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Post by velodya on Apr 14, 2010 17:22:15 GMT -5
Yes, I think maybe the KV-1. A little more... offbeat than its more well-known cousin. Personally, I've always had a thing for the BT-7.  Fast little tank. About 45 mph. |
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Post by dixieflyer on Apr 14, 2010 17:57:34 GMT -5
Oh yes, I like the BT-7 too. I've had a thing for the KV-1 ever since I was a kid in the 70's and got the 1/72nd Fujimi or Hasegawa kit. I'm looking forward to the release of a new book on the KV-1 by Air Connection later on this year too.
Yuri S.
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Post by velodya on Apr 14, 2010 18:26:56 GMT -5
Its a nice tank. Despite being named for "the biggest sack of fecal matter in the army" as Khruschev phrased it.
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Post by crazydima on Apr 15, 2010 8:34:06 GMT -5
Tovarischi,
When it comes to medical concerns it becomes a whole new ballgame.
Sadly I know some hardcores out there who would tell folks not to re-enact if they have such conditions which would threaten authenticity. To me that is a bunch of bull.
With regards to brimmed hats and medical conditions, IMHO they key is to find a period solution and not focus so much on the statistical aspect of it. The Soviet "Panama or Boonie" hat is a period solution. A helmet is also an option but that metal pot on your head will tend to cook your brain faster than a panama.
Statistics(aka "most common") is a game some re-enactors attempt to play way too much and often get burned before getting out of the gate. Age, wieght, height, medical conditions, etc. Picking each others kit apart can be a fruitless tit-for-tat exercise.
In re-enacting there is no such thing as 100% authentic. That would require some things we don't want such as live ammo, watching your buddies get blown apart, etc. So really what it comes down to is to ask the following question:
What level of anachronisms are you willing to tolerate?
Each of us have our own level and the best we can do is to find a happy medium.
In the end the best thing to do is do your reseach and enjoy sharing it with others.
Sincerely,
Dima
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Post by velodya on Apr 15, 2010 8:59:52 GMT -5
Well, maybe a panama hat would work then.
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Post by dixieflyer on Apr 15, 2010 16:26:18 GMT -5
Dima, do we have evidence of them being used outside of the Khalkin Gol or in the "'Stans"?
Yuri S.
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Post by Ottoman on Apr 15, 2010 19:25:19 GMT -5
Well comrades, first post on the board, but, hopefully I'll do something useful with it, so I give you... Soviet Issued Sunglasses.(Not a Ruskie Rick Roll, I promise. Pioneer's Honor.) Not WW2 dated, but similar style, and in a sense, proof the Soviets put some thought into it. So, hopefully this might contribute a bit, just thought I should drop that link. Saw it and after seeing a good bit of shades in the 19th, I thought it might prove prudent to keep the link for reference. - Vladimir I. S. |
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Post by horsesoldier176 on Apr 15, 2010 21:28:15 GMT -5
Welcome Tovarisch Ottoman;
Thank you for posting the link. I have seen them before, and they are a very similar style to what was available during the GPW. As a matter of fact, I purchased a pair, just to see what they were. They are far to small for the average face of today, and the tinted glass is not of sufficient quality that I would actually wear them, but, they are as you point out, "Proof of concept".
I was once told that IIRC "Hessen Militaria" has plain metal glasses frames that are period correct for the GPW, and that any good optometrist could install tinted glass in them.
That is certainly a better option, but the "real" ones are cool for a LH display, if not for actual use.
Boridin
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Post by dixieflyer on Apr 15, 2010 21:46:34 GMT -5
Comrade Sgt.,
Vladimir and I both have the frames you are talking about, and I hope to have my prescription placed in mine this week.
Yuri S.
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Post by daveww2 on Apr 16, 2010 10:33:17 GMT -5
Now those are Styl'n. ;D Daahveed  Well comrades, first post on the board, but, hopefully I'll do something useful with it, so I give you... Soviet Issued Sunglasses.(Not a Ruskie Rick Roll, I promise. Pioneer's Honor.) Not WW2 dated, but similar style, and in a sense, proof the Soviets put some thought into it. So, hopefully this might contribute a bit, just thought I should drop that link. Saw it and after seeing a good bit of shades in the 19th, I thought it might prove prudent to keep the link for reference. - Vladimir I. S. |
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Post by crazydima on Apr 16, 2010 10:42:17 GMT -5
Dima, do we have evidence of them being used outside of the Khalkin Gol or in the "'Stans"? Yuri S. Tovarisch Yuri, That is a very good question. To date I have not done a real hard look at head gear and its use throughout the various theaters of combat. If it even remotely works out like what I have seen regarding tunics then it should prove to be interesting. Sincerely, Dima |
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Post by horsesoldier176 on Apr 16, 2010 13:20:34 GMT -5
I did some very cursory research on the panama hats a few years back. I wore a boonie hat quite a bit in the U.S. Army, and liked them, so the thought of being able to wear one in my Red Army impression was of interest to me.
I have found no photographic evidence to suggest that the panama hat was ever used, even in the Ukraine, or other warmer climates on the western front of the Soviet Union.
I have not expended a great deal of time on this, but what I have done has not given me any hope. At least when researching the use of sunglasses, I did find evidence of there use in very short order. Granted, it is not widespread use, but it was at least there in the pictures.
Boridin
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Post by dixieflyer on Apr 16, 2010 21:15:01 GMT -5
Comrade Sgt., I want to say that someone once told me that they were used in the very southern reaches of USSR in the "'Stans" (Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, etc. ) with camel troops. Being a cavalryman, I know you'd like to add a camel to your unit's inventory of animal transport.  I think showing up at an event with a camel would just rock! Yuri S. |
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Post by horsesoldier176 on Apr 17, 2010 16:10:24 GMT -5
Well it would certainly raise some eyebrows. I have a hard enough time locating transport for what we do take to events, trying to then find transport for, and someplace to keep a camel would just tax my resources beyond the point of breaking.
It would be an interesting impression though.
However, I have no evidence that the 25th ever had any camels. Horses, mules, and some motor transport, but that is about it.
Boridin
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Post by horsesoldier176 on May 9, 2011 15:15:07 GMT -5
I do not bleat, you wish that I did, but once again I am not a defenseless farm animal!!! What is so hard about being normal? You sure can't even get a simple impression right. Martin lol Martin quit troll'n, you faghole.
GIVE IT A REST GUYS! ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. |
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