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The SU-76M was the second most produced Soviet AFV of World War II, after the T-34 medium tank. Developed under the leadership of chief designer S.A. Ginzburg (1900–1943). This infantry support SPG was based on the lengthened T-70 light tank chassis and armed with the ZIS-3 76-mm divisional field gun.
By 1987, "battalion tactical group" was used to describe Soviet combined arms battalions. [11] Battalion tactical groups were seen in the Soviet–Afghan War. [12] The Soviets expanded the combined arms battalion concept as part of the "Army 2000" restructuring plan to make the army more agile and versatile for future war. [13]
Penal battalion service in infantry roles was the most common use of shtrafniki, and viewed by many Soviet prisoners as tantamount to a death sentence. The term of service in infantry penal battalions and companies was from one to three months (the maximum term was usually applied to those qualifying for the death penalty, the standard ...
Development of Red Army tactics began during the Russian Civil War, and are still a subject of study within Russian military academies today. They were an important source of development in military theory, and in particular of armoured warfare before, during and after the Second World War, in the process influencing the outcome of World War II and the Korean War.
Name Type Quantity Photo Notes BMP-1 [13] Infantry fighting vehicle: N/A Between 1972 and 1988 Czechoslovakia delivered 5,100 BVP-1s to the Soviet Union [18] BMP-2: Infantry fighting vehicle: N/A [13] BMP-3: Infantry fighting vehicle ~700 [13] BMD-1: Infantry fighting vehicle ~3,000 [13] Used by airborne troops. BMD-2: Infantry fighting vehicle ...
Started World War II with Soviet Western Front. Survived not only entire war, but also entire Cold War up to dissolution of USSR. Still serving with Ukrainian Ground Forces as 13th Army Corps. 14th Army: 1939: 1953: In World War II, formerly the Murmanskaya Operative Group of the Leningrad Military District. It was upgraded to Army status in ...
30th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (2nd Russian) 30th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Belarusian) 31st SS Volunteer Grenadier Division , variously reported as being named Böhmen-Mähren ( Bohemia - Moravia ) (this division is not SS Kampfgruppe Division " Böhmen-Mähren ", this was a separate unit formed from training units in ...
The Russian National People's Army, as it was called by its leaders, was known by several names during its existence. Though their chevrons and officially-produced material referred to them as such, German documents referred to them by two alternatively-used names; Sonderverband Graukopf ("Special Group Grey Head") and Russisches Bataillon z.b.V. (Special-Purpose Russian Battalion).