Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A watan Nuwamba an sanya rundunar zuwa Kalinin Front, kuma ta karfafa Sojojin Shock na 3 a harin da ta kai wa sojojin Panzer na uku na Jamus a ciki da kewayen garin Velikiye Luki. Yaƙin farko ya kasance mai tsada, kuma duk da karɓar Battalion na 162 na Machinegun da battalion horo a matsayin maye gurbin a watan Disamba, a ƙarshen yaƙin a ranar 1 ga Fabrairu, 1943, 249th ya kasance kusan kashi 50%, tare da jimillar jami'ai da maza 4,213. Rukunin da rundunarsa sun kasance kai tsaye a ƙarƙashin jagorancin gaba (a watan Oktoba Kalinin Front ya zama 2nd Baltic Front) har zuwa ƙarshen shekara, suna kai hari tare da Sojojin Shock na 4 zuwa Vitebsk a cikin
Yaƙin Nevel a watan Nuwamba da Disamba.