Chinese DShK - Type 54. Practical usage during the Soviet-Afghan War
Secrets of Chinese version of DShK machine gun - Type 54
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Vlad Besedovskyy
- May 15
- 4 min
DShKM or "Dushka" - famous 12.7 machine gun in the Soviet-Afghan War
Did Soviet tankers like the DShK machine guns installed on their tanks?
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Vlad Besedovskyy
- May 2
- 3 min
VSS Vintorez used by Ukrainian special forces in Iraq
How did Ukrainian got VSS Vintorez rifles?
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Vlad Besedovskyy
- May 1
- 7 min
RP-46: the most mysterious Soviet Machine Gun
Why aren't there many pictures of RP-46 in use?
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Vlad Besedovskyy
- Apr 30
- 4 min
Soviet officer map-case bag
Set-up and contents of the officers bag
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Vlad Besedovskyy
- Apr 28
- 4 min
Single use anti-tank weapons in Afghanistan - RPG-18, RPG-22 and RPG-26
Everything you need to know about hand held grenades in Afghanistan
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Vlad Besedovskyy
- Apr 17
- 4 min
RD-54 modification setups and instruction
Everything you need to know about the most iconic soviet backpack
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Vlad Besedovskyy
- Apr 16
- 10 min
50 shadows (and cuts!) of Butan - the famous Soviet TTsKo camouflage
Biggest article on Butan you will find on the web
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Vlad Besedovskyy
- Apr 15
- 5 min
Did Soviet Army ever paradropped in Afghanistan?
The nature of the myth is unclear, but we have some pretty good theories. The first one comes from...
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Vlad Besedovskyy
- Apr 14
- 5 min
Soviet Army winter uniform
Everything you wanted to know about the soviet winter uniform
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Vlad Besedovskyy
- Apr 13
- 3 min
Typical regimental structure in Soviet Army
Structure of the Soviet Army regiment
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Vlad Besedovskyy
- Apr 12
- 5 min
Why Soviets hated PKM tripod?
Ever seen many photos of PKM deployed on the tripod?
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Vlad Besedovskyy
- Apr 11
- 3 min
UNIFIL - Ukrainian peacekeeping forces in Lebanon (with photos)
Ukrainian peacekeepers participated in numerous missions in the last 30 years. They have been involved in a big number of countries...
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Vlad Besedovskyy
- Apr 10
- 4 min
Soviet Spetsnaz GRU uniform
The Soviet Spetsnaz is usually presented as a legendary unit. It would only make sense, if such guys were to wear some very special...
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Vlad Besedovskyy
- Apr 9
- 6 min
Soviet-Afghan war timeline
In detail description of the events
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Vlad Besedovskyy
- Apr 8
- 5 min
RPK and RPK-74. Soviet LMGs in Soviet-Afghan war
Everything you ever wanted to know about light machine guns in Afghanistan
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Vlad Besedovskyy
- Apr 7
- 3 min
"Time is money". Wrist watches during the Soviet-Afghan war
This article is translated from the memoirs of the Soviet soldiers, who served in the 40th Army in Afghanistan, during the Soviet-Afghan war
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Vlad Besedovskyy
- Apr 6
- 3 min
How much did Soviet soldiers earn in Afghanistan
The question that is often overlooked by those who study the topic. People from the Western countries seem to think...
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Vlad Besedovskyy
- Apr 5
- 3 min
Soviet 40th Army - the list of all units
This article will feature the majority of the main divisions, brigades, separate regiments and other units, who participated in Soviet-Afgh
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Vlad Besedovskyy
- Apr 4
- 6 min
Life on Soviet outposts during the Soviet-Afghan war
Everything you need to know about the life of a Soviet soldier on an outpost in Afghanistan
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