Standard equipment 70th Guards Rifle Division. RKKA
The best uniforms come from Trident, The good ones are usually olive drab, or a salt and pepper fabric. Best choice generation 2 with Trident. http://www.tridentmilitary.com/Reproduction.uniforms.html They are listed on the trident website as: M43G2P. Reproduction Soviet M43 breeches. M432GST1. Reproduction Soviet M43 shirt tunics with standing collar. Soviet Army 100% cotton twill material and original METAL buttons. $109.95 M432GSWOP. As above, but WITHOUT POCKETS. $109.95 2. Pilotka (sidecap) with either green or original red star. M43NGCAP. M35 pilotka. Cap star not included. $20.00 Trident sells the green cap stars and the red, both work but if you get red it has to be original (which is $10) 3. Infantry shoulder boards (raspberry piping) $16-20 Shoulder boards are good from both Trident and Ostfront (Ostfront.com), I would get whatever is cheaper just make sure they have raspberry piping not red. 4. Boots either jack boots (sapoggi) or low boots with laces and leg wraps (puttees) $55-200. Boots can be gotten at a lot of places. If you want Jacks get Soviet enlisted-NCO half leather black combat boots from trident ($89) If you want low boots the best looking ones are from civilwarboots.com they make an RKKA low boot, but it’s not cheap, it also does not hold up as well as the jacks by trident, but a cobbler can make them the best. www.Frontofrussia.com, also has low boots, although they don’t look as good as the civilwarboots, they are a decent alternative. If you choose to use low boots, you must also get leg wraps (putees). Trident, has them as does whatpriceglory.com (they are listed as British WWI but they work well for soviet.
6. 2 Mosin Nagant Ammo Pouches (that is unless you have an SMG or an SVT) $20-30 each. If you use a 91-30 the best ammo pouches come from Ostfront. http://www.ostfront.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=RRFG-0036-02&Category_Code= 7. Soviet m40 helmet with 3 pad liner.
$ 25-100 Helmets tend to be hard to find in the right size. Ostfront has them
but they are not cheap ($75-100) They do appear on ebay periodically,
but be careful as there is a lot of shifty dealers out there. Recently
Sportsmansguide and Atthefront both had them in stock.
8. Vesh meshok(soviet back pack) Both trident and ostfront have them, and they are both great $25-30 9. Soviet Canteen, with cover $15-60. These can be gotten at a number of places, since the soviet style canteen did not greatly change until the 1990s! the best ones come from ostfront and are $50 as they are exact pattern. 10. 3 pocket grenade pouch, for F1 grenades. Or an Rdg33 stick grenade pouch. $10-20 can be gotten at any of the aforementioned locations. 11. Soviet E tool (shovel) and cover. $20-65 Shovels are available at Trident, Front of Russia, Ostfront, and sometimes sportsman guide that also goes for covers, they are all ok so long as the cover opens from the top not the bottom. 12. Mess kit, or soviet cook pot $20-65 mess tins can be gotten from trident, ostfront, and a few other sources. If you want a mess pot Orginals can somtimes be found on ostfront, and Collect Russia for under $70. 13. Spoon (yes I really said spoon) all Red Army soldiers carried a long wooden or metal spoon $10 Mess tins canteens, and spoons usually are cheapest at ostfront, and collectrussia.com. 15. Placsh Palatka (rain cape) leather grommets only $45 (used for shelter in lieu of a tent) Can be gotten at both Ostfront and Trident for $45 16. Guards Badges every soldier must have a Guards Badge. They pop up every now and then, the best kind our of course originals which sometimes appear on Ostfront, collectrussia, or ebay(be careful on ebay) 80s ones can be aged to look fairly decent, and can be found in a number of places in the $7-15 range, if you find one just ask your unit authenticity officer.
Optional equipment Ushanka (fur hat) $25-39 you can get these at trident, ostfront (I don’t like the ostfront ones), frontofrussia, several other sources. Padded Jacket, and pants (price really depends) hard to find Ebay or Front of Russia are best places, but they are not cheap, and I would not buy one without first having it approved. Wool Greatcoat $29-65 trident, ostfront, frontofrussia, ebay, and sometimes www.sportsmansguide.com Gasmask Bag $25-45 these are not needed but are very nice to have, you can get them from osfront, trident and several other places. Russian winter boots (valinkee) Very hard to find, but they do sell them at trident, and front of Russia for about $50-65
Weapons Mosin Nagant 91/30 long rifle $75-150 SVT Tokerev. $700-1100 PPD40 smg PPSH41 smg PPS43 smg (after 1943 only) DP28 LMG 1910 Maxim TT33 Tokerev or Nagant revolver, for officers and NCOs only! German weapons are not allowed unless they are automatic, and appropriate to the scenario.
Things never to use: No M44 carbines as they are late war only and were not common. No m38 carbines as only specialty troops would have carried these. I.e. Mortar, scout etc No M44 ammo pouches, they are incorrect. No post war red stars No postwar Ushankas No two pocket f1 Grenade pouches No Vesh Meshoks with a pocket on the back. No helmets with Czech liners (non 3 pads) No Farb swirl pattern Guards Badges No East German boots No Sunglasses No none period Glasses (i.E. ray bans etc) No panama hats No shovel covers that open from the bottom, they are farb. No orange ear plugs, they ruin lots of photos! (tan or flesh are ok, we don’t want you to lose your hearing either!)
Any items you are not sure about or are not listed here, ask some on in leadership before using.
Thanks Comrades, Remember, some loner gear is available while you are putting your kit together. |
