[obliterate800]

Originally Posted by MajorDonkey ↗

Probably an unpopular opinion, but were I Ukrainian and captured a Russian combatant covered in prison "murder" tats, I'd just execute them.

That’s a war crime!

[Faust]

Originally Posted by WhiskeyOutpost ↗

It's a whole detailed culture. Spider means thief, # towers like in st. basil's cathedral are individual sentences served in prison, the oskal, woman on chest = thieves of law initiate, woman on stomach = prostitute. Placement of tattoos is as important as the tattoos themselves. Much more rigid rules for "who can have what" than American prison tattoo culture.

That is pretty complex! Ukrainian tattoos are much easier to decipher, with the swastikas I mean

[WhiskeyOutpost]

Russians And Belarussians have swastikas too. And Americans.

So does DR's own Boneface, who fought in Ukraine, who's American.

The Russian system of tattoos you can literally make a documentary about

[Faust]

Yeah sorry, you are right and it certainly is an interesting insight. There was a movie with I think viggo mortensen, and he played a Russian gangster and I remember that they made sure the tattoos were accurate with the storyline

Edit: it was Eastern Promises, I promise you will love this film. Just see it without reading anything about it (as the synopsis often spoils movies). If you don’t like the movie then you can tell Chris to ban me for a month

In the US it should be on Amazon prime

[WhiskeyOutpost]

Originally Posted by Faust ↗

Yeah sorry, you are right and it certainly is an interesting insight. There was a movie with I think viggo mortensen, and he played a Russian gangster and I remember that they made sure the tattoos were accurate with the storyline

Edit: it was Eastern Promises, I promise you will love this film. Just see it without reading anything about it (as the synopsis often spoils movies). If you don’t like the movie then you can tell Chris to ban me for a month

In the US it should be on Amazon prime

I saw this movie when I was dating a German girl during college. I remember liking it and being weirded out that the actor was Aragorn from Lord of the Rings.

[Faust]

Originally Posted by WhiskeyOutpost ↗

I saw this movie when I was dating a German girl during college. I remember liking it and being weirded out that the actor was Aragorn from Lord of the Rings.

Lol, yeah that can happen sometimes.

I also saw this movie years ago, in high school if I am not mistaken. This week I’ll be getting an Epson TW9400 (in the US it’s called the 6050 UB i think) to replace my older projector and this movie is definitely on my list for a re-watch.

Anyway, no ban for me then! :D

[Boneface]

Originally Posted by Faust ↗

That is pretty complex! Ukrainian tattoos are much easier to decipher, with the swastikas I mean

Here's some basic flash art for Slavic tribalism.
You should also look up the finnish air force flag.

[WhiskeyOutpost]

I'm getting the distinct feeling that this thread is going to become The War Cooler 2.0

[Rfneimad]

We need to post more so it starts double posting

[wecefrsec]

i don't get it, is this thread public or section "Real War & Combat Related Footage" is public.