Armored forces of the Red Army

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armored forces military branch

The Armored forces of the Red Army were the Soviet Union’s tank and mechanized troops that played a central role in large-scale offensive and defensive operations, especially on the Eastern Front during World War II.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Soviet armored forces	4
Armored forces of the Red Army canonical	2
Armored troops of the Red Army	1
Red Army armored forces	1
Soviet tank forces	1

Statements (61)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	armored forces ⓘ military branch ⓘ
conflict	Eastern Front of World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ World War II ⓘ
country	Soviet Union ⓘ
doctrine	deep battle ⓘ deep operations theory ⓘ
equipment	BT series fast tanks ⓘ IS-2 heavy tank NERFINISHED ⓘ ISU-122 self-propelled gun NERFINISHED ⓘ ISU-152 self-propelled gun NERFINISHED ⓘ KV-1 heavy tank NERFINISHED ⓘ SU-100 self-propelled gun NERFINISHED ⓘ SU-76 self-propelled gun NERFINISHED ⓘ SU-85 self-propelled gun NERFINISHED ⓘ T-26 light tank NERFINISHED ⓘ T-34 medium tank NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart	guards mechanized units ⓘ guards tank units ⓘ mechanized corps ⓘ mechanized units ⓘ motorized infantry units ⓘ self-propelled artillery units ⓘ tank brigades ⓘ tank corps ⓘ tank units ⓘ
languageOfCommand	Russian ⓘ
notableOperation	Battle of Berlin NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Kursk NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Moscow NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Stalingrad NERFINISHED ⓘ Operation Bagration NERFINISHED ⓘ Vistula–Oder Offensive NERFINISHED ⓘ
opponent	Waffen-SS armored units NERFINISHED ⓘ Wehrmacht armored forces NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Red Army ⓘ
receivedEquipmentFrom	Lend-Lease program NERFINISHED ⓘ United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
receivedEquipmentType	M3 Lee medium tank NERFINISHED ⓘ M4 Sherman medium tank NERFINISHED ⓘ Matilda II infantry tank NERFINISHED ⓘ Valentine infantry tank NERFINISHED ⓘ
role	central role in Soviet offensive operations on the Eastern Front ⓘ key role in Soviet defensive operations on the Eastern Front ⓘ main striking force of the Red Army in World War II ⓘ
successor	Armored forces of the Soviet Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod	Cold War (early period) NERFINISHED ⓘ Great Patriotic War NERFINISHED ⓘ interwar period ⓘ
usedFor	anti-tank combat ⓘ breakthrough operations ⓘ counteroffensive operations ⓘ deep operations ⓘ defensive operations ⓘ exploitation of breakthroughs ⓘ offensive operations ⓘ operational maneuver ⓘ pursuit of retreating enemy forces ⓘ support of cavalry ⓘ support of infantry ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Soviet 3rd Tank Army → militaryBranch → Armored forces of the Red Army ⓘ

Steppe Tank Corps → militaryBranch → Armored forces of the Red Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: Armored troops of the Red Army

Main Armored Directorate → hasJurisdictionOver → Armored forces of the Red Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet tank forces

Commander of the 1st Far Eastern Front → hasMilitaryBranch → Armored forces of the Red Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet armored forces

Orsha offensive (1944) → militaryBranchInvolved → Armored forces of the Red Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet armored forces

Kharkiv Locomotive Factory → associatedWith → Armored forces of the Red Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet armored forces

Krasnoye Sormovo Factory → associatedWith → Armored forces of the Red Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: Red Army armored forces

OT-34 flamethrower tank → partOf → Armored forces of the Red Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet armored forces

IS-1 → serviceBranch → Armored forces of the Red Army ⓘ