17th Mechanized Corps (Soviet Union)
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Active | 1941 |
Country | Mikhail Petrovich Petrov |
The 17th Mechanized Corps (Military Unit Number 9406)[1] was a mechanised unit of the Red Army. Formed in March 1941, the corps was destroyed in the Battle of Białystok–Minsk and reduced in size to the 147th Tank Brigade.[2]
History
Formation
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The 17th Mechanized Corps was formed in March 1941 at
Battle of Białystok–Minsk
Following the
On 7 July the corps' strength returns (lists of equipment) showed no armored vehicles. On 14 July the 16th Army was ordered to attack south towards Gorki alongside the 17th Mechanized Corps to destroy the German advance troops.[10] The corps increased its resistance as it retreated, fighting against the German 10th Panzer Division as it advanced towards Pochinok on 16 July.[11] On 18 July, the 16th Army was again ordered to attack south towards Gorki with the corps.[12] On 21 July the corps ordered to withdraw to the Sukhinichi area with 4th Army.[13] On 24 July it was regrouping from Yartsevo to support the 16th Army with a strength of 1,600, according to Western Front commander Semyon Timoshenko's situation report on that day.[14] The corps became the 147th Tank Brigade on 1 August.[2] Its 27th and 36th Tank Divisions were disbanded on the same date.[15]
References
- ^ a b c d Drig, Yevgeny (18 March 2009). "17 механизированный корпус" [17th Mechanized Corps]. mechcorps.rkka.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 1 June 2011. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
- ^ a b Glantz 2010, p. 591.
- ^ Glantz 2010, p. 31.
- ^ Forczyk 2014, p. 31.
- ^ Forczyk 2014, p. 52.
- ^ "Mikhail Petrovich Petrov". Герои страны ("Heroes of the Country") (in Russian).
- ^ Beshanov 2000, p. 266.
- ^ Glantz 2010, p. 68.
- ^ Glantz 2010, p. 49.
- ^ Glantz 2010, p. 110.
- ^ Glantz 2010, p. 187.
- ^ Glantz 2010, p. 172.
- ^ Glantz 2010, p. 200.
- ^ Glantz 2010, p. 207.
- ^ Glantz 2010, p. 156.
- Beshanov, Vladimir Vasilievich (2000). Танковый погром 1941 года [Tank Mayhem 1941] (in Russian). Moscow: AST. ISBN 9851302775.
- Forczyk, Robert (2014). Tank Warfare on the Eastern Front 1941–1942: Schwerpunkt. Barnsley, South Yorkshire: Pen & Sword. ISBN 9781781590089.
- Glantz, David M. (2010). Barbarossa Derailed: The German Advance to Smolensk, the Encirclement Battle, and the First and Second Soviet Counteroffensives, 10 July – 24 August 1941. Philadelphia: Casemate. ISBN 9781906033729.