Out With Footcloths!
Sergei Yolkin
2013
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The Russian Army is doing away with footcloths as it’s doing away with the old pull-on marching boots, replacing them with lace-up boots. The footcloths were better for the old pattern of boots… and they’re well-beloved of the troops, as they’re easy to wash and dry compared to socks. Russian soldiers joked that their footcloths were chemical weapons, sure to knock over any enemy not used to their stench.
The “shrink” is Defence Minister Shoigu, in case you wuz wonderin’… oh, yes, the uniform worn by the soldier is more in the mould of the Soviet issue of the 1980s… when Yolkin probably did his hitch in the army.
BMD
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According to Defence Minister General Sergei Shoigu, the Russian Army will no longer use footcloths by the end of 2013.
14 January 2013
Sergei Yolkin
RIA-Novosti
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