Simplified Personal Equipment

[bef]

Comrades,
Comrade Zayats of a fraternal Progressive People's Forum found this and placed the declassified document on this Rezidency's 13th Guards Direction sector it uses for Internal Matters...

Not an NKO prikaz, but a possiblity in case of equipment shortages.



The Simplified Field Equipment of a Red Army Infantryman

(from the description approved by Major-General P.D. Davydov on the 12th of October, 1941).

The pack of the simplified field equipment of a Red Army infantryman consists of:

Waist belt – made of leather, trim or canvas, the width is 35 mm, length – 1200 mm. Designed for carrying items of equipment on it.

Shoulder straps – made of trim or stitched/sewed fabric. Serves for supporting the waist belt with the items of equipment set on it. The simplified ammunition pouch – made of leather or fabric with two waist loops for carrying made of leather, trim or fabric.

Bandoleer – consists of a case with the whole lid, shoulder sash and string trim. The case has six sockets/ports of different size. Made of fabric.

Grenade pouch* – consists of a case with a lid, two sockets/ports for grenades, socket/port for fuse assemblies and a pocket on the back side for carrying the small spade. Made of tarpaulin sailcloth/canvas.

Flyaga cover – made of fabric, with a trim string over the upper edge. Serves for keeping the ¾ liter flask (glass or aluminum).

Meshok – made of fabric, smaller size, with a tightly sewed carrying strap, with fabric movable shoulder pads and a chest connecting strap. There is an emergency store of food and clothes: a pair of underwear, foot wraps (portyanki), a towel, a pot, a cup, a bar of soap, a roll of rope for a plashch-palatka, and the small personal items of a soldier. The volume of a bag makes it possible to put the plash-palatka itself inside.

Utility belt – made of leather, trim or stitched fabric. Designed for rolling the edges of a great coat or a plashch palatka.

In August of 1942 the construction of a kit bag was changed: instead of the shoulder pads there appeared thickened straps.


The translation was by his Organ's of State terror, Comrade Natalia.

This Command has put their names forward for a state price for their services to the defense of Mother Russia.

[historymuseum2000]

Very good information Comrade! Thank you for posting. I will be sure to share this with my Toverisch!

Lev

[bef]

Comrades,
This Rezidency has received these images of the Grenade/ E-Tool combo pouch in the flesh from a declassified source...thank you Comrade Zayats,







they were made!.... .

[historymuseum2000]

Well that is a new one! I've never seen one like that I did not realize there was a combo pouch like that.

I gather that these were not all that common? For that matter what of the E tool in general? I know that they were part of every solder's issued kit but depending on the when and where do not always show up that much in photos.

Thoughts comrades?

Lev

[bef]

Comrade, You want till you see these declassified Images....





Enjoy..... this is a very rare piece of State Property, but it is on the list posted* .... with is odd.. ;D

Here is another drawing of the Complex from a Regulation Book.

[horsesoldier176]

E-tools were issued to every soldier, but may have been one of the items carried on the platoon cart. Keep in mind that Red Army troops dug in as soon as they stopped, so having the e-tools would be pretty important.

While rarely photographed, it is fairly common to have a Goulash Kannon, with a supply cart attached to every company, and a smaller cart for each platoon. These carts, etc were supposed to be pulled by two horses, or mules, but the shortage of such pack animals often necessitated that the carts were pulled by people.

Boridin

[bef]

Comrades, This Rezidency is of the opinion these are rare beasts, normal E Tools covers should be our Norms.

Good Red Army gear porn though ....... :-D

[crazydima]

Tovarischi,

The type of suspension and equipment configuration shown above is indicative of th tused by the VDV(Airborne) as opposed to other branches of service.

Sincerely,

Dima
9th Airborne
VDV