with the remainder of the troops from Brest and two heavy artillery units. General Betzelâs 4th Panzer-Division provided Panzer-Regiment 35, Panzergrenadier-Regiment 12, Panzer-Artillery-Regiment 103, Panzer-Pioneer-Battalion 79, two companies from the Panzer-Flak-Artillerie-Abteilung 290, along with a communications unit. Model despatched these troops to Radzymin with the mission of supporting the 19th Panzer-Division. In order to further better the German command, the field marshal gave orders directing that the 3rd SS-Panzer-Division âTotenkopf â and he 5th SS-Panzer-Division âWikingâ should also be incorporated into Gruppe âvon Saucken.â This meant that both divisions would, in effect, be transferred to the 9th Army.
The 2nd Tank Armyâs Units, August 1, 1944
2nd Tank Army
The 2nd Tank Army, in fact, ceased to exist on August 6, 1944, following the crushing of the 3rd Tank Corps and the retreat of the 16th Tank Corps back to Magnuszew. From this point on, each corps operated independently under the aegis of the regular army. The 2nd Tank Army (as of November 20, 1944, called the 2nd Tank Guards Army) never re-established the corps structure that existed in July 1944. The above chart contains all the large unit formations within the 2nd Tank Army but does not include certain smaller formations, subordinate to corps or army commands. Theoretically, each tank corps had a subordinated mortar regiment, an armoured artillery regiment (the regimentsâ self-propelled guns are presented in tables together with the equipment; the 8th Tank Guards Corps had the 301st and the 1817th Anti-tank Guards Regiments; the 16th Tank Corps had the 1239th and the 1441st Anti-tank Regiments), a motorcycle battalion, an engineer battalion (in the 3rd Tank Corps, the 220th Battalion; in the 16th Tank Corps, the 201st Battalion), and an anti-aircraft Tank Corps, the 201st Battalion), anti-aircraft regiment. Likewise, on the tank âarmyâ level apart from the corps structure, there were, among other units, a motorcycle regiment, an artillery regiment, a rocket artillery regiment, an anti-aircraft regiment, a communications regiment, an air-support liaison regiment (20 Po-2), an engineer battalion, a repair battalion or a transportation regiment. But in 1944, every Soviet tank army had a somewhat different make up, depending on the mission it was then carrying out. Sometimes, a special army unit was attached which cannot be found in the formal register, and certain units were simply never actual.
Commanding Officer: General Aleksiej Ivanovitjv Radzjijevskij
Army forces:
41st Anti-aircraft Artillery Brigade
5th Independent motorcycle regiment
87th Independent Motorcycle Battalion
9th or 79th Independent Liaison Regiment
86th Guards Mortar Regiment
10th Flame-thrower Battalion
729th Independent Mortar Battalion
3rd Tank Corps
Commanding Officer: General Nikolaj Vjedjenejev
50th Tank Brigade
51st Tank Brigade
103rd Tank Brigade
57th Mechanised Brigade
8th Tank Guards Corps
Commanding Officer: General Aleksiej Popov
58th Tank Guards Brigade 58th Tank Guards Brigade
58th Tank Guards Brigade
60th Tank Guards Brigade
28th Mechanised Brigade
62nd Guards Regiment (heavy tanks)
16th Tank Corps
Commander: General Ivan Dubovoj
107th Tank Brigade
109th Tank Brigade
164th Tank Brigade
15th Mechanised Brigade
6th Guards Regiment (heavy tanks)
On August 2, the 3rd Tank Corpsâ situation further deteriorated. The entire area controlled by General Vjedjenjejevâs soldiers came under heavy enemy artillery fire. The Germans attacked Radzymin from the northeast with a Kampfgruppe from the 4th Panzer-Division, and from the north and west with the 19th Panzer-Division. Along the Radzymin-Wyszków roadway, an attack was launched by Kampfgrupp âChristernâ (under the command of Colonel Christern, commander of Panzer-Regiment 35), with 28 model PzKpfw IV tanks from the II Panzer-Regiment 35, along with the
The 2nd Tank Armyâs Units, August 1, 1944
2nd Tank Army
The 2nd Tank Army, in fact, ceased to exist on August 6, 1944, following the crushing of the 3rd Tank Corps and the retreat of the 16th Tank Corps back to Magnuszew. From this point on, each corps operated independently under the aegis of the regular army. The 2nd Tank Army (as of November 20, 1944, called the 2nd Tank Guards Army) never re-established the corps structure that existed in July 1944. The above chart contains all the large unit formations within the 2nd Tank Army but does not include certain smaller formations, subordinate to corps or army commands. Theoretically, each tank corps had a subordinated mortar regiment, an armoured artillery regiment (the regimentsâ self-propelled guns are presented in tables together with the equipment; the 8th Tank Guards Corps had the 301st and the 1817th Anti-tank Guards Regiments; the 16th Tank Corps had the 1239th and the 1441st Anti-tank Regiments), a motorcycle battalion, an engineer battalion (in the 3rd Tank Corps, the 220th Battalion; in the 16th Tank Corps, the 201st Battalion), and an anti-aircraft Tank Corps, the 201st Battalion), anti-aircraft regiment. Likewise, on the tank âarmyâ level apart from the corps structure, there were, among other units, a motorcycle regiment, an artillery regiment, a rocket artillery regiment, an anti-aircraft regiment, a communications regiment, an air-support liaison regiment (20 Po-2), an engineer battalion, a repair battalion or a transportation regiment. But in 1944, every Soviet tank army had a somewhat different make up, depending on the mission it was then carrying out. Sometimes, a special army unit was attached which cannot be found in the formal register, and certain units were simply never actual.
Commanding Officer: General Aleksiej Ivanovitjv Radzjijevskij
Army forces:
41st Anti-aircraft Artillery Brigade
5th Independent motorcycle regiment
87th Independent Motorcycle Battalion
9th or 79th Independent Liaison Regiment
86th Guards Mortar Regiment
10th Flame-thrower Battalion
729th Independent Mortar Battalion
3rd Tank Corps
Commanding Officer: General Nikolaj Vjedjenejev
50th Tank Brigade
51st Tank Brigade
103rd Tank Brigade
57th Mechanised Brigade
8th Tank Guards Corps
Commanding Officer: General Aleksiej Popov
58th Tank Guards Brigade 58th Tank Guards Brigade
58th Tank Guards Brigade
60th Tank Guards Brigade
28th Mechanised Brigade
62nd Guards Regiment (heavy tanks)
16th Tank Corps
Commander: General Ivan Dubovoj
107th Tank Brigade
109th Tank Brigade
164th Tank Brigade
15th Mechanised Brigade
6th Guards Regiment (heavy tanks)
On August 2, the 3rd Tank Corpsâ situation further deteriorated. The entire area controlled by General Vjedjenjejevâs soldiers came under heavy enemy artillery fire. The Germans attacked Radzymin from the northeast with a Kampfgruppe from the 4th Panzer-Division, and from the north and west with the 19th Panzer-Division. Along the Radzymin-Wyszków roadway, an attack was launched by Kampfgrupp âChristernâ (under the command of Colonel Christern, commander of Panzer-Regiment 35), with 28 model PzKpfw IV tanks from the II Panzer-Regiment 35, along with the
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