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51st Army (Soviet Union)

Been working on this Soviet army, one of a large number, in conjunction with user:W. B. Wilson, and since it's now in reasonable shape would appreciate suggestions for further improvement. Buckshot06 (talk) 09:29, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Kirill Lokshin

A few suggestions, in no particular order:

• {{Infobox Military Unit}}?
• The list of commanders would work better as a table, at the least; another possibility would be to use {{service record}}.
• Ditto the OOB, but with {{command structure}}.
• The lead should be considerably longer.
• Various MoS fixes are needed; in particular, dates need to be properly linked.
• "In 1987, the 192nd Tank Regiment was re-formed into 97th independent Tank Battalion." - what does this have to do with the army as a whole?
• Additional detail on the post-war period, if any is avaialble, would be helpful.

Believe me, if the Net or any other source had anything extra, it'd be in there. I'll go back again and see what I can find in translation from Soldat.ru. Buckshot06 (talk) 20:47, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Kirill 11:38, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Nick Dowling

This is a good brief history of the Army. I'd agree with most of Kirill's comments, though I think that the lead's length is OK given that the article is relatively brief. Can you add anything about the quality of the Army during World War II - eg, was it regarded as a particularly good or bad unit? It would also be good if the reason for the Army's formation in 1941 was discussed - was this part of the pre-war mobilization plan and were its' initial units also newly formed? If they're available, some photos of the Army would be great. I like the article's structure, which is very clear. --Nick Dowling (talk) 07:33, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

Hope I've sketched in now reasonably well the circumstances of the Army's formation - the 12 August Stavka session.Buckshot06 (talk) 06:03, 21 January 2008 (UTC)