Pari gbolohun ti o tẹle: Ẹgbẹ yii bẹrẹ iṣẹ gẹgẹbi iṣeto 1st ti Ẹgbẹ Ọkọ Ọkọ 38th, ti a ṣe bi ẹgbẹ "ọmọ ile-iwe" ni Agbegbe Oogun Central Asia ni Oṣu kọkanla ọdun 1941. Ni Oṣu kejila a firanṣẹ si Agbegbe Idaabobo Moscow ṣaaju ki o to darapọ mọ 2nd Guards Rifle Corps ni awọn ipamọ ti Kalinin Front ni Oṣu Kini ọdun 1942. Ó rí ìjà nínú
Toropets <unk> Kholm ìkọlù bi ara ti 3rd Shock Army ati ki o fa ti o wuwo casualties lori awọn German ologun ni ayika Kholm ni March; on March 17 ti o ti tun ti a npe ni 4th Guards.