Lille Fiskerby Posted June 18, 2019 Share Posted June 18, 2019 The Lend lease independent/separate soviet tank regiments was deployed to armys up till june 1944, from what (internet) research I have been able to do. Does any of you know of books about allied lend lease tanks like the American M4 or the british Valentine tanks and their TO & E ? BTW cant wait till the CMRT module will become available, hopefully this year ! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George MC Posted June 18, 2019 Share Posted June 18, 2019 This book - bit pricey though - Commanding the Red Army's Sherman Tanks: The World War II Memoirs of Hero of the Soviet Union Dmitriy Loza - is good for tactical insight into how they were used. Lots of action at CM level as well. rare as not often you get these sorts of accounts in English. If you read Russian there are lots more to go at. Sadly I don't. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted June 18, 2019 Share Posted June 18, 2019 Sounds like an interesting research project George.....What have you been up to, we wonder? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lille Fiskerby Posted June 18, 2019 Author Share Posted June 18, 2019 1 hour ago, George MC said: If you read Russian there are lots more to go at. Sadly I don't. Me neither George MC, thanks for the tip: Lozas book is now on my " would like to buy" list. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George MC Posted June 18, 2019 Share Posted June 18, 2019 4 hours ago, Sgt.Squarehead said: Sounds like an interesting research project George.....What have you been up to, we wonder? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyD Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 I had located a good website that listed Soviets units and their equipment types but I'll be danged if I can find it again. All I've got from the website is this snippet of info having to do with Lend Lease (Valentines are underlined). Quote 3rd Tank Corps March 1944 Included 69 T-34s, 6 Mk IX Valentines, 2 SU-152s, 1 SU-85, 11 SU-76 16th Tank Corps March 1944 Included 66 T-34s, 7 Mk IX Valentines, 11 SU-85, 12 SU-76 19th Tank Corps April 1944 Total with attachments: 25 T-34, 34 TO-34, 61 Mk IX Valentines, 2 Mk VII Valentines, 1 SU-85, 42 SU-76,10 BA-64, 10 Universal APCs .....80th Tank Brigade ..........Totals: 3 T-34, 19 TO-34, 29 Mk IX Valentines .....102nd Tank Brigade ..........Totals: 4 T-34, 15 TO-34, 29 Mk IX Valentines .....91st Motorcycle Battalion ..........Totals: 3 Mk IX Valentines, 2 Mk VII Valentines, 10 BA-64, 10 Universal APCs 3rd Guards Tank Corps 15 August 1944 Included 99 M4A2 Shermans, 23 Mk IX Valentines 1st Mechanized Corps May 1944 Included 136 M4A2 Shermans, 44 Mk IX Valentines, 5 Mk X Valentines, 21 SU-76, 21 SU-85, 43 BA-64, 47 M3A1 Scout APCs 5th Mechanized Corps 20 August 1944 Included 1 T-34, 4 T-70, 29 Mk IX Valentines, 90 M4A2 Shermans, 14 SU-76, 6 Mk II Matildas 3rd Guards Mechanized Corps 22 June 1944 Total 196 tanks, including 110 M4A2 Shermans, 70 Mk IX Valentines, 16 T-34s 20 July 1944: total of 11 T-34s, 26 Mk IX Valentines, 35 M4A2 Shermans January 1945: Total 176 M4A2 Shermans, including 108 with 76mm cannon, plus 21 Mk IX Valentines 9th Guards Mechanized Corps 10 August 1944 Included 100 M4A2 Shermans, 40 Mk IX Valentines, 3 SU-76 5 December 1944: included 26 Mk IX Valentines, 126 M4A2 Shermans, 11 SU-76s154th Tank Regiment (in 8th Cavalry Division 2 Aug 43 to 11 May 45) 1 October 1944: in 5th Guards Cavalry Corps, included 5 T-34, 5 Mk IX Valentines, 10 SU-76s250th Tank Regiment (13th Guards Cavalry Division) 1 October 1944: in 5th Guards Cavalry Corps, included 27 T-34,1 x T-70,8 Mk IX Valentines, 2 SU-85, 5 SU-764th Motorcycle Regiment 20 August 1944 in 6th Guards Tank Army, included 10 Mk IX Valentines, 4 SU-57s August 1944, no exact date: At least partially equipped with US Lend Lease Harley-Davidson motorcycles with sidecars (from photograph) This unit became:4th Guards Motorcycle Regiment (after 12 Sep 44) 5 December 1944: in 6th Guards Tank Army, included 11 Mk IX Valentines, 3 SU-57s6th Motorcycle Regiment 14 January 1945 had tank company with 10 Mk IX Valentines, artillery battalion with 2 4-gun batteries of SU-57s, 1 battery of ZIS-3 76mm guns towed by M3A1 Scout cars, a Machinegun company of 12 Maxims in jeeps, A company of submachinegunners in 13 M3A1 scout cars NOTE: A practically all Lend Lease - equipped Unit!87th Motorcycle Battalion (2nd Tank Army) March 1944: included 9 Mk IX Valentines 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lille Fiskerby Posted June 19, 2019 Author Share Posted June 19, 2019 Thank you for sharing your info MikeyD, this is just the info I'm looking for. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 This is an interesting site, with some smashing eye-candy: https://www.o5m6.de/ 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lille Fiskerby Posted June 20, 2019 Author Share Posted June 20, 2019 Great site Sgt.Squarehead, thanks for the info. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trooper117 Posted June 22, 2019 Share Posted June 22, 2019 Yes, what a good site, and you are right about the eye candy! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falaise Posted June 22, 2019 Share Posted June 22, 2019 Merci !!! Sgt.Squarehead 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 (edited) Lille Fiskerby, There has been considerable discussion of LL AFVs over the years, both in CMx1's CMBB Forum and here on CMRT. Suggest you Google search those parts of BFC's site using "Lend_Lease" and "Lend Lease" as search terms. HSU Dmitry Loza spent almost his entire military career in LL tanks, including the Matilda II. Some of that is covered in his excellent Defending the Soviet Motherland, which is considerably cheaper than his Sherman book. HyperWar has the master list of what was sent, and we have, in one of the threads I mentioned, systematically run down what was shipped vs. what got there. GPW armor expert (contributed big time to CMBB) Valera Potapov used to run a terrific site called Russian Battlefield, but it appears extinct. Happily, Red God of War, which is useful, survives. The link covers all foreign AFVs supplied to the SU under LL. Tank Archives is pure gold on your topic, especially Lend-Lease Trade-ins. The link has a string of posts which came up on LL. There used to be a huge site called Kursk Day By Day which showed the AFV OOB and the strength returns as the battle progressed. Maybe the Internet Wayback Machine could help. Regards, John Kettler Edited June 23, 2019 by John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lille Fiskerby Posted June 23, 2019 Author Share Posted June 23, 2019 Thank you John Kettler, for the info, much appreciated. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 You're most welcome. Some of the AFV icons on Red God of War provide significant info on units using the particular AFV. For example, the M10 GMC on the Easter Front icon is most informative, but others have little more than the rendering of the vehicle and sometimes attached weapons. Several sites reference Baryatinsky, "Lend-Lease tanks in Battle," but so far, I can't find it. Suspect it's Russian language. Mikhail Baryatinskiy is an established AFV writer and has done a T-80 book for Ian Allen, Ltd. Also, though I've not read it, the proloific armor expert Steve Zaloga has written Soviet Lend-Lease Tanks of World War 2. Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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