of motor transport, and 70% of personnel. The Corps was supplied with two units of ammunition, two units of fuel and lubricants, and five days of rations. 24th Tank Corps (Major General of Tank Troops V.M. Badanov) Corps Troops 13th Mining Engineer Company 158th Mobile Repair Base 4th Guards Tank Brigade (Colonel G.I. Kolypov) 54th Tank Brigade (Colonel V.M. Polyakov) 130th Tank Brigade (Colonel S.K. Nesterov) 24th Motorized Rifle Brigade (Colonel V.S. Savchenko) Reinforcements attached to the corps for the raid: 658th Anti Aircraft Artillery Regiment 413th Guards Mortar (MLRS) Battalion Air support was provided by 3rd Composite Air Corps of 17th Air Army, through an aerial liaison officer travelling with the HQ of the 24th Tank Corps. Other forces 25th Tank Corps 1st Guards Mechanized Corps German forces XLVIII Panzer Corps 11th Panzer Division 6th Panzer Division 306th Infantry Division Notes References Erickson, J. 'The Road to Stalingrad' Glantz, D. 'From the Don to the Dnepr' Porfiryev, ‘Raid to Tatsinskaya’, VIZH 11/1987 Scheibert, H. ‘Panzer zwischen Don und Donets’ Voice of Russia Article Article (in Portuguese) on Operation Winter Storm Through the Furnace of War – article on evolvement of Soviet mechanized formations Tatsinskaya Tatsinskaya 1942 in the Soviet Union Military raids December 1942 events Tatsinskaya