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Factual material on the Directive №46188

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Post by Nakhodchanin » 14 Oct 2018, 18:42

Hello to the whole community! Special greeting to you Eugen Pinak and special greeting to you Gary Kennedy! Thank you for the attention, you paid to my first posts on this forum! The protagonist of my material about the Directive download/file.php?id=424953, found on pamyat-naroda.ru: https://pamyat-naroda.ru/documents/view/?id=134908671 does not correspond to the topic, in which the Directive itself is presented, so I decided to create a new topic. Material and organizational aspects of the implementation of the Directive:
Information on the course of rearmament of rifle platoons by SMGs as of June 28, 1943
NKO-S.S.S.R.
Staff of 5 guards sep.mot.rifle brigade
Art.supply department
28 June 1943
Chief of Staff of the 3rd Guards Army

In execution №00542 from 20.06.43
Forward information on rearmament by SMGs PPSH of rifle
platoons and command staff of the
5th Guards separate motorized rifle brigade.

Application: mentioned on one sheet.

The Chief of Art.supply department of 5 guards sep.mot.rifle brigade

Guard major /Tarasov/ summarized:light yellow columns reserved for future statistics and analytics, the sources are the following materials:
1.''Information about the availability of artillery equipment of 22 sep.MRBde as of December 2, 1942''https://pamyat-naroda.ru/documents/view/?id=132639238
2.''Report on numerical and combat composition of 5 Grd.sep.MRBde as of March 1, 1943''https://pamyat-naroda.ru/documents/view/?id=136884439
3.''Report of list number and losses of personnel and armament of 5 Grd.sep.MRBde as of March 1, 1943''https://pamyat-naroda.ru/documents/view/?id=136884439
4.''TO&E calculation of sep.MRBde (Shtat № 010-370)''https://pamyat-naroda.ru/documents/view/?id=112719636
The object of our study was sep.MRBde, therefore it is necessary to provide comparative material on MRBdes of Corps:
1.''Application for missing property of artillery equipment of 24 MRBde November 12, 1942 page 1''https://pamyat-naroda.ru/documents/view/?id=134585442
2.''Report on numerical and combat composition of 10 MRBde in abbreviated form as of June 15, 1942''https://pamyat-naroda.ru/documents/view/?id=238928829
3.''Report on combat and numerical composition of 4 TC as of June 10, 1942 page 1 and page 2''https://pamyat-naroda.ru/documents/view/?id=258819056
4.''Report on combat and numerical composition of 2 MRBde as of September 30, 1942''https://pamyat-naroda.ru/documents/view/?id=133343093
for comparison, some information about Mechanized Brigades (MBde), if we consider Motorized-Rifle Brigades (MRBde):
1.''Report on numerical and combat composition of 46 sep.MBde as of October 24, 1942''https://pamyat-naroda.ru/documents/view/?id=262126212
2.''Report on numerical and combat composition of 5 MC as of November 4, 1942''https://pamyat-naroda.ru/documents/view/?id=258819843
3.''Report on numerical and combat composition of units and formations of 5 MC as of December 10, 1942' 'page 1 in this - https://pamyat-naroda.ru/documents/view/?id=452443251
4.''Report on numerical and combat composition of 45 MBde of 5 MC as of December 25, 1942'' page 3 in this - https://pamyat-naroda.ru/documents/view/?id=452443255
5.''Report on numerical and combat composition of 49 MBde of 5 MC as of January 4, 1943'' page 7 in this - https://pamyat-naroda.ru/documents/view/?id=452443251
Tactical aspect of the implementation of the Directive:
''Opinions on the tactics of SMG platoons of Mot.Rifle Companies'' (of 5 Grd.sep.MRBde) https://pamyat-naroda.ru/documents/view/?id=134908669:

Chief of Staff of the 3rd Guards Army

To your № 07060/sh of June 20, 1943

Reporting, tactical exercises in the brigade and four-day fees of commanders of rifle companies, held from 25.6 to 29.6.43 allow to make the following conclusion on the use of SMG platoons of rifle companies:
1.In offensive SMG platoons can be applied:
a/When attacking a terrain devoid of hidden approaches in chain of rifle company, attacking enemy firing points together with rifle platoons on the direction of the main strike.
b/On cross country, SMG platoon was used to penetrate flank of firing points on the direction of the main strike. To make an attack of firing points together with rifle platoons. In the case of a counterattacks of enemy your fire upsets the battle orders of the counterattacking enemy, providing action of rifle platoons. Besides, SMG platoon must be used for destruction or blocking of revived firing points during the fight in depth of enemy defense before the approach of the battalion commander reserve.
2.In offensive of company on the open flank of battalion, SMG platoon nessesary to use on the open flank.
3.When detecting joints in enemy defense commander of company must immediately send SMG platoon for action in the rear of the defender. SMG platoon with their energetic actions must provide action of rifle platoons and prevent a counterattack from the depths.
4.When attacking a small human settlement SMG platoon nessesary be used to capture individual outstanding buildings and outskirts, giving the opportunity rifle platoons to cling to the outskirts. Further commander of platoon must, using the gardens, vegetable gardens, immediately enter the opposite outskirts, sometimes small groups giving the appearance of the encirclement, not allowing reinforcements approach to blocked strong point.
In settlement divided by the river, SMG platoon after capture the outskirts must immediately advance to the coast, capture the bridge and provide a company crossing to the opposite coast. In large town SMG platoon must be used to capture outstanding buildings and communication nodes, available in direction of the offensive company.
5.When out of battle SMG platoon must cover leaving the battlefield of the rifle platoons.
6.On defense SMG platoon must be used:
a/On those directions where possible accumulation of enemy infantry.
b/In case of an enemy breakthrough must be used to eliminate broken groups.
c/For securing the joints and flanks.
7.In the offensive at night SMG platoon, acting silently, must by the time of the attack the front edge by rifle platoons, infiltrate the rear of the defending enemy and to disorganize the resistance by your actions.
8.In all types of combat Commander of Company must assign the SMG platoon the task, to destroy counterattacking enemy by fire or in extreme cases to raise the counterattack of rifle platoons.

CHIEF OF STAFF OF 5 GRD.SMRBDE

GRD.LIEUTENANT COLONEL \ BEKESH \

DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF FOR OPERATIONAL WORK OF 5 GRD.SMRBDE

GRD.MAJOR \ SEMINSKIY \

1.7.43 № 099
In conclusion, a few statistics on the change in quantity of individual small arms on Shtat № 010/420 - 010/431:
It was before - ''Report on the list number and losses of personnel and weapons of 4 Grd.TC as of June 1, 1943'' page 3 in this - https://pamyat-naroda.ru/documents/view/?id=455189284, became after - ''Information on availability and shortage of personnel, materiel, vehicles and weapons of 20 MRBde 19.XI.44'' page 1 in this - https://pamyat-naroda.ru/documents/view/?id=451527999.
My conclusion: this Directive marks the penultimate stage in the development of combat organization of soviet motorized infantry, the final stage became new Shtat № 010/502 of Motorized SMG Battalion. Main thing, Soviet Armored and Mechanized Forces were the first in the process of rearmament specialized small arms one of the three standard platoons of standard motorized rifle company. German K.St.N.1114a (gp) (fG) Panzergrenadierkompanie with 1st Sturm Zug (Assault Platoon) armed with MPi.44 dated from August 1, 1944. American Armoured Infantry have begun to additionally equip their rifle squads with M1918A2 towards the end of 1944 and the beginning of 1945. While the Soviet side did not refuse light machine guns.
For fans to collect statistical piggy banks, in the preparation of this material were collected data of sep.MRBdes and sep.MBdes at the time of publication Directive, kindly give it to the community:
On June 24, 1943:
5th Grd.sep.MRBde Shtat №№ 010/370 - 010/380 in 3rd Grd.Аrmy of South-West Front (from 27.II.1944 Shtat №№ 010/420 - 010/431, 010/451)
25th MBde* in the process of re-formation from 9th Moto-Armor Bde, Shtat №№ 010/420 - 010/431, 010/451, 66th Tank Regiment Shtat № 010/414-?; re-formation from 07.VI to 20.VII 1943; from 21.VII.1943 in 17th Аrmy of Trans-Baikal Front
42nd MRBde* Shtat №№ 010/370 - 010/380 in 1st Red-Banner Аrmy of Far-Eastern Front (from 02.VII 1943 Shtat №№ 010/420 - 010/431, 010/451)
46th sep.MBde Shtat №№ 010/370 - 010/380, 010/292 - 24th Tank Regiment in 3rd Shock Army of Kalinin Front (from 04.VIII.1944 Shtat №№ 010/420 - 010/431, 010/451; from 04.III.1944 24th Tank Regiment Shtat № 010/465; Bde disbanded 29.VIII.1944)
47th sep.MBde Shtat №№ 010/420 - 010/431, 010/451, 010/292 - 18th Tank Regiment on Kalinin Front (from 04.III.1944 18th Tank Regiment Shtat № 010/465)
[48th sep.MBde Shtat №№ 010/370 - 010/380, 010/292 - 22nd Tank Regiment, Bde disbanded from 21.VI.1943 in Moscow Military District.]
Notes: * - designated sep.MRBde/sep.MBde in Siberia and the Far East. [...] - indicated for general statistics.
This information is based on data from the website tankfront.ru - http://tankfront.ru/ussr/mbr.html and book online ''Red Army in victories and defeats of 1941-1945'' digital edition in formats PDF+ and DOC for editing is here (freely available): http://militera.lib.ru/h/feskov_vi01/index.html

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Re: Factual material on the Directive №46188

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Post by Eugen Pinak » 16 Oct 2018, 12:52

Nakhodchanin wrote:
14 Oct 2018, 18:42
Hello to the whole community! Special greeting to you Eugen Pinak and special greeting to you Gary Kennedy! Thank you for the attention, you paid to my first posts on this forum! The protagonist of my material about the Directive download/file.php?id=424953, found on pamyat-naroda.ru: https://pamyat-naroda.ru/documents/view/?id=134908671 does not correspond to the topic, in which the Directive itself is presented, so I decided to create a new topic. Material and organizational aspects of the implementation of the Directive:
Information on the course of rearmament of rifle platoons by SMGs as of June 28, 1943
...
Thank you very much for the research on this little-known topic. Those materials are really interesting. And I'm sure, non-Russian speakers will be grateful for the translation of Soviet document.
There are some corrections to the translation, though:
"four-day fees of commanders of rifle companies" > "four-day conference of commanders of rifle companies"
"in chain of rifle company" > "in the firing line order of rifle company"
"When attacking a small human settlement" > "When attacking a small settlement"
"by your actions" > "by it's actions"
"or in extreme cases to raise the counterattack of rifle platoons" > "or in extreme cases to "push" rifle platoons into
the counterattack" - this last sentence implies, that SMG platoon was the elite of the rifle company, tasked to forcerifle platoons into
the counterattack, if necessary.


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Re: Factual material on the Directive №46188

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Post by Nakhodchanin » 24 Oct 2018, 13:53

I greeting to you, Eugen! Big thanks you for the attention and your corrections to my translation! My level of English is not as good as I would like myself, I'm just starting to learn the practice of such specialized translations. I myself would like to translate more, but so far it takes a lot of time - so I translate the most important of the results of my amateur military-historical research.

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Post by Eugen Pinak » 24 Oct 2018, 15:19

Nakhodchanin wrote:
24 Oct 2018, 13:53
I greeting to you, Eugen! Big thanks you for the attention and your corrections to my translation! My level of English is not as good as I would like myself, I'm just starting to learn the practice of such specialized translations. I myself would like to translate more, but so far it takes a lot of time - so I translate the most important of the results of my amateur military-historical research.
Being too lazy to do translating, I can only commend you for your work. This is often ungrateful work, but it really helps those who can't read Russian.

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