soviet SMG company missing

Smersh · #1 May 20th, 2006, 05:19 PM

According to the red army handbook ,each infantry regiment contained a smg company (company hq, 3 plts, 3 sqds each). as for as I know this isn't in the soviet obb

DRG · #2 May 20th, 2006, 05:57 PM

Tank Desant Co

Desant Platoon

all SMG

Don

Smersh · #3 May 20th, 2006, 08:07 PM

Tank Desants represent tank riders, not the regimental level smg company these had 9-10 man squads.

there are is already alot of smg squads, just not a smg company formation.

edit: the tank desant company also has different organization.

DRG · #4 May 20th, 2006, 10:00 PM

OK. I'll look into that.

Don

DRG · #5 May 20th, 2006, 10:16 PM

What info you have for a start date for that formation? I find October 1941 mentioned a few places

Don

Smersh · #6 May 20th, 2006, 10:48 PM

according to the red army handbook

it first appears in the July 41 TO&E

the smg company remained the rest of the war, guards regiments had 2 smg companys. According the December 44 TO&E another one was added to "regular" infantry regiments, giving them parity with the guards reg. (although this isn't important in game terms)