Soviet Stormtroopers: WW2 Submachine Gun Tactics

Join us today as we look at the organization and tactics used by the Soviet Red Army's SMG units during WWII. These highly mobile units were used as dedicated infiltration units, bringing to bear a large amount of close-range automatic firepower to the detriment of medium and long range capability.

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Sources:
• "Red Army Handbook 1939-1945" by Steven Zaloga & Leland Ness
• "Soviet Submachine Guns of World War II" by Chris McNab
• "Soviet Rifleman 1941-45" by Gordon Rottman
• http://armor.kiev.ua/Battle/WWII/tactik/
• http://militera.lib.ru/regulations/ru...
• http://www.bayonetstrength.uk/RedArmy...
• http://tankfront.ru/ussr/staff.html
• http://militera.lib.ru/docs/da/nko_19... (Order No. 0406)
• https://ru.wikisource.org/wiki/%D0%A1...