OOB of the Soviet 13 mech Corps Nov 1942

[Schlonz]

Hi Eric,
I've sent you an email yesterday and found some additional info:

"The 13th Mechanized Corps is an oddball in the Soviet Army. 13th Tank Corps had been so shot up that most of its tank brigades were removed in September-October 1942, and when Mechanized Brigades were substituted at the beginning of November, it should have been redesignated as a Mechanized Corps with a new number, as had happened to other tank corps in similar situations. Instead, the corps retained the number '13' and even the Soviet sources get confused on what to call it: a tank corps or a mechanized corps. It had the subordinate units of a mechanized corps when it went into battle in late November and December 1942. It fought as a mechanized corps with 57th, 51st and 2nd Guards Armies during December in the mobile battles against German panzers south of Stalingrad, and in recognition of its actions there on 9 January 1943 the 13th Mechanized Corps was redesignated as the 4th Guards Mechanized Corps."

Subordinate units as of 1 November 1942 were:

17th Mechanized Brigade
61st Mechanized Brigade
62nd Mechanized Brigade
13th Tank Brigade
565th Antitank Regiment (20 45mm guns)
398th Antiaircraft Regiment (16 37mm guns)
214th Sapper Battalion