11-23-2009, 11:32 PM
Material is not near as nice as M1945....I have had in two of these Kremlin sets...they are interesting...
DougD
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11-23-2009, 11:35 PM
Tretov Wrote:...those caps look ridiculous IMHO. Like some gay police parade helmets.... :laff:laff:laff
There's nothing in the streets
Looks any different to me And the slogans are replaced, by-the-bye And the parting on the left Are now parting on the right And the beards have all grown longer overnight The Who, Won't get fooled again 
11-24-2009, 12:40 AM
DougD Wrote:OK, not "new" but pretty close....Kremlin Guard...really "imperial" looking! In and out of my hands very quickly! Oooo!!!! ExTREMEly nice Doug. :thumbsup That's style. The retro/Imperial look is great IMHO. The Brits do the same thing on parade sometimes and I really dig it. Doug, does Mrs. D. appreciate that display in her immaculate living room?? ;) Quote:those caps look ridiculous IMHO!No way Jose!:cool: Them there are old school shakos, and you can see where the tradition for big Soviet caps came from. :) :)
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11-24-2009, 04:47 AM
It's kind of refreshing and yet disgusting to see this...head...gear, spoil such a promising uniform. Personally I think the Soviet union in the 80s had the best uniforms of modern times(within the last 30 years), now a days Russian uniforms seem to be changing to a strange breed between the 80s Soviet uniforms crossed with some sort of odd Tsarist uniforms... :(
I mean, looking at this kepi, or shako, or whatever it is; weren't the bin lid caps big enough?! 
11-24-2009, 02:13 PM
Hey Eric,
No Mrs.D to complain, but girlfriend is never thrilled when one of the boys makes it downstairs for a photo shoot...she does consider it her living room. DougD 
11-25-2009, 04:02 AM
DougD Wrote:OK, not "new" but pretty close....Kremlin Guard...really "imperial" looking! In and out of my hands very quickly! I can't recall who or where just now, but someone posted a couple of pictures of the guards in these uniforms either during a parade or at the "changing of the guard." Man, I hate it when I forget things, but it was within the last month, so a good search (or somebody with a good memory) should turn them up. They do look quite a bit more impressive when they have live bodies moving around in them. And I remember the guards carried rifles, but not the usual Kalashnikov - some strange thin things. Anyway, to get to the point (finally) I like 'em. They have my favorite Soviet/RF colors. And Patrick, I had to laugh at the "gay police parade helmets" because I flashed to Monty Python, but they aren't that bad (then again, I haven't seen "gay pride" parades in Sweden :chuckle). Phillip
Phillip
11-25-2009, 04:04 AM
devalcourt Wrote:They do look quite a bit more impressive when they have live bodies moving around in them. And I remember the guards carried rifles, but not the usual Kalashnikov - some strange thin things. Honor guards usually carry the SKS. It´s nowadays used as a ceremonial firearm in lots of former east bloc countries. Perhaps was that one you saw. SKS - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
There's nothing in the streets
Looks any different to me And the slogans are replaced, by-the-bye And the parting on the left Are now parting on the right And the beards have all grown longer overnight The Who, Won't get fooled again
11-25-2009, 04:18 AM
Esteban_cool Wrote:Honor guards usually carry the SKS. It´s nowadays used as a ceremonial firearm in lots of former east bloc countries. Perhaps was that one you saw. Esteban, come to think of it, I think they were SKSs with a modified, less obtrusive receiver arm (the thing you pull back on to load it and cock the hammer) and a very small, practically invisible magazine. I had one of them, but it was Korean War old and had a tendancy to go full-auto without warning. Not cool. Gun smiths won't touch them, but dealers at gun shows will happily buy them then slap a synthetic stock on it with a fancy-looking close-quarters "scope" and turn it around to sell for twice what they paid you for it.:rolleyes: Phillip
Phillip
11-25-2009, 06:46 PM
devalcourt Wrote:Esteban, come to think of it, I think they were SKSs with a modified, less obtrusive receiver arm (the thing you pull back on to load it and cock the hammer) and a very small, practically invisible magazine. I had one of them, but it was Korean War old and had a tendancy to go full-auto without warning. Not cool. Gun smiths won't touch them, but dealers at gun shows will happily buy them then slap a synthetic stock on it with a fancy-looking close-quarters "scope" and turn it around to sell for twice what they paid you for it.:rolleyes: Hmm. Were they maybe Mosin-Nagants?
There's nothing in the streets
Looks any different to me And the slogans are replaced, by-the-bye And the parting on the left Are now parting on the right And the beards have all grown longer overnight The Who, Won't get fooled again
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Note the different boards and the gorget. Nice! :)
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