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: 2.Tank Army
Key Commander(s):
Romanenko | Rodin | Bogdanov | Radzievsky |
Period |
Front |
Korps |
Tank Brig. |
SU Brig. |
Tank Reg, |
SU Reg. |
Motcyc Reg, |
Motcyc Btl. |
Motor Btl. |
1943-02-01-1943-02-28 |
Bryansk Front |
16TK |
|
|
|
|
|
51 |
|
1943-03-01-1943-03-31 |
Central Front |
11TK, 16TK |
11G |
|
|
|
|
51 |
|
1943-04-01-1943-04-30 |
Central Front |
11TK, 16TK |
|
|
|
|
|
51 |
|
1943-05-01-1943-06-30 |
Central Front |
3TK, 16TK |
|
|
11G |
|
|
51 |
|
1943-07-01-1943-07-31 |
Central Front |
3TK, 16TK |
|
|
11G |
|
|
87 |
|
1943-08-01-1943-08-31 |
Central Front |
3TK, 16TK |
|
|
11G |
|
|
|
|
1943-09-01-1943-09-30 |
Central Front |
7GMK, 3TK, 16TK |
|
|
11G |
|
|
87 |
|
1943-10-01-1944-01-31 |
1st Ukranian Front |
3TK, 16TK |
|
|
11G |
|
|
87 |
|
1944-02-01-1944-02-29 |
2nd Ukranian Front |
3TK, 16TK |
|
|
11G |
|
|
87 |
|
1944-03-01-1944-03-31 |
2nd Ukranian Front |
3TK, 16TK |
11G |
|
8,13G |
754,1219 |
|
87 |
|
1944-04-01-1944-05-31 |
2nd Ukranian Front |
3TK, 16TK |
11G |
|
8,13G |
754,1219 |
|
87 |
|
1944-06-01-1944-06-30 |
2nd Ukranian Front |
3TK, 16TK |
11G |
|
|
754,1219 |
|
87 |
|
1944-07-01-1944-07-31 |
1st Byelorussian Front |
3TK, 16TK |
11G |
|
|
|
5 |
87 |
|
1944-08-01-1944-08-31 |
1st Byelorussian Front |
8GTK, 3TK, 16TK |
|
|
|
|
5 |
87 |
|
1944-09-01-1944-09-30 |
1st Byelorussian Front |
3TK |
|
|
|
|
5 |
87 |
|
1944-10-01-1944-10-31 |
Stavka Reserve |
1MK, 3TK, 9TK |
|
|
|
|
5 |
87 |
|
1944-11-01-1944-11-30 |
1st Byelorussian Front |
1MK, 3TK, 9TK |
|
|
|
|
5 |
87 |
|

Unit History
- Formed as a Tank Army of combined composition, summer 1942
- Stalingrad axis, July-Sep 1942
- Reformed in RVGK, Jan. 1943
- Tank army of unified composition, Apr. 1943
- Kursk; lost over 300 tanks; only 36 combat ready, July 1943
- Zhitomir Berdichev Op., Dec. 1943
- Korsun Shevchenkovskiy Op., w/2 Ukrainian Front to mid-June, Jan. 1944
- 24 Feb 1944 : 53 T-34 (out of 343 on paper), 25 IS-1 (out of 40 on paper), 16 Valentine IX (out of 30 on paper),
32 SU-76/85/152 (out of 78 on paper)
- 19 Mar 1944 : 9 T-34, 6 IS-1, 5 Valentine IX, 1 SU-76, 1 SU-85
- 23 Mar 1944 : 17 T-34, 10 IS-1, 6 Valentine IX, 10 SU-76, 2 SU-85
- Uman Botosani Op., Mar. 1944
- Proskurov Chernovtsy Op., Mar. 1944
- 5 Mar 1944 : 125 T-34, 33 IS-1, 16 Valentine IX, 5 SU-152, 9 SU-85, 43 SU-76
- Dniester, south of Balta, (Ultra KV 332, 6 April 1944); had tank corps in the Jassy area, 29 Mar. 1944
- 15 Apr 1944 : 30 T-34
- Iasi River, Apr. 1944
- 28 Apr 1944 : 80 T-34, 5 IS-1, 20 IS-2, 3 Valentine IX, 2 SU-76, 4 SU-85, 18 SU-152
- 01 May 1944 : 75 T-34, 5 IS-1, 16 IS-2, 2 Valentine IX, 5 SU-85, 18 ISU-152
- Targul Frumos, Rumania, 2-5 May 1944, badly handled by 'Grossdeutschland', 'Totenkopf' and 24.Pz.Div.
- 03 May 1944 : 53 T-34, 3 IS-1, 9 IS-2, 3 Valentine IX, 5 SU-85, 19 ISU-152, total in capital repair: 188, write-offs: 9
- 04 May 1944 : 26 T-34, 2 IS-1, 4 IS-2, 5 SU-85, 15 ISU-152
- 05 May 1944 : 33 T-34, 3 IS-1, 5 IS-2, 2 Valentine IX, 3 SU-85, 5 ISU-152
- 09 May 1944 : 28 T-34, 1 IS-1, 8 IS-2, 2 M4A2, 3 Valentine IX, 5 SU-85, 5 ISU-152
- 21 May 1944 : 39 T-34, - IS-1, 8 IS-2, 2 M4A2, 2 Valentine IX, 4 SU-85, 7 ISU-152
- Regrouped from Rumania to Belorussia, June 1944
- Lublin Brest Op.; took Lublin, July 1944
- 13 Jul 1944 : 426 T-34/85, 47 T-34/76, 42 IS-2, 140 M4A2, 10 Valentine IX, 63 SU-85, 63 SU-76, 19 SU-57, total: 810
- Lvov Sandomir Op., July 1944
- Praga (Warsaw), July 1944
- Lost 'some 300 tanks' in Battle against 'Wiking' and 'Hermann Goering' near Warsaw, early Aug 1944
- 8 Aug 1944 : 230 T-34, 21 IS-2, 67 M4A2, 7 Valentine IX, 31 SU-85, 35 SU-76, 15 SU-57, total: 406
- 17 Aug 1944 : 253 T-34, 23 IS-2, 69 M4A2, 7 Valentine IX, 22 SU-85, 25 SU-76, 14 SU-57, total: 395
- Destroyed 18-22 Aug,1944 : 12 Tiger, 56 Panther, 12 Ferdinand, 22 PzIV, 22 APC, 75 softskins
- Warsaw area, Aug-Sep 1944
- 28 Sep 1944 : 14 T-34, 21 IS-2, 79 M4A2, 20 Valentine IX, 63 ISU-122, 65 SU-85, 69 SU-76, 10 SU-57, total: 341
- 18 Oct 1944 : 14 T-34, 21 IS-2, 175 M4A2, 10 Valentine IX, 63 ISU-122, 44 SU-85, 65 SU-76, 14 SU-57, total: 406
- 3 Nov 1944 : 34 T-34, 43 IS-2, 175 M4A2, 30 Valentine IX, 42 ISU-122, 65 SU-85, 65 SU-76, 14 SU-57, total: 467
- Designated Guards, 20 Nov. 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