Wednesday 9 April 2014

Soviet Tanks in the Far East

Here are the tanks the Red Army had available in the Far East for war with Japan as of August 5th, 1945. As you can see, some of these tanks have been there for quite a while, as they are downright antiques. As per Soviet tradition, tanks that require light repairs (repairs that can be completed by the strength of the tank unit) are included in the "functional" column.

Vehicle In possession Functional Med. Repairs Maj. Repairs Irreparable
T-34 1899 1794 32 70 3
M4-A2 250 250 - - -
BT-7 1030 797 41 179 13
T-26 1461 1272 33 122 34
KV 77 47 5 23 2
Valentine 81 78 3 - -
T-60/70 46 14 - 28 4
BT-5 190 101 - 23 66
T-38 325 304 20 1 -
Tankettes 52 52 - - -
IS 19 6 1 12-
T-27 56 56 - - -
T-37 52 52 - - -
M3 light 1 - 1 - -
M3 medium 1 - 1 - -
Various 5 5 - - -
Total tanks 5548 4841 137 455 125
ISU-152 197 188 1 8 -
ISU-122 1 1 - - -
SU-100 262 261 1 - -
SU-76 952 944 9 - -
SU-152 11 - - 11 -
SU-85 6 1 - 5 -
SU-122 6 2 - 3 1
Total SPGs 1422 1393 11 28 1
Total  6980 6234 148 483 126

The small number of IS tanks available casts doubt on the assertion that IS-3 tanks were present in the theater.

1 comment:

  1. That's really very useful indeed. As you say, lots of pretty ancient kit.

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