Hi Guys, does anyone have a period photo of this five peice body armour in wear?
Cheers, Ade.
Hi Guys, does anyone have a period photo of this five peice body armour in wear?
Cheers, Ade.
As I heard from different sources- one told that this is Czarist experimental armor, which was lay in the stocks, second which is more honest IMHO, says that this pre-war experimental model. Interesting that they was discovered only in Wolchow front. I've never seen the pictures being use, but for sure I've found them a lot in Narva front.
Hi Dimas, I beleive the second theory.
Here is a document which Sergey on WAF kindly shared with the forum there:
If you could translate it exactly, that would be great, as my Russian is poor.
Cheers, Ade.
So there is nothing special written about the 5 sections armor
Will try to translate
The letter to the Peoples Comissar of Defence Voroshilov
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Top Secret
I've gave direction to producing the experimental body armors in Lysvinsky metall factory. They must be made till the January,1 of 1938 year. From a full ammount of 500 pcs, half of them ( 250 pcs) must be heavy 4-5 kg and other 250 pcs -light 2-2,5 kg
Peoples comissar of heavy industry,
Kaganovich
That is very interesting about there being too different weights of armour being tried.
Thank you very much!
Cheers, Ade.
As seen by me 5 section armors where at minimum in 6 different sizes
no photos)
my camrades in Sevastopol.
second from right its me)
Wow! I must admit, I didn't know these were used during WW2. I thought they were last used in WW1.
heh... how can ya use a SN in WW1 ? Its a 1938 year model... Учи мат часть.
(с) I dont know how to translate)
These pics are really great to see
I am having made SN42 armour for our group.
Cheers, Ade.
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