Russian camouflage patterns embody a blend of tradition, tactical utility, and modern warfare technology. Developed over decades, these patterns are designed to provide optimal concealment across various terrains and combat scenarios, reflecting the vast and diverse landscapes of Russia. From dense woodlands to arid deserts and snowy expanses, Russian camouflages are crafted to meet the specific needs of military units operating within these environments.
Russian woodland camouflage is engineered for concealment in forested and heavily vegetated areas. These patterns typically feature a mix of green, brown, and black, mirroring the colors of the forest to blend seamlessly with the natural environment. Ideal for operations in the vast taigas and mixed forests of Russia, these camouflages are a fundamental tool for ground units.
The official camouflage of the Russian military, this digital pattern combines green, black, and brown in a pixelated floral design. It’s intended for wide application across different terrains, particularly effective in woodland and green environments.
ATACS FG offers advanced concealment capabilities optimized for forested and dense vegetation environments. Its intricate pattern blends seamlessly with the natural surroundings, providing effective camouflage for military operations and outdoor activities.
A reversible camouflage with a summer and autumn side, providing versatility for changing seasons. The summer side features green and brown patterns for lush environments, while the autumn side offers a muted palette for the fall.
Specifically designed for the Russian Border Guards, this camo features green, brown, and black patterns, ideal for the wide range of environments encountered along Russia’s extensive borders.
Known for its sharp, angular patterns in green, black, and brown, Izlom is designed for special operations and reconnaissance units. Its disruptive pattern is particularly suited for forested and urban environments, aiding in concealment and confusion.
This classic Russian camouflage pattern, featuring small leaf-like shapes in yellow, green, and white, is designed for use in woodland and forested areas. It’s known for its effectiveness in breaking up the wearer’s silhouette in a variety of natural environments.
A digital camouflage developed for Russian special forces, featuring a blend of green, brown, and tan. Surpat is tailored for urban and mountainous operations, offering enhanced concealment in both natural and man-made terrains.
A pattern primarily used by Russian interior troops and designed for operations in reed and marsh environments. It features vertical stripes in various shades of green and brown, mimicking the appearance of tall grasses and reeds.
Also known as Flora, this was an early standard-issue camouflage for the Russian military, featuring a floral pattern in green, brown, and black. It’s designed for general use in woodland and forested areas, providing effective concealment across various green landscapes.
A Danish version of the German Flecktarn, adapted with a pattern of small, randomized spots in green, black, brown, and tan. It’s effective in temperate forests, offering excellent concealment across various European landscapes.
Designed for the arid and semi-arid regions, Russian desert camouflage incorporates shades of tan, beige, and light brown. These colors mimic the desert landscape, effectively breaking up the silhouette of soldiers in sandy and rocky terrains. Essential for operations in high heat and dusty conditions, these patterns ensure both functionality and adaptability.
MultiCam is a highly versatile camouflage pattern designed for use across a wide range of environments, making it one of the most effective and widely adopted camouflages worldwide.
A-TACS AU (Arid/Urban) addresses the challenges of desert and urban terrains, featuring a mix of tan, beige, and green to seamlessly blend into arid landscapes and transitional environments.
Russian urban camouflage features patterns suitable for operations in urban and industrial environments. With a mix of grays, blacks, and dark blues, these camouflages are intended to offer concealment among urban clutter, providing tactical advantages in city combat scenarios.
A modern digital camouflage pattern, utilizing pixelated blocks of blue, black, and grey, primarily designed for naval and urban law enforcement units. Its digital design is optimized for maritime and urban operations, blending with both the sea and cityscapes.
A-TACS Blue Moss, another variant tailored for Russian law enforcement units like the Rosguardia, uses blue, grey, and moss green hues to stand out in urban and operational settings, focusing on unit distinction and visual communication.
A-TACS Black Moss is a specialized pattern developed for Russian special forces, emphasizing team cohesion and operational distinction rather than traditional camouflage. Its unique blend of black and grey tones is tailored for operations requiring unit visibility and differentiation.
Russian snow camouflage is crucial for winter warfare operations. Predominantly white with sparse patterns of grey or light blue, these camouflages are tailored to blend into snowy and icy environments, providing essential cover in the harsh Russian winters.
MultiCam Alpine is tailored for snowy environments, featuring a pattern of whites and light greys. This variant provides exceptional camouflage in winter landscapes, making it ideal for operations and activities in snow-covered terrains.
Developed in the early 1990s, adopted for supply in 1993, the VSR-93 replaced the widespread “Afghani” khaki color. During the creation of that camouflage (times of the BMW beginning…), some German camouflages were considered. It is very often unofficially referred as the typical soviet camo “Berezka”, as well as the CPF. It was believed that the semi-official name of VSR-93 camo was “Barvikha”, but this name is not found in official documents. It is also sometimes called “Watermelon” (or “Vertical Watermelon”), but “Watermelon” also applies to VSR-98…
According to the responses of those who wear the form of this color, it is “very good to lie” in it, as longitudinal spots very effectively imitate the grass vegetation. However, according to experts, camouflage has too narrow a “sharpening”, is not universal and is applicable to any area. In addition, there is information that this type of coloring “created an unsightly appearance for soldiers on parades”, so the production of this coloring was taken off the supply in 1998.
This camouflage was developed in the USSR in the 1980s as the main pattern for field uniforms. Despite the production of a significant number of products from it, it was not particularly widespread in the troops, although it was quite effective. Nowadays, it is found in the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks of the Russian Federation and in the All-Union Armed Forces (in Ukraine it was the main camouflage for a long time), but in both cases it is actively removed from the supply, being replaced by other models. Other names of this camouflage are “Dubok” and “Amoeba”, and “Amoeba” is also called one of the camouflage from the Great Patriotic War (WW2). The very colors may vary, only the pattern remains unchanged: light green background, dark green spots and light brown amoeba-like intersecting ribbons.
In the 1990s, in many parts of the Russian Armed Forces, there was a situation where officers wore TTsKO camo, and private and non-commissioned officers wore the VSR-93, so in the 1990s, this camouflage was sometimes called “officer”. This coloring exists in two variants while maintaining the same texture scheme: in one variant small spots have a grey-silver color, in the other (it was on the supply in the Borderlands) – sand or khaki. The background color of both variants is olive, sometimes there are instances of marsh color. In any case, the background in this color scheme is always darker than spots. The spots themselves have an “angular” structure, consisting of many squares.
It is necessary to notice that the given color scheme, though it is considered by some experts “morally out-of-date”, well enough carries out both functions: deforming and imitating.
“Spectre SKWO” is another adaptation of “patterns” to Russian conditions. It has somewhat less versatility in comparison with Surpat, but, in comparison with the same, a slightly better imitation action in the forest landscape conditions.
There is also a variant of Specter SKWO camo, where the color scheme is corrected towards “yellow”. In contrast to Surpat, it is widely produced by several producers. Interestingly, it was Spectre that was personally used by I. Strelkov and his division.
The Sumrak camo was originally created for hunting, is an exclusive commercial camouflage. Like most hunting camouflages, it was designed for very narrow conditions: stony surface with moss, morning and evening. Suddenly, however, it turned out that this camouflage showed itself quite well in a much wider range of conditions than those under which it was created, which is why it became very widespread.
It is not officially used on the supply side but is used informally by some units and individual staff.
