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.Guards Tank Army
Key Commander(s):
Rybalko |
Period |
Front |
Korps |
Tank Brig. |
SU Brig. |
Tank Reg, |
SU Reg. |
Motcyc Reg, |
Motcyc Btl. |
Motor Btl. |
1943-06-01-1943-06-30 |
Stavka Reserve |
12TK, 15TK |
91 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1943-07-01-1943-07-31 |
Stavka Reserve |
12TK, 15TK |
91 |
|
|
|
50 |
|
|
1943-08-01-1943-08-31 |
Central Front |
7GMK, 6GTK, 7GTK |
91 |
|
|
|
50 |
87 |
|
1943-09-01-1943-09-30 |
Stavka Reserve |
6GTK, 7GTK |
91 |
|
|
1835,1836 |
50 |
|
|
1943-10-01-1943-10-31 |
Bryansk Front |
9MK, 6GTK, 7GTK |
91 |
|
|
1835,1836 |
50 |
|
|
1943-11-01-1943-12-31 |
1st Ukrainian Front |
9MK, 6GTK, 7GTK |
91 |
|
166 |
1835,1836 |
50 |
|
|
1944-01-01-1944-02-28 |
1st Ukrainian Front |
9MK, 6GTK, 7GTK |
91 |
|
166 |
1835,1836 |
50 |
|
39B |
1944-03-01-1944-04-30 |
1st Ukrainian Front |
9MK, 6GTK, 7GTK |
91 |
|
|
|
50 |
|
39B |
1944-05-01-1944-07-31 |
1st Ukrainian Front |
9MK, 6GTK, 7GTK |
91 |
|
71G |
|
50 |
|
39B |
1944-08-01-1944-09-30 |
1st Ukrainian Front |
9MK, 6GTK, 7GTK |
91 |
16 |
71G |
|
50 |
|
39B |
1944-10-01-1945-05-10 |
1st Ukrainian Front |
9MK, 6GTK, 7GTK |
|
16 |
57G |
|
50 |
|
39B |
Unit History
- 3 Tank Army redesignated Guards, 5 June 1943.
- Reformed near Plavsk w/unified composition, July 1943
- Orel Op.; had 731 tanks, 700 guns/mortars, 40,000 men, July 1943
- Had 308 T-34, 109 T-70, 1 T-60, 1 KV1s, 24 SU-122 and 10 SU-152 on Aug 04,1943
- In repair : 136(!) T-34, 39 T-70, 5 SU-122 and 2 SU-152 on Aug 04,1943
- Irrev.Write-offs : 74(!) T-34, 61 T-70 and 3 SU-122 on Aug 04,1943
- Dnieper Op.; first to reach river w/40 Army, Oct. 1943
- Kiev Op., Nov. 1943
- Fastov, Nov. 1943
- Zhitomir Berdichev Op., Dec. 1943
- With 1 Ukrainian Front, Jan. 1944
- Had 109 T-34, 16 T-70, 1 Valentine, - SU-76, 51 SU-85 and 8 SU-152 on Jan 08,1944
- In repair : 196(!) T-34, 3 T-70, 16 Valentine and 17 SU-85 on Jan 08,1944
- Irrev.Write-offs : 134(!) T-34, 15 T-70, 3 Valentine and 8 SU-85 on Jan 08,1944
- Had 259 Tanks and 48 SU on Feb 24,1944
- Broke through 4 Panzer Army at Shepetovka, Mar. 1944
- Down to 35(!) T-34, 4(!) SU on Apr 01,1944
- Had 293 T-34, 42 IS-2, 3 T-60, 3 T-70, 54 SU-76 and 32 SU-85 on Jul 01,1944
- Lvov Sandomir Op., July 1944
- Had 151 T-34, 23 IS-2, 3 T-70, 38 SU-76, 18 SU-85 and 1 KV on Aug 09,1944
- Lost 238 Tanks, 86 SU(-76,-85,-57) and 41 APC, Aug 01-20,1944
- Had 106 Tanks and 82 SU, on Aug 26,1944
- Vistula Oder Op., Jan. 1945
- Had 402 T-34, 21 IS-2, 35 SU-76, 48 SU-85 and 48 SU-57 on Jan 27,1945
- Had 402 T-34, 44 SU-76, 44 SU-85, 40 ISU-122 and 48 SU-57 in service,
62 T-34, 18 SU-76, 12 SU-85 and 13 ISU-122 in repair, on Feb 20,1945
- Had 120 T-34/85, 14 IS-2, 44 SU-76, 28 SU-85, 14 ISU-122, 36 SU-57 and 11 T-34T(!) in service,
86(!) T-34/85, 5 SU-76, 1 SU-85, 2 SU-57 and 2 T-34T in repair, on Mar 15,1945
- Had 386 T-34/85, 23 IS-2, 46 SU-76, 22 SU-85, 41 SU-100, 40 ISU-122, 39 SU-57 and 9 T-34T(!) in service,
34 T-34/85, 7 SU-85, 9 ISU-122 and 4 T-34T in repair, on Apr 15,1945
- Had 335 T-34/85, 20 IS-2, 44 SU-76, 22 SU-85, 41 SU-100, 52 ISU-122, 39 SU-57 in service,
40 T-34/85, 1 SU-76, 5 SU-85, 6 ISU-122 in repair, on Apr 20,1945
- Had 217 T-34/85, 19 IS-2, 37 SU-76, 24 SU-85, 37 SU-100, 49 ISU-122, 33 SU-57 and 11 T-34T(!) in service,
19 T-34/85, 2 IS-2, 2 SU-76, 4 SU-85, 4 SU-100, 2 ISU-122, -- SU-57 and -- T-34T in repair, on May 02,1945
- Had 173 T-34/85, 13 IS-2, 30 SU-76, 8 SU-85, 31 SU-100, 27 ISU-122, 33 SU-57 in service,
75 T-34/85, 7 IS-2, 3 SU-76, 14 SU-85, 6 SU-100, 18 ISU-122 in repair, on May 12,1945
- Had 36 203mm B-4 (!), 60 152mm ML-20, 232 122mm A-19, 16 85mm 52-K, 72 37mm 61-K, 144 M[-12-]31 Rocket Launcher (!) in service, on May 03/10,1945
- Destroyed/Captured 173/104 Tanks, 17/49 SPG, 277/202 Guns, 81/71 APC, 865/1174 Vehicles, from Apr 16-May 12,1945
- Berlin Op., Apr. 1945
- Took Zossen, Apr. 1945
- Czechoslovakia, 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