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The Red Army trialed boots with kirza SK uppers during the Winter War but it proved unfit for winter conditions, and production was halted. In 1941, as technology improved, mass production was resumed to meet demand for army boots during the German invasion of the Soviet Union. Plotnikov became the chief engineer for the supply of kirza SK ...
Kirza boots. Ivan Vasilyevich Plotnikov (Russian: Иван Васильевич Плотников) (1902–1995) was a Soviet engineer and inventor of kirza, a type of artificial leather based on the multi-layer textile fabric, modified by membrana-like substances, a cheap and effective replacement for the natural leather.
Layer 8: essentially the "shinel (greatcoat)" of the modern Russian army, though it is designed to be worn with many layers underneath, in EMR camouflage. It serves as both an insulation layer and a shell layer. Per regulations, it is worn with the VKPO winter cap (the modern Ushanka), VKPO winter mittens, and VKPO winter boots. [16]
The first of these, introduced by the Supreme Military Soviet (SMS) [f] on 29 July, was 'the Revolutionary Military Symbol of the Red Army': a red enamel or painted star containing a bronze hammer-and-plough device set within a silver wreath (an oak branch on the left side and a laurel on the right). This was essentially the Red Army's ...
The office uniform is blue for the Air Force, green for the Ground Forces, and black for the Navy. It includes a zipper jacket, t-shirt, a cap (typically worn by enlisted troops) or peaked cap without a coloured band (typically worn by officers), and the option of wearing combat boots or dress shoes. For the cold seasons, a branch-corresponding ...
Soviet Uniforms and Militaria 1917–1991 by Laszlo Bekesi The Crowood Press UK (June 30, 2011), ISBN 978-1847972606; Soviet and Mujahideen uniforms, clothing, and equipment in the Soviet Afghan War, 1979-1989. By Zammis Schein; Inside the Soviet Army Today. Osprey Elite Military History Series No. 12 by Stephen J Zaloga