Photos The Cold War

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"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."

YES.....Get busy, you've got a lot of work ahead of you mate!! It's a real treat to see/hear those things, we didn't even get to see much of any of that stuff!!! Awesome!!

 

[Иван Феоктистов]

Tell me where is the best place to create a topic. Very soon the Day of the Soviet Army, February 23. Yes, and I will have a day off, I will try to summarize. The main thing is that there are more readers

"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."

YES.....Get busy, you've got a lot of work ahead of you mate!! It's a real treat to see/hear those things, we didn't even get to see much of any of that stuff!!! Awesome!!

 

[Иван Феоктистов]

At the request of my foreign colleagues, I started a new topic. Join and invite your friends, I will try to highlight the topic as interesting as possible.

Article - The cold war - Soviet Army

Приветствую, товарищи. Soviet Army in the Cold War. A detailed story dedicated to the day of the Soviet army. Of course, I am still a newcomer to your forum, but I have already managed to be noted in some discussions - about the Red Army in World War II, the war in Afghanistan, the Cold War...

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Cold War. Clark Air Base, Philippines. 9 October 1984. A maintenance crewman inspects an F-16A Fighting Falcon of the 8th Tactical Fighter Wing during Exercise COPE THUNDER '84-7. In the background are A-4K Skyhawks of the RNZAF and a USAF F-15A Eagle. Photo by SSGT D. Perez USAF.

 

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Cold War. Langgons, West Germany. 24 January 1985. A German couple pass a parked M2 Bradley IFV from the US Army's 1st Battalion, 7th Infantry, 3rd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division during 'Central Guardian', a phase of Exercise Reforger '85.

 

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Small sailboats sail around USS Alcor AK-259 anchored off of Guantanamo Bay Naval Base Cuba in February 1960
USS Alcor was a Greenville Victory-class cargo ship in service from 1952 to 1968
She was originally built in 1944 as the “Victory Ship” SS Rockland Victory, USS Alcor was sold for scrap in 1970
LIFE Magazine Archives - Hank Walker Photographer

 

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Battleship HMS Vanguard at Table Bay Harbour, South Africa on 17 February 1947

 

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USAF Boeing B-47 Stratojets refuel from Boeing KC-97 Stratofreighters in 1953
LIFE Magazine Archives - Hank Walker Photographer

 

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[morris]

Riding the George Washington class USS Patrick Henry (SSBN-599) in July 1960

President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Photo by Jack Treutle.

Admiral Hyman G. Rickover & Dr. Edward Teller, photo by Tommy Trampp

 

[SamWell]

Soviet counter-terrorism team cirka 1980 olympic games

 

[uktabber]

Soviet counter-terrorism team cirka 1980 olympic games
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WOW mate........there's a bloody disturbing blast from the past!! That would have been embarrassing I can only imagine...... I'm sure the troops were sincere about their duty given the event but goodness......

 

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A US Army Special Forces "Green Light" operator conducting a high-altitude, low-opening jump with the MK54 SADM backpack nuke.

 

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An M-388 Davy Crockett nuclear weapon mounted to a recoilless rifle at Aberdeen Proving Ground in March 1961. US government DOD

 

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US officials with an M-388 Davy Crockett nuclear weapon. It used one of the smallest nuclear warheads ever developed by the US. US government

 

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Soldiers of the 77th Special Forces Group are towed on skis during training at Camp Hale, Colorado, February 5, 1956.

 

[SamWell]

WOW mate........there's a bloody disturbing blast from the past!! That would have been embarrassing I can only imagine...... I'm sure the troops were sincere about their duty given the event but goodness......

Yeah,terrorism was a brand-new enemy at the time.But,at the same time ,lot of new toys was introduced to deal with them.Like headset, ballistic vests,tracking devices and this kind of stuff

 

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Sino-soviet border 70s