John Kettler Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 (edited) This subject came up over in the CoC group, and I though people here would appreciate what I found. This is part of a Soviet unit re-enactor site. The article on female Red Army medics: includes, period illos showing casualty extraction methods, 1939 bag contents (did sulfa powder get there later under LL?) and re-enactors in a variety of female medic uniforms. My interlocutor was asserting they were only in field hospitals, to which I replied they were pulling guys right off the firing line to get them to aid stations. Have read veteran accounts myself saying exactly this. The medics were not with the men directly in the line but were close enough to respond to cries for help. They were armed, too. No idea why there's a blue highlight.https://theredguard.weebly.com/medics.html Main site is here. These people are deadly serious about the quality and credibility of the historical representation they provide. Regards, John Kettler Edited September 30, 2019 by John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
76mm Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 17 hours ago, John Kettler said: I replied they were pulling guys right off the firing line to get them to aid stations. Have read veteran accounts myself saying exactly this. The medics were not with the men directly in the line but were close enough to respond to cries for help. They were armed, too. This is exactly right, they were truly "pulling their weight", and more. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bud Backer Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 They were incredibly brave women. I don’t think they were really known. So I made a point of mentioning the wayyyy back when in my “Somebody’s Hero” CAAR Years ago. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted October 2, 2019 Author Share Posted October 2, 2019 76mm, Well put! Bud Backer, How could I have missed that? Do have a live link by any chance? Do any of our Russian, Ukrainian and other colleagues have accounts of Soviet medics, male or female, both ref training and in battle. Am sure IRemember.ru has some, but they're unreachable from the English side of the site.There seem to be slim pickings on the Anglophone side of things. One small item of good news is that there are miniatures of Soviet medics in 28 mm scale produced by Warlord and a female owned outfit called Bad Squido Games. The latter also has a female recon group, mortar team and other items. Wish I could find an account I posted long ago of a husband and wife team in an ISU-122 in the Battle of Berlin. He was the driver mechanic and she the komandir. They were having an argument while trying to get into battle as to what route they should take! Nothing to do with medics, but I thought I'd mention it. IRemember.ru also had/has a great account by a former female tanker. One interesting bit of chrome was that the ladies felt unfeminine in their figure hiding trousers and cut up the pants to make skirts, in gross violation of the regulations. Such destruction of State property, especially in wartime could easily have gotten summary execution of penal battalion/penal company (depending on rank). Suspect the osobists (NKVD) were told to stay out of it by higher because of the morale boost it gave to the female comrades who shared the exact same risks in battle and faced a dire additional likelihood the men didn't if captured! Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bud Backer Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 4 hours ago, John Kettler said: Bud Backer, How could I have missed that? Do have a live link by any chance? Sure thing, links are in my signature but here it is specifically: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StieliAlpha Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 On 9/30/2019 at 9:19 PM, Bud Backer said: They were incredibly brave women. I don’t think they were really known. So I made a point of mentioning the wayyyy back when in my “Somebody’s Hero” CAAR Years ago. Seems it‘s about time to recommend this excellent, “must read” again: Svetlana Alexievich „THE UNWOMANLY FACE OF WAR"“ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulletpoint Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 (edited) So that's why the Russians had so many 'casualties'... They only had to shout for a medic, and Anastasia and Natascha would come runnning to their trench, wearing On 9/30/2019 at 2:47 AM, John Kettler said: a variety of female medic uniforms Whereas the Germans would be sent to Jodeling Jörge and his Saurkraut Crew. Edited October 23, 2019 by Bulletpoint 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocketman Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 On 10/20/2019 at 2:13 PM, StieliAlpha said: Seems it‘s about time to recommend this excellent, “must read” again: Svetlana Alexievich „THE UNWOMANLY FACE OF WAR"“ Can also highly recommend her book about the Soviet-Afghan war, called "Zinc Boys" (or Zinky Boys). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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