Question Soviet Tankers in WWII?

momaw nadon · Post by **momaw nadon** » Tue Sep 26, 2006 8:09 pm

I'm looking for some websites or books that have good pictures (color would help) and outlines on Soviet Tanker uniforms. Looking for a span of the different uniforms used during the war etc. Equipment and weapons would be great too.

My question is are there any 1/16th or 1/35th scale Russian Tank Crew out in the market with accurate color charts and such? I could use any scale around those, but those are the ones that came to mind first. I just need something to work from to see if I can make a figure or figures for my T-34. My searches didn't come up with much or didn't have any good pictures to use. Thank you for any help.
momaw nadon

Moth · Post by **Moth** » Tue Sep 26, 2006 8:28 pm

Here is a site that has Russian figures, Im in the process of searching, so I will update if I find something else.

http://www.bentbutnotbroken.com/Figures.htm

Hope it will help

EDIT-
http://www.tankmuseum.ru/uniform.html

EDIT 2-
Here is the TT33 Pistol
http://world.guns.ru/handguns/hg20-e.htm

EDIT 3-
PPSH-41 (Curved mag was very uncommon)
http://world.guns.ru/smg/smg02-e.htm

PPSH-43 (Only curved stick mag)
http://world.guns.ru/smg/smg03-e.htm

momaw nadon · Post by **momaw nadon** » Tue Sep 26, 2006 9:02 pm

Thank Moth for the links. I found that second link in my searches, but couldn't get the color photos of the uniform to work. I might try again later.

As for the model figure, the colors look to be:
Early- green khaki shirt with blue pants
Late- blueish coveralls

Question would they were they winter gear (coat or whatever) inside the tank? Thanks again for the help
momaw nadon

MG-42 · Post by **MG-42** » Wed Sep 27, 2006 12:40 am

You might try looking up Zvezda or Tamiya 1:35 Russian Tank Crew model kits.

..... If this'll be any help. I used to have these "darn it".

steelbonnet · Post by **steelbonnet** » Wed Sep 27, 2006 12:54 am

One quick & easy way to do Sov tankers is just use the US WWII Tankers & add Russian ranks.

I`ve got photos in some of my Panzer/easter front books of Sov tankers who in essance look american Tankers,due to the lend lease programme.

Ja
Steel Bonnet

Threetoughtrucks · Post by **Threetoughtrucks** » Wed Sep 27, 2006 6:23 am

I've seen a lot of leather coats on Ruskie tankers, both long and short coats. The big problem I would see is the helmet. I don't think they are like any existing helmets:

Except for the helmet, they can be any German tanker.

TTT

Threetoughtrucks · Post by **Threetoughtrucks** » Wed Sep 27, 2006 6:38 am

Also, a good board for Ruskie 1/6 stuff and 1/1 info is:

http://p067.ezboard.com/bthe6thredarmy

TTT

grockwood · Post by **grockwood** » Wed Sep 27, 2006 10:18 am

Russian crews only used allied equipment when they served with Lend Lease equipment. A T34 crewman would have the Russian uniform that Threetoughtrucks pointed out DML makes a nice 1/35 scale model set with 4 or 5 figures that could be used for a referance.

digger · Post by **digger** » Wed Sep 27, 2006 1:16 pm

Hopefully you can read the text - it notes teh varying color of the uniforms from black, blue, gray and khaki (shown here). Hope this helps.

momaw nadon · Post by **momaw nadon** » Wed Sep 27, 2006 2:44 pm

digger,
Is that book one os the Osprey ones? I was looking into getting me one about the Red Army from 1939-1944 I believe. Found it on amazon. If so, does it have any other good picture of Tankers in it? Thanks
momaw nadon

digger · Post by **digger** » Wed Sep 27, 2006 3:11 pm

No, the book is 20th century military uniforms
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/bookse ... 0946&itm=1
and is a great little reference although spread a bit thin. The color illustrations are great but you only get the one pic & page of info for each uniform, and the small book covers a huge stretch of time and a ton of countries. If it was just WWII it would be a much more thorough resource. The only other Russian tankers are a 1968 Driver (prague) and a Colonel from 1940 in service dress.
On a side note if someone wants to see any other unis lmk and I can snap a pic.

ostketten · Post by **ostketten** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 7:28 am

There really was not a "standard" tanker uniform for the red army in WWII, officially there may have been, but in practice it varied considerably and was quite a hodge podge of different things depending on availability, the season, and a number of other factors. I have this book in my library and would recommend it as an excellent resource for your purposes, it has both black and white pictures and some excellent color illustrations that should be of help to you.

http://www.amazon.com/Army-Great-Patrio ... F8&s=books

Website wise, the usual Google search should provide you with lots of possibilities, but it will take some time to seperate the wheat from the chaff to find what you are looking for. Good luck.

tankduel · Post by **tankduel** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 8:30 pm

1/16 russian tanker
http://www.japanesearmorking.com/jak3.htm
and here
http://www.imperial-modellbau.de/shop/index2.htm

momaw nadon · Post by **momaw nadon** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 9:16 pm

Thanks guys for the help.

ostketten, thank you for the review of that book. I place an order for one and was hoping that it would work for me and you confirmed that. It should be here andy day now. Thanks again

momaw nadon

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