"Black Knife Division": the Germans called the Soviet volunteer tank corps

History The Great Patriotic War knows many examples of how individual citizens and labor collectives donated their funds so that they could build military equipment and send them to the front. But there is a truly unique case in this story.

It consists in the formation of the only tank corps, the combat vehicles for which were built solely on the voluntary donations of Soviet citizens.

The fighters of the corps were provided with standard weapons, as well as those that, in essence, gave an informal name to this formation. We are talking about Finnish-style knives made of Zlatoust steel. The handle and scabbard of such knives for tankers were black. At the same time, the armature of the scabbard and guard were bursting so that there was no unmasking shine in the sun. That is why in the enemy’s reports, the Soviet volunteer tank the corps was called the "Black Knife Division". So the Germans designated the Ural corps.

This tank corps of the Red Army was provided with everything necessary by several Ural enterprises. A documentary prepared by the Ministry of Culture of the Perm Territory tells about the history of the creation of this corps, its glorious military pages from Orel to Prague:

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[Mavrikiy]

But there is a truly unique case in this story.

Why not. Until recently, the Ruin was also enthusiastically collecting money "All for ATO". And that little was collected, even for the brigade, there is so little money in the country, the oligarchs do not even have enough.

[svp67]

Quote: Mavrikiy

Until recently, the Ruin was also enthusiastically collecting money "All for ATO".

This is all over the country, and here is one of the regions ... Then all this was done very strongly and toughly ... People already worked to the limit, and here they had to work through "I can not and have no strength", whose people went to the brigades of the corps were not drafted into the army, for various reasons, including health and age, those who could stay in the rear left and they were dressed and armed with what was produced right there in the Urals.
In Yekaterinburg on the forecourt square, in honor of these events, such a monument was erected ...

[Shuttle]

Quote: svp67

In Yekaterinburg on the forecourt square, in honor of these events, such a monument was erected ...

All right write. Only the monument was not erected in Yekaterinburg, but in Sverdlovsk. Although it now stands really in Yekaterinburg.

[Mouse]

This is alive! Give everything to yourself !!!

[Errr]

Here it is - the "black" Zlatoust blade, the HP-40 scout knife of the 1940 model.

[svp67]

Quote: Herrr

Here it is - the "black" Zlatoust blade, the HP-40 scout knife of the 1940 model.

Not really, originally for the "Schwarzmesser Panzer Division" there were blued knives ...

[Mavrikiy]

Quote: svp67

Not really, originally for the "Schwarzmesser Panzer Division" there were blued knives ...

Write in Russian: "Special Ural Volunteer Corps named after Stalin" Or you are only interested in pictures.

[svp67]

Quote: Mavrikiy

Write in Russian: "Special Ural Volunteer Corps named after Stalin"

Then you write completely
Special 10th Guards Ural-Lviv Tank Volunteer Corps named after Stalin.

[Mavrikiy]

Quote: svp67

Quote: Mavrikiy

Write in Russian: "Special Ural Volunteer Corps named after Stalin"

Then you write completely
Special 10th Guards Ural-Lviv Tank Volunteer Corps named after Stalin.

What we juggle with words. If you wrote nonsense, so admit it. Your crap

Not really, originally for the "Schwarzmesser Panzer Division" there were blued knives ...

Knives were made for OUDK them. I.V. Stalin, and the people collected money for the corps, not the "Schwarzmesser Panzer Division" and the Lviv corps was not yet.

[Errr]

Unfortunately:

The hilt and scabbard were made of wood and painted black (to avoid unmasking during night operations), however the blade was not burnished and coated.

https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Нож_разведчика#Характеристики

[Vladimir_2U]

It's about Finnish knives

Finca and Garda are mutually exclusive concepts.

[Mordvin 3]

Quote: Herrr

Scout knife HP-40 model 1940.

Army knife, sample of the 41st year.

[Errr]

All true.
NA-40 and HP-40 are two names of the same knife.

[Mordvin 3]

Quote: Herrr

NA-40 and HP-40 are two names of the same knife.

Number 40 is useless.

[Errr]

As they say, nothing personal at all:

The most famous and used designations are NA-40 or HP-40, that is, an army knife (machine gunner) or a reconnaissance knife of the 1940 model (the gunners and scouts were primarily armed with knives, hence the names), but the confirmed production of this model was only begun in 1942 at the Zlatoust instrumental plant named after Lenin, No. 259 (abbr. ZIK), and according to the available technical documents, it passes exactly like the 1941 model.

https://zen.yandex.ru/media/id/5cec5a20ae6fed00b3fbf33b/armeiskie-noji-krasnoi-armii-v-velikoi-otechestvennoi-voine-territoriia-dogadok-an41-5e171962433ecc00ae3fe724

[Mordvin 3]

Quote: Herrr

The most famous and used designations are NA-40 or HP-40, that is, an army knife

Which is historically wrong. Yes, to hell with them, even if they want, they call it that.

[Mavrikiy]

Nowhere did I hear that the corps bore the name of Stalin, is it wrong? (8:15 in the documents flickers)

[Shuttle]

What kind of fashion is this ?!
I watched the first 20 seconds of the chronicle after the credits and ... again Medal of honor. The truth is now only sounds. Is there anything at hand or what? A generation brought up by igrodely. Fu educators.

[CommanderDIVA]

The assignment of this corps was the 10th Guards Tank Division, withdrawn from Germany to the city of Boguchar, Voronezh Region in the 90s, then it was reduced to a storage base under Serdyukov, in 2015, against the background of events in Ukraine, they formed 1 guards separate tank brigade, at one time the division had a good museum, at the entrance to the former military camp there was a monument to the T-34, the guardsmen bring it from Germany

[businessv]

A documentary prepared by the Ministry of Culture of the Perm Territory tells about the history of the creation of this corps, its glorious military pages from Orel to Prague:

Colleagues, you can minus me, but if I'm interested in video materials, I look for them on the relevant sites. In recent years, more and more often refer to the same sites! Friends publishers, please post written materials here! Dear authors, write as they wrote! There is no time for an hour or more to watch the video, although the material, of course, can be very interesting.

[Egorov Oleg]

I served in this division (1985-87), this is the 10th Guards Tank Ural-Lviv twice the Red Banner, the Order of the Red Banner, etc. (I don’t remember all the regalia) division, in the Western Group of Forces it was based in Alten Grabovo (Old Grave) during the war it was the 10th Tank Ural Volunteer Corps (even our tank regiments numbers coincided with the numbers of tank brigades during the war 61, 62 , 63.), when he was serving, they said about this story, by the way, and now there is such a chatter about these Black Knives, that it’s not at all comfortable, this division is standing in Boguchary, Voronezh Region. after the withdrawal of the troops there were some muddy stories with apartments (in 1993 I met the technique of a tank company in which I served, said that the families were almost evicted to tents when they left Germany.)

[Romka47]

Boguchar is called a city, the division stands in Boguchar. Yes, tin was going on there, but recently everyone began to put things in order, now (they say) they are almost exemplary, and they will not get out of the exercises.

[Egorov Oleg]

The question is, is it the division now or has been reorganized into brigades at the initiative of Serdyukov’s maman.

[Romka47]

I won't answer this right away, I can find out that friends serve there (she is 50 km from her native village), they constantly talk about teachings, "fields". I will ask a question, they will answer if I unsubscribe

[Roman 4912]

Did the tankers have knives? And if there were, then why not like the rest of the parts?