The change in the existing system of mobilization deployment of small arms in the event of war was discussed on July 16, 1939 at a meeting with the People's Commissar of Defense. It was proposed to abandon the maintenance of the triple deployment divisions and deploy 106 infantry divisions, of which 94 in peacetime would be staffed by 4,000 men and 12 in the state of 3,000 men. Part of the personnel divisions, including in the Far East, should be transferred to a 14-thousand staff. In addition to the existing 37 divisions, it was necessary to form and arrange the deployment of 69 divisions. In addition to the existing 30 departments of the rifle corps, another 20 directorates were to be formed. Thus, all the hidden, that is, intended for deployment in case of mobilization of the division were transferred to the open. This created a permanent army, ready to use with minimal deployment. The carrying out of all these measures required an additional 297,000 people, taking into account the number of the army exceeding 2 million people
Sozdannaya po resheniyu GVS Komissiya po organizatsionnym meropriyatiyam pri NKO pod predsedatel'stvom zamestitelya narkoma oborony komandarma 1 ranga G.I. Kulika 27 iyulya 1939g. prinyala resheniye sozdat' na baze strelkovykh diviziy troynogo razvertyvaniya ordinarnyye strelkovyye divizii shtata 4 100 chelovek. Komissiya sdelala vyvod, chto vse voyennyye okruga mogut razmestit' novyye divizii, material'nykh zapasov takzhe khvatalo, poetomu k 1 noyabrya 1939 g. sledovalo pereyti na novuyu organizatsiyu strelkovykh voysk i k 1 maya 1940 g. podgotovit' novyye mobilizatsionnyye plany{1032}. Krome togo, obsuzhdalsya vopros o sokhranenii sushchestvovavshikh tankovykh korpusov. B.M. Shaposhnikov, G.I. Kulik i K.Ye. Voroshilov vyskazyvalis' za ikh likvidatsiyu, a S.K. Timoshenko, S.M. Budennyy i M.V.. Zakharov - za sokhraneniye, no s peresmotrom shtatnoy struktury. V itoge bylo prinyato kompromissnoye resheniye o rasformirovanii strelkovo-pulemetnykh brigad, no pri sokhranenii tankovykh korpusov dlya sovmestnykh deystviy s pekhotoy i kavaleriyey{1033}.
Created by the decision of the GVS, the Commission for Organizational Measures under the NCO under the chairmanship of the Deputy Commissar of Defense, Commander of the 1st Rank GI. Kulik July 27, 1939. Decided to create on the basis of rifle divisions a triple deployment of 4,1 100 regular rifle divisions of the state. The commission concluded that all military districts could deploy new divisions, there were enough supplies, and by November 1, 1939, it was necessary to switch over to a new organization of infantry troops and, by May 1, 1940, to prepare new mobilization plans {1032}. In addition, the question of preserving the existing tank corps was discussed. B.M. Shaposhnikov, G.I. Kulik and K.E. Voroshilov spoke out for their liquidation, and S.K. Tymoshenko, S.M. Budyonny and MV .. Zakharov - for preservation, but with a revision of the staff structure. As a result, a compromise decision was made to disband the infantry and machine-gun brigades, but with the preservation of the tank corps for joint operations with infantry and cavalry {1033}.
V sootvetstvii s prinyatym resheniyem 15 avgusta 1939g. narkom oborony otdal direktivy ?? 4/2/48601-4/2/4861 1 L VO, KalVO, MVO, OrVO, KHVO, PriVO, SKVO, UrVO, SibVO, BOVO i KOVO, soglasno kotorym im sledovalo s 25 avgusta po 1 dekabrya 1939g. sformirovat' 18 upravleniy strelkovykh korpusov, perevesti kadrovyye divizii na novyy shtat 8 900 chelovek i razverznut' 36 diviziy troynogo razvertyvaniya v 92 divizii po 6 000 chelovek{1034}. 22 avgusta narkom oborony dokladyval v TSK VKP(b) i SNK SSSR ob obespechennosti vooruzheniyem predlagayemykh organizatsionnykh meropriyatiy. S uchetom nalichiya vooruzheniya v neprikosnovennom zapase provodimyye meropriyatiya byli v tselom obespecheny po vintovkam, pulemetam, 82-mm minometam i 76-mm pushkam. Po samozaryadnym vintovkam, [333] 45-mm protivotankovym pushkam, 122-m.m gaubitsam i 76-mm zenitnym pushkam pokrytiye nekomplekta ozhidalos' v techeniye 1939 g. na osnovanii polucheniya ikh ot promyshlennosti, a potrebnost' po protivotankovym ruzh'yam, 12,7-mm stankovym pulemetam, 50-mm, 107-mm i 120-mm minometam, 152-mm gaubitsam, 37-mm i 45-mm zenitnym pushkam i avtomobilyam udovletvoryalas' postupleniyem ot promyshlennosti v 1939-1940gg. Narkom oborony prosil razreshit' ispol'zovat' neprikosnovennyy zapas, obyazat' promyshlennost' vypolnit' plan voyennykh zakazov na 1939g. i proizvesti dopolnitel'nyy zakaz na avtomobili{1035}.
In accordance with the decision taken August 15, 1939. The People's Commissar of Defense gave the directives ?? 4/2 / 48601-4 / 2/4861 1 LO, KalVO, MVO, OrVO, HVO, Privo, SKVO, UrVO, SibVO, BOVO and KOVO, according to which they should have been from August 25 to December 1, 1939. To form 18 departments of infantry corps, to transfer personnel divisions to a new staff of 8,900 people and to deploy 36 divisions of triple deployment into 92 divisions for 6,000 men {1034}. On August 22 the People's Commissar of Defense reported to the Central Committee of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) and the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR about the supply of the proposed organizational arrangements with weapons. Given the availability of weapons in an untouchable stock, the measures taken were generally provided for rifles, machine guns, 82-mm mortars and 76-mm cannons. According to self-loading rifles, [333] 45-mm anti-tank guns, 122-m. Howitzer and 76-mm anti-aircraft guns, coating of the non-complete set was expected during 1939 on the basis of getting them from industry, and the need for anti-tank rifles, 12.7- Mm machine guns, 50-mm, 107-mm and 120-mm mortars, 152-mm howitzers, 37-mm and 45-mm antiaircraft guns and cars were satisfied with the receipt from industry in 1939-1940. The People's Commissar of Defense asked to be allowed to use untapped stock, to oblige the industry to fulfill the plan of military orders for 1939. And make an additional order for cars {1035}.
1 sentyabrya 1939 g. Politbyuro utverdilo predlozheniye Narkomata oborony, soglasno kotoromu v Krasnoy Armii predusmatrivalos' krome 51 ordinarnoy strelkovoy divizii (33 strelkovyye divizii po 8 900 chelovek kazhdaya, 17 strelkovykh diviziy po 14 000 chelovek kazhdaya i 1 strelkovaya diviziya v 12 tys. chelovek) imet' 76 ordinarnykh strelkovykh diviziy po 6 000 chelovek, 13 gornostrelkovykh diviziy i 33 ordinarnyye strelkovyye divizii po 3 000 chelovek{1036}. Sootvetstvenno 2 sentyabrya 1939 g. bylo prinyato postanovleniye SNK ? 1355-279ss, utverdivsheye "Plan reorganizatsii sukhoputnykh sil Krasnoy Armii na 1939-1940 gg." Bylo resheno divizii troynogo razvertyvaniya perevesti v ordinarnyye i imet' v Krasnoy Armii 173 strelkovyye divizii. Predlagalos' uvelichit' udarnuyu silu pekhotnogo yadra v strelkovykh diviziyakh, uvelichit' kolichestvo korpusnoy artillerii i artillerii RGK, perevedya yeye s troynogo na dvoynoye razvertyvaniye. Sledovalo rasformirovat' 4 kavaleriyskiye divizii i 2 otdel'nyye kavaleriyskiye brigady, v tankovykh voyskakh rasformirovyvalis' strelkovo-pulemetnyye brigady v tankovykh korpusakh i strelkovo-pulemetnyye batal'ony v tankovykh brigadakh (sm. Prilozheniya 1-4). Sledovalo sokratit' chislennost' obsluzhivayushchikh i tylovykh chastey i uchrezhdeniy. Shtatnaya chislennost' Krasnoy Armii byla ustanovlena v 2 265 tys. chelovek{1037}.
On September 1, 1939, the Politburo approved the proposal of the People's Commissariat of Defense, according to which the Red Army provided for only 51 infantry divisions (33 infantry divisions of 8,900 each, 17 infantry divisions of 14,000 men each and 1 infantry division of 12,000 men) Have 76 ordinary rifle divisions for 6,000 men, 13 mountain rifle divisions and 33 ordinary rifle divisions for 3,000 men {1036}. Accordingly, September 2, 1939 was adopted by the Council of the Council of People's Commissars? 1355-279ss, which approved the "Plan for the reorganization of the land forces of the Red Army in 1939-1940." It was decided to divide the triple deployment divisions into ordinary ones and have 173 rifle divisions in the Red Army. It was proposed to increase the impact strength of the infantry core in rifle divisions, to increase the number of artillery and artillery of the RGC, moving it from a triple to double deployment. Four cavalry divisions and two separate cavalry brigades were to be disbanded, armored machine-gun brigades in tank corps and rifle and machine-gun battalions in tank brigades disbanded in tank units (see Appendices 1-4). It was necessary to reduce the number of servicing and logistics units and institutions. The regular strength of the Red Army was established at 2,265 thousand people {1037}.
Odnako razvitiye mezhdunarodnoy obstanovki v nachale sentyabrya 1939 g. privelo k tomu, chto v noch' na 7 sentyabrya bylo prinyato resheniye provesti chastichnuyu mobilizatsiyu Krasnoy Armii, i voyska poluchili prikaz nachat' "Bol'shiye uchebnyye sbory" (BUS). Soglasno direktive narkoma oborony ? 2/1/50698 ot 20 maya 1939g. nazvaniye BUS yavlyalos' shifrovannym oboznacheniyem skrytoy mobilizatsii. Provedeniye BUS po literu "A" oznachalo, chto proiskhodilo razvertyvaniye otdel'nykh chastey, imevshikh srok gotovnosti do 10 dney, s tylami po shtatam voyennogo vremeni. Zapasnyye chasti i formirovaniya grazhdanskikh vedomstv po BUS ne podnimalis'. Sama mobilizatsiya prokhodila v usloviyakh maksimal'nogo sokhraneniya etikh meropriyatiy v tayne{1038}.
However, the development of the international situation in early September 1939 led to the decision to conduct a partial mobilization of the Red Army on the night of September 7, and the troops were ordered to launch the "Great Training Fees" (BUC). According to the directive of the People's Commissar of Defense? 2/1/50698 dated May 20, 1939. The name of the BUS was an encrypted designation of hidden mobilization. Carrying out the BUS by letter "A" meant that the deployment of separate units that had a period of readiness of up to 10 days, with rear in wartime states. Spare parts and formations of civilian departments for the WCO were not raised. The very mobilization took place in conditions of maximum preservation of these events in a secret {1038}.
V "Bol'shikh uchebnykh sborakh" prinyali uchastiye v MVO upravleniya 2 strelkovykh korpusa, 12 strelkovykh diviziy, 1 korpus PVO, 3 tankovyye brigady; v BOVO- 6 strelkovykh korpusov, [334] 19 strelkovykh diviziy, 2 kavaleriyskikh korpusa, 6 kavaleriyskikh diviziy, 1 tankovyy korpus, 8 tankovykh brigad, 1 motostrelkovaya brigada, 4 polka PVO, 2 gaubichnykh artilleriyskikh polka RGK; v L VO - 4 strelkovykh korpusa, 16 strelkovykh diviziy, 1 tankovyy korpus, 6 tankovykh brigad, 1 kavdiviziya, 1 vozdushno-desantnaya brigada, 2 artpolka RGK; v KOVO - 5 strelkovykh korpusov, 18 strelkovykh diviziy, 2 kavaleriyskikh korpusa, 5 kavdiviziy, 6 tankovykh i 1 motostrelkovaya brigady, 1 tankovyy korpus; v KalVO - 2 strelkovykh korpusa, 4 strelkovyye divizii, 1 tankovaya brigada; KHVO - 1 strelkovyy korpus, 15 strelkovykh diviziy; OrVO- 1 strelkovyy korpus, 9 strelkovykh diviziy. Vsego - upravleniya 21 strelkovogo, 4 kavaleriyskikh i 3 tankovykh korpusov, 93 strelkovyye i 12 kavaleriyskikh diviziy, 24 tankovyye, 3 pulemetno-strelkovyye i 1 vozdushno-desantnaya brigady{1039}.
In the "Great training camps" took part in the MVO of the management of 2 rifle corps, 12 rifle divisions, 1 air defense corps, 3 tank brigades; 6 infantry corps, 6 cavalry divisions, 1 tank corps, 8 tank brigades, 1 motorized rifle brigade, 4 air defense regiments, 2 RGK artillery regiments; In the VO - 4 rifle corps, 16 rifle divisions, 1 tank corps, 6 tank brigades, 1 cavalry division, 1 airborne brigade, 2 artillery regiments of the RGC; In KOVO - 5 rifle corps, 18 rifle divisions, 2 cavalry corps, 5 Cavalry Division, 6 tank and 1 motorized rifle brigade, 1 tank corps; In KalVO - 2 rifle corps, 4 rifle divisions, 1 tank brigade; HVO - 1 rifle corps, 15 rifle divisions; OrVO-1 rifle corps, 9 rifle divisions. In total, there are 21 rifle, 4 cavalry and 3 tank corps, 93 rifle and 12 cavalry divisions, 24 tank, 3 machine-gun and 1 airborne brigade {1039}.