includes eighteen DP MG and M1891 Rifle Teams, three PTRD Teams, four Maksim HMG teams, four Commanders and Unit Leaders, two Flame-thrower teams and two Kommisar teams.

The Strelkovy (riflemen) form the bulk of the RKKA, the Red Army. Their role is to break through enemy defences for the mechanised troops to exploit and to follow them to hold their gains.