Tactic-9 is this variation of the Berezkha for cold weather/snow conditions, known as Торос (Toros)Īlthough technically a “commercial” design (produced by the German company Tac-Gear), the snow camouflage pattern seen above has been adopted and is currently in use by the 13e Régiment de Dragons Parachutistes (13th RDP) of the French Army. Consisting of spotty blotches of dark green on a white field (and based on the German schneetarn), it is worn by personnel operating in snowy regions. Klyaksa or Клякса (ink blotch), is in use with some members of the armed forces. Units of the Border Service operating in arctic regions such as Arhangelsk are issued a pixelated camouflage design suited to the ice and snow of this climate, introduced circa 2012-13. The MultiCam Alpine™ pattern can be paired with MultiCam® gear as needed to appropriately match the overall level of snow cover present. It is intended to be used in every area of operation that receives significant snowfall. The MultiCam Alpine™ pattern was developed to effectively reduce the visual and near-IR signature of a person operating in snow-covered environments. On the cold weather suit (Pakkaspuku) the woodland pattern’s light green colour has been replaced by grey, which is a more common color in the autumn and winter. The pattern was field tested several times, leading to small changes. ![]() Dark charcoal grey, was added to the pattern in order to represent shadowed areas in a forest. The photographs were then digitally edited by the Finnish State Technical Research Center’s Information Technology Institute and concentrated into a 4-colour pattern representative of a Finnish forest. The basis of the planning of the new pattern are various photographs of Finnish forests taken by the Finnish Forest Research Institute. The first M05 items were taken in use around 2007, and are slowly replacing the M91 pattern in service use. The pattern is licensed by the Finnish Defense Forces and it is not available to the public. The M05 family of military camouflage patterns are used by the Finnish Defense Forces on uniforms and other equipment. The pattern has been observed to disrupt a soldier’s profile so that the new suit cannot be detected at a few dozens of meters’ distance in dense snowfall. The Finnish snow pattern is a 2-colour version of the M05 woodland pattern. Zero Division Signature Management has been working with SPECOPS for testing utilizing their MBS-2 uniform PenCott™ is currently available in GreenZone (Temperate) Badlands (Semi-Arid) Sandstorm (Arid) and Snowdrift (Arctic) patterns. In addition the fabric is extremely lightweight, water resistant, and quick drying. The fabric utilizes a disruptive digitized snow camouflage print that is effective in various winter environments. The snow camouflage parka, trousers and pack cover are designed to be worn as an over garment when snow camouflage protection is required. ![]() Recent conflicts have identified needs to provide our Marines with better “Systemized” equipment and clothing. Over the last 20 years USMC made periodic low risk product changes to improve material performance of selected layers with only minor design changes. USMC adopted Extreme Cold Weather Clothing System (ECWCS) in 1985 to replace Korean War era Cold Weather (EW) Clothing. Also, a quick shout out to camopedia and Cabelas, where some of this information came from. Here is a list of patterns that I will be adding to as I research more. Just like every forest having its unique character and color palette so to do winter environments change from one area to another a snowy winter in a pine forest will look different than the same season in the high mountain sage, hardwood forest, or hunting water fowl in snowy cattails. Surprising to many outside of the hunting and military community, there are a fair number of winter/snow camouflage patterns.
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