Flora camouflage
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| Flora camouflage | |
|---|---|
 Flora camouflage pattern | |
| Type | Military camouflage pattern |
| Place of origin | Russian Federation |
| Service history | |
| In service | 1998-? |
| Used by | Russian Armed Forces |
| Wars | Second Chechen War Russo-Georgian War War in Donbas |
Flora (Russian: Флора, sometimes erroneously called VSR-98) is a military camouflage pattern formerly used by the Russian Armed Forces. It was adopted in 1998 and was replaced in service in 2009 by EMR camouflage.
History[edit]
"Flora" came as a replacement for the “Barvikha” camouflage - the name of the R&D program, but there was no official name, so popular nicknames like "vertikalka" (vertical), "berezka" (birch), VSR-93 and so on appeared.[1]
"Flora" was adopted into the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in 1998. The pattern is optimised for an environment typical of central Russia and is effective at silhouette dissolution. [2] Because of the characteristic stripes, "Flora" was nicknamed "Arbuznyj" (watermelony; арбузный) camouflage. It is also known by the erroneous designation VSR-98, which stands for Vooruzhennyye sily Rossii or Russian Armed Forces 1998. This name came from the book "Camouflage Uniforms of the Soviet Union and Russia: 1937-Present" by Dennis Desmond.[citation needed]
Developed in the late 1990s, it has some similarities with the Soviet "Butan" camo, "Barvikha" and the American "Tiger".
Design[edit]
The overall color scheme can vary widely depending on the fabric used by the manufacturer.[3]
"Flora" consists of the green Flora pattern and the Mountain Flora pattern, which has dark yellow, sand or khaki color.[4]
Users[edit]
Belarus
Russia : Used by all branches of Russian Armed Forces.
Tajikistan
Partially-recognized states[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Флора (камуфляж)". Archived from the original on 10 July 2021.
- ^ "Камуфляж - виды и расцветки стран мира | Интернет проект Я выживу". i-survive.ru. Retrieved 2024-02-04.
- ^ "Russia - Camopedia". camopedia.org. Retrieved 2024-02-04.[better source needed]
- ^ "Russian Camo: what camouflage does Russia use?".
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