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Pages in category "Soviet military uniforms" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total. ... Uniforms and insignia of the Red Army (1917–1924)
Wings, Women & War: Soviet Airwomen in World War II Combat, (2007). ISBN 0-7006-1145-2 Foreword by John Erickson. Pennington, Reina. "Offensive Women: Women in Combat in the Red Army in the Second World War" Journal of Military History, (2010) 74#3 pp 775–820; Sakaida, Henry & Hook, Christina, Heroines of the Soviet Union 1941–45 (2003).
The company adopted full parade dress in 1960 in the uniforms of the 3 service arms of the Soviet Armed Forces: the Soviet Army, Soviet Air Forces and the Soviet Navy in its three platoons. The regulations for such use were amended via a 1971 General Orders of the Ministry of Defense of the Soviet Union , to be used only in state occasions ...
Soviet women played an important role in World War II (whose Eastern Front was known as the Great Patriotic War in the Soviet Union). While most worked in industry, transport, agriculture and other civilian roles, working double shifts to free up enlisted men to fight and increase military production, a sizable number of women served in the army.
Ceremonial honour guard uniforms. From left to right: Winter Army, Army, Air Force, Navy, 1994-2008 Army, 1994-2008 Air Force, 1994-2008 Navy, 1971-1994 Army, 1955-1971 Army Fashion designer Valentin Yudashkin at an inspection by the President of the new Russian Armed Forces uniforms, January 2008 The bands of the Western Military District in their various uniforms
The letter imprint "СА" on army shoulder boards stood for Советская Аpмия (Sovetskaya Armiya) and was the symbol of adherence to the Soviet Army. The letter imprint on Soviet navy shoulder boards symbolised the adherence to the appropriate fleet or naval major command. [3]
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
Weapons and Tactics of the Soviet Army. Jane's Publishing Company. Matlock, Jack F. (1995). Autopsy on an Empire: The American Ambassador's Account of the Collapse of the Soviet Union. Random House. ISBN 978-0-679-41376-9. Odom, William E. (1998). The Collapse of the Soviet Military. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. Orr, Michael (2003).