Do you have a military ID? How to recognize a false paratrooper

2024 Author: Seth Attwood | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 15:55

The Day of the Airborne Forces has become a civilized holiday and no longer frightens peaceful citizens. But the excesses of August 2 still happen, however, the guilty of them is often not the valiant soldiers of the Airborne Forces, but the mummers. How to recognize a fake paratrooper and bring him out into the open?

“The so-called“mummers”are people who did not serve in the army, but love to show off, put on vests. And when they are asked the questions: "What parachutes did you jump with?"

According to a member of the Federation Council, a former paratrooper officer Franz Klintsevich, mummers are a disaster for the Airborne Forces. It is with them that the scandals of August 2 are often associated. These people, who have nothing to do with the "winged guard", by their shameful behavior cast a shadow on the glorified branch of the army.

“Now there are fewer of them, as they are simply beaten. And we have already given such a command, especially against the Afghans, to identify and just beat them. Buy a beret and a vest - nothing complicated. To get drunk and behave ugly, trying thereby to be realized by virtue of the inherent complexes, said Klintsevich.

Military ID

The easiest and most reliable way to find out if a person served in the Airborne Forces is to ask him to show his military ID. This document indicates the ranks, positions and numbers of the military units where the service took place. By the number of the military unit, you can determine whether it belongs to the Airborne Forces.

You can also find out whether you belong to the landing party by the number of the military specialty on the military ID. It is a six-digit number, sometimes with a letter at the end. If there is the letter "D" there, it means that the military specialty is related to the Airborne Forces. The first three digits of the VUS are designations of specialization. For example, "100" is a rifle, "101" is a machine gun, "103" is a grenade launcher.

But, if the military card of the VUS is indicated with the numbers "998" or "999", these people could not serve in the Airborne Forces. The first means - "with minor restrictions fit for military service, did not pass it", the second - "limitedly fit for military service, but does not have military training."

Where did you serve?

On this issue, the real paratroopers are calculating the impostors with a very high probability. Answers like: "I served in the Pskov division" will not work here. A fighter of this illustrious unit must know its full name - the 76th Guards Airborne Assault Chernigov Red Banner Division.

A paratrooper must always know the full name of the unit that is part of the division, in which he served, with all its regalia. For example, the 234th Guards Airborne Assault Black Sea Order of Kutuzov Regiment named after St. Alexander Nevsky.

Without hesitation, fighters must know the battalion, company and platoon where they served. And also remember your commanders. Real veterans of the Airborne Forces do not forget this.

Awards

The Russian state has always been stingy with awards, even for real heroes. Therefore, the scattering of orders and medals on the chest of the paratrooper should be in doubt. Of course, there are people with a large number of awards, but they are few.

In addition, real veterans do not like to interfere with military orders and medals with departmental or anniversary awards. A lone medal "For Courage" for real paratroopers will say more about a person than a completely hung chest.

The Russian state has always been stingy with awards, even for real heroes. Therefore, the scattering of orders and medals on the chest of the paratrooper should be in doubt. Of course, there are people with a large number of awards, but they are few.

In addition, real veterans do not like to interfere with military orders and medals with departmental or anniversary awards. A lone medal "For Courage" for real paratroopers will say more about a person than a completely hung chest.

Pay attention to the compliance of the awards with the age of the veteran. Most of the Soviet awards were abolished with the collapse of the USSR. Therefore, the Order of the Red Star or the Order of the Red Banner cannot appear in a young guy who passed through Syria.

How many jumps?

Contrary to popular belief, soldiers and sergeants in the Airborne Forces do not jump with a parachute much. During the period of service, conscripts manage to make up to ten jumps. Therefore, parachute icons with a large number of jumps indicated on them should arouse suspicion.

Well, if the former conscript of the Airborne Forces himself talks about some incredible parachute experience, you can ask him a couple of provocative questions. For example, what is the correct name for the ring for opening the parachute.

Correctly it is called a manual opening link. And it doesn't look like a ring at all, but rather like a pen. And the vast majority of the paratroopers never had to use it. In the Airborne Forces, ordinary fighters jump with the forced opening of the main canopy of the parachute.

If the "paratrooper" could not remember about the manual opening link, he can be finished off with the question: did he jump with the RD-54 parachute? He will answer that he jumped - it means that he was dressed up, he doubted - also, most likely, fake.

The fact is that the RD-54 is not a parachute. This is a paratrooper backpack of the 1954 model, which has been used in the Airborne Forces for more than half a century, and is one of the few samples of Soviet military equipment that has earned the love of the paratroopers. The fighters of the “winged guard” simply cannot be unaware of this legendary item.

There is also the main difference between real Airborne Forces fighters from the costumed "paratroopers". Belonging to the military elite is not only about muscles, blue berets and vests, but also an appropriate upbringing, self-discipline and the ability to behave.

Author: Vyacheslav Korzun