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Za Rodinu · Jul 31, 2008

RKKA in World War II , by AMVAS.

For instance I remember us talking of astounding losses on the Soviet side at Khalkin-Gol, but this site does not agree

According to [1] overall Soviet losses are:

9703 killed, missed and died of wounds;

15952 wounded

198 - 7.62mm Automatic Rifles AVS-36

1192 - 7.62mm Rifles (631 - irretrievably)

225 - "Maxim" Machine-guns (38 - irretrievably)

2264 - "DP" Machine-guns (308 - irretrievably)

1 - "DK" 12.7 mm Machine-gun (1- irretrievably)

8 - 82mm mortars (8 - irretrievably)

20 - 45mm Anti-Tank guns (8 - irretrievably)

14 - 76mm Regimental Guns (7 - irretrievably)

11 - 76mm Field Guns M1902/30 (2- irretrievably)

4 - 107mm Field Guns M1910/30

31 - 122mm howitzers M1910/30 (5- irretrievably)

6 - 152mm Howitzers

496 - Trucks (118- irretrievably)

99 - Special cars (17 - irretrievably)

32 - Cars

40 - Tractors (4 - irretrievably)

25 - Motorcycles (4- irretrievably)

Tank losses (totally destroyed and need thorough repairs):

BT-7 -30 line tanks + 27 BT-7RT

BT-7A - 2

BT-5 - 127 line tanks+ 30 BT-5RT

T-26 - 8 KhT-26 (OT-26) - 10

KhT-130 (OT-130) - 2

T-37 - 17

BA-3 - 8

BA-6 - 44

BA-10 - 41

FAI - 21

BA-20 - 19

T-20 "Komsomolets" prime-movers - 9

SU-12 SP guns - 2

Much tanks had been repaired during combat, but their amount can hardly be estimated.

Mongolian losses - 556 men (including 165 killed)

Reasons of tank losses:

Anti-Tank Artillery fire- 75-80%

Fire-bomb (later called "Molotov cocktail") throwers - 5-10%

Field artillery fire - 15-20%

Aviation - 2-3%

Mines and hand-grenades - 2 -3%

Japan losses: 8632 killed 9087 wounded
Literature

M. Kolomiets. "Boi u reki Khalkhin-Gol" Frontovaya Illyustratsia, No 2, 2002

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