Kombrig

Kombrig (abbreviation to Commanding officer of the brigade, Russian: Комбриг / Командир бригады; literal: Commander of the brigade / Brigade commander), was a military rank in the Soviet Armed Forces of the USSR from 1935 to 1940. It was also the designation to military personnel appointed to command a brigade sized formation (X).

Kombrig in the Soviet Army
Rank insignia	Armed Forces of the Soviet Union
Introduction	1935 to the Soviet Army
Rank group	Commanding officers
Army / Air Force	Kombrig
Navy	Kapitan 1st rank
NATO equivalent	OF-6

Kombrig collar patch

Until 1940 it was the fourth highest military rank of the Red Army. It was equivalent to Brigade comissar (ru: Бригадный комиссар) of the political staff in all military branches, Kapitan 1st rank (ru: Капита́н 1-го ранга) in the Soviet navy, or to Major of state security (ru: Майор государственной безопасности). With the reintroduction of regular general ranks, the designation Kombrig was abolished, and replaced by Major general (OF-6).

History

This particular rank was introduced by disposal of the Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union and the Council of People's Commissars, from September 22, 1935.[1] The new rank structure was as follows:

• Command level Brigade X: Kombrig Kombrig (Brigadier – OF6)
• Command level Division XX: Komdiv (Division commander – OF7)
• Command level Corps XXX: Komkor (Korps commander – OF8)
• Command level Field army XXXX: Komandarm 2nd rank (Army commander 2nd rank – Commander Army OF9b)
• Command level Army group, Front XXXXX: Komandarm 1st rank (Army commander 1st rank – Frond commander OF9a)
• OF10-level: Marshal of the Soviet Union

sequence of ranks
lower rank: Polkovnik	Kombrig	higher rank: Komdiv
	Major general (ru:Генерал-мaйор)	higher rank: Lieutenant general (ru:Генерал-лейтенант)

Rank insignia

• 
  Overcoat collar patch
• 
  Jacket collar patch and Gymnastyorka
• 
  ... Air Force
• 
  Chevron/ sleeve insignia

See also

• Ranks and rank insignia of the Red Army 1935–1940, and ... 1940–1943

Sources / references

1. Decree of the Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union and the Council of People's Commissars, from September 22, 1935, on introduction of individual military rank designation to commanding personnel of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army.