Photos Soviet-Afghan War 1979-1989

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• May 19, 2020

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Probably cleans the burrs off, improves functioning...…...

......probably in a hurry to get the prize job of filling up the antifreeze on the MIG 25......pure ethanol, and it was officially advised through the RAF that they were drinking it...…..

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Absolutely true. "Creative" solutions to anti-alcohol campaign. Not an anti-freeze, though. radar cooling liquid.

 

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• May 20, 2020

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The tolerances on those Soviet machineguns are so loose that dirt probably wouldn't have matter one bit........ But still shocking none the less!

 

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Soviet soldiers returning from Afghanistan. 20 October 1986, Kushka, Turkmen SSR

 

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56 Air Assault Brigade, 1981-82

 

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• Jun 11, 2020

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The most famous American character involved in the Soviet-Afghan War, Charles Nesbitt Wilson

 

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• Jun 11, 2020

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MiG-23MLD 1987

 

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U.S. Congressman Charlie Wilson (of TX) note the cowboy boots on him in the MG pic

 

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317 Separated Detachment of Special Purpose

 

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village destroyed by Soviets

 

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"The last Soviet unit stands stationary during a military parade on the tarmac of Kabul airport, just before leaving Afghanistan for the last time on Feb. 13, 1989".

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• Jul 16, 2020

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A Soviet Soldier smoking a cigarette, overlooking the local Civilian population. Soviet–Afghan War 1984.

 

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Red Army sniper armed with the Dragunov SVD-63.

 

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A Soviet Army sniper team armed with the Dragunov SVD-63.

 

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Russian crew pose with their BMR-2 mine clearing tank. Based on the T-55 chassis, she entered service in 1987.

 

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A Soviet Air Force MiG-23ML Flogger fighter/bomber from the 979th Fighter Air Regiment. [Source: Sergei Ivanovic Buteska collection]

 

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Afghan Mujahideen with an Enfield

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• Aug 24, 2020

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2S9 Nona SPG during the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan

 

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Russian crew pose with their BMR-2 mine clearing tank. Based on the T-55 chassis, she entered service in 1987.

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Ha! Notice the chap to the left in the background among the rocks reading the paper......hmmmmm
Dialogue Translation: остановить остановку я должен какашки

 

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• Sep 17, 2020

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Mi-24 navigator, Afghanistan, 1980s