Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu na paragraf a - Baranov, onye bụ onye isi n'oge ahụ, lụrụ ọgụ na Spanish Civil War n'etiti Ọktoba 1936 na Nọvemba 1937, na mbụ na-achịkwa otu ụlọ ọrụ tank. Mgbe otu ìgwè ndị tankị Soviet nwere tankị T-26 na ụgbọ ala BA-6 na FAI, nke "Kombrig" Dmitry Pavlov duziri, malitere ịbata na Spain na mbido Disemba 1936, 1st Republican Tank Brigade malitere ịmalite site na otu ahụ, Baranov wee bụrụ onye isi nke 1st Tank Battalion. Mgbe ndị Nationalist na-agba ọsọ
na Madrid maliteghachiri na 3 Jenụwarị 1937, e zigara ndị agha ahụ n'ihu, bịarutere ụbọchị atọ ka e mesịrị iji sonye na mwakpo Republican. Battalion nke Baranov lụrụ ọgụ na ọgụ na-agbachitere n'akụkụ ndị agha Republican n'etiti 6 na 10 Jenụwarị, n'oge nke BA-6 ya meriri ọtụtụ tankị ndị mba. Na Febụwarị, Baranov na ndị agha ahụ sonyere n'agha Jarama, na-agbagha mwakpo ndị agha ndị mba ọzọ, mana agha ahụ kwụsịrị na nkwụsị.