Reply With QuoteNice pics once again, but I did not post the czech pics. Anyway I believe you are talking about the rain pattern camo. What I always heard was it's good to throw off night vision.Originally Posted by Smersh
nice pics Yankeebob.
whats the history behind the czech and german camo pattern with the tiny line design.
Nice pics once again, but I did not post the czech pics. Anyway I believe you are talking about the rain pattern camo. What I always heard was it's good to throw off night vision.
Now I can't remember how exactly it went, but its something like it was a Polish thing first, then the Czechs had it (or could be the other way around) and then the DDR had it. Certainly when the DDR had it the Poles changed to the worm pattern as they didn't want to look like "Germans"
Does it work? No, no really, the macro pattern is too small to be picked up by the human eye at any distance, most of the time it just plays the part of a olive drab cammoflage, which is quite effective for moving troops (as opposed to stationary ones). Soviet tactics (of which the rest were part of) are all about rapid movement, there is no need for cammoflage in rapidly moving mechanised troops.
Remember a cammo uniform plays just the same role as a red or blue coat of old... its all about national ID and being able to distinguish friend from foe quickly.
Czechoslovak Army addopted vz.60 battledress "jehličí"/needles in 1960, and men, Not only the Czechs, but the Czechs and the Slovaks or Czechoslovakia if you want to talk about Czechoslovak commies army.
some Czechoslovak Air Force videos
MiG-15bisSB
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbwyGJW45nQ
Su-7b/BM/BKL/UB
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yu7cAPF_ZcY
a lot of planes and backround
http://www.patricksaviation.com/videos/rumcajs/1286/
http://www.patricksaviation.com/videos/rumcajs/1287/
some more air force photos later
I think thata desatnik is right, it's SSh-40.
Can anybody tell me what's going on in this picture? Looks like they are being knighted.That's the lie we usually tell westerners to full them.
The truth is that the senior officer is cutting off their ears for traditional Polish red Borsht.
hey nice post Rumcajsdiky
btw dont you have anything about Czech paratroopers from 1968 in english if possible? somehting similar to this:
http://www.reflex.cz/Clanek13848.html - "preparing for civil war"
That's the lie we usually tell westerners to full them.
The truth is that the senior officer is cutting off their ears for traditional Polish red Borsht.
Warsaw pact troops colour plates. Illustrated by Ron Volstad
Part. I DDR & CSLA
Part. II Poland & Bulgaria
Part. III (Final) Hungary, Romania & NBC Suits
And thats all! Enjoy!
mmm-mmm-mmm, Mike tyson would love this!!!That's the lie we usually tell westerners to full them.
The truth is that the senior officer is cutting off their ears for traditional Polish red Borsht.
Thank you for posting pictures I made for valka.cz
pretty much has changed for the last 20 years...
Thanks to all for the info re: my helmet!
Great thread BTW - I'll look through my archives to see if I have anything cool to post...
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