Battle of Moscow order of battle

The following units and commanders fought in the Battle of Moscow from October 2, 1941 to January 2, 1942.

German Army Group Centre

Field Marshal Fedor von Bock

Second Panzer Army

Colonel General Heinz Guderian
Colonel General Rudolf Schmidt

XXIV Panzer Corps
3rd Panzer Division[1]
4th Panzer Division[2]
10th Motorized Infantry Division
XLVII Panzer Corps
17th Panzer Division
18th Panzer Division
29th Motorized Infantry Division
XLVIII Panzer Corps
9th Panzer Division
16th Motorized Infantry Division
25th Motorized Infantry Division
XXXIV Corps
45th Infantry Division[3]
134th Infantry Division
XXXV Corps
1st Cavalry Division
95th Infantry Division
262nd Infantry Division
293rd Infantry Division
296th Infantry Division

Third Panzer Army

Colonel General Georg-Hans Reinhardt

XLI Panzer Corps
1st Panzer Division
101st Panzer Battalion (Flamm Panzer)
6th Infantry Division[4]
36th Motorized Infantry Division
LVI Motorized Corps
6th Panzer Division[5]
7th Panzer Division
14th Motorized Infantry Division
129th Infantry Division
V Corps
5th Infantry Division
35th Infantry Division[6]
106th Infantry Division
VI Corps
26th Infantry Division
110th Infantry Division
Army Reserve
900th Lehr (Motorized) Brigade

Fourth Panzer Army

Colonel General Erich Hoepner

XII Corps
34th Infantry Division
98th Infantry Division
XL Motorized Corps
2nd Panzer Division[7]
10th Panzer Division[8]
258th Infantry Division
XLVI Motorized Corps
5th Panzer Division[9]
11th Panzer Division[10]
252nd Infantry Division
LVII Panzer Corps
SS Reich Motorized Infantry Division
3rd Motorized Infantry Division
19th Panzer Division[11]
20th Panzer Division[12]

Second Army

Colonel General Baron Maximilian von Weichs

XIII Corps
17th Infantry Division
260th Infantry Division
XLIII Corps
52nd Infantry Division
131st Infantry Division
LIII Corps
31st Infantry Division
56th Infantry Division[13]
167th Infantry Division
Army reserve
112th Infantry Division

Fourth Army

Field Marshal Günther von Kluge

VII Corps
7th Infantry Division
23rd Infantry Division
197th Infantry Division
267th Infantry Division
IX Corps
137th Infantry Division
183rd Infantry Division
263rd Infantry Division
292nd Infantry Division[14]
XX Corps
15th Infantry Division
78th Infantry Division
268th Infantry Division

Ninth Army

Colonel General Adolf Strauss

VIII Corps
8th Infantry Division
28th Infantry Division
87th Infantry Division
XXIII Corps
102nd Infantry Division
206th Infantry Division
251st Infantry Division
256th Infantry Division
XXVII Corps
86th Infantry Division
162nd Infantry Division
255th Infantry Division
Army reserve
161st Infantry Division

Soviet forces

Western Front

Lieutenant General Ivan Konev

16th Army

38th Rifle Division
108th Rifle Division
112th Rifle Division
127th Tank Brigade

19th Army

50th Rifle Division
89th Rifle Division
91st Rifle Division
166th Rifle Division
244th Rifle Division
1/10th guards mortar regiment M-13
19th guards mortar battery M-13

20th Army

73rd Rifle Division
129th Rifle Division
144th Rifle Division
229th Rifle Division

22nd Army

126th Rifle Division
133rd Rifle Division
174th Rifle Division
179th Rifle Division
186th Rifle Division
256th Rifle Division
16th guards mortar battery M-13

29th Army

178th Rifle Division
243rd Rifle Division
246th Rifle Division
252nd Rifle Division

30th Army

162nd Rifle Division
242nd Rifle Division
250th Rifle Division
251st Rifle Division
107th Mechanized Division
30th guards mortar battery M-13

Dovator's Cavalry Group

40th Cavalry Division
53rd Cavalry Division

Front reserves

5th Guards Rifle Division
134th Rifle Division
214th Rifle Division
152nd Rifle Division
101st Mechanized Division
126th Tank Brigade
128th Tank Brigade
143rd Tank Brigade
147th Tank Brigade
45th Cavalry Division
2/10th guards mortar regiment M-13

Reserve Front

Marshal Semyon Budyonny

24th Army

19th Rifle Division
103rd Mechanized Division
106th Mechanized Division
139th Rifle Division
160th Rifle Division
170th Rifle Division
309th Rifle Division
144th Tank Brigade
146th Tank Brigade
Other armoured formations
  • 138th Tank Battalion
  • 139th Tank Battalion
without number guards mortar battalion M-13

31st Army

5th Rifle Division
110th Rifle Division
119th Rifle Division
247th Rifle Division
249th Rifle Division
without number guards mortar battery

32nd Army

17th Rifle Division
18th Rifle Division
60th Rifle Division
113th Rifle Division
173rd Rifle Division

43rd Army

53rd Rifle Division
149th Rifle Division
211th Rifle Division
222nd Rifle Division
145th Tank Brigade
148th Tank Brigade
42nd guards mortar battalion M-13

49th Army

194th Rifle Division
220th Rifle Division
248th Rifle Division
303rd Rifle Division
29th Cavalry Division
31st Cavalry Division

Front Reserve

Bryansk Front

LTG Andrey Yeryomenko

3rd Army

137th Rifle Division
148th Rifle Division
269th Rifle Division
280th Rifle Division
282nd Rifle Division
4th Cavalry Division

Other units

855th Rifle Regiment, 278th Rifle Division

13th Army

6th Rifle Division
121st Rifle Division
132nd Rifle Division
143rd Rifle Division
155th Rifle Division
298th Rifle Division
307th Rifle Division
55th Cavalry Division
141st Tank Brigade

50th Army

217th Rifle Division
258th Rifle Division
260th Rifle Division
278th Rifle Division
279th Rifle Division
290th Rifle Division
299th Rifle Division
108th Tank Division

Operational Group Ermahov

2nd Guards Rifle Division
160th Rifle Division
283rd Rifle Division
21st Mountain Cavalry Division
121st Tank Brigade
150th Tank Brigade
1st guards mortar regiment M-13
6th guards mortar regiment M-8

Front Reserves

7th Guards Rifle Division
154th Rifle Division
287th Rifle Division
42nd Tank Brigade

Notes

  1. ↑ Order of battle from Mitcham (vol. 3), p. 8.
  2. ↑ Order of battle from Mitcham (vol. 3), p. 10.
  3. ↑ Order of battle from Mitcham (vol. 1), p. 89.
  4. ↑ Order of battle from Mitcham (vol. 1), p. 40.
  5. ↑ Order of battle from Mithcam (vol. 3), p. 15.
  6. ↑ Order of battle from Mitcham (vol. 1), p. 81.
  7. ↑ Order of battle from Mitcham.
  8. ↑ Order of battle from Mitcham.
  9. ↑ Order of battle from Mitcham (vol. 3), p. 12.
  10. ↑ Mitcham (vol. 3), p. 30.
  11. ↑ Order of battle from Mitcham.
  12. ↑ Order of battle from Mitcham.
  13. ↑ Order of battle from German Encyclopedi.
  14. ↑ Mitcham (vol. 2), p. 3.

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