Allies - Soviet 6th Guards Tank Army
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02-19-2021, 07:52 AM,
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SaSTrooP
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Allies - Soviet 6th Guards Tank Army
6-Я ГВАРДЕЙСКАЯ ТАНКОВАЯ АРМИЯ
6th Guards Tank Army
Lieutnant General of Tank Armies Andrey Kravchenko
Main armoured backbone of 2nd Ukrainian Front, it operated on the righternmost flank, breaking right into Jassy during the August Offensive and reaching Barlad few days later. It then marched right into Bucharest, before being turned towards Hungarian push to counter and exploit it. While en-route to Transilvania, it was elevated from th 6th Tank Army into the Guards status.
It must be however noted that Soviet Tank Army was rough equivalent of somewhat weaker proper Panzer Korps. It was also weaker compared to eg. western Allied counterparts. Entire such Army usually operated in form of two Corps – one armoured, and one mechanized, but these were much weaker one can first believe. Nevertheless, it was a concentrated power and it surely needed to be reckoned with.
NOTE: As mentioned, elevation to Guards status was purely for the namesake and acting as secondary morale boost. It did not reflect any serious change in training and Guards status does not neccesarily indicate any sort of elite status.
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Allies - Soviet 6th Guards Tank Army - by SaSTrooP - 02-19-2021, 07:52 AM
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