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: 6.Tank Army
Key Commander(s):
Kravchenko |
Period |
Front |
Korps |
Tank Brig. |
SU Brig. |
Tank Reg, |
SU Reg. |
Motcyc Reg, |
Motcyc Btl. |
Motor Btl. |
1944-02-01-1944-02-29 |
1st Ukrainian Front |
5MK, 5GTK |
|
|
156 |
|
|
|
|
1944-03-01-1944-03-31 |
2nd Ukrainian Front |
5MK, 5GTK |
|
|
156 |
697 |
|
|
|
1944-04-01-1944-05-31 |
2nd Ukrainian Front |
5MK, 5GTK |
|
|
156 |
|
|
|
|
1944-06-01-1944-06-30 |
2nd Ukrainian Front |
5MK, 5GTK |
|
|
156 |
1494 |
|
|
|
1944-07-01-1944-08-31 |
2nd Ukrainian Front |
5MK, 5GTK |
|
|
156 |
|
4 |
|
|
1944-09-01-1944-09-11 |
2nd Ukrainian Front |
5MK, 5GTK, 18TK |
|
|
49G,156 |
364G |
4 |
|
|
Unit History
- Formed as a tank army of unified composition in the RVGK on basis of 5 Mechanized and 5 Guards Tank Corps, Jan. 1944
- Korsun Shevchenkovskiy Op., Jan. 1944
- Uman Botosani Op. w/2 Ukrainian Front, Mar. 1944
- 5 Mar 1944: 21 T-34, 93 M4A2/Val.IX, 6 T-70, 1 T-80, 2 SU-152, 5 SU-85, 25 SU-76
- Jassy area (Ultra), 29 Mar. 1944
- 1 May 1944: 7 T-34, 4 M4A2, 3 Valentine IX, 5 SU-85, 1 SU-76
- Targul Frumos, May 1944, badly handled by 'Grossdeutschland', 'Totenkopf' and 24.Pz.Div.
- Rumania, June 1944
- 16 Jun 1944: 25 T-34, 14 M4A2, 8 Valentine IX, 9 SU-85
- 30 Jun 1944: 118 T-34, 22 M4A2, 7 T-70, 3 T-60, 16 Valentine IX, 12 SU-85
- Aug 01 1944 : 152 T-34, 27 M4A2, 4 T-60, 17 T-70, 53 Val.IX, 7 Matilda, 9 SU-85, 10 SU-76, 5 SU-152, 1 SU-122
- Iasi Kishinev Op.; had 398 tanks, 153 SP guns, Aug. 1944
- Captured Bucharest and Ploesti, Aug. 1944
- Designated Guards, 12 Sep. 1944
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