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○ 1st Guards Tank Corps (General-major Mikhail F. Panov)
Central Front (General Konstantin K. Rokossovsky)
• 2nd Tank Army (General-leytenant Aleksei G. Rodin)
○ 3rd Tank Corps (General-major Maksim D. Sinenko)
○ 16th Tank Corps (General-major Vasily E. Grigor’ev)
○ 11th Guards Tank Brigade
• 2x Tank Brigades (129, 150)
• 14x Tank Regiments (40, 43, 45, 58, 84, 193, 229, 237, 240, 251, 259; 27 G, 29 G, 30 G)
• 4x SAP (1442, 1454, 1540, 1541)
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○ 9th Tank Corps (General-leytenant Semen I. Bogdanov)
○ 19th Tank Corps (General-major Ivan D. Vasil’ev)
Voronezh Front (General Nikolai F. Vatutin)
• 6th Guards Army (General-leytenant Ivan M. Chistiakov)
○ 96th Tank Brigade
○ 230th and 245th Tank Regiments
○ 1440th SAP
• 7th Guards Army (General-leytenant Mikhail S. Shumilov)
○ 27th Guards, 210th Tank Brigades
○ 148th, 167th and 262nd Tank Regiments
○ 1438th and 1529th SAP
• 1st Tank Army (General-leytenant Mikhail E. Katukov)
○ 3rd Mechanized Corps (General-major Semen M. Krivoshein)
○ 6th Tank Corps (General-major Andrei L. Getman)
○ 31st Tank Corps (General-major Dmitri Kh. Chernienko){5}
• 38th and 40th Armies
○ 86th, 180th and 192nd Tank Brigades
○ 59th and 60th Tank Regiments
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○ 2nd Guards Tank Corps (Polkovnik Aleksei S. Burdeinyi)
○ 5th Guards Tank Corps (General-leytenant Andrei G. Kravchenko)
Southwestern Front (General Rodion Ia. Malinovsky)
• 4x Tank Brigades (11, 115, 173, 179)
• 9x Tank Regiments (52, 141, 212, 224, 243; 5 G, 9 G, 16 G, 17 G
• 1x SAP (1443)
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○ 1st Guards Mechanized Corps (General-leytenant Ivan N. Russiianov)
○ 2nd Tank Corps (General-major Aleksei F. Popov)
○ 23rd Tank Corps (General-leytenant Efim G. Pushkin){6}
○ 9th Guards Tank Brigade
○ 10th Guards Tank Regiment
Southern Front (General-polkovnik Fedor I. Tolbukhin)
• 2nd Guards Army (General-leytenant Georgy F. Zakharov)
○ 2nd Guards Mechanized Corps (General-leytenant Karp V. Sviridov)
• 5th Shock/28th, 44th and 51st Armies
○ 4x Tank Brigades (140; 6 G, 32 G, 33 G)
○ 1x Tank Regiments (22 G)
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○ 4th Guards Mechanized Corps (General-major Trofim I. Tanaschishin){7}
North Caucasus Front (General-leytenant Ivan E. Petrov)
• 2x Tank Brigades (63; 5 G)
• 5x Tank Regiments (85, 244, 257, 258; 6 G)
• 2x OTB (75, 132)
• 2x SAP (1448, 1449)
Stavka Reserve (RVGK)/Steppe Front (General Ivan S. Konev)
• 4th Guards Army (General-leytenant Grigoriy I. Kulik)
○ 3rd Guards Tank Corps (General-major I.A. Vovchenko)
• 5th Guards Army (General-leytenant Aleksei S. Zhadov)
○ 10th Tank Corps (General-leytenant V.G. Burkov)
• 5th Guards Tank Army (General-leytenant Pavel A. Rotmistrov)
○ 5th Guards Mechanized Corps (General-major Boris M. Skvortsov)
○ 29th Tank Corps (General-major I. F. Kirichenko)
○ 53rd Guards Tank Regiment
○ 1549 SAP
• Other forces in Steppe Military District:
○ 4th Guards Tank Corps (General-leytenant Pavel P. Poluboiarov)
○ 3rd Guards Mechanized Corps (General-major Viktor T. Obukhov)
○ 1st Mechanized Corps (General-leytenant Mikhail D. Solomatin)
○ 2nd Mechanized Corps (General-leytenant Ivan P. Korchagin)
○ 93rd Tank Brigade
○ 34th, 35th and 39th Tank Regiments
Stavka Reserve (RVGK)/Separate Armies
• 3rd Guards Tank Army (General-leytenant Pavel S. Rybalko)
○ 12th Tank Corps (General-major Mitrofan I. Zin’kovich){8}
○ 15th Tank Corps (General-major Filipp N. Rudkin)
○ 91st Tank Brigade
• 5th Mechanized Corps (General-major Mikhail V. Volkov)
• 18th Tank Corps (General-major Boris S. Bakharov)
• 25th Tank Corps (General-major Fedor G. Anikushkin)
• Tank Regimens (126, 127, 225)
• SAP (1547, 1548)
Moscow Military District
• 6th Guards Mechanized Corps (General-major Aleksandr I. Akimov)
• 11th Tank Corps (General-major Nikolai N. Radkevich)
• 20th Tank Corps (General-leytenant Ivan G. Lazarev)
• 30th Tank Corps (General-leytenant Georgy S. Rodin)
• 6x Tank Brigades (88, 92, 118, 144; 31 G, 34 G)
Volga Military District
• 9th Mechanized Corps (General-major Konstantin A. Malygin)
• 8x Tank Brigades (41 G; 2, 10, 14, 15, 116, 207, 254)
• 5x Tank Regiments (51, 61, 104, 154, 250)
• 6x OTB (126, 249, 258, 563, 564, 608)
Reinforcements:
• August 1943
○ 7th Mechanized Corps (General-major Ivan V. Dubovoi)
○ 8th Mechanized Corps (General-major Abram M. Khasin)
Appendix III
Tanks on the Eastern Front, 1943–44
Appendix IV
Tank Production, 1943
1 Name changed to Nashorn in January 1944.
Key Industrial Decisions, 1943
• Hitler is impressed with the 128-mm gun and orders it mounted on either a Panther or Tiger as a tank destroyer.
• May 1943, Hitler approves the Maus super-heavy tank (188 tons) for production, which will divert resources from Krupp and Alkett for the next two years.
• August 1943, Pz III production terminated and facilities shift to Sturmgeschütz production.
• December 1943, Hitler approves Jagdpanzer IV for production against Guderian’s objections. Krupp-Grusonwerk AG plant ceases Pz IV production in favor of Jagdpanzer IV.
Primary AFV Manufacturing Centers:
• Braunschweig (Muehlenbau und Industrie AG (MIAG), Pz III, StuG-III
• Nurnberg (Maschinenfabrik Augsburg Nurnberg AG or MAN), Pz III, Pz V
• Berlin-Marienfelde (Daimler-Benz AG); Pz III, Pz V
• St. Valentin, Nibelungenwerke, Pz IV
• Plauen (Vogtlaendische Maschinenfabrik AG or VOMAG), Pz IV
• Magdeburg (Krupp-Grusonwerk AG), Pz IV
• Hannover (Maschinenfabrik Niedersachen Hannover, GmbH), Pz V
• Kassel (Henschel & Sohn AG), Pz V, Pz VI
• Berlin-Borsigwalde (Alkett or Altmärkische Kettenwerk GmbH), StuG-III, StuH 42, Marder II
• Breslau (Fahrzeug und Motorenbau, GmbH (FAMO), Marder
• Duisburg, (Deutsche-Eisenwerke AG or DEW), Hornisse/Nashorn
Tank Engines:
• Friedrichshafen (Maybach Motorenbau GmbH): Maybach HL 120 TRM; Maybach HL 230 P30 V12;