109 Photos of the Red Army

[Curlew]

Can we just change my name to stumblemiester already? Either way Stumble upon has lead me to another great site worth sharing. These 109 photos of the red army are very interesting, to be honest I have always had a fascinated with the eastern front. I pulled out a few of my favorites, feel free to do the same.

http://www.themysteryworld.com/2010/11/red-army-during-world-war-ii-109-pics.html


















~Enjoy~

[Tr1gg22]

nice ty

[Guppy35]

The Red Army was on the USS California at Pearl Harbor?

[Nefarious]

The Red Army was on the USS California at Pearl Harbor?

LOL... There was several photos in that collection that did not belong.

[Guppy35]

LOL... There was several photos in that collection that did not belong.

Noticed that too.  B17s, bombs falling from 17s,  T54 or T55s rolling into Hungary.  Some good stuff though 

[ROX]

Anyone interested in reading or researching the Eastern Front I have always highly recommend "Barbarossa Im Bild" By Paul Carell.

It's in German but if you can find an English version it's probably one of the most in-depth books on the subject.  Tons of BW and color photos (obviously) as well as detailed maps.

ebay might have copies available.  I paid about $20 dollars  for hard cover 30 years ago in Lueneburg.

[oakranger]

Did the Russians had a Calvary most of the war or just in the beginning? 

[LLv34_Snefens]

They had cavalry divisions throughout the war. More at the end than at the start.

Their composition changed a lot though, and in the end they were used in so called cavalry-mechanized groups consisting of a cavalry corps (3 divisions each including a tank regiment of T-34s) and a tank or mechanized corps.

As an example the 1st Cavalry-Mechanized Group in July 1944, just before Operation Bagration that annihilated Army Group Center started, contained 133 T-34s, 47 T-60/T-70s, 50 Lend-Lease tanks, 20 SU-85, 49 SU-76, 1 ISU-152 and 3 SU-122.

[oakranger]

They had cavalry divisions throughout the war. More at the end than at the start.

Their composition changed a lot though, and in the end they were used in so called cavalry-mechanized groups consisting of a cavalry corps (3 divisions each including a tank regiment of T-34s) and a tank or mechanized corps.

As an example the 1st Cavalry-Mechanized Group in July 1944, just before Operation Bagration that annihilated Army Group Center started, contained 133 T-34s, 47 T-60/T-70s, 50 Lend-Lease tanks, 20 SU-85, 49 SU-76, 1 ISU-152 and 3 SU-122.

I should have been more specific.  i was refer to the cavalry using horse.  But thanks for that info, really did not know much on the mechanized groups. 

[LLv34_Snefens]

They still used horses too. When i pointed out the tank regiment in the cavalry division I was omitting the 3 cavalry regiments they also consisted of . The authorized ammount in that group cav-mech group would be something like 15,000 horses.

However, they were used as transport. They would normally fight dismounted. Just like motorized infantry wouldn't fight from their trucks.

[Pigslilspaz]

In that last picture, are those PTRS-41's or PTRD's?

[Tupac]

In that last picture, are those PTRS-41's or PTRD's?

Looks like a mixture of both. Look at the flash suppressors.

[Pigslilspaz]

either way, I'd feel sorry for any armored car that they came across

[oakranger]

They still used horses too. When i pointed out the tank regiment in the cavalry division I was omitting the 3 cavalry regiments they also consisted of . The authorized ammount in that group cav-mech group would be something like 15,000 horses.

However, they were used as transport. They would normally fight dismounted. Just like motorized infantry wouldn't fight from their trucks.

I am a bit surprise that there was that many horses, even at the end of the war. 

[Obie303]

I am a bit surprise that there was that many horses, even at the end of the war. 

I think that photo of the calvary was in the early part of the war.  There were many calvary units at the beginning of the war, but most trasitioned to armoured units by 1942.  From one of my books on the Polish Lancers, I found this;

The Samodzielna Warzawska Brygada Kawalerii -was a cavalry brigade fighting on the side of the Soviet Union as part of the 1. Armia WP, the 1st Polish People's Army.

Poland still used mounted troops during the early part of WW2. After release from Russian prisoner of war camps, the Poles still fought as an exiled Army and were armed by the British and US. The lancer units transitioned into armored units.