Soviet Armies Suuport Units Order of Battle

Matasso · #1

Dear all,

I'm new so firstly ley me say I am very glad to join such a knowledgeable company.

I have been searching for bits and pieces of info about soviet army support units in WW2; This beacuse if today we can find and compare with relative easiness the front line units involved in the 1944/45 campaigns it is still almost unknown what were the "tail" units a soviet army would muster and what was their OoB. For example, I suppose an Army would have a Signals Rgt, a Medical btn or rgt, repair and salvage units, construction units and fronts would have all these plus fuel and ammo depots, camouflage companies, railroad units and so on... The usual idea is tha the soviet soldier went to battle with is PPSH and that's all. Can anyone halp with these units, even if only parts of info; I already have something but it is still very fragmentary.

Many thanks
Mat

konev · #2

Matasso · #3

Many thanks Konev, this is exactly what I searched for... Just one thing... as my russina is not as proficient as yours, it is a bit sketchy at best, can you outline me what is the content of each file, please? From there i'll be able to translate more easily...

Many thanks anyway

Mat

konev · #4

Mat,

If you give me about three weeks, I can have a translated outline for you.

What I am doing is picking out all of the sub-titles from each book into Russian. Once done, then I'll translate into English.

So far, after about a week. I'm through No. 21. So about another week to finish it in Russian, then about another 2 weeks translating it.

konev

PS: If you want to check out the Ground Divisions, go to No.s 5 and 6

Matasso · #5

Hi,

3 weeks is not much to wait for... I saw that on 5 and 6 there is a lot of info, with all cavalry divisions and so on.... Are these the 36 volumes you were talking about? Because if it is you already gave an outline of each one of them either here or in another site... If its so, i'll be able to go through it...

Many thanks anyway...
and take your time
Mat

konev · #6

Mat,

Yes, its the same one. But at least with the outline, you can some idea which units to look for where.

konev

Matasso · #7

It's really fantastic these lists, although I can't understand everything, so for some words and types of units, I'll just ask your help

- Sklad means store or depot?
- polevoy - appears a lot - can't find a translation
- military commercial base - wrong translation or no idea - VTB
- Food Grain Depot or Store - SKHZ
- zvacuachionniy gospital - evacuation hospital logically
- podvizhnoiy - ??

Until now this is it, will find more

Mat

Art · #8

Matasso wrote: - Sklad means store or depot?

Right.

polevoy - appears a lot - can't find a translation

Field

zvacuachionniy gospital - evacuation hospital logically

Yes

podvizhnoiy - ??

Mobile.

Matasso · #9

Many thanks Art, great help

To abuse of your patience, I have a few more

- Voyskovoy - Military, perhaps - ?
- legkoranenikh - light wounded no? - if it is my romanian helps a lot

- khraneniya - food?
- imushestva?

Many thanks
Mat

Art · #10

Hello Mattasso

Matasso wrote: - Voyskovoy - Military, perhaps - ?

"Military" or "troops" or may be translated with another word, it depends on the context.

legkoranenikh

Lightly wounded. Here most likely it is the part of "hospital for lightly wounded"

khraneniya

storage

imushestva?

Here "munition"

Matasso · #11

Once again thanks a lot... russian online lessons is very cool and I always wanted that.

A few more if possible

- golovnoe -

_ evakopriemnik - this I suppose is a reduction of two words for an army evacuation point or something similar, no?

Many thanks once again
Mat

Matasso · #12

2 others and I will finish you off...

separate company of meditsinskogo Usileniy - another medical unit type

Thanks again
Mat

Art · #13

Matasso wrote: - golovnoe -

Forward

evakopriemnik

Something like evacuational reception point, I think an English analogue of the term simply doesn't exist.

separate company of meditsinskogo Usileniy

If one tranlsates it literally: "separate medical reinforcement company": IIRC that is the unit designed for offering specialized medical help, which cannot be offered or can be offered on a limited scale by normal medical units.

Matasso · #14

Hi Art,

Once again many thanks for your help.... makes me learn faster...

I have a few other types of ynits if your help can save me:
- konno-sanitariye rota - are these horse sanitation or plain veterinary units?
- zubotekhnicheskiye laboratori?
- Stantsii Perelivaniya krovi? no idea whatsoever this one
- Otryad means unit I suppose
- Banno-dezinfektsioniye Poezda - Bath and desinfection ?? poezda I donùt know
- banno-prachechno - another type of bath unit perhaps?
- obmuvochno dezinkektsiniye rota - ??? desinfection company?

I think these are all of them of the Medical units I didnùt know

Many thanks

Do you know these series posted by Konev? They are a mine of info, even if your russian is rudimentary as mine

Mat

Matasso · #15

As for russian words....

Another info please,

The Corps headquarters have a unit with is a Voenno Pokhtovaya Stantsiya? What is exactly this type of unit...

Many Thanks
Mat

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