 23 March 1943 is considered the "birthday" of the 243rd Perm Tank Brigade.On 1 June 1943, units of the corps were despatched to the front line for the first time.The first action for the Urals Volunteer Tank Corps was at Oryol, the counterattack (Operation Kutuzov) on the northern side of the Kursk salient after the German defeat at the Battle of Kursk proper.