Article The cold war - Soviet Army

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Tanks T-64B and BMP-2 in the parks of the 12th Guards Tank Division of the GSVG in Neuruppin in the late 1980s.

 

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Exercise "Friendship-82"

 

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Border guards from the motorized maneuvering group of the 56th border detachment of the Red Banner Far Eastern border district during tactical exercises; October 1969

 

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Harsh Soviet paratroopers. 1950s

 

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Servicemen of the railway troops of the Soviet Army and their "combat vehicle", a shunting diesel locomotive TEM2, in the Leningrad military district in September 1979

 

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Love the photos - I still remember most of the heavy units by heart!

 

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Soviet officers on a nuclear tests. 1961, Semipalatinsk

 

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What is going on in this photo? Some type of uniform inspection?? Perhaps it relates to your 26 May post on uniform tabs . . . ??

 

[Иван Феоктистов]

What is going on in this photo? Some type of uniform inspection?? Perhaps it relates to your 26 May post on uniform tabs . . . ??

The junior officer looks at the second collar being sewn on ("podvorotnichok", "podshiva"). He must be clean and tidy.

 

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Showing off a part of my collection?

 

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Soldiers of the Soviet troops in Germany provide assistance to the local population of the GDR in agricultural work (?), 1958.

 

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T-55 tanks and Mi-24A helicopters in an epic offensive during Soviet Army exercises in the mid-1970s.

 

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A selection of photos of Soviet troops in Germany

 

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Flamethrower tank OT-55 after a collision with a freight train. How the tank ended up on the railway and what caused the tragedy is not known. Armenian SSR, Leninakan, 1976.