Kombat (military rank)
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Battalion commander Командир батальона | |
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Service branch | Red Army Ukrainian Soviet Army |
Abbreviation | Kombat |
Formation | 1918 |
Abolished | 1935 |
Equivalent ranks | Ship commander, 2nd class |
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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.
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References[]
- ^ Garder, Michel (1966). A History of the Soviet Army. F. A. Praeger. p. 79.
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