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: 3.Tank Army
Key Commander(s):
 Romanenko |  Rybalko |
| Period | Front | Korps | Tank Brig. |
SU Brig. |
Tank Reg, |
SU Reg. |
Motcyc Reg, |
Motcyc Btl. |
Motor Btl. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1942-09-01-1942-09-30 | Central Front | 12TK, 15TK | 179 | 8 | 54 | ||||
| 1942-10-01-1942-10-31 | Stavka Reserve | 12TK, 15TK | 179 | 8 | 54 | ||||
| 1942-11-01-1942-11-30 | Stavka Reserve | 12TK, 15TK | 179 | 8 | 54 | 39A | |||
| 1942-12-01-1942-12-31 | Stavka Reserve | 3TK, 15TK | 179 | 39A | |||||
| 1943-01-01-1943-02-28 | Bryansk Front | 12TK, 15TK | 179 | 39A | |||||
| 1943-04-01-1943-04-30 | Southwest Front | 173,179 |
Unit History
- Formed on basis of a combined arms army as most powerful single formation in Red Army
- Had three tank corps, three rifle divisions and an independent tank brigade, 14 May 1942
- RVGK near Tula, Dec 1942
- Ostrogosh Rossosh Op., Jan. 1943
- Took Krasnoarmeyskoye, 13 Feb 1943
- Mius River, 18 Feb. 1943
- Destroyed near Kharkov (Krasnograd Pocket), as “Popov Armored Group;” 4 and 12 Tank Corps destroyed, Mar. 1943
- Tank Army of “unified composition,” May 1943
- Designated Guards, 5 June 1943.
Surely not exhaustive, hence any further info or corrections welcome