Content of a Soviet vdv-Spetsnaz bagpack in 3 days operational mission

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Afghanistan, 1987.
I’ll propose today for collector to see result of my research in the content of a Spetsnaz airborne personal. Everybody know the uniform, armament but what content of the “big” bagpack as we can see on film, reportage, photos?

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1 : first Chest rig

This is an original CHI com chestrig
Content Please see below, only the "first" necessary : tourniquet, aptechka (army model not civil), 2 grenade, 3 magazines, 2 flares

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In externe

Visible on straps : 2 floor flares, and special torch for airborne and special forces with battery

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Please look difference with civil pharmacy : promedol seryngue (red head). Like in Viet nam many soldier come back with dependance of this drug

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The back pack

Many RD 54 was "transformed". Special troops didn t have a pack with greart capacity. Many "hand work" are visible

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The content of RD 54

Now, we must study the content with veteran interview and photographies :

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My pack :

In exterior
first roll, up : sleeping bag and in interior, an RPG 18
second roll, down : SPP and in interior, and "afganka" parka, showel

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The interior

Content of the interior of the pack, pocket.
First, the food. I can detail for everyone combat ration for soviet troops, special troops or muntain troops. Norm winter summer. It s a longggggggg article because the"ration K" doesn t exist in soviet army.

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Food material

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On this picture :
_ Hard bread
_ Meat can
_ Chocolate
_ sugar cube
_ tea packet
_ salt packet
_ matches and packet of solid fuel

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On this picture :
_ 400g meat can
_ 500g bread can
_ choclate bar
_ sugar cubes
_ packet of instant coffee
_ fish can
_ goose pate can

As you can see, East german NVA ration. Veteran has told me that was in use food of the east block : hungarian, DDR, moldavian, baltic land.

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