World War II Armed Forces – Orders of Battle and Organizations

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Soviet Armed Forces Organization Soviet Motorized Rifle Division 22 June 1941

 

Motorized Rifle Divisions 22 June 1941
Division    and Commander	Tank Bn	Mot Rifle Rgt	Mot Rifle Rgt	Mot Rifle Rgt	Mot Lt Howitzer Rgt	Recon Bn	Mot AA Bn	Mot Engineer Bn	Mot AT Bn	Assignment
1 Motorized Rifle Division    COL Ya.G. Kreizer	12	6	175	-	13	93	300	123	123	7 Mech Corps
36 Motorized Rifle Division    COL I.F.Dudarev	-	24	76	149	175	133	541	?	67	Independent
57 Motorized Rifle Division    COL D.I.Samarskiy	-	80	127	293	105	15	542	?	180	Independent
82 Motorized Rifle Division    COL G.P. Karamishev	-	210	250	601	82	94	196	146	146	Independent
As the Red Army did not have enough motor vehicles, the name "motorized" was merely a paper designation. In fact, some Motorized Rifle Divisions were basically Rifle Divisions owing to this lack of trucks.