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Originally Posted by Gerry1
I was trying to set up a few such units in a Battle and I couldn't find a SMG company or Platoon. Did I miss them or is it just a case of they were just a part of a Rifle platoon for example?
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What year was this? There are SMG companies and platoons in the Soviet OOB, but they only become available around 1942 or so (you can check the exact dates from Mobhack).
Historically, the pre-war Soviet doctrine did not consider SMG as a proper military weapon, and there were just a few thousand such weapons in the whole country. However, by the time Winter War was over the leadership had changed their mind, and Soviet industry started to design and produce SMGs - and as war progressed they were issued to infantry units in ever larger numbers.