If anyone is interested in the 'sturmovie ingenery' forces that are in the mod - here is a short youtube clip describing their use in WWII:
Russian body armor in WW2I'll give a better translation since the one provided in the video (on the right hand side panel, isn't that great).
(0:00) "At this time new infantry units were being formed. August 19th 1943, region of Smolensk. During the past few weeks, Soviet infantry tried to capture a hill that was turned into a fortified area by German forces. After several unsuccessful attacks, the Soviet High Command ordered an extraordinary unit to join the battle."
(0:23) The Germans threw everything they had at it but the Soviet soldiers pressed on as if not noticing it."
Nikolay Nikifofrov, the vice-president of the War History Institute: 'The brigade that entered the battle was equipped with body armor. At one point during the battle a Soviet soldier's gun jammed and a German officer unloaded a pistol clip into him. The Soviet soldier turned away and had the body armor absorb the hits. With the butt of his rifle, the Soviet soldier finished the German officer.'
(0:45) " These were soldiers of the engineer assault/sapper brigade. In addition to body armor, they were armed with automatic weapons, anti-tank rifles, carried a large quantity of grenades and wore camouflaged coats. Not missing a beat in the heat of battle, the assault formation quickly closed the gap and entered hand-to-hand combat with the enemy."
(1:07) 'In the span of half an hour, the hill was captured which the infantry, over a period of two weeks, had not been able to take. During the assault, the brigade lost 2 men and 19 wounded. '
(1:22) "Until the end of the war, only 15 such units were created. They were the High Command's personal reserve formations and appeared where regular infantry forces proved to be unsuccessful.
(1:33) Unfortunately, they could not become the basis for the entire army. Battles raged over vast distances, tens of thousands of soldiers died each day. Pressing into service fully trained, fully equipped formations such as these was impossible. Therefore the ordinary infantryman was equipped with simple and light equipment."
