"Early War NKVD Border Troops" Topic
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| Karl 72 | 10 Nov 2014 3:05 p.m. PST |
I've done some research on uniforms, and there seems to be some variance with trouser colours. Were they a shade of light blue/grey for all troops, or for just the officers? Cheers, Karl |
| Black Bull | 10 Nov 2014 3:15 p.m. PST |
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Top picture, is from a Russian source. |
 Doms Decals  | 11 Nov 2014 5:33 a.m. PST |
The dark blue woollen trousers seem to have been officers only – khaki for other ranks. Green peaked caps were standard for all ranks, although some variation in the field, eg. this fairly well known shot:
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| bruntonboy | 11 Nov 2014 12:25 p.m. PST |
Mine have Blue caps as #12 on your link. Not repainting them anyway… |
| Doms Decals | 11 Nov 2014 2:00 p.m. PST |
The blue and red caps were interior troops, border troops had green, so just depends which units you're doing. |
| Karl 72 | 13 Nov 2014 11:33 a.m. PST |
Thanks chaps. I can now paint my NKVD troops for the Vyazma or Bust scenarios. Karl |
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