3rd Tank Army
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The 3rd Tank Army was a major Soviet armoured formation of the Red Army that played a significant role in several key Eastern Front operations during World War II.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Soviet tank army ⓘ |
| componentUnitType |
anti-aircraft units
ⓘ
artillery units ⓘ engineer units ⓘ mechanized corps ⓘ rifle divisions ⓘ tank corps ⓘ |
| conflict |
Eastern Front
ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Front (World War II)
World War II ⓘ
surface form:
Second World War
|
| country | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| dateFormed | 1942 ⓘ |
| dateReorganizedAsGuards | 1943 ⓘ |
| engagement |
Battle of Berlin
NERFINISHED
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Battle of Kharkov NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Kursk NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of the Dnieper NERFINISHED ⓘ Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive NERFINISHED ⓘ Operation Kutuzov NERFINISHED ⓘ Proskurov–Chernovtsy Offensive NERFINISHED ⓘ Third Battle of Kharkov NERFINISHED ⓘ Vistula–Oder Offensive NERFINISHED ⓘ Zhitomir–Berdichev Offensive NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formedAs |
3rd Tank Army (first formation)
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3rd Tank Army (second formation) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| frontAssignment |
1st Ukrainian Front
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
2nd Ukrainian Front NERFINISHED ⓘ Bryansk Front NERFINISHED ⓘ Voronezh Front NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | Guards NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Russian ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Armoured troops of the Red Army ⓘ |
| nativeName | 3-я танковая армия NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableCommander |
Aleksei Zygin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pavel Rybalko NERFINISHED ⓘ Prokofy Romanenko NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableOperationRole |
deep armoured thrusts into German rear areas
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exploitation of breakthroughs on the Eastern Front ⓘ |
| opponent |
Waffen-SS armoured formations
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Wehrmacht ⓘ |
| partOf | Red Army ⓘ |
| primaryEquipment |
KV series heavy tank
ⓘ
T-34 medium tank NERFINISHED ⓘ self-propelled guns ⓘ |
| reorganizedAs | 3rd Guards Tank Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| role | operational-level armoured formation ⓘ |
| status | disbanded ⓘ |
| successor | 3rd Guards Tank Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theater | Eastern Front ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
2nd Guards Tank Army