Red Army Rifle Battalion, early 1943

Rifle Company

Numbers in parenthesis indicate number of personnel assigned to role, number of unallocated weapons or number of sub-units in detachment.

Company Headquarters

Unit Rank Weapon Vehicle
       

Headquarters Section

     
       
Company Commander Officer Pistol  
Second in Command Officer Pistol  
Political Officer * Commissar Pistol  
Company Sergeant NCO Rifle  
Admin Sergeant NCO Rifle  
       
Chief Medic NCO Pistol  
Medic (4) Private Pistol  

Notes

* the Junior Political Officer seems to have been deleted during early 1943

Company Weapons

Unit Rank Weapon Vehicle
       

Mortar Platoon

     
       
Platoon Commander Officer Pistol  
       
Mortar Team (2) each      
       
Commander NCO Rifle  
Mortar Gunner NCO Rifle, 50 mm mortar  
Assistant Gunner Private Rifle  
       

Machine Gun Squad

     
       
Squad Leader NCO Rifle  
Assistant Leader NCO Rifle  
Machine Gunner Private Pistol, M1910  
Assistant Gunner Private Rifle Horse & cart

Rifle Platoon (3), each

Unit Rank Weapon Vehicle
       

Platoon HQ

     
       
Platoon Commander Officer Pistol  
Platoon Sergeant NCO Rifle  
Sniper (2) * Private Rifle  
       
Rifle Squad (2) each      
       
Squad Leader NCO SMG  
Assistant Leader NCO Rifle  
Rifleman (5) Private Rifle  
Machine Gunner Private Light Machine Gun  
Assistant Gunner Private Rifle  
       
Rifle Squad (2) each      
       
Squad Leader NCO SMG  
Assistant Leader NCO Rifle  
Rifleman (3) Private Rifle  
Machine Gunner (2) Private Light Machine Gun  
Assistant Gunner (2) Private Rifle  

Notes

 * the Platoon Snipers seem to have been removed at some point after the table was issued and just two men deployed at Company HQ level

Index

Example TOE

Red Army Rifle Battalion

Support Companies

Battalion Headquarters