By comparison, the 62nd Army under the command of Lieutenant General Trikov numbered only 54,000 men and was armed with 900 guns and mortars. According to Statistics from September 11, Trikov had a total of 100 tanks, of which 56 were available (including 44 T-34 tanks and 12 light tanks) and 44 were ready for repair. In addition, Trikov could use the 133rd Tank Brigade of the Front Reserve (14 available KV heavy tanks, another 8 under repair). Thus, Trikov had a total of 122 tanks, of which 70 were available.
The 62nd Army nominally had 12 divisions and 7 brigades. However, most of The divisions and brigades under Trikov did not live up to their names. The 19 divisions and brigades combined had only 48,360 men, 172 artillery pieces, and 566 mortars. Light weapons numbered 847 machine guns and 30,000 rifles, submachine guns- artillery and machine guns than the two German divisions. Trikov's weakest division, the 229th Division, consisted of only 192 men and 87 guns, not a single machine gun or a cannon, not even a normal infantry company.
Trikov had fewer front-line infantrymen. It is said that the average division and brigade has only 200-300 infantrymen. For example, the 399th Division had 565 men but only 195 infantry; the 112th Division had 2,297 men but only 300 infantry; the 87th Division had 1,819 men and only 180 infantry. That is to say, the vast majority of Trikov's men were gunners and logisticians.
Trikov also had several nearly full units, including the 10th Infantry Division of the NKVD under the command of Colonel Sarayav, and the independent 115th, 149th, 124th, and 42nd Infantry Brigades. The 10th Interior Division had 7,500 men at the start of the campaign, but had few artillery. By 11 September, before the battle, the 10th Interior Division had been reinforced, with a total of 8,615 men and 12 artillery pieces and 102 mortars. In contrast, Trikov's strongest infantry division, the 244th Division, had only 3,685 men.