Alexei Pavlovich Panfilov (Russian: Алексей Павлович Панфилов; 17 May 1898 – 18 May 1968) was a Soviet lieutenant-general of the armored forces.

In 1926, he graduated from the political department of the Advanced Courses for Senior Commanders at the Frunze Military Academy.

[1] As a colonel, he commanded the 2nd Mechanized Brigade in the successful summer 1938 campaign against the Japanese on Lake Khasan.

At the same time, from October 1941 to August 1942, he was deputy chief of the General Staff and plenipotentiary for the formation of the Polish Army in the USSR.

For his actions in the Tricity area (including the defeat of the remnants of the German 2nd Army between Gdynia and Gdańsk)  he was honored on May 29, 1945, with the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.