Dubok (camouflage)

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PlaceoforiginUkraine
Inservice1997–present
UsedbySee Users
Dubok
Ukrainian Dubok pattern.
TypeMilitary camouflage pattern
Place of originUkraine
Service history
In service1997–present
Used bySee Users
Wars
Production history
Designed1997
Produced1997–2014
VariantsSee Variants

"Dubok"[1] is a tricolor military camouflage designed for the Ukrainian Armed Forces in 1997. It was used by the Armed Forces of Ukraine until 2014.[2]

The camouflage is sometimes known unofficially as TTsKO (Russian: Tryokhtsvetnaya kamuflirovannaya odezdha, lit.'Three Color Camouflage')[3] or as VSR-84.[4]

Ukrainian Airborne Forces wearing dubok uniforms together with US Army at the Rapid Trident 2011 military exercise

Dubok was developed in 1997 for the Ukrainian Armed Forces.[5] It was designed as a replacement for Soviet-Era "Butan" camouflage uniform's in Ukrainian service, contrary to popular belief Dubok is not a variant of Russian, Ukrainian, or Soviet Butan, although it shares similarities with each, it is an entirely different pattern.

Dubok would eventually be replaced by MM-14 in 2014.[6] At the time, it was reported that Ukraine obtained Dubok fabric from Belarusian and Chinese producers.[7]

Design

The color scheme "oak", known as "amoeba",[8] consists of a light green background, on which spots of green and brown colors are applied.[5] Camouflage is designed to blur the silhouette at long and close distances.

Ukrainian paratroopers of the 79th Airmobile Brigade in "oak" camouflage. 2008, training "Cossack Steppe"

Variants

Users

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