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XV SS Cossack Cavalry Corps
XV. SS-Kosaken-Kavallerie-Korps
A soldier from the Don Cossacks detachment of the XV SS operating an infantry gun during the Warsaw Uprising
Active1944–1945
CountryXV SS Cossack Cavalry Corps Germany
AllegianceXV SS Cossack Cavalry Corps Germany
XV SS Cossack Cavalry Corps Committee for the Liberation of the Peoples of Russia
BranchXV SS Cossack Cavalry Corps Waffen-SS
TypeCavalry
Size25,000
EngagementsWorld War II
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Helmuth von Pannwitz

The XV SS Cossack Cavalry Corps (German: XV. SS-Kosaken-Kavallerie-Korps) was a World War II cavalry corps of the Waffen-SS, the armed wing of the German Nazi Party, primarily recruited from Cossacks.

It was originally known as the XIV SS Cossack Cavalry Corps from September 1944 to February 1945.

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