Author Topic: Blackout in Moscow (Read 766 times)

Curval · « **Reply #15 on:** May 26, 2005, 01:00:08 PM »

Chop Garlic....BAM1

Boroda · « **Reply #16 on:** May 26, 2005, 01:29:42 PM »

It's a War time poster about partisans breaking enemy communication lines.

A caption reflects the attitude towards muscovites, most of provincial Russians don't like us, they think that we "sit on millions" and stole their money. So, for some people it's a nice accident to "teach lazy and evil muscovites". It says something like "Now you're over, muscovites!" in a... hmm... impolite way

Hawklore · « **Reply #17 on:** May 26, 2005, 01:54:46 PM »

Hey Boroda..

I got my uniform and weapon now all I need is rank!

I'm ready to serve a country that is not mine and well.. I don't even speak the damn language..

Go Russkies!

Staroshinya!

Boroda · « **Reply #18 on:** May 26, 2005, 02:12:12 PM »

Boots are WRONG! You need leg-wrappings with them. You simply can't understand the comfort of your cavalry-trousers with such boots.

Spoon must be in a bootleg

Combat Merit medal - isn't it too much? Such medals were usually earned with blood...

Guards badge - it's up to you. By the time the new uniform with shoulder straps was adopted - it was already in use IIRC, at least my GrandFather, Guards Mortar Corps had it.

The "Master in speciality" (like scout, sniper, or even coock

) badge is probably post-war, I don't know...

Medical bag wass an accessory of female nurses

Gas-mask bag will be better, but without a gas-mask itself, soldiers usually threw away that useless piece of equipment, using a bag because it was good for carrying posessions...

Boroda · « **Reply #19 on:** May 26, 2005, 02:14:22 PM »

Forgot it: do you have a leather belt? Looks like a "wooden" artificial leather belt, it was invented after the War.

Estel · « **Reply #20 on:** May 26, 2005, 04:27:37 PM »

Quote

Originally posted by Wolfala
2 weeks and I get to live the excitement! But I have to admit Pavel, the thought of being stuck in the elevator in Izmalevo makes me think about taking the stairs for now...

Just call me ;-) You can ask Leonid Guerero about lift ;-) There was a funny story in the lift blocked on 22-th floor in Moscow.

Wolfala · « **Reply #21 on:** May 26, 2005, 04:30:24 PM »

Quote

Originally posted by Estel
Just call me ;-) You can ask Leonid Guerero about lift ;-) There was a funny story in the lift blocked on 22-th floor in Moscow.

Details....

Hawklore · « **Reply #22 on:** May 26, 2005, 09:13:16 PM »

Leg wrappings?

Gotem..

Medal for Valor?

Got it for two things while reenacting..

Throwing a lit grenade away from my Field Commander (And Comissar)

Suicide run with a grenade on an MG position...

Reenacting.. is that.. were awarded for **** we do that woulda gotten us shot, or killed..

And well letting a grenade fall that close to your Field Commander and not diving on it.. that'll get you shot..

Excellent Medic Badge? Verifies that I'm allowed to adminester First Aid/CPR while in the field in a Real Life situation..

Medic Bag? Men were medics as well.. Thats why I cary a rifle aswell, I'm a combat medic in the first sense.. It also carries modern medical equipment..

The Belt? Fake leather, but the real leather belt I have is falling apart, and it looks good with the uniform in RL and is much dirtier now..

Spoon not in the boots?

Well it is a photograph you Nazi.

DREDIOCK · « **Reply #23 on:** May 26, 2005, 09:24:32 PM »

Power outages? is that all this thread is about?

By the title of the thred I thought perhaps Louis Farrakhan had visited, started running his mouth and was thrown out.

What you all need is antimonoply laws,. Have that big conglomerate broken down into smaller companies and let em compete with one another

Hangtime · « **Reply #24 on:** May 26, 2005, 09:53:29 PM »

Quote

Originally posted by Hawklore
Leg wrappings?

Gotem..

Medal for Valor?

Got it for two things while reenacting..

Throwing a lit grenade away from my Field Commander (And Comissar)

Suicide run with a grenade on an MG position...

Reenacting.. is that.. were awarded for **** we do that woulda gotten us shot, or killed..

And well letting a grenade fall that close to your Field Commander and not diving on it.. that'll get you shot..

Excellent Medic Badge? Verifies that I'm allowed to adminester First Aid/CPR while in the field in a Real Life situation..

Medic Bag? Men were medics as well.. Thats why I cary a rifle aswell, I'm a combat medic in the first sense.. It also carries modern medical equipment..

The Belt? Fake leather, but the real leather belt I have is falling apart, and it looks good with the uniform in RL and is much dirtier now..

Spoon not in the boots?

Well it is a photograph you Nazi.

Hawk, he's a Commie. The bonafide article, the real deal; knows his stuff. He ain't a Nazi.

Advice: Never call a Commie a Nazi.

Ever. Not a 'healthy' thing to do.

Hawklore · « **Reply #25 on:** May 26, 2005, 10:01:56 PM »

Quote

Originally posted by Hangtime
Hawk, he's a Commie. The bonafide article, the real deal; knows his stuff. He ain't a Nazi.

Advice: Never call a Commie a Nazi.

Ever. Not a 'healthy' thing to do.

Being a communist dosn't mean he knows this stuff..

Granted they havn't changed since they started..

Which shows alot about that..

Their uniforms stayed the same for 50yrs, and the weapons pretty much did too, except going automatic..

Reliable, Jamable, Accurate, Cheap, Pieces of wanted ****..

Calling a communist a Nazi is nothing..

Calling him a fascist would be worst..

Plus a communist getting on someone who's reenacting a WWII communist and correcting him on flaws, just shows that he hasn't done true research on the Russian people during WWII, I've seen photos of male medics, photos of spoons in pockets, granted most likely after chow, and Soviet peasents smiling.. The Russian people were innovative and strong, and made do with what they had..

Boost morale of a unit? Heres a medal...

Running low of ugly women? Give an ugly guy a medics bag.

I'll take the rifle Boroda, you take the ammo..

Boroda · « **Reply #26 on:** May 27, 2005, 12:21:11 PM »

Quote

Originally posted by Hawklore
Being a communist dosn't mean he knows this stuff..

Should I include "I am not a communist" into my sig?

Quote

Originally posted by Hawklore
Granted they havn't changed since they started..

Which shows alot about that..

Their uniforms stayed the same for 50yrs, and the weapons pretty much did too, except going automatic..

Hmm. Should I make a lecture about Russian/Soviet uniforms?...

The "gymnastic shirt" you have was introduced in 1867 IIRC, during Turkestan wars. It lasted for 100 years, to be replaced by ordinary cotton jackets because when you have severe burns (like after a nuclear explosion) - it's painfull to pull the shirt over.

Your 1943 uniform is very similar to 1912 uniform that was a first khaki in Russian army. The stand-up collar resembles traditional Russian shirt, shoulder-straps traditional (for the army) too, and were abandoned in Red Army until 1943.

Traditional boots don't have laces and have high bootlegs, during a War "kirza" (artificial leather) was invented and used for boot-legs, officers had leather boots.

"Wooden" belt is an uncomfortable thing IMHO... They appeared in 1970s IIRC.

"Pilotka" stayed the same since late-30s, until 1980s when "experimental" uniform was tested in Afghanistan.

"Riding-breeches" are pretty comfortable with high boots, I wore this combination when hiking for several years.

Boots are usually worn with foot wraps, socks are uncomfortable and don't last long.

Sorry, I just tried to check your uniform for anachronisms. And sorry for the "exellent in speciality" badge - I was mistaken, they appeared in 1943.

Quote

Originally posted by Hawklore
Calling a communist a Nazi is nothing..

Calling him a fascist would be worst..

I don't care, it's only Internet. In RL many people will get really offended by "nazi" or "fascist".

Quote

Originally posted by Hawklore
Plus a communist getting on someone who's reenacting a WWII communist and correcting him on flaws, just shows that he hasn't done true research on the Russian people during WWII, I've seen photos of male medics, photos of spoons in pockets, granted most likely after chow, and Soviet peasents smiling.. The Russian people were innovative and strong, and made do with what they had..

Yes, I haven't done any "true research". I simply don't need it. If I have questions - I have some people near me to ask them. My Father is a veteran, served in 1943-87. I am a first "civilian" (not an officer) in a family for three generations.

Spoon in a bootleg - my attempt to joke was futile as usual. A soldier must always have a spoon ready.

Quote

Originally posted by Hawklore
Boost morale of a unit? Heres a medal...

Running low of ugly women? Give an ugly guy a medics bag.

I'll take the rifle Boroda, you take the ammo..

I still don't understand real combat medals worn by re-enactors. Sorry, it may be my own problem of understanding.

Hawklore · « **Reply #27 on:** May 27, 2005, 09:05:55 PM »

Quote

Originally posted by Boroda
Should I include "I am not a communist" into my sig?

Hmm. Should I make a lecture about Russian/Soviet uniforms?...

The "gymnastic shirt" you have was introduced in 1867 IIRC, during Turkestan wars. It lasted for 100 years, to be replaced by ordinary cotton jackets because when you have severe burns (like after a nuclear explosion) - it's painfull to pull the shirt over.

Your 1943 uniform is very similar to 1912 uniform that was a first khaki in Russian army. The stand-up collar resembles traditional Russian shirt, shoulder-straps traditional (for the army) too, and were abandoned in Red Army until 1943.

Traditional boots don't have laces and have high bootlegs, during a War "kirza" (artificial leather) was invented and used for boot-legs, officers had leather boots.

"Wooden" belt is an uncomfortable thing IMHO... They appeared in 1970s IIRC.

"Pilotka" stayed the same since late-30s, until 1980s when "experimental" uniform was tested in Afghanistan.

"Riding-breeches" are pretty comfortable with high boots, I wore this combination when hiking for several years.

Boots are usually worn with foot wraps, socks are uncomfortable and don't last long.

Sorry, I just tried to check your uniform for anachronisms. And sorry for the "exellent in speciality" badge - I was mistaken, they appeared in 1943.

I don't care, it's only Internet. In RL many people will get really offended by "nazi" or "fascist".

Yes, I haven't done any "true research". I simply don't need it. If I have questions - I have some people near me to ask them. My Father is a veteran, served in 1943-87. I am a first "civilian" (not an officer) in a family for three generations.

Spoon in a bootleg - my attempt to joke was futile as usual. A soldier must always have a spoon ready.

I still don't understand real combat medals worn by re-enactors. Sorry, it may be my own problem of understanding.

There are millions of them.. and we wear them with pride because we know someone did do something to earn this.. and now we have their medal.. we take care of it.. And preserve it..

I wear low boots.. their not authentic.. Their navy boondockers..

lada · « **Reply #28 on:** May 28, 2005, 07:58:32 AM »

Quote

Originally posted by T0J0
You live in a Democratic society, contact your politician and complain.

????

duno .. but i rather contact the one who send me bills for electricity....

How is it related to local politics ?