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The 2nd Guards Cavalry Corps (2-й гвардейский кавалерийский корпус) was a cavalry corps of the Red Army during World War II.

Operation Mars
According to a 22 December report, the corps' personnel losses between 26 November and 18 December were 1,680 killed, 3,622 wounded, and 1,301 missing and for other reasons (including the losses during the breakthrough of the 3rd and 20th Cavalry Divisions), for a total of 6,608 men lost. The corps lost 3,499 horses killed, 1,142 wounded, and 85 fallen or sick, and 1,415 for other reasons (the losses during the breakthrough of the 3rd and 20th Cavalry Divisions), for a total of 6,141 losses.

Postwar
In late 1945, the corps was withdrawn from Germany to Tilsit (renamed Sovetsk) in East Prussia, part of the Special Military District. The corps included the 3rd Guards and 18th Guards Cavalry Divisions. During the winter and spring of 1946 the corps was reorganized into the 28th Guards Mechanized Division, with its divisions reduced to regiments. The division became part of the 16th Guards Rifle Corps of the 11th Guards Army of the Baltic Military District. The division came under direct army control when the corps headquarters was disbanded in mid-1956. The division was reorganized as the 40th Guards Tank Division (Military Unit Number 15309) on 25 June 1957. In the early 1990s, the division was reduced to the 10th Separate Guards Tank Brigade, which in 1997 became a storage base. The storage base was disbanded in 2008.