Soviet military leadership is unable or unwilling to disassociate itself from past experiences. Red Armour Combat Orders illustrates through captured regulations that many of the Soviet Techniques in armoured warfare have remained unchanged over the last four decades. Study of the regulations provides a fundamental understanding of current Soviet armoured tactics and the ways in which they may develop.
Richard N. Armstrong, Translated from German by Joseph G. Welsh
Editor's Introduction. Translator's Note, Combat Regulations, Editor's Appendices A. People's Defense Commissariat Order No. 325 B. Red Army Tank Brigade Organizations, -1943 C. Commander and Staffs D. Tank Corps Order E. Motorized Rifle Brigade Order