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Uncover your potential', indeed! Once you stop ogling the girl, though, you might notice that this Australian Special Air Service (SAS) recruiting poster shows Australian Disruptive Pattern Camouflage to very good effect. [Image courtesy Brad Turner collection.]

Klyaksa
Russian Federation

The Ministry of Internal Affairs (Russian: Министерство внутренних дел, trans. Ministerstvo Vnutrennikh Del, MVD) issues regular army uniforms to its Internal Troops (Russian: Внутренние войска Министерства внутренних дел, trans. Vnutrenniye Voiska Ministerstva Vnutrennikh Del, VV MVD) and special operations units. At the time of writing, the latest camouflage pattern to be issued to the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation was Flora, which is very effective in central Russia.

Unfortunately, a camouflage pattern that works well in the fields near Moscow isn't necessarily suitable to all of the diverse environments, in which the VV MVD and other Russian special forces are required to operate. For this reason most special operations units supplement their issue uniforms with commercially produced camouflage uniforms purchased by sponsors or out of their own pockets.

Klyaksa (Russian: Клякса, 'ink-blot') is one among the many commercially-produced camouflage patterns that recently have come into service with Russia's armed forces. Clearly based upon Bundeswehr-Schneetarn ('Bundeswehr snow camouflage'), Klyaksa is a simple, but effective, two-colour design of black stipples on a white background.

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1cm grid

Klyaksa
2000–present

Specimen of Klyaksa

Specimen kindly supplied by Brad Turner

Actual size: 21.32×29.46cm

also known as:
  • Blot.
  • Ink-blot.
  • Klyaksa (Russian: Клякса, 'ink-blot').
  • Polar bear.
country of origin:

Российская Федерация

National flag: Russian Federation

Russian Federation

used by:
  • Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (Russian: Вооружённые Силы Российской Федерации, trans. Vooruzhyonniye sily Rossiyskoy Federatsii).

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