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The Russian forces now poured reinforcements into the Korotojak and Uriv bridgeheads. This created a very dangerous situation for the Hungarian defenders, and a new operation was planned to annihilate these bridgeheads. The commander of the armoured division organised two battle groups plus reserves to carry out the operation. Each group had one tank, one motorised infantry and one artillery battalion. They were equipped with 103 T-38, 20 Pz.Kpfw. IV, 12 Nimrod, 7 Toldi tanks and 7 x 75mm anti-tank guns.
The operation began on August 7, and the advancing Hungarian armoured and infantry units quickly came under heavy Russian air and artillery fire. At Korotojak the tanks reached the river but could not mop up the bridgehead. Next day, after some reorganisation, the tanks were used as assault guns. They supported the advancing infantry units, and destroyed the enemy strongholds as directed by the infantry. This proved to be a successful tactic and the advancing troops cleared part of the bridgehead on August 9. The armoured division suffered 387 dead, and 38 T-38, 2 Toldi and 2 Pz.Kpfw. IV tanks were knocked out, although some of them were repairable.
On August 10 the armoured division, supported by the 13 th Light Infantry Division, attacked the bridgehead at Uriv. The first stage of the advance was successful but later it ground to a halt under the heavy Russian artillery and air attacks. On August 13 - 14 the Armoured Division renewed its attacks against Korotojak. At that time the strength of the division was just 44 T-38, 4 Pz.Kpfw. IV, and 5 Toldi tanks. The casualties of the division totalled 99 officers, 1632 enlisted men, and the Russians between August 7-18 captured 15 T-38 tanks.
On August 15 Hungarian armour knocked out 10 T-60 and M3 enemy tanks at Korotojak. The Russian T-34s destroyed several Hungarian T-38 tanks. The German 687th Infantry Regiment also knocked out two Hungarian T-38 tanks. At the end of August the first replacements arrived from Germany, and 4 Pz.Kpfw.IV F2 were passed to the division. The A/A units of the division scored the next victories up to the end of August 1942. The II A/A Battalion shot down 23, and the 51st A/A-AT Battalion downed 40 Russian aircraft.
The 1st Field Armoured Division took part in the heaviest fighting of the bridgehead operations during the summer of 1942 at the River Don. It suffered heavy casualties partly due to the stubborn enemy resistance and partly because it was not deployed as an armoured division. Its individual units were used separately as close support mobile artillery, because the Hungarians lacked the necessary assault gun units to support the infantry. The Tank Regiment had only 55 T-38 and 15 Pz.Kpfw. IV serviceable tanks, while 35 armoured vehicles were under repair as of August 20. Between August 7 - 18, the motorised rifle and reconnaissance battalions suffered casualties of 410 killed, 1289 wounded and 32 missing.
Out of the three major Russian bridgeheads, only the 336th German Infantry Division destroyed the one at Korotojak, on September 3. A joint German-Hungarian force launched the last assault against Uriv, with 3/4 Hungarian and 1 German division under German command. The 1st Field Armoured Division also participated in this battle. The Russians also reinforced and replaced their troops in the bridgehead. On September 9, 35 artillery batteries barraged the Russian lines, and the troops began their advance.