bearing no resemblance to fur from any animal. Officer caps were of a better quality made from lambswool or astrakhan. The synthetic fur hats came in various shades and colours, but followed a basic pattern in shape and appearance. A 32mm red enamelled/painted or subdued green cap star was affixed to the front flap of the hat. Schapka ushanka (шапка ушанка) in Russian literally means " ear flap cap", from the word "уши" meaning ears. The Soviet Union and the Red Army were early exponents in the development of camouflage clothing. As early as 1919 they had set up research and development and a school dedicated to camouflage and concealment, or "masking" as it was know in the Soviet Union. By 1927 three types of camouflage garments were produced, consisting of a loose fitting two piece oversuit in dull green summer and autumn colours and one which had painted sponges glued to it to simulate foliage. In 1938 a new type pattern suit was issued, distinguished by its large splotches, or the "amoeba" pattern as it has became to be known. It came in various colour schemes for the relevant seasons and in two different cuts. The MK (Maskirovochniy Kombinezon) was a one piece coverall and the MKK (Maskirovochniy Kamuflirovanniy Kostum) was a two piece suit. Both types were of a thin loose fitting material with a large hood attached, designed to be worn over the standard uniform and equipment. Some patterns had a face veil attached to the hood and others had a separate face veil mask. There were twelve known amoeba colour schemes i.e зеленый (цвет но.2) green colour No.2, which had four background shade variations from dark, mid to light green, each with its own amoeba shapes of one colour, either dark,mid and light brown or in black. Зеленый (цвет но.5), green colour No.5, which had two variations of a brighter light green background each with amoeba shapes in one colour, either dark and mid brown. The German shelter quarter (or zeltbahn) was made from a cotton duck twill which when wet swells slightely making it more waterproof. The triangular zeltbahn is based on the square pattern of 1892 used up until the mid 30's, 4 could be buttoned together to make a four man tent (comfy to sleep in), more could be put together to form even bigger structures: The WW2 version is triangular with buttons along each side, holes in the corners for tent pegs and a tent pole. It could also be worn as a poncho to keep dry:Įarly ones were field grey (I have a couple of these, check me) but wartime they were camoflaged so that every soldier had some basic pattern disruptive clothing. The Zeltbahn could also be used to make basic flotation aids: They were made in numerous patterns for both wehrmacht and SS, most of which were reversable. Pretty cool eh? Sort of like an issue origami set. Similar equipment has been issued in most armies for years, probably decended from the watch cloaks used since medieval times. The Russians had the 'plash palatka' which was rectangular and was used as a rain cape or basic shelter. The British had a similar rain cape as did the US, post war the poncho was introduced in the British army but with the advent of gortex they have been withdrawn (due to being useless for keeping you dry and the hood being problematic for shelter making) and replaced with a PLCE basher, functional and one of the best items of kit we have at the moment.Over the years, we’ve put together a large collection of free Adobe books that we share with our readers here… This extensive set of helpful, no-cost books has now grown to over 30 different titles that you can legally download and use royalty-free, forever. These digital books cover Creative Cloud, Creative Suite, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Acrobat, Dreamweaver, Muse, Lightroom and more – but until now, we haven’t always had a good and recent offering for Adobe Animate CC (formerly Flash Professional).įortunately, this has changed with the publication of the new “Creating Multiplatform Animations with Animate CC” guidebook, which comes from award-winning Adobe Education Leader and longtime Animate guru Joseph Labrecque. Labrecque conducted a paid Animate CC workshop at the Adobe MAX conference this month, and is now making the class’s training materials available to the general public completely free of charge. This special offer includes the main 59-page course workbook together with 9 MB of sample working assets, all of which you can download for free here.
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