|
Flora Camouflage
Flora (Russian language, Russian: Флора, sometimes erroneously called VSR-98, which stands for ''Vooruzhennyye sily Rossii'' or Russian Armed Forces 1998.) is a military camouflage pattern formerly used by the Russian Armed Forces. The pattern has some design similarities with the Dubok (camouflage), Butan and Tiger stripe camouflage, Tiger stripe camo. History Flora came as a replacement for the "Barvikha" camouflage - the name of the Research and development, R&D program. The pattern did not have an official name, so popular nicknames like "vertikalka" (Vertical (other), vertical), berezka (birch), VSR-93 and so on appeared. Flora was adopted into the Russian Armed Forces, Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in 1998. The camo was last seen with claimed pro-Moscow Crimean auxiliaries during the Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation and with some Russian troops in the War in Donbass. Design Flora is optimised for an environment typical of cent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Military Camouflage
Military camouflage is the use of camouflage by an Military, armed force to protect personnel and equipment from observation by enemy forces. In practice, this means applying colour and materials to military equipment of all kinds, including vehicles, ships, aircraft, gun positions and battledress, either to conceal it from observation (crypsis), or to make it appear as something else (mimicry). The French slang word ''wikt:camouflage, camouflage'' came into common English usage during World War I when the concept of visual deception developed into an essential part of modern military tactics. In that war, long-range artillery and observation from the air combined to expand the field of fire, and camouflage was widely used to decrease the danger of being targeted or enable surprise. As such, military camouflage is a form of military deception in addition to cultural functions such as political identification. Camouflage was first practiced in simple form in the mid 18th centur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
