General words you might want at reconstruction ...tolsti - fat... You'll definitely need that! ...mak'loud - someone who never takes hits! (I co...

We got the chance to put some questions to a group of veterans in Moscow one time. Here's what they had to say on helmets..... Some of the older sold...

Comrades, Part of the fun of being Progressive is you have to look for it.... It is very much a Historic Mission to Conform to the Norms of this Dire...

I will add that the thing about collecting Red Army kit is that there is nowhere here in the UK where you can pick up the gear (original or repro) all...

It applies to trousers as well. They still maintained the two issues - May and October but what we're being told is that they just changed the unifor...

You beat me to it! This is a good guide I appreciate I probably come across as some sort of hardcore living history nut but I promise I'm much mor...

Gadge, got your reply thanks. I've given a heads up to the guys so we should be OK to help out with correct RKKA uniforms. We can do all variants of...

a new copy of " adolph hitler, my part in his downfall" by spike milligan.( well i say "new" 50p at a car boot sale) Fantastic s...

And even sadder! I think I've figured it out. The word Vzvod means platoon. I bet that's what they have as Svad. I can sleep easy now....

So, sad git that I am, I went off to check some of this. In my (1953 dated) Russian-English dictionary the word Svad simply doesn't exist. I then we...