The 38 engineer battalions allocated to the front were responsible for ferrying ammunition, personnel and tanks across the Volga River while carrying out minor reconnaissance along sections of the front which were to be the breakthrough points of the impending offensive.
De 38 ingeniørbataljoner, som var tildelt fronten, var ansvarlige for at færge ammunition, tropper og kampvogne over Volga samtidig med, at de gennemførte rekognoscering langs de dele af fronten der var udset til at blive gennembrudt under den kommende offensiv.