Keep in mind that the 3000 men and 6 tanks is what they had left at the end of the battle - the V1 Battle of Kalisz had descriptions of what the Soviet units were like at the end of the battle
The 124th was depicted as having taken very heavy casualties during the battle - especially at the hands of the 1st Brigade - i.e. the one encounter where the M1's of the 1st slaughtered a whole battalion of 12 tanks in ten minutes is detailed for instance - and that the division is broken up and the highest level commander still alive is a Major!
"Soviet 124th Motorized Rifle Division: Commanded by Major R. B. Bologov. The division took very heavy casualties the previous day, including the three highest ranking officers in the division. Current effective strength is 3,000 men and 6 tanks, but they are scattered and very short of ammunition and fuel (most of their forward supply vehicles have been destroyed)."
That is an exact quote from the battle description in the V1 boxed edition rules and the scenario that is used to kick off the campaign and the game
They had at least some modern tanks - the tanks in Sieradz are T-80's and are part of the 124th - so we arent talking old T-54's here - at the very least they had T-80's as part of their tank battalions
I think that this is a case where the Soviet Vehicle Guide and the V1 description of the battle are in conflict as to what that division had - and given that the V1 description of the division and the battle is the initial canon point I will take that over the Soviet vehicle guides
Oh one last thing - if they did have anti-tank missiles they must have almost all been lost - that unit in Sieradz, the largest group left - had a grand total of one anti-tank missile launcher left and no towed anti-tank guns
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