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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]
Although this uniform had no official name within the Soviet Military, today it is known in Military collecting circles as the M69, Obr69, or M1969, after the year of its introduction. A slight revision would come in 1973, when the uniform's green plastic buttons were changed to polished brass ones, which were more durable and had a sharper ...
The telogreika faded from military issue in the early 1960s, being largely replaced by the return of the old woolen shinel greatcoat and the bushlat pea coat.In the early 1980s, the introduction of the Afghanka field uniform marked the dawn of a new era in the Soviet Army.