The Great Patriotic War, which lasted four years, dramatically changed the Red Army, which, after the terrible defeats of 1941, by the spring of 1945, was able to turn the tide and win. However, the Soviet soldier not only gained experience, but also externally transformed. The special project Warspot for the next anniversary of the Victory will help to figure out exactly how the uniform and equipment of the Red Army soldier changed during the years of the Great Patriotic War.

The interactive image shows two Red Army infantrymen: a regular army soldier on June 22, 1941 and a victorious sergeant on May 9, 1945. Even from the photo you can see how over time the uniform and equipment were simplified: something turned out to be too expensive to manufacture in wartime, something did not take root, something did not like the soldiers and was removed from supply. And some items of equipment, on the contrary, were spied on from the enemy or taken as a trophy.

Not everything in the placement of items of equipment in the photo was done according to the charter and instructions: for example, a 1941 soldier wears a 1939 model knapsack, and his cape-tent is not removed inside the knapsack. The 1945 soldier carries only one magazine bag for the submachine gun, although he was supposed to have two. Nevertheless, in reality, the soldiers of the described periods often looked like this.

To get information about each of the items of equipment of the Red Army, move the cursor over the red markers in the image and click on them. The arrow at the end of the equipment item description will help you quickly return to the main image after reading.

Belt.The soldier's waist belt is the basis for placing equipment and equipment. By 1941, the Red Army was using several types of soldiers' belts with a width of 35 or 45 mm. In addition to the width, the material from which they were made also differed: it was leather or braid with leather reinforcements (both types are shown in the photo). All types of soldier's belts were united by one thing - the design of the belt buckle. It was a single-toothed metal frame. When fastening the waist belt, the buckle had to be in the left hand.

1932 aluminum flask.Aluminum soldier's flasks have been produced in Russia since the beginning of the 20th century. At first, a rubber or cork stopper was used as a cap, with which the neck was plugged. On March 2, 1932, a new standard for metal flasks with a capacity of 0.75 and 1.0 liters was approved, which became mandatory on May 2, 1932. Flasks could be made of aluminum, tin or brass. The main difference between the new flasks was that they were closed with a screw plug with a fine thread, which had five turns. After the war, with the resumption of the production of aluminum flasks, the thread became larger by three turns.

In reality, aluminum flasks with a screw cap began to be produced in 1937. The main production was in Leningrad, at the Krasny Vyborzhets plant. In the fall of 1941, with the beginning of the blockade, production ceased, and again aluminum flasks for the Red Army began to be produced only in 1948. The flask was carried in a special case designed to be worn on a belt. There were several types of covers: sample 1937 with a lace on the side, a simplified 1937 cover without lacing, sample 1941 - just such a flask is shown in the photo.

Cartridge bag.The two-slot cartridge belt bag is sometimes called the 1937 sample bag. Unlike earlier designs, which had a box-like design, this bag had two separate pockets that were fastened with a strap behind a pin. By design, the bag resembled the version used in the Wehrmacht, differing in the number of sections: the Germans had three of them. On the back of the bag, in addition to the straps for threading the waist belt, a quadrangular ring was sewn for the front hooks of the backpack straps. Each infantry soldier, armed with a 7.62 mm Mosin rifle, was entitled to two cartridge belt bags.

Initially, each section of the cartridge bag was designed for 15 rounds - three clips or one cardboard box. Later, the wearable ammunition load was increased: they began to put one more clip with bullets up, but it was inconvenient to remove it. If the ammunition was issued in paper bundles, then one bundle and ten cartridges in bulk were placed in each nest of the bag. A cartridge bag was made of leather, but since February 1941, it was allowed to make the main sections of the bag from tarpaulin. Production continued throughout the war and for some time after it.

Steel helmet model 1936 (SSh-36). The first Soviet steel helmet, designated SSh-36, was created at the end of 1935. It was produced from 1936 to 1939, and since its inception, it has undergone several changes to the under-body device and how it is attached. Production unfolded with problems and a strong lag behind the plan, in addition, the SSh-36 revealed shortcomings, which gave impetus to further work to improve the shape of the helmet and the search for a new alloy.

In total, about two million SSh-36 helmets were produced. These helmets were used by the soldiers of the Red Army on Khasan and Khalkhin Gol, some were sent to Republican Spain, they were in all infantrymen during the Polish campaign, they were massively worn in the Soviet-Finnish war. By the beginning of World War II, SSh-36 was in the army in large numbers and was one of the main types of helmet. Some samples can be seen in the photographs of 1945: many SSh-36s survived in the Far East at the time of the outbreak of the war with Japan.

Knapsack model 1939.To replace the duffel bag in 1936, a knapsack was adopted to supply the Red Army, which is structurally similar to the German one. However, military operation revealed some inconvenience in using it, so by the end of 1939 a new knapsack appeared. In front, it had hooks for hooking into cartridge bags, for which a metal quadrangular ring was sewn onto the latter. A strap with a hook was provided for fastening to the waist belt when carrying on the soldier's back at the bottom of the knapsack. In addition, there were two more straps running from the straps to the bottom of the pack, one of which could be quickly dropped. With the help of these straps, the satchel was adjusted according to the height.

In the knapsack, they carried linen, a towel, spare footcloths, hygiene items and clothing repair, a kettle with a mug and a spoon, gun accessories, and a set of groceries. A raincoat-tent and accessories to it were attached below, and a greatcoat roll was attached around the perimeter of the knapsack. In the stowed position, a helmet was also fixed on the knapsack. On January 31, 1941, by order of the NKO of the USSR, along with a grocery bag for infantry soldiers, a lightweight knapsack of the 1941 model was introduced, which was a reworked version of the 1939 knapsack. By June 22, the troops could see the satchels of all the listed samples, as well as the 1930 duffel bag.

A 1936 bowler hat.The name is not official, according to the date of adoption for the supply of a new set of equipment for an infantryman of the Red Army in 1936. There are many other names: oval, flat, etc. The pot was made by stamping from a sheet of aluminum with a handle made of steel wire at the Krasny Vyborzhets plant in Leningrad. The design was borrowed practically unchanged from a similar German bowler, but the Soviet-style lid was slightly higher and had a different number of rivets securing the lid handle.

The pot itself was intended for the first course, the second was given out into the lid. In the assembled position, the lid was held on the pot by a folding bar with a hook, which served as a handle when eating. Such a bowler hat was used in the Red Army along with earlier models, gradually replacing them by the beginning of the war. At the end of 1941, production was discontinued due to the outbreak of the blockade of Leningrad and the shortage of aluminum, resuming with minor differences only after the war.

Boots with windings.For the first time, boots with windings appeared in the Russian Imperial Army due to the shoe crisis in early 1915, when an acute shortage of boots was discovered. Cloth-wrapped boots were best suited for the mainstream army, as they took less leather to make and were cheaper. After going through the Civil War, boots with windings ended up in the Red Army, where they were used in infantry units along with boots. In technical units, cavalrymen, tankmen were relied only on boots.

The windings in black, gray or green khaki were made of cloth tape, usually 10 centimeters wide and about 2.5 meters long. The end of the winding was folded and stitched in the form of a triangle, into the top of which a lace or braid was sewn. Winding the windings required a certain skill - as, indeed, wrapping a leg with a footcloth. The windings were kept rolled up, while the lace was inside. The soldier was winding up the winding; the first turns were made the tightest and covered the upper part of the boot, the last ones almost reached the knee. The lace was tied at the top, hid under the upper turn and did not allow the winding to unwind. Boots with windings walked on the feet of the infantry until the victorious 1945 year.

7.62 mm rifle model 1891/30 Mosin systems. This five-shot magazine rifle chambered for 7.62 × 54 mm was adopted by the Russian Imperial Army on April 16, 1891. The design was based on the development of Captain S. I. Mosin with changes and additions borrowed from the Belgian Nagant rifle, as well as modifications based on the proposals of the members of the commission responsible for the selection of the rifle for the army, and other officers. The rifle turned out to be very successful and fought the Russo-Japanese, World War I and the Civil War.

In 1930, structural changes were made to the design. The receiver, sights and bayonet mount have been changed. The changes were not introduced immediately, and the rifle of the 1891/30 model acquired its final form only in 1935-1936. Other changes were also tested: for example, a new bladed bayonet instead of a needle bayonet or replacing the wood used in the production of the stock and butt with other materials.

Despite the Simonov AVS-36 automatic rifle adopted in 1936 by the Red Army, and then the Tokarev SVT-38 and SVT-40 self-loading rifles, the simpler and cheaper Mosin rifle remained the main small arms of the Red Army infantry in 1941 and later. After the start of the war, its production remained at a high level until 1945, with the constant introduction of various kinds of simplifications into the design.

Model 1935 soldier's gymnast. It was accepted for supply in the Red Army to replace the earlier 1931 uniform. It was made of cotton melange fabric, fastened with buttons hidden under the placket. On the chest there are two pockets, on the elbows there are elbow pads made of an additional layer of fabric. The tunic had a turn-down collar, on which buttonholes with edging were sewn on according to the type of troops. The Red Army infantry had a crimson field of buttonholes and a black edging. In the upper part of the buttonhole, the emblem of the branch, introduced in July 1940, was attached - a target with crossed rifles.

By a resolution of the Council of People's Commissars of January 18, 1941, protective collars were introduced for the personnel of the Red Army for wartime, and on August 1, 1941, by an order of the NKO, protective emblems and insignia were introduced. The same order canceled the wearing of colored collar tabs at the front and in marching units, but for a long time at the front, personnel infantry units were with colored collar tabs and insignia, unmasking the Red Army soldiers.

Adopted to supply the Red Army with the same order as the 1935 gymnast, the trousers remained unchanged throughout the Great Patriotic War. They were breeches with a high fit, well-fitting the waist, loose at the top and tight-fitting calves.

Small infantry shovel.For digging in, the soldier was supposed to have a small infantry shovel MPL-50 (the total length of the shovel is 50 cm; during sapper work and construction, it was also used as a measuring tool). By 1941, both pre-revolutionary shovels with a straight cutting edge and Soviet shovels were used in the Red Army, in which the front part had a pointed end to facilitate digging in, and the blade itself was pentagonal.

Structurally, the shovel consisted of a tray (blade) with bent upper edges, a front strand (extension of the tray), a lining with a rear strand, a crimp ring and a wooden handle. The lining with the rear strand was riveted to the tray with five rivets, after which the handle was inserted between the strands, pulled together with a crimp ring, and then the strands were riveted together with the handle with rivets, one of which passed through the crimp ring. The shovel was carried in a case on a waist belt, for which loops were made on the case. Either leather covers from pre-revolutionary stocks were used, or cloth covers made of tarpaulin or canvas.

Spare cartridge bag.The fighter's wearable ammunition was placed not only in belt cartridge bags - a spare was also intended for this. Structurally, it was a rectangular bag made of harsh canvas with a flap-lid and long loops for hanging on a waist belt. It was closed with a button or a wooden lug-toggle, and an additional leather or rope loop was sewn to protect it from accidental unbuttoning.

A spare cartridge bag was worn on a belt and put on together with a left belt cartridge bag. Visually, it hung below the main one, hence the name that is common in modern everyday life for all products intended for carrying equipment and equipment on a belt or a tactical vest - "pouch". The cartridges were carried in a spare bag in packs or clips. It contained two cardboard (30 cartridges) or three paper (60 cartridges) packs or eight clips in two rows (40 cartridges), two of which were stacked bullets up. In combat conditions, cartridges in a spare bag were often carried in bulk.

Pomegranate bag.

The bag contained two old grenades of the 1914/30 model or two RGD-33 (pictured), which were stacked with the handles up. Detonators lay in paper or rags. Also, four F-1 "lemons" could fit into the bag in pairs, and they were located in a peculiar way: on each grenade, the ignition socket was closed with a special screw plug made of wood or Bakelite, while one grenade was placed with the cork down and the second up. With the adoption of new models of grenades during the war for the Red Army, placing them in a bag was similar to the F-1 grenades. Without significant changes, the grenade bag served from 1941 to 1945.

Grocery bag. It was accepted for supply to the Red Army by order of the NKO of the USSR on January 31, 1941, was included in the items of full and lightweight marching equipment for infantry soldiers. The bag was intended for storing and carrying in the field a pot with bread or breadcrumbs embedded in it, an emergency supply of food (concentrates or dry rations), a mug and a spoon. If necessary, an additional supply of cartridges could fit into it.

It was an oblong bag with a flap lid. The outer corners of the side walls were rounded, and lace ties were sewn on top of them. It was worn on a waist belt at the back, in the center of the back. Loops were sewn on the back of the belt for carrying. The bag was closed with two straps through special buckles. It was made of tent fabric with waterproof impregnation with a lining of harsh canvas. Relatively few grocery bags got into the troops: the item of equipment is typical for infantry soldiers of 1941, it is found in photographs of 1942.

Gas mask bag sample 1936.An obligatory item of equipment for every fighter was a gas mask carried in a special bag. By 1941, the supply of the Red Army had several types of gas masks and filters for them. The photo shows a 1936 gas mask bag, which contained a mask, filter, hose, antipyretic cape, accessories for processing clothes, weapons and skin after a chemical attack.

The bag was made of canvas or tarpaulin, it had three compartments on the inside and two pockets on the outside. The back of the bag was encircled by a braid with a carabiner and a ring for fastening around the body in the "ready" position. In the stowed position, the cord was rolled up, and was worn inside the bag with the proviso "to have anti-chemical protection means ready in reconnaissance and in battle - always, and on the march and when resting - by order".

A gas mask bag was worn over the right shoulder on the left side, over an overcoat and the rest of the uniform. When using a ghillie suit, the bag was hidden underneath. The upper edge of the bag was supposed to be at the level of the belt - the height was adjusted due to the length of the belt. Gas mask bags of the 1936 model were sewn, according to a number of sources, until 1944.

Shoulder strap.It was included in the lightweight camping equipment, but was constantly worn along with the full camping equipment. The main purpose is to distribute the weight of the equipment placed on the waist belt on the shoulders of the fighter and prevent it from slipping or twisting. This problem was partially solved by wearing a knapsack of the 1936, 1939 or 1941 model, where hooks on the belt and cartridge bags were provided, but the soldiers did not always go with knapsacks.

Structurally, the shoulder strap is a Y-shaped webbing construction, through the loops of which the waist belt is threaded. The strap was used only at the initial stage of the Great Patriotic War, despite all its obvious benefits. Moreover, not some photographs show that captured straps were also used by German soldiers. Soviet soldiers, instead of using the straps, began to tighten the waist belt tighter, which only partially saved the equipment from warping and slipping. In many ways, this is why they went on the attack lightly, stuffing grenades and ammunition in their pockets and a duffel bag.

Steel helmet SSh-40.Modernization of the SSH-39 helmet, accepted for supply to the Red Army in June 1939. The design of the SSH-39 eliminated the shortcomings of the previous SSH-36, but the operation of the SSH-39 during the Soviet-Finnish war of 1939-1940 revealed a significant drawback: it was impossible to wear a winter hat under it, and the standard woolen comforter did not save you from severe frosts. Therefore, the soldiers often broke off the SSh-39 under-body device and wore a helmet over a cap without it.

As a result, in the new helmet SSh-40, the under-body device was significantly different from the SSh-39, although the shape of the dome remained unchanged. Visually, the SSh-40 can be distinguished by six rivets around the circumference at the bottom of the helmet dome, while the SSh-39 has three rivets, and they are located at the top. The SSh-40 used a three-petal under-body device, to which shock absorber bags stuffed with technical cotton were sewn on the reverse side. The petals were pulled together with a cord, which allowed adjusting the depth of the helmet on the head.

The production of the SSh-40 began at the beginning of 1941 in Lysva in the Urals, and a little later in Stalingrad at the Krasny Oktyabr plant, but by June 22, the troops had only a small number of these helmets. By the fall of 1942, helmets of this type were made only in Lysva. Gradually, the SSh-40 became the main type of helmet for the Red Army. It was produced in large numbers after the war and was removed from service relatively recently.

Belt.Due to the fact that leather was expensive in processing and was often required for the manufacture of more durable and responsible items of equipment, by the end of the war, a waist belt made of braid, reinforced with elements of leather or split leather, became more widespread. This type of belt appeared before 1941 and was used until the end of the war.

Many leather waist belts, differing in details, came from the Lend-Lease allies. The 45 mm wide American belt shown in the photo had a single-tooth buckle, like its Soviet counterparts, but it was not made of round wire in cross section, but was cast or stamped, with clear corners.

The Red Army soldiers also used captured German belts, which, due to the pattern with the eagle and the swastika, had to modify the buckle. Most often, these attributes were simply grinded, but if there was free time, the silhouette of a five-pointed star cut through the buckle. The photo shows another version of the alteration: a hole was made in the center of the buckle into which a star from a Red Army cap or cap was inserted.

Glass jar. Glass flasks were widely used in many armies around the world. The Russian Imperial Army was no exception, from which this type of flask was inherited by the Red Army. While tin or aluminum flasks produced in parallel were more practical, cheap glass containers were good for a massive conscript army.

In the Red Army, they tried to replace glass flasks with aluminum ones, but they did not forget about glass either: on December 26, 1931, another standard was approved for the manufacture of such flasks with a nominal volume of 0.75 and 1.0 liters. With the beginning of the war, glass flasks became the main ones: the shortage of aluminum and the blockade of Leningrad, where most of the aluminum flasks were produced, affected.

The flask was closed with a rubber or wooden stopper with a string tied around the neck. Several types of cases were used for carrying, and almost all of them provided for carrying a flask on a strap over the shoulder. Structurally, such a cover was a simple fabric bag with rope ties at the neck. There were variants of covers with soft inserts to protect the flask from impacts - these were used in the Airborne Forces. The glass flask could also be carried in the belt pouch used for aluminum flasks.

Bag for box magazines.With the advent of box magazines for the Shpagin submachine gun and the development of a Sudaev submachine gun with similar magazines, it became necessary for a bag to carry them. A magazine bag for a German submachine gun was used as a prototype. The bag contained three magazines, each of which was designed for 35 rounds. Each PPS-43 was supposed to have two such bags, but wartime photographs show that often submachine gunners carried only one. This was due to a certain shortage of stores: in combat conditions, they were consumables and were easily lost.

The bag was sewn from canvas or tarpaulin and, unlike the German one, was greatly simplified. The valve was fastened with pins or wooden toggle bosses, there were also options with buttons. Loops were sewn on the back of the bag for threading the waist belt. Shoulder bags were worn in the front, which provided quick access to loaded magazines and stacking empty ones back. The stacking of magazines up or down with the neck was not regulated.

Duffle bag. This piece of equipment, nicknamed "sidor" from the soldiers, was a simple bag with a strap and a rope tie at the neck. He first appeared in the tsarist army in 1869 and without significant changes entered the Red Army. In 1930, a new standard was adopted, which defined the appearance of the duffel bag - in accordance with it, it was now called the "duffel bag of the Turkestan type", or the duffel bag of the 1930 model.

The bag had only one compartment, the top of which could be pulled with a rope. A shoulder strap was sewn to the bottom of the bag, on which two straps were put on for fastening on the chest. Three rope loops were sewn on the other side of the shoulder strap to adjust the length. A wooden toggle boss was sewn to the corner of the bag, to which the loop of the shoulder strap clung. The shoulder strap was folded into a "cow" knot, into the center of which the neck of the bag was threaded, after which the knot was tightened. In this form, the bag was put on and carried behind the fighter's back.

In 1941, there was a change in the appearance of the 1930 duffel bag: it became slightly smaller, the shoulder strap became narrower and received a lining inward on the shoulders, which required its stitching. In 1942, a new simplification followed: the lining in the shoulder strap was abandoned, but the strap itself was made wider. In this form, the duffel bag was produced until the end of the 40s. Due to the simplicity of manufacture, the duffel bag became the main means for carrying the personal belongings of the soldiers of the Red Army during the Great Patriotic War.

Yuft boots.Initially, the boots were the only footwear of the Russian soldier: boots with windings were accepted for supply only at the beginning of 1915, when the army dramatically increased in numbers and the boots were no longer enough. Soldier's boots were made of yuft and were supplied to the Red Army to supply all types of troops.

In the mid-30s in the USSR, tarpaulin was invented - a material with a fabric base, on which artificial butadiene, sodium rubber with an imitation of the texture of leather, was applied. With the beginning of the war, the problem of supplying the mobilized army with footwear arose sharply, and "damn skin" came in handy - the boots of the Red Army soldier became tarpaulin. By 1945, a typical Soviet infantryman was shod in kirzachi or boots with windings, but seasoned soldiers were eager to get leather boots for themselves. The photo shows the infantryman boots with leather soles and leather heels.

The pot is round.A pot of a similar round shape was used in the army of the Russian Empire, made of copper, brass, tinned tin, and later of aluminum. In 1927, at the Krasny Vyborzhets plant in Leningrad, mass production of stamped aluminum round bowlers for the Red Army was launched, but in 1936 they were replaced by a new flat bowler.

With the beginning of the Great Patriotic War, in the fall of 1941, the manufacture of round bowlers was again established in Lysva in the Urals, but from steel instead of scarce aluminum. The return to the round shape was also understandable: such a bowler hat was easier to manufacture. The Lysva plant has done a tremendous job, which has significantly reduced the cost of production. By 1945, the total production of round army bowlers amounted to more than 20 million pieces - they became the most massive in the Red Army. Production continued after the war.

Submachine gun Sudaev, model 1943 (PPS-43).Many experts consider it to be the best submachine gun of the Great Patriotic War. The PPS combined simplicity of manufacture and maintenance, as well as reliability in operation in comparison with other samples. When developing the PPP, it was taken into account that mass weapons should be produced, including at non-core enterprises with not the best machine equipment. The parts of the PPS that required complex machining were only the bolt and the barrel, everything else was made by stamping, flexible, riveting and welding.

PPS was equipped with a box magazine for 35 rounds of 7.62 × 25 mm. Having a folding stock and a curb weight of a little over 3.5 kg, he was very fond of soldiers, especially tankers, paratroopers and scouts. The production of the first batches of PPS-42 was deployed in 1942 in Moscow, then in besieged Leningrad. In 1943, following the results of military tests and the deployment of production, a number of changes were made to the design. The resulting sample was adopted as a Sudaev submachine gun of the 1943 model, or PPS-43. After the end of World War II, it was produced in many countries, both the Warsaw Pact and in Finland, Germany and Spain.

Model 1943 soldier's gymnast. It was introduced by order of the People's Commissar of Defense of the USSR dated January 15, 1943, to replace the 1935 gymnast. The main differences were in a soft stand-up collar instead of a turn-down collar. The collar was fastened with two uniform buttons of a small size. The front placket was open and was fastened with three buttons through the loop through.

Attached shoulder straps were placed on the shoulders, for which belt loops were sewn. A soldier's gymnast had no pockets in wartime, they were introduced later. Pentagonal field shoulder straps were worn on their shoulders in combat conditions. For the infantry, the shoulder strap was green, the edging along the edge of the shoulder strap was crimson. The stripes of the junior command staff were sewn in the upper part of the shoulder strap.

Pomegranate bag.Each infantryman had hand grenades with him, which were regularly carried in a special bag on a waist belt. The bag was located on the back left, after the cartridge bag and in front of the grocery bag. It was a rectangular cloth bag with three compartments. Two large grenades were packed, the third, small - detonators for them. The grenades were brought into firing position immediately before use. The material of the bag could be tarpaulin, canvas, or tent cloth. The bag was closed with a button or a wooden boss-toggle.

Two old grenades of the 1914/30 model of the year or two RGD-33s were placed in the bag, which were stacked with the handles up. Detonators lay in paper or rags. Also, four F-1 "lemons" could fit into the bag in pairs, and they were located in a peculiar way: on each grenade, the ignition socket was closed with a special screw plug made of wood or Bakelite, while one grenade was put with a stopper down, and the second up (grenades with a screwed fuse , as in the photo, of course, they did not put it in the bag). With the adoption of new models of grenades during the war for the Red Army, their packing in the bag was similar to the F-1 grenades. Without significant changes, the grenade bag served from 1941 to 1945.

Small infantry shovel. During the war, the MPL-50 small infantry shovel underwent a number of changes aimed at simplifying production. At first, the design of the tray and shovel remained generally unchanged, but the attachment of the lining with the rear strand began to be carried out by electric spot welding instead of rivets, a little later they abandoned the crimp ring, continuing to fasten the handle between the straps with rivets.

In 1943, an even more simplified version of the MPL-50 appeared: the shovel became one-piece stamped. In it, the lining with the rear cord was abandoned, and the shape of the upper part of the front cord became even (before it was triangular). Moreover, now the front strand began to twist, forming a tube, fastened by riveting or welding. The handle was inserted into this tube, tightly hammered until it was wedged with a shovel tray, after which it was fixed with a screw. The photo shows a shovel of intermediate series - with strands, without a crimp ring, with the attachment of the lining by spot welding.

Gas mask bag sample 1939.By 1945, no one removed the gas mask from the supply of the Red Army soldiers. However, four years of the war passed without chemical attacks, and the soldiers tried to get rid of the "unnecessary" item of equipment, handing it over to the train. Often, despite the constant control of the command, the gas masks were simply thrown away, and personal belongings were carried in the gas mask bags.

During the war, soldiers of even one unit could have different bags and gas masks of different types. The photo shows a gas mask bag of the 1939 model, released in December 1941. The bag, made of tent fabric, closed with a button. It was much easier to manufacture than the 1936 bag.

Scout knife HP-40.The scout knife of the 1940 model was adopted by the Red Army following the results of the Soviet-Finnish war, when there was a need for a simple and convenient army combat knife. Soon the production of these knives was established by the forces of the Trud artel in the village of Vacha (Gorky Region) and at the Zlatoust Tool Factory in the Urals. Later, the HP-40 was manufactured at other enterprises, including in besieged Leningrad. Despite the common drawing, the HP-40 from different manufacturers differ in details.

At the initial stage of the Great Patriotic War, only scouts were armed with HP-40 knives. For the infantry, they were not a statutory weapon, but the closer to 1945, the more and more knives can be seen in photographs of ordinary machine gunners. Production of the HP-40 continued after the war, both in the USSR and in the countries participating in the Warsaw Pact.

Soldier's trousers of the 1935 model.Adopted to supply the Red Army with the same order as the 1935 gymnast, the trousers remained unchanged throughout the Great Patriotic War. They were breeches with a high fit, well-fitting the waist, loose at the top and tight-fitting calves.

Ties were sewn at the bottom of the legs. On the sides of the trousers there were two deep pockets, and another pocket with a flap, fastened with a button, was located in the back. At the belt, next to the codpiece, there was a small pocket for the mortal medallion. Pentagonal reinforcements were sewn on the knees. The belt was provided with loops for a trouser belt, although the ability to adjust the volume was also provided with the help of a strap with a buckle in the back. The trousers were made of a special double “bloomer” diagonal and were quite durable.

Red (Soviet) Army 1941-1945 The uniform of the Workers 'and Peasants' Red Army (RKKA), which was a collection of items of military uniforms, equipment and insignia, differed sharply from all analogues that existed in the pre-war years. It was a kind of material embodiment of the abolition of the class division of citizens and civil (and then military) ranks, declared by the Soviet government in November 1917. The Bolsheviks believed that in the free army of the new state of workers and peasants they were creating, there could be no external forms that would indicate the power and superiority of some over others. Therefore, after the military ranks and ranks, the entire system of external insignia that existed in the Russian army - stripes, shoulder straps, orders and medals - was abolished. Initially, two forms of appeal were allowed: a citizen and a comrade (citizen, battalion commander, comrade platoon commander, etc.)

but soon “comrade” became the generally accepted form of address. During the formation of the first units and formations of the Red Army, the stocks of uniforms stored in the warehouses of the Russian army demobilized in 1918 were widely used. Therefore, the Red Army men and commanders were dressed in marching shirts of the 1912 model approved by Tsar Nicholas II, khaki color, wide trousers of the same color tucked into boots or windings with boots, as well as caps. They differed from the Russian servicemen and the white armies created during the civil war only by the absence of shoulder straps, a breastplate and a red star on the band of their cap. To develop a new Red Army on April 25, 1918

a special commission was established, which already in December of the same year submitted for approval to the Revolutionary Military Council of the Republic (the Revolutionary Military Council is the body that supervised the military construction and combat activities of the Red Army during the civil war) a new type of headdress - the famous "budenovka", distinctive signs for command personnel and distinctive signs of the main types of troops They were approved on January 16, 1919 and became a kind of starting point for a fairly long process of creating a uniform that was used during the Great Patriotic War.

- SHINEL: Introduced by order of the Revolutionary Military Council of the USSR No. 733 dated December 18, 1926. Single-breasted overcoat made of gray overcoat cloth. Turn-down collar. Hidden clasp with five hooks. Split welt pockets without flaps. Sleeves with stitched straight cuffs. The fold ends in a slot at the back. The strap fastens to the posts with two buttons.

The overcoat for the command and command staff was introduced by order of the People's Commissar of Defense of the USSR No. 005 dated February 1, 1941. The overcoat is double-breasted, with cut-off lengths on the chest. Overcoat clasp with five button loops. Floors with side grooves and two transverse slit pockets covered with flaps. Turn-down collar with buttonholes sewn at the ends. The collar fastens with a hook and loop. The back has an opposing fold in the middle along its entire length. Columns with buttons are sewn along the waist line on the back, on which a strap is fastened. There is a slit (slot) in the middle of the back below the waist, which is fastened with four button loops. The sleeves are double-seam and end with straight cuffs.

№1 -Soldier in an overcoat of the rank and file; №2 -Sergeants in greatcoats, 1945; №3 -Illustration - single-breasted soldier's overcoat of the Red Army; №4 -Soviet officers in greatcoats. In the center is an officer in a rank-and-file overcoat. Outskirts of Zubtsov, 1942; №5 -Soviet officers in 1943 greatcoats; №6 -Illustration - a double-breasted officer's overcoat of the Red Army.

- WOODEN JACKET AND PANTS: The first example of this new type of winter uniform was. The jacket is made of tricot-diagonal mottled waterproof impregnation in khaki color. On each side of the jacket there are five through loops and five large uniform buttons. The turn-down collar fastens with one metal hook and loop. On the side of the lower collar there is a strap (spinner). The jacket has two side slanting welt pockets with straight flaps. There is a stitched yoke on the floors and backrest. The back is stachny. On the back, at the corners of the yoke to the bottom, two planks are sewn from the main material along the line of the strike. Holes are left on the slats at the waist level for passing the waist belt. One metal hook is sewn on the side seams to support the waist belt. The jacket has double sleeves without cuffs, with a half-strap sewn into the front seam of the sleeve, and is fastened with one loop and a large uniform button. The collar, sides, flaps, tops of the pockets, half-sleeves, belts stitching and yoke were sewn at a distance of 0.5 cm from the edge. The bottom of the jacket is folded by 2.5 cm.

The next model was a quilted quilted jacket, introduced by order of the People's Commissar of Defense of the USSR No. 283 dated August 25, 1941. A jacket with a stand-up collar replaced the old quilted jacket worn under an overcoat. Now either a jacket or an overcoat was issued. The jacket has a straight stitch, quilted on cotton with parallel lines, and is fastened with five buttons. On the sides of the floor there are stitched pockets sewn into the side seams. There are two side loops at the waist to support the belt. The sleeves end at the bottom with a small slot and cuffs, fastened with one button with a belt loop sewn to the end of the outer half of the cuff.

Wadded trousers are also quilted with parallel stitches. Fastened with 4 buttons. Belt loops on the waist. At the bottom of the legs there are pull-down straps.

№1 -Wadded jackets arr. 1935 on tankers 116 Tbr. 1942; №2- Wadded jacket mod. 1942 (photo not available); №3 -Illustration - wadded jackets arr. 1935 and 1942; №4 -Scouts in quilted jackets; №5 -Young mortarman in a quilted jacket with a turn-down collar; №6 - Illustration - wadded quilted jackets (quilted jackets).

- SINGLE SHIRT: Introduced by order of the Revolutionary Military Council of the USSR No. 20 dated December 23, 1931. The short fur coat is made of tanned sheepskin and fastens with hooks *. The sheepskin coat has a long skirt, two vertical welt pockets with leaflets and steep reliefs on the back. The turn-down collar of a sheepskin coat is made of white sheepskin with the fur outside and fastens with one hook and a strap sewn from the inside of the collar.

* Since 1940, the sheepskin coat was fastened with external loop-straps made of basic leather with cut off fur and large light or shaped buttons.

- WINTER MITTENS: Three-fingered, textile.

№1 -Soviet officers in sheepskin coats, inspecting the German winter shoes for the sentry; №2 -Colonel A.I. Lizyukov talks with tankers in sheepskin coats. 1941; №3 -Illustration - short fur coats of the Red Army; №4 -Uniform sheepskin coat on the commander of the anti-aircraft crew. Stalingrad area; №5 - Major in a sheepskin coat. 1941; №6 -Officers of the 4th Airborne Corps in sheepskin coats, during the Vyazemsk airborne operation, winter 1942

Literature / Documents:

• Types of fabrics used for sewing uniforms of the Red Army (article, composition, color, application). ()
• Rules for wearing uniforms by personnel of the red army of January 15, 1943 (download / open)
• A typical list of clothing items of junior commanding officers and rank-and-file personnel of the Red Army for summer and winter for peacetime and wartime. Introduced by order of the NKO of the USSR No. 005 dated February 1, 1941. ()

- SUMMER GYMNASTER FOR THE TEAM AND LEADERSHIP OF THE RED ARMY: Introduced by order of the People's Commissar of Defense of the USSR No. 005 dated February 1, 1941.

The summer tunic is made of khaki cotton with a turn-down collar fastened with one hook. At the ends of the collar, buttonholes are sewn in a khaki color with insignia.

The tunic has a chest strap with a three-button closure and two chest pockets with flaps on one button. The sleeves have two-button cuffs. The buttons of the tunic are metal of the established pattern.

- SHAROVARS OF THE COMMAND AND LEADERSHIP OF THE RED ARMY: Introduced by order of the People's Commissar of Defense of the USSR No. 005 dated February 1, 1941.

The harem pants of the existing design without edging. Summer trousers are made of khaki cotton fabric, and winter trousers are made of semi-woolen fabric of the same color. Harem pants consist of two front and two back halves, have two side welt pockets and one back pocket, at the back there is a belt tightener and at the bottom of the strap. The harem pants are fastened with five buttons and one hook.

- SHIRTS OF THE PRINCIPAL AND JUNIOR LEADERSHIP OF THE RKKA: Introduced by order of the Revolutionary Military Council of the USSR No. 190 of July 19, 1929.

Summer shirt of the 1928 model for the ground and air forces of the Red Army. The shirt is made of cotton fabric (tunic), dark khaki, with a turn-down collar that fastens in the middle with one metal hook and has buttonholes at the ends, in the shape of a parallelogram, the color of the army assigned; on the collar tabs are placed the insignia of the position and the established encryption. The shirt is fastened with three buttons, parallel to which there are two patch pockets on the chest, covered with flaps fastened with one button. The sleeves end with cuffs fastened with two buttons, and at the place where they are sewn to the cuffs, the sleeves have two folds, located 7 - 8 cm from one another. Letrubakhi are made in six heights.

Cloth shirt RKKA arr. 1928 for the ground and air forces of the Red Army. The shirt is made of khaki-colored cloth of merino or coarse wool with a stand-up collar, fastened in the middle with two metal hooks and has buttonholes at the ends, in the form of a parallelogram, with sides 8 cm X 3.5 cm of the color assigned to the army; on the collar tabs are placed the insignia of the position and the established encryption. The shirt is fastened with three buttons, parallel to which there are two patch pockets on the chest, covered with flaps fastened with one button. The sleeves end with double-button cuffs.

Note. Buttons on the shirt must be metal, oxidized, small size with a star, the sample established by order of the Revolutionary Military Council of the USSR in 1924 No. 992.

Summer shirt with elbow pads, model 1931 for all branches of the military. Lethubakha [type A] is made of a khaki-colored tunic (cotton) diagonal with two patch chest pockets, covered with flaps, with a turn-down collar, fastened with one uniform button, and sleeves with cuffs. The waist of the shirt is sewn from the sides and at the shoulders from two parts: front and back. The front part of the waist from the neck to the bottom of the pockets has a slit covered with slats. The planks are located in the middle of the mill and are fastened with one button per loop of a piece of fabric sewn from the inside of the upper placket. The upper ends of the straps at the collar itself are fastened with one small shaped button sewn at the top of the lower strap on the through cross loop of the upper strap. The collar has no hooks and, under certain conditions, provided for by wearing the uniform, it can be opened with the top button unbuttoned. The cuff sewing sleeves have two folds. There are overhead elbow pads on the back of the sleeves over the elbow seam. On both sides of the collar, edged buttonholes are sewn in the color of the cloth, assigned to the army. Buttonholes have the form of a parallelogram with a finished length of 8 cm and a width of 3.25 cm, including the edging. The cross ends of the buttonholes should be parallel to the bevel of the front ends of the collar. On the collar tabs there are installed metal insignia for positions and badges in accordance with the established encryption. […]

Basically, a type B summer shirt [...] differs from a type A summer shirt in that a type B summer shirt has an elongated bar in all heights by 4 cm; hook and loop for fastening the collar and three loop-through loops on the top bar […]. Three small general army buttons are sewn onto the lower bar in the places corresponding to the loops. A hook is sewn into the right end of the collar, and a loop is sewn into the left end.

Woolen shirt with slit pockets, model 1931 for all branches of the military. The woolen shirt consists of the following parts: the front part, in the middle has a bar fastened with three through loops on three metal buttons with a Red Army star, a back, a stand-up collar fastened in the middle with two metal hooks, two chest pocket flaps fastened to the Red Army shirt with a button, sleeves without folds at the bottom with cuffs, fastened with two loops on two Red Army buttons. Flaps welt inner pockets.

Canceled by order of the USSR People's Commissar of Defense No. 25 dated January 15, 1943. The entire composition of the Red Army should switch to new insignia - shoulder straps from February 1 to February 15, 1943. Allow the wearing of the existing uniform with new insignia until the next issue of the uniform in accordance with the current terms and supply standards.

№1 - Private in gymnastics. 1941; №2 - Private in gymnastics. 1942; №3 №4 -St. a lieutenant in a tunic with everyday insignia; №5 -Officer in a tunic with field insignia; №6 -Illustration of an officer's gymnast from 1940-43.

Summer uniforms of the Red Army for the period 1943-1945.

- GYMNASTERS: A new type of gymnasts was introduced by order of the USSR People's Commissar of Defense No. 25 dated January 15, 1943.

They represented the same tunic of the existing model with the following changes:

The collars of the tunics of all models instead of the turn-down ones are upright, soft, fastened with through loops in the front with two shaped buttons of a small size.

The top placket is located in the middle and fastens with three shaped buttons of small size through loops.

Shoulder straps of the established pattern are fastened on the shoulders.

The sleeve insignia (officer's sleeve triangles) from the tunic are canceled.

Gymnastics of the commanding staff instead of patch pockets have welt (internal) pockets covered with valves. Without elbow pads.

Uniforms for privates and sergeants - no pockets. With elbow pads - ().

On August 5, 1944, welt chest pockets were introduced on the tunics of women of the rank and file.

On September 16, 1944, sergeants and Red Army men were also officially allowed to have breast welt pockets, but only if they received an officer's uniform that was unfit to wear after putting it in order. Throughout 1943, it was possible to find old-style gymnasts with a turn-down collar, which were allowed to wear until new uniforms were issued.

№1 -Random in soldier's gymnastics (left private in officer's shirt) 1944; №2 -Two sergeants. On the left - in a soldier's gymnast, on the right - in an officer's; №3 -Illustration of soldier gymnasts arr. 1943; №4 -Soviet and American officers during a meeting on the Elbe; №5 -Sergeant in an officer's tunic; №6 -Illustration of officer's gymnasts arr. 1943 g.

- DRESS JACKET: Senior and middle command and command personnel of all branches of the military

The uniform is single-breasted, with a detachable bodice, fastens with the left side with five large buttons. The collar is rigid, upright, fastened with two or three hooks and loops. Piping trims the top and ends of the collar. On the collar of the uniform, at an equal distance from its upper and lower edges and 1 cm from the ends, buttonholes (without edging) are sewn from instrument cloth (color according to the type of troops) 8.2 cm long and 2.7 cm wide. the established form has one or two strips embroidered with gold or silver thread, intertwined with silver or gold thread: strips 5.4 cm long and 6.5 mm wide with a gap between them 0.5-1 mm. The sleeves of the uniform are double-hemmed, with straight stitching cuffs, edged at the top and ends. On the cuffs of the sleeves, in accordance with the established form, there are two or one vertical buttonholes (columns) embroidered with gold or silver. Leaves are sewn on the back toe, at the ends of which one large button is sewn. Edging along the edge of the left side, collar, leaflet and cuffs, color - according to the type of troops. All buttons are shaped, brass.

The color of the edging for infantry, quartermaster and military-legal services is crimson, for artillery, auto-armored forces, medical and veterinary services - red, for aviation - blue, for cavalry - light blue, and for engineering troops - black.

The color of the buttonholes for infantry, quartermaster and military legal services is crimson, for artillery and armored vehicles - black, for aviation - blue, for cavalry - light blue, for medical and veterinary services - dark green and for engineering troops - the black. The color of the sewing on the buttonholes for the quartermaster, military-legal, medical and veterinary services is silver, for everyone else it is gold. Attached shoulder straps of the established pattern.

№1 -Lieutenant-artilleryman in a ceremonial uniform; №2 - Servicemen of the 150th Idritskaya SD in front of their assault flag, hoisted on May 1, 1945 over the Reichstag building in Berlin (Victory Banner). In the photo, participants in the storming of the Reichstag, seeing off the flag to Moscow from the Berlin Tempelhof airfield on June 20, 1945 (from left to right): Captain K.Ya. Samsonov, junior sergeant M.V. Kantaria, Sergeant M.A. Egorov, senior sergeant M. Ya. Soyanov, captain S.A. Neustroev (06/20/1945); №3 -Illustration of the ceremonial uniform arr. 1943 g.

Literature / Documents:

• Types of fabrics used for sewing uniforms of the Red Army (article, composition, color, application). ()
• Rules for wearing uniforms by personnel of the red army of January 15, 1943 (download / open)
• A typical list of clothing items of junior commanding officers and rank-and-file personnel of the Red Army for summer and winter for peacetime and wartime. Introduced by order of the NKO of the USSR No. 005 dated February 1, 1941. ()

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Even in the summer months of 1941, preparations were launched to provide the personnel of the Red Army with warm clothes for the winter. The main warm things, first of all, fur coats and felt boots, were sought in various pre-war warehouses, collected as an aid to the army from the population, and were produced at an accelerated pace by industry with tolerances in the direction of simplification and reduction in cost. As a result, the active army was completely satisfied with warm things. Which led to some variety in color and cut of the form in the winter of 1941/1942.

Air Force pilot 1943-45, senior sergeant, Don cavalry units 1943

By the way, the German industry could not provide its army with winter uniforms, and it is not necessary to say that the blitzkrieg, assumed the capture of Moscow before winter, it was already clear in the fall that it did not smell like blitzkrieg. Yes, and the capture of Moscow did not mean the end of the war, nor did they go to the tropics, so somewhere the German quartermasters did not work, therefore, during the winter hostilities, the Wehrmacht's losses from frostbite exceeded the number of combat losses.

The composition of the rear units and institutions, motor transport units of combat formations, as well as drivers of all branches of the military, instead of an overcoat, began to be given a double-breasted wadded jacket. The great tension with the provision of clothing was due to the decline in the output of light industry products, some of whose enterprises had not yet established production in the evacuation, and those who remained in the field were experiencing difficulties with raw materials, energy and labor. For those who like to argue whose uniform or whose tanks and aircraft are the best, and so on, the answer is simple.

Transfer of a very large the number of defense enterprises in the Urals, and their launch into the technological cycle in such a short time. Has no analogues in history, just in such volumes and over such distances, no one has ever transferred the industry, and is unlikely to transfer in the future, the largest industrial migration. So just for this feat the rear officials need to build a huge, enormous monument. By the way, German industry was completely transferred to a war footing only in 1943, and before that, only 25% went to military needs of the total.

For the same reason, the project prepared for May 1942 on the introduction of new insignia was postponed, which assumed by October 1, 1942 to provide the entire Red Army with shoulder straps.

Pilot of naval aviation 1943-45, tankman winter uniform 1942-44

And only in 1943, the order of January 15, People's Commissar of Defense I. Stalin No. 25 "On the introduction of new insignia and changes in the uniform of the Red Army" introduced new insignia, Military uniform of the Soviet red army 1943-1945, and here is the order for changes.
I ORDER:

1. Establish the wearing of epaulettes: FIELD - by servicemen in the Army in the field and personnel of units prepared for sending to the front, EVERYDAY - by servicemen of other units and institutions of the Red Army, as well as when wearing dress uniform.
2. The entire composition of the Red Army should switch to new insignia - shoulder straps from February 1 to February 15, 1943.
3. Make changes to the uniform of the Red Army personnel according to the description.
4. Introduce the "Rules for wearing uniforms by the personnel of the Red Army".
5. Allow the wearing of the existing uniform with new insignia until the next issue of the uniform, in accordance with the current terms and norms of supply.
6. Unit commanders and chiefs of garrisons strictly monitor the observance of uniforms and the correct wearing of new insignia.

People's Commissar of Defense I. STALIN.

And how many small changes and nuances that followed, with the introduction of a new form, let us take, for example, gymnastics. For the gymnasts of the existing model, the following changes are introduced: The collars of the tunics of all models instead of the turn-down ones - standing, soft, fastened with through loops in the front on two shaped buttons of a small size. Shoulder straps of the established pattern are fastened on the shoulders. The sleeve insignia of the tunic are canceled.

Red Army infantryman and lieutenant 1943-45

Infantryman of the Red Army in the second half of the war. M1940 helmet olive green, 1943 tunic has a stand-up collar, no breast pockets, on the left the medal for "Defense of Stalingrad" was instituted on December 22, 1942. The difference in shade between the elements of clothing is not significant; Manufacturing tolerances and a large number of manufacturing facilities have resulted in a wide range of khaki, or as it is called, a security color. A flask with water of glass design, bags for F-1 and PPSh-41 grenades with a drum magazine. On the back there is a simple cotton backpack or duffel bag.
Lieutenant. The cap has a crimson edging, like the cuffs of the shirt. Gymnast from 1943 with flap inside pockets, still wears blue breeches. With two prongs, a belt buckle was carried in 1943, in a Tokarev or TT holster, behind the belt a rocket launcher.

Red Army. 1943 Infantry Standard Field Uniform

Gymnastics of the commanding staff instead of patch pockets have welt (internal) pockets covered with valves. Uniforms for privates and sergeants - no pockets. On August 5, 1944, welt chest pockets were introduced on the tunics of women of the enlisted and non-commissioned officers.

Red Army, medical staff uniform, 1943

Most of the medical staff were women. Navy blue berets and skirts have been part of the dress uniform for the Red Army since the pre-war days, khakis were assigned in May and August 1942, but most women wore standard male uniforms, or wore mixed clothing that was more comfortable.

76 women were awarded the title "Hero of the Soviet Union", many of them posthumously. From September 16, 1944, sergeants and Red Army men were also officially allowed to have breast welt pockets, but only if they received an officer's uniform that was unfit to wear after putting it in order.

Major General Land Forces 1943-44

Combinations of shapes from different time periods were quite common during the war. Gymnastics shirt, 1935, hinged collar, but shoulder straps are sewn, With hand-embroidered lace weaves in khaki and silver stars. Khaki cap - widely used by all officers in the second half of the war. This type of commander's bag is supplied under Lend-Lease.

Military uniform of the Soviet red army 1943-1945.

Camouflage clothing.

Camouflage clothing, Red Army 1943-1945

A large number of different colors of camouflage were produced during the war, and were used mainly by snipers, scouts, and mountain troops. Camouflages are loose-fitting to be worn over any combination of uniform and equipment, with large hoods to cover the helmet.
From left to right. The most common camouflage is two-piece, but there were also one-piece overalls. The colors are varied, brown, black or dark green on a pale olive green background. Further, the simplest form of camouflage: garlands of grass, wrapping the body, equipment and weapons to break up the image of their visual structure.
The next one. By the end of the war, an alternative type of suit was produced - although not in the same quantities. It was olive green, with a lot of small loops all over the surface to hold tufts of grass. And the last type of dressing gown was used by the troops during the Winter War with Finland in 1939-40. and much more widely during the Great Patriotic War.
Some photos from that time show that some overalls were reversible, but it is not clear when this was introduced or how widely it was used.

Scout of the Red Army, 1944-45

This camouflage suit, produced during the Great Patriotic War, first appeared in 1944, and it seems that it was not very widespread. The complexity of the pattern: a paler background, a sawtooth pattern like "seaweed" and interspersed with large brown spots to destroy the image. The scout is armed with a PPS-43 submachine gun, the best submachine gun of the Second World War, the German MP-40 was not lying around. PPS-43 is lighter and cheaper than PPSh-41, which to some extent began to be replaced by the latter during the last two years of the war. The box magazine was much more convenient and simpler than the complex round PPSh drum. Three spare magazines in a simple flap bag with wooden buttons. 1940 model knife, 1940 model helmet; lace-up lend-lease boots.

Junior lieutenant rifle units, winter uniform, 1944

A fur coat or sheepskin coat was a popular item of winter clothing, produced in both civilian and military versions. Depending on the length, it was used both in the infantry and in mechanized units.

Captain of the border troops of the NKVD, ceremonial uniform of 1945

Officer's dress jacket, double-breasted, fitted skirt. It was introduced in 1943. The version of the border troops differed from other NKVD troops, only in green piping and the color of the crown of the cap, the color of the collar tabs and cuffs. On the chest "Order of the Red Banner", established in August 1924; medals "For Military Merit" and "For Victory over Germany".
The cap has a gilded metal cockade, a hand-embroidered V-badge. Blue piping at collar and cuffs. On the chest there is a medal for "For the Defense of Moscow", established on May 1, 1944.

Lieutenant General, full dress uniform 1945

The parade uniform was worn by marshals and generals, commanders of fronts and formations who took part in the parade in honor of the victory over Germany in Moscow on June 24, 1945.

The uniform, introduced in 1943, but not issued until the end of the war.

Sergeant. 1945 ceremonial uniform

A uniform with a standing collar with buttonholes, flaps in the back of the skirt, scarlet piping on the collar, cuffs and pocket flaps. The uniform was sewn to each according to individual measurements, more than 250 ceremonial generals' uniforms of a new model were sewn, and in total, in the factories, in the workshops and ateliers of the capital, over 10 thousand sets of various uniforms for the parade participants were produced in three weeks. In the hands of the standard of the German infantry battalion. On the right side of the chest of the Order of the "Red Star" and "Patriotic War", above the sign "Guard". On the left chest there is a Gold Star "Hero of the Soviet Union", and a block from the awards. At the parade, all fronts and fleets were represented by the participants, the participants must be awarded orders and medals. That is, real selected front-line soldiers took part in the parade.

After passing with the banners and standards of Germany lowered, they were burned along with the platform, and the gloves carrying the banners and standards were also burned.
In February 1946, the people's commissariats of defense and the navy were merged and transformed into a single ministry of the armed forces of the USSR, and the armed forces themselves acquired new names: "Soviet army" and "naval forces".
Since 1946, in fact, work begins on new samples of the form.