The Chetnik part of the attack was to be conducted by the Rasina Detachment under the command of Dragutin Keserović and the Stalać Detachment under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Radojević.[17] The Partisan part of the attack was to be conducted by the Rasina Detachment.[18] The total number of rebels who attacked Kruševac was estimated between 1,000 and 10,000 in different sources while most sources agree on 2—3,000 men.[19] Only 500 rebels were armed with firearms, while other carried melee weapons.[20]