According to experts, the tank armies made a great contribution to the defeat of Nazi Germany. For their merits in the Great Patriotic War they were awarded the title of guard. According to experts, the formation of such armies had a positive impact on the operational and tactical development of the Red Army. In total, six such military formations were created. One of them was the 1st Guards Red Banner Tank Army.
Formed in the Great Patriotic War, namely at the end of January 1943. Throughout its history, this formation has been repeatedly reorganized. In November 2014, the management of this army was recreated again. Information on the command and composition of the 1st Guards Tank Army is contained in this article.
Acquaintance with the military formation
1 Guards Red Banner Tank Army is a combined-arms guard association, which are subordinate to the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Russia. Abbreviated as the 1st Guards. TA. It is based in military unit No. 73621 in the city of Odintsovo, Moscow Region.
The 1st Guards Tank Army celebrates its anniversary on January 30. According to military experts, this association inherited military glory, honorary titles and awards of the 1st Guards. THAT RKKA.
Start of creation
Recruit 1 Guards Tank Army began in early 1943. By the end of January, this formation was finally ready. Back in 1941, the 1st Tank Brigade was awarded the title of Guards and decided to use as the basis for the 1st Guards Tank Army. It was equipped with mechanized corps, tank and ski brigades, anti-aircraft artillery division, artillery and other units.
Guide
From the moment of its creation and until November 1947, the commander of the 1st Guards Tank Army was N.K. Popel with the rank of Major General. He was a member of the military council of the army. The headquarters was led by Major General M. A. Shalin. Since mid-February, the 1st Guards Tank Army has been part of a special group led by General M.S. Khozina. In April of that year, the army was assigned to the Voronezh Front.
Baptism of fire
The first battle involving the 1st Guards. TA took place on Kursk in 1943. This was followed by the Lviv-Sandomierz, Vistula-Oder, Warsaw-Poznan and East Pomeranian strategic operations and the Berlin, which has an offensive character. According to experts, the most effective tank army operated from January to February 1945. At that time, the Warsaw-Poznan operation took place. Then the 1st Guards. TA in 18 days with battles overcame 500 thousand m.
Having broken through the defensive lines, the Soviet tank troops on the move crossed the Pilitsa, Wartu and Oder. As a result, Polish cities and villages were liberated. According to experts, in total, this military formation destroyed German tanks (5, 500 units), self-propelled guns (491 units), aircraft (1, 161 units), armored personnel carriers and infantry fighting vehicles (1, 251 units), artillery pieces (4, 794 units).), mortars (1, 545 units), machine guns (5, 797 units) and automobiles (31, 064 units).
About composition
Today, the 1st Guards Tank Army of Russia is equipped with motorized rifle, tank, artillery, missile, anti-aircraft missile and other formations and military units.
According to experts, in 2018 the composition of the 1st Guards is represented by the following formations:
- The headquarters of the 1st Guards Tank Army is located in the city of Odintsovo, Moscow Region.
- 2nd Guards Motorized Rifle Taman Order of the October Revolution, Red Banner Order of Suvorov division named after M.I. Kalinin. The military unit is based in the village of Kalininets (Naro-Fominsky district of the Moscow region).
- 4th Guards Tank Kantemirov Order of Lenin by the Red Banner Division named after Yu. V. Andropov. Based in Naro-Fominsk in military unit No. 19612.
- The 27th Separate Guards Motorized Rifle Sevastopol Red Banner Brigade named after the 60th anniversary of the Soviet Union.
- 6th Separate Panzer Czestochowa Red Banner Brigade of the Order of Kutuzov. Military unit No. 54096 is deployed in the village of Mulino.
- 96th Separate Reconnaissance Brigade. Military unit number 52634 in the city of Nizhny Novgorod.
- 288th Artillery Warsaw Brandeburg Red Banner Brigade of the Orders of the Red Star, Bogdan Khmelnitsky and Kutuzov. Military unit in the village of Mulino (Nizhny Novgorod region).
- The 112th Guards Rocket Novorossiysk twice the Red Banner Brigade of the Orders of Suvorov, Lenin, Alexander Nevsky, Bogdan Khmelnitsky and Kutuzov. Military unit No. 03333 is deployed in the city of Shuya, Ivanovo Region.
- The 49th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade in the Smolensk Region in the village of Krasny Bor. The brigade members are assigned to military unit No. 21555.
- 60th Management Brigade (military unit No. 76736) in the Odintsovo district in the village of Bakovka (Moscow Region).
- 69th Separate MTO brigade (military unit No. 11385) in the Nizhny Novgorod region in the city of Dzerzhinsk.
- 20th Regiment of the Russian Chemical Forces, military unit No. 12102, with a base point in the urban-type settlement Tsentralny in Nizhny Novgorod.
According to experts, today in the Moscow region the formation of an engineer-sapper regiment is being carried out, which will also equip the 1st Guards. TA.
About command
From 2014 to 2017, A.Yu. Chaiko with the rank of guard of the lieutenant general. From April 2017 to 2018, the 1st Guards. The TA was led by the Guard, Lieutenant General A. Yu. Avdeev. From April 2018 to the present, the 1st Guards Tank Army is headed by S. A. Kisel with the rank of guard of Major General.
