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.Guards Tank Army
Key Commander(s):
Kravchenko |
Period |
Front |
Korps |
Tank Brig. |
SU Brig. |
Tank Reg, |
SU Reg. |
Motcyc Reg, |
Motcyc Btl. |
Motor Btl. |
1944-10-01-1944-10-31 |
2nd Ukrainian Front |
9GMK, 5GTK |
|
6 |
49G |
364GH |
4G |
|
|
1944-11-01-1944-12-31 |
2nd Ukrainian Front |
9GMK, 5GTK |
|
51G |
49G |
364GH |
4G |
|
|
1945-01-01-1945-01-31 |
2nd Ukrainian Front |
4GMK, 9GMK, 5GTK |
|
51G |
49G |
364GH,697,1458 |
4G |
|
|
1945-02-01-1945-02-28 |
2nd Ukrainian Front |
9GMK, 5GTK |
|
51G |
49G |
364GH |
4G |
|
|
1945-03-01-1945-03-31 |
2nd Ukrainian Front |
9GMK, 5GTK |
|
51G,207 |
49G |
364GH |
4G |
|
|
1945-04-01-1945-04-30 |
3rd Ukrainian Front |
9GMK, 5GTK |
|
51G |
49G |
364GH |
4G |
|
|
1945-05-01-1945-05-10 |
2nd Ukrainian Front |
2GMK, 9GMK, 5GTK |
|
51G,208 |
49G |
364GH |
4G |
|
275 |
Unit History
- 6 Tank army redesignated Guards, 12 Sep. 1944
- On Oct 01,1944 had : 122 T-34, 8 IS-2, 27 M4A2, 7 Valentine IX, 7 SU-85, 3 SU-76, total of 166
- 42 M4A2 received as replacements 1-20.10.44
- Hungary; in big tank battles near Debrecen, Oct. 1944
- Losses in Oct: 103 tanks and SP guns destroyed: 63 T-34, 31 M4A2, 1 ISU-122, 6 Mk-IX, 2 SU-85
- Budapest Op.; had 325 tanks and SP guns, Nov. 1944
- Had 162 tanks and SP guns on 01 Jan,1945, with 72 left by 13 Jan,1945
- Budapest, Feb. 1945
- Lake Balaton Op.; had 406 tanks and SP guns, Mar. 1945
- Vienna; had 286 tanks an SP guns, Apr. 1945
- Czechoslovakia, near Prague; had 151 tanks and SP guns, May 1945
- Manchurian campaign, Aug. 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