mountain Rifle Divisions
c. North Caucasus Military District, Front, Army and
Corps Support Units
d. Total
Manpower and Equipment in the North Caucasus Military District, 22nd
June 1941
14) The Transcaucasus Military District
a. Rifle Divisions
b. Mountain Rifle Divisions
c. Cavalry and Mountain Cavalry Divisions
d. 28th Mechanised Corps
e. Transcaucasus Military District, Front, Army and
Corps Support Units
f. Total
Manpower and Equipment in the Transcaucasus Military District, 22nd
June 1941
15) The Archangel’sk Military District
a. Rifle Divisions
b. Archangel’sk Military District, Front, Army and
Corps Support Units
c. Total
Manpower and Equipment in the Archangel’sk Military District, 22nd June
1941
16) The Urals, Siberia, Central Asia and Transbaikal Military Districts
a. Rifle Divisions
b. Motorised Rifle Divisions
c. Mountain Rifle Divisions
d. 4th Cavalry Corps
e. 27th Mechanised Corps
f. Separate Tank and Mechanised Divisions
g. The Urals, Siberia, Central Asia and Transbaikal
Military District, Front, Army and
Corps Support Units
h. Total Manpower and Equipment in the Urals,
Siberia, Central Asia and Transbaikal
Military Districts, 22nd June 1941
17) The Far Eastern Front
a. Rifle Divisions
b. Mountain Rifle Divisions
c. Cavalry Divisions
d. Rifle Brigades
e. Airborne Brigades
f. 30th Mechanised Corps
g. Separate Tank and Mechanised Divisions
h. The Far Eastern Front, Front, Army and Corps
Support Units
i. Total
Manpower and Equipment in the Far Eastern Front, 22nd June 1941
***
18) The Soviet Tank Deployment Matrix
a. The Deployment and Composition of Red Army and
NKVD Armoured Forces on
22nd
June 1941
b. The Importance of Soviet Tank Deployment in June
1941
c. A Comparison of the Numbers of
Available Soviet and Wehrmacht AFVs during
June - July
1941
d. Soviet Tank Deployment and the Possible Intent of
Stalin in 1941-1942
i. Evidence for
the First Hypothesis: Invasion of Rumania and Hungary
ii. Evidence for the Second Hypothesis: Western
Military District Screen Defence
iii. Evidence for the Third Hypothesis: Echeloned
Defences and Counter-Attack
iv. Some
Observations on the ‘Lutsk-Rovno-Dubno-Lvov’ Border Battle
v. Conclusion regarding the Possible Intent of Stalin
in 1941-1942
***
19) Total Personnel and Equipment in the Soviet Army,
NKVD, Air Force, PVO and
Navy on 22nd June 1941
a. Review of the Total Personnel and Equipment in the
Armed Forces of the USSR on
22nd June 1941
i. Overall Review of Available Equipment, Other than
Tanks and Aircraft
ii. Review of
Available Motor Vehicles and Other Transport Types
iii. Review of Available Artillery Pieces and Mortars
iv. Review of Available Total Personnel
20) Total Personnel and Equipment
Allocated to Combat Units and in a Deployed (D) state in
the
Soviet Army, NKVD, Air Force Ground Units, PVO Ground Units and Naval
Ground
Units on 22nd June 1941
a. Rear Area Transport Available for Supply
Distribution on 22nd June 1941
21) The Proportion of Total
Available Resources, which were in a Deployed (D) State in the USSR on
22nd June 1941
***
7. Soviet Mobilisation After 22nd June 1941: the Actual Strength of all Soviet Land Combat
Units Mobilised from 22nd June to 31st December 1941
1) The use of the Homogeneous
Model to Study Soviet Ground Force Mobilisation after the
22nd June 1941
2) Definition of Deployed (D),
Mobilised and Deployed (MD), and Mobilised and Not Deployed
(MND) in the Soviet FILARM Model
3) The MD and MND Matrices
a. The Structure of the MD and MND Matrices
i. FILARM Classification
ii. Combat Unit Designation
iii. Start Formation Date
iv. Formation Region
v. Primary Source of Personnel and Equipment
vi. Amount of Reserves Used
vii. Start Strength when Deployed (D)
viii. Completed Formation Date
ix. Deployment (D) Date
x. Where Deployed (D)
xi. Comments
xii. The Total
Number of Combat Units Mobilised and Deployed (MD), and the
Total Amount of Reserves
Used by MD Units
xiii. The Total
Number of Combat Units Mobilised and Not Deployed (MND), and the
Total Amount of
Reserves Used by MND Units
xiv. The Total
Number of Combat Units Mobilised and the Total Amount of Reserves
Used by All Mobilised
Combat Units
xv. The Total
Number of Combat Units Mobilised With a Specific TOE, and the
Total Amount of Reserves
Used by Mobilised Units which Used this TOE
b. Resources Used by Mobilised Combat Units with a
Specific TOE
i. Reserve
Personnel Allocated to MD Combat Units by Month
ii. Reserve Personnel Allocated to MD Combat Units by
Month, Excluding Forces Remaining
in the Transcaucasus in 1941
4) Red Army and Soviet Militia Rifle Units Mobilised
from 22nd June to 31st December 1941
a. Rifle Divisions Mobilised from 22nd June to 31st
December 1941
(Separate Table, Soviet Rifle Divisions Mobilised from June to December 1941)
(Separate Table, Resources Used by Newly Mobilised Soviet Rifle Divisions from June to December 1941)
b. Militia
Rifle Divisions Mobilised from 22nd June to 31st December 1941
c. Rifle Brigades Mobilised from 22nd June to 31st
December 1941
d. Ski Units
Mobilised from 22nd June to 31st December 1941
e. Militia Fighter Battalions Mobilised from 22nd
June to 31st December 1941
5) Soviet Armoured, Mechanised and
Motorised Units Mobilised from 22nd June to
31st December 1941
a. Tank Divisions Mobilised from 22nd June to 31st
December 1941
b. Tank
Brigades Mobilised from 22nd June to 31st December 1941
c. Mechanised Divisions Mobilised from 22nd June to
31st December 1941
6) Red Army Cavalry Units Mobilised from 22nd June to 31st December 1941
a. Cavalry Divisions Mobilised from 22nd June to 31st
December 1941
b. Mountain
Cavalry Divisions Mobilised from 22nd June to 31st December 1941
c. Cavalry Corps HQs Mobilised from 22nd June to 31st
December 1941
7) Red Army Mountain Units Mobilised from 22nd June
to 31st December 1941
a. Mountain
Divisions Mobilised from 22nd June to 31st December 1941
8) Red Army Airborne Units
Mobilised from 22nd June to 31st December 1941
a. Airborne Brigades Mobilised from 22nd June to 31st
December 1941
b. Airborne
Corps HQs Mobilised from 22nd June to 31st December 1941
9) Soviet Naval Ground Units
Mobilised from 22nd June to 31st December 1941
a. Naval Infantry Brigades Mobilised from 22nd June
to 31st December 1941
b. Naval Rifle
Brigades Mobilised from 22nd June to 31st December 1941
10) NKVD Combat Units Mobilised from 22nd June to 31st December 1941
a. NKVD Motorised divisions Mobilised from 22nd June
to 31st December 1941
b. NKVD Rifle
Divisions Mobilised from 22nd June to 31st December 1941
c. NKVD Border Regiments Mobilised from 22nd June to
31st December 1941
d. NKVD
Security or Rifle Brigades Mobilised from 22nd June to 31st December
1941
11) Red Army Corps and Army Level Units Mobilised
from 22nd June to 31st December 1941
a. RVGK (Army) Artillery Regiments Mobilised from
22nd June to 31st December 1941
b. RVGK Mortar Battalions Mobilised from 22nd June to
31st December 1941
c. RVGK Rocket
Artillery Regiments and Battalions Mobilised from 22nd June to
31st
December 1941
d. Anti-Tank
(AT) Regiments Mobilised from 22nd June to 31st December 1941
e. Anti-Aircraft (AA) Battalions Mobilised from 22nd
June to 31st December 1941
f. RVGK
Engineer and Construction Battalions Mobilised from 22nd June to 31st
December 1941
g. Armoured
Trains Mobilised from 22nd June to 31st December 1941
h. Soviet Army and Front HQs Mobilised from 22nd June
to 31st December 1941
i. Army HQs
Mobilised from 22nd June to 31st December 1941
ii. Front HQs Mobilised from 22nd June to 31st
December 1941
12) Soviet Ground Forces Mobilised in the Far East
from 22nd June to 31st December 1941
13) The Soviet Tank MD and MND Matrix
14) The Total Resources Allocated
to Newly Mobilised Units from 22nd June to
31st December 1941
a. Rear Area Transport Available for Supply
Distribution from 22nd June to 31st December 1941
15) The Total Resources in the
USSR that were Available for Use by Newly Mobilised Units
from 22nd June to 31st December 1941
a. Total Available Resources in the USSR Unallocated
to Deployed (D) Units on the
22nd June 1941
b. New Resources Produced and Received in the USSR
from 22nd June to 31st December 1941
16) Resources Unallocated to any Deployed (D), MD or MND Units in 1941
17) The Proportion of Total
Available Resources Allocated to Deployed (D) and
Newly Mobilised Units in 1941
a. Conclusions in Regard to the Weaknesses,
Bottlenecks and Constraints on the
Soviet
Mobilisation Process in 1941
i. Rear Area Support Unit
ii. Transport
iii. Machine Guns (MGs)
iv. Mortars
v. Anti-Tank
(AT) and Divisional Field Guns
vi. Medium to
Heavy artillery
vii. Tanks
viii. Anti-Aircraft (AA) Weapons
18) The Resource Replacements (R)
Available to the Red Army, NKVD, PVO and
Soviet
Militia from 22nd June to 31st December 1941
a. Small Arms Used by all Combat Units in the USSR in
1941, including Replacements (R)
b. Personnel Used by all Types of Replacements (R)
c. The Timing of Replacements (R) in the Period June
to December 1941
***
8. The Soviet Air Forces in 1941
1) The structure of Soviet Air forces (VVS): June to December 1941
a. The VVS Overall Command Structure
b. The Structure of the VVS KA Aviation Divisions:
June 1941
c. The Structure of the VVS VMF
Aviation Brigades: June 1941
d. The
Structure of the VVS Aviation Divisions: July to December 1941
2) The Order of Battle and Actual
Strength of all Soviet Air Combat Units in a
Deployed (D) State on 22nd June 1941
a. Aircraft Serviceability and Numbers of Operational
Aircraft
b. VVS-Leningrad Military District
(Northern Front from 24th June 1941)
(Separate Table, VVS KA (Red Army) Deployment, Leningrad Military District, 22nd June 1941)
(Separate Table, VVS VMS (Naval) Deployment, Leningrad Military District, 22nd June 1941)
c. VVS-Baltic Special Military District (Northwestern
Front from 22nd June 1941)
d. VVS-Western
Special Military District (Western Front from 22nd June 1941)
e. VVS-Kiev Special Military District (Southwestern
Front from 22nd June 1941)
f. VVS-Odessa
Military District, Including 9th Separate Army (Southern Front)
g. VVS-Long Range Bomber Aviation (DBA)
h. VVS Forces in the Internal Military Districts
i. VVS-Far Eastern Front
3) The Soviet Aircraft Deployment Matrix
a. The Composition of the Soviet VVS KA, VVS VMF and
PVO Air Forces on the 22nd June 1941
b. Numbers and Deployment of Modern Aircraft in the
VVS on 22nd June 1941
i. Fighters
ii. Ground Support-Ground Attack Aircraft
iii. Bombers
c. Soviet
Aircraft Deployment and the Possible Intent of Stalin in 1941-1942
i. Evidence for the First Hypothesis: Invasion of
Rumania and Hungary
ii. Evidence
for the Second Hypothesis: Western Military District Screen Defence
iii. Evidence for the Third Hypothesis: Echeloned
Defences and Counter-Attack
4) Soviet Air Combat Unit Reinforcements: June 1941 to January 1942
a. The Transfer of Deployed (D) Air Combat Units to
the USSR’s Western Fronts: June to
December 1941
b. Newly Mobilised VVS KA, VVS VMF and PVO Air Combat
Units: June 1941 to January 1942
5) Overall Soviet Combat Aircraft
Usage, Production and Replacements (R): 22nd June to
31st December 1941
a. Review of the VVS Aircraft Losses in 1941
***
9. The Supply Distribution Efficiency (SDE) for the Soviet Armed Forces from 22nd June to
31st December 1941
1) SDE for all Deployed (D) Land Combat Units on 22nd June 1941
2) SDE for all Deployed (D) Land
Combat Units in the Western Military Districts on
22nd June 1941
3) SDE for all MD and MND Land
Combat Units from 22nd June to 31st December 1941
4) SDE for all Deployed (D), MD
and MND Land Combat Units from 22nd June to
31st December 1941
5) Inclusion of the Soviet Air Forces (VVS) in the SDE Calculation
6) Parameters Relating
Specifically to the Calculation of Soviet SDE in 1941
a. Specific Weapon System or Squad Supply Demand
Factors (SDFs)
b. The Soviet
Soldiers Apparent Ability to ‘Live Off the Land’
c. Proportion of Available Rear Area Trucks, Tractors
and Light Transports Allocated to
Rear Area SDE functions
i. Proportion Available on the 22nd June 1941
ii. Proportion Available from the 22nd June to 31st
December 1941
d. Average Lift
Capacity of Soviet Motorised Vehicles and Horse Teams: Measured in
Metric Ton Kilometres per Day
i. Average Transport Load Capacity (L)
ii. Average Distance Moved Per Day (D)
iii. Comparison of Average Soviet and German Lift
Capacity (L*D)
7) Conclusions Relating to the Soviet Armed Force’s SDE in 1941
***
10.
A Review of the Numbers and Strengths of Soviet Land Combat Units
Mobilised from
June to December 1941
1) The Number of Soviet Land
Combat Units Mobilised and Deployed (MD) in 1941
2) The Authorised Strength (TOE)
of Soviet Land Combat Units Mobilised in 1941
3) The Actual Strength of Soviet Land Combat Units Mobilised in 1941
4) The Number of Soviet Land
Combat Units Mobilised in 1941, Including Divisional Equivalents
Resulting from Replacements (R)
5) Soviet Combat Units Mobilised
in the Moscow-Tula-Kalinin-Gorki Area in 1941
6) Soviet Losses in 1941, Measured in Terms of Divisional Equivalents
7) Comments and Conclusions Regarding
the Soviet Mobilisation and War Philosophy
***
11. Soviet Naval Forces: June to December 1941
***
Refer to The Belligerent's Forces: Soviet Forces June-July 1941 for more information on Soviet forces.
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