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English: Pages from New Notes on the the Red Army; No 2 Uniforms and insignia, a military manual published in August, 1944 during World War II by the War Office, a department of the British Government responsible for the administration of the British Army.
  • Page 02: Red Army sinter uniforms; a Marshal of Artillery wearing insignia
  • Page 03: A. Uniforms 1. General
On the 6th January, 1943, a Decree of the Praesidium of the Supreme Soviet of the U.S.S.R. introduced new insignia for the personnel of the Red Army.
This Decree stated that the introduction of shoulder-straps. in lieu of the former badges of rank worn on the gorget patch, was made at the request of the People's Commissariat of Defence. These are to be entirely superseded. and in future no chevrons of rank are to be worn on the sleeve (officers). Other ranks are now to wear the number of their unit on their shoulder-straps.
The introduction of this change of uniform was to take place during the period 1-15 February, 1943. It is interesting to note that these shoulder- straps are very similar to the pre-revolutionary Russian uniform, and the "Red Star," in an article describing the details of this re-introduction of shoulder-straps, went as far as to explain that while the Tsarist officers were enemies of the people and that therefore the Red Army at first refused to wear the pre-revolutionary shoulder-straps, the country can now trust her soldiers to wear the traditional uniform of the Russian people. (Another significant departure from the Red Army's principles is the re-introduction of the words "officer" and "soldier," which have hitherto been scrupulously replaced by "commanders" and "fighting men." This change is not yet fully accepted, but is evidently intended to be encouraged).
Until this recent reform there were no visual means of identifying the unit to which a Red Army soldier belonged. The new decree states that shoulder- straps on walking-out dress will identify the unit of the wearer; this is a further step towards building up regimental tradition.
NOTE: The Red Army is divided up for all purposes into five categories referring to the various grades of personnel. Categories are composed as follows:
Generals ... Marshals and generals
Senior Officers ...Colonels, lieutenant colonels and majors
Junior Officers ... Captains, senior lieutenants, lieutenants and junior lieutenants
Serjeants ... All non-commissioned officers
Privates ... Red Army men
Uncredited author; unlisted, unknown, or anonymous designer/illustrator. Governmental publication of the United Kingdom. No known copyright restrictions.
Date August 1944
Source New Notes on the the Red Army; No 2 Uniforms and insignia (War Office August 1944)
Author Uncredited author; unlisted, unknown, or anonymous designer/illustrator. Governmental publication issued by the Chief of the Imperial General Staff of the War Office of the United Kingdom. No known copyright restrictions.
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