Maps 1945

(South-Western Direction)

March 25, 2007

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• 4th Ukrainian Front
• 2nd Ukrainian Front
• 3rd Ukrainian Front
  • Hungary
  • Austria

Typical Soviet Abbreviations

Some typical coding of Soviet military maps and battle schemes

Abbreviations of units

4th Ukrainian Front # Title Area Unit subordination Date Lang. Source                 2nd Ukrainian Front # Title Area Unit subordination Date Lang. Source                 3rd Ukrainian Front # Title Area Unit subordination Date Lang. Source Hungary Check also Hungary 1944 HU4501 Opponents assets Hungary 3 UF Jan. 1 2 HU4502 Parrying of the first German blow Hungary 3 UF Jan 1-3 2 HU4503 Course of defensive operations Hungary 3 UF Jan. 4-14 2 HU4504 Course of defensive operations Hungary 3 UF Jan. 18-20 2 HU4505 Capture of Székesfehérvár town and breakthrough of the 4th SS Pz. Corps Székesfehérvár*1 3 UF Jan.21-26 2 HU4506 The layout of the artillery force grouping of the 4th Gds. Army Velence lake - Danube river 3 UF Jan. 26 1 HU4507 Counter-offensive of Soviet troops Velence lake - Danube river 3 UF Jan. 28-Feb. 7 2 HU4508 Anti-tank defense of the 74th Rifle Division Balaton lake area 135 RC/26A/ 3UF Feb. 5 HU4509 System of fire in the 135th Rifle Corps Balaton lake area 26 A/ 3UF Mar. 5 HU4510 Fortifications of the 135th Rifle Corps. Balaton lake area. Balaton lake area 26 A/ 3UF Mar. 5 HU4511 Battle order of the 135th Rifle Corps Balaton lake area 26 A/3UF Mar. 5 HU4512 Organization of the defenses of the 3rd Ukrainian Front Zsámbék - Balaton lake area 3 UF Mar. 5 1 HU4513 Layout of combat operations Velence - Balaton lakes area 3 UF Mar. 6-15 1 HU4514 Layout of the anti-tank defences of the 6th Gds. and 64th Rifle Corps S from Balaton lake 57 A/3UF Mar. 6-24 1 HU4515 Diagram of Combat operations of the Soviet, German and Hungarian troops Hungary 3 UF Dec 26'44 - Feb. 13'45 3 HU4516 Defensive operations of the right flank of the 3rd Ukrainian Front Budapest - Balaton lake area 3 UF March 4 HU4517 Principle battle order scheme of Soviet rifle units in Balaton defensive operation (one of variants) - - - 5 Austria SW5401 Course of the 36th Guards Rifle Division defensive operations in Austrian mountains E from Mürzzuschlag 30 RC/26A/ 3UF Apr. 6

*1 - German name - Stuhlweißenburg

Abbreviations

A - Army

GA- Guards Army

GRC -Guards Rifle Corps

GRD - Guards Rifle Divisison

GRR - Guards Rifle Regiment

GTA - Guards Tank Army

GTC - Guards Tank Corps

MC - Mechanised Corps

RC - Rifle Corps

RD - Rifle Division

TC - Tank Corps

UF - Ukrainian Front

Literature:

1. O. Baronov. "Balatonskaya Oboronitelnaya Operatsiya", Moscow, Exprint, 2001.
2. S.P. Tarasov, "Boi u ozera Balaton", Voyennoye Izdatelstvo Ministerstva oborony SSSR, 1959
3. M. Gromov, I. Moshchansky, "Elitnye sily reikha/Shturm Budapeshta 29 oktybria 1944 - 13 fevralia 1945)." Voyenno-Istoricheskaya seriya "Armii mira" No. 3, Voyennaya Letopis/Military Chronicle. Moscow, 2002
4. M. Malakhov, "Ot Balatona do Veny", Moscow, 1959.
5. Razvitie taktiki Sovetskoi armii v gody Velikoi Otechestvennoi voiny (1941-1945 gg.)/Ed. Lt.-Gen. K.S. Kolganov, Voyennoe Izdatelstvo Ministerstva Oborony Soyuza SSR, Moscow, 1958 (cited from docs.vif2.ru)
6. "Taktika v boevykh primerakh. Polk", Voyennoe izdatelstvo Ministerstva Oborony SSSR, Moscow, 1974. (cited from docs.vif2.ru)