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In the terminology of the Soviet Union, the Eastern Bloc, and other communist countries, an udarnik (/ uː ˈ d ɑːr n ɪ k /, [1] plural udarniks or udarniki; Russian: уда́рник, IPA: [ʊˈdarnʲɪk]), also known in English as a shock worker [2] or strike worker (collectively known as shock brigades [3] or a shock labor team [4]) is a ...
The Companion cavalry of Alexander the Great (356-326 BC) are described as being the first example of shock cavalry being used in Europe. [1]During the Paraguayan War (1864–1870), in which Paraguay fought against Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay, the Paraguayans deployed shock troops (composed of a mixture of dismounted cavalry and fit men who could row and swim) armed with sabres, cutlasses ...
The 3rd Shock Army (Russian: Третья ударная армия) was a field army of the Red Army formed during the Second World War. The "Shock" armies were created with the specific structure to engage and destroy significant enemy forces, and were reinforced with more armoured and artillery assets than other combined arms armies.
The 1st Shock Army had by that point been strongly reinforced with three artillery divisions, a corps artillery brigade, a tank brigade, and seven regiments of tanks and assault guns. 1st Shock Army was disbanded by being redesignated Headquarters Turkestan Military District on 9 July 1945.
The 5th Shock Army was a Red Army field army of World War II. The army was formed on 9 December 1942 by redesignating the 10th Reserve Army . The army was formed two times prior to this with neither formation lasting more than a month before being redesignated.
The 2nd Shock Army was formed from the Volkhov Front's 26th Army in December 1941 and initially consisted of the 327th Rifle Division and eight separate rifle brigades. In January 1942 the Volkhov Front commander, Meretskov, had to request that the Army’s commander, General Lieutenant Sokolov, a former NKVD commissar, be relieved, as he was absolutely incompetent.
In August 1917 it was renamed the Kornilov Shock Regiment, but after the Kornilov affair its name was changed to 1st Russian or Slavonic Shock Regiment. [3] The "Slavonic" name reflected the fact that the regiment included Czech volunteers from the Russian army's Czechoslovak Legion, who wanted to preserve the unit from being disbanded by the Russian Provisional Government.
The army defended the line along the eastern shore of lakes Velye and Seliger.It participated in the Toropets–Kholm Offensive between January and February 1942. For the offensive, it included the 249th, 332nd, 334th, 358th and 360th Rifle Divisions, 21st, 39th, 48th and 51st rifle brigades, two tank battalions, two rocket launcher battalions (batteries), and two RGK artillery regiments.