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Ukrainian Airborne Forces wearing dubok uniforms together with US Army at the Rapid Trident 2011 military exercise. Dubok was developed in 1997 for the Ukrainian Army. [4] It was designed as a replacement for Soviet-Era "Butan" camouflage uniform's in Ukrainian service, contrary to popular belief Dubok is not a variant of Russian, Ukrainian, or Soviet Butan, although it shares similarities ...
Dubok may refer to: Dobok, Korean martial arts uniform. Dubok (camouflage), a camouflage pattern used (formerly) by the USSR and some Post-Soviet states
The Kamuflirovannyy Letniy Maskirovochnyy Kombinezon [1] (Russian: Камуфлированный Летний Маскировочный Комбинезон, lit. 'Camouflaged Summer Disguise Coverall') [2] or KLMK is a military uniform with a camouflage pattern developed in 1968 by the Soviet Union to overcome the widespread use of night vision optics and devices by NATO countries. [3]
Russian military deception, sometimes known as maskirovka (Russian: маскировка, lit. 'masking, disguise' [ 1 ] ), is a military doctrine developed from the start of the 20th century. The doctrine covers a broad range of measures for military deception , from camouflage to denial and deception .
The Afghanka (Russian: Афганка, romanized: Afganka [ɐvˈɡankə]; proper designation: Obr88) is a type of military uniform system developed and issued by the Soviet Army in the early 1980s, still in use today in some post-Soviet states in many different variants.
The Soviet Union was the world's second largest producer of harmful emissions. In 1988, total emissions in the Soviet Union were about 79% of those in the United States. But since the Soviet GNP was only 54% of that of the United States, this means that the Soviet Union generated 1.5 times more pollution than the United States per unit of GNP. [20]
The 5th Shock Army was a Red Army field army of World War II.The army was formed on 9 December 1942 by redesignating the 10th Reserve Army.The army was formed two times prior to this with neither formation lasting more than a month before being redesignated.
Requiring a heavy machine gun similar to the M2 Browning, development of the DShK began in the Soviet Union in 1929 and the first design was finalised by Vasily Degtyaryov in 1931. [ 17 ] [ 19 ] The initial design used the same gas operation from the Degtyaryov machine gun , and used a 30 round drum magazine , but had a poor rate of fire.