Red Army Rifle Battalion, early 1943

Battalion Headquarters

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

Battalion Headquarters

Unit Rank Weapon Vehicle
       
Battalion Commander Officer Pistol  
Second in Command Officer Pistol  
Adjutant (?) Officer Pistol  
Political Officer Commissar Pistol  

Anti-tank Rifle Platoon

Unit Rank Weapon Vehicle
       

Platoon HQ

     
       
Platoon Commander Officer Pistol  
Wagon driver Private Rifle Horse (2), wagon
       
Anti-tank Rifle Squad (3) each      
       
Squad Leader NCO Rifle  
Chief Gunner NCO Pistol, Anti-tank Rifle  
Gunner (2) Private Pistol, Anti-tank Rifle  
Assistant Gunner (3) Private Rifle  

Anti-tank Gun Platoon

Unit Rank Weapon Vehicle
       

Platoon HQ

     
       
Platoon Commander Officer Pistol  
Platoon Sergeant NCO Rifle  
Messenger ? (3) Private Rifle  
       
Anti-tank Squad (2) each      
       
Squad Leader NCO Rifle  
Gunner  NCO Pistol, 45mm Anti-tank Gun  
Assistant Gunner (3) Private Rifle  
Driver Private Rifle Horse (4), wagon

Signals Platoon (summary only)

Platoon Commander (Officer); NCO (2); Private (7)

Platoon Transport; Horse & cart

Medical Platoon (summary only)

Platoon Commander (Warrant Officer), NCO (1); Private (3)

Platoon Transport; Horse & cart

Battalion Train (summary only)

Platoon Commander (Officer); NCO (2); Private (9)

Platoon Transport; Horse (14); Wagon (4); Cart (3)

Notes

Weapons presumably pistols for Officers and all members of Medical Platoon, remainder rifles

Index

Example TOE

Red Army Rifle Battalion

Rifle Company

Support Companies