29th Tank Corps
29th Tank Corps | |
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Active | 1943–1945 |
Country | Soviet Union |
Branch | Red Army |
Engagements | World War II
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Decorations |
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Battle honours | Znamianka |
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Notable commanders |
The 29th Tank Corps was a
Formation
The corps began forming on 22 February 1943 at the Moscow Armored Training Center near
After reaching the Ostrogozhsk area, the corps began intensive combat training on 1 April in anticipation of upcoming operations. In early May, army commander Lieutenant General Pavel Rotmistrov reorganized the tank brigades in order to create a strong corps reserve to repel unexpected enemy tank attacks and develop the breakthrough, the 32nd Brigade was equipped with only T-34 medium tanks, consisting of two battalions with three companies each, a total of 65 tanks. The 32nd's T-70 light tanks were transferred to the 25th and 31st Brigades, which also had a two-battalion structure, with the first battalion equipped with T-34s and the second battalion with T-70s. The corps was completely formed by 10 May after it was joined by the 14th Guards Heavy Tank Regiment and the 108th Anti-tank Artillery Regiment. On 30 May, the corps' brigades and the 271st Mortar Regiment received their battle flags in a ceremony.[3]
Battle of Prokhorovka
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In two separate marches, first during the day on 7 July, and second on the night of 9 July, the corps covered a combined distance of 300 kilometers to reach its starting positions in the ravines to the north of Prokhorovka.[4] The corps then fought in the Battle of Prokhorovka, a Soviet counterattack during the Battle of Kursk.
Postwar
On 10 June 1945, the 29th Tank Corps was converted into the 29th Tank Division, and its brigades became regiments.[5]
The division served through the
The division was disbanded in July 1990 (Holm/Feskov) or August 1990.[6] Feskov et al. 2013 says that it became the 6313th Base for Storage of Weapons and Equipment[7] while divisional history sites say rather than the 6297th Property Storage Base (Russian: 6297 база хранения имущества (БХИ)) was formed on its basis, with "limited tasks and capabilities." The division then became part of the Armed Forces of Belarus on the dissolution of the Soviet Union.[8] By the end of 1992 the 6297th Base had become the 29th Base for Storage of Weapons and Equipment (BKhVT), and the honorific "Znamenskaya" and the military awards of the 29th Tank Division were transferred to it.[9][10] The main purpose of the BKhVT was to store weapons, military equipment and stocks of materiel, as well as organizing and conducting training camps and planned training of assigned personnel in connection with mobilization. The base cooperated with the material-technical support elements of the 969th Central Tank Reserve Base to arrange "special" maintenance facilities. The 29th Base in Slutsk was equipped with a TKNT-3B modern computer simulator for main-gun training of three crews of T-72B tanks at the same time. A shooting range, a stadium, and electrified guard training classes were active at the 29th Base; Kulan writes that the base was "one of the best in the 5th Guards Army Corps."
References
Citations
- ^ "Ivan Kirichenko". Герои страны ("Heroes of the Country") (in Russian).
- ^ Kulan 2013, pp. 5–7.
- ^ Kulan 2013, p. 8.
- ^ Kulan 2013, p. 14.
- ^ Kulan 2013, p. 107.
- ^ Kulan 2013.
- ^ Feskov et al 2013, p. 455.
- ^ Holm, Michael. "29th Znamenskaya order of Lenin Red Banner order of Suvorov Tank Division". Retrieved 2022-10-13.
- ^ Kulan 2013, p. 113.
- ^ Kulan, Ivan. "Часть 6. В готовности к защите Отечества (70 лет на службе Отечеству)". Retrieved 2022-10-13.
Bibliography
- Елена Бадьина (2021-09-12). "["Байки" из жизни. Случчане, служившие в танковых войсках в нашем городе, рассказали, что бывало на службе]". Archived from the original on 2022-10-13. Retrieved 2022-10-13.
- Feskov, V.I.; Golikov, V.I.; Kalashnikov, K.A.; Slugin, S.A. (2013). Вооруженные силы СССР после Второй Мировой войны: от Красной Армии к Советской [The Armed Forces of the USSR after World War II: From the Red Army to the Soviet: Part 1 Land Forces] (in Russian). Tomsk: Scientific and Technical Literature Publishing. ISBN 9785895035306.
- Kulan, Ivan (2013). 70 лет на службе Отечеству: История и боевой путь 29-го Знаменского ордена Ленина Краснознамённого ордена Суворова II степени танкового корпуса [70 Years in Service to the Fatherland: History and Combat Path of the 29th Tank Corps] (in Russian). Minsk.
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