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On January 15 (28, old style) January 1918, the Council of People's Commissars (SNK) adopted a decree on the organization of the Workers 'and Peasants' Red Army (RKKA), built on strictly class principles. The Red Army was recruited on a voluntary basis and only from conscious peasants and workers.
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By the spring of 1918, it became clear that there were not so many "conscious volunteers" among the peasants and workers. And the Bolsheviks planned to bring the Red Army to 1.5 million bayonets. IN AND. Lenin renounces the principle of volunteerism and initiates a transition to compulsory military service for the working people. Also, about 5 thousand officers and generals of the tsarist army are mobilized in the Red Army.
During the years of the civil war (generals and officers), they were called military specialists (military experts), occupied the most responsible positions in the Revolutionary Military Council of the Republic (Revvoensovet) - which led the construction and combat activities of the Red Army. Their further fate is the topic of another article, just for reference, in the most difficult period of the beginning of the Great Patriotic War (from August 1941 to May 1942), the Chief of the General Staff was: Shaposhnikov B.M. former colonel of the Tsarist army, in 1917 commander of a grenadier regiment. One of the few to which Comrade himself. STALIN addressed by name and patronymic.
Red Army soldier 1918 and volunteer of the Bashkir Red Army 1918
Due to the difficult situation of the industry, lack of money, it was decided to fit the existing uniforms to the needs of the Red Army. By introducing a number of distinctive signs of belonging to the Red Army.
Almost until the end of the 1920s, the army used the uniforms of the former tsarist army, devoid of imperial emblems, insignia and symbols. Also in the course were significant stocks left by the troops of the former allies in Entente who fought in Russia (1919-1922). So at first, the Red Army was a very motley species. Photos of the military uniform of the Soviet Red Army, taken from private collections, kept by various owners, that is, these are real samples, and not the so-called reproductions or pictures painted by artists that look like a popular print.
budennovka sample 1922 and 1939-41
A distinctive feature of the uniforms of the Red Army soldiers were colored tabs across the front around the buttons, and a pointed helmet made of cloth was colloquially called Budyonnovka (it owes its name to the fighters of the first cavalry army of Budyonny. S.M.).
Military uniform of the Soviet Red Army
Budyonnovka, disputes about the time of its appearance have not subsided so far. Either it was made in large quantities in 1913, as part of the celebration of the 300th anniversary of the Romanov dynasty. Either on December 18, 1918, after the announcement of the competition, a new type of winter headgear was approved - a cloth helmet, or they were made for a parade in Berlin on the expected victory in the First World War. You decide...
Military uniform of the Soviet Red Army photo
While the industry was being established, the army was being reformed, the military uniform was developing according to the type of informing, sewing, patching up. A new, strictly regulated uniform of the Workers 'and Peasants' Red Army (RKKA), introduced January 31, 1922., included all the necessary items and was the same for the Red Army and commanders.
Red Army soldier in summer and winter uniforms 1923
Already by 1926, the Red Army achieved one hundred percent provision of military personnel with clothing in accordance with all norms and tables, which indicates a serious approach to strengthening the young Red Army.
Red Army soldier in summer and winter uniform, 1924
It should be noted that at the end of the 30s, in terms of industrial production, the USSR came out on top in Europe and second in the world, and in terms of growth rates of industrial production began to occupy a leading position, and the growth rate of military production was more than twice as high as the growth of industrial production in general, you know, when VICTORY in the war began to be forged.
Squadron commander 1920-22 Cavalry division commander 1920-22
By 1935, all throwing had been completed, most of the traditional ranks had been restored, and a large number of military uniforms had been adopted.
commander of a separate squadron cavalry 1927-29, Red Army soldier field uniform, armored troops 1931-34.
Production various kinds armaments grew at an unprecedented pace, you should not think that our grandfathers won VICTORY exclusively with meat and three-rulers.
Red Army rifleman infantryman in winter camouflage and military instructor of the OGPU 1923
Back to article "Military uniform of the Soviet Red Army", the still underestimated uniform and equipment of the Red Army, in terms of comfort, color, design and variety, although the lack of certain types of materials and quantities, will haunt our army to this day.
major of the Terek Cossack cavalry units and junior lieutenant of the mountain cavalry units. uniform of the sample 1936-41
These included distinctive uniforms for air and armored forces.
It was these troops that propaganda focused on, increasing their prestige and significance, even then it was clear to specialists on whom victory on the battlefield would depend to a greater extent, otherwise the Wehrmacht troops, especially the military air forces (Luftwaffe) not knowing that they did not have, for example, strategic aviation, "miscalculation?" yes, what else.
captain and lieutenant in Air Force flight uniform 1936-43
1935 For the entire personnel of the Red Army, new uniforms and insignia were introduced. Former official ranks by category were abolished, personal ones were established for commanders; the old ones were partially preserved for the military-political, military-technical, military-legal, military-medical and junior commanding staff. On May 7, 1940, general ranks were established for the senior command staff of the Red Army, and on July 13, 1940, a general's uniform was introduced.
Appeared in 1924, a tunic with breast pockets and a stand-up collar with oblong edged buttonholes according to the type of troops, since 1935, the mandatory wearing of a white collar has been established. Until the age of 24, there were no differences between the uniforms of the chiefs and the Red Army in terms of cut and quality of the material, but to strengthen unity of command, significant differences were introduced in the cut of the service jacket for the command, administrative, economic and political staff of the Red Army.
The color of the tunics is protective, khaki; for armored forces - gray-steel. For the commanding staff, they sewed from woolen and cotton fabrics.
In winter, the Red Army and junior command personnel were supposed to wear cloth uniforms, but in most parts all year round wore cotton. Along the edge of the collar and cuffs of the commander's tunic, along the seam of the breeches - dark blue or gray tankers - was a colored cloth piping.
The commander's usually had puffy pockets, and on the Red Army pockets they simply attached and the sleeves were strengthened with pentagonal elbow pads.
The breeches of commanders had an extended silhouette of the middle part, two belt drawstrings, less often one long back strap. The crease-arrow on the breeches was not smoothed out. The trouser-legs are buttoned, the belt is with belt loops or in the form of a high stitched bodice. The bloomers of the Red Army did not have piping. Side pockets and an hour pocket-piston were also on the Red Army trousers, but the back pocket was only on the commander's trousers, the Bloomers were with pentagonal knee pads, the legs were tied with thin ribbons. The command staff relied on boots - chrome or barren; with trousers oversized - boots. Boots with leggings were allowed instead of boots. Extra-conscripts were provided with cowhide boots. In winter, it was allowed to wear warm felt boots with leather sheathing, white or black felt boots. Outside the ranks, cloak boots were allowed for re-enlisted men. The Red Army men flaunted in yuft or cowhide boots; later, under People's Commissar C.K. Timoshenko, tarpaulin appeared, at the moment more than 150 million shoes have been produced from tarpaulin, mostly military (Drive in the search for "tarpaulin" you will learn a lot of things). Due to the lack of raw materials, boots with green or black windings were used. From a piglet grown in a private farmstead, it was supposed to hand over the skin, and in no case should it be fired as it is now. Before the war, you could even see a cavalryman in windings! Spurs on boots were worn only by those commanders who, according to the state, relied on a riding horse.
Com-nach composition - in addition to aviation and armored forces - for everyday wear relied on a single-breasted jacket with six large buttons, with a turn-down collar, breast patch pockets and welt side pockets.
The full dress uniform of the command staff was an open steel-colored jacket with patch chest pockets and welt side pockets, with a scarlet piping along the collar and straight cuffs. They wore it with a white shirt and black tie, straight trousers or breeches; in service - with equipment. A cap was supposed to go with a jacket, and a cap was allowed with a tunic. The command and command staff - in addition to aviation and armored forces - for everyday wear relied on a single-breasted jacket with six large buttons, with a turn-down collar, breast patch pockets and welt side pockets.
The overcoat for the commanding staff of the ground forces was sewn from drape or overcoat cloth dark gray color(for tankers - steel). It was double-breasted, 35 - 45 cm from the floor, with a cut-off bottom, with 4 buttons along the side, with open lapels, with semi-oblique pockets covered with flaps, with an inverse pleat on the back and a straight tab on the buttons sewn to the side half-taps. The slit was fastened with 4 small uniform buttons.
The cavalry overcoat was longer than the infantry overcoat and had an enlarged back slit with five buttons. The Red Army had the same cut and differed from the commander's in the worst quality of the cloth. The waist belt was mandatory - it was taken away only from those arrested.
The everyday cap, adopted for all categories of military personnel, had a colored band according to the type of troops and a khaki top with piping. Above the angular elongated "Voroshilov" visor with rollers along the edge, a black oilcloth chin strap was fastened to two brass buttons with a star.
The crown was slightly higher than the band, with a convex front; a steel springy rim was inserted inside (by the way, our invention, look at the chewed caps of that time of other armies). A large red star was attached to the middle of the band.
Headgear of the Red Army: an officer cap, a summer cap of a Red Army soldier, a cap of armored troops, a Kubank of the Terek Cossack units of 1935
The top of the caps of the Red Army and junior commanders was often made of cotton, the commander's - only woolen, the commander's band was black velvet, the Red Army's - cloth. The band and edging differed in colors, depending on the type of troops, the pre-war colors of the caps were preserved until the 70s. Caps, intended for combined wear with a steel helmet, were made from the same fabric as the uniform. At the composition, there was a colored edging along the bottom of the cap and the edge of the lapel, a cloth star was sewn on the front in the color of the type of troops, and a small enamel one was attached on top of it. At the beginning of 1941, on war time introduced protective caps without colored parts.
Introduced in March 1938, a cotton panama for hot regions, with wide stitched fields, with ventilation blocks in the wedges of the cap, has survived to this day almost unchanged.
For the Terek and Kuban Cossack units in 1936, hats-kubankas of black fur were adopted: for the first - with a light blue bottom, for the second - with a red one, In privates it was twice crossed with black soutache; at the command staff - either by them, but with golden, or with a narrow golden galloon. A separate cavalry brigade of mountain nationalities wore brown fur hats with a red top, crossed in the same way. The black lambskin hat, slightly tapering at the top, of the Don Cossack units was somewhat higher than the Kubanka; the red bottom, just like the latter, was crossed in two rows with black soutache or gold lace; a star was attached to the front. The traditional outfit was complemented by Red Army symbols and insignia.
Red Army soldier dress uniform Kuban cavalry units 1936-41 Ceremonial uniform of the Don Cossack cavalry units, 1936-41.
Due to the lack of military dress uniform (adopted back in 1941), it was in this model of 1936 that the victorious cavalrymen marched at the victory parade in 1945.
For the Terek Cossacks, Circassians were sewn from gray-steel cloth, for the Kuban - from dark blue; the edges and chambers were trimmed with black soutache; cartridges with a white or nickel-plated head were inserted into the sockets of the gazyrs (9 each). The sides were fastened end-to-end with oncoming hooks to the waist, while the back slit reached it. The lining of the Circassian coat was the same color as the beshmet - light blue Terek and red Kuban. It was sewn at the waist with a cut-off from the transverse seam, reliefs on the back and a butt closure on hooks. The sides to the waist and the collar were edged with light blue cloth; cavalry buttonholes were sewn on it, and on the straight sleeves of the beshmet (and slightly expanding - Circassians) - insignia. The sides and collar of the commander's beshmet were decorated with golden lace; everyday was khaki, with light blue cloth piping. The Terts and Kubans relied on harem pants of an all-army cut - respectively, with light blue and red piping. The tops of black soft boots were with a visor; a belt for a Circassian or beshmet - Caucasian type: narrow, black leather, with a set of white metal. In addition to papakhas and Kubankas, a hood of a Caucasian cut was worn, with a black braid trim: light blue for the Terek Cossacks, fronted for the Kuban. A long shaggy black felt cloak of the Caucasian type was sheathed at the neck with black leather and fastened with corded ties or a crochet hook.
The Donskoy dark blue Cossack with pleats at the back on a detachable skirt was edged with red cloth along the standing collar and cuffs with a cape and fastened end to end with hooks. Cavalry buttonholes were sewn onto the collar, and sleeve insignia were sewn onto the cuffs (2.5 cm above the toe), The cavalry trousers of the Donets were decorated with scarlet single-row stripes 4 cm wide. In addition to the hat, a gray hood of the Caucasian type with black lace was worn.
The output form of a separate cavalry brigade of mountain nationalities included, in addition to a brown fur hat, a red Caucasian shirt, bloomers with a red piping, a black Circassian coat with sides trimmed with black twisted lace, sleeves, a neck and gazyrs, in which the command staff had cartridges with tips of artistic Caucasian silver , and for privates - nickel-plated. The set of the Caucasian belt was finished accordingly.
The stand-up collar of the ceremonial satin shirt and the front slit were fastened with black corded buttons and loops. The same clasp had large rectangular flaps patch breast pockets.
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New uniforms and insignia were introduced for the Land and Air Forces of the Red Army, and insignia for the Naval Forces of the Red Army, respectively. For the command staff of the Land and Air Forces, personal military ranks were established: lieutenant, senior lieutenant, captain, major, colonel, brigade commander, commander of division, commander, commander of the 2nd and commander of the 1st rank. For military personnel of other branches of service and types of official activities, the corresponding ranks are:
- for the military-political composition of all branches of the armed forces: political instructor, senior political instructor, battalion commissar, regimental commissar, brigade commissar, divisional commissar, corps commissar, army commissar of the 2nd and 1st rank;
- for the military-technical staff of all branches of the armed forces: military technician of the 2nd and 1st ranks, military engineer of the 3rd, 2nd and 1st ranks, briging engineer, division engineer, corine engineer, arming engineer;
- for the military-economic and administrative staff of all branches of the armed forces: quartermaster technician of the 2nd and 1st rank, quartermaster of the 3rd, 2nd and 1st ranks, brigintendant, divintendant, corintendent, armintendant;
- for the military medical staff of all branches of the armed forces: military assistant, senior military assistant, military doctor of the 3rd, 2nd and 1st ranks, brigvrach, divvrach, korvrach, army doctor;
- for the military veterinary staff of all branches of the armed forces: military veterinarian, senior military veterinary assistant, military veterinarian of the 3rd, 2nd and 1st ranks, brigvetvrach, divvetvrach, korvetvrach, armveterinarian;
- for the military legal staff of all branches of the armed forces: junior military lawyer, military lawyer, military lawyer of the 3rd, 2nd and 1st ranks, brig military jurist, divvoenyurist, corps military jurist, arm military jurist.
The same decree introduced the title of Marshal Soviet Union.
In order to popularize and attract more people who want to serve in the Armored Forces and the Air Force of the Red Army, their own uniform colors were adopted for them - steel and dark blue, respectively.
For command and command personnel (from middle to highest inclusive) of all branches of the military, except for the Air Force, were introduced for summer period a cloth cap in khaki color (for the Armored Forces - steel color) with a band and edging of instrument cloth in the color of the type of troops, and a cap with a border of the same color. In front, a star made of cloth of the same color with piping was additionally sewn onto the cap of the command and command staff, on which a red enamel Red Army star was superimposed. The edges of the sewn-on fabric star protruded beyond the edges of the Red Army enamel star by about 2 mm.
In the Air Force of the Red Army, for all formations (including privates), the cap was replaced by a cap: dark blue for command and command personnel (from middle to highest inclusive), and khaki for junior command (junior commanders) and privates, with blue edging and a sewn-on fabric star of the same color - with a Red Army star superimposed on top.
For the junior command (junior commander) and rank and file of the Ground Forces of the Red Army, the same cap was introduced as for the command and command personnel, but not cloth, but cotton. In addition, for these compositions of all branches of the Red Army, including the Air Force, a khaki cap without edging and a sewn-on fabric star, with a red enamel Red Army star - for combined wear with a steel helmet was also relied. IN winter time to be worn with a steel helmet by everyone soldiers of the Red Army relied on a gray woolen balaclava, in cut reminiscent of a "balaclava".
For command personnel, starting from the middle and above, a double-breasted overcoat was introduced: steel-colored for the Armored Forces, dark blue for the Air Force, and dark gray for everyone else. On the overcoats of the highest commanding staff, along the edge of the collar and cuffs, a piping was laid in the color of the type of troops, and on the overcoats of the marshals of the Soviet Union, commanders of the 1st and 2nd ranks, the edging also passed along the sides.
The supply of the Ground Forces of the Red Army (except for the Armored Forces and the Air Force) received a single-breasted closed jacket (with closed lapels) in khaki color. Along the edge of the collar and cuffs, a piping was laid in the color of the military branch. Buttonholes were sewn on the jacket collar. Trousers of the same color with a jacket and breeches were installed - of blue color for Cavalry and Horse Artillery and dark blue for all other military branches. Both trousers and breeches had colored edging according to the type of service.
The command staff of the Armored Forces and the Air Force received a single-breasted open jacket (with open lapels), respectively, steel and dark blue - with red or blue edging along the edge of the collar and cuffs. The jacket was worn with a white shirt, a black tie and loose trousers (under boots) of the same color with a jacket, or breeches (under boots) of established colors for the corresponding type of troops, with colored piping according to the type of service.
For everyday wear in the ranks for the command staff of all military branches, a khaki-colored gymnast was approved, along the cuffs and edge of the collar with a piping in the color of the military branch and with buttonholes on the collar. The gymnast was worn with a cap.
With the exception of the headgear, the uniforms of junior officers and rank and file remained the same.
New equipment was introduced for command and command personnel: a waist belt with a five-pointed star, long and short shoulder straps made of brown leather.
New insignia were also established, both in the Ground Forces and in the Navy, determined by buttonholes and for command and political personnel - by sleeve insignia.
Also in 1936, lapel emblems of the military branches were approved in the amount of 17 varieties.
By order of the NPO of the USSR No. 67, in 1936, a special output uniform was established for the Terek, Kuban and Don Cossacks. For the first two, the uniform consisted of a kubanka, a beshmet, a Circassian coat with a hood, a cloak, bloomers, and Caucasian boots. The uniform differed in color: among the Terek Cossacks, the top of the Kuban was light blue, and among the Kuban Cossacks it was red, etc. The Don Cossacks wore a papakha, kazakin, bloomers and boots. Another special uniform was established for the personnel of the cavalry brigade of mountain nationalities. Everyday uniform, with the exception of the Caucasian shirt, did not generally differ from the usual cavalry uniform, and the dress uniform included a fur hat, a Caucasian shirt, trousers, a Circassian coat with a hood, a cloak, boots, equipment with a dagger and a Caucasian checker.
In the same year, a uniform uniform was introduced for the military communications service (VOSO). Uniform items were all-army, but had their own instrument colors, emblems, and armbands.
A special uniform was introduced in 1936 for the command and teaching staff and students of the Academy of the General Staff of the Red Army. For them, a khaki cap with a raspberry band and white piping, a double-breasted dark gray overcoat, a woolen single-breasted jacket and a khaki tunic were provided. All garments were with a black velvet turn-down collar, on which were located rectangular crimson buttonholes with a golden edging (diamond-shaped on the overcoat). Loose trousers were made of khaki woolen fabrics, breeches - from dark blue woolen fabrics. Both trousers and breeches had crimson stripes and white edging along the seam.
| Table of buttonholes and edging established by Decree of the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR No. 2590 of December 2, 1935 for the Ground and Air Forces of the Red Army | |||||||||||||
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| Type of troops (services) | Cap | buttonholes | overcoat | French and gymnast | Trousers (breeches) |
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| For command, commanding and enlisted personnel | For command personnel | For commanding officers, enlisted personnel and cadets | For command and command staff | ||||||||||
| band color | Crown and bottom color | The color of the piping on the top of the band and crown | Buttonhole color | Edge color | Buttonhole color | Edge color | Cloth color | The color of the piping on the collar and cuffs for the highest command and command personnel (from the brigade commander corresponding to him and above) |
Fabric color | Collar and cuff color | Fabric color | Side seam color | |
| Infantry | crimson | khaki | crimson | gold | crimson | black | dark gray | crimson | khaki | crimson | Navy blue | crimson | |
| Cavalry | blue | black | blue | blue | light blue | light blue | blue | light blue | |||||
| Artillery | black | red | black | black | red | red | red | Navy blue | red | ||||
| Armored troops | black velvet | steel | black velvet | black velvet | steel | steel | steel | ||||||
| Technical troops | black | khaki | blue | black | black | blue | dark gray | blue | khaki | blue | Navy blue | blue | |
| Chemical troops | black | black | black | black | black | ||||||||
| Aviation | absent | blue | blue | Navy blue | blue | Navy blue | blue | blue | |||||
| Military economic and administrative, military medical and military veterinary staff | dark green | khaki | red | - | dark green | red | dark gray | red | khaki | red | red | ||
In March 1938, partial changes were made to the uniform of the Red Army: the command staff was allowed to wear a jacket with dark blue trousers, and for units stationed in the south, a khaki cotton panama was adopted as a summer headdress. In 1940, special buttonholes were introduced for cadets of military schools and regimental schools.
In July 1940, new ranks were introduced: lieutenant colonel and senior battalion commissar, respectively, new insignia were introduced, and in November 1940 new military ranks and insignia were established for privates and junior commanding officers.
In January 1941, full marching infantry equipment was introduced for the Red Army. It consisted of a belt, a shoulder strap, a cartridge bag, a spare cloth cartridge bag, a bag for grenades, a shovel case, a food bag, a food bag, a canteen bag, a fabric satchel, a bag for tent accessories, a bag for gun accessories.
The composition of the winter uniform of command personnel (from middle to highest inclusive), as well as midshipmen of extended service, included: a hat with earflaps, an overcoat made of black overcoat cloth, a double-breasted jacket made of black merino cloth with a white shirt and a black tie (for off-duty uniform) , a dark blue cloth tunic with a standing collar, black trousers made of merino cloth, chrome boots and boots (for coastal hiking uniforms, when worn with boots, trousers were allowed to be tucked into boots). The composition of the summer uniform included: a cap with a white cover, a black jacket with a white shirt and a tie (for off-duty uniforms), a dark blue cloth or white cotton tunic with standing collars, black cloth or white cotton trousers, boots. The composition of the commander's uniform also included a rubberized raincoat, and in the polar regions a leather combined coat with fur, which were allowed to be worn only out of order.
The composition of the winter uniform of the Red Navy and foremen of military service included: a hat with earflaps, an overcoat made of black overcoat cloth, a flannel dark blue shirt (woolen or cloth) and a uniform white flamish cloth shirt with a blue sailor collar (dark blue flannel was worn only over a white uniform, the blue sailor collar of which was released outside), a vest, a cloth tie-shirt for wearing with an overcoat or pea coat, black cloth trousers loose, a black leather waist belt with a brass nickel-plated plaque (with a stamped anchor and a star), chrome boots (similar to the com - and commanders) and boots (for coastal marching uniforms, when worn with boots, trousers were allowed to be tucked into boots). demi-season outerwear there was a black merino wool pea coat with a lining. Summer clothes consisted of a dark blue flannel shirt (for wearing in cold weather over a white uniform shirt with a sailor's collar straightened outward), a white uniform shirt with a sailor's collar, a vest, black cloth or white trousers made of flemish linen, a waist belt, peakless caps - for rank and file (Red Navy and senior Red Navy), or caps - for junior commanders and command personnel (for foremen 2nd And 1st articles - with a star, for senior officers - with a sign-emblem [cockade] in the form of an anchor with a rope and an asterisk intertwining it). The working clothes of ordinary and junior commanders and commanders of the USSR Navy consisted of a gray canvas shirt with a button-down chest strap and a standing collar, and gray canvas trousers (when wearing a working shirt over a white uniform, the strap and collar were left unbuttoned, the blue sailor collar was let out ). For engine crews of ships (electromechanical warheads), a jacket made of blue calico with a standing collar, resembling a tunic, and blue calico trousers were installed as work clothes.
Hats with earflaps for all personnel of the Navy of the Red Army were originally the same - made of black lambskin and top made of black instrument cloth, differing only in sign-emblems: for ordinary and junior command and command personnel - a red enamel star (after 1940 for chief foremen and senior sergeants Navy - its own badge-emblem); for the middle, senior and senior command and command staff - the commander's cockade - "crab". by order NK VMF No. 426 of October 20, 1939 for command and command compositions of the Soviet Navy(from medium to high inclusive) the black cloth cap of earflaps was replaced with a leather one with a sewn-on button on the crown as a decorative element. The button was also covered with leather. For ordinary and junior commanders and commanders of the Navy, earflaps were installed by this Order as before with a cloth cap without a decorative button, but the lambskin fur was replaced with zigey fur.
The combination of different sets of clothes was indicated by a number, for example, for command personnel, the combination of a cap with a white cover, white tunic, black trousers and boots was the summer everyday uniform No. 2 at temperatures from +20 ° C to +25 ° C, and the combination of a black cap, dark - blue tunic, black trousers and boots - summer everyday uniform No. 3 at temperatures from +15 °C to +20 °C. For ordinary and junior commanders and command personnel, for example, the summer everyday uniform could be as under No. 3 at temperatures from +15 ° C to +20 ° C (black peakless cap or cap, dark blue flannel worn over a white uniform shirt [sailor collar outside], a vest, black trousers, boots and waist belt), and under No. 1 at a temperature of +25 ° C and above (peakless cap or cap with a white cover, white uniform shirt, vest, white trousers, boots and waist belt - except for the CBF and SF, for which the above-mentioned Rules established this uniform only out of order).
War 1941-1945
With the outbreak of war, some items and details of clothing that unmasked military personnel (insignia, stars, buttons, varnished peaks and harnesses on caps) were replaced with the same ones, but in a protective color. Sleeve insignia were abolished, colored bands and edgings were canceled according to the type of service, and for generals and above, camouflage tunics and trousers without stripes were introduced for everyday wear.
Many women were drafted into the Red Army and a special uniform was introduced for them. In addition to the usual overcoats and gymnasts, women received berets in the summer, a coat and a khaki woolen dress.
In 1942, personal military ranks for the engineering and technical staff of the Air Force, artillery and armored forces were introduced. The uniform was similar to the command staff, but special emblems were sewn on the left sleeve. In April 1942, special ranks for the quartermaster service were introduced, the uniform of the military personnel did not differ, the emblem introduced for the generals of the quartermaster service was used. In May 1942, guards military ranks were introduced and guardsmen were issued a special badge common to all branches of the military. The exception was the servicemen of the guards ships, for whom their own, special guards badge was established. In addition, for the rank and file, an orange-and-black guards ribbon was installed on the peakless cap. In July 1942, badges for wounds were introduced: dark red for a light wound and golden for a severe wound.
The most radical changes in uniform followed on January 6, 1943, when shoulder straps were introduced.
Shoulder straps were divided into field and everyday. Their difference for the shoulder straps of the command staff was that the field of field shoulder straps, regardless of the type of troops, was always a protective color, and everyday - golden or silver (for quartermasters, military lawyers, doctors and veterinarians). Shoulder straps were framed with piping in the color of the military branch; gaps on field shoulder straps were burgundy (for quartermasters, military lawyers, doctors and veterinarians brown), on everyday shoulder straps - the colors of the military branch. On the field and everyday shoulder straps of generals and marshals there were no emblems of the military branch (with the exception of quartermasters, military lawyers, doctors and veterinarians); there were also no emblems on the shoulder straps of all infantry personnel. On the shoulder straps of officers of other branches of the armed forces there were emblems. The field shoulder straps of privates and junior officers were also khaki with a piping in the color of the branch of service and with burgundy stripes (brown for the medical and veterinary service). Everyday epaulettes of privates and junior officers were the colors of the military branch, edged in black (infantry, aviation, cavalry, technical troops) or red (artillery, armored troops, medical and veterinary service) piping, with golden stripes (silver for medical and veterinary services). ). The emblem of the branch of service (except for the infantry) was attached to everyday shoulder straps and digital and alphabetic encryption of the names of military units were applied. For cadets of military institutions, only everyday shoulder straps were installed, which differed from the everyday shoulder straps of privates and junior officers by the presence of a golden (silver for quartermasters, military technicians, doctors and veterinarians) galloon along the entire edge of the shoulder strap.
Ceremonial and everyday shoulder straps were also introduced for the personnel of the Navy, while retaining the sleeve insignia only for the middle, senior and senior command and command staff of the Naval Service, and without the sleeve insignia for the Coastal Service. Ceremonial epaulettes of admirals, generals and officers were made of gold (seafarers) or silver (coastal units of the Navy) galloon, with colored piping and stars - silver on gold galloon and vice versa. Everyday shoulder straps were made of black cloth. Also from black cloth were shoulder straps for privates and junior officers. A shoulder strap was worn on shirts - a shortened shoulder strap. Emblems were strengthened on the shoulder straps of military personnel of the engineering-ship, engineering-technical, medical and veterinary services.
Along with shoulder straps, buttonholes were changed. As for the buttonholes on the overcoat, they were only of two varieties in the form of clothing - field and everyday, and two varieties in composition - buttonholes for marshals and generals and buttonholes for the rest of the Red Army. The field buttonholes of both were khaki. At the same time, a button was sewn at the top of the buttonhole: for marshals and generals with the Emblem of the Soviet Union, for everyone else with the star of the Red Army. Marshal's and general's buttonholes were sheathed with gold (in the medical and veterinary service with silver) edging, for all the rest with edging of the armed forces. Everyday buttonholes were exactly the same, but for marshals and generals the buttonhole field was: red for marshals and generals of generals, generals of artillery and tank troops - black, blue for aviation, crimson for quartermaster and technical services, dark green for medical and veterinary services. For all the rest, the buttonhole field was the color of the military branch.
The buttonholes on the uniform were different for marshals, generals, senior command and command staff, middle command and command staff, junior command and command staff and privates. The Marshal of the Soviet Union had a double gold piping and embroidered golden oak leaves on the collar of his dress uniform, which were also embroidered on cuffs. The generals had a double gold (silver for medical and veterinary services) edging and embroidered gold (silver) bay leaves. On the cuffs of the generals were embroidered three gold (silver) buttonholes - "columns". In everyday uniforms, there were no sewing and buttonholes, but there was a piping in the color of the military branch on the collar and cuffs.
The senior command staff in full dress wore buttonholes on the collar in the form of two gold stripes intertwined with silver thread and located on a parallelogram of the color of the military branch. The collar was trimmed with piping in the color of the military branch. The buttonholes of the servicemen of the engineering, technical, military legal, medical and veterinary services were silver intertwined with gold thread. On the cuffs of the uniform were embroidered two gold (silver) buttonholes - "columns". In the everyday form, there were no sewing and buttonholes, but there was a piping in the color of the military branch on the collar and cuffs, with a field uniform there were no buttonholes and piping.
The buttonholes and insignia on the cuffs of the middle command and commanding staff proceeded from the same principle, however, there was one stripe on the buttonholes, and the insignia on the cuff was also one.
The buttonholes of the junior command and command staff and privates were of the same shape and color as those of the officers. On the buttonholes of the junior command staff, one longitudinal golden strip was sewn (in command - silver); the rank and file buttonholes were clean. Buttonholes were worn only with dress uniforms.
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Even in the summer months of 1941, preparations were launched to provide the personnel of the Red Army with warm clothes for the winter. The main warm clothes, first of all, fur coats and felt boots, were searched for in various pre-war storage warehouses, collected as help from the population for the army, and were produced at an accelerated pace by industry with tolerances towards simplification and reduction in price. As a result, the active army was completely satisfied with warm clothes. Which led to some diversity in color and cut of uniforms in the winter of 1941/1942.
Air Force pilot 1943-45, senior sergeant, Don cavalry units 1943
By the way, the German industry was unable to provide its army with winter uniforms, and it is not necessary to say that the blitzkrieg assumed the capture of Moscow before winter, already in the fall it was clear that the blitzkrieg did not smell. Yes, and the capture of Moscow did not mean the end of the war, nor did they go to the tropics, so somewhere the German quartermasters were underworked, therefore, during the winter hostilities, the losses of the Wehrmacht from frostbite exceeded the number of combat losses.
The composition of the rear units and institutions, motor transport units of military formations, as well as drivers of all branches of the armed forces, instead of an overcoat, began to issue a double-breasted wadded jacket. The great tension with the provision of clothing was due to a decline in the output of light industry, some of whose enterprises had not yet established production in evacuation, and those remaining in the field experienced difficulties in raw materials, energy and labor. For those who like to argue whose uniform or whose tanks and planes are the best and so on, the answer is simple.
transfer of a very large the number of defense enterprises beyond the Urals, and their launch into the technological cycle in such a short time. Unparalleled in history, just in such volumes and over such distances, no one has ever transferred industry, and it is unlikely to transfer in the future, the largest industrial migration. So just for this feat, the rear men need to build a huge, enormous monument. By the way, German industry was completely transferred to the war footing only in 1943, and before that, only 25% of the total went to military needs.
For the same reason, the project prepared for May 1942 on the introduction of new insignia was postponed, which intended to provide the entire Red Army with shoulder straps by October 1, 1942.
Naval aviation pilot 1943-45, tanker winter uniform 1942-44
And only in 1943, the order of January 15 of the People's Commissar of Defense I. Stalin No. 25 "On the introduction of new insignia and changes in the uniform of the Red Army" introduced new insignia, Military uniform of the Soviet Red Army 1943-1945, and here is the change order.
I ORDER:
- Establish the wearing of shoulder straps: FIELD - military personnel in Active Army and the personnel of units being prepared for dispatch to the front, EVERYDAY - by servicemen of other units and institutions of the Red Army, as well as when wearing dress uniforms.
- The entire composition of the Red Army to switch to new insignia - shoulder straps in the period from February 1 to February 15, 1943.
- Make changes to the uniform of the Red Army personnel according to the description.
- To put into effect the "Rules for wearing uniforms by personnel of the Red Army."
- Allow to wear existing form clothes with new insignia until the next issue of uniforms, in accordance with the current terms and supply standards.
- Commanders of units and chiefs of garrisons should strictly observe the observance of uniforms and the correct wearing of new insignia.
People's Commissar of Defense I. STALIN.
And how many small changes and nuances that followed, with the introduction of a new form, let's take, for example, a tunic. For gymnasts of the existing sample, the following changes are introduced: Collars of gymnasts of all samples, instead of turn-down ones, are standing, soft, fastened with through loops in front with two small uniform buttons. Straps of the established sample are fastened on the shoulders. Sleeve insignia for gymnasts are abolished.
Red Army infantryman and lieutenant 1943-45
An infantryman of the Red Army in the second half of the war. M1940 helmet olive green, 1943 gymnast has a stand-up collar, no chest pockets, on the left the medal for the "Defense of Stalingrad" was established on December 22, 1942. The difference in shade between the elements of clothing is not significant; production tolerances and a large number of manufacturers have led to a wide range of khaki, or as it is called protective color. Glass water flask, bags for F-1 and PPSh-41 grenades with a drum magazine. On the back is a simple cotton backpack or duffel bag.
Lieutenant. The cap has a crimson edging, as well as the cuffs of the gymnast. Gymnastka 1943 inner pockets with flaps, still wears blue breeches. With two prongs, the belt buckle was introduced in 1943, in a Tokarev or TT holster, a rocket launcher behind the belt.
Red Army. Standard field uniform of an infantryman 1943
Military tunics of the commanding staff instead of patch pockets have welt (internal) pockets covered with flaps. Uniforms for privates and sergeants - without pockets. On August 5, 1944, breast welt pockets were introduced on the tunics of women of privates and sergeants.
Red Army, medical staff uniform 1943
Most of the medical staff were women. Navy blue berets and skirts had been part of the dress uniform for the Red Army since the pre-war days, with khaki being assigned in May and August 1942, but most women used the standard men's uniform, or wore mixed clothing that was more comfortable.
76 women were awarded the title "Hero of the Soviet Union", many of them posthumously. From September 16, 1944, sergeants and Red Army soldiers were also officially allowed to have breast welt pockets, but only if they received officer uniforms unfit for wear after putting it in order.
Major General, Ground Forces 1943-44
Combinations of uniforms from various time periods were quite common during the war. Gymnastka 1935 with a fold-down collar, but shoulder straps are sewn on, With khaki hand-embroidered lace weaves and silver stars. Khaki cap - widely used by all officer ranks in the second half of the war. A commander's bag of this kind supplied under Lend-Lease.
Military uniform of the Soviet Red Army 1943-1945.
Camouflage clothing.
Camouflage clothing, Red Army 1943-1945
A large number of different colors of camouflage were produced during the war, and were used mainly by snipers, scouts, and also for mountain troops. The camouflages are made loose to be worn over any combination of uniforms and gear, with large hoods to cover the helmet.
From left to right. The most common camouflage, consists of two parts, but there were also one-piece overalls. The colors are varied, brown, black or dark green blotched on a pale olive green background. Next up is the simplest form of camouflage: grass garlands, wrapping around the body, equipment, and weapons to break up the image of their visual structure.
Next. By the end of the war, an alternative kind of costume was produced - although not in the same quantities. It was olive green, with lots of small loops all over the surface, on which tufts of grass were attached. And the last type of dressing gown was used by the troops during the Winter War with Finland in 1939-40. and much more widely during the Great Patriotic War.
Some photographs from that time show that some suits were reversible, but it is not clear when this was introduced or how widely used.
Scout of the Red Army, 1944-45
This camouflage suit, produced during the Great Patriotic War, first appeared in 1944, and, it seems, was not very widespread. The complexity of the pattern: a paler background, a sawtooth pattern of the "seaweed" type and blotches of large brown spots to destroy the image. The scout is armed with a PPS-43 submachine gun, the best submachine gun of the Second World War, the German MP-40 did not lie around. The PPS-43 is lighter and cheaper than the PPSh-41, which to some extent began to replace the latter during the last two years of the war. The box magazine was much more convenient and simpler than the complex round PPSh drum. Three spare magazines in a simple wooden button flap bag. Model 1940 knife, Model 1940 helmet; laced Lend-Lease boots.
Junior lieutenant of rifle units, winter uniform, 1944
A sheepskin coat or sheepskin coat was a popular item of winter clothing, produced in both civilian and military versions. Depending on the length, it was used both in the infantry and in the mechanized units.
Captain of the border troops of the NKVD, parade uniform, 1945
Officer's ceremonial tunic, double-breasted, fitted skirt. It was introduced in 1943. The version of the border troops differed from other NKVD troops, only in green edging and the color of the crown of the cap, the color of the collar tabs and cuffs. On the chest "Order of the Red Banner", established in August 1924; medals "For Military Merit" and "For the Victory over Germany".
On the cap there is a cockade made of gilded metal, a V-shaped badge hand-embroidered. Blue piping on collar and cuffs. On the chest is a medal for "For the Defense of Moscow", established on May 1, 1944.
Lieutenant General, ceremonial uniform 1945
The parade uniform was worn by marshals and generals, commanders of fronts and formations who took part in the parade, in honor of the victory over Germany, in Moscow on June 24, 1945.
Uniform introduced in 1943 but not issued until the end of the war.
Sergeant. Ceremonial uniform 1945
Uniform with a stand-up collar with buttonholes, flaps in the back of the skirt, scarlet piping on the collar, cuffs and pocket flaps. The uniform was tailor-made for each individual, more than 250 dress uniforms of a new standard were sewn, and in total, more than 10,000 sets of various uniforms for the parade participants were produced in factories, workshops and ateliers of the capital in three weeks. In the hands of the standard of the German infantry battalion. On the right side of the chest of the Order of the "Red Star" and "Patriotic War", above the sign "Guard". On the left chest is the Gold Star of the "Hero of the Soviet Union", and a block of awards. At the parade, participants represented all fronts and fleets, participants should be awarded orders and medals. That is, real selected front-line soldiers took part in the parade.
After passing with the lowered banners and standards of Germany, they were burned along with the platform, the gloves of those who carried the banners and standards were also burned.
In February 1946, the People's Commissariats of Defense and the Navy were merged and transformed into a single Ministry of the Armed Forces of the USSR, and the armed forces themselves acquired new names: “ Soviet army' and 'naval forces'.
Since 1946, in fact, work began on new uniforms.
In 1943, a new uniform was adopted in the Red Army. The new tunic was very similar to the one used in the tsarist army and had a stand-up collar fastened with two buttons. Home hallmark shoulder straps became a new uniform. There were two types of shoulder straps: field and everyday. Field shoulder straps were made of khaki fabric. On shoulder straps near the buttons they wore a small gold or silver badge, indicating the type of troops. Officers wore a cap with a black leather chinstrap. The color of the band at the cap depended on the type of troops. In winter, generals and colonels of the Red Army had to wear hats, and the rest of the officers received ordinary earflaps.
And now more thoroughly:
Even in the summer months of 1941, preparations were launched to provide the personnel of the Red Army with warm clothes for the winter. The main warm clothes, first of all, fur coats and felt boots, were searched for in various pre-war storage warehouses, collected as help from the population for the army, and were produced at an accelerated pace by industry with tolerances towards simplification and reduction in price. As a result, the active army was completely satisfied with warm clothes. Which led to some diversity in color and cut of uniforms in the winter of 1941/1942.
Air Force pilot 1943-45, senior sergeant, Don cavalry units 1943
By the way, the German industry was unable to provide its army with winter uniforms, and it is not necessary to say that the blitzkrieg assumed the capture of Moscow before winter, already in the fall it was clear that the blitzkrieg did not smell. Yes, and the capture of Moscow did not mean the end of the war, nor did they go to the tropics, so somewhere the German quartermasters were underworked, therefore, during the winter hostilities, the losses of the Wehrmacht from frostbite exceeded the number of combat losses.
The composition of the rear units and institutions, motor transport units of military formations, as well as drivers of all branches of the armed forces, instead of an overcoat, began to issue a double-breasted wadded jacket. The great tension with the provision of clothing was due to a decline in the output of light industry, some of whose enterprises had not yet established production in evacuation, and those remaining in the field experienced difficulties in raw materials, energy and labor. For those who like to argue whose uniform or whose tanks and planes are the best and so on, the answer is simple.
The transfer of a very large number of defense enterprises beyond the Urals, and their launch into the technological cycle in such a short time. It has no analogues in history, just in such volumes and over such distances, no one has ever transferred industry, and it is unlikely to be transferred in the future, the largest industrial migration. So just for this feat, the rear men need to build a huge, enormous monument. By the way, German industry was completely transferred to the war footing only in 1943, and before that, only 25% of the total went to military needs.
For the same reason, the project prepared for May 1942 on the introduction of new insignia was postponed, which intended to provide the entire Red Army with shoulder straps by October 1, 1942.
Naval aviation pilot 1943-45, tanker winter uniform 1942-44y.y.
And only in 1943, the order of January 15 of the People's Commissar of Defense I. Stalin No. 25 "On the introduction of new insignia and changes in the uniform of the Red Army" introduced new insignia, the Military uniform of the Soviet Red Army 1943-1945, and here the change order.
I ORDER:
To establish the wearing of shoulder straps: FIELD - by military personnel in the Active Army and personnel of units being prepared for dispatch to the front, EVERYDAY - by military personnel of other units and institutions of the Red Army, as well as when wearing dress uniforms.
The entire composition of the Red Army to switch to new insignia - shoulder straps in the period from February 1 to February 15, 1943.
Make changes to the uniform of the Red Army personnel according to the description.
To put into effect the "Rules for wearing uniforms by personnel of the Red Army."
Allow the wearing of the existing uniform with new insignia until the next issue of uniforms, in accordance with the current terms and supply standards.
Commanders of units and chiefs of garrisons should strictly observe the observance of uniforms and the correct wearing of new insignia.
People's Commissar of Defense I. STALIN.
And how many small changes and nuances that followed, with the introduction of a new form, let's take, for example, a tunic. For gymnasts of the existing sample, the following changes are introduced: Collars of gymnasts of all samples, instead of turn-down ones, are standing, soft, fastened with through loops in front with two small uniform buttons. Straps of the established sample are fastened on the shoulders. Sleeve insignia for gymnasts are abolished.
Red Army infantryman and lieutenant 1943-45.
An infantryman of the Red Army in the second half of the war. M1940 helmet olive green, 1943 gymnast has a stand-up collar, no chest pockets, on the left the medal for the "Defense of Stalingrad" was established on December 22, 1942. The difference in shade between the elements of clothing is not significant; production tolerances and a large number of manufacturers have led to a wide range of khaki, or as it is called protective color. Glass water flask, bags for F-1 and PPSh-41 grenades with a drum magazine. On the back is a simple cotton backpack or duffel bag.
Lieutenant. The cap has a crimson edging, as well as the cuffs of the gymnast. Gymnastka 1943 inner pockets with flaps, still wears blue breeches. With two prongs, the belt buckle was introduced in 1943, in a Tokarev or TT holster, a rocket launcher behind the belt.
Red Army. Infantryman's standard field uniform 1943
Military tunics of the commanding staff instead of patch pockets have welt (internal) pockets covered with flaps. Uniforms for privates and sergeants - without pockets. On August 5, 1944, breast welt pockets were introduced on the tunics of women of privates and sergeants.
Red Army, medical staff uniform 1943
Most of the medical staff were women. Navy blue berets and skirts had been part of the dress uniform for the Red Army since the pre-war days, with khaki being assigned in May and August 1942, but most women used the standard men's uniform, or wore mixed clothing that was more comfortable.
76 women were awarded the title "Hero of the Soviet Union", many of them posthumously. From September 16, 1944, sergeants and Red Army soldiers were also officially allowed to have breast welt pockets, but only if they received officer uniforms unfit for wear after putting it in order.
Major General, Ground Forces 1943-44.
Combinations of uniforms from various time periods were quite common during the war. Gymnastka 1935 with a fold-down collar, but shoulder straps are sewn on, With khaki hand-embroidered lace weaves and silver stars. Khaki cap - widely used by all officer ranks in the second half of the war. A commander's bag of this kind supplied under Lend-Lease.
Military uniform of the Soviet Red Army 1943-1945
Camouflage clothing.
Camouflage clothing, Red Army 1943-1945
A large number of different colors of camouflage were produced during the war, and were used mainly by snipers, scouts, and also for mountain troops. The camouflages are made loose to be worn over any combination of uniforms and gear, with large hoods to cover the helmet.
From left to right. The most common camouflage, consists of two parts, but there were also one-piece overalls. The colors are varied, brown, black or dark green blotched on a pale olive green background. Next up is the simplest form of camouflage: grass garlands, wrapping around the body, equipment, and weapons to break up the image of their visual structure.
Next. By the end of the war, an alternative kind of costume was produced - although not in the same quantities. It was olive green, with lots of small loops all over the surface, on which tufts of grass were attached. And the last type of dressing gown was used by the troops during the Winter War with Finland in 1939-40. and much more widely during the Great Patriotic War.
Some photographs from that time show that some suits were reversible, but it is not clear when this was introduced or how widely used.
Scout of the Red Army, 1944-45
This camouflage suit, produced during the Great Patriotic War, first appeared in 1944, and, it seems, was not very widespread. The complexity of the pattern: a paler background, a sawtooth "seaweed" pattern and inclusions of large brown spots to destroy the image. The scout is armed with a PPS-43 submachine gun, the best submachine gun of the Second World War, the German MP-40 did not lie around. The PPS-43 is lighter and cheaper than the PPSh-41, which to some extent began to replace the latter during the last two years of the war. The box magazine was much more convenient and simpler than the complex round PPSh drum. Three spare magazines in a simple wooden button flap bag. Model 1940 knife, Model 1940 helmet; laced Lend-Lease boots.
Junior lieutenant of rifle units, winter uniform, 1944
A sheepskin coat or sheepskin coat was a popular item of winter clothing, produced in both civilian and military versions. Depending on the length, it was used both in the infantry and in the mechanized units.
Captain of the border troops of the NKVD, parade uniform, 1945.
Officer's ceremonial tunic, double-breasted, fitted skirt. It was introduced in 1943. The version of the border troops differed from other NKVD troops, only in green edging and the color of the crown of the cap, the color of the collar tabs and cuffs. On the chest "Order of the Red Banner", established in August 1924; medals "For Military Merit" and "For the Victory over Germany".
On the cap there is a cockade made of gilded metal, a V-shaped badge hand-embroidered. Blue piping on collar and cuffs. On the chest is a medal for "For the Defense of Moscow", established on May 1, 1944.
Lieutenant General, ceremonial uniform 1945.
The parade uniform was worn by marshals and generals, commanders of fronts and formations who took part in the parade, in honor of the victory over Germany, in Moscow on June 24, 1945.
Uniform introduced in 1943 but not issued until the end of the war.
Sergeant. Ceremonial uniform 1945.
Uniform with a stand-up collar with buttonholes, flaps in the back of the skirt, scarlet piping on the collar, cuffs and pocket flaps. The uniform was tailor-made for each individual, more than 250 dress uniforms of a new standard were sewn, and in total, more than 10,000 sets of various uniforms for the parade participants were produced in factories, workshops and ateliers of the capital in three weeks. In the hands of the standard of the German infantry battalion. On the right side of the chest of the Order of the "Red Star" and "Patriotic War", above the sign "Guard". On the left chest is the Gold Star of the "Hero of the Soviet Union", and a block of awards. At the parade, participants represented all fronts and fleets, participants should be awarded orders and medals. That is, real selected front-line soldiers took part in the parade.
After passing with the lowered banners and standards of Germany, they were burned along with the platform, the gloves of those who carried the banners and standards were also burned.
In February 1946, the People's Commissariats of Defense and the Navy were merged and transformed into a single Ministry of the Armed Forces of the USSR, and the armed forces themselves acquired new names: "Soviet Army" and "Naval Forces".
Since 1946, in fact, work began on new uniforms.
You can also order WWII shoulder straps.
- OVERCOAT: Introduced by order of the Revolutionary Military Council of the USSR No. 733 of December 18, 1926. The overcoat is single-breasted from a gray overcoat. Turn-down collar. Clasp hidden on five hooks. Welt pockets without flaps. Sleeves with stitched straight cuffs. At the back, the pleat ends with a slit. The strap is fastened to the posts with two buttons.
The overcoat for command and command staff was introduced by order of the People's Commissar of Defense of the USSR No. 005 dated February 1, 1941. The overcoat is double-breasted, with cut-off lengths on the chest. Overcoat clasp with five loops on buttons. Floors with side recesses and two transverse welt pockets covered with flaps. Turn-down collar, with buttonholes sewn on the ends. The collar fastens with a hook and loop. The back in the middle has a counter fold along the entire length. Along the waistline on the back, columns with buttons are sewn on, on which a strap is fastened. In the middle of the back below the waist there is a slit (vent), fastened with four buttonholes. The sleeves are two-seam, ending with straight cuffs.
№1 -Soldat in the greatcoat of the rank and file; №2 -Sergeants in overcoats, 1945; №3 -Illustration - a single-breasted soldier's overcoat of the Red Army; №4 -Soviet officers in overcoats. In the center is an officer in a private overcoat. Vicinity of Zubtsov, 1942; №5 -Soviet officers in overcoats 1943; №6 -Illustration - double-breasted officer's overcoat of the Red Army.
– WOOL JACKET AND PANTS: The first example of this new type of winter uniform was. The jacket is made of leotard-diagonal melange waterproof impregnation in khaki color. On each side of the jacket there are five through loops and five large uniform buttons. The turn-down collar fastens with a single metal hook and loop. From the side of the lower collar there is a lash (turntable). The jacket has two side oblique welt pockets with straight flaps. There is a stitched yoke on the floors and back. The back is fixed. On the back, at the corners of the coquette to the bottom, two strips of the base material are adjusted along the strike line. Holes are left on the slats at waist level for threading a waist belt. On the side seams, one metal hook is sewn on to support the waist belt. The jacket has double-seam sleeves without cuffs, with a semi-tape sewn into the front seam of the sleeve and fastened with one loop and a large uniform button. The collar, sides, flaps, the top of the pockets, the half-lash of the sleeve, the stitching of the belts and the yoke were sewn at a distance of 0.5 cm from the edge. The bottom of the jacket is folded 2.5 cm.
The next sample was a padded quilted jacket, introduced by order of the People's Commissar of Defense of the USSR No. 283 of August 25, 1941. The jacket with a stand-up collar replaced the old padded jacket worn under an overcoat. Now issued either a jacket or an overcoat. The camp of the jacket is straight, quilted on cotton in parallel lines, fastens with five buttons. On the sides of the floor there are stitched pockets sewn into the side seams. There are two side loops at the waist to hold the belt. The sleeves end at the bottom with a small slot and cuffs, fastened with one button with a loop sewn to the end of the outer half of the cuff.
Cotton trousers are also quilted with parallel lines. Fastened with 4 buttons. Belt loops on the waist. Drawstring straps at the bottom of the legs.
№1 -Wadded jackets arr. 1935 on the tankers of 116 Tbr. 1942; №2- Cotton jacket arr. 1942 (photo missing); №3 -Illustration - wadded jackets arr. 1935 and 1942; №4 - Scouts in quilted jackets; №5 -Young mortar man in a padded jacket with a turn-down collar; №6 - Illustration - padded quilted jackets (quilted jackets).
- SINGLE SHEETS: Introduced by order of the Revolutionary Military Council of the USSR No. 20 of December 23, 1931. The short fur coat is made of tanned sheepskin and is fastened with hooks *. The short fur coat has a long skirt, two vertical welt pockets with leaves and steep reliefs on the back. The turn-down collar of a short fur coat is made of white sheepskin with fur outside and is fastened with one hook and a tab sewn from the inside of the collar.
* Since 1940, the short fur coat was fastened with external loops made of basic leather with cut fur and large light or shaped buttons.
– WINTER MITTENS: Three-toed, textile.
№1 -Soviet officers in sheepskin coats, inspect the German winter boots for guards; №2 -Colonel A.I. Lizyukov is talking to tankers in sheepskin coats. 1941; №3 -Illustration - short fur coats of the Red Army; №4 -Single coat on the commander of the anti-aircraft crew. Stalingrad area; №5 - Major in a fur coat. 1941; №6 -Officers of the 4th Airborne Corps in sheepskin coats, during the Vyazemsky airborne operation, winter 1942
Literature / Documents:
- Types of fabrics used for sewing uniforms of the Red Army (article, composition, color, application). ()
- Rules for wearing uniforms by the personnel of the Red Army of January 15, 1943 (download/open)
- A typical list of clothing property of junior commanding officers and rank and file of the Red Army for summer and winter in peacetime and wartime. Introduced by order of the NPO of the USSR No. 005 of February 1, 1941. ()
