23rd Mechanized Corps (Soviet Union)

The 23rd Mechanized Corps was formed in March 1941 in the Oryol Military District at Voronezh.

The corps was commanded by Major General Mikhail Myasnikov.

The 51st Tank Division was sent to Rzhev to support the reserve armies.

[3] On 9 July the 220th Motorized Division was ordered into action with the 19th Army, without the rest of the 23rd Mechanized Corps, which had not yet arrived in the area.

[5] On 11 July, the corps became part of 19th Army reserve in the Mogilno and Berezino region.

Burning T-34 tank of the type used by the corps