On closer inspection the 7.62x25 (Tokarev) box looks like it might be Polish.
Has anyone used this site ,it seems they have some good stuff and some good prices It looks familiar but not sure. These buckle boots look good o...
The star on the front is, generally speaking, an early war thing. For reasons that should be fairly obvious. And, to judge from pictures/surviving exa...
This Moscow based dealer has a selection of footwear including botki. Whole footwear section Enlisted sapogi with the studded soles
The RKKA was all about lend lease, as much as 10% of their kit came from these sources. It's a little jingoistic to deny it. How can the RKKA be &quo...
Soviet Stores is Tanya, drop her a line and ask if she's likely to get some in any time soon. The key words are 'enlisted man' and 'kirza'.
Assuming you're talking about sapogi (the link doesn't work for me) the enlisted man's boots aren't all leather. It's a rubber sole*, leather foot and...
Maybe, US boots are, pretty much, a mystery to me. Coming at things from a reenactment direction we don't allow obviously US or British boots as we'r...
What the US sold under Lend lease was a design called "Russian Boot no.2". This is allegedly a pair.
1 ruble 76! This is another set of things to get...
It's the M69 uniform, not even a postwar M43. It's up to you but it's £40 you'll never get back. Don't know where you're based but have you tried Sa...
About 45,000 M1911s were supplied between 1915 and 1916 under the Russian Contract. IIRC this was actually larger than the number supplied to the US a...
Wouldn't machinegunners be issued with pistols ( or a Nagant revolver) for self-defence? Well that's the regulations but you never see it in photos*....
Something a bit 'pole dancing' about this one. So why is she carrying a Garand?
Privyet Tovarishchi! Here's as good a guide as any... As Special Department says the leaf pattern seems to be rare until 1944/45. There are other...
I didn't mean to start a Red Army book war ! I wasn't sure how in print it was, so it could have been a good deal. I guess all you Russian guys are ...