Soviet Armed Forces during the Cold War

Since I have a lot of Soviet era picture, I would like to start a thread dedicated to the ARMED FORCES OF THE USSR (1947-1991) during the peak of the Cold War with the West. Please do not post picture of Workers’–Peasants’ Red Army (1918-1946).

Structure of Soviet Armed Forces:
Strategic Missile Troops
Ground forces
- Motorized Infantry
- Armored forces
- Airborne Troops
- Artillery and missile troops
- Army Air Defense
- Army Aviation
- Sapper Troops
- Signal Troops
- Radio technical Troops
- Chemical troops
Air Defense Forces
- Radio technical Troops
- Surface-to-Air Missile Troops
- Fighter Aviation
Air Forces
- Long Range Aviation
- Frontal Aviation
- Military Transport Aviation
Navy
- Submarine Forces
- Surface Forces
- Naval Aviation
- Coastal Artillery
- Naval Infantry
Rear Services
Troops of Civil Defense
Border Troops (under authority of Committee for State Security)
Internal Troops (under authority of Ministry of Internal Affairs)


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Tu-128










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Many former pilots of the Tu-22 say that "shilo" wasn't for usual pilot. But many really love this plane.





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Experimental plane S-22I with variable-sweep wing(prototype of Sukhoi Su-17)


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Yak-38:







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Sukhoi Su-7B fighter-bomber


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Supersonic fighter-bomber Sukhoi Su-7BM



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Yakovlev Yak-28. Supersonic bomber


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MiG-23S, 32GIAP, Shatalovo AFB. 1971. Damaged in emergency landing



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Soviet Naval Infantry T-55AM tank on the Ethiopian coast.



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