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Heroes Community > Other Side of the Monitor > Thread: Why Eastern European soldiers always wear ski masks
Thread: Why Eastern European soldiers always wear ski masks
Blizzardboy
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posted February 21, 2019 08:42 AM
Edited by Blizzardboy at 08:43, 21 Feb 2019.

Why Eastern European soldiers always wear ski masks

Otherwise known as balaclavas:

https://inmilitary.com/art-deception-eastern-european-soldiers-always-wear-ski-masks/?utm_source=outbrain&utm_medium=link&utm_content=Why_Eastern_European_Soldiers_Always_Wear_Ski_Masks_February_2019&utm_campaign=Blog%20-%20In%20Military%20-%20LT%20-%20AMU

I always thought it was because it was fashionable. You need to look dashing and sexy and mysterious when you're in battle in case you die.
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posted February 21, 2019 11:04 AM

When I saw the first picture in the article my first thought that the "soldier" thing was sarcasm and that it refers to this:




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Trogdor
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posted February 21, 2019 01:50 PM

Blizzardboy said:
I always thought it was because it was fashionable. You need to look dashing and sexy and mysterious when you're in battle in case you die.


It's just the Slav method of fitting in. Outside of the Eastern Bloc you'd be considered either a protester or a terrorist.
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phe
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posted February 21, 2019 07:50 PM

it's like a belief that polar bears live in Eastern Europe...

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