Camouflage of ships of the First World War. The history of Dazzle camouflage - from cubist paintings to military cruisers and prints on clothing. "International Women's Day"

FURFUR magazine wrote about the imminent return of camouflage to the streets at the beginning of last summer. When tested, the camouflage pattern turned out to be a fairly universal pattern, which was missed by many brands ranging from Carhartt and Herschel to Prada, as well as ordinary street fashionistas.

Since then, the passion for camouflage has only grown stronger, clothing designers have become more inventive, and, on the one hand, completely wild, on the other hand, original designs began to appear, such as the camouflage made from marijuana inflorescences of the Japanese brand Nitraid or the ironic pattern with daisies by Mark McNairy . FURFUR will pay more attention to this topic and write about the most interesting examples from the history of camouflage. The series opens with one of the earliest camouflage patterns in history - the cubist-inspired Dazzle.

What is Dazzle

The pattern called Dazzle, which can rightfully be called a pioneer among camouflage patterns, was developed not to camouflage the very object on which it will be applied, but to prevent the enemy from being able to visually determine the size, shape, direction and speed of moving equipment. Most often, "glitter camouflage", as it is sometimes called, was applied to ships and aircraft, using contrasting colors intertwined with each other. Its other name - Razzle Dazzle - is translated from English as “turmoil” and quite clearly describes the effect it produces.

The history of Dazzle Camo

1. Advertising poster for the Cunard Line shipping company, 1918. 2. American battleship USS California, 1944. 3. Schematic diagram of the design of a battleship. 4. Painting “Dazzle-ships in Drydock at Liverpool” by English artist Edward Wadsworth, 1919

Dazzle as a type of camouflage pattern made sense only in those days when the military did not yet have powerful radars that could easily determine the size, speed and distance to the object being examined. This special coloring could confuse a keen-eyed gunner, causing only confusion. One can compare such tactics with the false eyes of some species of fish or butterflies - with such a pattern, and even from a short distance, determining where the bow of the ship is and where the stern is was not such an easy task for the enemy.

The inventor of this camouflage (as well as its name) is considered to be the English artist and illustrator Norman Wilkinson, who served on one of the Royal Navy submarines during the First World War. At that time, German submarines were too easily able to destroy British cruisers - the main combat unit turned out to be practically unarmed against submarines. It got to the point that in one day the Germans could sink up to eight British ships. Thinking about how to hide a huge ship from the view of a periscope, Wilkinson came to the idea that there was no need to hide the object itself when you could simply confuse the enemy who was preparing to strike.

It is worth noting that it was during that period of the First World War that camouflage began to take on massive circulation and began to be used by the troops of all sides involved in the war. Thus, the Germans painted the steel helmets of their infantry with spots, and the Russian troops decorated their armored vehicles with multi-colored amoebas.

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The zebra's camouflage pattern works on the same principle as the dazzle - it confuses the predator by masking the direction of movement. Several such animals, gathered in a group, cause the effect of random movement, even being practically motionless.

The result of the developments of Wilkinson and his team of artists was the ocean liner HMS Alsatian, which was repainted in Dazzle in August 1917 after testing this type of camouflage on mock-ups. The experiment was successful, and British troops began to almost everywhere introduce this color scheme to camouflage large ocean liners. Wilkinson, in turn, began working with the US Army, and after the end of the First World War he became president of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours.

Ocean liner HMS Alsatian in Dazzle camouflage
Another famous British liner painted in Dazzle during the First World War is RMS Epmpress of Russia

During World War II, Dazzle was increasingly used by American and German troops, but at the same time this moment is considered the time of death of the “brilliant disguise”. By this time, special binoculars, radars and other equipment were already becoming popular, making it possible to easily determine the distance to an object, its size and trajectory of movement. In 1942, the British Army adopted the Admiralty Intermediate Disruptive Pattern, which was a Dazzle modified by artist Peter Scott - it had more rounded shapes of the elements and included more colors, for example, shades of blue.

A single-seat American P-51 Mustang fighter jet painted in a Dazzle camouflage. Used during World War II

Today Dazzle is practically not used, and the most common example of its use is the Austrian traffic cameras that record the speed of cars: no reckless driver at high speed will be able to notice a camera painted in this way. In addition, this drawing appeared on the cover of the fourth studio album Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark- "Dazzle Ships".

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Dazzle camouflage as an element of clothing of modern brands

Due to its uniqueness, interesting story and unusual effect, Dazzle returns from time to time as a print for everyday wear - more often among brands inspired by military aesthetics. Such a drawing is especially appreciated by the famous admirer and collector Hardy Blechman, founder and ideologist of the Maharishi brand. In 2008, he released a joint line of outerwear with the Americans Penfield (which also included a sleeping bag), and last spring Maharishi, together with the English brand London Undercover, released classic cane umbrellas with a similar print. Other items inspired by the design include Adidas sneakers, their Freshness Mag collaboration, Supra sneakers, and even a Summit Sport snowmobile.

Blinding (splitting) camouflage Razzle Dazzle) - During the First World War, the zoologist Kerr and the artist Wilkinson were developed in principle new way visual protection of ships from fire from surface ships and, above all, submarines. The main idea of the “dissociating” camouflage was not to reduce the visibility of the ship, but to distort its silhouette in such a way as to make it difficult to visually determine its type, speed and distance to it

What is disguise

Tactical camouflage of ships is the development of directions, methods, techniques and methods for camouflaging naval forces and objects in wars and local conflicts.

Considering the issue of visibility of ships, we can establish that the probability of detecting a ship depends on the nature of its coloring, and therefore, camouflage painting is one of the ways to visually camouflage ships. Camouflage painting of ships is carried out in various ways, which can be divided into two main types: protective painting and camouflage (camouflage). The main tasks of camouflage painting of ships come down to:

1) reducing the visibility of the ship, i.e., in other words, reducing the range at which the ship can be detected;

2) misleading the enemy regarding the class, type, course and speed of the ship; Moreover, if the enemy’s error in determining the listed data is even temporary, the camouflage coloring will still achieve its goal.

Experience in naval battles indicates that the first is the main one, and the second is of subordinate importance. However, under certain environmental conditions, distortion of the appearance and elements of the ship's movement often becomes the main task of camouflage. With good visibility in the daytime, a decrease in visibility can be achieved almost only at large distances from the observer, and with poor visibility in the daytime, in fog, etc. - even at short distances. Observation is possible both from the air and from a ship. Finally, at night or at dusk, visibility reduction can easily be achieved at very short distances.

Reason for creation

One of the reasons for the development of this direction was the breakthrough of German engineers in the field of military industry and engineering, which entailed the creation of a new class of ships. First World War the allies represented by England, France and the United States were horrified by the new German development - the submarine. Hiding from the enemy's gaze under thick water, the submarines destroyed the enemy fleet with great success. One of the options for protecting against them was visual camouflage, which was carried out by painting ships, but the first fruits did not bring success. The camouflage could not adapt to the “character” of the sea, the water was constantly changing, the sky acquired a variety of colors due to the change weather conditions.

Author of the new disguise

The deplorable situation was saved by a British naval officer and artist Norman Wilkinson. Norman Wilkinson).He used crazy styles, one of which was cubism, which was becoming fashionable in the visual arts at that time. The idea is to transform the color from a camouflage style to a "dazzle coloring". Instead of hiding the ship, trying to paint it entirely in some colors similar to the environment, Wilkinson proposed painting ships abstractly - “breaking” the hull with unexpected lines, creating illusory planes, angles, etc. etc. However, the apparent chaos in painting the ship was only apparent; the painting was systematized and applied according to certain rules.

Camouflage form and application rules

When solving a special camouflage problem - distortion - the coloring of a ship should deform its silhouette or imitate some other observation object.

The characteristic features of a ship's silhouette are determined by the type of ship, the outline of its hull, the location of pipes, masts, superstructures and weapons. Camouflage, first of all, should disrupt these signs through a visible change in the outline and surface topography of the ship.

The shape of the spots can be very diverse. Usually, in order to diversify the pattern, spots of various widths and sizes are taken. The main task and difficulty is the location and division of the spots relative to the outlines of the ship that need to be distorted. Distortion is based on the merging with the background (“falling away” to the background) under certain lighting conditions of part of the camouflage spots, while the spots contrasting with those falling away to the background are visible. In order for the silhouette of a ship to be dramatically changed, they strive to distort its contour lines, that is, to create apparent outlines that are completely uncharacteristic of a given ship. Therefore, the spots are divided so that they in no case repeat the actual outlines of the ship, but are oriented at some angles to them.

The camouflage of ships for operations on the high seas is a typical type of large-spotted camouflage. When choosing a camouflage pattern, they strive to select the most appropriate shape, size and location of spots, and colors. To the untrained eye, camouflage coloring appears to be a chaotic and unsystematic combination of random color spots. In fact, there is a certain system in choosing a camouflage pattern, supplemented by the practical experience of the commander.

The chimneys of ships are often painted so that the spots give the impression that they are tilted in the direction opposite to their actual tilt. Pipes, towers and other parts of the ship are painted in different colors: some are light, others are dark.

Spots with straight boundaries create the effect of sharp broken relief, protruding corners and depressions. Such outlines of spots are used in cases where one seeks to distort the heading angle or “shorten” the ship, using, for example, the merging of some spots with the wake jet (water agitated by the ship’s turbines, usually white).

When applying camouflage spots, some rules are followed:

1. A spot or stripe that begins on one plane continues on another that does not coincide with it, just as if the planes coincided with one another.

2. The bend of the contour line of the spots should in no case be on the line of conjugation of intersecting surfaces.

3. The line between two intersecting surfaces should not serve as the boundary of the spots. It is desirable that the border of the spots intersects the line of conjugation of the two surfaces at an acute angle.

4. Painting of protruding or reentering spatial corners should be done so that the spatial corner, for example, the triangular corner of the bridge, the corner of the shield of the artillery system, etc., is emphasized by a dark spot, the center of which should not coincide with the true vertex of the corner.

First tests and their results

Error in the submarine commander's calculations

German submariners of those times observed the ship only through a periscope. The submarine commander needed to visually assess the ship's course relative to the boat and its speed. The cost of a commander’s mistake is high, since “shooting” from under water is practically impossible due to the small number of torpedoes in the boat’s salvo, the enormous reload time and the low speed of the torpedo (“low” relative to the speed of the artillery shell, of course). The new coloring of the ships put the submariners into a stupor, preventing them from taking aim, since it was not clear what kind of ship it was and what its course was and, in general, where its nose was.

The US Merchant Marine began using "dazzle camouflage" beginning in March 1918. Before the end of the war, 1,256 ships were painted. Post-war calculations showed that in the period from March 1, 1918, 75 non-camouflaged ships (displacing over 2,500 tons) and only 18 camouflaged ones were lost, and of the latter, only 11 died from submarine torpedoes.

Fate after the First Pestilence

Now in Portsmouth there is an example of such camouflage: the ship HMS M33(1915). It was built in 1915, although it looks relatively modest, it fought in the First World War and even in Civil War(together with six other monitors supported the white troops in the Arkhangelsk region for several months).

At this time, the Allies tried to paint jeeps and tanks in this way, the tests were successful, due to the high speed of the objects, the camouflage successfully fulfilled its functions, scientists proved that the object became 7 percent smaller (visually) and a fighter with an RPG could miss by firing incorrectly at lead on a fast moving target.

During the Second World War, there were attempts to use the “dazzle paint” again, but developed target detection technologies, such as radar, sonar, magnetometry, radar, gas analysis, chemical method The discovery and emergence of naval aviation ruined this direction of “military painting.”

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Sino-Russian joint naval exercises “Maritime Cooperation 2012”.

Launching the motor yacht Guilty, which he painted contemporary artist Jeff Koons, 2008, part 1.

Launching of the motor yacht Guilty, which was painted by contemporary artist Jeff Koons, 2008, part 2.

Cubism on armor

The “knightly era” of war at sea, when brightly painted sailing ships came within pistol shot range and smashed each other at point-blank range with cannons, sank into oblivion with the advent of battleships and contact fuses. Progress once again ruined romance, if one can even talk about it in relation to war. Increasing the combat range from a few tens or hundreds of meters to miles and tens of miles immediately revealed the problem of visually detecting an enemy ship while aiming. In turn, the “target” had to merge as much as possible with the constantly changing surface of the sea.

At the end of the era of armadillos (the first years of the 20th century), a uniform spherical coloring completely coped with this task. When the super-powerful guns of battleships thundered over the ocean expanses, and the corsairs of the new era - submarines - rushed under the water - the task became many times more complicated. To solve a new problem, opticians, artists and... zoologists came to the aid of the sailors. The pioneer in this matter was the British naval officer (and, at the same time, a good painter) Norman Wilkinson, who, collaborating with zoologist John Graham Kerr, created the first “fragmentation” type naval camouflage. Now the sides of ships began to be painted in patterns of broken stripes. For the uninitiated they looked ridiculous, but for the periscope of a submarine and the sighting devices of naval artillery, the new war paint turned out to be a “tough nut to crack” - the target literally “fell apart”, making it difficult not only to aim, but also to simply determine the direction of its movement.

I can't believe that warships could look like this. It seems that they were painted by clowns who were left behind from a traveling circus. Complete asymmetry, stripes and cells. Unexpected diagonals and different bright colors. But almost 100 years ago, ships were camouflaged in this way.

There are no color photographs, but sketches have been preserved. Can you imagine what the War Clover ship looked like in reality?

During the First World War, the British and Americans, and the French also faced a serious threat from German submarines, which sank Allied ships with enviable success.

All attempts to camouflage ships at sea failed, since it was not possible to adapt one or another camouflage to the constantly changing water and sky. Any combination of colors that hid in one situation gave away in others.

And then the British artist and naval officer Norman Wilkinson invented a new camouflage scheme that was based on fashion trends fine art of that time, primarily cubism.

Instead of hiding the ship, trying to paint it entirely in some colors similar to the environment, Wilkinson proposed painting ships abstractly - “breaking” the hull with unexpected lines, creating illusory planes, angles, and so on.

The idea was adopted. The British called the innovative camouflage technique “Dazzle Painting,” and the Americans called it “Razzle Dazzle.” And it worked.

American merchant ship USS Mahomet.

The fact is that German submariners were forced to find the enemy visually and did not aim at the ship itself - it was moving, after all - but tried to send a torpedo to the place where the ship would be at the moment the projectile arrived. A too early or late launch naturally meant a miss.

The sailors are trying to see what it is there. It’s really unclear where the bow of the ship visible in the distance is.

Accordingly, the captain of the submarine needed to determine the course and speed of the target with maximum accuracy, but from what he saw through the periscope, it was difficult to even understand where the bow of this ship was, how many of these bows were, and what it was all about.

The silhouette simply blurred. The ship could appear smaller than it actually was, partially merge with the water, “connect” with the sky, and so on. In short - the devil knows what.

Type of standard ship coloring numbered 24. Moreover, this is the same ship, only from different sides.

It should be noted that real artists were hired to develop the camouflage design. At first, almost every ship had its own distinctive “cubic” color, and often the patterns on different sides were very different.

Later, as the war progressed, standard types and types of artistic camouflage were developed, and not only military, but also passenger ships began to receive an abstract coloring.

Unfortunately, there are no color photographs of the ships of that time, but they were not “zebras” - they were disguised in different, and sometimes very bright, colors. They say that at sea the convoy of these “parrot ships” looked simply stunning.

With the end of the First World War, the widespread use of “blinding painting” in the navy also ended. There were several reasons for this.

Thus, effective aviation appeared - painted ships were very clearly visible from the air. In addition, the sailors themselves never particularly liked painting their ships in such a “non-military way.”

The ship SS Melita is at least now in the Mayakovsky Museum.

The US Navy, like the British, tried to return to the “turmoil” at the end of World War II after they destroyed Japanese aircraft. They really used “painting” to protect their ships from enemy submarines (by the way, experiments were carried out with tanks and jeeps)

However, the third coming did not happen - improved radars, sonars and other technology ultimately eliminated the need for visual target detection.

Passenger ship Mauretania. Judging by the image on the advertising poster of those years, the boat was bright.

Thus, the warships were quickly repainted in their current "foggy gray" color, and Cubism returned to where Wilkinson took it from.

Now in Portsmouth there is an example of such camouflage: the ship HMS Monitor M33. It was built in 1915, although it looks relatively modest, it fought in the First World War and even in the Civil War (together with six other monitors it supported white troops in the Arkhangelsk region for several months).

Although Wilkinson camouflage was used extensively in World War I and to a lesser extent in World War II, its effectiveness has not been scientifically proven. A group of researchers from the University of Bristol (UK), led by a specialist in experimental psychology Nick Scott-Samuel.

The key point of testing was speed: if this camouflage is not relevant for ships, then highly mobile combat vehicles, carrying “abstract paintings”, can now mislead enemy soldiers.
The fact is that our perception of speed depends on many different factors. For example, we think that larger objects move more slowly. In experiments by Mr. Scott-Samuel and colleagues, volunteers were shown pairs of geometric images on a screen that had different contrasts and moved at different speeds. One of the two elements has always been a typical representative of the texture of “blinding” camouflage.

It turned out that the speed of two fast-moving contrasting figures from the camouflage set visually appears to be 7% less. Thus, a fighter armed with a hand-held anti-tank grenade launcher may not calculate the distance and miss an armored vehicle painted using the Wilkinson method, the researchers believe.

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Now the shoulder strap will be securely fastened and will not move from the correct position during the sewing process. 4) Then very carefully sew the shoulder strap around the perimeter, making stitches in such a way that only barely visible points remain on its surface in those places where the needle enters the shoulder strap, and the thread between two adjacent holes passes mainly from the wrong side (along the lining) of the jacket . Then the thread will not be noticeable even if its color does not exactly match the color of the shoulder straps. In this case, the optimal length of each stitch should be about 1 cm. 5) With the second shoulder strap, follow the same pattern. How to strengthen lapel emblems? On the collar of the jacket - along the bisector (a line dividing the corner of the collar in half), at a distance of 25 mm from the corner of the collar to the center of the emblem, the vertical axis of symmetry of the emblem should be parallel to the flight of the collar. How to place awards on a police jacket? On the left side of the chest, awards are located in the following order: Insignia of special distinction are located so that the upper edge of the medal block is at the level of the ledge of the lapel of the tunic and jacket. When wearing two or more special insignia, they are arranged separately in one row, from right to left, with intervals of 10 mm between the lateral ends of the stars in the order listed. Special insignia of one designation are arranged in the order in which they were awarded. Badges of orders, orders and medals are arranged horizontally in a row from the center of the chest to the edge, from top to bottom in the order listed. When wearing two or more orders or medals, their blocks are connected in a row on a common bar. Orders and medals that do not fit in one row are transferred to the second and subsequent rows, located below the first, also placing them from the center of the chest to the edge in the above order. The blocks of orders and medals of the second row must go under the orders and medals of the first row, while the upper edge of the blocks bottom row placed 35 mm below the first row pads. Subsequent rows are arranged in a similar order. Badges of orders, orders and medals are located on a single-breasted police jacket so that the upper edge of the block of orders and medals of the first row is located 90 mm below the level of the lapel ledge. On right side chest awards are arranged in the following order: Orders are located from left to right in the order listed. The upper edge of the largest order of the first row is located at the level established for the common bar (block) of the first row of orders and medals placed on the left side of the chest. Orders that do not fit in one row are transferred to the second and subsequent rows located below the first, placing them also from the center of the chest to the edge in the indicated order. The centers of the orders in a row should be at the same level. The distance between orders and rows of orders is 10 mm. The sign of the number of wounds made of golden galun (for a severe wound) or dark red color (for a light wound) is located on the fabric strip of the top of the product. Braid width 6 mm, length 43 mm. The severe wound badge is placed below the light wound badge. The distance between stripes is 3 mm. The number of wounds sign is placed on the tunic and jacket to the right of the sign for honorary titles. Russian Federation, and in his absence, in his place.

Suit Gorka WINTER production trademark PRIVAL is made of dense cotton tent fabric with insulation: lining microfleece and fiberplast (warm siliconized polyester fabric). Cotton-blend raincoat fabric is used as finishing and reinforcement for areas critical to wear and getting wet. The jacket and trousers are loose-fitting, allowing you to add additional layers of clothing. For better fit, fit and to avoid “windage” in the wind, the suit has a system of ties based on rubber-fabric tape on the sides of the jacket, on the sleeves, under the knees and at the bottom of the trousers. The jacket has 5 pockets, the trousers 6. The pocket flaps are triangular in shape, which significantly reduces bending of the extreme corners of the flap and clinging to ammunition and equipment. The trousers are equipped with comfortable suspenders. The combination of overlays with the main khaki fabric ensures that the silhouette of a person is broken up at distant distances. The suit is designed to protect against temperature changes and strong winds in mountainous areas. Can be used by outdoor enthusiasts, fishing, hunting. Composition: jacket / trousers (equipped with special suspenders) Color: khaki, khaki inserts Fabric: tent 100% cotton, inserts - cotton-blend fabric Lining: microfleece Insulation: fiber plastic (siliconized fabric)

Gender: male Season: summer Camouflage color: khaki Material: “Tent canvas” (100% cotton), sq. 235 g/m2, VO Lining material: Mixed, sq. 210 g/m2, Regulatory technical documentation: GOST 25295-2003 Men's and women's coat outerwear: suits, jackets, vests, in Color: khaki Low temperature: 10 Fastener: buttons Country: Russia Description Jacket: loose fit; central fastener with loop and button; yoke, linings and pockets made of finishing fabric; 2 lower welt pockets with flap, loop and button; internal zip pocket with button; on the sleeves there is 1 patch slanted pocket with a flap for a loop and a button in the elbow area with reinforcing shaped overlays; bottom of sleeves with elastic; double hood, with a visor, has a drawstring for volume adjustment; waist adjustment with drawstring; Pants: loose fit; codpiece with loop and button fastening; 2 upper pockets in the side seams, in the knee area, on the back halves of the trousers in the seat area - reinforcing linings; 2 side patch pockets with flap; 2 rear patch pockets with buttons; the cut of the parts in the knee area prevents them from stretching; Dust-proof calico skirt at the bottom of the trousers; the back halves under the knee are gathered with an elastic band; elastic waistband; elastic bottom;

The women's demi-season raincoat is part of the new uniform for police officers. The raincoat has a semi-fitting silhouette, with a central inner hidden fastener with five loops and buttons and an additional top button and a through-stitched loop, on an insulated stitched lining. On the yokes in the area of the shoulder seams there are two belt loops and one non-slit loop for attaching removable shoulder straps. Sleeves are set-in, two-seam. Patches are sewn into the lower part of the middle seam of the sleeve, fastened with a loop and a uniform button. Turn-down collar, with a detachable stand. The removable belt is threaded into belt loops located in the side seams and fastened with a buckle with a tongue, the free end of which is threaded into the belt loop. On the right hem there is an internal welt pocket with a leaf. Jacket fabric (100% polyester) with rip-stop weaving threads and water-repellent impregnation. The second layer is the membrane. Filler: Thinsulate 100 g/m. Recommended temperature regime: from +10°С to -12°С. Worn with a dark blue muffler or a white muffler. It is allowed to wear a demi-season raincoat neatly folded with the front side out on the left hand. Demi-season raincoats are worn buttoned up. It is allowed to wear demi-season raincoats with the top button undone. Demi-season raincoats are worn with or without removable insulation and a belt fastened with a buckle. This raincoat has removable dark blue shoulder straps and dark blue stripes.

Thanks to innovative technologies and high-quality materials that provide maximum protection from rain and wind, you will be in constant comfort, which helps reduce fatigue throughout the day. Characteristics Protection from rain and wind Regular cut Upper material: Rip-stop Insulation: Thinsulate

The Gorka suit produced by the PRIVAL trademark is made of cotton-blend fabric. The traditional Gorka suit is made from tent cotton fabric, and in areas where increased reinforcement is required, a cotton-blend fabric is placed, which is characterized by increased strength and wear resistance. This model It is made entirely from cotton-blend fabric, so it will last a long time even with heavy use. Also, this material is pleasant to wear and will provide freedom and comfort in movement. The jacket and trousers are loose-fitting, allowing you to add additional layers of clothing. For better fit, fit and to avoid “windage” in the wind, the suit has a system of ties based on rubber-fabric tape on the sides of the jacket, on the sleeves, under the knees and at the bottom of the trousers. The jacket has 5 pockets, the trousers 6. The pocket flaps are triangular in shape, which significantly reduces bending of the extreme corners of the flap and clinging to ammunition and equipment. The trousers are equipped with comfortable suspenders. The combination of overlays with the main black fabric ensures that the silhouette of a person is broken up at distant distances.

The suit consists of a jacket and trousers. Jacket with a central side zipper fastener. The front has upper welt pockets with flaps and leaves, fastened with textile fasteners and side welt pockets in a “frame”, fastened with a zipper. The front and back of the jacket are lined. Turn-down collar with stand-up collar. The statutory staff suit is made of rip-stop fabric with Velcro. Back with yoke. The sleeves are set-in, single-seam, with reinforcing linings in the elbow area, with stitched cuffs fastened with a textile fastener - a slit with a puff. To attach removable shoulder straps, belt loops are located in the area of the shoulder seams; two continuous loops are sewn perpendicular to the shoulder seam. At the bottom of the jacket there is a detachable belt, the volume of which is adjustable at the side sections with an elastic band. The trousers are straight, with stitched creases and side pockets on the front halves. The front of the trousers has a zip fastening. There are darts on the back halves. On the right back half there is a welt pocket with a flap and a leaf, fastened with a textile fastener. The belt is stitched, fastened with a loop and button. To adjust the volume, the belt is tightened with an elastic band in the area of the side seams. Example of a material drawing: Additionally, you can purchase:

Jacket in “Retro” style With buttons Hood, adjustable to fit the shape of the face Elastic at the waist and at the bottom of the sleeves The bottom of the jacket is adjustable in size using a cord 4 external pockets Material: 100% cotton YOU MAY BE INTERESTED in: “And often in the evenings, evenings when I I’m suffocating from the comfort, suddenly there’s a whiff of crackling fires from the blue edge of the gas above the burner...” (B. Vakhnyuk) Once running home, we buried our faces in a rain jacket hanging on a hanger and inhaled the smell of a fire. Wearing rain jackets went on any hikes and at any time of the year. They were not bitten by mosquitoes, were not blown through, and did not melt from fire sparks. True, they froze, dried out slowly and were a bit heavy. Now that many lightweight modern jackets have appeared, real canvas windbreakers can be found quite rarely. But even now there is nothing better to find for a forest and a fire. Synthetics do not like fire. And if you don’t want your favorite fleece jacket to have a small (or large) hole, it’s time to remember the tarpaulin. The retro style jacket is made of high quality canvas. It is very durable and breathes well. And in general it is pleasant and loved, like Vizbor’s songs on a reel-to-reel tape recorder. The hood, adjustable to the contour of the face, elastic bands on the sleeves and drawstring at the bottom of the jacket protect against mosquitoes and wind. Matches, a compass, a map and other necessary items will easily fit in four spacious pockets. If you like to watch sunrises on a steep bank, wander through the summer tundra, pick cloudberries and cranberries in swamps, and sing in the evenings by the fire - this windbreaker is for you.

The "Mountain-3" jacket is recommended for outdoor activities (hiking, hiking), as well as as a field uniform for mountain rifle units of the Russian Defense Ministry. Loose fit that does not restrict movement. Hood with adjustment in three dimensions - along the oval of the face, vertically at the back of the head and side adjustment vision With buttons Adjustment of the volume of the sleeve above the wrist with a hidden elastic band with Velcro Elbows are protected with a removable polyurethane foam insert (included) Pockets: two lower volume pockets with buttons, closed with flaps, a Napoleon pocket on the chest, inclined pockets on the sleeves, closed with flaps with Velcro, internal waterproof pocket for documents with Velcro Ties: at the waist with a cord at the bottom of the jacket jackets View all products by tag jackets with a rubber cord Material: 100% cotton, new high-quality tarpaulin, superior to analogues used by most other manufacturers New technology processing has significantly improved the fabric's resistance to fading and abrasion Reinforcing linings -100% polyester polyester View all products by tag polyester rip-stop Attention! Before washing, remove the protective inserts in the knee/elbow pads from the corresponding pockets. Do not wash protective inserts in washing machine. When washing tarpaulin items in a washing machine, traces of wear may appear. SIZING SELECTION: Download the size chart (.xlsx) to accurately determine the required size REVIEWS: Review from Survival Panda Discussion of this model on the forum YOU MAY BE INTERESTED in:

The jacket is short, straight cut. Fabric - gabardine. Designed for employees of internal affairs bodies with special police ranks. According to Order No. 575 of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs, chevrons are sewn onto the sleeves of a suit at a distance of 8 cm from the edge of the shoulder. A chevron is sewn onto the left sleeve indicating membership in the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, and on the right sleeve a chevron indicating the service of a police officer is sewn. You can add Velcro to the chevrons. Central closure with detachable zipper. Turn-down collar. Shelves with detachable yokes in the shoulder girdle area. On the shelves there are chest welt pockets with figured flaps with buttons. Two side welt pockets in a frame with a zippered entrance. Back with stitched yoke. There are soft folds along the yoke line for freedom of movement. The sleeves are set-in, single-seam, with stitched cuffs fastened with buttons. At the bottom of the jacket there is a one-piece belt, the volume of which is regulated by side sections with elastic braid. The back and shelf are lined with knitted fabric (mesh). The armholes are edged with edging braid. Straight-cut trousers. Stitched belt with six belt loops. The volume of the belt is regulated by side sections with elastic band. Two pockets in the side seams. One welt pocket with flap and internal button closure is located on the right rear half of the trousers. Red piping is inserted along the side seams of the trousers. It is part of the new police uniform. Example of material drawing:

Without Velcro under the chevrons. The size is indicated by the collar. You can use shoulder straps Worn untucked The belt is adjustable in size using side elastic bands 2 pockets on the chest Material: 65% Polyester 35% Viscose

Jacket with a combined (stitched and removable) insulated lining, a removable insulated hood, a removable faux fur collar. The jacket is short, straight cut. The central clasp has a two-way detachable zipper, closed with a windproof flap with buttons. Turn-down collar with a pata fastener on a textile fastener. In the area of the shoulder seams there are shoulder straps, shoulder straps View all products by tag shoulder straps on buttons with removable false stripes for attaching insignia. Shelves and back with yokes. Along the yoke line there is a red edging. Two chest pockets with flaps with buttons and textile Velcro fasteners. Two side pockets with flaps with buttons and textile Velcro fasteners. The burlap patch pockets have welt pockets with a zippered entrance. At the bottom of the jacket See all products by jacket tag there is a detachable belt, the volume of which is adjusted by the side sections with elastic braid stitched on a multi-needle special. chain stitch machine. Sleeves are set-in, two-seam. On the right sleeve there is a welt pocket with a zipper. A bandage with a reflective tape is sewn inside the pocket, fastened with a Velcro textile fastener. At the bottom of the sleeves there are stitched cuffs with elastic tape sewn on a multi-needle special stitch. chain stitch machine. Stitched insulated lining with Fibertek-200 insulation. On the inside of the left shelf there is a pocket for a pistol (with a carabiner on a cord for fastening the pistol) and a patch pocket with a vertical entrance with a zipper. The removable insulated hood is fastened with a detachable zipper. The volume is adjustable at the back of the head and the front neckline. The chin part is fastened with a Velcro textile fastener. A removable collar made of faux fur containing Kanekaron fiber (Made in Japan) is fastened with a detachable zipper. Removable insulated lining (vest) made of Fibertek 150 insulation, quilted on both sides with lining fabric, fastened with a detachable zipper. On the removable insulation there is a patch pocket with a horizontal entrance with a zipper. Fibertek insulation has a number of advantages over traditional fillers: - It perfectly retains its shape and restores it after washing. - Can be washed and dried multiple times. - Provides a greater heat-shielding effect compared to other materials of similar thickness and density. - Moisture resistant. - Stable during long-term use. - It is an environmentally friendly and non-toxic insulation material. - Practical in terms of price and quality ratio.