9th Tank Corps (USSR)

In the army from 15/05/1942 to 03/10/1943, from 03/26/1943 to 11/30/1943, from 10/06/1944 to 09/04/1944 and from 10/30/1944 to 09/05/1945.

He took part in the offensive operation of the left wing of the Western Front in the summer of 1942.

On 06.07.1942, it was stationed in the area of ​​Voimir, Barankovo , Kochukovo , Sukhoi Sot (east of Kirov ) by order of the army commander had the task to enter the breakthrough on the Black Stream, Poliki section to develop success in the direction of Donkey, Zhizdra , Eagle. He was put into battle only in the evening 07/07/1942. Due to poor reconnaissance and driving direction, the first corps echelons are stuck in a swamp. All night from 07/07/1942, she went to pull cars. Then the corps suffered heavy losses, so one of the brigades lost 50% of the tanks, and in general, the commissioning of the corps did not affect the situation. On July 14, 1942, he moved to defense.

In August 1942, he participated in delivering a counterattack on enemy forces in the area of Sukhinichi and Kozelsk .

He was immersed at the Voymirovo and Awakening stations from March 11, 1943, to March 14, 1943.

In early April 1943, from Sukhinichi Corps arrived in Kursk .

In the battle on the Kursk Bulge , being in the reserve of the front on July 5, 1943, he concentrated in the area of ​​Arsenyevsky, Trubitsyn, Sergeevskoe. By the end of 07.07.1943, he was sent to the front line. From the second half of the day 07/08/1943 participates in battles. Since 07.15.1943, he has been fighting in the area of ​​Buzuluk, not far from Maloarkhangelsk, and on the same day broke into Maloarkhangelsk . On August 08, 1943, the corps led offensive battles 14 kilometers south of Kroma in the area of Gostoml and Highway. 08/02/1943 reached the Parny line, 9 kilometers south of Kroma. By the end of 08/03/1943, he was fighting at the Kolka-Sharikino line. On 04.08.1943, the corps forced the Krom river and fought for the expansion of the bridgehead in the Glinka-Leshnya area 11 kilometers south-west of Kroma.

In the course of the Chernigov-Pripyat operation, he was put into battle on August 27, 1943 south of Sevsk , and with a sudden blow took part in the release of Glukhov on August 30, 1943, then continued the offensive in a southwesterly direction, by September 7, 1943 went to Desna .

Since 06.24.1944 he has been taking part in the Belarusian strategic offensive operation , advancing on the Bobruisk area from Rogachev , Zhlobin . From 06.26.1944, the corps took the lead and went out to Bobruisk from the east, reached the east bank of the Berezina in the Titovka area, and by the morning of 06.26.1944 it intercepted all roads and ferries north-east of the city. On 07/01/1944, he was on the march from the Osipovichi area (the 8th motorized rifle brigade near the Shishchiny settlement, the 95th tank brigade near the Levki settlement, the 23rd tank brigade at the crossing at the Zhitni settlement). On July 4, 1944, the corps was included in the cavalry-mechanized group of General I. A. Pliev and launched an attack on Baranavichy , which was taken on July 8, 1944. Then he was sent to Minsk , but was redirected in a southwestern direction, participated by the 23rd tank brigade in the liberation of Berezino, participated in the liberation of Slonim , Novogrudok and during the Lublin-Brest operation Brest .

On January 14, 1945, he took part in the offensive from the Pulawski bridgehead , on the west bank of the Vistula , south of Warsaw . 01/23/1945 participated in the capture of Bydgoszcz .

During the East Pomeranian operation, the corps was attached to the 3rd Shock Army and from March 3, 1945 it was used brigadely to support infantry formations.

In the course of the Berlin strategic operation, the corps was again attached to the 3rd Shock Army as a mobile group and entered the battle on April 16, 1945 at 10-00, advancing on the Seelow Heights , but had no significant effect on the offensive. 04/18/1945, supporting the 79th Rifle Corps , having crossed the Freelanderstrom , the 23rd and 95th Tank Brigade, together with the 150th Rifle Division, captured Kunersdorf , and at the end of April 1945 stormed the Reichstag building.

The 9th Tank Bobruisk-Berlin Red Banner Order of Suvorov Corps

As of 10/01/1944

Submission: Provisional Command Headquarters , 2nd Tank Army

• 23rd Tank Glukhovsko-Rechitskaya Order of Lenin Red Banner Order of Suvorov Brigade
• 95th Tank of Bobruisk Order of Lenin Red Banner Order of Suvorov Brigade
• 108th Tank of Bobruisk Order of Lenin Red Banner Order of Suvorov Brigade
• 8th Motorized Rifle Bobruisk Red Banner of the Order of Suvorov and Kutuzov Brigade
• The 36th Separate Guards Heavy Tank Lodz Order of the Kutuzov Regiment of the Breakthrough
• 868th Light Artillery Kiev Red Banner of the Order of Suvorov and Alexander Nevsky Regiment
• 1455th self-propelled artillery Baranavichy Red Banner Order of Alexander Nevsky Regiment
• 1508th self-propelled artillery Baranavichy Red Banner Order of Alexander Nevsky Regiment
• The 218th mortar Dneprovsko-Rechitsky Red Banner Regiment of the Order of Alexander Nevsky
• The 216th anti-aircraft artillery Lodz Order of the Kutuzov Regiment

Body parts:

• The 90th Separate Motorcycle Order of the Red Star Battalion of Lodz
• 286th Separate Guards Mortar Lodz Order of Alexander Nevsky Division
• 109th Separate Sapper Lodz Order of Alexander Nevsky Battalion
• 696th Separate Lodz Order of the Red Star communications battalion
• 200th Separate Order of the Red Star Battalion
• 76th Separate Chemical Protection Company
• 9th Separate Motor Trucking Company
• 79th field tank repair base
• 102nd field vehicle repair base
• 31st Field Dairy Plant
• 1935th field ticket office of the State Bank
• 925th Military Post Station

On 11/01/1944

Submission: 1st Belorussian Front , 2nd Panzer Army

On 12/01/1944

Submission: 1st Belorussian Front , 2nd Guards Tank Army

01/01/1945

Submission: the 1st Belorussian Front , front submission until the end of the war (in January 1945 it was attached to the 33rd Army , in March and April - the 3rd Shock Army

• on August 1942 - 166 tanks, including: 22 KV , 36 T-34 , 65 T-60 , 43 MK-3 .

• Major General of Tank Forces Kurkin, Alexey Vasilyevich (from 05/12/1942 to 10/18/1942)
• Major General of Tank Forces Shamshin, Alexander Alexandrovich (from 10/19/1942 to 03.10.1943)
• Major General of Tank Forces, from 07/06/1943 Lieutenant General of Tank Forces Bogdanov, Semyon Ilyich (from 03/11/1943 to 08/24/1943)
• Major General of Tank Forces Rudchenko, Grigory Sergeevich (from 08/25/1943 to 09/01/1943) (died)
• Major General of Tank Forces Bakharov, Boris Sergeevich (from 09/02/1943 to 07/16/1944) (died)
• Major General of Tank Forces Voeikov, Nikolai Ivanovich (from 07.17.1944 to 12.12.1944)
• Lieutenant General of Tank Troops Kirichenko, Ivan Fedorovich (from 12/08/1944 to 05/09/1945)

•   Alexandrov, Gennady Petrovich (08.1918 - 09.03.1945), tank driver of the 108th tank brigade, foreman . Hero of the Soviet Union . The title was awarded on March 24, 1945 for the battle of January 29, 1945 in the area of ​​the settlement of Oderek (being cut off from his unit along with other six tanks, he held a busy line for 9 days, reflecting numerous enemy counterattacks. The crew destroyed 4 guns calculations, up to a hundred of soldiers and officers of the enemy, holding the bridgehead until the troops approached)
•   Basyrov, George Vasilyevich . T-34 tank mechanic of the 142nd tank battalion, sergeant . Full holder of the Order of Glory . Awarded: 09/11/1944 Order of the 3rd degree for battles 06/27/1944 near the town of Bobruisk , 03/08/1945 Order of the 2nd degree for battles 01/15/1945 near the city of Radom , 05/15/1946 Order of the 1st degree for battles in March 1945 near the town of Massow (now Mashevo , Poland ).
•   Bolotov, Pavel Vasilyevich , guard captain, company commander of the 108th tank brigade.
•   Vladimir Gavrikov, lieutenant, tank commander of the 257th tank battalion of the 108th tank brigade.
•   Gaganov, Alexey Georgievich , tank commander of the 267th tank battalion, senior lieutenant . Hero of the Soviet Union . The title was awarded on 31/05/1945 for battles in Berlin on April 17-30, 1945 (He hit 2 tanks, 5 self-propelled guns, 11 machine guns, 13 cars, 3 towing vehicles. The crew was one of the first to force the Spree )
•   Grebchenko, Sergey Sergeevich , commander of a rifle platoon of the 3rd rifle battalion of the 8th motorized rifle brigade, lieutenant.
•   Davydov, Andrei Yakovlevich , T-34 tank driver 195th tank platoon of the 95th tank brigade, senior sergeant.
•   Zhidkov, Ivan Andreevich (10.25.1914 - 01.22.1945), commander of the motorized battalion of submachine gunners of the 23rd tank brigade, major . Hero of the Soviet Union (posthumously). The title was awarded on March 24, 1945 for battles on January 14-22, 1945 for the cities of Radom , Opoczno , Warta ( Poland ), (skillfully led the battalion in battles, captured the crossing of the River Warta, which contributed to the further offensive of the troops).
•   Kirichenko, Ivan Fedorovich , Lieutenant-General of Tank Forces, Corps Commander.
•   Kramchaninov, Ivan Petrovich , senior lieutenant, commander of a rifle company of the 8th motorized rifle brigade.
•   Nikolay V. Kutenko 01.03 . 1923 - Jan 18 1945 . Hero of the Soviet Union (posthumously). The title was awarded on 27.02 . 1945 . Commander of a tank platoon of the 2nd Tank Battalion , 47th Guards Tank Brigade. guard senior lieutenant .
•   Lapshov, Nikolai Prokofievich senior lieutenant , tank platoon commander of the 95th tank brigade. The title was awarded on February 27, 1945 posthumously.
•   Lezin, Veniamin Pavlovich , lieutenant, commander of the T-70 tank of the 142nd tank battalion of the 95th tank brigade. The title was awarded on January 15, 1944.
•   Lukinov, Nikolai Tarasovich , lieutenant, tank company commander T-70 of the 269th tank battalion of the 23rd tank brigade. The title was awarded on January 15, 1944.
•   Maksimikhin, Pavel Markovich , major, battalion commander of the 8th motorized rifle brigade. Rank awarded March 24, 1945.
•   Mishchenko, Alexey Dmitrievich , major, commander of the 90th separate motorcycle battalion.
•   Olshevsky, Alexander Vasilyevich , junior lieutenant , commander of a self-propelled artillery unit 1455 self-propelled artillery regiment. Rank awarded March 24, 1945.
•   Palansky, Alexander Stepanovich , commander of a tank platoon of the 142nd tank battalion of the 95th tank brigade, lieutenant . Hero of the Soviet Union . The title was awarded on January 15, 1944 for battles on October 15-20, 1943 to expand the bridgehead on the Dnieper, near Loyev (defeated the enemy garrison of the village of Starodubovka, numbering 200, captured two operational mortars)
•   Popov, Semen Efremovich , sergeant, commander of the crew of an armored personnel carrier of a separate reconnaissance company of the 8th motorized rifle brigade.
•   Radchenko, Mikhail Vasilyevich , lieutenant, tank commander of the 195th tank battalion of the 95th tank brigade. The title was awarded on January 15, 1944 for battles to expand the bridgehead on the Dnieper, near Loyev .
•   Sapunkov, Boris Petrovich , commander of the T-34 tank of the 3rd tank battalion of the 95th tank brigade , lieutenant . Hero of the Soviet Union . The title was awarded on February 27, 1945 for battles on January 16, 1945 in the Polish townships of Shydlovets, Opochno. (while in night reconnaissance, he entered the battle with the retreating column of Hitler's troops, destroying up to ten tanks and enemy assault guns. Moving forward, the crew of the tank overtook the Warta River, then took up the defense and covered the forcing of the Warta)
•   Svetachev, Georgiy Georgievich , commander of a platoon of tanks of the 95th tank brigade , lieutenant Hero of the Soviet Union . Rank awarded 15/01/1944 for the battle of 11/20/1943 near the city of Loev (they occupied the defensive line and kept it for a day before the arrival of their infantry)
•   Sitnikov, Veniamin Ivanovich , senior radio operator - charging the tank of the 108th tank brigade, foreman . Hero of the Soviet Union . The title was awarded on March 24, 1945 for the same (see GP Aleksandrov) battle of January 29, 1945
•   Sugonyaev, Alexander Konstantinovich , tank driver of the 108th tank brigade, foreman . Hero of the Soviet Union . The title was awarded on March 24, 1945 for the battles of January 1945 on the Pulawski bridgehead .
•   Shevtsov, Ivan Andreevich , company commander of the 142nd tank battalion, 95th tank brigade, senior lieutenant . Hero of the Soviet Union . The title was awarded on August 27, 1943 for battles on the Kursk Bulge on July 15, 1943 (with a company in cooperation with the infantry, among the first, broke into Maloarkhangelsk station ( Oryol Region ) and held it for 5 hours, causing significant damage to manpower and combat technology)

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