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The years following the uniform regulations of 1969 saw several minor changes as new ranks and uniforms were introduced. The first of these were the warrant officer uniforms in the early 70's. The next change came in 1980 when the silver parade boards of the intendance service were abolished. Further changes occurred in 1986 with the introduction of parade boards for officers, and a new type of board for a new enlisted shirtsleeve uniform. These new boards would become an official part of the 1989 regulations. |
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In this section are displayed the common everyday shoulder boards worn by army personnel. They will eventually cover every rank from General to Private soldier, but for now we have an incomplete, but diverse selection of shoulder boards worn by officers and enlisted men. When available we also display the differing Parade and Greatcoat shoulder boards worn by officers.
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Lt. Colonel |
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Senior Lieutenant |
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Lieutenant |
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Junior Lieutenant |
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Senior Officers |
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Lieutenant Colonel |
Coming Soon! | Coming Soon! |
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Major |
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Junior Officers |
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Captain |
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Senior Lieutenant |
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Lieutenant |
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Junior Lieutenant (Artillery) |
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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). Field boards are
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Motor Rifles, Medical, Band Everyday Color Pattern |
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Warrant Officer |
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Shoulderboards of the 1969 regulations included two colors of boards for enlisted men. Red boards marked with the Soviet Army 'CA' letters were used by motor riflemen, band and medical personnel. All other army troops used black shoulder boards. These boards were used on all enlisted service uniforms, with yellow stripes being used to denote rank. Field uniforms would not use the colored boards and instead have red stripes sewn for rank directly on the shoulders. In practice soldiers would wear both service and field uniforms in the field. In 1986 a new regulation introduced a dress shirt uniform for enlisted personnel similar to those used by officers. These uniforms used smaller green shoulder boards, with a branch of service insignia on them. They were attached to the uniform by a plastic strap and fastened with a gold colored button. | |||
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Sergeant Major (Starshina) |
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Senior Sergeant |
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Junior Sergeant | Coming Soon! |
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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. The
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