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RE: Russian Army leaders and Guards units
Honestly, being a soldier and an officer myself, I need to introduce the concept of "food chain." In the American army, an officer, no matter what the rank, can't just give orders and expect them to be followed. In battle, each subordinate unit is given a mission (task and purpose) to accomplish so that the the larger organization (platoon, company, battalion, regiment, brigaded, division, corp, or army) can achieve its objective(s). Orders must flow through the chain of command (the food or rating chain) to prevent a diffusion of effort. A young Lieutenant could say no or blow off a Colonels directives if the Colonel is working outside his chain of command without worrying about consequences.
We should focus on chains of command. If you have a mixed formation or battle group rules like that could make no sense (no guard officer in charge of RKKA or vice versa), unless that is characteristic of that particular army in that time period.
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