Combat task

Soviet tank soldiers from the 4th Mechanized Guard Corps studying combat tasks (Hungary October 1944).

Under battle task is tuned according understood military doctrine of Warsaw pact the " task (in the sense of military order), to a body forces received by battle command or command post assembly to the (so-called) determination of the supervisor to carry out ".

The term was made binding for the NVA based on the original Russian name боевая задача (German transcription : boewaja sadatscha ).

Term used in some WP countries

•  GDR → combat task
•  Poland → Polish zadanie bojewe
•  Slovakia → Slovak bojový úkol
•  Czech → Czech language → bojový úkol
• USSR → Russian боевая задача

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The use of the term combat task was not a unique selling point of the NVA and the Warsaw Pact.

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literature

• Military Lexicon, 2nd ed. 1973, L-No .: 5, ES-No .: 6C1, BstNr: 745.303.1, p. 122, definition: "Combat task".

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Military Lexicon, 2nd ed. 1973, L-No .: 5, ES-No .: 6C1, BstNr: 745.303.1, index Russian-German, p. 546.
2. ↑ Military Lexicon, 2nd ed. 1973, L-No .: 5, ES-No .: 6C1, BstNr: 745.303.1, index Russian-German, p. 552.
3. ↑ Military Lexicon, 2nd ed. 1973, L-No .: 5, ES-No .: 6C1, BstNr: 745.303.1, index Russian-German, p. 488.