company, located in the reconnaissance battalion, also used the small Skorpion machine pistol from Czechoslovakia. For large events, there were as accessories batons (flexible), down from 1989 shields and helmets and chains. Vehicles The FDGR had access to light armored personnel carriers such as the BTR-60PB and the PSzH-IV. The six Mi-2s and Mi-8s and Mi-24s were used for personnel transport. Uniforms Its uniforms were nearly identical to those of the National People's Army (NVA) and were distinguished primarily by the dark red MfS service color of its insignia and by a cuff title on the left sleeve bearing the regiment's name. Other Stasi officers wore a similar uniform, but without the cuffband. The service or dress uniform of the regiment was an army uniform made of high quality (of officers) with claret fabric collar and brown (officer) leather belt. The left sleeve was fitted with a cuffband and the words "wachregiment F. Dzerzhinsky". Soldiers of the MOS units typically had the following personal uniforms: 1x service uniform (cap, tunic, trousers Parade (breeches), gray shirt, tie, officer boots grained, brown belt) 1x semi-dress uniform (cap, tunic, output pants, gray shirt, tie, shoes, brown belt) 1x summer field service uniform ( "Ein Strich - Kein Strich" ("one dash - no dash") Steel Helmet ( "eggshell") / cap, gray Gurtkoppel, officer boots grained) 1x Field Service Uniform Winter ("Ein Strich - Kein Strich") 1x special service uniform – tunic, parade trousers (breeches), gray shirt, tie, an officer in plain boots, belts, NCO Professional version (with at least Corporal epaulets, even if the soldier in question was only temporary soldiers and rank only a soldier) (not in the personal cabinet) 1x Drillich (Arbeitsuniform) fatigues (work uniform) 1x Winter Service Uniform 1x sport suit "SV Dynamo" in burgundy, white sneakers In command 4 - Eberswalde-Finow in Bernau contributed UAZ, professional officers and professional officers uniforms of the regular army with weapons Color black (pioneers) and (white Motorized Rifle) to camouflage the Wachregimentseinsatzes. See also 1. Wachregiment "Friedrich Engels" (WR-1) guarded the Memorial to the Victims of Fascism and Militarism on Berlin's Unter den Linden and performed other honorary duties, including the welcoming ceremony for state visitors. 2. Wachregiment "Hugo Eberlein" (WR-2) guarded the Ministry for National Defense command center in Strausberg, near Berlin. 3. Separate Operational Purpose Division References Bibliography Hagen Koch, Peter Joachim Lapp: Die Garde des Erich Mielke - Der militärisch-operative Arm