Nice period photos (all jackets except A-2's)

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Oberfeldwebel Hans Krohn SG 2

 

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Oberfeldwebel Hans Krohn SG 2

Thank you Brice

 

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Gen. Margelov again, his Mauser pistol, which was captured from a Finnish special force unit during the winter war.

 

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Photo of Russian Heli/pilot/crews during the first Afghanistan war ( disaster!).
Note the AKS-74U on the hip of the pilot/crew… very special (forces?).

 

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Photo of Russian Heli/pilot/crews during the first Afghanistan war ( disaster!).
Note the AKS-74U on the hip of the pilot/crew… very special (forces?).

Brice, it’s self defense weapon carrying by Mi-24 pilot, their survival vest was specially designed for carry 45 round magazines and APS pistol.

 

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Brice, it’s self defense weapon carrying by Mi-24 pilot, their survival vest was specially designed for carry 45 round magazines and APS pistol.

OK, agree… they needed as much of possible of those in Afghanistan… no POW taken.

 

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OK, agree… they needed as much of possible of those in Afghanistan… no POW taken.

Teeth for teeth land.

 

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Teeth for teeth land.

Lessons still not learned!

 

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Lessons still not learned!

As what I know, they learned lessons from Soviet military archives, the majority reason that caused their failure, is they have not completed Soviet plan ,either. And that plan can be found on internet, as late as 2010s.

 

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As what I know, they learned lessons from Soviet military archives, the majority reason that caused their failure, is they have not completed Soviet plan ,either. And that plan can be found on internet, as late as 2010s.

Permission to disagree… no lesson learned at all by the „ Coalition „ , lots of lives and human beeings destroyed and wasted on all sides.
The Taliban are still ruling… the rest of my comments would become highly political, hence I call it off.
( PS , yes I was there ).

 

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Permission to disagree… no lesson learned at all by the „ Coalition „ , lots of lives and human beeings destroyed and wasted on all sides.
The Taliban are still ruling… the rest of my comments would become highly political, hence I call it off.
( PS , yes I was there ).

Sorry, I should make it more specific, the ‘lesson learned’ part, meaning ‘operation Kabar’ only.
The rest of it, surely is’ lesson not learned’.

 

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General Lucien Truscott wearing his custom jacket. A cross between an A2 and an Indiana Raiders jacket .

 

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General Lucien Truscott wearing his custom jacket. A cross between an A2 and an Indiana Raiders jacket .

Thank you Burt, have seen many of his pics at this section.

 

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During early stage of the war (the great patriotic war).

 

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During early stage of the war (the great patriotic war).

If you look a little closer at this photo .. it forewarns and tells a story . While the German soldiers look confident and superior to the young Russian female soldier in this photo, look at the clothing and winter kit that the Russian soldier had in comparison to the light weight uniforms the German soldiers were wearing . Do you think the Russians knew something that the Germans may have overlooked about the Russian winters?

 

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If you look a little closer at this photo .. it forewarns and tells a story . While the German soldiers look confident and superior to the young Russian soldier in this photo, look at the clothing and winter kit that the Russian soldier had in comparison to the light weight uniforms the German soldiers were wearing . Do you think the Russians knew something that the Germans may have overlooked about the Russian winters?

Burt, it is a pre-war great coat (wool) for a 1st Lt, medic branch. It is basically the same thing, compared to any german greatcoat (wool).
Soviet superior winter gear is their padded winter jacket and sheepskin great coat.

Plus, without American lend-lease fabric ( high quality), so called superior soviet winter gear , is near impossible after 1942.

 

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