Tank Warfare on the Eastern Front, 1941-1942: Schwerpunkt

○ 22.Panzer-Division (Generalleutnant Wilhelm von Apell Aufstellung)

• XIV Panzerkorps (General der Infanterie Gustav von Wietersheim)

○ 14.Panzer-Division (Generalleutnant Ferdinand Heim)

○ 60.Infanterie-Division (mot.)

4. Panzerarmee (Generaloberst Hermann Hoth)

• XXIV Panzerkorps (General der Panzertruppen Wilibald Freiherr von Langermann und Erlenkamp) KIA – 3 October 1942

○ 9.Panzer-Division (Generalleutnant Johannes Baeßler)

○ 11.Panzer-Division (General der Panzertruppen Hermann Balck)

○ 3.Infanterie-Division (mot.) (Generalmajor Helmuth Schlömer)

• XXXXVIII Panzerkorps (General der Panzertruppen Rudolf Veiel)

○ 24.Panzer-Division (Generalleutnant Bruno Ritter von Hauenschild)

○ 16.Infanterie-Division (mot.) (Generalleutnant Sigfrid Henrici)

○ Grossdeutschland Infanterie-Division (mot.) (Generalleutnant Walter Hörnlein)

6. Armee (General der Panzertruppe Friederich Paulus)

• XXXX Panzerkorps (General der Kavallerie Georg Stumme)

○ 3.Panzer-Division (Generalleutnant Hermann Breith)

○ 23.Panzer-Division (Generalleutnant Hans Freiherr von Boineburg-Lengsfeld) – Relieved of command 20 July 1942, re-instated in August. Wounded in action 27 December.

○ 29.Infanterie-Division (mot.) (Generalmajor Max Fremerey)

Under Heeresgruppe Süd control:

• LVII Panzerkorps (General der Panzertruppen Friedrich Kirchner)

○ 13.Panzer-Division (General der Panzertruppen Traugott Herr)

○ SS-Division “Wiking” (Obergruppenführer Felix Steiner)

Reinforcements:

September

• 1./sPz.Abt. 502 (Tiger) [34 tanks]

October

• 27.Panzer-Division (Oberst Helmut Michalik) [50 Tanks]

November

• Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 200

• 6.Panzer-Division (Generalmajor Erhard Raus) [159 tanks]

December

• Panzer-Abteilung 138 [38 tanks] (Independent Army-level unit)

• 2./s.Pz.Abt. 502 (Tiger) [18 tanks]

• s.Pz.Abt. 503 (Tiger) [51 tanks]

○ Note: The 6, 7 and 10.Panzer-Divisionen were withdrawn from the Soviet Union in May–June 1942 and transferred to Heeresgruppe D in France.

Soviet

Leningrad Front (General-leytenant Leonid A. Govorov)

• 23rd Army (General-major Aleksandr I. Cherepanov)

○ 152nd Tank Brigade

• 55th Army (General-major Vladimir P. Sviridov)

○ 220th Tank Brigade

• Front Forces: 1st Tank Brigade and two OTBs

Volkhov Front (General Kirill A Meretskov)

• 54th Army (General-major Aleksandr V. Sukhomlin)

○ 16, 98, 122, 124th Tank Brigades

• 59th Army (General-major Ivan T. Korovnikov)

○ 7th Guards, 29th Tank Brigades

• Front Forces: 5 OTBs

Northwestern Front (General-polkovnik Pavel A. Kurochkin)

• 11th Army (General-leytenant Vasily I. Morozov)

○ 69th Tank Brigade

• 53rd Army (General-major Aleksandr S. Ksenofontov)

○ 33, 60, 177th Tank Brigades

• Front Forces: 83rd Tank Brigade and twelve OTBs

Kalinin Front (General-polkovnik Ivan S. Konev)

• 3rd Shock Army (General-leytenant Maksim A. Purkaev)

○ 104, 184 Tank Brigades and two OTBs

• 4th Shock Army (General-leytenant Vladimir V. Kurasov)

○ 78th Tank Brigade and two OTBs

• 22nd Army (General-major Vasily A. Iushkevich)

○ 82nd Tank Brigade

• 30th Army (General-leytenant Dmitri D. Lelyushenko)

○ 28, 143rd Tank Brigades

• 31st Army (General-major Vitaly S. Polenov)

○ 92, 101 Tank Brigades

• 41st Army (General-major of NKVD German F. Tarasov)

○ 21st Tank Brigade

• 58th Army (General-major Aleksei I. Zygin)

○ 35, 81 Tank Brigades

• Front Forces:

○ 7th Tank Corps (General-major Pavel A. Rotmistrov)

■ 3rd Guards, 62nd, 87th Tank Brigades [215 tanks]

○ 71st Tank Brigade and two OTBs

Western Front (General Georgy K. Zhukov)

• 5th Army (General-major Ivan I. Fediuninsky)

○ 20th Tank Brigade and one OTB

• 10th Army (General-leytenant Vasily S. Popov)

○ 32nd Tank Brigade

• 16th Army (General-leytenant Ivan K. Bagramian)

○ 94, 112, 146th Tank Brigade and one OTB

• 20th Army (General-leytenant Maks A. Reiter)

○ 17, 120, 188 Tank Brigades

• 33rd Army (General-leytenant Mikhail S. Khozin)

○ 145th Tank Brigade and one OTB

• 43rd Army (General-leytenant Konstantin D. Golubev)

○ 18th Tank Brigade

• 49th Army (General-leytenant Ivan G. Zakharkin)

○ 34th Tank Brigade and one OTB

• 50th Army (General-leytenant Ivan V. Boldin)

○ 11, 108th Tank Brigades

• 61st Army (General-leytenant Pavel A. Belov)

○ 3rd Tank Corps (General-major Dmitri K. Mostovenko)

■ 50th, 51st, 103rd Tank Brigades) [192 tanks]

○ 68, 192nd Tank Brigades

• Front Forces:

○ 5th Tank Corps (General-major Kuzma A. Semenchenko)

■ 24th, 41st, 70th Tank Brigades

○ 6th Tank Corps (General-major Andrei L. Getman)

■ 22nd, 100th, 200th Tank Brigades [169 tanks]

○ 8th Tank Corps (General-major Mikhail D. Solomatin)

■ 25th, 31st, 93rd Tank Brigades [165 tanks]

○ 9th Tank Corps (General-major Aleksei V. Kurkin)

■ 23rd, 95th, 187th Tank Brigades

○ 10th Tank Corps (General-major Vasily G. Burkov)

■ 178th, 183rd, 186th Tank Brigades [152 tanks]

○ 6th Guards, 2nd Tank Brigades

Bryansk Front (General-leytenant Filipp I. Golikov)

• 3rd Army (General-leytenant Pavel P. Korzun)

○ 79th, 150th Tank Brigades

• 13th Army (General-major Nikolai P. Pukhov)

○ 129th Tank Brigade

• 40th Army (General-leytenant Markian M. Popov)

○ 14th, 170th Tank Brigades