Kombat in the Red Army |
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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 |
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.