47th separate division of armored trains

Armored trains (bepo) “Siberian-Barabets” and “Omsk Railway Worker” began to be built in the autumn of 1941, finished on February 18 and March 10, 1942 in the depot of Barabinsk and Omsk stations.

The formation of the division began on December 12, 1941 in Barabinsk.

The division was formed on March 11, 1942 in Omsk and Barabinsk and left for Moscow, where it was understaffed (two armored sites for the air defense of the Stalmost plant No. 202 and 203 with two DShK machine guns on each were received).

In the army from 06/03/1942 to 11/15/1944 and from 12/24/1944 to 01/23/1945 .

May 26, 1942 by order of the deputy. People's Commissar of Defense of the USSR Fedorenko 47th ODBP departed for the Karelian Front .

The division was disbanded in 1946. ^[one]

The sheet of people, combat mat of the part, armament, rolling stock of train and time sheet of property of the 47th ODBP (April 3, 42) ^[2] .

The command staff (senior and secondary) - 18

The commanding staff - 14

Junior command personnel - 50

Private ranks - 185 (104 ordinary ranks replace ml.

Total - 276 people.

- Combat equipment:

Armored locomotive - 2

Single-tower armored platforms - 8

Control platforms - 8

Air Defense Platforms - 2

BA-20 - 1 (lacking - 1)

AM lung, M-1 - 1

AM freight, GAZ-AA - 2 (missing - 1)

0 Motorcycles with a stroller M-72 (lacking - 1)

Motorcycles without a wheelchair IZH-9 - 3

- Rolling railway composition:

Cool cars - 1

wagons of covered warm 2-haws - 10

covered 2-wagon cars - 12

cars of kitchens 2-haw - 3

cars of workshops 2-haw - 1

cars of technical warehouses 2-haw - 2

cars of technical warehouses 4-haw - 4

platforms 2-hosny - 4

- Armament:

Guns 76.2 mm arr. 1897 French - 8

Machine guns: large-caliber DShK - 7, tank systems Degtyarev - 40

The rifle with the Mauser bayonet - 86 (40 missing)

rifles arr. 1891/30 - 14

pistols and revolvers - 20 (lacking - 20)

signal pistols - 2 (missing - 2)

- ammunition

Shots to 76 mm gun mod. 1897 - 2.507

rifle and machine gun cartridges - 243.280

cartridges of pistol and revolving - 1000 (missing - 1860)

cartridges for signal pistols - 80

hand grenades - 1000 (missing - 1480)

cartridges DShK - 16.020

- Communication 71TK -1 - 1 (lacking - 1), Dnipro - 1 (TsAMO RF, F. 38, Op. 11358, D. 38)

Arriving at the Karelian Front on June 3, 1942, the division entered the 32nd Army and was tasked with guarding the Kirov Railway in the sections Maselskaya - Kochkoma, the bridge at Segezha Station and the Segezha Paper Mill. The division’s location is determined to be Segezha station.

On August 31, armored trains repelled a raid of seven enemy aircraft at the station and the adjacent airfield.

On September 14, 1942, the division received a combat mission - to support with fire part of the 37th Rifle Division performing a private offensive operation. Having scouted the targets and firing positions, in the morning of September 15 both armored trains launched two firing raids on the enemy’s positions, while suppressing two artillery batteries.

On the basis of the order of the head of the GBTU RKKA No. 1109420 dated December 5, 1942, the armored trains received new numbers: No. 1 “Siberian Barbara” - No. 639, and No. 2 “Omsk Railway Worker” - No. 657. ^[3]

On February 19, the attack of four enemy aircraft at Segezha station was repulsed.

On the basis of the order of the commander of the armored and mechanized troops of the Karelian Front, from February 22 to May 15, 1943, the division’s armored trains were re-equipped and repaired at the Uroch car-repair plant of the Yaroslavl Railway. Here, 75-mm French guns were replaced by 76-mm tank F-34s, PTK devices were installed, an additional third axis was brought up on all armored platforms for spring unloading. Armored train teams actively participated in the work.

In November 1943, the division’s armored trains participated in tactical exercises, receiving high marks.

On March 16, 1944, the Beppo of the 47th Detachment Detachment was supported by units of the 176th Rifle Division, conducting reconnaissance in battle. The fire of armored trains suppressed the batteries of 75 and 155-mm guns.

On June 19-21, 1944, the 47th division supported the reconnaissance of the 55th Rifle Regiment with fire, and then the advance of the 176th Rifle Division in the Maselsky direction. ^[3]

As the units of the 32nd Army advanced, the 47th ODBP was given the task of moving forward, guarding the rear and repairing the railway. In total, from June 22 to August 5, 1944, the division personnel restored about 3 km of the railway track, 15 switches and a turning triangle at the Medvezhyegorsk station with a length of 2100 meters, a bridge 10.5 m long was built ^[1] .

In 1944 he participated in the liberation of Medvezhyegorsk , Petrozavodsk .

After the end of hostilities in the north, he did not take part in the battles, he was stationed there. Apparently, he was involved in some actions related to the fighting in the Arctic in December 1944 - January 1945 .

639th Sibiryak-Barabinets Independent Armored Train

Built and formed in Barabinsk as the 1st armored train, 12/05/1942 renamed the 639th separate armored train. Armored locomotive Ov N 5744 (20 mm non-hardened armor, 35 mm driver's booth, commander’s cabin 30 + 20 mm, movement and tender 30 mm) and 4 armored areas N 125, 126, 127 and 128 (non-hardened armor, sides 20 + 10 mm with air a gap of 80 mm, a turret of 20+ 10 mm with an air gap of 65 mm, a movement of 20 mm, the armament of each 75 mm French cannon of the 1897 model and five machine guns DT).

In the army from 06/03/1942 to 02/22/1943 , from 05/15/1943 to 11/15/1944 and from 12/24/1944 to 01/23/1945

Acted as part of the division

Commanders: Senior Lieutenant A. Tsymbarevich, Senior Lieutenant I. M. Dovzhenko.

657th Omsk Railroad Separate Armored Train

Built and formed in Omsk as the 2nd armored train, 12/05/1942 renamed the 657th separate armored train. Armored locomotive Ov N 6211 (non-hardened armor 20 mm, driver’s booth 40 mm, commander’s cabin 30+ 15 mm, movement and tender 30 mm) and 4 armored areas N 129, 139, 131 and 132 (non-hardened armor, sides and turrets 15+ 15 mm with an air gap of 80 mm, a movement of 15 mm, the armament of each 75-mm French cannon model 1897 and five machine guns DT).

In the army from 12/05/1942 to 02/22/1943 , from 09/16/1943 to 11/15/1944 and from 12/24/1944 to 01/23/1945

Acted as part of the division

• 12.1941 - 6.1942 Pukhov F.Z., captain (later major);
• 6.1942 - 1945 Manchur Yakov Grigorievich, captain (later major). ^[four]

• Kolomiets M.V. 47th separate division of armored trains // Armored trains in the battle “Steel Fortresses” of the Red Army ”. - Moscow: KM Strategy, 2010 .-- S. 102-103.
• Amirkhanov L.I. Armadillos of the railways. SPb. "Island" 2005.

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• List No. 31 of artillery units and divisions (separate divisions, battalions, batteries, companies and units), with the terms of their entry into the army during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945
• "Siberian-Barabets", a control point. From the "Act on combat readiness of the 47th separate division of armored trains"