Battle of Moscow order of battle

The following units and commanders fought in the Battle of Moscow from October 2, 1941 to January 2, 1942.

German Army Group Centre

Field Marshal Fedor von Bock

Second Panzer Army

Colonel General Heinz Guderian
Colonel General Rudolf Schmidt

Third Panzer Army

Colonel General Georg-Hans Reinhardt

Fourth Panzer Army

Colonel General Erich Hoepner

Second Army

Colonel General Baron Maximilian von Weichs

Fourth Army

Field Marshal Günther von Kluge

Ninth Army

Colonel General Adolf Strauss

Soviet forces

Western Front

Lieutenant General Ivan Konev

Lt. Gen K Rokossovsky

16th Army

38th Rifle Division
108th Rifle Division
112th Rifle Division
127th Tank Brigade

 Lt. Gen M Lukin

19th Army

50th Rifle Division
89th Rifle Division
91st Rifle Division
166th Rifle Division
244th Rifle Division
1/10th guards mortar regiment M-13
19th guards mortar battery M-13

Lt. Gen F Ershakov

20th Army

73rd Rifle Division
129th Rifle Division
144th Rifle Division
229th Rifle Division

M Gen V Yushkevich

22nd Army

126th Rifle Division
133rd Rifle Division
174th Rifle Division
179th Rifle Division
186th Rifle Division
256th Rifle Division
16th guards mortar battery M-13

 Lt Gen I Maslennikov

29th Army

178th Rifle Division
243rd Rifle Division
246th Rifle Division
252nd Rifle Division

 M Gen V Khomenko

30th Army

162nd Rifle Division
242nd Rifle Division
250th Rifle Division
251st Rifle Division
107th Mechanized Division
30th guards mortar battery M-13

Dovator's Cavalry Group

M Gen L Dovator

40th Cavalry Division
53rd Cavalry Division

Front reserves

5th Guards Rifle Division
134th Rifle Division
214th Rifle Division
152nd Rifle Division
101st Mechanized Division
126th Tank Brigade
128th Tank Brigade
143rd Tank Brigade
147th Tank Brigade
45th Cavalry Division
2/10th guards mortar regiment M-13

Reserve Front

Marshal Semyon Budyonny

24th Army

M Gen K Rakutin

19th Rifle Division
103rd Mechanized Division
106th Mechanized Division
139th Rifle Division
160th Rifle Division
170th Rifle Division
309th Rifle Division
144th Tank Brigade
146th Tank Brigade
Other armoured formations
  • 138th Tank Battalion
  • 139th Tank Battalion
without number guards mortar battalion M-13

31st Army

M Gen V Dolmatov

5th Rifle Division
110th Rifle Division
119th Rifle Division
247th Rifle Division
249th Rifle Division
without number guards mortar battery

32nd Army

M Gen S Vishnevskiy
17th Rifle Division
18th Rifle Division
60th Rifle Division
113th Rifle Division
173rd Rifle Division

43rd Army

53rd Rifle Division
149th Rifle Division
211th Rifle Division
222nd Rifle Division
145th Tank Brigade
148th Tank Brigade
42nd guards mortar battalion M-13

49th Army

194th Rifle Division
220th Rifle Division
248th Rifle Division
303rd Rifle Division
29th Cavalry Division
31st Cavalry Division

Front Reserve

Bryansk Front

LTG Andrey Yeryomenko

3rd Army

137th Rifle Division
148th Rifle Division
269th Rifle Division
280th Rifle Division
282nd Rifle Division
4th Cavalry Division

Other units

855th Rifle Regiment, 278th Rifle Division

13th Army

6th Rifle Division
121st Rifle Division
132nd Rifle Division
143rd Rifle Division
155th Rifle Division
298th Rifle Division
307th Rifle Division
55th Cavalry Division
141st Tank Brigade

50th Army

217th Rifle Division
258th Rifle Division
260th Rifle Division
278th Rifle Division
279th Rifle Division
290th Rifle Division
299th Rifle Division
108th Tank Division

Operational Group Ermakov

2nd Guards Rifle Division
160th Rifle Division
283rd Rifle Division
21st Mountain Cavalry Division
121st Tank Brigade
150th Tank Brigade
1st guards mortar regiment M-13
6th guards mortar regiment M-8

Front Reserves

7th Guards Rifle Division
154th Rifle Division
287th Rifle Division
42nd Tank Brigade

Notes

  1. ↑ Order of battle from Mitcham (vol. 3), p. 8.
  2. ↑ Order of battle from Mitcham (vol. 3), p. 10.
  3. ↑ Order of battle from Mitcham (vol. 1), p. 89.
  4. ↑ Order of battle from Mitcham (vol. 1), p. 40.
  5. ↑ Order of battle from Mithcam (vol. 3), p. 15.
  6. ↑ Order of battle from Mitcham (vol. 1), p. 81.
  7. ↑ Order of battle from Mitcham.
  8. ↑ Order of battle from Mitcham.
  9. ↑ Order of battle from Mitcham (vol. 3), p. 12.
  10. ↑ Mitcham (vol. 3), p. 30.
  11. ↑ Order of battle from Mitcham.
  12. ↑ Order of battle from Mitcham.
  13. ↑ Order of battle from German Encyclopedi.
  14. ↑ Mitcham (vol. 2), p. 3.

Sources

Zetterling, Niklas & Frankson, Aners. "The Drive on Moscow, 1941." Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Casemate Books, 2012.

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