5th Tank Army is the name of several Soviet units during

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(not to be confused with the

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). Its first formation occurred on 5 June, 1942, commanded by Major-General

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, serving under the

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in the

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sector, and was dissolved after suffering heavy losses on 15 July 1942. The second formation occurred on 3 September 1942, where it served under the Southwestern Front for the winter offensive 1942–1943 and was dissolved on 20 April 1943. Its staff then served as the core for the creation of the 12th Army.

Commanders

* Major General

(June - July 1942) * Major-General

Pavel Rybalko Pavel Semyonovich Rybalko (23 October 1894 – 28 August 1948; russian: Па́вел Семёнович Рыба́лко, uk, Павло Семенович Рибалко) was a commander of armoured troops in the Red Army during and following Wo ...

(July - October 1942) * Major-General

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(November - December 1942) * Lieutenant-General Markian Popov (December 1942 - January 1943) * Major General, since March 1943 Lieutenant-General,

Ivan Shlemin Ivan Timofeyevich Shlyomin (russian: Иван Тимофеевич Шлёмин, – 10 January 1969) was a Soviet Lieutenant-General of the Red Army during World War II and a Hero of the Soviet Union. Biography Ivan Timofeyevich Shlyomin wa ...

(January - April 1943)

References

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