High Ranking Red Army Artillery Specialists in WW2? A question of curiosity. Were there any Generals or other officers of high rank that made a distinguished career for themselves that focused on innovative or clever use of the artillery arm? I know the Soviets used an immense amount of artillery during the war in both size and numbers, so I would expect there would be at least some men in the Red Army who built their careers on being prodigiously good with it.