23rd Tank Corps
The 23rd Budapest Red Banner Order of Suvorov Tank Corps was a tank corps of the Red Army during World War II.
It was part of the "operational army" or "active army" from April 12, 1942, to May 9, 1945.
History
The corps was formed in 1942. With the 21st Tank Corps, it was earmarked for the Soviet offensive that became the Second Battle of Kharkiv.At the end of May 1942, during the battle and after large numbers of Soviet troops had been encircled, near the village of Lozovenka, Barvinkove Raion, the brigade took part in the breakthrough from the Barvenkovo pocket as part of the combined tank group of Major General Kuzmin, which consisted of the remnants of 5th Guards, 7th, 37th, 38th, and 43rd tank brigades, as well as the remnants of the 21st and 23rd Tank Corps. The breakthrough was accompanied by very heavy losses for the Soviet troops.
In the summer of 1945, the corps was transformed into a tank division, the 23rd Tank Division. Attached to the 52nd Army, it was garrisoned at Ovruch, in the Carpathian Military District. In 1946, the 52nd Army became the 8th Tank Army. It was renamed 6065th Base on July 1, 1990.