Shoulder straps are white with a green stripe. Shoulder straps of the Russian army

Vkontakte has a lot of information: interesting facts, news, articles. Once I came across a post about the military ranks of the Russian Federation and quickly remembered them.

Now I decided to write a short article on how anyone can quickly learn them. I myself memorized in a different way, but here I will describe it in an accessible language for everyone.

DO STRICTLY ON THE STEPS and by the end of reading the post you will remember all the ranks (military) and the corresponding shoulder straps!

It will take you no more than 5 minutes!

1. Private
2. Corporal
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3. Junior Sergeant
4. Sergeant
5. Senior Sergeant
6. Sergeant Major
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7. Ensign
8. Senior Warrant Officer
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9. Junior lieutenant
10. Lieutenant
11. Senior lieutenant
12. Captain
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13. Major
14. Lieutenant Colonel
15. Colonel
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16. Major General
17. Lieutenant General
18. Colonel General
19. Army General (not pictured above)
20. Marshal of the RF (not in the picture above)

Military ranks

1. Let's encode some titles with associatively vivid visual images.

Private - a bed of carrots
Lance corporal - flute
Sergeant - earring
Major - mayonnaise
Lieutenant Leica
Colonel - ladle
Lieutenant Colonel - bent ladle
Ensign - borshchik
Petty Officer - grandfather with a beard
General - Crocodile Gena

2. We read and present images, then we look at pictures.

A tomato: on the stalks a bed of carrots (Private), a flute pierces the tomato (Lance-corporal).

Orange: there is a small earring on the leaf (Junior Sergeant), on a medium-sized stem (Sergeant), on the peel there is a large earring (Senior Sergeant), in the pulp is a grandfather with a beard (Sergeant).

Lemon: at one end is a plate of borscht (Ensign), in the middle is a saucepan with borscht (Senior Warrant Officer), at the end there are 2 stars.

Grass: one after another a small watering can (Junior Lieutenant), an average watering can (Lieutenant), a large watering can (Senior Lieutenant), the Captain is standing next to him, behind him is a fairy wand.

Cloud: at one end mayonnaise (Major), in the middle a bent ladle (Lieutenant Colonel), ladle (Colonel), pregnancy tester with a star.

Marker: On the cap is Gena's crocodile with mayonnaise (Major General), on Gena's rod with a watering can (Lieutenant General), in the middle of Gena with a ladle (Colonel General).

Each item has a specific appearance with shoulder straps.

A tomato and Orange - stripes only (easy to remember)
Lemon - stars begin (therefore 2 stars hang on the lemon)
Grass - a stripe and a star appear (fairy wand on the grass)
Cloud - a second stripe and a star appear (pregnancy tester on the cloud)
Marker - zigzag pattern (lightning on the marker)

The sequential appearance of stars on the ranks is visually easy to remember.
The last are the General of the Army and the Marshal of the Russian Federation, they are also easy to remember at the end.

Private, corporal

Ml. Sergeant, Sergeant, Art. Sergeant, Sergeant Major

Ensign, Art. Ensign

Ml. Lieutenant, Lieutenant, Senior Lieutenant, Captain

Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel

G. Major, G. Lieutenant, G. Colonel

3. Now remember the colors of the rainbow.

Everyone (red - tomato)
Hunter (orange - orange)
Desires (yellow - lemon)
Know (green - grass)
Where (blue is the sky)
Sits (blue - marker)
Pheasant (we don't need him 🙂)

This way we remember the order of all items.
Repeat several times from memory.

Congratulations!

Now you know all the ranks in order, while you can name the rank by shoulder straps and remember which rank which shoulder straps correspond to.

At first, you will call slowly, but with each repetition, the speed of recall will increase.
This is how you can quickly learn the ranks and shoulder straps of the RF military personnel.

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Nowadays, few people remember that shoulder straps in the Soviet Army were of different colors: motorized riflemen (infantry) had red obshevoy, military forces (internal troops), black ones - tankers, artillery, etc., green - from border guards, blue - from the Airborne Forces and aviation, etc.

Have you ever wondered why almost never in civilian life saw demobels with red shoulder straps? Only the Airborne Forces, border guards and sailors were distinguished and distinguished by a different form. All the rest were with black shoulder straps, and only the signs in the buttonholes were different?

And the explanation was very simple. Almost all demobels from the combined arms units, which went through the entire service with red shoulder straps of the SA, went to demobilization with black ones. In this they were not hindered by either the commanders or the political workers, and even, on the contrary, they made sure that everyone resigned just "in black".

In another case, the chances of demobilization to safely reach the house were rapidly decreasing. Our country is large, and most often the soldier had to be on the road for several days, during which, if he had red shoulder straps on his shoulders, he could almost guaranteed to get a knife in the side in some dirty vestibule or in the back streets of the station behind toilet. The thing is that the burgundy shoulder straps of the BB (a person with an artistic education would even say that it is more likely a "kraplak") differed slightly from the red SA in color, and in a country where most of the population had the opportunity to come into contact with prison orders, fierce hatred of the carriers letters BB on red shoulder straps significantly outstripped the speed of reading letters, if at all it came to ...

I can’t say that it was absolutely everywhere, but in most parts it was so. Maybe somewhere in large cities in crowded places and in daylight it was possible to appear "in red" without taking particular risks, but the majority of the population of the USSR does not live "in the center", but where it is high up to God, far from power , and in the forest - the owner of the bear ...

Therefore, now, when a campaign has begun in the press to protect the fighters of the ROSGVARDIA and police officers and their family members, who are allegedly threatened with reprisals through social networks for harshness against citizens who are detained at public events, this is hardly a surprise for our country ...

First, they created a structure, subordinated it to virtually the same former Internal Troops, as a result of which many military officers refused to serve in it, because for them the very idea of \u200b\u200bbeing subordinate to the "guards" and using force against their own citizens turned out to be wild. Then they showed how the "guards", eight or ten people per person, were loading girls, students and bystanders into police wagons. Then they began to imprison for considerable periods of time those who "touched their armored vest with their hand and caused pain and suffering to the guardsmen." Now they are surprised that the guardsmen, to put it mildly, do not arouse the love of the population.

Caught between the orders of the authorities (often "verbal" and not always legal) and people who do not always violate the law, "law enforcement officers" more and more often "jump off the reels" for insignificant reasons, as in two yesterday's cases ...

Where are we going and what are we doing? Maybe before it's too late, not knowing what to do, we will begin to act according to the LAW, which will be the same for all?

P.S. This article received unexpectedly a lot of responses in social networks and online media. Thanks to ALL who did not remain indifferent and contributed their part to this story.
I collected the most interesting comments here:

Vit adams And so it was. "Black shoulder straps are a clear conscience."

Dmitry Shevtsov Good article. It is 99% true about the story ... about BB and the dislike of the troops among the inhabitants.

bryansk lukhari resort
I confirm the author. In 82, my brother was demobilized from the Urals from the Internal Troops, he came home on a demobilization parade, but with black shoulder straps of the SA and combined-arms chevrons. He said that many people could not reach from afar, they were caught at train stations and on trains and beat them half to death, tore their uniforms, took away money and documents.

Galley foreman
Good article, informative, with an excursion into history for comparison with the present. I fully support the message, and I fully share the author's point of view on this issue. Law enforcers must act strictly within the framework of the law when doing their job, especially when it comes not to criminals, but to ordinary citizens, whose civil rights they have no right to suppress. Even with the permission of their superiors, otherwise they themselves turn into criminals. The protection of a certain group of persons (inviolable) should not be carried out to the detriment of everyone else. That's why there is a law, and as the author rightly noted, everyone should be equal before him. Otherwise, law enforcement officers not observing the law themselves push others to non-compliance. And this is the great responsibility of the authorities.

current
He served in the 80s, in the Navy. I remember these stories about VVshniks, there was a case, they changed clothes, but not everything is so terrible! It is more likely that such horror stories influenced 20-year-old soldiers than in reality everything was so sad and it was. But this is my, private, subjective opinion.

AlexV
In the early 80s, former soldiers who served in the Far East and Siberia went to the "demobilization" mainly by trains on the Trans-Siberian railway. (Then there was no asphalt on the Moscow-Vladivostok road at all, and this railway built under the tsar carried a huge amount of cargojd /. Lying on the second shelf of the carriage, sometimes it swayed and threw so that some drunk and sober ones flew down to the floor. It was in these cars that the “red-racer and” drove home. They were distinguished both by their shoulder straps and even without them. on a well-fed face and well-groomed hands. It was not entirely pleasant. He also said that here and there, near the railway embankment, bodies were found "dropped" from the carriages. Therefore, almost everyone drove home, dressed in "civilian", but about their The "red-run" service for the protection of prisoners and camps was not remembered. Perhaps because of drunkenness, as a result of which there was a chance to get an awl in the side. The author of these lines at that time was also a soldier and wore black shoulder straps. Sometimes a train with equipment went separately, and we went to n A new place on the Trans-Siberian Express. Our hands were covered with sores and boils (climate, diesel fuel, lack of TB) and we carried our backpacks, greatcoats and machine guns with us. People on the train treated us very well, many even offered to drink and have a bite to eat and we felt that our country was around us, common to all. And then it all ended one day, because we were sent to fulfill our "international duty".

Alexander L
They were called Vovans.

Description

Typical shoulder straps are more or less rectangular-shaped products worn on the shoulders with the title, position, and service belonging of the owner of the shoulder straps indicated in one way or another (stripes, gaps, asterisks and chevrons). As a rule, hard braid-sewn shoulder straps with bright stars and badges are worn with a full dress uniform, while more modest cloth shoulder straps without sewing are used from the field, often in camouflage color.

The initial applied value of shoulder straps - they kept the harness from slipping, the sling (belt) of the cartridge bag, the straps of the knapsack, protected the uniform from abrasions from the gun in the "on the shoulder" position. In this case, there could be only one shoulder strap - on the left (the cartridge bag was worn on the right side, the gun - on the left shoulder). The sailors did not wear a cartridge bag, and it is for this reason that shoulder straps are not used in most fleets of the world, and the position or rank is indicated by stripes on the sleeve.

1973. Cipher codes SA (Soviet Army), VV (Internal Troops), PV (Border Troops), GB (KGB troops) are introduced on the shoulder straps of soldiers and K - on the shoulder straps of cadets.

Stripes are placed on the shoulder straps of military personnel and police officers, cadets of military and paramilitary institutions, employees of the Russian Railways, the subway, etc.

They were introduced in Russia in 1843 to determine the ranks of non-commissioned officers. One stripe was worn by a corporal, 2 - a junior non-commissioned officer, 3 - a senior non-commissioned officer, 1 wide - a sergeant-major, a wide longitudinal - a ensign.

Since 1943, in the USSR Armed Forces, galloons ("stripes") have been used to designate the ranks of the military personnel of the junior command and command staff. Galloons were red (for field) and gold or silver (for everyday and ceremonial uniforms by type of troops) colors. Subsequently, the silver galloons were abolished, but yellow ones were introduced for the everyday form. For the field uniform, galloons of a protective color were provided, since the golden or silver galloons were clearly visible from a distance and thereby unmasked the soldier.

The rank of corporal (senior sailor) corresponded to one narrow braid, located across the shoulder strap, the ranks of junior sergeant and sergeant (foremen of the 2nd and 1st articles) - two and three narrow braids, respectively, senior sergeants (chief foremen) wore one wide braid across shoulder straps, and foremen (until the 1970s in the Navy - warrant officers, then - main ship foremen) - one braid, located along the shoulder strap along its axis (in 1943-63, foremen wore the so-called "petty officer's hammer" - wide a transverse "stripe" at the top of the shoulder strap, and a longitudinal narrow braid rested against it from the bottom of the shoulder strap). The cadets also had braids along the side and upper edges of the shoulder straps, attached to the button, and since 1970, after the abolition of the shoulder straps, attached to the button, only along the outer edge of the shoulder straps. Among the Suvorovites, only junior commanders had braid on their shoulder straps: a vice sergeant - along the side and upper edges of the shoulder strap, and another braid of the same width was added to the senior vice sergeant, located along the shoulder strap along the axis.

For Soviet militiamen, sergeant ranks were designated by gilded aluminum stripes that replaced braids. For the foremen of the militia, special woven shoulder straps were made, where the longitudinal braid ("stripe") was embroidered together with the shoulder straps. From 1994 to 2010, the RF Armed Forces used squares made of gold-colored metal or gray-green metal (plastic) for these purposes (for field uniforms). For the corporal - 1 narrow square, for the junior sergeant and sergeant (foremen of the 2nd and 1st articles) - 2 and 3 narrow squares, the senior sergeant (chief foreman) wears 1 wide square, and the foreman (chief ship foreman) - a combination 1 narrow and 1 wide squares. Since 2010, the troops have switched to traditional galloon stripes.

Shoulder straps, introduced in the Red Army on January 6, 1943, were originally developed as insignia only for guards units. There was even a project to introduce an epaulette for officers.

Each branch and type of troops has its own attributes. In addition to the battle banner and chevrons, shoulder straps are included in the concept of decals. It is for this accessory that you can determine not only the rank of a serviceman, but also his affiliation with one or another army. However, it is very difficult for an unprepared person to do this. Today we will try to figure out the colors and lettering on the shoulder straps of servicemen and cadets of the Russian army, as well as law enforcement agencies.

Shoulder straps of the USSR (1973-1991)

Since there are a lot of types of modern shoulder straps, for a start we will plunge a little into history, namely, in the seventies of the last century, where in the ranks of the USSR armed forces in terms of shoulder straps everything was simple and clear - accessories on the shoulders of unofficial soldiers were of a monolithic color with the corresponding lettering notation. For clarity, we list some types of shoulder straps:

• crimson with the letters BB meant that the soldier belonged to the internal troops of the USSR;
• scarlet shoulder straps with the inscription SA (it was simply deciphered - "Soviet army") belonged to employees of motorized rifle troops;
• red ones with the inscription SA were considered combined arms;
• the border guards had green shoulder straps with the letters PV;
• black shoulder marks with the letters SA were for tankers and artillerymen;
• blue shoulder straps with SA markings belonged to the paratroopers, as well as to all Air Force personnel;
• blue shoulder straps decorated with GB letters were worn by representatives of the State Security Committee.

Separately, it is worth highlighting the shoulder straps of the servicemen of the USSR Navy. They were black, but for some time their distinctive feature was the letter designation of the fleet in which the sailor served. For example, the BF and TF markings were deciphered as "Baltic Fleet" and "Pacific Fleet", respectively.

Modern shoulder straps

Of course, some elements of shoulder straps migrated to the modern army from the USSR (some of them did not even undergo changes), but today the military accessories familiar to everyone look somewhat different. For example, you no longer meet a soldier in red or blue shoulder straps - now the colors are reflected only in the so-called gaps (stripes). In addition, today's field uniform implies a rejection of traditional shoulder straps (the insignia by rank is located in the chest area).

Fortunately, the everyday and ceremonial uniforms of servicemen of all ranks have undergone a minimal number of changes in terms of attributes compared to the Soviet period. Let's consider in more detail the appearance of the shoulder straps of the modern Russian army, law enforcement agencies, as well as military educational institutions.

To begin with, each serviceman under the contract, regardless of the type of troops, has at least 3 pairs of shoulder straps. This is due to the presence of everyday and dress uniforms, as well as the rules for wearing military accessories on them.

A curious fact is that the jacket of the officer's dress uniform (for example, the Airborne Forces) will wear golden shoulder straps, while on a white shirt under the same jacket there should be accessories of the same white color. Of course, the shades of the gaps are strictly observed.

Now let's move on to considering the running attributes of the arms and types of troops.

Shoulder straps of the Ministry of Defense (combined arms, shoulder straps of the ground forces). This category of accessories includes products in the following colors:

• olive (everyday);
• white (dress for a shirt);
• golden (ceremonial on a jacket);
• gray (everyday for an overcoat);
• green (for the office uniform of MO employees).

Possible as a classic version of hexagonal shoulder straps, and products with a bevel.

The presence of red gaps and edging of the same shade implies shoulder straps for all officer and non-officer ranks:

• without edging and gaps;
• with edging, but without gaps;
• with one or two gaps and edging.

In addition, olive cadets (with yellow edging and the letter K) belong to the shoulder straps of MO.

• blue shoulder straps with blue edging or gaps (everyday, depending on the rank);
• white with edging or gaps (ceremonial for a shirt);
• golden with blue gaps or edging (ceremonial on the jacket);
• blue with blue edging or gaps (for office uniforms).

It is also provided for the use of both rectangular shoulder straps with a bevel and hexagonal products.

The shoulder straps of the airborne troops are in many respects identical to the paraphernalia of the Aerospace Forces (in the case when the shoulder straps look the same, the buttonhole near the button makes the difference) with a few exceptions. So, the main color of the everyday shoulder straps of the Airborne Forces is olive, and the accessories of the office service are painted in a dark green shade.

The shoulder straps of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (police) are rectangular products with one rounded side. For policemen, shoulder straps with red edging and similar gaps are intended. Accessories come in the following shades:

• gray-blue (for everyday uniform);
• light blue (for a dress shirt);
• white (for a dress shirt; outwardly the same as MO shoulder straps, with the exception of the buttonhole);
• golden (for a ceremonial tunic; also differ from the shoulder straps of the MO by a buttonhole).

In addition, gray-blue shoulder straps with yellow gaps, red edging and the letter K are intended for cadets of police schools.

For employees of such power structures as the FSB and FSO, shoulder straps are made in the following colors:

• olive with cornflower blue (hereinafter) gaps and edging (everyday);
• blue-black (everyday);
• blue (dress for a shirt);
• white (dress for a shirt);
• golden (ceremonial on the jacket).

In addition, shoulder straps for the presidential regiment are made in the same color scheme, they are decorated with the letters PP.

The internal troops of the Russian Federation have shoulder straps with maroon (crimson) gaps and edging. For such military personnel, accessories are designed in olive, white and golden colors.

Employees of the Russian prosecutor's office are the owners of blue shoulder straps with green gaps and edging.

The shoulder straps of the Russian Navy servicemen deserve a separate discussion. The reason for this is that sailors do not have a single color for the edging of shoulder straps due to the fact that several structures in the navy pay their debt to their homeland at once. Thus, there are the following types of shoulder straps of the Navy:

• black and cream with blue skylights and edging (everyday and ceremonial accessories of naval aviation);
• black and cream with yellow and black gaps, respectively (everyday and ceremonial);
• black with white edging and white with black edging;
• black and cream with green gaps (everyday and ceremonial for maritime border guards);
• black and cream with red gaps (for marines).
• black with blue gaps (for office use).

For the military personnel of the border service, shoulder straps are made in olive, white and golden colors with green gaps and edging.

Shoulder straps for EMERCOM employees are made using orange gaps and edging. The following shades of shoulder straps are used:

• black;
• white;
• blue;
• gray-blue (everyday, as well as cadets).

As for military educational institutions, the cadets of the Suvorov School traditionally wear red shoulder straps with the letters SVU, and representatives of the cadet corps attach the letters KK to the shoulder straps (the color depends on the corps belonging).

The article was updated on 08.01.2019.
Do you want to know what are the police shoulder straps? In fact, it is important to imagine who you are dealing with on the road or in the city, and in fact the title can only be determined by epaulettes. Police representatives will not always give their rank and name and surname, although this is mandatory.

Why understand militia (police) ranks?

Imagine you are driving along the road and you are stopped by an inspector. How to contact him if he did not introduce himself? You can just say "comrade policeman", but much better, of course, in rank. The same is true for situations outside if you are walking. In general, knowing the ranks and shoulder straps is simply a must. Moreover, they slightly changed in appearance after the police were renamed the police.

Picture with shoulder straps

In order to make it easier to understand, see the picture below:

Here I have divided the shoulder straps into two rows for clarity, so we follow.
In the first row (top) from left to right, we have the following titles:

• Private police;
• Lance Sergeant;
• Sergeant;
• Staff Sergeant;
• Chief of Police;
• Warrant Officer of the Police;
• Senior Warrant Officer;

All this was the junior commanding staff, with the exception of the "private", of course. The second row is much more interesting, as the ranks of the middle and senior teams are represented here. Also from left to right, bottom row:

• Junior Police Lieutenant;
• Lieutenant;
• Senior Lieutenant;
• Police Captain;
• Police Major;
• Lieutenant colonel;
• Police Colonel.

The last three belong to the senior commanding staff, the rest to the middle. Now you will be aware if an employee suddenly stops you and demands something from you. You will be able to determine his rank by shoulder straps.

The highest commanding staff. Generals shoulder straps

Many asked in the comments to supplement the article and add general's shoulder straps. Fair remarks. Although, of course, the general will not stop you on the street, but for general development, you need to know what his shoulder straps look like:

As you can see, they differ from ordinary shoulder straps in their unusual shape. Let's list what titles are presented here (from left to right):

• Major General of Police;
• Lieutenant General of Police;
• Colonel General of Police;
• General of the Police of the Russian Federation;

Now you know everything about the ranks of the modern police. Share the link to this article with your friends, it will be useful to them.