Volume IIIB – The Soviet Forces, Mobilisation and War Economy: June to December 1941 (Part II).

Operation Barbarossa: the Complete Organisational and Statistical Analysis, and Military Simulation Volume IIIB

The Soviet Armed Forces, Mobilisation and War Economy
from June to December 1941

Table of Contents

Introduction
1. The Actual Strength of all Soviet Land Combat Units in a Deployed (D) State
on 22nd June 1941
1) Reserves of the Stavka GK (Headquarters of the Main Command)
a. The 16th Army
i. Rifle Divisions
ii. 5th Mechanised Corps
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
c. The 20th Army
i. Rifle Divisions
ii. 7th Mechanised Corps
iii. The Lepel Offensive Operation
iv. Total Manpower and Equipment in the 20th Army, 22nd June 1941
d. The 21st Army
i. Rifle Divisions
ii. 25th Mechanised Corps
iii. Total Manpower and Equipment in the 21st Army, 22nd June 1941
e. The 22nd Army
i. Rifle Divisions
ii. Total Manpower and Equipment in the 22nd Army, 22nd June 1941
f. The 24th Army
i. Rifle Divisions
ii. Total Manpower and Equipment in the 24th Army, 22nd June 1941
g. Separate Stavka Reserves
i. Rifle Divisions
ii. 21st Mechanised Corps
iii. Total Manpower and Equipment in the Separate Stavka Reserves, 22nd June 1941
h. Total Manpower and Equipment in the Reserves of the Stavka GK, 22nd June 1941
2) Internal Military Districts and Non-Active Front
3) The Moscow Military District
a. Rifle Divisions
b. NKVD Ground Forces in the Moscow Military District
c. Moscow Military District, Front, Army and Corps Support Units
d. Total Manpower and Equipment in the Moscow Military District, 22nd June 1941
4) The Orel Military District
a. Rifle Divisions
b. 23rd Mechanised Corps
c. NKVD Ground Forces in the Orel Military District
d. Orel Military District, Front, Army and Corps Support Units
e. Total Manpower and Equipment in the Orel Military District, 22nd June 1941
5) The Kharkov Military District
a. Rifle Divisions
b. 2nd Airborne Corps
c. NKVD Ground Forces in the Kharkov Military District
d. Kharkov Military District, Front, Army and Corps Support Units
e. Total Manpower and Equipment in the Kharkov Military District, 22nd June 1941
6) The Volga Military District
a. NKVD Ground Forces in the Volga Military District
b. Volga Military District, Front, Army and Corps Support Units
c. Total Manpower and Equipment in the Volga Military District, 22nd June 1941
7) The North Caucasus Military District
a. Rifle Divisions
b. Mountain Rifle Divisions
c. NKVD Ground Forces in the North Caucasus Military District
d. North Caucasus Military District, Front, Army and Corps Support Units
e. Total Manpower and Equipment in the North Caucasus Military District, 22nd June 1941
8) The Transcaucasus Military District
a. Rifle Divisions
b. Mountain Rifle Divisions
c. Cavalry and Mountain Cavalry Divisions
d. 28th Mechanised Corps
e. NKVD Ground Forces in the Transcaucasus Military District
f. Transcaucasus Military District, Front, Army and Corps Support Units
g. Total Manpower and Equipment in the Transcaucasus Military District, 22nd June 1941
9) The Archangel’sk Military District
a. Rifle Divisions
b. NKVD Ground Forces in the Archangel’sk Military District
c. Archangel’sk Military District, Front, Army and Corps Support Units
d. Total Manpower and Equipment in the Archangel’sk Military District, 22nd June 1941
10) The Urals Military District
a. NKVD Ground Forces in the Urals Military District
b. Urals Military District, Front, Army and Corps Support Units
c. Total Manpower and Equipment in the Urals Military District, 22nd June 1941
11) The Siberia Military District
a. NKVD Ground Forces in the Siberia Military District
b. Siberia Military District, Front, Army and Corps Support Units
c. Total Manpower and Equipment in the Siberia Military District, 22nd June 1941
12) The Central Asia Military District
a. Rifle Divisions
b. Mountain Rifle Divisions
c. 4th Cavalry Corps
d. 27th Mechanised Corps
e. NKVD Ground Forces in the Central Asia Military District
f. Central Asia Military District, Front, Army and Corps Support Units
g. Total Manpower and Equipment in the Central Asia Military District, 22nd June 1941
13) The Transbaikal Military District
a. Rifle Divisions
b. Motorised Rifle Divisions
c. Separate Tank and Mechanised Divisions
d. NKVD Ground Forces in the Transbaikal Military District
e. Transbaikal Military District, Front, Army and Corps Support Units
f. Total Manpower and Equipment in the Transbaikal Military District, 22nd June 1941
14) The Far Eastern Front
a. Rifle Divisions
i. The 32nd Rifle Division at Borodino- Mozhaisk in October 1941
b. Mountain Rifle Divisions
c. Cavalry Divisions
d. Rifle Brigades
e. Airborne Brigades
f. 30th Mechanised Corps
g. Separate Tank and Mechanised Divisions
h. NKVD Ground Forces in the Far Eastern Front
i. The Far Eastern Front, Front, Army and Corps Support Units
j. Total Manpower and Equipment in the Far Eastern Front, 22nd June 1941
15) 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 and the Stavka 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. Conclusions regarding the Possible Intent of Stalin and the Stavka in 1941-1942
16) 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
17) 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
18) The Proportion of Total Available Resources which were in a Deployed (D) State
in the USSR on 22nd June 1941

2. 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 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. Combat Unit Designation
ii. Regimental Designations within the Unit if it was a Divisional Sized Unit
iii. Start Formation Date
iv. Formation Region
v. Primary Source of Resources
vi. Amount of Reserves Used
vii. Start Strength when Deployed (D)
viii. Completed Formation Date
ix. Assigned Date (Deployment (D) Date)
x. Where assigned (where Deployed (D))
xi. Destroyed in 1941
xii. Comments
xiii. The Total Number of Combat Units Mobilised and Deployed (MD), and the
Total Amount of Reserves Used by MD Units
xiv. The Total Number of Combat Units Mobilised and Not Deployed (MND), and the
Total Amount of Reserves Used by MND Units
b. Resources Used by Mobilised Combat Units with a Specific TOE
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
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
d. Separate Tank Battalions 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 and Separate Regiments 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 ‘Combat Capable’ Security Units Mobilised from 22nd June to 31st December 1941
i. NKVD Rail Security Regiments and Battalions Mobilised from 22nd June to 31st December 1941
ii. NKVD Industry Guard and Special Installation Security Regiments and Battalions Mobilised
from 22nd June to 31st December 1941
iii. NKVD Convoy Escort Regiments and Battalions Mobilised from 22nd June to 31st December 1941
iv. NKVD Separate Cavalry Regiments 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 Artillery Regiments and Battalions Mobilised from 22nd June to 31st December 1941
i. RVGK (Army) Artillery Regiments and Battalions Mobilised from 22nd June to 31st December 1941
ii. RVGK (Army) Howitzer Regiments Mobilised from 22nd June to 31st December 1941
iii. RVGK Cannon Artillery Regiments Mobilised from 22nd June to 31st December 1941
iv. RVGK High Power Artillery Battalions Mobilised from 22nd June to 31st December 1941
v. Separate Naval Batteries (and Battalions) Mobilised from 22nd June to 31st December 1941
b. RVGK Mortar Battalions (and Brigades) 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 (Artillery) Regiments Mobilised from 22nd June to 31st December 1941
e. Anti-Aircraft (AA) Battalions Mobilised from 22nd June to 31st December 1941
f. Engineer and Construction Formations Mobilised from 22nd June to 31st December 1941
i. RVGK Engineer and Army Construction Battalions Mobilised from 22nd June to 31st Dec. 1941
ii. Soviet Construction (Sapper) Armies 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
iii. Front HQ Security Regiments Mobilised from 22nd June to 31st December 1941
12) Soviet Ground Forces Mobilised in the Far East from 22nd June to
31st December 1941
a. The Japanese Threat: Operational Plans Hachi-Go and Kantokuen
b. The Soviet Force Changes in the Far East during 1941
13) The Soviet Tank MD and MND Matrix
a. Tank Usage in the USSR’s Far Eastern Forces
b. Tanks Initially Assigned to MD and MND Combat Units when they were Deployed
c. Tank Replacements (R) to Existing Combat Units
d. Soviets Tanks Assigned to an Active Front or Army HQ in the West from 22nd June to
31st December 1941
14) The Total Resources Allocated to Newly Mobilised Combat 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
22nd June 1941
b. New Resources Produced and Received in the USSR from 22nd June to
31st December 1941
i. Conscripted Personnel
ii. New Weapons and Equipment Received
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 Services and Rear Area Support Units
ii. Transport
iii. Machine Guns (LMGs and MMGs)
iv. Mortars
v. Anti-Tank (AT) and Divisional Field Guns
vi. Medium to Heavy artillery
vii. Tanks and Tankettes
viii. Anti-Aircraft (AA) Weapons
18) The Resource Replacements (R) Available to the Soviet Army, NKVD, Air Force
Ground Units, PVO Ground Units, Naval Ground Units and Militia from
22nd June to 31st December 1941
a. Small Arms Used by all Ground 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

3. The Soviet Air Forces in 1941
1) The Structure of the Soviet Air Forces: June to December 1941
a. The VVS and PVO Overall Command Structure
b. The Structure of the VVS KA and PVO 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 1st June 1941
a. Aircraft Serviceability and Numbers of Operational Aircraft
b. VVS-Leningrad Military District (Northern Front from 24th 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)
h. VVS Forces in the Internal Military Districts
i. VVS-Far Eastern Front
3) The Soviet Aircraft Deployment Matrix
a. The Composition and Strength of the VVS and PVO Air Forces on 1st June 1941
i. Trained Combat Aircrews Available to the VVS and PVO Air Forces on 1st June 1941
b. Numbers and Deployment of Modern Aircraft in the VVS and PVO on 1st June 1941,
and Comparison to the Luftwaffe’s Invasion Forces
i. Fighters
ii. Ground Support – Ground Attack Aircraft
iii. Bombers
iv. Conclusions Regarding the Availability of Modern Combat Aircraft in the VVS and PVO during 1941
c. Soviet Aircraft Deployment and the Possible Intent of Stalin and the Stavka 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, Replacements (R) and Losses:
22nd June to 31st December 1941
a. Review of the VVS and PVO Aircraft Losses in 1941

4. The Relative Supply Distribution Efficiency (SDE) for the Soviet
Armed Forces from 22nd June to 31st December 1941
1) The SDE for all Deployed (D) Land Combat Units on 22nd June 1941
2) The SDE for all Deployed (D) Land Combat Units in the Western Special Military
Districts on 22nd June 1941
3) The SDE for all MD and MND Land Combat Units from 22nd June to
31st December 1941
4) The SDE for all Deployed (D), MD and MND Land Combat Units from 22nd June to
31st December 1941
5) Inclusion of the Soviet Air Force’s (VVS and PVO) Air Combat Units in the
SDE Calculation
6) Parameters Relating Specifically to the Calculation of the 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 (Prime Movers) and
Light Transports Allocated to Rear Area SDE functions
i. Proportion Available on 22nd June 1941
ii. Proportion Available from 22nd June to 31st December 1941
d. Average Lift Capacity of the Soviet’s 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 and German Armed Forces’ SDEs in 1941

5. 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 and German Divisional Equivalent Combat Units Mobilised
in 1941 in the Form of Replacements (R)
5) Soviet Combat Units Mobilised in the Moscow – Tula – Kalinin Area in 1941

6. Soviet Naval Forces; June to December 1941
1) VMF High Level Operational Commands: June 1941
2) The Red Banner Baltic Fleet
a. The Deployment and Actual Strength of Soviet Naval Units in the Baltic: June 1941
b. A Summary of Soviet Naval Operations and Naval Losses in the Baltic:
June to December 1941
3) The Black Sea Fleet
a. The Deployment and Actual Strength of Soviet Naval Units in the Black Sea: June 1941
b. A Summary of Soviet Naval Operations and Naval Losses in the Black Sea:
June to December 1941
4) The Northern Fleet
a. The Deployment and Actual Strength of Soviet Naval Units in the Arctic Region: June 1941
b. A Summary of Soviet Naval Operations and Naval Losses in the Arctic Region:
June to December 1941
5) The Pacific Fleet
a. The Deployment and Actual Strength of Soviet Naval Units in the Pacific: June 1941
b. A Summary of Soviet Naval Operations and Naval Losses in the Pacific Region:
June to December 1941
6) Separate Inland Waterway Flotillas
7) Soviet Naval Vessel Reinforcements: 23rd June to 21st December 1941

7. Soviet Armed Forces Casualties During WWII, Particularly the Period
June 1941 to March 1942
1) Current Official Russian Figures for Soviet casualties in the Great Patriotic War
a. Irrecoverable and Recoverable Losses
b. Some of the Data Inconsistencies and Contradictions Relating to Krivosheev’s Low
1941 Loss Estimates
c. Soviet Weapon and Equipment Losses During WWII, and Possible Correlation with
Human Losses
2) Soviet Prisoners of War (POWs); the Inconvenient Truth
a. Soviet – Russian Sources
b. German Sources
3) Losses in Soviet Strategic Level Operations in 1941: The Krivosheev Figures and
the Actual Losses
a. The Baltic Strategic Defensive Operation
b. The Byelorussian Strategic Defensive Operation
c. The Battle of Smolensk
i. German Historiography used for the Battle of Smolensk
ii. Hitler’s Directive Number 33
iii. Russian Historiography used for the Battle of Smolensk
iv. Estimate of the Soviet Personnel Committed to the Battle of Smolensk
d. The Kiev Strategic Defensive Operation
e. The Moscow Strategic Defensive Operation
f. Revised Soviet 1941 Major Operation Casualty Figures, and Correlation with
Overall Soviet 1941 Casualties
4) Actual Soviet Armed Forces Irrecoverable Losses Based on the TsAMO RF
Individual Files
5) Revised Estimate of the Soviet Armed Forces Losses in the Soviet – German War,
1941 – 1945
6) The Soviet Civilian and Demographic Losses in WWII
7) Soviet Military Losses in 1941, Measured in Terms of Divisional Equivalents
8) Comments and Conclusions Regarding the Soviet Mobilisation and War Philosophy

Appendix A
Table of Contents, Volume IIIA: The Soviet Armed Forces, Mobilisation and
War Economy from June to December 1941

Selected Bibliography

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