Whakaoti i te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko te tupuna tika o te 4th Guards Kantemirovskaya Tank Division ko te 17th Tank Corps o te ope Whero, i hangaia i Stalingrad i te 1942 i muri tata mai i te tiimata o te 1941 o te whakaekenga a Tiamana ki te Soviet Union i te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao. Ko te 17th Tank Corps i timata i tana hitori whawhai i te 26 o Pipiri 1942, i te wa i tohaina ai ki te hauauru o Voronezh, i mua noa o te
Te Pakanga o Voronezh (1942). Mo te rereketanga i roto i te pakanga i te Operation Little Saturn i waenga i te 17 o Tihema me te 30 o Tihema 1942, i whakahoutia te 17th Tank Corps hei 4th Guards Tank Corps i te Hanuere 1943. I whakawhiwhia te Corps ki te honore "Kantemirovsky" i muri i te kainga o Kantemirovka i te rohe o Kantemirovsky, Voronezh Oblast, i tukuna mai e ona waahanga tank mai i te mahi Tiamana i roto i to ratou iriiri o te ahi.