would be used in similar roles after the Allies crossed the Rhine, serving as a vanguard for British forces. After World War II The demands of infantry fighting in the Second World War erased much of the romance of shock troops, particularly when any well-trained infantry was capable of the same tactics, especially in a formal assault on a well-defended objective. The Soviets retained the term shock (although the term can also be translated as strike) as a designation for armies involved in assaulting the enemy's operational depth as part of Soviet deep battle doctrine. See also Australian and New Zealand Army Corps Canadian Corps Ghatak Platoon Special forces Deli (Ottoman troops) References Further reading Grau, Lester W. Russian-Manufactured Armored Vehicle Vulnerability in Urban Combat: The Chechnya Experience, Red Thrust Star, January 1997 "The Chechen lower-level combat group consists of 15 to 20 personnel subdivided into three or four-man fighting cells. ..." Штабс-ротмистр Танеев. О штурмовых частях Германской и Австро-Венгерской армий / Битва Гвардий - https://btgv.ru/history/rare/staff-rotmistr-taneyev-about-the-assault-units-of-the-german-and-austro-hungarian-armies/ Infantry Special forces Types of military forces