The Red Army—here manning .30-caliber Maxim machine guns—rebounded in early 1940 under new command. The peaked budyonovka field caps saw use early in World War II. (©RIA Novosti/The Image Works)
Machine-gunners at firing position
The Red Army—here manning .30-caliber Maxim machine guns—rebounded in early 1940 under new command. The peaked budyonovka field caps saw use early in World War II. (©RIA Novosti/The Image Works)