315th Infantry Regiment

Description

Formed on July 21, 1922, in Tambov from a number of parts of the Moscow Military District as the 19th Infantry Division. In the summer of 1941, it was part of the 24th Army of the Western Front. It took part in the Yelninsky offensive operation, where on July 19, 1941, the division first entered the battle with the Nazi troops in the area of the city of Yelnya. After Yelnya, the regiment had to retreat, like many others, as a result of the German offensive and, together with the 1292nd rifle regiment, hold the defenses on the banks of the Nara River.

Squad equipment

• Madsen BR II