2nd Tank Corps (Soviet Union)

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 Battle of Voronezh (1942) Battle of Kursk Battle of Prokhorovka Operation Polkovodets Rumyantsev
Insignia
Identification symbol	2nd-Tank-Corps-Branch-Insig.png

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.

Commanders

• Major General A. I. Lizyukov
• Colonel S. P. Maltsev
• Major General I. G. Lazarev
• Major General A. G. Kravchenko
• Major General A. M. Khasin
• Major General A. F. Popov

References

• 2-й танковый корпус
• Combat Journal, 2nd Tank Corps, 24 December 1942 to 30 January 1943 (starts at page 155)