Soviet Red Army Rifle e Motor Rifle Company, 1943

Table of Organisation & Equipaggiamento

Units della fanteria dell’armata rossa were organized along similar lines as fanteria of other nations. At the platoon, company, e battalion level, fanteria sovietica used nearly the same basic organisation as German fanteria. Light mortars had been attached at the company level initially, but they fell out of use, because the platoon received sufficient artiglieria e mortar support from higher echelons.

Red Army Rifle Company, 1943

Company Headquarters
- Company Commander, Pistol
- Senior Sergeant, PPSh SMG
- Anti-Tank Rifleman No. 1, PTRD/PTRS Anti-Tank Rifle
- Anti-Tank Rifleman No. 2, PPSh SMG
- Messenger No. 1, Rifle/Carbine
- Messenger No. 2, Rifle/Carbine
- Messenger No. 3, Rifle/Carbine
Rifle Platoon (30 of all ranks)
- Platoon Headquarters
  - Platoon Leader, Pistol
  - Platoon Sergeant, Rifle/Carbine
  - Messenger, Rifle/Carbine
- Rifle Section
  - Sergeant, Section Leader, PPSh SMG
  - Corporal, Rifle/Carbine
  - Mitragliere No. 1, mitragliatrice leggera Degtaryev DP
  - Mitragliere No. 2, Rifle/Carbine
  - Grenadier, Rifle/Carbine, Hand Grenades
  - Riflemen No. 1, Rifle/Carbine
  - Riflemen No. 2, Rifle/Carbine
  - Riflemen No. 3, Rifle/Carbine
  - Riflemen No. 4, Rifle/Carbine
- Rifle Section (same as above)
- Rifle Section (same as above)
Rifle Platoon (1 Pistol, 3 mitragliatrici leggeri, 3 SMG, 23 Rifles/Carbines, as above)
Rifle Platoon (1 Pistol, 3 mitragliatrici leggeri, 3 SMG, 23 Rifles/Carbines, as above)
Plotone mitragliatrice (18 of all ranks)
- Platoon Headquarters
  - Platoon Commander, Pistol
  - Platoon Sergeant, PPSh
  - Messenger, Rifle/Carbine
- Gruppo mitragliatrice pesante
  - Sergeant, Squad Leader, Rifle/Carbine
  - Mitragliere No. 1, Pistol
  - Mitragliere No. 2, Rifle/Carbine
  - Mitragliere No. 3, Rifle/Carbine
  - Mitragliere No. 4, Rifle/Carbine
  - Maxim M.1910 HMG
- Gruppo mitragliatrice pesante (1 Pistol, 4 Rifles, 1 Maxim, as above)
- Gruppo mitragliatrice pesante (1 Pistol, 4 Rifles, 1 Maxim, as above)

Guards, Comsol, ed other Soviet elite units replaced the Maxim MG con a 12.7 mm o 14.5 mm HMG. N.K.V.D. probably also had access to newer equipaggiamento. The mitragliatrice leggera D.P. was usually replaced by the mitragliatrice leggera D.T. da carro, because it was lighter e had a foldable frame butt. Mitragliatrici leggeri da carro sovietici had bipods fitted for dismounted operations.

There were only due 76.2 mm M.1912/M.1927 fanteria guns attached at the battalion level, e they frequently performed anti-tank duties in addition to their direct support fire role. The battalion also had due cannoni anticarro da 45 mm L.46 M.1938 o due 37 mm L.45 M.1935.

Motor rifle units did not have a weapons plotoni at company level, these elite tankoviy desant troops relied on fire support from the carri armati they rode into battle. Soviet tank riders suffered horrendous caduti from shattering shells if the tank they were on deflected a shot. KV riders are reported to have suffered more than T-34 riders, because the former had better armour e was not as easily penetrated. The individual motor rifle plotoni were equipped with a much larger proportion of automatic weapons, a typical squad would consist of nine men con una mitragliatrice leggera, cinque SMG, ed only tre Rifles.

L’armata sovietica had flag signals detachments consisting of one NCO e tre men. These units were stationed at key positions along the front, ed all the way back to the company command post. The Wehrmacht soon learned to fire smoke shells into enemy formations to disrupt any communication by flag signals. BT e T-26 tank formations relied exclusively on flag e flare signals, i veicoli carried no radios.

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Soldatini Sovietici-Russi della Seconda Guerra Mondiale

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