The military had a claim to the new form
A survey of Russian army servicemen was conducted by 200 experts, who visited military units throughout Russia. Alexander Kanshin, head of the OP commission on national security issues, told this publication to RBC daily. Criticized the military and the existing form, the so-called "figure." It is mainly criticized for fabrics that fade very quickly and tearing threads. In addition, it suddenly turned out that the soldiers were opposed to the abolition of the footcloths, which had recently been ordered to forget the new Russian defense minister. However, the soldiers believe that the socks are impractical and rub their feet. First of all, those soldiers serving in the northern regions of Russia spoke of the need to return the sisters. Currently, soldiers are scheduled to issue pairs of socks for 20 annually, but their quality, as noted by respondents, is low.
Many people express their concern that the new form, the so-called “concept”, is made of synthetic fabric, but here, most likely, it is a question of insufficient awareness of people who believe that the use of blended fabrics with cotton content in 65% and synthetics in 35% does not allow the skin to "breathe." Also, the soldiers believe that quickly failing Velcro and lightning must be duplicated with buttons. There are military claims to the pockets. They were in 1,5 times less than required - according to the military, the creators of the new form simply saved on the material. At the same time, experts paid attention to small pockets at the stage of form presentation. The interviewed servicemen also turned their attention to the fact that due to the lack of suspenders and a belt, the underwear could become bullying, which is why the waist is frozen. In general, both soldiers and their parents approve of the transition to a new form.
The soldiers, who have already taken part in the tests of the new field uniform, offer to return the boots to the army, since it is impossible to fight in berets in deep snow or marshland. Appeared in the military claims and balaclavla, mainly due to the lack of slots for the mouth. When breathing, moisture accumulates in this place, which at minus temperatures on the street can cause frostbite of the serviceman, and most importantly, the poor soldier does not even have the opportunity to spit.
The Russian Ministry of Defense is still opposed to the sisters, but the Public Chamber calls for a compromise. And if the majority of complaints about the new form of the Ministry of Defense reacted very calmly, then the reviews in favor of the return of the footcloths to the military department clearly did not like. Soldiers in the survey talked about the impracticality of socks, which will have to issue pairs of 20 per year, as well as knock down legs. However, in January, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu ordered to completely rid the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation from such a historical relic, like foot wraps, which are used in the army, starting with 1812. Then the minister urged everyone to "think in other categories."
Supports the Minister of Defense and his deputy - Ruslan Tsalikov. According to him, footcloths "look like an anachronism" and socks logically come to replace them. However, members of the Public Chamber, engaged in interviewing military personnel, suggest that the Russian Defense Ministry should compromise on the use of footcloths and socks in military units at the same time.
It is currently unknown whether it is planned to refine the new form, taking into account the comments received. New units in the army are planning to get in stages from 2013 to 2015 year. In the 2013 year - 100 000 kits, in 2013 - 400 000 and 500 000 - until the end of the 2015 year. The new form will be purchased in the framework of the state defense order, and its manufacture, as previously reported, will be handled by the company BTK Group, which is owned by Teimurah Bolloev, the former head of Olympstroy.
The new field uniform, called the “Concept”, has been developed for several years and should have replaced the “Digit”, which many have associated with the name of the famous fashion designer Yudashkin before the official denial by the Chief Military Prosecutor’s Office of the country. Experts noted that the new field uniform somehow reminds them of the American ACU - Army Combat Uniform, without seeing anything bad in borrowing good ideas. The main difference of the new form is the “eight layers” principle implemented in it - from underwear to a jacket. It is possible to change the form complete set depending on weather conditions and tasks solved by combat units. The military had already come up with a new form of a rather ironic name, nicknamed it “cabbage”.
Despite all the voiced remarks, the current military uniform, which is already used in the army, is even more criticized by the military. The so-called “Digit” was introduced into the army in 2010 by order of former Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov, who lost his post due to a major corruption scandal in the armed forces. The servicemen point to the poor quality of the materials used in this form, which are constantly being torn.
Sergey Krivenko, the coordinator of the public initiative “Citizen and the Army”, told journalists that the military had the most complaints to the winter uniform. First of all, we are talking about its functionality. The existing winter form is blown out and keeps heat poorly. The expert notes that, most likely, this is due to corruption errors or marriage, which was incorporated into it. This form was called the “Yudashkin form” for a long time, but this is not at all the case. According to him, initially the design features of the current "Figures" were laid completely different - it used different materials and insulation, than those that turned out at the output and cause many questions today.
At the same time, the expert noted that there are only positive opinions about the existing summer form - it is not hot in summer, it keeps cool well. So the opinions about the "Digit" can be called diametrically opposed. According to Krivenko, the Prosecutor's Office should understand what happened. If we consider that it was spent on order 25 billion rubles to re-equip the army with “Tsifroy”, it would be very out of place to figure out who, what and how produced.
In due time, in connection with the frequent outbreaks of ARVI in the troops and the incoming complaints about the uniform, the Main Military Prosecutor’s Office (PRT) conducted a large-scale check. GWP was found that at the first stage, the sketches and prototypes were actually produced by LLC Valentin Yudashkin. But then the officials of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, without the consent of the developer, made in the form of "significant structural changes." Since after these changes, the new form was significantly different from the previous one, the army leadership should have conveyed to the troops the “rules of its application”, but the officials did not. In addition to this, violations were also found in the clothing industry, where they sewed the "Digit".
Information sources:
-http: //lenta.ru/news/2013/02/20/equipment
-http: //finam.info/news/voennie-raskritikovali-novuyu-formu
-http: //www.newsru.com/russia/20feb2013/forma.html
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