Previate to Varyshia. Today we're going to be going over my Soviet Afghan war impression. Sorry for the lighting is a little off. It's like 730 here. I am the night before I leave to go to Russia. And I decided I'm going to make one more video before I go. So that's this video. Sorry about the lighting. By the time you're watching this it's probably already in Russia. So I can't really make any more of this type of video. But we have some pre-recorded that I'll release occasionally and I'll make update videos while I'm there. So yeah let's get into the impression. So obviously as we regularly do it I'm going to start from the top and go to the bottom. So on top we've got the classic Afghanistan cap. It's just a side cap or not side cap. A like brimmed cap with fold down sides so you can kind of cover your chin or ears if it gets cold. Which you don't often see pictures of soldiers doing that. So I'm going to leave them up. And you often see them wearing it kind of on top of their head. This hat's also too small for me so I'm just going to sit on top of my head. The next thing that is also the helmet which the SSH 68 was designed to be worn with a hat underneath. Specifically this hat could be worn underneath it and was intended to during the Soviet Afghan war and was often done. So the cap or cap would be worn underneath the SSH 68 which is this helmet. And you don't often see them wearing it like this but it's definitely been done like that. So just for reenactment or impression purposes we'll just do it like that. So the uniform itself that I'm wearing is the M88 Afganca uniform. And it was designed before 1988 and it was actually issued to the VDB and special units. But it was officially adopted as the standard uniform in 1988 thus the name M88. It's the same material or similar material as the M69 but has quite a few more pockets as a little bit bulkier fit and less like doesn't have the flashy bright buttons as the M69 did. The pants have a sewn seam on the top and two more cargo pockets as well as side pockets here. In total the coat has 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 pockets, 2 on the sleeves and 4 on the torso. And the pants have 4, 2 on the hips and 2 on just like hand pockets up top. Underneath the coat I'm wearing a Telanyashka or Telanyashka. I probably have a terrible pronunciation of that. And on the lapels I have tanker pins because I was also working on a tanker uniform. But this is not that. I forgot to take the pins off. Sorry about that. The chest rig I'm wearing is the Type 56 Cheekom which was designed in China and used by the Mujahideen. But Soviet soldiers would take them off of the Mujahideen and use them and you see a lot of pictures with them using them. And they even designed their own sort of thing based on it called the Lifting but was not really used and they cost so much money. So I'm using this. In it I have a Grenade in this pouch. I have a bayonet which this is the East German bayonet. Technically I should be using the Soviet bayonet but they're pretty expensive and I don't really feel like spending a lot of money. And then I'm also using these homemade replica flares and they are okay replicas. I have just made out of some PVC pipe and a bottle cap but they do the job. In the next pouches I have 4 AK mags. Technically these should be the 545 Bacolite mags but they work. Then I have a bandage in this pouch and this is just a Soviet bandage. Package it up and it kind of canvases material. And that goes right in there. And then the last one I have a Ternikit and this is the Ternikit they used in the war. I'm not sure if this is an actual wartime one but it is one. You often see these wrapped around the stalks of the VDV troopers on the triangular folding stalk AKs. So the pants for the uniform are the afghank pants. They've got a pocket here and a pocket here. They're pretty heavy duty. They're cargo pants basically. So they're fine. The boots are the Soviet high boots and these were used all the way up into the Afghan war. I guess they were that effective. I'm using these. The VDV used lace up boots which they eventually switched to after the war. But these are accurate for that time period that I'm portraying. There's not a lot to go over with this uniform just because it's pretty simple and so was most of the gear and equipment from the Afghan war. But it's still a really interesting uniform and quite a price you want actually. This afghank I actually cost quite a bit and I got the wrong size and I couldn't return it. So I guess I'm going to be stuck with the big one because they tend to be upwards of $100 for especially for the more common sizes. So kind of sucks but it's fine. This is a later afghan war towards the beginning. They used the M69 uniform with just like the belt set. But then they started to evolve the gear and use it. And for all of you who follow me on Instagram and know I'm working on a VDV impression. This is not VDV yet. I'll have that done eventually after I come back from Russia. But for now this is what I have for you guys. Hope you like this kit. Leave comment, leave it like, helps out the channel. Thank you guys for 200 subscribers. I was a little while ago but I don't think I've made a video since. But yeah, again, thank you. Yeah, well, thanks for watching and have a nice day.