Russian Body Armor?

[[R-DEV]Eddie Baker]

Originally Posted by [R-DEV]Jaymz

Haha. Reminds me of a time when I was in the US, this chick asked me "do you think in that accent?"

Was this when you were in Houston? If she was originally from Texas, she had no room to talk. As long as you don't write in an accent, you're okay.

[USMCMIDN]

Originally Posted by DankE_SPB

they will, and not only in combat, they are issued with body armour while in guard at base for example
as for pictures look for example for photos from S.Ossetia and Georgia


i.e. this guy who is serving at military base in Abkhazia is issued with 6B23-1 twower

I cant really see that well but what I am understanding now every russian soldier has body armor but by the looks of it the body armor is only for pistol and fragmentation not for rifle rounds. So am I right? The armor they have now does not include ballistic plates for the most part. There is Russian ballistic armor for rifle rounds but for the average infantry man they dont get it?

[[R-DEV]DankE_SPB]

Originally Posted by USMCMIDN

I cant really see that well but what I am understanding now every russian soldier has body armor but by the looks of it the body armor is only for pistol and fragmentation not for rifle rounds. So am I right? The armor they have now does not include ballistic plates for the most part. There is Russian ballistic armor for rifle rounds but for the average infantry man they dont get it?

link
light version(4-4,5kg) is designed to withstand PM, TT bullets, heavy(7-8kg) -AKM from 50m, SVD bullet - 100m in hardened areas and pistol bullets from 5m on other areas
as posted before COMBAT BODY ARMOR
IV NIJ class
all this was posted before here

about photo, heres hi-res so you can see details

[chilean]

I think everybody in the army has at least a bulletproof jacket

[[R-DEV]Jaymz]

Danke, what vehicle is that they're sitting on? BMP-4 maybe?

[Anhkhoa]

Originally Posted by [R-DEV]Jaymz

Danke, what vehicle is that they're sitting on? BMP-4 maybe?

Its a BMD-1.
http://img260.imageshack.us/img260/7710/imgp6423.jpg
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Its weird how the drawing and the picture both have the turrent facing the same way and the vehicle in almost the same angle to the camera.

[[R-DEV]Jaymz]

Ahhh, so they're airborne. Now it makes sense.

[[R-DEV]Chuc]

Gotta love standardisation

[[R-DEV]DankE_SPB]

Originally Posted by [R-DEV]Jaymz

Ahhh, so they're airborne. Now it makes sense.

well on the back you can see ДШР, which stands for air-assault company, i cant exactly remember, were they hardened with motorifle unit or BMP-2 and BTR were their own like BMD-1 and BMD-2

Originally Posted by [R-DEV]Chuc

Gotta love standardisation

its no that bad, i would say even good on those pictures comparing to usual situation, though i counted 4 or 5 different BMD variants in 1 column

[[R-DEV]Chuc]

Does the Russian army even have a quartermaster? Or are people too afraid to take up a job like that?