3rd Guards Tank Army
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3rd Guards Tank Army 3rd Guards Mechanised Army (1946–1957) 18th Guards Army (1957–1964) | |
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Active | 1942–1969 |
Country | Soviet Union |
Branch | Red Army |
Type | Armoured |
Role | Breakthrough and Exploitation in Deep Operations |
Size | 500–800 tanks |
Engagements | World War II
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Commanders | |
Notable commanders | General Colonel Pavel Rybalko |
The 3rd Guards Tank Army (
History
Second World War
First Formation
The 3rd Tank Army was formed as part of the
Committed to the fighting for
Second Formation
The army was reformed as the 3rd Guards Tank Army in May 1943, including the
Cold War
Soon after the end of the war, the 6th and 7th Guards Tank Corps were converted into tank divisions with the same numbers, and the 9th Mechanized Corps into the 9th Mechanized Division. By 1946, the army had been re-designated as the 3rd Guards Mechanized Army and was headquartered in
In August 1964, the headquarters of the 18th Guards Army was relocated to
Commanders
The 3rd Tank Army was commanded by the following officers:[9]
- Lieutenant General Prokofy Romanenko (25 May–24 September 1942)
- Major General (promoted to Lieutenant General 19 January 1943) Pavel Rybalko (25 September 1942 – 26 April 1943)
The 3rd Guards Tank Army, 3rd Guards Mechanized Army, and 18th Guards Army were commanded by the following officers:[6]
- Lieutenant General (promoted to Colonel General 30 December 1943 and Marshal of Tank Troops 1 June 1945) Pavel Rybalko (14 May 1943–February 1947)
- Lieutenant General Vasily Mitrofanov (February 1947–May 1950)
- Lieutenant General Vasily Butkov (May 1950–30 September 1953)
- Lieutenant General (promoted to Colonel General 8 August 1955) Viktor Obukhov (30 September 1953 – 15 April 1958)
- Major General (promoted to Lieutenant General 25 May 1959) Sergey Sokolov(15 April 1958 – 21 January 1960)
- Major General (promoted to Lieutenant General 7 May 1960) Georgy Anishchik (22 January 1960 – 28 August 1964)
Order of Battle
World War 2
On February 1, 1943, on the eve of the Third Battle of Kharkov, 3rd Tank Army comprised the following formations:
3rd Tank Army[10]
- 12th Tank Corps (Major General of Tank Forces M.I. Zinkovich)[11]
- 30th Tank Brigade
- 97th Tank Brigade
- 106th Tank Brigade
- 13th Motor Rifle Brigade
- 6th Armored Car Battalion
- 15th Tank Corps (Major General of Tank Forces Vasily Koptsov)[12]
- 88th Tank Brigade
- 113rd Tank Brigade
- 195th Tank Brigade
- 52nd Motor Rifle Brigade
- 5th Armored Car Battalion
- 48th Rifle Division
- 62nd Guards Rifle Division
- 111th Rifle Division
- 160th Rifle Division
- 184th Rifle Division
- 179th Tank Brigade
- 39th Armored Car Battalion
- 37th Rifle Brigade
- 8th Artillery Division
- 2nd Light Artillery Brigade
- 12th Gun Artillery Brigade
- 28th Howitzer Artillery Brigade
- 1172nd Tank Destroyer Brigade
- 1245th Tank Destroyer Brigade
- 15th Guards Mortar Brigade*
- 62nd Guards Mortar Regiment*
- 97th Guards Mortar Regiment*
- 315th Guards Mortar Regiment*
- 71st Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment
- 470th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment
- 391st Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment
* Guards Mortar Regiment (or Battalion) (Russian: гвардейский минометный полк (дивизион)) was the overt designation used for Katyusha rocket launcher units.
Following 3rd Tank Army's destruction, it was reconstructed as 3rd Guards Tank Army, and by December 31, 1943, it was organized as follows:
3rd Guards Tank Army[13]
- 6th Guards Tank Corps (Major General of Tank Forces A. P. Panfilov)[14]
- 51st Tank Brigade
- 52nd Tank Brigade
- 53rd Guards Tank Brigade
- 22nd Guards Motor Rifle Brigade
- 1442nd Self Propelled Gun Regiment
- 1893rd Self Propelled Gun Regiment
- 3rd Guards Motorcycle Battalion
- 55th Guards Tank Destroyer Battalion
- 272nd Guards Mortar Regiment
- 286th Guards Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment
- 7th Guards Tank Corps (Major General of Tank Forces S. A. Ivanov)[15]
- 54th Tank Brigade
- 55th Tank Brigade
- 56th Guards Tank Brigade
- 23rd Guards Motor Rifle Brigade
- 1419th Self Propelled Gun Regiment
- 1894th Self Propelled Gun Regiment
- 4th Guards Motorcycle Battalion
- 56th Guards Tank Destroyer Regiment
- 467th Guards Mortar Regiment
- 287th Guards Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment
- 9th Mechanized Corps (Major General of Tank Forces K.A. Malygin)[16]
- 69th Mechanized Brigade
- 70th Mechanized Brigade
- 71st Mechanized Brigade
- 47th Tank Regiment
- 59th Guards Tank Regiment
- 1454th Self Propelled Gun Regiment
- 1823rd Self Propelled Gun Regiment
- 100th Motorcycle Battalion
- 396th Tank Destroyer Regiment
- 616th Mortar Regiment
- 1719th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment
- 91st Tank Brigade
- 166th Tank Regiment
- 1835th Self-Propelled Gun Regiment
- 1836th Self-Propelled Gun Regiment
- 50th Motorcycle Regiment
- 39th Armored Car Battalion
- 36th Guards Mortar Regiment*
- 91st Guards Mortar Regiment*
- 1381st Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment
- 1394th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment
- 182nd Engineering Battalion
* Guards Mortar Regiment (or Battalion) (Russian: гвардейский минометный полк (дивизион)) was the overt designation used for Katyusha rocket launcher units.
Notes
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- ^ "17. Juni 1953 – Situation Report from Andrei Grechko and A. Tarasov". 17juni53.de.
- ^ Feskov et al 2013, p. 130.
- ^ Feskov et al 2013, pp. 61–63, 163, 386.
- ^ a b Feskov et al 2013, p. 386.
- ^ Feskov et al 2013, p. 131.
- ^ Holm, Michael. "18th Guards Combined Arms Army". ww2.dk. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
- ^ Beloborodov 1963, p. 530.
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References
- Beloborodov, Afanasy, ed. (1963). Военные кадры Советского государства в Великой Отечественной войне 1941 – 1945 гг [Military Leaders of the Soviet State in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945] (in Russian). Moscow: Voenizdat.
- Bonn, Keith E. (ed.) Slaughterhouse. Bedford: Aberjona Press, 2005. ISBN 0-9717650-9-X.
- 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.
- Glantz, David M. Companion to Colossus Reborn. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2005. ISBN 0-7006-1359-5.
- Poirier, Robert G., and Conner, Albert Z. The Red Army Order of Battle in the Great Patriotic War. Novato: Presidio Press, 1985. ISBN 0-89141-237-9.
Further reading
- Shein, Dmitry (2007). Танки ведет Рыбалко. Боевой путь 3-й Гвардейской танковой армии [Rybalko's Tanks Lead: Combat Path of the 3rd Guards Tank Army]. Красная армия. Элитные войска [Red Army Elite Troops] (in Russian). Moscow: Yauza/Eksmo. ISBN 978-5-699-20010-8. Archived from the originalon 2019-06-19. Retrieved 2010-12-24.
- Zvartsev, Alexander, ed. (1982). 3-я гвардейская танковая. Боевой путь 3-й гвардейской танковой армии [3rd Guards Tank: Combat Path of the 3rd Guards Tank Army] (in Russian). Moscow: Voenizdat. OCLC 9829836.