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Tank corps of the Soviet military
2nd Tank Corps Active April 1942 – September 1943 Country Soviet Union Branch Red Army Type Armored Role Breakthrough and Exploitation in Deep Operations Size Corps (120–200 tanks) Engagements World War II Insignia Identification 2nd-Tank-Corps-Branch-Insig.png
Military unit
The 2nd Tank Corps was a Red Army armoured formation that saw service during World War II on the Eastern Front . The unit had approximately the same size and combat power as a Wehrmacht Panzer Division , and less than a British Armoured Division had during World War II.
History
The 2nd Tank Corps was formed in April 1942 in Gorky . Its command was accommodated in three chambers in Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin and its units were formed in winter camps around the city.
On 19 September 1943, it became the 8th Guards Tank Corps .
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