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Guards Tank Armies

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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: 1.Guards Tank Army

Key Commander(s):

 Katukov
Period Front Korps Tank
Brig.
SU
Brig.
Tank
Reg,
SU
Reg.
Motcyc
Reg,
Motcyc
Btl.
Motor
Btl.
1944-05-01-1944-05-31 1st Ukrainian Front 8GMK, 11GTK 64G 399H,400G,1442,1454
1944-06-01-1944-09-30 1st Ukrainian Front 8GMK, 11GTK 64G 19 11GH 399H 6 12G
1944-10-01-1944-10-31 Stavka Reserve 8GMK, 11GTK 64G 19 11GH 399H 6 12G
1944-11-01-1944-11-30 Stavka Reserve 8GMK, 11GTK 64G 19 11GH 6 12G
1944-12-01-1945-01-31 1st Byelorussian Front 8GMK, 11GTK 64G 19 11GH 6 12G
1945-02-01-1945-02-28 1st Byelorussian Front 8GMK, 11GTK 64G 19 11GH 6 12G 273
1945-03-01-1945-04-30 1st Byelorussian Front 8GMK, 11GTK 64G 19 11GH 6 12G
1945-05-01-1945-05-10 1st Byelorussian Front 8GMK, 11GTK 64G 19 11GH 6 12G 274

Unit History

  • 1 Tank Army designated Guards, 25 Apr. 1944.
  • Had 131 Tanks and 22 SU, 20 May 1944.
  • RVGK, June 1944.
  • Had 269 T-34, 15 IS-2, 24 SU-85 and 21 ISU-152, 01 July 1944.
  • Had 168 T-34, 15 IS-2, 14 Val.IX, 24 SU-85, 68 SU-57, 21 ISU-152, 14 July 1944.
  • Had 226 Tanks and 99 [I]SU, 19 July 1944.
  • Lvov Sandomir Op. at Rava Russkaya, July 1944.
  • Had 100 T-34/85, 1 IS-2, 11 Val.IX, 8 SU-85, 10 ISU-122, 9 ISU-122, 52 SU-57, Jul 27,1944
  • Had 140 T-34/85, 10 Val.IX, 4 SU-85, 13 ISU-122, 9 ISU-122, 43 SU-57, Jul 31,1944
  • Had 94 T-34 and 19 SU, 09 Aug 1944.
  • Losses : 264 T-34/85, 4 IS-2, 4 Val.IX, 24 SU-85/ISU-122, 2 ISU-152, 32 SU-57, Jul 16-Aug 20,1944
  • Had 37 T-34/85, 42 IS-2, 44 SU-85, 21 ISU-122, 42 SU-76, 94 SU-57, 40 M-17(!), Nov 30,1944
  • Received 280 brand-new T-34/85 for the upcoming offensive, Dec 26-30,1944
  • Had 319 T-34/85, 42 IS-2, 44 SU-85, 21 ISU-122, 42 SU-76, 94 SU-57, 40 M-17(!), Dec 31,1944
  • ... plus 37 Po-2 (U-2) biplanes, Dec 31,1944
  • Vistula Oder Op. (Magnuszew Bridgehead), Jan. 1945.
  • Had 478 Tanks and 214 SU, 10 Jan. 1945.
  • Had 346 Tanks and 156 SU, 26 Jan. 1945.
  • Kolberg and Gdynia, Mar. 1945.
  • East Pomerania, Apr. 1945.
  • Berlin Op., had 854 Tanks and Self-propelled (SP) guns, Apr.1945.
  • Had 132 T-34, 17 IS-2, 15 ISU-122, 18 SU-100, 6 SU-85, 18 SU-76 and 55 SU-57, 09 May 1945.
  • Destroyed/Captured 95/35 Tanks, 54/7 SPG, 72/- APC, 1038/1166 Vehicles, 16 Apr-02 May,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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