Artillery assets to Rifle Corps 1944-45

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Re: Artillery assets to Rifle Corps 1944-45

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Post by Art » 16 Sep 2010, 10:32

Carl Schwamberger wrote:Art...thanks, that answers the question, tho if you can think of any other differences I'd like to know them. ie: What did the army cannon brigade have in its observation battalion that a corps regiment did not have?
I don't know.

Kamen, here is personnel and equipment numbers for the 116 Corps Artillery Regiment as of 10 July 1944 (TO&E 08/570): officers - 47 authorized/43 actual, NCOs - 125/130, privates 340/331, total 512/504 men; 1 car, 25 trucks, 1 special vehicle, 20 tractors, 256 rifles, 95 SMGs, 16 AT rifles, 16 122-mm guns, 13 radios. Taken from a strength sheet as well as, I suppose, your info.
According to Perechen No.14 92 Guards Corps Artillery Regiment was assigned to the 10 Guards Rifle Corps and was in the Operational Army from 16 August 1942. The fact that it was formed in 1942 could explain a peculiar organization. I didn't remember it well, but in 1942 several guards rifle corps were formed, and each was supposed to have a corps art. regiment with light artillery systems. Presumably the 92 GCAP could retain this organization in 1945.
Situation with other regiments is even more interesting. According to Perechen 127 was a cannon regiment belonging to 30 Cannon Brigade, 9 Art.Division. 1232 was army cannon regiment, 222 replacement art. regiment was disbanded in 1942! And I can't find any of them in BSSA.

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Re: Artillery assets to Rifle Corps 1944-45

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Post by Kelvin » 24 Sep 2010, 19:08

But Soviet only had 4-6 Corps Artillery brigades , so their several dozens Infantry Army only a few had such corps brigades. So which infantry Armies had such corps artilery brigades ?


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Re: Artillery assets to Rifle Corps 1944-45

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Post by Art » 29 Sep 2010, 22:03

In December 1944 Stavka ordered to reorganize existing airborne units as 9 Guards Army, consisting of 3 corps (37, 38 and 39 Guards Rifle) each of 3 divisions. According to this order of 18 December 1944 each corps was to recieve one corps artillery brigade (a regiment with 20 100-mm guns and a regiment with 20 152-mm howitzers), guards mortar regiment (M-13 rocket launchers), and an AA battalion (12 37-mm AA guns and 18 large-caliber AA machineguns). So on 1 May 1945 9 Guards Army in Asutria had 61, 62 and 63 Guards Corps Artillery Brigades, 319, 321 and 322 Guards Mortar Regiments, 44, 48 and 49 Guards AA Artillery Battalions. Other corps brigades in existance on this day were 2nd - in the 70 Army (Western Pomerania), 3rd Brigade - in 38 Army (Czechia), 4th - in 3 Army (Brandenburg), 5 in 1 Shock Army (Courland).

Regarding possible types of guns in corps regiments - in early July 1944 corps units of the 108 Rifle Corps included 16 105-mm German guns, most probably these were captured 10-cm K18 guns. I am not 100% sure, but by all probability that was 138 Corps Artillery Regiment.

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Re: Artillery assets to Rifle Corps 1944-45

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Post by Kelvin » 25 Jul 2016, 19:32

In Manchuria campaign, 1st Far East Front had a lot of Corps Artillery Brigades : 1st Red Banner Army had 216 and 217th Corps Artillery Brigades, 5th Army had four brigades : 218,219,220 and 222nd Corps Artillery Brigades and 35th Army had 221st Corps Artillery Brigade.

Lee Sharp book Red Thunder mentions those brigades consisted of two unidentified cannon or howitzer regiments, exactly Soviet doucment had any detailed information on equipment of these seven Corps Artillery Brigades in August 1945 ? Thank

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