No more furcaps for Russkis
When you ask people to describe one sure-fire part of the Russian soldier’s kit that has remained the same for the past few centuries, its the fur-lined, flap-eared ushanka hat.
This thing has been around from the time of the Tsars, evolving from the fur-lined dolmans and Cossack papakhas
To Stalin and the Great Patriotic War
To today and Tsar Putin
But no longer. The classic mad bomber cap is going the way of the dodo bird. More here