Soviet Army №46-1979 Soviet soldier (1979)

Soviet soldier.

The face of the infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) driver-mechanic V. Lukashik.

Lukashik answers questions from the general who arrived at the unit to check its combat readiness.

The faces of Lukashik and his comrades.

Lukashik puts his hand to his tank helmet and responds to the command’s gratitude in accordance with regulations.

Autumn forest landscape, an IFV column is moving along the road along the edge of the forest.

Lukashik drives the IFV, looking out of the hatch.

IFV on the march.

Motorized rifle soldiers in the amphibious compartment of the IFV. The IFV column moving.

Lukashik and the squad commander in the IFV hatches.

The IFV column is moving along a country road.

View of the field park of military equipment (from above).

Lukashik cleans the IFV armor with a brush.

Lukashik’s face.

The soldier is preparing the next issue of the combat leaflet in the field.

Soldiers take up a firing line during a fire training session.

Lukashik fires a machine gun at a target at the firing line.

Drivers in the classroom during a lesson on the BMP hardware.

Lukashik's face.

An officer conducts a lesson.

Lukashik answers the officer's question, shows the units and assemblies of the BMP engine.

The faces of soldiers.

Lukashik and his comrades in the reading room of the military unit library.

Lukashik makes extracts from technical literature.

An officer at the command post of the training ground gives a command to the BMP crews.

Lukashik takes the driver's seat.

Electronic stopwatch board.

Practical driving of the BMP on the training ground, Lukashik drives the BMP off-road.

Lukashik and his comrades during a break in field training.

Lukashik draws a portrait of his comrade.

A soldier poses for Lukashik.

Lukashik and his comrades in the Lenin Room are making up a wall newspaper.

A Komsomol meeting of the company before going out for exercises, the faces of soldiers and sergeants.

Panorama of the company camp in the exercise area (top).

Soldiers leaving the bathhouse located in a tent.

Lukashik shaves, hanging a mirror on a bush.

Everyday life of soldiers in the field.

The cook prepares lunch.

Field kitchen under an awning.

Eating in the field.

Lukashik and his comrades sit on the grass during rest, smoking.

The faces of Lukashik, gunner Kosobutsky and BMP commander Pozdnyak.

Soldiers watch a film in a mobile auto club.

Fragments of the film "Malaya Zemlya", newsreel of Brezhnev's meetings with veterans, faces of soldiers and Lukashik.

Newsreel: Brezhnev during a visit to Novorossiysk.

Veterans and servicemen during a trip to the battle sites of the Great Patriotic War.

Veterans talk with soldiers.

Lukashik prepares the BMP for a march.

Interview with the secretary of the company Komsomol organization V. Kondakov about Lukashik (synchronously and off-screen).

Lukashik inspects the tracks of his BMP. Interview with the battalion commander Major V. Drizhuk (synchronously).

Lukashik during the preparation and inspection of the combat vehicle.

Interview with the BMP commander Sergeant A. Pozdnyak (synchronously).

Lukashik among his comrades.

Preparing the BMP for exercises (panorama).

Lukashik helps a comrade with engine repairs.

Officers in a camouflaged field headquarters prepare for a mock battle.

Tank and infantry fighting vehicle crews take their places after the signal to begin the exercise.

Lukashik takes his place.

The crew of one of the tanks takes its places in the combat vehicle.

The pilots take their places in the aircraft cockpits.

Combat aircraft take off.

The radar rotates.

Columns of tanks and infantry fighting vehicles march to the starting area (top).

A battalion column of infantry fighting vehicles on the march.

The battalion commander is in one of the vehicles.

Airplanes fly by.

The infantry fighting vehicles rush to the deployment line.

Lukashik's face, an interview with vehicle commander Pozdnyak is heard in the background.

The infantry fighting vehicles fire during a mock battle.

Motorized riflemen leave the infantry fighting vehicles and rush to attack the simulated enemy, aircraft approaching for an assault.

The motorized riflemen attack the positions of the simulated enemy.

The infantry fighting vehicles provide fire support to the motorized riflemen.

Helicopters fly by.

A panorama of a part of the Neman River.

Helicopters over the Neman.

Lukashik's face in the viewing slit.

BMPs crossing the Neman.

Helicopters flying.

View of a unit of the Neman (from above).

View of a tank on a pontoon (severhu).

Views of the Neman during the crossing of troops and armored vehicles.

BMPs drive out to the opposite bank.

Lukashik's face in the viewing slit.

Lukashik climbs out of the hatch after the end of the exercise.

Lukashik surrounded by his comrades.

Landscapes outside the train car window, Lukashik in a train compartment.

Lukashik exits the train car in Minsk after arriving for a short leave.

Views of Minsk streets.

Lukashik at home surrounded by his family.

Faces of Lukashik's parents and brother.

Articles about Lukashik published in newspapers, parents looking at a newspaper.

Lukashik and his father walk through the finished products area of the Minsk Tractor Plant, where he worked before being drafted into the army.

Assembly of tractors on the conveyor of the Minsk Tractor Plant.

Lukashik in one of the plant's workshops, talking to workers, picking up a tool.

The Palace of Arts building.

Lukashik and his brother are walking up the steps to the entrance.

Lukashik and his brother in the halls of the art gallery, a painting on the theme of the Great Patriotic War.

Lukashik with a girl on the embankment.

A view of part of the autumn park.

Lukashik is walking in the park with his girlfriend.

Servicing an infantry fighting vehicle during a park maintenance day.

Lukashik's interview (synchronously).

A platoon is marching on the territory of a military unit, Lukashik is walking in formation.