OOB 3d Guards Tank Army May 1945

[James Patrick]

Does anyone know what units belonged to the 3d Guards Tank Army on May 1945? I'm looking for major formations and army units belonging to this formation.

[Juha Hujanen]

Well,1st January 45 3rd Guards Tank Army had:

9th Mechanised Corps(Gen.Lt.Suchov)
-69th Mech.Brigade
-70th Mech.Brigade
-71st Mech.Brigade
-91st Tank Brigade


6th Guards Tank Corps(Gen.Maj.Novikov)
-51st Guards Tank Brigade
-52nd Guards Tank Brigade
-53rd Guards Tank Brigade
-22nd Guards Motor Rifle Brigade


7th Guards Tank Corps(Gen.Maj.Ivanov)
-54th Guards Tank Brigade
-55th Guards Tank Brigade
-56th Guards Tank Brigade
-23rd Guards Motor Rifle Brigade

And on 16th April 3rd Guards Army had those 3 Corps with its ranks aswell,so most likely they were with it in May too.

Cheers/Juha

[James Patrick]

Brilliant! Thanks Juha. Do you know of any army units that were attached to 3GTA (AT, AD, Eng, Gds Mortar, etc.)?

[Juha Hujanen]

Sorry i don't have info about attached units.

/Juha

[Gregory Deych]

I have the date on December 1944, hopefully it'll help.
Attached to 3rd Guards Tank army were:
199 light artillery brigade
91st guards mortar (Katusha)
1381, 1394 anti-aircraft regiments
372nd separate signals air regiment
19th motorized engineering brigade
57th guards separate tank regiment
16th separate self-propelled artillery gun brigade
50th motorcycle regiment
39th separate armored car battalion

This doesn't count the units which were attached to the tank corps themselves. Tell me if you want those.

[James Patrick]

Thanks for the Army units Gregory. The attatched units to the corps would be great, if it is not too much trouble.

[Gregory Deych]

The contents were as follows (beyond the units Juba mentioned):
To the 6th Tank corps:
385th (heavy?) self-propelled artillery gun regiment
1893.1894 self-propelled artillery gun regiment
3rd guards motorcyle battalion
1645 light artillery regiment
272th guards mortar regiment
439th guards mortar (rocket) battalion
286th anti-aircraft artillery regiment

To the 7th Tank corps:
384 (heavy?) self-propelled artillery gun regiment
702,1419 self-propelled artillery gun regiment
4 guards motorcyle battalion
408 light artillery regiment
467 guards mortar regiment
440 guards mortar (rocket) battalion
287 guards anti-aircraft artillery regiment

To the 9th Mechanized Corps:
383 guards (heavy?) self-propelled artillery gun regiment
1295, 1507self-propelled artillery gun regiment
100 motorcyle battalion
616 mortar regiment
441 (possibly 411) guards mortar (rocket) battalion
1719 anti-aircraft artillery regiment

[Andy H]

Gregory Deych

Good info, What's your source?

Andy H

[James Patrick]

Thanks again, Gregory. Would you mind answering a couple more Soviet OoB questions?

[Gregory Deych]

James:
No, go ahead

Andy:
"Boevoi Sostav Sovetskoj Armii" - "Active Composition of Soviet Army", published by Central Archive of Ministry of Defense, 1988. Unfortunately, I have data only for 1944.

[James Patrick]

How about 4th Guards Tank Army and 13th Army?

[Andy H]

13th Army 1st Ukrainian Front 01/01/45

Co Gen.Puchov

24th Rifle Corps-GM Onuprienko
147th & 350RD's

27th Rifle Corps-GM Tscherokmanov
6th GRD, 112th & 280thRD's

102nd Rifle Corps-GLt Petruchevskiy
117th & 121stGRD's & 172ndRD.

The 355thRD was attached directly to Army HQ, whilst artillery support came from 1st Guards Artillery Division

Andy H

[Andy H]

4th Guards Tank Army 1st Ukrainian Front 01/01/45

Co Gen Lelyuschenko

6th GDS Mech Corps Gen Orlov
16th & 17th GMB's plus 49thMB

10th GDS Tank Corps Gen Tshuprov
61st,62nd 7 63rdGTB's plus 29th GMRB

Andy H

[James Patrick]

Thanks Andy. Just what I was looking for.

[Craig Crofoot]

James,

Here's a complete list of those Armies for 1 May 1945. You'll see why I broke this down into messages for each Army.

3RD GUARDS TANK ARMY:
ARMY ASSETS:
199th Light Artillery Brigade
91st Guards Mortar Regiment (Rocket Launchers)
1381st Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment
1394th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment
16th Self-Propelled Artillery Brigade
57th Guards Heavy Tank Regiment
90th Engineer-Tank Regiment
50th Motorcycle Regiment
39th Separate Armored Car Battalion
372nd Signals Aviation Regiment
19th Motorized Engineer Brigade
6th Guards Tank Corps:
51st Guards Tank Brigade
52nd Guards Tank Brigade
53rd Guards Tank Brigade
22nd Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade
1645th Light Artillery Regiment
385th Guards Heavy Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment
1899th Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment
1894th Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment
3rd Guards Motorcycle Battalion
272nd Guards Mortar Regiment
439th Guards Mortar Battalion (Rocket Launchers)
286th Guards Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment
145th Guards Separate Signals Battalion
120th Guards Separate Sapper Battalion
87th Separate Chemical Defense Company
12th Separate Auto-Transport Field Repair Company
88th Field Tank Repair Base
93rd FIeld Auto Repair Base
Signals Aviation Flight
47th Mobile Field Bakery
2120th Military Postal Station
1927th FIeld Cash office of the State Bank
7th Guards Tank Corps:
54th Guards Tank Brigade
55th Guards Tank Brigade
56th Guards Tank Brigade
23rd Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade
408th Light Artillery Regiment
384th Guards Heavy Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment
702nd Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment
1977th Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment
4th Guards Motorcycle Battalion
467th Guards Mortar Regiment
440th Guards Mortar Battalion (Rocket Launchers)
287th Guards Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment
146th Guards Separate Signals Battalion
121st Guards Separate Sapper Battalion
104th Separate Chemical Defense Company
15th Separate Field Auto-Transport COmpany
96th Field Tank Repair Base
71st Field Auto Repair Base
Signals Aviation Flight
26th Mobile Field bakery
2121st Military-Postal Station
1928th Field Cash Office of the State Bank
9th Mechanized Corps:
69th Mechanized Brigade
70th Mechanized Brigade
71st Mechanized Brigade
91st Tank Brigade
383rd Guards Heavy Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment
1507th Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment
1978th Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment
100th Motorcycle Battalion
616th Mortar Regiment
441st Guards Mortar Battalion (Rocket Launchers)
1719th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment
no further information on the Corps

Regards,

Craig Crofoot
Editor,
THE JOURNAL OF THE SOVIET ARMY