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Before Mongol invasion of Kievan Rus' in the 13th century, a Rus' prince would be accompanied by his druzhina, a small retinue of heavy cavalry, [1] who would often fight dismounted (eq. Battle on the Ice). Massively heavy armor was used, mostly Scandinavian-style. [2]
Steel breastplate, or Stalnoi Nagrudnik (Russian: Стальной нагрудник) is a type of body armor similar to a cuirass developed by the Red Army in World War II. The native Cyrillic abbreviation for the vest was "СН", the Cyrillic letters Es and En. It consisted of two pressed steel plates that protected the front torso and groin.
As of 10 May 2024 at least 1 has been lost in the Russian Invasion of Ukraine. [44] 1L122 Garmony: Air surveillance radar: Unknown Russia: Portable version is supplied. [217] Nebo-SV/S Nebo-M Air surveillance radar Soviet Union Russia: As of 10 May 2024 at least 2 have been lost in the Russian Invasion of Ukraine. [44] 9S18 Kupol: Target ...
Knight (Vityaz) at the Crossroads, Viktor Vasnetsov (1882), Russian Museum. Many Rus epic poems, called bylinas (Ukrainian: билини; Russian: былины), prominently featured stories about these heroes, as did several chronicles, including the 13th century Galician–Volhynian Chronicle.
[12] The 1994 uniform reforms included a new army and air force cockade which had connection to both the Imperial era, through the orange and black St George ovals, and Soviet-era, through the retention of a star. Heraldically, the cockade was not a symbol of the Russian Federation, but rather the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation.
They are located on the chest, back and sides. The 6B23-1 configuration has a steel chest armor plate, and the 6B23-2 uses a Granit-4M ceramic plate on the chest and steel on the back. Weight, depending on the panels used, ranges from 4 to 10.2 kg. [3] [1] The cover comes in several camouflage patterns, mainly VSR-98 Flora pattern and EMR ...
2 Antonov An-12 Soviet Union: Military transport aircraft: An-12BK 2 Yakovlev Yak-40 Soviet Union: VIP transport: Yak-40K 1 Antonov An-72 Soviet Union: Military transport aircraft: 5 1 Sukhoi Superjet 100 Russia: Narrow-body jet airliner: Superjet 100-95B 1 Tupolev Tu-134 Soviet Union: Narrow-body jet airliner: Tu-134AK / Tu-134UB-L 3 1 Tupolev ...
The basic issued variant of 6B45 has a weight of approximately 8 kg. The basic issued variant of the body armor includes: a body armor cover (with MOLLE system on front sides and back), a collar protecting against fragments, anti-fragmentation bags on the sides with a fairly large protection area, rear and front class 5A armor plates, an emergency release device and a removable ventilation and ...