6th Guards Red Banner Tank Army
6-я гвардейская танковая Краснознамённая
армия
Military Unit: 00000
Commanders:
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Colonel General Andrey Grigorevich Kravchenko, 20.1.44 - 6.57
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Lieutenant-General Vladimir Ivanovich Zhdanov, 6.47 - 30.4.49
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Lieutenant-General Ivan Fyodorovich Dremov, 30.4.49 - 27.2.58
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Lieutenant-General Evgeniy Ivanovich Fominykh, 27.2.58 - 5.60
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Lieutenant-General Gennadiy Ivanovich Obaturov, 5.60 - 13.7.66
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Lieutenant-General Vladimir Aleksandrovich Makarov, 13.7.66 - 13.6.69
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Lieutenant-General Gennadiy Vasilevich Zakharov, 13.6.69 - 26.2.71
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Lieutenant-General Pyotr Ivanovich Shkidchenko, 26.2.71 - 17.8.73
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Lieutenant-General Yuriy Pavlovich Terentev, 17.8.73 - 5.78
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Lieutenant-General Vladimir Vasilevich Osipov, 5.78 - 6.1.81
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Lieutenant-General Valeriy Sergeevich Sokolov, 6.1.81 - 12.83
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Lieutenant-General Sergey Viktorovich Karsakov, 12.83 - 9.85
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Lieutenant-General Vladlen Vasilevich Tsvetkov, 9.85 - 5.88
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Lieutenant-General Valentin Danilovich Boriskiy, 5.88 - 7.89
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Colonel General Vasiliy Timofeevich Sotkov, 7.89 - 2.5.91
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Lieutenant-General Vitaliy Grigorevich Radetskiy, 3.5.91 - 4.92
Activated 20.1.44 as the 6th Tank Army.
12.9.44 renamed 6th Guards Tank Army.
4.7.46 renamed 6th Guards Mechanised Army.
29.4.57 renamed 6th Guards Tank Army.
Organisation 1960:
In 1969 the 52nd Tank Division
(mobilisation) was activated.
Organisation 1970:
In 1971 the 58th Tank Division
(mobilisation) was activated.
In 1972 the 64th Reserve Tank Division
(mobilisation) was activated.
16.1.74 awarded the Red Banner.
Organisation 1980:
Organisation 1988:
1.92 taken over by Ukraine.
Headquarters:
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Borziya, Chita Oblast, 10.45 - 5.57
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Dnepropetrovsk, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, 5.57 - 1.92 [48 27 49N, 35 00 42E]
Subordination: