 Ramba uchinyora ndima ino - Nokurovedzwa kwaiitwa, uye matangi achiiswa nokukurumidza muhondo, motokari 50 dzokutanga dzakarongwa kuva battalion yokutanga yetangi rePeoples Army. Bhatani racho rakanga rakashongedzerwa nemapoka matatu ematangi boka rimwe nerimwe raiva nematangi gumi uye boka remuzinda; boka rimwe nerimwe raiva nemapoka matatu, aine matangi matatu, uye tangi rekutungamira. Pakazosvika pakati paNovember batiri rechipiri rakarongwa. Gare gare mumwedzi iwoyo, Krivoshein nomutevedzeri wake Major Greisser vakadzoserwa kuSoviet Union ndokutsiviwa naGeneral Dmitry Pavlov. Muna December 1936, Mukuru Mukuru Pavlov akaronga motokari itsva dzeSoviet dzakarukwa nezvombo kuva brigade rakashongedzwa nezvombo, rakagadzirwa nemabhatirioni mana ematangi nekambani yokuongorora. Iri brigade, rinozivikanwa se Brigada de Carros de Combate Tank Brigade, rakagadzirwa nematanho makumi mashanu nematanhatu nemakumi matanhatu nematanhatu emamwe mota dzakarongedzwa, uye pakarepo vakaona kurwa kwakatenderedza Madrid, kusanganisira muhondo dzeJarama neGuadalajara. Zvisinei, brigade rakashandiswa kutsigira Republican infantry mauto uye kwete somunhu Mobile nezvombo boka, uye somugumisiro wayo inokosha basa munguva yehondo akanga shoma nokuda kwayo kushandisa zvisina kufanira. Muna Chikunguru 1937, brigade iyi yakatora chikamu muHondo yeBrunete, hondo yakakura kwazvo yetangi kusvika musi iwoyo muhondo, nematanki eRepublican anosvika zana nemakumi mashanu. Kurwa kwacho kwaivawo mumwe wemienzaniso mishoma munguva yeHondo yeVanhu yeSpain yekushandiswa kwematangi kuti apinde munzvimbo iri mberi. Zvisinei, hondo yacho yakarasira Mauto eVanhu motokari dzinenge 159 dzehondo. 