Deployment of Red Army 1942

Deployment of the armed forces of the Red Army by theaters of war summer 1942.
Soviet divisions, strengths, equipment, planes and ships.

The Russian 76.2 mm division field gun is often used as an anti-tank gun like here in early summer 1942.

Deployment of a heavy tank brigade of the Red Army with KV-1A in the area of Kharkov on the Eastern front. On the turrets stand the slogans’ For Stalin! For the fatherland !’

Deployment of the armed forces of the Red Army by theaters of war in summer 1942 according to nominal (paper) strengths. But the actual average strength was below that (in the German Wehrmacht it was about 88% at that time).

Deployment of the Red Army in summer 1942

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Red Army – Divisions:

Theaters of War	Infantry, Mountain and Airborne divisions	Motorized Infantry, Cavalry	Tank brigades, tank-corps, mechanized corps (calculated on the basis of available tanks)
opposite German-Army-Groups B and A (formerly South with 2_armies from Center): Voronezh, South West and Bryansk Front	c.100	(included at infantry)	c.10
opposite German-Army-Group Center (estimate based on the distribution of Dec 5, 1941 and April 1, 1943): West, Kalinin and North West Front	c.70	(included at infantry)	c.12
opposite German-Army-Group North (estimate based on the distribution from April 1, 1943): Volknov and Leningrad Front	c.55	(included at infantry)	c.6
Karelia and Murmansk Front (estimate as of December 1941)	c.8	(included at infantry)	c.1
Reserves	c.22	(included at infantry)	c.4
Middle and Far East	c.25	(included at infantry)	c.11
TOTAL	c.240	c.40	c.44

Red Army – Infantry (TOE):

Theaters of War	Infantry (rifle men)	automatic rifles	sub-machine guns	machine guns	mortars	light anti-tank weapons
Voronezh, South West and Bryansk Front	715,900	?	74,800	42,400	18,080	20,840
West, Kalinin and North West Front	506,980	?	54,610	30,130	12,710	14,660
Volknov and Leningrad Front	392,770	?	40,765	23,245	9,935	11,450
Karelia and Murmansk Front	57,662	?	6,134	3,422	1,450	1,672
Reserves	161,008	?	17,806	9,598	4,010	4,556
Middle and Far East	193,600	?	24,325	11,725	4,655	5,390
TOTAL	2,027,920	?	218,440	120,520	50,840	58,352

Red Army – Vehicles and Artillery:

Theaters of War	Tanks	Assault Guns, AFV's	APC's	Trucks	Field guns	AT guns	AA guns
Voronezh, South West and Bryansk Front	1,760	-	-	15,000	4,500	3,490	280
West, Kalinin and North West Front	2,112	-	-	13,000	3,400	2,563	286
Volknov and Leningrad Front	1,056	-	-	8,500	2,500	1,932	163
Karelia and Murmansk Front	176	-	-	1,300	370	284	26
Reserves	704	-	-	4,200	1,080	811	94
Middle and Far East	1,936	-	-	8,000	1,550	1,077	223
TOTAL	7,744	-	-	482,000	13,400	10,157	1,072

Deployment Red Air Force

Strength Red Air Force:

Theaters of War	Fighters	Fighter-bombers	Ground attackers	Bombers
Soviet Western Front total	c.1,450	(included in fighters)	c.1,200	c.500
TOTAL	1,450	(included in fighters)	1,200	500

Deployment Red Fleet

Strength Red Fleet:

Theaters of War	Battleships, Battlecruisers	Heavy Cruisers	Light Cruisers	Destroyers	Torpedo boats	MTBs	Subs	Merchant Fleet
Black Sea Fleet	1	c.5	(included in heavy)	c.15	-	84	c.40	?
Baltic Fleet	1 (+1 disabled)	c.3	(included in heavy)	c.25	(included in destroyers)	48	c.60	?
Arctic Fleet	-	-	-	c.10	(included in destroyers)	2	15	?
Pacific Fleet	-	-	-	22	-	135	85	?
TOTAL	2	8	(included in heavy)	72	(included in destroyers)	269	c.200	?

Deployment of Red Army 1942