{"product_id":"red-army-guards-infantry-team","title":"Red Army Guards Team - Gvardiya | 4 Figures","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Guards title wasn’t issued. It was earned.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eSeptember 1941. After the Yelnya offensive, the first time the Red Army pushed the Wehrmacht back, four rifle divisions were redesignated the 1st through 4th Guards Rifle Divisions. From then on, the Guards title was the highest honor a Soviet unit could earn. It came with priority for equipment and replacements, better pay, and the hardest assignments on the front.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThese Guards are dressed for winter. The \u003cstrong\u003etelogreika\u003c\/strong\u003e, the quilted cotton-padded jacket soldiers called the \u003cem\u003evatnik\u003c\/em\u003e, kept the Red Army fighting through four Russian winters. It wasn’t elegant. It worked.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat you’re getting:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGuards officer\u003c\/strong\u003e — PPS-43 submachine gun with folding stock, officer rank insignia, Guards badge, pistol holster. The PPS-43 was designed by Alexei Sudayev and built inside besieged Leningrad: simpler, lighter, and faster to make than the PPSh.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAssault soldier\u003c\/strong\u003e — PPSh-41 with 71-round drum, telogreika, drum magazine pouches\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRifleman\u003c\/strong\u003e — Mosin-Nagant M91\/30, quilted telogreika, winter combat loadout\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInfantryman\u003c\/strong\u003e — SVT-40 semi-automatic rifle, quilted telogreika, equipment pouches. The Guards badge is under that coat somewhere.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e100% pad-printed — zero stickers\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"BrixKrieg","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53310341939499,"sku":"RD_GRDS_INF_TM","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0948\/0155\/9851\/files\/Untitleddesign-2026-04-21T023535.318.jpg?v=1776764147","url":"https:\/\/brixkrieg.com\/products\/red-army-guards-infantry-team","provider":"BrixKrieg","version":"1.0","type":"link"}