Kombat (military rank)
Kombat (Russian: комбат, "kombat"), abbreviated from Командир батальона ("Commander of a battalion") 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]
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| Rank insignia | Armed Forces of the Soviet Union |
| Introduction | 1918 to the Red Army |
| Rank group | Commanding officers |
| Army | Kombat |
| Navy | Ship commander, 2nd rank |
| Air Force | Air flight commander |
| NATO equivalent | OF-4 |
Combat, a famous World War II photo by Max Alpert, depicting battalion commander A. Yeremenko leading his soldiers to the assault.
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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