For Combat Merits,2099030,Machine Gun Ammunition Bearer,1118th Rifle Regiment

Bill Garvy · 06-24-2015, 03:00 PM

Order Book (#464074) issued to Mikhail Vasilyevich Chornovol dated November 14th, 1946 for a Combat Service Medal, #2099030, missing, October, 1944.

Bill Garvy · 06-24-2015, 03:02 PM

1st Ukrainian Front Secret

Prikaz

1118th Rifle Regiment, 333rd Rifle Sinel'nikovskoy Order of the Red Banner, Order of Suvorov Division

13th September, 1944 No. 091/H Active Army

On behalf of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the SSR we award

Medal “For Combat Service”

13. Ammunition Bearer (Porter?), 1st Machinegun Company, Chernovol, Mikhail Vasilyevich for that in the village of Ermoclia (Moldova) during a counter-attack with his own weapon destroyed 3 German soldiers.
Born 1925, not a party member, Ukrainian, drafted into the Red Army: Nikolaevskim Regional Military Commissariat, Nikolaevskoy Oblast.
Home address: (intentionally obscured)

Commander 1118th Rifle Regiment
Colonel Gubanov

Printed 3 copies
333rd Rifle Division
Administrator-Headquarters
12th, September, 1944

Tommy · 06-24-2015, 03:19 PM

Ammunition bearer, 1st machine gun company, private xxx i think the first line would be.

The first word I'm not too sure about is подносчика.... the ammunition bearer part. It seems to literally mean "porter" so i would take that as being transporting ammo around. Could be wrong though! ...usually am :)

***CtahhR*** · 06-24-2015, 03:43 PM

He's a "Number 3". #1 being the trigger man, #2 being the loader and #3 being "Johnny on-the-spot" with the ammo. When not playing the role of "Johnny" he's free to take some pot shots with his own rifle (or whatever else he's issued). The usual machinegun troika.

In a counter-attack their positions will have been fixed so he wouldn't have been portering crates of cartridges but free to take 3 Germans out.

Bill Garvy · 06-24-2015, 04:47 PM

Thank you, gentlemen, I have made the requisite edits. . .

06-24-2015, 04:47 PM	#5
Bill Garvy Comrade Curmudgeon Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 2,642	Re: For Combat Merits,2099030,Machine Gun Ammunition Bearer,1118th Rifle Regiment *Thank you, gentlemen, I have made the requisite edits. . .*

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Tommy Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Beside the Shankly Gates Age: 36 Posts: 826	Re: For Combat Mertis,2099030,Machine Gun Company,1118th Rifle Regiment Ammunition bearer, 1st machine gun company, private xxx i think the first line would be. The first word I'm not too sure about is подносчика.... the ammunition bearer part. It seems to literally mean "porter" so i would take that as being transporting ammo around. Could be wrong though! ...usually am :) Last edited by Tommy; 06-24-2015 at 03:40 PM.

06-24-2015, 03:43 PM	#4
*CtahhR* Forum Administrator Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Deep In The Archives. Age: 17 Posts: 12,074	Re: For Combat Merits,2099030,Machine Gun Ammunition Bearer,1118th Rifle Regiment He's a "Number 3". #1 being the trigger man, #2 being the loader and #3 being "Johnny on-the-spot" with the ammo. When not playing the role of "Johnny" he's free to take some pot shots with his own rifle (or whatever else he's issued). The usual machinegun troika. In a counter-attack their positions will have been fixed so he wouldn't have been portering crates of cartridges but free to take 3 Germans out. __________________ "Signed with his own rubber stamp"

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