"I have adequate forces and we are in a perfect position to turn our tank armies toward Berlin."
It became part of the 2nd Tank Army upon the army's formation.
Now the distance between the two tank armies was lessened.
Each is designated a combined arms army or tank army.
But military historians also recall what can happen when tank armies hurl themselves at one another.
By the end of the fourth day, the Syrian tank army that had fallen upon the 4th lay a smoking ruin before it.
At this point, the tank armies continued to advance towards the Dniester.
The offensive was the first in which three tank armies were used simultaneously as the main breakthrough force on a narrow sector of the front.
During the battle, the 1st Tank Army was severely weakened and had only 141 tanks left.
From 1943-1944, cavalry gradually became the mobile infantry component of the tank armies.