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Virovitica Assault Brigade
(VirovitiÄka udarna brigada)
History
Formed on 28 August 1944 in village of Mala Peratovica in Slavonia from 1st Battalion of 16th Slavonian Youth brigade and Bilogora partisan detachment whose 3 battalions become brigades 2nd, 3rd and 4th. Official celebration with entire brigade present was held in Vukosavljevica, present were 737 fighters and officers. Brigade was armed with:
- 2 heavy machine-guns
- 8 machine-guns
- 26 light machine-guns
- 10 submachine-guns
- 355 rifles
- 19 pistols
- 2 heavy mortars
- 1 light mortars
- 1 anti-tank rifle
- 59190 rounds of ammo
- 80 mortar shells
- 70 rounds for anti-tank rifle
- 180 hand grandees
Fought in Slavonia and Podravina as part of 40th Slavonian division.
After a month of action brigade strength reached 1281 armed with:
- 4 heavy machine-guns
- 7 machine-guns
- 26 light machine-guns
- 16 submachine-guns
- 605 rifles
- 30 pistols
- 2 heavy mortars
- 5 light mortars
- 1 anti-tank rifle
- 1 anti-tank gun
- 75765 rounds of ammo
- 301 mortar shells
- 70 rounds for anti-tank rifle
- 50 shells for anti-tank gun
- 572 hand grandees
- 5 signal pistols
- radio station
- telephone switchboard
- 8 field phones
- 20 km of phone cable
- 200 kg of explosives
- 19 raiding horses
- 59 pack horses
- 3 draught horses
- 7
Brigade social and national composition from 1 October to 1 November 1944.
- by social status
- 183 workers
- 954 peasants
- 51 intellectuals
- 100 merchants
- 32 clerks
- 7 military
- 4 police
- by nationality
- 148 Serbs
- 1089 Croats
- 11 Slovenians
- 22 Muslims
- 3 Italians
- 1 Jew
- 19 Hungarians
- 26 Czechs
- 4 Germans
- 8 Russians
- Total 1331
armed with:
- 13 heavy machine-guns
- 6 machine-guns
- 37 light machine-guns
- 15 submachine-guns
- 648 rifles
- 41 pistols
- 2 heavy mortars
- 5 light mortars
- 6 anti-tank rifle
- 1 quick firing anti-tank gun
On 30 November strength was 1435 soldiers armed with:
- 20 heavy machine-guns
- 6 machine-guns
- 56 light machine-guns
- 156 submachine-guns
- 719 rifles
- 36 pistols
- 2 heavy mortars
- 5 light mortars
- 1 PIAT
- 6 anti-tank rifle
- 1 quick firing anti-tank gun
On 31 December strength was 1664 soldiers armed with:
- 14 heavy machine-guns
- 6 machine-guns
- 75 light machine-guns
- 161 submachine-guns
- 785 rifles
- 45 pistols
- 3 heavy mortars
- 4 light mortars
- 2 PIAT
- 6 anti-tank rifle
- 1 quick firing anti-tank gun
- 1 anti-tank gun
On 30 April 1945 strength was 958 soldiers armed with:
- 3 heavy machine-guns
- 48 light machine-guns
- 124 submachine-guns
- 329 rifles
- 64 pistols
- 7 heavy mortars
- 3 light mortars
- 3 PIAT
- 4 anti-tank rifle
- 11 raiding horses
- 68 pack horses
- 44 draught horses
Staff
- Brigade Commander
- Lazo Dragaš, to 3 April 1945
- Borislav Mioljević - Šubara, from 4 April 1945
- Political Commissar
- Josip Banak-Kolac, to 10 October 1944
- Miloš Cnobrnja, from 10 October 1944
- Juraj Anić, from 26 January 1945
- Deputy Political Commissar
- Franjo Fabijan, to April 1945
- Vlado Puškarić
- Chief of Staff
- Bogumil Šepić, to November 1944
- Sretan Žarković
- Nikola Velić
Battles & Campaigns
Reference
- Savo Velagić: VirovitiÄka NOU brigada
