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

Lt. Gen K Rokossovsky 16th Army 38th Rifle Division 108th Rifle Division 112th Rifle Division 127th Tank Brigade

Lt. Gen M Lukin 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

Lt. Gen F Ershakov 20th Army 73rd Rifle Division 129th Rifle Division 144th Rifle Division 229th Rifle Division

M Gen V Yushkevich 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

Lt Gen I Maslennikov 29th Army 178th Rifle Division 243rd Rifle Division 246th Rifle Division 252nd Rifle Division

M Gen V Khomenko 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 M Gen L Dovator 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 M Gen K Rakutin 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 M Gen V Dolmatov 5th Rifle Division 110th Rifle Division 119th Rifle Division 247th Rifle Division 249th Rifle Division without number guards mortar battery

32nd Army M Gen S Vishnevskiy 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.

Sources

• Forczyk, Robert. Moscow 1941: Hitler's first defeat. Oxford, United Kingdom: Osprey Publishing, 2006. ISBN 184603017X.
• Mitcham, Samuel W. German Order of Battle, volume 1: 1st – 290th Infantry Division in WWII. Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania: Stackpole Books, 2007. ISBN 0811734382.
• Mitcham, Samuel W. German Order of Battle, volume 2: 291st &dnash; 999th Infantry Divisions, Named Infantry Divisions, and Special Divisions in WWII. Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania: Stackpole Books, 2007. ISBN 0811734374.
• Mitcham, Samuel W. German Order of Battle, volume 3: Panzer, Panzer Grenadier, and Waffen SS Divisions in WWII. Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania: Stackpole Books, 2007. ISBN 978-0-8117-3438-7.

Zetterling, Niklas & Frankson, Aners. "The Drive on Moscow, 1941." Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Casemate Books, 2012.

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