I'm trying to put together a VDV uniform (modern era - Chechen Conflict/Ossetian Conflict) and have been looking at countless photos of VDV soldiers and have been trying to see what boots they were using. Here are the two boots I am looking at currently:
Boot #1
Boot #2
Boot #3:
Now here are some photos of (mostly) VDV soldiers with various boots.
What I found is that in the picture showing the VDV solider doing a kick, the sole pattern is the same as boot #1. However, a bunch of the other pics show what appears to be boot #2 (if you look closely, many of the soldiers are wearing boots with the similar "two ring collar" at the top of the boot), or some other boot that I can't make out. My question is, which one of these would be more correct? Would they both be fine? The first photo is advertised by a few vendors to be a VDV boot, but I'd like to be sure. I also came across boot #3 in my search for the perfect Russian VDV boot. Any thoughts or suggestions?
Boot #1

Boot #2

Boot #3:

Now here are some photos of (mostly) VDV soldiers with various boots.





What I found is that in the picture showing the VDV solider doing a kick, the sole pattern is the same as boot #1. However, a bunch of the other pics show what appears to be boot #2 (if you look closely, many of the soldiers are wearing boots with the similar "two ring collar" at the top of the boot), or some other boot that I can't make out. My question is, which one of these would be more correct? Would they both be fine? The first photo is advertised by a few vendors to be a VDV boot, but I'd like to be sure. I also came across boot #3 in my search for the perfect Russian VDV boot. Any thoughts or suggestions?