Military unit
The30th Mechanized Corps (Military Unit Number 8354) was amechanized corps of theRed Army. Formed in March 1941 in theSoviet Far East, the corps did not see action. It was disbanded in mid-July 1941 as part of the reorganization of Red Army mechanized forces.
The corps was formed in March 1941 in the Far East as part of theFar Eastern Front. The60th Tank Division formed in theBirobidzhan area and the rest of the corps was formed inPrimorsky Krai. The58th Tank Division headquarters was formed from the 48th Light Tank Brigade, which arrived in Monastyrische from Voroshilova. The3rd Light Tank Brigade was transferred to free up barracks for the 58th Tank Division. The corps also included the239th Motorized Division[1] at Iman and the 29th Motorcycle Regiment atLesozavodsk. The headquarters of the corps was at Monastyrische and it was commanded by Lieutenant GeneralVasily Golubovsky. Its chief of staff was ColonelAndrei Getman.[2] The chief of artillery of the corps was ColonelPyotr Kosenko. The corps had more than a thousand tanks, but none of these wereT-34s orKVs. Most of the corps' tanks wereT-26s andBT-7s.[3] The corps was numerically stronger than other higher-numbered mechanized corps due to its location on the Soviet border.[4]
In mid-July 1941 the corps headquarters was disbanded. The 58th Tank Division and 239th Motorized Division became part of the1st Army. The 60th Tank Division became part of the15th Army. The 29th Motorcycle Regiment became part of the35th Army.[3]
Soviet Union corps