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3rd Guards Tank Army 3rd Guards Mechanised Army (1946–1957) 18th Guards Army (1957–1964)
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
Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive
Battle of Berlin
Prague Operation
Commanders
Notable commanders
General Colonel Pavel Rybalko
Military unit
The 3rd Guards Tank Army (Russian: 3-я гвардейская танковая армия) was a tank army established by the Soviet Union's Red Army during World War II. The 3rd Tank Army was created in 1942 and fought in the southern areas of the Soviet Union and Poland, then in Germany and Czechoslovakia until the defeat of Germany in 1945. Postwar, the army served as occupation troops in East Germany, went through several name changes, and was finally deactivated in 1969.
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