5th Cavalry Corps (Soviet Union)
The 5th Cavalry Corps was a corps of the Soviet Red Army. It was part of the 12th Army. It later became part of the 6th Army. It took part in the Soviet invasion of Poland in 1939 and the Great Patriotic War.
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| Allegiance | Soviet Union |
| Branch | Soviet Red Army |
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Organization
1939:
- 9th Cavalry Division
- 16th Cavalry Division
- 23rd Independent Tank Brigade
1941:
- 3rd Cavalry Division
- 14th Cavalry Division
Commanders
- Konstantin Rokossovsky, (February 7, 1936, dismissed on July 22, 1937 and arrested),
- Dmitri Weinerh-Vanarch, (dismissed February 8, 1938, arrested on February 10, 1938 and later executed),
- Vasily Matveevich Gonin, Corps Commander, Komdiv, (09.06.1938 - 12.1939),
- Dmitry Ivanovich Gustishev, Corps Commander, Komdiv (26.12.1939 - ?),
- Konstantin Rokossovsky, Corps commander, (1940 - to 11.1940),
- Ignatius Ivanovic Carpezo, Corps Commander, (09.12.1940 - March 11, 1941),
- Major General Fyodor Kamkov (14.03.1941 - 20.11.1941),
- Major General Vasily Kryuchenkin, (21.11.1941 - 03.07.1942)
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| Airborne corps |
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| Breakthrough artillery corps |
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| Cavalry corps |
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| Rifle corps |
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| Rocket corps (ballistic missiles) |
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| Tank corps |
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| Army corps from 1957 |
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| Other |
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