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During the reforms of the late 1960's, it was decided to abandon the old rank insignia in favor of a more modern system. After all, the old system had been in use since the early days of the Great Patriotic war. The changes were soon made, and built on the changes made in the 1958 officer's uniforms. It continued a trend away from the early Soviet years, and reminded many of the old Tsarist patterns.
In this section are displayed the common everyday shoulder boards worn by air force and paratrooper personnel. They will eventually cover every rank from Colonel-General to Private soldier, but for now we only a few shoulder boards.
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Service Pattern |
Parade Pattern |
Parade for |
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Captain |
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Senior Lieutenant |
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Lieutenant |
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Junior Lieutenant |
Coming Soon! |
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Senior Officers |
Service |
Parade* |
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Colonel |
Coming Soon! | Coming Soon! |
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Lieutenant Colonel |
Coming Soon! | Coming Soon! |
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Major |
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Junior Officers |
Service |
Parade* |
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Commander | Coming Soon! |
Coming Soon! |
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Senior Lieutenant | Coming Soon! |
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Lieutenant |
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| Junior Lieutenant | Coming Soon! | Coming Soon! |
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An interesting note about warrant
officers is that this rank was not originally included in
the 1968 reforms. It was later added in 1971 to provide
career senior enlisted men with a means of advancement. Warrant officer shoulder boards also differ from the
commissioned officer boards in that they are of a completely
different color depending on the branch of service on their
everyday and parade uniforms. The color is identical to
their shoulder patch (light blue for Air Force and
Paratroopers, Red for Motor Rifles, Band, and Medical
personnel, and Black for all others). | |
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Senior Warrant Officer | (Picture Coming Soon) |
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Warrant Officer |
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In this section you will find the shoulderboards worn by conscript
soldiers, sergeants, and extended servicemen of the air force and
paratrooper forces. |
Officer Cadets (Kursants) wore modified shoulder boards based on their rank. The basic type (for privates) had two yellow stripes and the letter K (for Kursant) on them. If the cadet was of higher rank then he was allowed to wear his rank stripes on the basic board an example of this, a cadet corporal, is shown below. | ||
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Sergeant Major |
Coming Soon! |
Cadet Starshina |
Coming Soon! |
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Senior Sergeant | Coming Soon! | Cadet Senior Sergeant |
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Sergeant |
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Junior Sergeant |
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Corporal |
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Private |
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