![]() 234th Separate Guard and Security Battalion, Dresden.The army's composition in 1988 was (with main equipment), with honorific titles in italics: In its last period within the Russian Army it comprised the 4th Guards 'Kantemir' Tank Division and the 144th Motor Rifle Division (which had been withdrawn from Tallinn in Estonia). The headquarters was withdrawn to Smolensk, in the Moscow Military District in the early 1990s, and lost the 'Tank' from its title in 1995. ![]() In the late 1980s the Army included the 20th Guards Motor Rifle Division, 9th Tank Division, and 11th Guards Tank Division. In 1968, it, along with the 11th Guards Tank and 20th Guards Motor Rifle Divisions, took part in the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia, after which the units returned to their garrisons. It became part of the Soviet occupation force in Germany, known as Group of Soviet Forces in Germany, with its headquarters in Dresden. The 1st Guards Tank Army was awarded the Order of the Red Banner postwar. It participated in the Battle of Kursk, the Proskurov-Chernovtsy Operation, Lvov-Sandomierz Operation, the Vistula-Oder Offensive, and the Battle of Berlin. ![]() * Guards Mortar Regiment (or Battalion) ( Russian: гвардейский минометный полк (дивизион)) was the overt designation used for Katyusha rocket launcher units. 19th Light Self-Propelled Artillery Brigade.1018th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment.1454th Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment.362nd Guards Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment.399th Guards Heavy Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment.11th Guards Tank Corps (Colonel Hamazasp Babadzhanian) (25 August 1944 – ).358th Guards Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment.400th Guards Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment.353rd Guards Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment.8th Guards Mechanized Corps (Major General Ivan Dremov) (3 January 1944 – ).On 1 January 1945, the Army's principal combat formations were: It was awarded a Guards title and became the 1st Guards Tank Army in April 1944, and Katukov was promoted to Colonel General. It was quickly transferred to Voronezh Front for the defense of the Kursk salient's southern shoulder. The 3rd Mechanised Corps (later to become 8th Guards Mechanised Corps) and 6th Tank Corps (later to become 11th Guards Tank Corps) joined it on formation, and served with the army throughout the war. The army was transferred to the North-Western Front. The 1st Tank Army was formed a second time on 30 January 1943 (order No.46021) from the headquarters of the 29th Army, under the command of famous armoured troops commander Lieutenant General of Tank Troops Mikhail Katukov, personally appointed by Stalin. It was disbanded as a result in August 1942, its headquarters becoming the Southeastern Front headquarters. The army was encircled and partially destroyed. ![]() The 1st Tank Army was first formed within the Stalingrad Front from the 38th Army in July 1942, under the command of Major General Kirill Moskalenko. This reformed army fought in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, where it is said to have suffered heavy casualties following its eventual retreats from the Northeast and later Kharkiv. The army was reformed in 2014 as part of Russia's military expansion. After the war, the army was stationed in East Germany as part of the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany.Īfter the end of the Cold War and the resultant withdrawal of Soviet units in Germany, the army was relocated to Smolensk, and disbanded in 1999. It fought in the early defense during the Battle of Stalingrad, and Operation Uranus, and participated in the Battle of Kursk, Proskurov-Chernovtsy Operation, Lvov-Sandomierz Operation, Vistula-Oder Offensive and the Battle of Berlin. The army was commanded throughout most of the war by Mikhail Katukov. The army fought as part of the Red Army on the Eastern Front during World War II. The army traces its heritage back to the 1st Tank Army, formed twice in July 1942 and in January 1943 and converted into the 1st Guards Tank Army in January 1944. The 1st Guards Tank Army ( Russian: 1-я гвардейская танковая Краснознамённая армия, romanized: 1-ya gvardeyskaya tankovaya Krasnoznamonnaya armiya) is a tank army of the Russian Ground Forces. The lapel badge given to veterans of the 1st Guards Tank Army ![]()
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