24th Army (Soviet Union)

The 24th Army was a field army of the Soviet Union's Red Army,
24th Army (1941-1943)
formed in 1941 and active during the Second World War. The army
was disbanded and reformed a number of times during the war. Active 1 July 1941 – 13
April 1943
Country Soviet Union
Contents Branch Red Army

First Formation Size Army

Second Formation Part of I Formation

Siberian Military
Third Formation
District
Fourth Formation Reserve Front
Commanders Western Front
See also II Formation
Moscow Military
References
District
Sources Moscow Defense
Zone<nr>III
Formation
First Formation Southern Front
North Caucasus
The army headquarters, formed from Headquarters Siberian Military
Front
District; under General Staff instructions of 25 June 1941 arrived on
28 June 1941 at Vyazma, accepting on arrival in this area six Transcaucasian
Siberian rifle divisions of the high command reserve (RVGK). Front
Involved in the Yelnya Offensive, August–September 1941. IV Formation
Headquarters disbanded 10 October 1941, having been destroyed in Stalingrad Front
the Vyazma Pocket. Don Front
Steppe Military
Composition on 1 September 1941:[1]
District
Engagements Yelnya Offensive
Vyazma Defensive
Operation
Battle of
Stalingrad
Commanders
Notable See List
commanders

19th Rifle Division Composition on 1 October 1941:[2]

100th Rifle Division
106th Rifle Division 19th Rifle Division
107th Rifle Division 103rd Rifle Division
120th Rifle Division 106th Rifle Division
 303rd Rifle Division
309th Rifle Division
6th Moscow People's Militia Division
275th Corps Artillery Regiment
488th Corps Artillery Regiment
685th Corps Artillery Regiment
305th Gun Artillery Regiment
573rd Gun Artillery Regiment
105th Howitzer Artillery Regiment (RVGK)
544th Howitzer Artillery Regiment (RVGK)
533rd Antitank Artillery Regiment
879th Antitank Artillery Regiment
880th Antitank Artillery Regiment
24th Mortar Battalion
102nd Tank Division
105th Tank Division
103rd Motorized Division
37th Engineer Battalion
88th Engineer Battalion
103rd Motorized Engineer Battalion
56th Motorized Pontoon-Bridge Battalion
38th Mixed Aviation Division
10th Fighter Aviation Regiment
163rd Fighter Aviation Regiment
50th Bomber Aviation Regiment
77th Assault Aviation Regiment
139th Rifle Division (II)
170th Rifle Division
309th Rifle Division
275th Corps Artillery Regiment
305th Gun Artillery Regiment
573rd Gun Artillery Regiment
103rd Howitzer Artillery Regiment (RVGK)
105th Howitzer Artillery Regiment (RVGK)
544th Howitzer Artillery Regiment (RVGK)
879th Antitank Artillery Regiment
880th Antitank Artillery Regiment
42nd Artillery Battalion
24th Mortar Battalion
144th Tank Brigade
146th Tank Brigade
37th Engineer Battalion
88th Engineer Battalion
103rd Motorized Engineer Battalion
56th Motorized Pontoon-Bridge Battalion
38th Mixed Aviation Division
10th Fighter Aviation Regiment
66th Assault Aviation Regiment

Second Formation
Reformed from 9 December 1941 to 4 January 1942 when it was redesignated as 1st Reserve Army (II).[3][4]
The army was assigned the 385th Rifle Division for less than a month. The army remained in the Moscow
Defense Zone through April 1942 with no assigned forces.

Third Formation
Reformed again on 20 May 1942, from an Operational Group under the command of Major General Aleksei
Grechkin[5] while assigned to the Southern Front. The army was concentrated in the area of Salsk, Rostov
Oblast. The army was then transferred to the North Caucasus Front on 28 July. In early August the units
assigned were transferred to the 12th and 37th Armies, and its headquarters relocated to Grozny, Chechen
Republic, Soviet Union, where it was assigned to the Transcaucasian Front. The army was disbanded on 23
August and the headquarters personnel were used to form the 58th Army (II) on August 28, 1942;[6]

Composition on 1 June 1942:[7]

73rd Rifle Division

140th Rifle Division
228th Rifle Division
255th Rifle Division
1660th Sapper Battalion
1663rd Sapper Battalion
On 1 August only the Sapper Battalions remained assigned to the Army.[8]

Fourth Formation
Soon afterwards reformed again as part of the Stalingrad front from 9th Reserve Army on 1 September
1942. The army participated in the Battle of Stalingrad as part of both the Stalingrad and Don Fronts. In
March–April 1943 relocated to the Voronezh area and was assigned to the Steppe Military District as part of
the STAVKA reserves for rebuilding. Was redesignated 4th Guards Army in May 1943.

Composition as of 1 September 1942:[9] Composition 1 May 1943:[10]

173rd Rifle Division 20th Guards Rifle Corps

207th Rifle Division
221st Rifle Division 5th Guards Airborne Division
292nd Rifle Division 7th Guards Airborne Division
308th Rifle Division 8th Guards Airborne Division
1166th Gun Artillery Regiment
383rd Tank Destroyer Regiment 21st Guards Rifle Corps
136th Mortar Regiment
247th Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment 68th Guards Rifle Division
278th Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment 69th Guards Rifle Division
217th Tank Brigade 84th Rifle Division

214th Rifle Division

233rd Rifle Division
252nd Rifle Division
452nd Tank Destroyer Regiment
1317th Tank Destroyer Regiment
466th Mortar Regiment
27th Antiaircraft Division

1354th Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment

1358th Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment
1364th Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment
1370th Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment

48th Engineer Battalion

Commanders
Lieutenant General Stepan Kalinin - (26 June – 15 July, 1941)[11]
Major General Konstantin Rakutin - (15 July – 7 October, 1941)(KIA)[12]
Major General Mikhail Ivanov - (10 December 1941 – 17 March 1942)[13]
Major General of Artillery Iakov Broud - (17 March – 1 May, 1942)[14]
Lieutenant General Ilia Smirnov - (12 May – 15 July, 1942)[15]
Major General Vladimir Marcinkiewicz (ru) - (15 July – 6 August, 1942)[16]
Major General Vasily Khomenko (NKVD) - (7–23 August 1942)[17]
Major General Dmitry Timofeyevich Kozlov - (August–October 1942)[18]
 Major General (Lieutenant General January 1943) Ivan Galanin (October 1942 – April
1943)[19]
Lieutenant General Alexander Gorbatov - (April 1943)[20]
Major General German Tarasov[21]
Lieutenant General Grigory Kulik (April 1943)[22]

See also
List of Soviet armies

References
1. Marchand, Vol 1 pp 88-89
2. Marchand, Vol 2 pp 9-10
3. List No.2; Appendix No. 3 to General Staff Directive No. D-043 of 1970
4. Marchand, Vol II and IV
5. Ammentorp, Steen. "Aleksei Grechkin" (http://www.generals.dk/general/Grechkin/Aleksei_Alek
sandrovich/Soviet_Union.html). Retrieved 2 August 2013.
6. David Glantz, personal correspondence, December 2007
7. Marchand, vol V, pg 98
8. Marchand, vol VI, pg 95
9. Marchand, Vol VII, pg 27
10. Marchand, Vol XI, pg 47
11. Ammentorp, Steen. "Stepan Kalinin" (http://www.generals.dk/general/Kalinin/Stepan_Andriano
vich/Soviet_Union.html). Generals.dk. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
12. Ammentorp, Steen. "Konstantin Rakutin" (http://www.generals.dk/general/Rakutin/Konstantin_I
vanovich/Soviet_Union.html). Generals.dk. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
13. Ammentorp, Steen. "Generals.dk" (http://www.generals.dk/general/Ivanov/Mikhail_Mikhailovic
h/Soviet_Union.html). Generals.dk. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
14. Ammentorp, Steen. "Iakov Broud" (http://www.generals.dk/general/Broud/Iakov_Isaakovich/So
viet_Union.html). Generals.dk. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
15. Ammentorp, Steen. "Ilia Smirnov" (http://www.generals.dk/general/Smirnov/Ilia_Kornilovich/So
viet_Union.html). Generals.dk. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
16. Ammentorp, Steen. "Vladimir Martsinkevich" (http://www.generals.dk/general/Martsinkevich/Vl
adimir_Nikolaevich/Soviet_Union.html). Generals.dk. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
17. Ammentorp, Steen. "Vasilii Khomenko" (http://www.generals.dk/general/Khomenko/Vasilii_Afa
nasevich/Soviet_Union.html). Generals.dk. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
18. Ammentorp, Steen. "Dimitri Kozlov" (http://www.generals.dk/general/Kozlov/Dmitri_Tifomevich/
Soviet_Union.html). Generals.dk. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
19. Ammentorp, Steen. "Ivan Galanin" (http://www.generals.dk/general/Galanin/Ivan_Vasilevich/So
viet_Union.html). Generals.dk. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
20. Ammentorp, Steen. "Aleksandr Gorbatov" (http://www.generals.dk/general/Gorbatov/Aleksandr
_Vasilevich/Soviet_Union.html). Generals.dk. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
21. Ammentorp, Steen. "German Tarasov" (http://www.generals.dk/general/Tarasov/German_Fedo
rovich/Soviet_Union.html). Generals.dk. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
22. Ammentorp, Steen. "Grigorii Kulik" (http://www.generals.dk/general/Kulik/Grigorii_Ivanovich/So
viet_Union.html). Generals.dk. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
Sources
List No. 2, Appendix No. 3 to General Staff Directive No D-043of 1970.
Marchand, Jean-Luc. Order of Battle Soviet Army World War 2. The Nafziger Collection, 24
Volumes

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