The 9th Mechanized Corps was a mechanized corps of the Soviet Red Army, formed twice. It was first formed in November 1940 and disbanded in September...

tanks. The formation of two mechanized corps was authorized in 1932. The first two corps formed were the 11th Mechanized Corps in the Leningrad Military...

fielded the 9th and 18th Armies. The 2nd Mechanized Corps was heavily involved in the first battles of Operation Barbarossa, helping to defend Soviet occupied...

battalion. The 5th Mechanized Corps became the 15th Tank Corps, the 7th Mechanized Corps became the 10th Tank Corps, the 11th Mechanized Corps became the 20th...

1944-45. In October 1945, the corps, like all Soviet mechanized corps, was reorganized into a division, the 9th Guards Mechanized Division. It was stationed...

1st Mechanized Corps was a mechanized corps of the Red Army during World War II that formed twice. In 1946, the Corps became the 1st Mechanized Division...

Cavalry Corps, 14 February 1943. 9th Cavalry Corps (Soviet Union) - 1 January 1942, disbanded 11 April 1942. 10th Cavalry Corps (Soviet Union) - 12 January...

between the 1st Panzer Group's III Army Corps and XLVIII Army Corps (Motorized) and five mechanized corps of the Soviet 5th Army and 6th Army in the triangle...

the corps was relocated westwards after the German invasion of the Soviet Union. As a result of the reorganization of the Soviet mechanized corps, the...

11th Mechanized Corps was a mechanized corps of the Red Army, formed twice. The corps was first formed as one of the original two Red Army mechanized corps...

1st Mechanized Corps, and with 4th Guards Cavalry Corps, 1 Guards Cavalry-Mechanized Group of the 2nd Ukrainian Front May 1945. Becomes 11 Mechanized Division...

The corps consisted of the following units: Combat Units 1st Guards Mechanized Rifle Brigade 2nd Guards Mechanized Rifle Brigade 3rd Guards Mechanized Rifle...

Mechanised Corps 11th Guards Tank Corps 2nd Guards Tank Army (HQ Fürstenberg) Soviet 1st Mechanized Corps 9th Tank Corps 12th Guards Tank Corps 4th Guards...

The corps consisted of the 31st Mechanized Brigade and the 33rd Rifle and Machine Gun Brigade, left behind after the transfer of the 11th Mechanized Corps...

former 4th Guards Mechanized Corps, the 19th Mechanized Division at Plovdiv was the former 244th Rifle Division. The 21st Mechanized Division at Burgas...

formation of the 6th Tank Corps of the Soviet Army during World War II. Formed in the Kalinin area on 19 April 1942, the 6th Tank Corps was under the command...

During World War II, Pliyev commanded several mechanized cavalry units, ranging from regiments to army corps. The military historians David Glantz and Jonathan...

Soviet Army formed the 9th Tank Corps, which was renamed the 9th Tank Division after the defeat of Germany in 1945. This second instance of the 9th Tank...

Kuznetsov 4th Rifle Corps 11th Mechanized Corps 4th Army – Lieutenant General Aleksandr Korobkov 28th Rifle Corps 14th Mechanized Corps 10th Army – Konstantin...

7th Guards Tank Corps were converted into tank divisions with the same numbers, and the 9th Mechanized Corps into the 9th Mechanized Division. By 1946...

German forces encountered the Soviet KV for the first time. The Soviet 2nd Tank Division from the 3rd Mechanized Corps attacked and overran elements of...

134th Mechanized Brigade in May 1934 when the division became the 45th Mechanized Corps. Transferred to the Military Academy of Mechanization and Motorization...

invasion of the Soviet Union. It fought in the First Battle of Smolensk, losing large numbers of tanks in the Lepel counterattack. The corps was encircled...

west. On the night of April 25, the 35th Guards Mechanized Brigade of the 6th Guards Mechanized Corps captured the city of Ketzin, 22 km west of Berlin...

the 9th Mechanized Army. It included the 19th Tank Division, 20th Mechanized Division, 24th Guards Mechanized Division, and the 6th Guards Rifle Corps. In...

Such units include the 1st Guards Mechanized Corps, the 3rd Guards Mechanized Corps and the 9th Guards Mechanized Corps, amongst others. The Sherman was...

however, Soviet armoured units were organized into corps. The pre-war mechanized corps were made up of divisions. In the reorganizations, these "corps" were...

included: 1st Red Banner Army 5th Army 25th Army 35th Army 10th Mechanized Corps 9th Air Army. The 1st Far Eastern Front was to form the eastern half...

Barbarossa, the invasion of the Soviet Union. Once Operation Barbarossa was launched, the 9th Panzer Division, part of XIV Panzer Corps (Germany) of the Army Group...

was converted into a mechanized brigade and transferred to the 3rd Mechanized Corps on 10 September. In early October, the corps was relocated to the...