6th Guards Tank Army

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The 6th Guards Tank Army was a distinguished Soviet armored formation of World War II, noted for its major role in key Eastern Front offensives and later service in the early Cold War period.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Soviet tank army
activeDuring 1944
1945
allegiance Union of Soviet Socialist Republics NERFINISHED
awardedFor distinguished service in combat
conflict Cold War
World War II
country Soviet Union
doctrine deep operations
frontAssignment 2nd Ukrainian Front NERFINISHED
3rd Ukrainian Front NERFINISHED
Transbaikal Front NERFINISHED
garrisonAfterWar Hungary NERFINISHED
Soviet Far East NERFINISHED
honorificTitle Guards NERFINISHED
militaryBranch Armored forces
notableFor high level of combat experience
operations on the Eastern Front
participation in major Soviet offensives
rapid exploitation of breakthroughs
participatedIn Budapest Offensive NERFINISHED
Jassy–Kishinev Offensive NERFINISHED
Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation NERFINISHED
Vienna Offensive NERFINISHED
partOf Red Army
Soviet Ground Forces NERFINISHED
postwarRole Soviet occupation forces in Eastern Europe
strategic reserve formation
role armored breakthrough formation
status disbanded
theaterOfOperations Eastern Front NERFINISHED
type armored formation
usedEquipment IS-series heavy tank NERFINISHED
T-34 medium tank NERFINISHED
self-propelled guns

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Soviet 2nd Ukrainian Front subordinateUnit 6th Guards Tank Army
subject surface form: 2nd Ukrainian Front