Armored forces of the Red Army

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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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Predicate Object
instanceOf armored forces
military branch
conflict Eastern Front of World War II
World War II
country Soviet Union
doctrine deep battle
deep operations theory
equipment BT series fast tanks
IS-2 heavy tank
ISU-122 self-propelled gun
ISU-152 self-propelled gun
KV-1 heavy tank
SU-100 self-propelled gun
SU-76 self-propelled gun
SU-85 self-propelled gun
T-26 light tank
linked to: T-26

T-34 medium tank
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
Battle of Kursk
Battle of Moscow
Battle of Stalingrad
Operation Bagration
Vistula–Oder Offensive
opponent Waffen-SS armored units
linked to: Waffen-SS

Wehrmacht armored forces
partOf Red Army
receivedEquipmentFrom Lend-Lease program
United Kingdom
United States
receivedEquipmentType M3 Lee medium tank
linked to: M3 Lee tank

M4 Sherman medium tank
linked to: M4 Sherman tank

Matilda II infantry tank
Valentine infantry tank
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
timePeriod Cold War (early period)
linked to: Cold War

Great Patriotic War
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

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Soviet 3rd Tank Army militaryBranch Armored forces of the Red Army
Steppe Tank Corps militaryBranch Armored troops of the Red Army
linked to: Armored forces of the Red Army
Main Armored Directorate hasJurisdictionOver Soviet tank forces
linked to: Armored forces of the Red Army
Commander of the 1st Far Eastern Front hasMilitaryBranch Soviet armored forces
linked to: Armored forces of the Red Army
Orsha offensive (1944) militaryBranchInvolved Soviet armored forces
linked to: Armored forces of the Red Army
Kharkiv Locomotive Factory associatedWith Soviet armored forces
linked to: Armored forces of the Red Army
Krasnoye Sormovo Factory associatedWith Red Army armored forces
linked to: Armored forces of the Red Army
OT-34 flamethrower tank partOf Soviet armored forces
linked to: Armored forces of the Red Army
IS-1 serviceBranch Armored forces of the Red Army
Aleksei Rodin partOf Soviet armoured forces
linked to: Armored forces of the Red Army
Armored forces of the Red Army successor Armored forces of the Soviet Army
linked to: Armored forces of the Red Army
Semyon Bogdanov partOf Soviet Armored Troops high command
linked to: Armored forces of the Red Army
9th Mechanized Corps partOf Soviet armored forces
linked to: Armored forces of the Red Army
19th Mechanized Corps partOf Soviet armored forces
linked to: Armored forces of the Red Army