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