PMC WAGNER 6B23 BALLISTIC VEST

Collection

PMC Wagner · Russo-Ukrainian War · Uniforms

Origin

Battle of Bakhmut
Blahodatne, Donetsk, Ukraine

Year

2023

Association

Worn by a Russian mercenary of the PMC Wagner during the broader fighting in Bakhmut.

Description

A Russian 6B23 ballistic vest in EMR (Digital Flora) camouflage, retaining multiple patches and field modifications applied by its former user.

The left shoulder carries a St. George ribbon tied through the webbing, a symbol closely associated with Russian military tradition and later adopted as a prominent pro-war emblem during the invasion of Ukraine. Beneath it is a morale patch depicting a Grim Reaper reaching one skeletal hand outward while carrying a rifle in the other, with the Russian slogan "НАШ БИЗНЕС СМЕРТЬ И БИЗНЕС ИДЕТ ХОРОШО" embroidered below the figure. The right shoulder retains an official PMC Wagner patch featuring the organization's skull emblem. Black spray-painted "Z" symbols remain faintly visible across the front of the vest, while the reverse bears three black-painted "Z" markings, applied as battlefield recognition symbols widely used by Russian forces and pro-Russian formations during the war in Ukraine.

Patch translation

''НАШ БИЗНЕС СМЕРТЬ И БИЗНЕС ИДЕТ ХОРОШО''
“Our business is death, and business is going well.”

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