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- ↑ Collective of authors (1973). Soviet tank troops 1941-1945. Military historical essay (Conclusion). Moscow: Voenizdat. p. 329.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 General Staff 1956, p. 46.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 General Staff 1956, p. 47.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 General Staff 1956, p. 48.
- ↑ Forsczyk, Robert (2021). Stalingrad 1942-43 (1): The German Advance to the Volga. Bloomsbury. p. 24. ISBN 9781472842657.
- ↑ Feskov et al 2013, p218.
- ↑ Sharp, "The Deadly Beginning", pp. 45-46; Dunn's Stalin's Keys to Victory, p. 84.
- ↑ Boevoi sostav Sovetskoi armii на 1 июня 1942 г.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 General Staff 1956, p. 66.
- ↑ General Staff 1956, p. 64.
- 1 2 General Staff 1956, p. 65.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 General Staff 1956, p. 67.
- ↑ "Приказ Заместителя Народного Комиссара Обороны СССР № 0041 от 28 августа 1944 г. «О сформировании трех гвардейских танковых училищ и двух учебных танковых бригад»". tankfront.ru. Retrieved 2022-06-01.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 General Staff 1956, p. 68.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 General Staff 1956, p. 69.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 General Staff 1956, p. 70.
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- Перечень № 7 Управлений бригад всех родов войск входивших в состав действующей армии в годы Великой Отечественной войны 1941—1945 гг (in Russian). Moscow: General Staff of the Soviet Armed Forces. 1956.
- Feskov, V.I.; Golikov, V.I.; Kalashnikov, K.A.; Slugin, S.A. (2013). Вооруженные силы СССР после Второй Мировой войны: от Красной Армии к Советской [The Armed Forces of the USSR after World War II: From the Red Army to the Soviet: Part 1 Land Forces] (in Russian). Tomsk: Scientific and Technical Literature Publishing. ISBN 9785895035306.
The source is Boevoi sostav Sovetskoi armii, the official order of battle from the General Staff. These listings are now online (example of December 1941 online)