 He fought in the Battles of Rzhev and was sent to the Frunze Military Academy for a course for rifle regiment commanders.In September 1943, he became deputy commander of a rifle regiment in the 47th Guards Rifle Division.Kabitsin fought in the Donbass Strategic Offensive (August 1943), the Battle of the Dnieper, Nikopol–Krivoi Rog Offensive, Dnieper–Carpathian Offensive, and Operation Bagration.