2nd Tank Corps
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) 02 Military units and formations established in 1942 Military units and formations disestablished in 1943 1942 establishments in the Soviet Union 1943 disestablishments in the Soviet Union