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2-colour PV KGB camouflage
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

In 1981, the Frontier troops of the Committee of State Security (Russian: пограничные войска Комитета государственной безопасности, trans. pogranichnyye voyska Komiteta gosudarstvennoy bezopasnosti, PV KGB) first fielded its Type 1 'special purpose clothing' (Russian: спецодежда, trans. spetsodezhda). Structurally similar to the 1981 six-pocket field uniform, the PV KGB spetsodezhda utilised a heavier cotton twill fabric and was a much sturdier uniform than the KLMK.

The PV KGB spetsodezhda was probably the first Soviet uniform ever to be designed specifically for and issued solely to border and special operations units.

The 2-colour PV KGB camouflage pattern, which was featured on this uniform, is frequently identified as being exactly the same as the 'solnechnyye zaychiki' camouflage pattern, with altered colours. However, this is not true: it is actually the same pattern reversed, mirror-wise, across the vertical axis.

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1cm grid

2-colour PV KGB camouflage
1981–1991

Specimen of 2-colour PV KGB camouflage

Specimen kindly supplied by 'Kozlov' (WPFG)

Actual size: 21.01×29.7cm

 also known as:
  • computer pattern
  • laser pattern
  • lazer pattern
  • sun-ray pattern
country of origin:

Союз Советских Социалистических Республик

National flag: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
influences:
used by:
  • PV KGB)
  • KGB osnaz (special purpose units)
  • Soviet 103rd Airborne Division (Guards)

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