At first glance, it was very similar to it, mainly since both were made completely from black-colored textile and both featured integrated suit-alike belt with metallic buckle around waist. ![]() This tanker's suit evolved directly from the previous, Red Army's tanker coverall, known exactly as the Tankoviy kombinezon (Танковый комбинезон - Tanker's coverall), which originated back from late 1930s and was commonly used through the entire World War II up until the early 1970s (with some minor changes to the cut after the war). It was originally intended for all Soviet tankers (vehicle crews/operators) in general during the Cold war era, as their standard and indispensible combat as well as working uniform.Īs its official designation clearly points, it was deliberately designated as a costume (a suit - exactly like the infantryman's KZS) rather than a coverall ( kombinezon, like the infantryman's KLMK, as an example), simply due to the fact that it was a two-piece battledress - consisting of pants/trousers and shirt/jacket (in contrast to above mentioned KLMK, which was exclusively one-piece and which was exactly due to that officially designated as being a coverall rather than a suit/costume), but was still not an actual uniform (just like the KZS), since it was only a combat/working suit, intended to be just worn above their standard-issue M-69 service and everyday uniform, used by all Soviet Armed Forces servicemen and personnel. The Tankoviy kostyum (original translation Tankovij kostjum, in Cyrillics Танковый костюм (literally meaning Tanker's costume, abbreaviated ТК), alternatively known as Костюм танкиста ( Kostjum tankista/Kostyum tankista, meaning Costume of tankers) was once a battledress of Soviet and, nowadays, of Russian origin.
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