Information Sites
Ex-Soviet Weapon and Equipment Manufacturers
The Soviet War in Afghanistan
- Tula Cartridge Works (One of the primary Soviet manufacterers of small arms ammunition)
- Barnaul Machine Tool Plant (Another primary Soviet manufacterers of small arms ammunition)
- Izhmash (Major Soviet small arms manufacterer/ Primary manufacterer of the Kalashnikov rifle)
- Tula Arms Plant / Tulsky oruzheiny zavod (TOZ) (Another major Soviet small arms manufacterer. Also major manufacterer of the AKS-74U)
- Vyatskie Polyany Machine Building Plant JSC (MOLOT) (Soviet manufacterer of the RPK, various small arms and accessories)
- V.A. Degtyarev (ZiD) (Soviet manufacterer of medium to heavy machine guns)
- Afghana (Soviet-Afghan War site)
- Ruswar (Soviet-Afghan War site)
- Afganvet (Soviet-Afghan War site, in Russian)
- Art of War (Soviet-Afghan War site, in Russian)
- The MOUT Homepage (Articles about the Soviet war in Afghanistan)
- List of Recipients of the Hero of the Soviet Union Awarded During the Soviet-Afghan War (1979-1989)
- Soviet-Afghan War SPETsNAZ vet interview on snipersparadise.com
Soviet-era Weapons, Uniforms, and Equipment
The Soviet Military and Soviet Military Related
- Tantal's AK Site
- The AK Information Site
- Soviet and Eastern-Block AK Magazine Identification Site
- The Russian Ammunition Page
- Russian Warrior
- Soviet Military Uniforms Regulations Page
- The Parallel History Project
- Soviet Music (Military and Civilian Music and Lyrics)
Forums
- The Red Alliance (Soviet, Russian and Eastern-bloc Themed Airsoft)
- theAKForum.net
Uniform and Equipment Vendors
- Red Soldier (Uniforms and gear)
- Collect Russia (Original Soviet-era Uniforms)
- Russian Military and Outdoors (Soviet uniforms, gear, equipment and firearms accessories)
- Trident Militaria (Soviet uniforms)
- The Russian Store (Soviet uniforms)
- Front of Russia
- OMNI Resources (Soviet-era military maps. Afghanistan too!)
US Weapons Manufacturers and Part Suppliers Specializing in AKs
- Tantal's AK Site (Soviet AK parts and accessories)
- AK USA (Custom AK manufacterer)
- Marshall Arms (Custom AK manufacterer)
- K-VAR Corporation (AK parts, magazines and parts-kits)
- Ohio Rapid Fire (AK parts, magazines and parts-kits)
Cold War-era Reenactment and Living History Groups
- Warsaw Pact Forces Group (WPFG) (A very impressive group based in the UK. Their impressions are great! Please visit!)
- Komanda Groza (This airsoft unit out of Virginia portrays the modern VDV. I consider them a brother unit because of their high attention to detail! Please visit them!)
- British 10th Paratrooper Regiment (British Paratrooper re-enactment unit based in the mid-Atlantic area of the US)
- Motorized Schützenregiment 16 "Robert Uhrig" (East German re-enactment unit based in Washington D.C.)
Other Links
- Lost Battalions (Best WW2 uniforms PERIOD!)
- SOLDAT (Superb WW2 Insignia)
- Moore Militaria (Superb Vietnam-era Uniforms & Insignia)
- Michael Bad Hand Terry (Native American historian, lecturer and reenactor)
