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