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The tank brigade occupied an intermediate position between a tank regiment and tank divisions of the Red Army. A tank brigade can be separate, that is, formally not part of corps and Field army - in this case, the name of the brigade can have the adjective “separate” added.
1st Leningrad Tank Brigade; 1st Separate Women's Volunteer Rifle Brigade; 1st Tank Brigade (Soviet Union) 44th Guards Cannon Artillery Brigade; 54th Rifle Brigade (Soviet Union) 76th Fortified Region; 83rd Corps Artillery Regiment; 87th Guards Rifle Regiment; 88th Separate Rifle Brigade; 100th Kazakh Rifle Brigade; 112th "Revolutionary Mongolia ...
"The Big Red One" of the 1st Infantry Division. 1st Infantry Division "The Big Red One" – from the division's official shoulder patch: Red numeral "1" on an olive drab shield. "The Fighting First" "The Big Dead One" 2nd Infantry Division "Warrior Division" – official nickname "Indian Head" – Official as of 1948.
When formed, the brigade had 43 KV-1s, 2 T-34s, 26 BA-10s and 3 BA-20s. [citation needed] From November 1941, the brigade fought near Leningrad, among other part of brigade had fought on the Nevsky Pyatachok. 7 May 1942 123rd Tank Red Banner Brigade was renamed to 1st Leningrad Tank Red Banner Brigade. During 1942-1944 the Brigade proceeded to ...
The Army's forces at the beginning of the offensive included 26th and 59th Rifle Corps, 6 rifle divisions, 3 tank brigades (75th, 77th, 257th), 3 SP regiments, 6 SP battalions, 1 heavy tank/SP gun regiment, 5 artillery brigades, and 410 tanks/SP guns and 1,413 guns/mortars. [8] The 6th and 112th Fortified Regions also formed part of the Army.
The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, [a] often shortened to the Red Army, [b] was the army and air force of the Russian Soviet Republic and, from 1922, the Soviet Union.The army was established in January 1918 by a decree of the Council of People's Commissars [1] to oppose the military forces of the new nation's adversaries during the Russian Civil War, especially the various groups ...
On disbandment, elements reorganised as 16th Tank Brigade, which was later transferred bodily from the Red Army to the Polish Armed Forces in the East. See pl:16 Dnowsko-Łużycka Brygada Pancerna. 35th Tank Division – with 9th Mechanized Corps in June 1941. 36th Tank Division – with 17th Mechanized Corps in June 1941.
The 2nd Tank Army was formed during January and February of 1943 from the 3rd Reserve Army of the Bryansk Front under the command of Prokofy Romanenko. [1] On February 1, 1943, the Army's order of battle was as follows: 2nd Tank Army [2] 16th Tank Corps (Major General of Technical Forces A. G. Maslov) [3] 107th Tank Brigade; 109th Tank Brigade