M-1969
Officer Lightweight Tropical Uniform |
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The Officer is Wearing: The Officer in the picture is wearing the 1969 lightweight tropical uniform. The piloitka is dark blue with white piping. A black band and naval cockade are fixed to the front of the cap. His shirt is a matching dark blue has standard navy black shoulder boards. The lightweight blue and white telnyashka is visible under the shirt. Dark blue shorts complete the uniform. Black sandals with holes (not pictured) are worn with this uniform. | |
More about the uniform... The 1969 uniform regulations refined the earlier 1965 tropical uniform and brought it into line with the other naval uniforms of the day. Its most notable change was in the adoption of the dark blue piloitka which featured a detachable visor. The piloika featured white piping and kept the visor attached by means of several buttons. An officer's naval cockade and black band is worn with the cap. The shirt is virtually the same as its 1965 counterpart. (1) It has an open collar and a single open pocket on the left breast. Black officer shoulder boards are worn with this uniform. (1) It can be worn both with and without the blue and white telnyashka undershirt, but is most commonly seen without it. (5) |
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Service Chronology
As the Soviet navy began to expand its reach in the 1960's it was
determined that a new uniform would be needed for operations in warm
weather conditions. Prior to this, the only accommodation the navy
had made for hot weather was found in Article 64 of the 1958 regulations
which allowed for sailors on ships to wear sandals and those ashore to
wear sport shoes outdoors. (2) This changed
in 1965 with the introduction of the first naval tropical uniforms.
The 1965 lightweight officer's uniform was similar to the 1969 version
seen here except that it featured a white beret in place of the piloitka
and different style sandals. The ultimate fate of the uniform is uncertain at present
as Russian Federation regulations are difficult to obtain, and none we have
observed so far have mentioned the uniform. It is likely that the
lightweight tropical uniform persisted at least as far as 1994 when the
Russian Federation released its first uniform regulations. Past this
date its fate is currently uncertain. |
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This Uniform Replaced... (1) |
M-1969
Officer Lightweight Tropical Uniform (3)(4) |
This Uniform was Replaced by... |
M-1965 Officer's
Lightweight Tropical Uniform |
Uncertain at Present |
(1) Prilutskaya, N. V. and N. L. Kortunova, Военная одежда вооруженных сил ссср и россии (1917-1990) [Military clothing of the USSR and Russia (1917-1990's)], Moscow: Military Publishing, 1999.
(2) Правила ношения военной формы в мирное время [Regulations on wearing military uniforms in peacetime], Moscow: USSR Ministry of Defense, 1958.
(3) Правила ношения военной формы одежды [Regulations for the wearing of military uniforms], Moscow: USSR Ministry of Defense, 1973.
(4) Правила ношения военной формы одежды [Regulations for the wearing of military uniforms], Moscow: USSR Ministry of Defense, 1989.
(5)
Океанский щит страны советов [Ocean
Shield of the Soviet Nation], edited by P.N. Medvedev, Moscow: Planeta, 1987.
Last Updated 11 January 2019 by Ryan Stavka