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Left: Machine gunner of Red Army's S.M. Kirov 201st Airborne Brigade. Despite the fact that brigade was used as an infantry (as a part of the 5th Airborne Corps), this soldier is wearing special overalls and accoutrements designed for parachute jumps (except for a parachute itself). The warrior is armed with a7.62rnm light machine-gun designed by Degtiarev of the 1927 model. Latvia, early July 1941.
Right: Tank company commander of the 5th Motorized Rifle Regiment/22nd Motorized Rifle Division of NKVD. That division was operationally subordinate to Commander and Headquarters of the Baltic Special Military District. Collar tabs of tanker are not usual black, but madder red, in spite of the tank emblem. The service cap of the NKVD Lieutenant is also a traditional one: the cap band is of madder colour, the cap crown is dark-blue. The same distinctive colours were used in clothing of commanders of armoured trains of NKVD. Vicinity of Riga, July 1941.
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Left: One of air assault group commanders comprising Major I. Starchak's consolidated team. Major Starchak was the chief of the Western Front Airborne Service. One can see special Aiborne troops commanders jumpsuit - pea jacket, trousers with patch pockets, unts (special winter footgear), warm sweater - designed for jumps in winter. The armament: a 7.62-mm PPD-34/38 submachine gun, F-1 grenades. Region of Ugra River, October 1941.
Right: Senior Lieutenant of NKVD Frontier Guard Troops serving in the I. Piyashev's 32nd Frontier Guards Regiment that was attached to the 1st Guard Rifle Corps. He's wearing an NKVD troops overcoat, a Finnish cap. leather high boots. He's armed with a 7,62-mm PPSh submachine gun and a 9-mm Mauzer pistol in a wooden holster. Vicinity of Orel, October 1941.