2nd Tank Corps

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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== * [http://tankfront.ru/ussr/tk/tk02.html 2-й танковый корпус] * [https://pamyat-naroda.ru/documents/view/?id=136690864 Combat Journal, 2nd Tank Corps, 24 December 1942 to 30 January 1943 (starts at page 155)] {{Soviet Union corps}}

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