During the Second World War, the fundamental combat unit of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) was a kuren (or kurin), equivalent to a battalion of four to eight hundred members, divided into three or four sotnias (equivalent to a company). Each sotnia contained three or four chotas (platoons), and each chota was assembled from three roys (a Section of 10 to 12 men). Every roy was usually equipped with one light machine gun, two or three automatic weapons, and at least seven rifles.
