3 cyrillic letters on m35 collar

[massenez]

Hello, Does anyone understand these 3 letters on the M35 collar?







Thank you for your help

Jean.

[Wagriff]

I Seem to remember from somewhere that the "OBY" designated Quartermaster....but don't quote me on that....

[RichieC]

This man is a cadet/pupil in a military academy. I believe that ОВУ was the Voroshilov General Staff Academy.

But don't quote me either, I'm quite rusty...

[Asjemenou]

As I am not mistaken I think that Wagriff is right. The soldiers on the pictures are quartermasters. OBY = Обозно вещевое управление - Quartermaster supply directorate.

[dimmuborgir95]

I think Richie was absolutely right.

..On cadets collars sewn yellow filaments or yellow paint was applied on a cliche encryption Military School.

I do not know exactly what decoding in your case, but in any case- it is a military school.

ОВУ - The first letter - "O" - is a city, in which the school was (I think it's - Omsk city) ; the second - "В" - военное (military); third letter - "У" - училище (school).

For example:

ВВУ - Виленское Военное Училище - "Vilensk city military school"



There have been many versions of these abbreviated names.

For example:

ЛПУ - Львовское Пехотное Училище - "Lvov city Infantry school"



Another abbreviation example:

АТУ - Авто Техническое Училище - "Auto Technical school", located in Leningrad.



If interested, you can see a reduction of some schools here:

https://reibert.info/threads/shifrovki-voennyx-uchilisch-rkka.664255/

[Bagration]

Hello,

Thanks for the info and the link Michael, really useful !

So that mean that the tankman on this picture is from the Kiev tank school ? am I right ?

[dimmuborgir95]

I think so, Arthur.
Kiev Tank Technical School, S.K. Timoshenko named - abbreviated "КУ".

[Asjemenou]

Interesting to know this.
I got my information from a 1950's US army manual for Soviet army abbreviations. It is coincidence that most of the military school abbreviations in this topic are also listed in this manual but with a different explanation.

[Gunny Hartmann]

Great thread guys!....

[dimmuborgir95]

Interesting to know this.
I got my information from a 1950's US army manual for Soviet army abbreviations. It is coincidence that most of the military school abbreviations in this topic are also listed in this manual but with a different explanation.

Yes, it's just a abbreviations coincidence.

Here is a small list of some abbreviations:

http://geroiss.narod.ru/sokr.htm