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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: 1.Tank Army

Key Commander(s):

 Moskalenko Katukov
Period Front Korps Tank
Brig.
SU
Brig.
Tank
Reg,
SU
Reg.
Motcyc
Reg,
Motcyc
Btl.
Motor
Btl.
1942-08-01-1943-02-28 Stalingrad Front 12TK, 23TK, 28TK 158
1943-03-01-1943-03-31 Northwest Front 3MK, 6TK 112 7,62,63,64
1943-04-01-1943-04-30 Stavka Reserve 3MK, 6TK 7,62,63,64
1943-05-01-1943-05-31 Bryansk Front 3MK, 6TK 7,62,63,64
1943-06-01-1943-09-30 Bryansk Front 3MK, 6TK, 31TK
1943-10-01-1943-10-31 Stavka Reserve 3MK, 6TK, 31TK
1943-11-01-1943-11-30 Stavka Reserve 3MK, 6TK, 31TK 64G
1943-12-01-1943-12-31 1st Ukranian Front 8GMK, 11GTK 64G 1451
1944-01-01-1944-01-31 1st Ukranian Front 8GMK, 11GTK 64G 81
1944-02-01-1944-03-31 1st Ukranian Front 8GMK, 11GTK, 31TK 64G 81
1944-04-01-1944-04-30 1st Ukranian Front 8GMK, 11GTK 64G 1442,1812 81

Unit History

  • Stalingrad area, Aug. 1942.
  • Stalingrad counteroffensive, Nov. 1942.
  • Temporarily ceased to exist, Dec. 1942.
  • RVGK, Jan. 1943.
  • Reconstituted in Northwest Front, Feb. 1943.
  • In Khozin’s Special Group w/68 Army, Demyansk, Feb. 1943.
  • RVGK, Mar. 1943.
  • Reformed as tank army of unified composition, Apr. 1943.
  • Kursk salient; had 631 tanks, Apr-May 1943.
  • Kursk, July 1943.
  • Belgorod Kharkov Op., Aug. 1943.
  • Dnieper at Lutezh Bridgehead, Sep. 1943.
  • RVGK, Nov. 1943.
  • From RVGK to Kiev axis, Dec. 1943.
  • Badly beaten near Zhitomir, Dec. 1943.
  • 102 T-34, 4 SU-85 and 6 SU-152 on Jan 15,1944.
  • 296 T-34, 25 SU-85, 20 SU-152 and 15 SU-76 on Jan 23,1944.
  • 227 T-34, 9 SU-85, 20 SU-152 and 15 SU-76 on Jan 25,1944.
  • 109 T-34, 11 SU-85, 12 SU-152 and 4 SU-76 on Jan 27,1944.
  • Had major elements destroyed in pocket near Cherkassy, Jan. 1944.
  • 73 Tanks and 9 SU left on Feb 21,1944.
  • 69 Tanks and 7 SU left on Feb 24,1944.
  • 226 T-34 and 15 SU on Mar 19,1944.
  • Dniester River at Chernovtsy, Proskurov.
  • Chernovtsy Op., Mar. 1944.
  • Chortkhov, Mar. 1944.
  • Trapped German 1 Panzer Army, Mar-Apr 1944.
  • Designated Guards, 25 Apr. 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

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