A small update on the Russian/Soviet equipment archive
It's been a couple months since I posted this here, and I just wanted to update everyone.
It's grown by at least 5 to 6x since the last post. A lot of material has also been coming from people adding photos, identifying equipment, and writing up descriptions for different items.
There's now a pretty broad mix of Soviet and Russian equipment across different periods and units. If anyone has a good knowledge of more modern Russian Armed Forces, SSO, FSB, GRU, etc., those areas could definitely use some more attention.
Here's some of the stuff that's been added/changed:
Navigation
I moved the navigation to the top on desktop so photos and content can take up more of the screen. This is still a bit of a feeler, so I'd be interested to hear whether people prefer the top navigation or the old sidebar.
Overview pages
Collections/units now have their own overview pages. There you can see popular albums/operations, equipment used in them, historical information, etc.
Equipment family pages
Equipment with multiple variations can now be grouped into a family page. So instead of having to find each variant separately, you can see them together and compare them. Documentation/comparisons can also be added to the page.
Unassigned references
If you know what the equipment in a photo is but don't know the context, you can now add the photo directly to that equipment page. It'll sit under "Unassigned References" until someone can figure out where it belongs.
The idea is still pretty simple: make it easier to identify equipment from photographs and find other examples of the same stuff.
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As always im always looking for feedback and corrections!