23rd Army
- 23rd Army (HQ in (Kuusa or Kusa (village)) with its commander General Lieutenant P.S. Pshennikov responsible for the Defence Sector No.3 that included immediate approaches to Leningrad, including two major population centres of particular interest to Finland, Sortavala and Vyborg. Given the importance of the defended objectives, and previous experience in the Winter War, the Army was allocated two Rifle Corps, one Mechanised Corps, four rifle divisions, two tank and one Motor Rifle Divisions, three howitzer and one gun Regiment of the Reserve of Highest Command, two Fortified Regions, three border guard detachments, and one aviation division
- 19th Rifle Corps
- 142nd Rifle Division
- 115th Rifle Division
- 50th Rifle Corps
- 43rd Rifle Division
- 123rd Rifle Division
- 10th Mechanised Corps (removed from the Army in early July)
- 21st Tank Division
- 24th Tank Division
- 198th Motor Rifle Division
- 101, 108, 519 Howitzer Artillery Regiments of the Reserve of Highest Command
- 573 Gun Artillery Regiment of the Reserve of Highest Command
- 102nd, 5th, 33rd Border Guard Detachments
- 27th Vyborg Fortified Region (Russian: Выборгский укр.район)
- 28th Keksgolm Fortified Region (Russian: Кексгольмский укр.район)
- 5th Mixed Air Division which was particularly tasked with preventing repulsing either amphibious or airborne landings in and around the Gulf of Finland coast.
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