23rd separate division of armored trains

It was formed from November 1941 on the basis of the directive of the People’s Commissar of Defense (People's Commissar of Defense) of the USSR No. 22ss of October 29, 1941 in the Moscow Military District at Podmoskovnaya station. Armored trains were manufactured at the depot near Kazansky railway station ^[1] .

As part of the army from March 7, 1942 to May 1, 1943 and from January 6, 1944 to May 9, 1945 .

On November 24, 1941, the division was supposed to be sent to Ryazan , but the division was in reserve until March 1942. ^[2]

• headquarters and base (black locomotive, wagons: staff, workshops, dining-bath and so on)
• The 1st armored train, 23rd, was renamed on December 17, 1942 to the 604th separate armored train, and then renamed on October 16, 1943 to the “ 620th separate armored train“ Hedgehog ”” ^[3] . Armored steam engine Ov N 3730, non-armor steel with a thickness of 27 mm, 2 biaxial armor plates N 81 1 and 812, non-armored steel 27+ 18 mm, each with two 45-mm cannons in the towers of T-26 tanks and 4 DT machine guns , antiaircraft platform of the Stalmost "N 167 with two 25 mm cannons. ^[2] Commander : Captain Ananiev
• The 2nd armored train, 23 Odnbp, was renamed on December 17, 1942 into the 665th separate armored train, and then renamed on October 16, 1943 to the 776th separate armored train. Broneparovoz Ov N 6664, non-stronghold steel 25-30 mm, two-axis armor pads N 813, 814, 815, 816, non-armored steel St5 36 mm, armament of each 45-mm cannon in the towers of T-26 tanks and 5 DT machine guns . ^[2] Commander: Lieutenant Golovanets. ^[four]

After the formation of 23 odnbp arrived at the Volkhov front and from March 1942 to April 1943 runs on the railway line Budogoshch - Kirishi - Georgian , performs the task of covering the troops ^[4] . May 1, 1943 the division returned to Moscow , is in reserve until 1944. In January 1944, he returned to the Volkhov front , participating in the Leningrad-Novgorod operation ^[4] . In the spring of 1944 he was sent to the Karelian Isthmus , acting on the Leningrad - Sestroretsk branch. From June 1944, he participated in the Vyborg operation and after it, until April 1945, it is deployed in the Vyborg region ^[4] , in April 1945, he moved to Estonia , where he ended the war. ^[2]

Here, from May 18 to July 28, 1946, the 23rd unit was disbanded, while the combat unit was transferred to the 56th unit ^[5] .

In composition

2.1942 - 1944 (?) Martynov Pyotr Fedorovich, captain, later major, lieutenant colonel;

1944 (?) - 3.1945 Shestopalov, Major;

3.1945 - 7.1946 (?) Novoselov Vladimir Timofeevich, major. ^[6]

• Kolomiets M.V. 23rd separate division of armored trains // Armored trains in a battle “Steel Fortresses” of the Red Army ”. - Moscow: Strategy KM, 2010. - p. 46-47.
• Amirkhanov L.I. Battleships of railways. SPb. "The Island" 2005.
• A. V. Efimiev, A. N. Manzhosov, P. Sidorov. Armored trains in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 - M .: Transport, 1992

• 50 separate division of armored trains
• Reference books on Soldat.ru
• List No. 31 of artillery units and subunits (separate battalions, battalions, batteries, companies and detachments), with the dates of their entry into the army in the period of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945
• The 23rd Separate Division of Armored Trains Almost a copy of the chapter “The 23rd Separate Division of Armored Trains” of the book by M.V. Kolomiets “Armored trains in battle“ Steel Fortresses of the Red Army ”. - [M.]: Strategy KM, 2010.
• Chapter 4. Amirkhanov LA Armadillos Railways