"The Soviets Trained to Fight Under Nuclear Detonations" Topic
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| Tango01 | 12 Feb 2015 12:11 p.m. PST |
"On Sept. 14, 1954, 45,000 soldiers from the Soviet Army's 270th Rifle Division and other units took shelter in trenches and bunkers as they waited for the order to advance. The 270th Rifles had fought at Stalingrad in 1942 and at Kursk in '43. On this day, just north of the Russian-Kazakhstan border, it was about to become the first Soviet formation to train for nuclear war. Administrators had selected this hilly, forested region of the Orenberg Steppes for the Totskoye atomic test, owing to the area's topographic similarity to Western Europe, where Moscow planned to wage atomic combat…"
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| Lion in the Stars | 12 Feb 2015 1:33 p.m. PST |
Both the US and the Soviets did a lot of bat- crazy things in the 1950s… |
| FoxtrotPapaRomeo | 12 Feb 2015 1:38 p.m. PST |
There is(was?) a training video of the US Army doing the same thing but in the desert. I can't recall the formation size but I think it was a brigade – take (light) cover, wait, then charge with fixed bayonets. Proved that troops could still be effective in the short term. |
| darthfozzywig | 12 Feb 2015 2:40 p.m. PST |
I've seen that footage. Creeps me out every time. |
| Charlie 12 | 12 Feb 2015 9:51 p.m. PST |
Seen it too. Bizarre, to say the least. Yeah, they can still fight… until the radiation poisoning drops 'em all. |
| jpattern2 | 13 Feb 2015 7:15 a.m. PST |
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| Tango01 | 13 Feb 2015 11:32 a.m. PST |
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| Barin1 | 16 Feb 2015 4:39 a.m. PST |
Our emergency med kits had several stuff that was specifically designed to kill pain and temporary combat effects of radiation poisoning for the limited time. had morphin in them, so were stored under the lock. The concept of all-scale nuclear war included parts for the troops, that had suffered close explosion. The units had to fight as long as they could. As for their armor/heavy stuff there were special field de-activation camps, so even that the soldiers would die in their machines, or in hospital, their equipment could still be used.
The tanks, BTR, etc. had individual de-rad kits to reduce the level of radiation, that could have been used if you're out of cotaminated area, and still alive. |
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