Red Army Medium Tank Company, November 1943  

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
       
Company Commander Captain Pistol/SMG  
Tank Commander Lieutenant Pistol/SMG  
Radioman/Machine Gunner Private Pistol/SMG  
Driver Mechanic NCO Pistol/SMG T34
Machine Gunner Junior Sergeant *  Pistol/SMG  
       
Deputy Commander Senior Lieutenant Pistol/SMG  
Technical Officer Senior Lieutenant Pistol/SMG  

Tank Platoon (3), each

Unit Rank Weapon Vehicle
       
Platoon Commander Senior Lieutenant Pistol/SMG  
Turret Commander Sergeant Pistol/SMG  
Radioman/Machine Gunner Senior Sergeant Pistol/SMG  
Driver Mechanic Senior Sergeant Pistol/SMG T34
Machine Gunner Junior Sergeant * Pistol/SMG  
       
Tank Commander Lieutenant Pistol/SMG  
Turret Commander Sergeant Pistol/SMG  
Machine Gunner Senior Sergeant Pistol/SMG  
Driver Mechanic Senior Sergeant Pistol/SMG T34
Machine Gunner Junior Sergeant * Pistol/SMG  
       
Tank Commander Lieutenant Pistol/SMG  
Turret Commander Sergeant Pistol/SMG  
Machine Gunner Senior Sergeant Pistol/SMG  
Driver Mechanic Senior Sergeant Pistol/SMG T34
Machine Gunner Junior Sergeant * Pistol/SMG  

Notes

* the Junior Sergeant was only present in a T34 with a five man crew, or a Lend Lease vehicle such as a Sherman or a Churchill, and acted as loader for the main gun.  His position should not be confused with the Senior Sergeant Machine Gunner who occupied the bow gunner's seat and doubled as radioman.  The Turret Commander would presumably have acted as the gunner

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