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The 'Maskirni Dezen '89 (also known as Yugoslavian Army jigsaw pattern camouflage) is a five-colour pattern, comprising black, chocolate brown, grey-green and medium green swathes on a light green background. [Image: Vojska Srbije i Crne Gore (Serbian: 'Armed Forces of Serbia & Montenegro').]

MD89
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

The Yugoslav MD89 camouflage is a five-colour pattern, comprising black, chocolate brown, grey-green and medium green swathes on a light green background. It was originally introduced into service with the Jugoslovenska Narodna Armija ('Yugoslav People's Army', JNA), the armed forces of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

Macedonia declared independence from Yugoslavia in 1991, but briefly retained the MD89 camouflage uniform as a 'legacy' item. Likewise in 1992, when the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ceased officially to exist, the MD89 uniform continued in service with the armed forces of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and its successor state, Serbia and Montenegro. It is also the standard issue uniform of the Vojska Republike Srpske ('Forces of the Serb Republic'; the Serb Republic is an autonomous republic within Bosnia & Herzegovina), which is effectively — albeit unofficially — an offshoot of the Vojska Srbije i Crne Gore ('Forces of Serbia and Montenegro').

Macedonia declared independence from Yugoslavia in 1991, but retained the MD89 camouflage uniform as a 'legacy' item. Likewise in 1992, when the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ceased officially to exist, the MD89 uniform continued to be used by the armed forces of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and its successor state, Serbia and Montenegro.

In addition to these national armies, the Yugoslav MD89 camouflage uniform has been worn by members of the Ushtria Çlirimtare e Kosovës ('Kosovo Liberation Army', UÇK), the Ushtria Çlirimtare Kombëtare ('National Liberation Army'; abbrev. UÇK; also known as NLA, Macedonian UÇK) and the Ushtria Çlirimtare e Preshevës, Medvegjës dhe Bujanovcit ('Liberation Army of Preševo, Medveđa and Bujanovac'; abbrev. UCPMB).

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