10th Mechanized Corps (Soviet Union)

April 2023 10th Mechanized Corps 19411945-1946 Soviet Union Armoured Forces Mechanized Corps Siege of Leningrad The 10th Mechanized Corps was a formation in the Soviet Red Army during the Second World War. First formation The corps was initially formed in March 1941 in response the German victories of 1940. It was attached to the Leningrad Military District, and was held in reserve near the Leningrad Fortified Region in Soviet Union.Glantz 1998 120 It was under the command of Major General I.G. Lazarev ru Иван Гаврилович Лазарев when the German Operation Barbarossa began in June 1941.Glantz 2002 42 It initially comprised the 21st and 24th Tank Divisions, and the 198th Mechanized Division.Glantz 1998 229, 127 The 10th Mechanized Corps was transported to the Finnish border near Imatra, so it was not involved in the first battles of Operation Barbarossa, being brought out of reserve on 10 July 1941.Taylor 2003 72Glantz 1998 127 From that date, it formed part of the Luga Operational Group ru Лужская оперативная группа under the command of Lieutenant General K. P. Piadyshev ru Пядышев, Константин Павлович, defending the 'Luga Line'. The Luga Line defenses were constructed by 55,000 civilians, which were extended from Narva to Shimsk on Lake Ilmen. It first engaged the 8th Panzer Division on 13 July 1941 along with the 177th Rifle Division, isolating it from its neighbouring divisions for several days around Dno, resulting in 70 of its 150 tanks being either destroyed or damaged.Glantz 2002 45 The Luga Operational Group was encircled & destroyed on 8 August 1941 near Krasnogvardeisk, which resulted in losses of 30,000 men, 120 tanks, and 400 guns. The 10th Mechanized Corps was officially disbanded a short time later although individual units continued to exist separately for a short while.Glantz 2002 67 By September 1941, the 198th Mechanized Division had become the 198th Rifle Division and the 24th Tank Division had been dissolved and reformed as the 124th Tank Battalion and 12th Tank Regiment.Glantz 1998 229 Second formation The second 10th Mechanized Corps was formed in December 1944. It did not fight in World War II. However, it participated in the Harbin–Kirin offensive operation ru Харбино-Гиринская наступательная операция during the Soviet invasion of Manchuria.10-й механизированный корпус http://tankfront.ru/ussr/mk/mk10.html tankfront.ru 26 July 2023 ru Its creation in December 1944 on a special, reduced staff (204th tank, 42nd, 72nd mechanized brigades), without a number of support and rear units (repair battalion, auto company and chemical protection company), was dictated not only by the relative lack of tank formations in the Far East, but also by the theater of the upcoming military operations. After the war, in January 1946, the corps was reorganized into the 10th Mechanized Division;Feskov et al. 2013 577 it was part of the 25th Army of the Primorsky Military District.Feskov et al. 2013 579 The division was stationed in Korea along with other units from the 25th Army until 1948.Feskov et al. 2013 577 After being stationed in Korea, it was withdrawn back to the USSR and transferred to the 5th Army. The staff were stationed in the village of Sibirtsevo, Primorsky Krai.Feskov et al. 2013 579 In 1957, it was reorganized into the 84th Motorized Rifle Division, stationed in the town of Suchan, Primorsky Krai. The division was disbanded on 1 July 1958.Feskov et al. 2013 165 Notes Note On 22 June 1941, the 10th Mechanized Corps consisted of 26,168 men, 469 tanks, 86 armoured cars, 75 artillery pieces, 157 mortars, 1000 vehicles, 34 tractors, and 460 motorcycles; lighter models of the T-26, BT-7, and T-28 tanks were included. On 11 July 1941, Colonel Pavel Poluboiarov ru Полубояров, Павел Павлович reported that on 10 July, the 21st Tank Division of the 10th Mechanized Corps was disposed in the northwestern front. The deployed forces were: one tank regiment, a motorized rifle regiment, an artillery battalion, other divisional units, and around 100 old light tanks. Citations Bibliography Вооруженные силы СССР после Второй Мировой войны: от Красной Армии к Советской Feskov V.I. Golikov V.I. Kalashnikov K.A. Slugin S.A. Scientific and Technical Literature Publishing 2013 9785895035306 Tomsk ru The Armed Forces of the USSR after World War II: From the Red Army to the Soviet: Part 1 Land Forces Feskov et al. 2013 Glantz David Stumbling Colossus: The Red Army on the Eve of World War 1998 University Press of Kansas Lawrence 0-7006-0879-6 Glantz David The Battle for Leningrad: 1941-1944 2002 University Press of Kansas Lawrence 0-7006-1208-4 Taylor Brian 1 Barbarossa To Berlin: A Chronology of the Campaigns on the Eastern Front 1941 to 1945 2003 Spellmount Kent, England 1-86227-206-9 Further reading Bergström Christer Barbarossa: The Air Battle: July-December 1941 2007 Midland Publishing Hersham 1-85780-270-5 1 Category:Mechanized corps of the Soviet Union Category:Military units and formations established in 1941 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1959