6th Guards Tank Army

6th Tank Army
6th Guards Tank Army
Active1944–1993
CountrySoviet Union
BranchArmour
TypeOffensive
Sizetwo or three corps (Second World War)
three divisions (Cold War)
Part ofKiev Military District (Cold War)
Engagements

The 6th Guards Order of Red Banner Tank Army was a tank army of the Soviet Union's Red Army, first formed in January 1944 as the 6th Tank Army,[1] and disbanded in Ukraine in the 1990s after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. During its service in World War II, the army was commanded by Lieutenant General of Tank Troops (later Colonel General) Andrei Kravchenko.

  1. ^ Glantz (Companion), p. 66.