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1st Tank Army (1942 – April 1944) 1st Guards Tank Army (1944–1999), (2014-present)
1-я гвардейская танковая Краснознамённая армия
Great emblem of the 1st Guards Tank Army
Active
Soviet Union (1942–1991) Russia (1991–1999, 2014–present
Branch
Russian Ground Forces
Type
Armoured
Role
Breakthrough and Exploitation in Deep Operations
Part of
Western Military District
Engagements
Second World War
Battle of Stalingrad
Battle of Kursk
Battle of Berlin
Russo-Ukrainian War
Russian invasion of Ukraine
Northern Ukraine offensive
Battle of Sumy
Battle of Romny
Siege of Chernihiv[1]
Eastern Ukraine offensive
Battle of Kharkiv (2022)
Battle of Izium[2][3]
Kharkiv counter-offensive
Battle of Bakhmut
Battle of the Svatove–Kreminna line[4]
Decorations
Order of the Red Banner
Battle honours
Guards
Commanders
Notable commanders
Kirill Moskalenko Mikhail Katukov
Military unit
Russian Armies
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2nd Guards Tank Army
The lapel badge given to veterans of the 1st Guards Tank Army
The 1st Guards Tank Army (Russian: 1-я гвардейская танковая Краснознамённая армия, romanized: 1-ya gvardeyskaya tankovaya Krasnoznamonnaya armiya) is a tank army of the Russian Ground Forces. в/ч 73621.[5]
The army traces its heritage back to the 1st Tank Army, formed twice in July 1942 and in January 1943 and converted into the 1st Guards Tank Army in January 1944. The army fought as part of the Red Army on the Eastern Front during World War II. The army was commanded throughout most of the war by Mikhail Katukov.
It fought on the defensive during Case Blue, ultimately being partially destroyed and disbanded. After its reformation in 1943, it participated in the Battle of Kursk, the Proskurov-Chernovtsy Operation, the Lvov-Sandomierz Operation, the Vistula-Oder Offensive and the Battle of Berlin. After the war, the army was stationed in East Germany as part of the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany.
After the end of the Cold War and the resultant withdrawal of Soviet units in Germany, the army was relocated to Smolensk, and disbanded in 1999. The army was reformed in 2014 as part of Russia's military expansion. This reformed army fought in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, where it was claimed to have suffered heavy casualties following its eventual retreats from the north and later Kharkiv.
^"Intelligence confirms large-scale losses of Russia's 1st Tank Army in Ukraine". 16 May 2022.
^"Who was Russian Colonel Nikolay Ovcharenko Killed in Ukraine?". 23 March 2022.
^"Institute for the Study of War".
^Chao-Fong, Léonie; Taylor, Harry; Lock, Samantha (8 December 2022). "Russia-Ukraine war: Kyiv 'working with UN to demilitarise Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant' – as it happened". The Guardian.
^"RUSSIAN REGULAR GROUND FORCES ORDER OF BATTLE" (PDF). October 2023.
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