Leningrad Military District Forces
- The Leningrad Military District also included forces directly subordinated to its commander (Popov).
- 1st Mechanised Corps less 1st Tank Division which was concentrated around Sluttsk and Pushkino
- 70th Rifle Division in the Karelian Isthmus half way between Leningrad and Vyborg (Muola).
- 191st and 177th Rifle Divisions that remained at cadre strength awaiting mobilisation.
- 4th, 41st and 39th Air Divisions
- The Baltic Fleet (from 28 June 1941)
- Vessels of the Baltic Fleet were severely restricted by the geography and lack of air superiority in conducting offensive operations, however their ships batteries included guns in the 305mm, 180mm and 130mm calibres, and the Scientific-research naval artillery range also located in Leningrad possessed 406mm pieces that were being developed for future Soviet battleship designs, and these were without opposition until Germans were able to move the heavy rail guns to the area.
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