Lifchik.
Hello, and welcome back to Viking
Airsoft!
This time around i'm going to tell you
and show you the pattern “Lifchik” chest rigs of the USSR. So,
lets not waste any time and get to it!
First introduced in 1985 and produced
until 1987 in it's original form but other patterns and sub-variants
do exist and continue to be made, the “Lifchik” Or Bra in
English. Was a direct descendant of the popular and mass produced
Type-56 Chest Rig of the P.R.C. (People's Republic of China) and
fielded in massive numbers of the 40th Army in
Afghanistan, and later by the Soviet/Russian Federal Armed Forces in
Tajikistan, Nagorno-Karabakh, Yugoslavia and the Republics of
Ossetia, Abkazia and Chechnya.
(Not mine. Credit goes to the Soviet/Russian MOD and Itar Tass Newspaper.)
The layout of the “Lifchik” Rig is
as followed: Three main cells for two 5.45x39 magazines in each cell.
(Not my rig or photos in the following.)
Four auxiliary cells that can hold four
F1 or RGD-5 hand grenades. And two smaller cells with straps for the
RSP-30 flare.
Its fastening system is simple and easy
for the wearer in that it is simply a belt strap on both ends that
fasten or tie. The shoulder straps are padded for comfort.
Manufacturers stamping can be usually
found on the rear of the chest rig with the last two digits denoting
the year of manufacture.
The second pattern “Lifchik” is
different from the pattern 1. Still made of canvas it does have more
visible design changes.
Belt-A is the primary upper part for
carrying magazines, grenades and flares. It has three main cells to
hold six 5.45x39mm magazines (2 per cell.) And still four auxiliary
cells that hold either F1 or RGD-5 grenades, with two smaller cells
that yet again hold two RSP-30 flares. (One per cell.)
Belt-A is fastened by a simple belt
strap with two padded shoulder straps. Manufacture stamps like the
previous pattern are located on the rear of the rig with the last two
digits denoting year of manufacture.
The main difference is in the placement
of grenades and pocket closure which uses leather straps in place of
male/female snaps.
Belt-B is the lower, optional
attachment for carrying “VOG-25” grenades. It can be attached to
Belt-A and holds ten “VOG-25” grenades with one grenade in each
cell.
First introduced in 1988 it saw action
in the final years of the Soviet intervention in Afghanistan and the
final wars/first wars of the Soviet and then Russian Federation
respectively. Many of you readers might also recognize the pattern 2
from Call of Duty Black Ops 1-2 and World in Conflict Soviet Assault.
(Now there are some fakes/replicas that you might find that are good and really cheap or good and really expensive so i'll do one later on about the real and fake "Lifchiks".)
https://amzn.to/3284rgN
(So heres a Type-56 rig you can buy and i'll post a link on how to modify it to look like a "Lifchik" for the most part, you simply get some buttons or Velcro and sew it to the closures and cells.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4StwNGqNtLw
(Not mine but it helped me mod my old rig.)
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