Kombat (military rank)

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Battalion commander Командир батальона
Jacket collar patch and gymnastyorka
Country	Soviet Union
Service branch	Red Army Ukrainian Soviet Army
Abbreviation	Kombat
Formation	1918
Abolished	1935
Equivalent ranks	Ship commander, 2nd class

Combat, a famous World War II photo by Max Alpert, depicting battalion commander A. Yeremenko leading his soldiers to the assault.

Kombat (Russian: комбат) is the abbreviation from Battalion commander (Russian: Командир батальона, romanized: Komandir bataljona). It was a military rank in the Red Army from 1918 to 1935. At that time it was roughly equivalent to the rank of captain.^[1]

It is also an informal Russian language abbreviation for the military commander's position for an officer in command of a battalion or an artillery battery.

See also[]

• Ranks and insignia of the Red Army and Navy 1918–1935

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