Appendix B
Comparative Sizes Of Major Commands
November 1941 to January 1943

German Soviet
1. Army Groups 1. Fronts (Soviet army groups)
  On the Eastern Front 4 to 5 plus the Twentieth Mountain Army and the Finnish Army to September 1944   10 to 12
2. Armies 2. Armies
  2 to 4 in an army group   3 to 9 in a front. Probable average 5 to 7
3. Corps (including Panzer Corps) 3. Rifle Corps
  2 to 7 in an army   Disbanded August 1941, reactivated late 1942 with 3 to 9 divisions
4. Divisions 4. Divisions
  2 to 7 in a corps   2 to 3 in a corps

AUTHORIZED STRENGTHS, DIVISIONS AUTHORIZED STRENGTHS, ARMORED CORPS AND DIVISIONS
Panzer Division
       (103 to 125 tanks) 		14,000
to
17,000 		Tank Corps (189 tanks) 10,500
Motorized Division
       (48 tanks) 		14,000 Mechanized Corps
       (186 tanks) 		16,000
Infantry Division, 9 battalions 15,000 Rifle Division 9,375
Infantry Division, 6 battalions 12,700 Guards Rifle Division 10,585
Artillery Division
       (113 guns) 		3,380 Artillery Division
       (210 guns) 		6,550

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