Soldat Standard Personnel Uniform

###### *From: Equipment of the Russian Ground Forces*

The **"Soldat"** (Rossi: Cолдат, "Soldier") field uniform was the standard issue field tunic and trousers manufactured with wool cotton provided to Russian Ground Force personnel and worn for ordinary duty and combat. This uniform was designed to be an all-weather uniform issued to the Russian Ground Forces which continued to be issued after the 1st Great Cryptid War. Due to widespread use and usefulness of this uniform the Soldat uniform has become the quintessential symbol of the regular RGF soldier, with even finding use by civilians during peacetime.

### Genesis

#### Winter Wear / Kholkurtka Jackets

Much of the Russian Ground Forces during the 1st Great Cryptid War had little to account for the potential environments of the New World. Starting from the Kem Troubles era (O.S. 14 November 1609 — 6 January 1632) the first usage of New World clothing for the Russian populace and military was a jacket design borrowed from the telogreika, simply dubbed as "Winter Wear" or "Kholkurtka" (Rossi: Шолкуртка, "Cold Jacket") for use as a basic article of clothing which provided relatively effective insulation for the wearer against the harsh winter weather of the Uuotovio Prefecture during the early years of Russia. The kholkurtka was very distinct from it's Soviet-era ancestor, the leather waistbelt is accompanied with straps which secures both pieces of the jacket together better and a lengthened skirt which was typically between the length to the lower thigh or upper shin and was lined by fur. This design still retained design elements from the telogreika such as the quilted line patterns and the the heavy wool paddings. Winter Wear remained very popular in the National Police Force throughout the Kem Troubles.

In military use, much of the National Police Force still used Soviet-era Ratnik infantry equipment, which provided much excellent protection against 5.45 and 7.62mm shots owed to their use of aramid fibre, ceramics and titanium. However this equipment is heavily limited, and much of the infrastructures capable of reproducing this equipment was either nonexistent or production was too slow and expensive to be sustainable. Thusly the NPF in (O.S.) 1620 started issuing Winter Wear coats which had twin ceramic armour plates (typically from existing 6B46 plates) sewn into the jackets to provide a measure of protection for NPF forces, which was very effective in protecting infantry during Operation: Mountain Snatcher on Sventyabr 1632.

A severe deficit in armour production for the Winter Wear uniforms in the NPF in the following years before the St. Constantine Reforms forced the usage of inferior steel plating however it was deemed too expensive and difficult to replace with the current technology of the time. Eventually the Russian Red Army opted for the cheaper and lighter B2 battledress, using cotton poplin and wool flannel lining which retained good protection against the cold but lacked the protection the Kholkurta jackets had.

### Appearance

The most recognisable component of the 6B1 uniform is a standardised field dress. This is a Telogreika-styled wool tunic with a ribbed quilt pattern as the tunic and uses a lighter wool padding to improve mobility compromising of a form-fitting made with wool sateen with a standing collar with a pair of buttoned epaulettes, a bright red version of these were used for non-combat situations. These uniforms have three synthetic form fitting black straps with complementary hook-and-loop fasteners on the left-hand side of the tunic following down the middle which is primarily for aesthetic purposes, these are most distinct in the RGF and has been adapted to use to hold additional equipments or decorations. The field dress can be useful in combat even without it's main gear complement the Soldat-2 infantry combat kit as they had two pairs of wide buttoned pockets located on both the upper and lower chest pockets below the canvas waistbelt which was typically used to carry a variety of utility equipment, most often to store ammunition by RGF regular infantry.

The trousers was made of sateen wool and lacked the ribbed quilt pattern as the top article of the telogreika. This design measure was to improve the agility of the user, using lighter materials without compromising protection against the cold environments of the Russian landscape. From the 1st Great Cryptid War, situational foot wrappings had become a common occurence with RGF regular infantry in order to improve their insulation in the legs and make the trousers less likely to be grappled upon, the Soldat uniform's trousers was designed to encourage this attachment is the same large buttoned carrying pockets in the tunic and uses the same purpose as the.

Both articles of clothing are coloured in olive drab. But with the issuance of the new 6B1 modernisation in the Soldat II variant included the introduction of a TTsKK "Leaf Slider" camouflage pattern printed onto uniforms which provided soldiers improved blending into the environment. (ARTICLE INCOMPLETE)