Flora camouflage
Russian military camouflage From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Russian military camouflage From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Flora (Russian: Флора, sometimes erroneously called VSR-98) is a military camouflage pattern formerly used by the Russian Armed Forces. It was adopted in 1998.[1]
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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 War in Donbas |
The pattern has some design similarities with the Butan and Tiger stripe camo.[1]
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.[2]
Flora was adopted into the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in 1998.
The camo was last seen with so-called pro-Moscow Crimean auxiliaries during the Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation[3] and with some Russsian troops in the War in Donbas.[4]
Flora is optimised for an environment typical of central Russia and is effective at silhouette dissolution.[5] Because of the characteristic stripes, "Flora" was nicknamed "Arbuznyj" (watermelony; арбузный) camouflage. It is also known by the erroneous designation VSR-98, which stands for Vooruzhennyye sily Rossii or Russian Armed Forces 1998. This came from the book "Camouflage Uniforms of the Soviet Union and Russia: 1937-Present" by Dennis Desmond.[citation needed]
The overall color scheme can vary widely depending on the fabric used by the manufacturer.[6]
"Flora" consists of the green Flora pattern and the Mountain Flora pattern, which has dark yellow, sand or khaki color.[7]
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