The 24th Mechanized Corps (

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7161) was a mechanized corps of the

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, active from spring 1941 to late 1941. On June 22, 1941, at the beginning of

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, it was located at

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in the

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. The corps commander was Maj. Gen. Vladimir Chistyakov. Its chief of staff was Colonel Alexander Danilov, who died in the

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. The corps' three divisions were seemingly destroyed at

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in August 1941.Glantz, Stumbling Colossus, p. 231.

Units

45th Tank Division (Military Unit Number 1703)

Commander - Brigade Commander, with 08/12/41, Major General Mikhail Solomatin. Deputy Head of the Political Department - Battalion Commissar Vinogradov Vakhrouchev. *89 Tank Regiment - a / h 1727 *90 Tank Regiment - a / h 1731 *45 motorized infantry regiment - a / h 1720 *45 Howitzer Artillery Regiment - a / h 1737 *Other units: (ozad - a / h 1717 pe - a / h 1705, ponb - a / h 1737 obs - a / h in 1709, the field hospital - a / h 1812 ATB - a / h 1802 HDR - a / h 1807 rreg - a / h 1713 groin - a / h 1824)

49th Tank Division (Military Unit Number 9405)

Commander - Colonel Konstantin Shvetsov. Artillery commander - Colonel Nicanor Nikanorovich Lyubimov (died in captivity) *97 Tank Regiment - a / h 9513 *98 Tank Regiment - a / h 9528 *49 motorized infantry regiment - a / h 9493 *49 Howitzer Artillery Regiment - a / h 9554 *other units (ozad - a / h 9483, pe - a / h 9421 ponb - a / h 9578, obs - a / h 9442, the field hospital - a / h 9606, ATB - a / h 9586, HDR - a / h 9597, rreg - a / h 9461, groin - a / h 9622)

216th Motorized Division (Military Unit Number 9250)

Commander - Colonel Ashot Sargsyan Sarkisovich. Head of engineering department - Ivan Lebedev. *647 motorized infantry regiment - a / h 9262 *665 motorized infantry regiment - a / h 9273 *134 Tank Regiment - a / h 9282 *656 Artillery Regiment - a / h 9276 *42 separate antitank battalion - a / h 9319 *215 separate anti-aircraft artillery battalion - a / h 9306 *290 Reconnaissance Battalion - a / h 9291 *370 easy-to- engineer battalion - a / h 9302 *590 separate communications battalion - a / h 9297 *214 artillery park division - a / h 9348 *356 medical and sanitary battalion - a / h 9324 *685 Motor Transport Battalion - a / h 9357 *160 repair and refurbishment battalion - a / h 9342 *34 company regulation - a / h 9365 *460 Field Bakery - a / h 9329 *725 Field postal station *586 Field ticket office of the State Bank

Corps troops

*17 Motorcycle Regiment - a / h 7145 *551 separate communications battalion - a / h 7372 *81 separate motoinzhenerny battalion - a / h 7431 *124 separate Corps Air Squadron - a / h 5601

References

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