 in the Red Army | |
|---|---|
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| Rank insignia | Armed Forces of the Soviet Union |
| Introduction | 1918 to the Red Army |
| Rank group | Commanding officers |
| Army | Kombat |
| Navy | Ship commander, 2nd rank |
| Air Force | Air flight commander |
| NATO equivalent | OF-3 |
Combat, a famous World War II photo by Max Alpert, depicting battalion commander A. Yeremenko leading his soldiers to the assault.
Combat or Kombat (Russian: комбат, "kombat"), abbreviated from Командир батальона ("Commander of a battalion") was a military rank in the Red Army from 1918 to 1935. At that time it was roughly equivalent to the rank of Captain.[1]
References[]
- ↑ Garder, Michel (1966) (in en). A History of the Soviet Army. F. A. Praeger. pp. 79. https://books.google.com/books?id=yf1CAAAAIAAJ.
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