Photos The Cold War

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Does Hawker Hunter ruin?

What do you mean by ruin? It has been retired from service with the Swiss Air Force since 1994.

 

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Soviet bodies?

Probably both, Soviet soldiers as well as insurgents.

 

[Иван Феоктистов]

Oh, damn it. I don't know what the word "fagot" means in English, but in Russian it is a musical instrument, "bassoon". Automatic translation translated this word as ... gay. One of the obscene forms of this word.

Soviet 9K111 Fagot

 

[Иван Феоктистов]

The first photo from here was published in the "Army Born in October" album of postcards. I have already published it.

Soviet troops riding T-62 tanks.

Soviet T-62s and PT-76s during training.

Soviet T-62 tanks during training.

ASU 85

 

[Иван Феоктистов]

My favorite period in the history of the Soviet army is the post-war Stalinist period. Years until 1963 approx. The distinctive magic of this period is precisely in its archaic - as if you came to a brothel, and you were served an elite courtesan of the late 19th century. You seem to be accustomed to the fact that the Third World War is hordes of T-72 and clouds of Mi-24, and here on you: towed artillery on tracked tractors, BTR-40 and BTR-152, MiG-17 and the last piston aircraft are gaining air supremacy, and across Europe, tank armies are rolling, still retaining the concept of "heavy tank"

 

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Oh, damn it. I don't know what the word "fagot" means in English, but in Russian it is a musical instrument, "bassoon". Automatic translation translated this word as ... gay. One of the obscene forms of this word.

Fagot is a musical instrument and the NATO code name for the Russian missile. Faggot is a gay person.

 

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Norwegian BGM-71 TOW during the NATO exercise "1976 Atlas Express".

 

[Иван Феоктистов]

I didn't know, honestly. I did not study English uncultured at all

Fagot is a musical instrument and the NATO code name for the Russian missile. Faggot is a gay person.

 

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I didn't know, honestly. I did not study English uncultured at all

Your English is very good, I don’t speak a single word of Russian! So no need to worry!

 

[Иван Феоктистов]

Your English is very good, I don’t speak a single word of Russian! So no need to worry!

Do not think - I'm not a polyglot at all and I write with the help of a dictionary
Communication on this forum for me, including a good training in English.

 

[Kadir93]

Bundeswehr Leopard 1A1 MBTs, November 1975.

 

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Cold-war era Bulgarian military

 

[Иван Феоктистов]

Soviet cadets in the exercises. Soldiers in RSh-4 gas masks and uniforms of 1969. Armed with SCS, on the belt - a training anti-tank grenade.

 

[Иван Феоктистов]

"Rubber Day" - Soviet soldiers during exercises on protection against weapons of mass destruction. After 1969. It's not very clear from the shoulder straps - I see only the letter "B". It can be both internal troops and border guards.

 

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Soviet soldiers in the exercises. Between 1955 and 1969. Below you can see the PPSh-41.

 

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"100 days before order". Soviet soldiers (like all soldiers) were eagerly awaiting the end of their service. In the USSR, the end of service was announced by a special order of the Minister of Defense. A soldier who had 100 days left before the order became a "demobilizer" in the soldier's hierarchy.

 

[Иван Феоктистов]

 

[Иван Феоктистов]

Okay. Keep the harsh Soviet border guard, I'd better go to the Second World War. Later I can start unloading the archive on the Soviet army after the war - to tell about everyday life, traditions, army humor and purely Soviet features of service. I will show you a lot of photos, I can tell you about my ancestors, who gave their debt to the Motherland.