Flora camouflage
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| Flora camouflage | |
|---|---|
 Flora camouflage pattern | |
| Type | Military camouflage pattern |
| Place of origin | Russian Federation |
| Service history | |
| In service | 1998–2011 |
| Used by | See Users |
| Wars | Second Chechen War Russo-Georgian War Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation War in Donbas |
Flora (Russian: Флора, sometimes erroneously called VSR-98, which stands for Vooruzhennyye sily Rossii or Russian Armed Forces 1998.)[1] is a military camouflage pattern formerly used by the Russian Armed Forces.
The pattern has some design similarities with the Butan and Tiger stripe camo.[2]
History
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Flora came as a replacement for the "Barvikha" camouflage - the name of the R&D program. The pattern did not have an official name, so popular nicknames like "vertikalka" (vertical), berezka (birch), VSR-93 and so on appeared.[3]
Flora was adopted into the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in 1998.[2]
The camo was last seen with claimed pro-Moscow Crimean auxiliaries during the Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation[4] and with some Russian troops in the War in Donbass.[5]
Design
[edit]Flora is optimised for an environment typical of central Russia and is effective at silhouette dissolution.[6] Because of the characteristic stripes, "Flora" was nicknamed "Arbuznyj" (watermelony; арбузный) camouflage.
The overall color scheme can vary widely depending on the fabric used by the manufacturer.[7]
"Flora" consists of the green Flora pattern and the Mountain Flora pattern, which has dark yellow, sand or khaki color.[8]
Users
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Partially-recognized states
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Non-State Actors
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ Galeotti (2019), p. 14.
- 1 2 3 "Камуфляж Флора - Виды камуфляжа".
- ↑ "Флора (камуфляж)". Archived from the original on 10 July 2021.
- ↑ Galeotti (2019), pp. 14–15.
- 1 2 Galeotti (2019), pp. 32–33.
- ↑ "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?". Archived from the original on 2023-02-25. Retrieved 2024-02-11.
- ↑ "Камуфляж ЕМР - Виды камуфляжа".
- ↑ "Flora Camouflage | Kula Tactical".
- ↑ "Сообщение Управления пресс-службы и информации Министерства обороны Российской Федерации : Министерство обороны Российской Федерации". Archived from the original on 22 January 2015.
- ↑ "Europe's Official Camouflage Patterns | UF PRO Blog".
- ↑ Galeotti (2017), p. 46.
- ↑ Larson (2021), p. 328.
- ↑ Crowther (2022), p. 67.
- ↑ Crowther (2023), p. 43, 45.
- ↑ Galeotti (2017), p. 24.
- ↑ Galeotti (2025), p. 42.
Bibliography
[edit]- Crowther, Edward (2022). War in Ukraine: Volume 1: Armed Formations of the Donetsk People's Republic, 2014-2022. Helion and Company. ISBN 978-1915070661.
- Crowther, Edward (2023). War in Ukraine: Volume 3: Armed Formations of the Luhansk People's Republic, 2014–2022. Helion and Company. ISBN 978-1804512173.
- Galeotti, Mark (2019). Armies Of Russia's War In Ukraine. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1472833440.
- Galeotti, Mark (2017). The Modern Russian Army 1992–2016. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1472819086.
- Galeotti, Mark (2025). Putin's Mercenaries, 2013–24. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1472866264.
- Larson, Eric H. (2021). Camouflage: Modern International Military Patterns. Barnsley: Pen & Sword. ISBN 9781526739537.
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