Posted on 12/17/2010 12:21:23 AM PST by ErnstStavroBlofeld
Russia's sharp new military uniforms, created by a top fashion designer, have landed hundreds in hospital after proving too thin to withstand the ferocious winter cold, a state daily said Wednesday.
Rossiyskaya Gazeta reported that between 60 and 250 servicemen have been laid up with everything from flu to pneumonia as Arctic chills sweep through the country's northern reaches.
"They literally felt naked outside," the paper quoted the mother of one soldier as saying. "Many of them ended up in hospital. Ours developed pneumonia," she said of her son.
The government daily said defense officials have admitted not receiving complaints about the uniforms in time to do anything ahead of the winter season.
"It seems that all this happened because of slovenliness on our part," Joint Staff General Nikolai Makarov told the daily.
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Made in China?
Government bean counting at its finest.
Ummm doesn’t Russia have a history of letting their soldiers die or get sick from exposure?? What a bunch of nimrods
‘Ummm doesn’t Russia have a history of letting their soldiers die or get sick from exposure?? What a bunch of nimrods’
It seem someone relayed on IPCC Global Warming report. LOL
But they looked damn fine.
Hey Nikita is it cold ... in your little corner of the world
This exposes the real truth of the mighty Russian army.
Appears destitute, hurting.
Not much has changed since the glory days of the USSR.
The Russian Army has been like prison for years, even after communism fell.
Fashion designers are seldom concerned with utility.
Russia's sharp new military uniforms, created by a top fashion designer, have landed hundreds in hospital after proving too thin to withstand the ferocious winter cold, ... "They literally felt naked outside," the paper quoted the mother of one soldier as saying. "Many of them ended up in hospital. Ours developed pneumonia," she said of her son.
Yes Daaaahling, Maybe So.
But They Look Maaaahvalous!
Actually there was a documentary some time ago on the Russian Army gear versus the Nazi gear during the March on Stalingrad. The Russian uniforms were remarkably well adapted for the weather and provided a great deal of protection against the cold. It was the Germans who were unprepared. Snappy dressers, yes, but impractical for lethally cold climates.
However I'm sure you're correct in later years as the toll of the communist economic system accumulation in the destruction of all productivity.
Dopplehanger ? Sp?
Does this mean we all have personality doubles over there?
In Russia, uniform wears out YOU.
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