Uniforms and Regalia

As Moscow Guards is considered a boarding school for students wishing to live in a military-type style, we do require that students wear a certain uniform after taking the school oath upon being accepted.

Below are the types of uniforms that may be worn by students.

Each branch of the school has their own uniform, separate of those in different electives.

Women may wear slacks or shorts instead of the skirt. There is nothing stopping female students from wearing men's uniforms, or men wearing women's uniforms. There is no formal rule against crossdressing between genders, but it is often looked down upon considering the conservative nature of the school and student body.

## Ground Studies

### General Uniform

Ground Studies students (Infantry, Engineering, Armour, Signals, etc) wear this uniform below. Consisting of a black tunic over a dress shirt and a tie, paired with black pants and brown fitted sapogi-style boots, the uniform is easy and practical for exercises while also being prim and proper for parades and festivals.

The hat consists of an ushanka bearing the school symbol. This is not a mandatory piece during the summer months, and is usually replaced with a panamanka-style hat (not pictured).

During the summer months, the tunic is often set aside and only the shirt and pants are worn with rank slips and nametags.

### Tankery Uniform

Tankery students have a slightly modified version of the uniform. It features a grey vest with the school crest and a star. During the time of the USSR, this star often fashioned the hammer and sickle, but does not anymore due to de-Sovietization.

It features a TSh-4 type helmet, reminiscent of Cold War era tankers, with their platoon number, followed by the one of their tank as well. This is not mandatory, but recommended for students under the age of 14. In some cases, the tie may also be omitted from their uniforms in order to remove the risk of snagging inside their tanks.

The women's uniform is slightly different compared to that of the General Uniform, with a pleated skirt being used in favour of the long skirt underneath. This type of uniform configuration is often used by other students, but due to the fact that the skirt is only produced for Ground Studies, often clashes with inter-studies uniforms.

## Aviation Studies

Aviation Studies Students (Air Force, Airborned Troops, ATC Command, etc) wear this uniform below. The uniform is based off of that of the Ground Studies students, and is often worn in favour of theirs. This uniform may be only worn after students finish 1 year of ground school and attain their Samolet Letit licenses. If a student was in a program prior to joining aviation or are part of a double study program, they have the choice to either wear the aviation uniform or their home branch uniform.

A special uniform is in design for naval aviation students.

Consisting of a bomber jacket-tunic fusion, a blue dress shirt with a red tie, and fitted sapogi-style boots, this uniform is warm and effective to use during expeditions or even during ground school

The hat consists of a peaked officer's cap, adorned with a pin bearing the school symbol and a pair of wings. Another pair of wings are pinned to the right side of the uniform when a student attains their license.

During the summer months, students will do the same as the Ground Studies students and omit the tunic.

## Naval Studies

Naval Studies students (Navy, Naval Infantry, Naval Aviation, Naval Artillery, etc) wear the uniform below. Radically different from the Ground Studies and Aviation Studies uniforms, the Naval Studies students wear a uniform inspired by the Soviet Navy's blues.

Turning attention to the female standard, female students pursuing Naval Studies do not wear a tunic, and instead wear a field dress inspired by that of the M1941 Women's Field Dress. On both the mens and women's version of the uniform, the collar is sewn onto the tunic/dress.

The hat is reminiscent of the Soviet Navy's sailor's caps, adorned with the school's name "Московская Гвардия" (Moscow's Guards) in golden letters.

## Trivia

* The Ground Force uniforms are actually based off those of the Cadets Canada, with tones from the Suvorov Schools of Russia.
* The Naval Studies uniforms are based off of the Soviet Navy uniform.