???? You can support the regular release of new Spetsinform videos with your hard-earned money and subscribe to the sponsr platform here: https://sponsr.ru/spezinform/?tab=levels ⚔ Battle genre corner: https://t.me/combatart Soviet mountain riflemen in Afghanistan. Dmitry Kleymenychev recalls. Part two. Part one of the interview about Soviet mountain riflemen: • Soviet mountain riflemen in Afghanistan... The ninth video interview from the “We Fought in Afghanistan” series is entirely devoted to the rarely mentioned Soviet mountain rifle units. During the Afghan War, the Soviet mountain infantry was formed in accordance with the directive of the General Staff of the USSR Armed Forces on the basis of motorized rifle brigades, regiments and battalions. As part of the OKSVA, they were already called mountain rifle companies and battalions. Although the “mountain-hoofed and lightly armored” Soviet mountain riflemen were not particularly different in terms of training, equipment, weapons and gear from regular motorized riflemen, they had to endure many trials. “We were trained for war in the Karakum Desert. Every morning, future mountain riflemen were loaded with weapons and ammunition and marched on foot across the hot sands to the training ground. The commander of our training company, Senior Lieutenant Kobyzev, had just returned from Afghanistan. He explained briefly and clearly what we were now preparing for. “You will have to fight in the mountains. It will be such a grind that at the end of each day you will only want water and to die. So, train, guys. While you still have time.” Our guest, Junior Sergeant Kleymenychev, who specially came to Moscow from Minsk, talks about mountain riflemen. And this means that “Spetsinform” has successfully reached the international level! Dmitry Svyatoslavovich's story turned out to be detailed and currently the longest in the series of "Afghan" video interviews. In order not to miss any details, it was decided to shorten the footage to the slightest extent, but to divide the conversation into two approximately equally interesting parts. Links to the continuation (or the beginning) of the video interview about the life of Soviet mountain riflemen can be found in the description of this video. In addition, all interested parties can immediately get acquainted with the work of Dmitry Svyatoslavovich, known on the website of the literary project legal-alien.ru as Vasya Berner. Get to know the work: http://legal-alien.ru/memuaristika/go... The first part of the interview about Soviet mountain riflemen: • Soviet mountain riflemen in Afghanistan... ************ Brief summary of the second part of the video interview: 0:0:52 Identification medallions of Soviet soldiers in Afghanistan 0:6:06 The missing "suicide bomber" and the death of Private Andrei Orlov 0:8:34 Combat missions of mountain riflemen 0:15:01 About exploits, heroism and heroes 0:18:25 About personal combat awards 0:40:30 About injury 0:52:52 Briefings on the topic of captivity. Other briefings 0:55:00 Party and political work with personnel 0:55:30 Letters home and military censorship 0:58:30 Literary works by Dmitry Kleymenychev 1:01:21 Officers and commanders, their role in the life and death of a soldier 1:01:52 About "hazing" in the Soviet Army 1:10:00 Soldiers' conversations "by the fire" 1:10:28 Stories that are funny from a soldier's point of view 1:14:19 Results of the Afghan war, what it turned out to be for the Soviet Union 1:16:00 Masud's last interview • Ahmad Shah Masud. The last interview of l... ************ Support "Spetsinform" financially: http://tacticmedia.ru/donate/SpeZinfo... "Spetsinform" on Instagram: / spezinform "Spetsinform" on Telegram: https://t.me/spezinform_ru or spezinform_ru #afghanistan #mountainrifles #army #history #ussr #veteran #oksva #infantry #spetsinform #shuravi #afghan #machinegun #wefoughtinafghan #sovietarmy