Predecessor: 4th Tank Army (1943–1945) Successor: 20th Guards Combined Arms Army (1960)
Allegiance
Armed Forces of the Soviet Union
Branch
Land
Type
Tank Forces
Role
Tank Army
Engagements
Upper Silesian Operation Berlin Operation Prague Operation
Battle honours
Soviet Guard
Commanders
Notable commanders
Dmitry Lelyushenko
Military unit
The 4th Guards Tank Army was an operational military unit within the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union during the Great Patriotic War and in the post–war period.[1]
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Military District. It included the 20th and 21st Guards Rifle and 3rd GuardsTank Corps. On July 3 the Army was placed in Stavka reserve, on July 18 included...
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attack by the 3rd and 4thGuardTankArmies and the 13th, 3rd Guards, and 5th Guards combined-arms armies. This group of five armies was Konev's main attack...
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the Red Banner and in November became a guards unit, the 9th GuardsTank Corps, along with the rest of the army. The corps fought in the Vistula–Oder Offensive...
reorganization of tank brigades into tank regiments. The 1st GuardsTank Brigade had been formed in 1941 from the 4thTank Brigade, and had seen intense combat...
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Armed Forces of the Soviet Union