Mysterious twist that Soviet soldiers wore over his shoulder in the war that there was

  • Dec 24, 2019
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Bundle slung over his shoulder - this is one of the most recognizable attributes of a soldier of the Soviet Union during World War II. it is almost impossible to imagine the grunt of the time and more importantly, without the soldier would have to very tight, without this mysterious object. What is it?

All I carry with myself.
All I carry with myself.

I'm sure many of the readers Novate.ru noticed in the pictures of the Great Patriotic War, the Red Army, who through his shoulder hung a bundle. With this bundle soldiers walked everywhere, including in the fight (if you have). I'm sure many are not even aware of what it is and why it is worn. In fact, everything is very simple - it is folded in a special way his coat.

And in the campaign, and in the attack.
And in the campaign, and in the attack.

"But why a soldier's overcoat in the summer?" - asks sophisticated reader Novate.ru. The fact is that during the war after the soldiers received winter outfit rent it is no longer necessary due to several objective reasons. The German army, the countries of the "axis", as well as in the armies of the Allies, winter soldiers form provides only for the weather. Soviet soldiers were carrying an overcoat almost always. Therefore, the soldiers had to "get out."

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Even in a fight with her not to leave.
Even in a fight with her not to leave.

This method of carrying overcoats used in the warmer months. They called his own soldiers - "roll from overcoat." Nothing secret, this technique is not. It's just a coat and roll up the tube and connected the ends of the ring, which makes it possible to ease wear a bundle on its own without any discomfort.

It was every infantryman.
It was every infantryman.

It should be noted that in fact this method of carrying his overcoat very old. Soldiers used it long before the emergence of the Soviet Union in the Russian Empire, the Tsarist army. Actually the name 'roll from overcoat "migrated to the folklore fighters ever times. There is a way the same as in Russia overcoat used in the army. By the way, this method carrying overcoats used in the first decades after the war.

I would like to know more interesting facts about the uniformed Soviet soldiers? Then read about Helmet tankman: Why did it "rolls" over head and what purpose they served.

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