Corporal Kindel
Member
Hello:
I've been websurfing again & stumbled upon this ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shtrafbat .. Soviet "Penal troops." So these would probably be represented by 426 conscripts (though I could be wrong?). However, the search for any kind of TOE below the company level is coming up boxcars again. It's easy enough for me to find very broad high level references "the 10,000 foot view" type material, but it's really hard to get to the more "meat & potatoes" small unit organizations. The best I could find is the wikipedia article which mentioned Shtraftbat companies numbered 150 to 200 men (pretty freaking broad to me). Compared to red army early '41 rifle companies that numbered about 144 men in 3 platoons + support elements (according to one reference anyway). Is there any reason to assume these differ drastically as to the organization & equipment of their 1st line Red Army comrades, and if so what exactly??
I've been websurfing again & stumbled upon this ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shtrafbat .. Soviet "Penal troops." So these would probably be represented by 426 conscripts (though I could be wrong?). However, the search for any kind of TOE below the company level is coming up boxcars again. It's easy enough for me to find very broad high level references "the 10,000 foot view" type material, but it's really hard to get to the more "meat & potatoes" small unit organizations. The best I could find is the wikipedia article which mentioned Shtraftbat companies numbered 150 to 200 men (pretty freaking broad to me). Compared to red army early '41 rifle companies that numbered about 144 men in 3 platoons + support elements (according to one reference anyway). Is there any reason to assume these differ drastically as to the organization & equipment of their 1st line Red Army comrades, and if so what exactly??