63rd Army (Soviet Union)

63rd Army (Soviet Union)

The 63rd Army of the Soviet Union's Red Army was formed in July 1942, by the order of Headquarters Red Army Supreme Command № 994110, by renaming Stavka's 5th Reserve Army.

Initially part of the Stalingrad Front for defensive battles on approaches to Stalingrad, later the Don Front for the battle within the city, and Soviet Southwestern Front for the Operation Uranus counter-offensive. In November 1942 the 63rd Army was reflagged as the 1st Guards Army.

In March 1943 the Army was formed for the second time from 2nd Reserve Army. Initially it conducted defensive operations along the Zusha and Neruch Rivers and the region south of Mtsensk. It participated in Operation Kutuzov at Orel, and the Briansk and Gomel-Rechitsa operations. With Markian Popov's Bryansk Front at the Battle of Kursk it comprised the 5th, 41st, 129th, 250th, 287th, 348th and 397th Rifle Divisions. It was disbanded in February 1944.

Officers

*General - Lieutenant Kuznetzov (Army commander)
*Member military council - Corps commissar Zheltov
*Chief of Army headquarters - General-major Krypenikov
*Operative department
*Chief of intelligence
*Chief of artillery
*Chief of signals
*Chief of engineering service
*Chief of supply

tructure on August 1 1942

*Army headquarters
*14th Guards Rifle Division - General-major Grayznov (July 17 to December 31 1942)
*1st Rifle Division- General-major Semenov (July 17 to December 31 1942)
*127th Rifle Division - Colonel Zaitzev (July 17 to September 22 1942)
*153rd Rifle Division - Colonel Nikitin (July 17 December to 31 1942); Colonel Karnov (from October 11 1942)
*197th Rifle Division - General-major Zaporozhchenko (July 17 December to 31 1942)
*203rd Rifle Division - Colonel Kashlayev (July 17 December to 31 1942); Colonel Zdanovich (from September 3 1942)
*36th Tank Brigade
*134th Tank Brigade
*193rd Tank Brigade
*646th Tank Battalion
*647th Tank Battalion
*1110th Artillery Regiment
*1180th Anti-Tank Artillery Regiment
*1249th Anti-Tank Artillery Regiment
*1250th Anti-Tank Artillery Regiment
*51st Guards Mortar Regiment
*58th Guards Mortar Regiment
*79th Guards Mortar Regiment
*1413rd Sapper Battalion
*1486th Sapper Battalion

tructure on October 1 1942

*Army headquarters
*14th Guards Rifle Division
*1st Rifle Division
*153rd Rifle Division
*197th Rifle Division
*203rd Rifle Division
*6th Guards Cavalry Division- Colonel Belogorodskyi (July 26 - December 31 1942)
*1110th Artillery Regiment
*1180th Anti-Tank Artillery Regiment
*1249th Anti-Tank Artillery Regiment
*1250th Anti-Tank Artillery Regiment
*1257th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment
*26th Machine-gun Battalion
*28th Machine-gun Battalion
*350th Independent Engineer Brigade
*1486th Sapper Battalion

Sources and further reading

* Filippov H.C., Don Shield of Stalingrad, Volgograd, 1969
* http://samsv.narod.ru/Arm/a63/arm.html - Further Reading


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