"To the Chief of the Main Auto-Armoured Directorate of the Red Army, Lieutenant-General comrade Fedorenko
According to your orders, I report on the condition of the 51st OTB.
The 51st OTB has:
The battalion lacks the following staff:
According to your orders, I report on the condition of the 51st OTB.
The 51st OTB has:
- Functional control tanks with guns and machineguns: 31
- Functional teletanks with chemical weapons: 28
The battalion can provide 28 groups (56 tanks).
The chemical weapons can emit flame, smoke, or poison terrain.
Control tanks have a reduced ammunition capacity compared to regular tanks. - Regular tanks: 165 shells, 58 machinegun magazines
- Control tanks: 96 shells, 46 machinegun magazines.
Teletanks have one DT machinegun. - All tanks are functional and running (100-150 engine hours expended).
During manual control of the teletank, there is no seat or observation equipment (PTK or PT-1) installed. The ammunition capacity is small (6 magazines).
The battalion is missing the following vehicles:
Type | Authorized | Present | Deficiency |
Command tanks | 18 | 1 | 17 |
Mobile workshop A | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Mobile workshop B | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Disinfection vehicle | 10 | 0 | 10 |
Fuel truck | 6 | 1 | 5 |
Portable charging stations | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Comintern tractors | 1 | 0 | 1 |
The battalion lacks the following staff:
- Officers:
- Chemical technician: 1
- Junior radio technician: 1
- Special equipment technician: 1
- Artillery workshop chief: 1
- NCO and privates:
- Regulator mechanic: 11
- Artillery master: 2
- Optics master: 2
- Laboratory technician: 1
Proposals
I deem it necessary to:
- Fill the battalion to authorized strength with necessary materiel and staff.
- Use teletanks by radio control in areas of attack on a defending enemy.
- Scouting the enemy's artillery defenses.
- Blocking pillboxes.
- Scouting minefields.
- Burning out and crushing machinegun nests.
Commander of the 51st OTB, Captain Lebedev.
July 7th, 1941"
CAMD RF 38-11355-325