Editing Battle of Halbe (section)

=== Soviet dispositions ===
[[File:Kummersdorf Gut Kasernenruinen.JPG|thumb|Barracks ruins in Kummersdorf Gut in Brandenburg]]
Soviet forces ordered to attack the Ninth Army numbered around 280,000 men, 7,400 guns and mortars, 280 tanks and self-propelled guns, and 1,500 aircraft. The force included six Air Corps and the [[1st Guards Breakthrough Artillery Division]], which was committed on April 25.{{sfn|Le Tissier|2005|p=81}}

In the area to the west of the encirclement, Soviet forces were already positioned in depth, with (from the north)

* the [[29th Army (Soviet Union)|29th Army's]] [[128th Rifle Corps]] in the area of [[Mittenwalde]] and [[Motzen]].
**the [[3rd Guards Rifle Corps]] in the area of [[Tornow]], [[Radeland]], [[Baruth/Mark]], [[Golssen]].
* the [[Soviet Third Guards Army|3rd Guards Army's]] [[120th Rifle Corps]] south of [[Halbe, Brandenburg|Halbe]].
**the [[21st Rifle Corps]] along the Berlin to Dresden [[Bundesautobahn 13|Autobahn 13]] to the west of [[Lübben (Spreewald)|Lübben]].
* the [[13th Army (Soviet Union)|13th Army's]] [[102nd Rifle Corps (Soviet Union)|102nd Rifle Corps]] with the [[117th Guards Rifle Division]] near [[Luckenwalde]].
**the [[27th Rifle Corps]]'s [[280th Rifle Division (Soviet Union)|280th Rifle Division]] at [[Jüterbog]], where the [[Wehrmacht]]'s main artillery school was located.
In terms of mechanized formations, the [[Soviet Third Guards Tank Army|3rd Guards Tank Army's]] [[9th Mechanized Corps (Soviet Union)|9th Mechanised Corps]] had its [[71st Mechanized Brigade (Soviet Union)|71st Mechanized Brigade]] between [[Teupitz]] and Neuhof; the [[Soviet Fourth Guards Tank Army|4th Guards Tank Army's]] [[68th Guards Tank Brigade]] stood near [[Kummersdorf]] Gut; and the 3rd Guards Army's [[25th Tank Corps]] near [[Duben]]. Both the 3rd Guards Army and the 13th Army were to be heavily reinforced throughout the battle, as they were to be in the path of the German break-out. A reinforcement of particular note was the deployment of the 1st Guards Breakthrough Artillery Division{{efn|name=GBAD}} under the command of the 3rd Guards Army in the sector of [[Teurow]] to [[Briesen, Halbe|Briesen]].{{sfn|Le Tissier|2005|loc=Appendices}}{{sfn|Le Tissier|2005|p=83|loc=Disposition Map of 25 April}}