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23rd Tank Corps (Soviet Union)
The 23rd Budapest Red Banner Order of Suvorov Tank Corps was a Tank corps (Soviet Union), tank corps of the Red Army during World War II. It was part of the "operational army" or "active army" (:ru:Действующая армия и флот) from April 12, 1942, to May 9, 1945. History The corps was formed in 1942. With the 21st Tank Corps (Soviet Union), 21st Tank Corps, it was earmarked for the Soviet offensive that became the Second Battle of Kharkiv. At the end of May 1942, during the battle and after large numbers of Soviet troops had been encircled, near the village of Lozovenka, Barvinkove Raion(?), the brigade was took part in the breakthrough from the Barvenkovo pocket as part of the combined tank group of Major General Kuzmin, which consisted of the remnants of 5th Separate Guards Tank Brigade, 5th Guards, 7th Tank Brigade, 7th, 37th Tank Brigade, 37th, 38th Tank Brigade, 38th, and 43rd Tank Brigade, 43rd tank brigades, as well as the remnants of the 21st and 23rd T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tank Corps (Soviet Union)
A tank corps (russian: танковый корпус) was a type of Soviet armoured formation used during World War II. Pre-war development of Soviet mechanized forces In Soviet Russia, the so-called armored forces (броневые силы) preceded the Tank Corps. They consisted of the motorized armored units (автобронеотряды) made of armored vehicles and armored trains. The country did not have its own tanks during the Civil War of 1918–1920. In January 1918, the Red Army established the Soviet of Armored Units (Совет броневых частей, or Центробронь), later renamed to Central Armored Directorate and then once again to Chief Armored Directorate (Главное броневое управление). In December 1920, the Red Army received its first light tanks, assembled at the Krasnoye Sormovo Factory. In 1928, it began the production of the MS-1 tanks (Малый Сопровождения -1, where M stands for "small" and S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |