Faatumu le fuaiupu lenei: Ia Tesema 1942, na maua ai e le Vaega se igoa o le Guards ma avea ai ma le 3rd Guards Mechanized Corps. Sa tau ai i le Taua o Kursk o se vaega o Steppe Luma. I le masina o Iuni 1944, mo le Faʻagaioiga Bagration, na tofia ai i le Chernyakhovsky's 3rd Belorussian Front o se vaega o le Cavalry Mechanized Group lea na aofia ai foʻi le 3rd Cavalry Corps ma na faʻatonuina e lavea Bogushevsk faʻatasi ma le 5th Army ma le 39th Army. O ana vaega na aofia ai le 64th Guards Heavy Tank Regiment, lea na faʻagaioia IS-2 tane mamafa a o tau o se vaega o le 1st Baltic Front i le Šiauliai ('Shaulay') eria ia Iulai 1944. Ona siitia lea i Sasaʻe Mamao ma auai ai i le
osofaʻiga a Manchuria o se vaega o le Transbaikal Front.