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Guards Mechanized Korps

Mechanized Korps

 
Abbr.: A=Army, Ba=(Pri)Baltic, Btl=Batallion, Brig=Brigade, Bry=Bryansk, By=Byelorussian, Ce=Central, Fr=Front, G=Guards, H=Heavy, K=Korps, Kal=Kalinin, Len=Leningrad, M/Mech=Mechanized, MD=Military District, Mosc=Moscow, Mot=Motorized, Motcyc=Motorcycle, Reg=Regiment, Res=Reserve, Sh=Shock, So=Southern, Stp=Steppes, SU=Self-Propelled Artillery, Tk=Tank, TA=Tank Army, TrBaik=Trans-Baikal, Ukr=Ukrainian, Vor=Voronesh, We=Western

Results for: 4.Tank Army

Key Commander(s):

 Batov Badanov Lelyushenko
Period Front Korps Tank
Brig.
SU
Brig.
Tank
Reg,
SU
Reg.
Motcyc
Reg,
Motcyc
Btl.
Motor
Btl.
1942-08-01-1942-08-31 Steppe Front 22TK
1942-09-01-1970-01-01 Steppe Front 193,22M
1942-10-01-1943-07-31 Don Front 114,22M
1943-08-01-1943-08-31 Bryansk Front 6GMK, 11TK, 30TK 1545 51
1943-09-01-1943-09-30 Bryansk Front 6GMK, 30TK 1545 51
1943-10-01-1943-10-31 Stavka Reserve 6GMK, 30TK 1545 51 51A
1943-11-01-1943-11-30 Stavka Reserve 6GMK, 10GTK 1536,1545 51
1943-12-01-1943-12-31 Stavka Reserve 6GMK, 10GTK 1536,1545 51
1944-01-01-1944-02-29 Stavka Reserve 6GMK, 10GTK 51
1944-03-01-1944-04-30 1st Ukranian Front 6GMK, 10GTK 51
1944-05-01-1944-05-31 1st Ukranian Front 6GMK, 10GTK 1228 51
1944-06-01-1944-08-31 1st Ukranian Front 6GMK, 10GTK 93 72G 374GH 51
1944-09-01-1944-12-31 1st Ukranian Front 6GMK, 10GTK 93 22 72G 374GH 51
1944-09-01-1944-12-31 1st Ukranian Front 6GMK, 10GTK 93 22 13G 51
1945-01-01-1945-03-31 1st Ukranian Front 6GMK, 10GTK 93 22 13G 51

Unit History

  • Formed from 38 Army, July 1942
  • Kletskaya, July 1942
  • Stalingrad axis; remnants redesignated 65 Army, Summer 1942
  • Temporarily ceased to exist, Dec. 1942
  • Reformed at Naro Fominsk, Moscow Military District, July 1943
  • The Red Army Order of Battle
  • Orel, in breakthrough zone of 11 Guards Army, July 1943
  • Bolkhov, 24 July 1943
  • Had 190 T-34, 55 T-70, 3 Valentine, 1 KV-1, 43 SU-122 and 5 SU-152 in service, 17 Aug 1943
  • ... in repair/write-offs : 112/269(!!) T-34, 17/47 T-70, 6/6 Valentine, 7/9 SU-122 and 6/1 SU-152, 17 Aug 1943
  • Zhitomir Berdichev Op., Dec. 1943
  • From RVGK to 1 Ukrainian Front, Feb. 1944
  • Seret and Dniester Rivers, Mar. 1944
  • Proskurov Chernovtsy Op., Mar. 1944
  • Resisted breakout of 1 Panzer Army, Apr. 1944
  • Had 310 T-34, 21 IS-2, 9 Valentine IX, 5 SU-85 and 21 ISU-152, 01 Jul 1944
  • Lvov Sandomir Op., Koltov Corridor, July 1944
  • Had 109 T-34, 3 IS-1, 38 IS-2, 6 Valentine IX, 5 SU-85, 18 SU-122, 14 SU-76, 10 ISU-122 and 6 ISU-152, 09 Aug 1944
  • Had 161 T-34, 17 IS-2, 9 Valentine IX, 17 SU-85, 18 SU-122, 24 SU-76, 17 ISU-122 and 6 ISU-152, 10 Sep 1944
  • Had 188 T-34, 16 IS-2, 5 Valentine IX, 14 SU-85, 16 SU-122, 24 SU-76, 47 SU-57 and 17 ISU-152, 30 Sep 1944
  • Had 464 T-34, 74 IS-2, 8 Valentine IX, 63 SU-85, 21 SU-122, 46 SU-76, and 48 SU-57, 16 Dec 1944
  • Vistula Oder Op., Jan. 1945
  • Krosno Odrozanskie, Poland, Jan. 1945
  • Had 482 T-34/85, 22 T-34/76, 63 IS-2, 9 Valentine IX, 44 SU-85, 23 SU-122, 46 SU-76, and 61 SU-57, 12 Jan 1945
  • Had 277 T-34/85, 15 T-34/76, 31 IS-2, 7 Valentine IX, 31 SU-85, 15 SU-122, 31 SU-76, and 53 SU-57, 27 Jan 1945
  • Had 242 T-34/85,   6 T-34/76, 30 IS-2, 6 Valentine IX, 27 SU-85,   9 SU-122, 21 SU-76, and 49 SU-57, 10 Feb 1945
  • Had 164 T-34/85,   9 T-34/76, 16 IS-2, 3 Valentine IX, 15 SU-85,   3 SU-122, 23 SU-76, and 45 SU-57, 22 Feb 1945
  • 'Irrevocable write-offs' : 594 Tanks, 12 Jan-22 Feb,1945
  • Designated Guards, 17 Mar. 1945
Sources : tankfront.ru, pamyat-naroda.ru, flamesofwar.com, War is over, Poirier-Conner, "RA OOB in the GPW", et al.

Surely not exhaustive, hence any further info or corrections welcome

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