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To distinguish it from the likewise named Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army (also called Red Army), and any other Red Army (like those of Mongolia, Bavaria, Hungary)
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In 1943, the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army (RKKARabóče-krestʹjánskaja Krásnaja ármija, RKKA) of the Soviet Union decided to adopt shoulder boards instead of collar tabs for rank identification. This is an amusing change. Since the Russian Revolution, shoulder boards were frowned upon by the Bolsheviks as Tsarist and Imperialist relics, and hence they were discarded in the early Soviet uniforms.

As shown below, with the 1943 adaptation, an average Soviet soldier (left) resembles an Imperial Russian soldier (right).

Post-1943 Red Army uniform Imperial Russian uniform

I'm wondering, What are the reasons and motivations in the Soviet leadership behind this change?

In 1943, the Red Army (RKKA) decided to adopt shoulder boards instead of collar tabs for rank identification. This is an amusing change. Since the Russian Revolution, shoulder boards were frowned upon by the Bolsheviks as Tsarist and Imperialist relics, and hence they were discarded in the early Soviet uniforms.

As shown below, with the 1943 adaptation, an average Soviet soldier (left) resembles an Imperial Russian soldier (right).

Post-1943 Red Army uniform Imperial Russian uniform

I'm wondering, What are the reasons and motivations in the Soviet leadership behind this change?

In 1943, the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army (Rabóče-krestʹjánskaja Krásnaja ármija, RKKA) of the Soviet Union decided to adopt shoulder boards instead of collar tabs for rank identification. This is an amusing change. Since the Russian Revolution, shoulder boards were frowned upon by the Bolsheviks as Tsarist and Imperialist relics, and hence they were discarded in the early Soviet uniforms.

As shown below, with the 1943 adaptation, an average Soviet soldier (left) resembles an Imperial Russian soldier (right).

Post-1943 Red Army uniform Imperial Russian uniform

I'm wondering, What are the reasons and motivations in the Soviet leadership behind this change?

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In 1943, the Red Army (RKKA) decided to adopt shoulder boards instead of collar tabs for rank identification. This is an amusing change. Since the Russian Revolution, shoulder boards were frowned upon by the Bolsheviks as Tsarist and Imperialist relics, and hence they were discarded in the early RKKASoviet uniforms.

As shown below, with the 1943 adaptation, an average RKKASoviet soldier (left) resembles an Imperial Russian soldier (right).

Post-1943 Red Army uniform Imperial Russian uniform

I'm wondering, What are the reasons and motivations in the Soviet leadership behind this change?

In 1943, the Red Army (RKKA) decided to adopt shoulder boards instead of collar tabs for rank identification. This is an amusing change. Since the Russian Revolution, shoulder boards were frowned upon by the Bolsheviks as Tsarist and Imperialist relics, and hence they were discarded in the early RKKA uniforms.

As shown below, with the 1943 adaptation, an average RKKA soldier (left) resembles an Imperial Russian soldier (right).

Post-1943 Red Army uniform Imperial Russian uniform

I'm wondering, What are the reasons and motivations in the Soviet leadership behind this change?

In 1943, the Red Army (RKKA) decided to adopt shoulder boards instead of collar tabs for rank identification. This is an amusing change. Since the Russian Revolution, shoulder boards were frowned upon by the Bolsheviks as Tsarist and Imperialist relics, and hence they were discarded in the early Soviet uniforms.

As shown below, with the 1943 adaptation, an average Soviet soldier (left) resembles an Imperial Russian soldier (right).

Post-1943 Red Army uniform Imperial Russian uniform

I'm wondering, What are the reasons and motivations in the Soviet leadership behind this change?

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In 1943, the Red Army (RKKA) decided to adopt shoulder boards instead of collar tabs for rank identification. This is an amusing change. Since the Russian Revolution, shoulder boards were frowned upon by the Bolsheviks as Tsarist and Imperialist relics, and hence they were discarded in the early RKKA uniforms.

As shown below, with the 1943 adaptation, an average RKKA soldier (left) resembles an Imperial Russian soldier (right).

Pre-1943 Red Army uniform Post-1943 Red Army uniform Imperial Russian uniform

I'm wondering, What are the reasons and motivations in the Soviet leadership behind this change?

In 1943, the Red Army (RKKA) decided to adopt shoulder boards instead of collar tabs for rank identification. This is an amusing change. Since the Russian Revolution, shoulder boards were frowned upon by the Bolsheviks as Tsarist and Imperialist relics, and hence they were discarded in the early RKKA uniforms.

As shown below, with the adaptation, an average RKKA soldier resembles an Imperial Russian soldier.

Pre-1943 Red Army uniform Post-1943 Red Army uniform Imperial Russian uniform

I'm wondering, What are the reasons and motivations in the Soviet leadership behind this change?

In 1943, the Red Army (RKKA) decided to adopt shoulder boards instead of collar tabs for rank identification. This is an amusing change. Since the Russian Revolution, shoulder boards were frowned upon by the Bolsheviks as Tsarist and Imperialist relics, and hence they were discarded in the early RKKA uniforms.

As shown below, with the 1943 adaptation, an average RKKA soldier (left) resembles an Imperial Russian soldier (right).

Post-1943 Red Army uniform Imperial Russian uniform

I'm wondering, What are the reasons and motivations in the Soviet leadership behind this change?

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