Comments on: New Russian Camo Causes Finnish Angst

By: irish

irish — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 19:54:19 +0000

The Russians are the masters of theft. They will use what works, no matter where it came from. They have coppied German British and US camo patterns. They have come up with some original though. Like VSR,and the “sun bunny” pattern. You saw these camo oversuits in the 1983 movie “RED Dawn”. They have a new digital that is two color and quite effective. The Russians have about 6 major uniform makers. Hence the wide variations in camo.
On a related note. During lend-lease, the US gov. acquired several American Locomotive diesels from several US railroads. These were RS-1’s, among the first PRACTICAL road switchers built. They were sent to the Soviets. The Soviets loved them. So much so that they reversed engineered them , and made hundreds more. To the point of copying the ALCO diamond hearld on the front, and replacing ALCO with the Soviet mfg. name.

By: irish

irish — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 19:24:26 +0000

Without a doubt. The Russians(Soviets) have/had more camo patterns than any other nation. They currently use 30 or so patterns. I have many of them. The Beka’s pattern(available in many camo designs) are by far the BEST BDU out there. Fit finish, features ‚cost, material. Do not doubt me on this. Beka’s are THE BEST. I wear them most evey day. In fact, I have a Beka Flecktar coming from Ukraine right now.

By: joe

joe — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 13:25:09 +0000

these guys are actually part of obama’s new 250,000 man army. they are deployed elsewhere practicing for the future takeover of all red states.

By: unknown

unknown — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 06:01:06 +0000

The soldier in the middle looks like he has an AI rifle instead of a Sako. Squared fore end and the bolt handle give it away.

By: tontochoc

tontochoc — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 21:31:36 +0000

Perhaps they are Russian OPFOR who were rushed in for the deployment as there were personnel conducting ‘exercises’ in the area.

By: Ernest

Ernest — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:24:16 +0000

The soldier in the middle is carrying a Finnish Sako TRG sniper rifle.

By: Ernest

Ernest — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:19:38 +0000

The soldier in the middle is carrying a Finnish Sako TRG sniper rifle.

By: siconik

siconik — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 06:02:32 +0000

Err… to me it looks like a collection of all kinds of diffrent uniforms.. Testing/training, perhaps? Note the guy with a blue stripe on his helmet to on the far right, or the guy in a black hat who is wearing a very light uniform.

By: Gnufist

Gnufist — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:34:28 +0000

I noticed that the guy in the back furthest to the left is waring what looks like a Danish M84 camo.
It looks like they are not only trying to blend in with the environment, but also who ever they might fight…

By: The Cenobyte

The Cenobyte — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:28:16 +0000

Anyone else notice not a single one of these guys has any body armor on at all. Hell they don’t even have steal pot helmets. Do the Russians not use much in the way of body armor?
I have no idea where this picture is from (Georgia?) but I can’t imagine the US, Brits, Canadians, Aussies, etc ever doing anything with there weapons without wearing armor of somekind.