Soviet Engineering

[Jeff Leach]

I came across an interesting passage in the war diary of the 9th Army for 6th July 1941. Unfortunately I was uncertain about a lot of the terms

1.) ПТ рвов - AT ditch

2.) эскарпов - breastwork

3.) Построено проволочной сети в три кола - wire obstacle with three wires

3.) три парома из лодок А-З (А-3?) - three ferries built with A-Z (A-3?) boats

4.) ... в верхней части его строение приспособйен настил для движения войск и машин ... - (this was interesting) the Soviet build a roadbed on a railroad bridge to make it easier for troops and vehicles to cross

5.) мост на 16-тонн из парка Н2П - 16-ton bridge built with N2P

6.) паром на 20 тонн и наплавной мост из бочек под груз 5 тонн - 5-ton ferry build on 20-ton barrels

7.) мост из парка МДПА-З (МДПА-3?) под грузы в 9-тонн - 9-ton bridge built with MDPA-Z (MDPA-3?)

8.) паром на 300 и 150 тонн . 150-ton and 300-ton ferries (river barges?)

9.) паромы из парков Н2П и НЛП - ferry built with N2P and NLP

Any good links to (or books on) Soviet military engineering in WWII?

[GregSingh]

A-3 boats were just rubber pontoons

НЛП = Наплавной лёгкий парк (on light folding boats - 450kg)

Н2П = тяжёлый понтонный парк (on two kinds of heavier boats)

[Paul_Atreides]

Any good links to (or books on) Soviet military engineering in WWII?

http://militera.lib.ru/h/engineers/index.html

[Der Alte Fritz]

A reasonable English language source can be found here:

http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/dodmilint ... CoverPages

http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/dodmilint ... CoverPages

[Jeff Leach]

Thanks for the input. Your replies led me to

Наставление по инженерному делу для пехоты РККА (Инж-П-39)

and

Военно-инженерная техника

must be pretty close to what manuals the RKKA used.

A reasonable English language source can be found here:

http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/dodmilint ... CoverPages

http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/dodmilint ... CoverPages

These two books might be a little better on the actual bridging equipment used by the Soviet Army during the war.

EDIT: seems there is a third book to consult КРАТКИЙ СПРАВОЧНИК ПО ВОЕННО-ИНЖЕНЕРНОМУ ДЕЛУ

[georgica]

One of Soviet Engineering that contributed on pushing germans and it's allies back was ? can you guess ? You got it! : VODKA.
Has been used in war I and War II . O yeah,, gave them a lot of courage to get out of trances shouting and fight in many instances without backup and also the drink belived to keep body warm too.
Big role played the fat food for bust energy. Very easy to please. Drinking vodka bonded soldiers and raised morals as Officers and soldiers commonly shared same bottle.
Soviet Army recruited Young Women and quickly advanced'em in high ranks. They were tough than man. It was very common to see them in front of the regiment giving orders...

[Paul_Atreides]

There is another books

http://rufort.info/library/gerbanovski3/index.html

http://rufort.info/lib/ushakov-d-voenno ... delo-1939/

http://militera.lib.ru/enc/gerbanovsky_se01/index.html

http://rufort.info/library/gerbanovski/gerbanovski.html

http://rufort.info/lib/nastavlenie-po-i ... otyi-1943/

http://rufort.info/library/nast-inzh-PF ... PF-43.html

[Der Alte Fritz]

Excellent list of titles on those sites on a wide variety of subjects not just engineering but artillery