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Mechanized Korps

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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: 5.Guards Tank Army

Key Commander(s):

 Rotmistrov Volskiy Sinenko
Period Front Korps Tank
Brig.		 SU
Brig.		 Tank
Reg,		 SU
Reg.		 Motcyc
Reg,		 Motcyc
Btl.		 Motor
Btl.
1943-04-01-1943-06-30 Stavka Reserve 5MK, 29TK 53G 1G
1943-07-01-1943-07-31 Steppe Front 5MK, 29TK 53G 1549 1G
1943-08-01-1943-08-31 Bryansk Front 5MK, 18TK, 29TK 53G 1529,1549 1G
1943-09-01-1943-10-31 Steppe Front 5MK, 18TK, 29TK 53G 1529 1G
1943-11-01-1943-12-31 2nd Ukrainian Front 5MK, 18TK, 29TK 54G 1438,1529 1G
1944-01-01-1944-04-30 2nd Ukrainian Front 5MK, 18TK, 29TK 53G 1G
1944-05-01-1944-05-31 2nd Ukrainian Front 5MK, 7MK, 3GTK, 18TK, 29TK 14,53G 1G
1944-06-01-1944-06-30 Stavka Reserve 3GTK, 29TK 1G
1944-07-01-1944-07-31 3rd Byelorussian Front 3GTK, 29TK 14G 1G
1944-08-01-1944-09-30 1st Baltic Front 3GTK, 29TK 14G 376GH,1051 1G
1944-10-01-1944-10-31 1st Baltic Front 3GTK, 29TK 47M 14G 376GH 1G
1944-11-01-1944-12-31 1st Baltic Front 3GTK, 29TK 47M 14G 376GH 1G
1945-01-01-1945-02-28 2nd Byelorussian Front 10TK, 29TK 47M 14G 376GH 1G
1945-03-01-1945-05-10 2nd Byelorussian Front 29TK 47M 14G 326,376GH 1G

Unit History

  • Formed as tank army of combined composition on basis of an unknown combined arms army headquarters, 29 May 1942
  • Stalingrad axis: strongest of early tank armies, Aug. 1942
  • RVGK (MHJ), Nov. 1942
  • Main attack army, Stalingrad Counteroffensive, 19 Nov. 1942
  • Caucasus, Jan-Feb 1943
  • First tank army of unified composition, Jan. 1943
  • Designated Guards 10 Feb. 1943
  • Kursk, at Prokhorovka; had 850 tanks. July 1943
  • 16 Jul 1943: (in service) 225 T-34, 180 T-70, 14 Churchill, 13 SU-122, 12 SU-76
  • (in repair) 143 T-34, 56 T-70, 7 Churchill, 3 SU-122, 3 SU-76
  • (write-offs 12-15 Jul) 222 T-34, 89 T-70, 12 Churchill, 8 SU-122, 3 SU-76
  • (captured 12-15 Jul) 532 (!!) tanks, among them 93 (!!) Tiger
  • Belgorod Kharkov Op., badly beaten. August 1943
  • RVGK (SMB), Sep. 1943
  • Kremenchug, Oct. 1943
  • Kirovograd/Krivoi Rog axis, Nov. 1943
  • RVGK (MHJ). Dec. 1943
  • Kiev Zhitomir Defensive Op.. Dec. 1943
  • Znamenka, Dec. 1943
  • Korsun Shevchenkovskiy Op. w/2 Ukrainian Front, Jan. 1944
  • Kirovograd w/2 Ukrainian Front, Jan. 1944
  • Uman Botosani Op. w/2 Ukrainian Front, Mar. 1944
  • Attacked 9 Army near Uman with 4 Guards Army. 4 March 1944
  • 5 March 1944: 164 T-34, 3 Valentine, 2 T-70, 24 SU-85, 3 SU-76
  • 1 May 1944: 181 T-34, 13 IS-2, 42 M4A2, 33 Valentine IX, 22 SU-85, 21 SU-76, 18 ISU-152
  • Targul Frumos, May 1944; badly handled by 'Grossdeutschland', 'Totenkopf' and 24.Pz.Div.
  • 08 May 1944: 71 T-34, - IS-2, 41 M4A2, 36 Valentine IX, 17 SU-85, 17 SU-76, 15 ISU-152
  • 11 May 1944: 157 T-34, 13 IS-2, 64 M4A2, 47 Valentine, 45 SU-85, 15 SU-76, 25 SU-57
  • Rumania, June 1944
  • Regrouped to Belorussia via RVGK. 3 Belorussian Front. June 1944
  • Belorussian Op.: captured Minsk, July 1944
  • Had 429 Tanks, 107 SU, 10 Diamond T recovery vehicles, 22 IHC T-18 Tractors, on 25 Jun 1944
  • 25 Jun-10 Jul,1944 Write-offs: 168 Tanks, 23 SU, capital damage: 47 Tanks, 3 SU, medium damage: 151 Tanks, 26 SU
  • 67 Tanks and 30 SU serviceable on 10 Jul,1944
  • RVGK (SMB). July 1944
  • Lvov Sandomir Op., July 1944
  • 11 Aug 1944 : (in service/en route/in repair) 345/110/104 T-34, 1/-/1 IS-1, 16/5/11 IS-2, 2/-/1 Val.IX, 25/12/12 M4A2
  • 11 Aug 1944 : (in service/en route/in repair) 7/2/5 SU-76, 16/-/10 M-10, 24/4/16 SU-85, 14/2/3 ISU-152, 48/40/6 SU-57
  • Vilnius, Aug. 1944
  • Shauliai. Aug. 1944
  • Memel Op., Sep. 1944
  • RVGK, Oct. 1944
  • With 2 Belorussian Front, Nov. 1944
  • 02 Jan 1945 : (in service/in repair) 83/64 T-34, 25/9 M4A2, 23/- IS-2, -/2 Val.IX, 48/17 SU-76, 24/22 SU-85, 8 SU-57, 42 SU-100, 18/2 ISU-122, 41/1 ISU-152, 6 M-17, 23 M3A1 Scout Car, in total 365/117
  • Vistula Oder Op. (Deutsche Eylau); 2 Belorussian Front mobile group, Jan. 1945
  • Memel, Feb. 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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