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As a question to anyone, what armies did STAVKA have in reserve as of June 28th 1942? I mean the ones independent of what was already assigned to Fronts, which could be stripped out and set to STAVKA if needed.
https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/64-я_армия
Do you have the names of the units so I can check their status as of June?North of the Oka, there is a grouping 6 brigades (4 rifle, 2 tank), 3 divisions (all rifles), and 5 corps (4 tank, 1 cavalry) under the command of the Western Front uncommitted to the front, between Kaluga and Naro Fominsk.
64th Army wasn't formed until July 10th and didn't enter combat until some time in late July as near as I can tell:Their liable to be joined by whatever elements of 3rd and 5th Tank Armies, 64th Army
https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/64-я_армия
Any idea what the rifle divisions' titles were?Then just before Moscow itself, there is the Moscow Defense Line, constituting a big semi-circle sweeping around the north-west-south. This constitutes a 10 fortified regions (1,500-2,000 men, heavy on crew served weapons and 45mm and 76.2mm guns but light on everything else) and 7 rifle divisions, and 2 rifle brigades.
Any info about two divisions's names within Moscow? Also any info about the state of the fortified regions in and around Moscow in summer 1942?Within Moscow itself are another five fortified regions, two divisions (one rifle and one cavalry), and two rifle brigades.
Do you have any info about where I can find more information on their status? I know they were being converted to Guards Rifle Divisions in 1942 and were later committed to the Stalingrad area, but my understanding is that as airborne corps they lacked heavy weapons that a regular rifle division would have due to being...airborne.Behind Moscow are 9 airborne corps (highly trained, by the standards of the 1942 Red Army, 10-15,000 men infantry divisions) that could basically man the Moscow Defense Line or Moscow itself (or both) at any moment.
AFAIK their combat capabilities as units were limited at the date of their founding due to lack of time to actually train as cohere as organized units, even with full TOE and manpower (which wasn't as well trained as they'd later be, but not as bad as the situation in 1941). For example the performance of 5th Tank Army in July 1942; it had only been activated in June.Over the longer term, there are 17 rifle divisions, 4 corps (3 tank, 1 cavalry), and 8 tank brigades forming up that would be finishing their outfitting and training over the course of July and August.
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