[17th Miss Regt]

In the Soviet army three tanks made a platoon, three platoons and one company commander's tank made a company, and three companies and one battalion commander's tank made a battalion. That gives the 31-tank figure for a tank battalion in a tank unit. The 40-tank battalion was assigned to infantry divisions as a separate battalion to be used as the division commander thought fit. That may explain this discrepancy.

[UMCRevMom@aol.com]

“In the Soviet army three tanks made a platoon, three platoons and one company commander’s tank made a company, and three companies and one battalion commander’s tank made a battalion.”

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