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Birch camouflage is 2-color design and consists of light angular ("toothed") spots in the shape of leaves on a green-olive background. [6] The standard camouflage pattern exists in two color versions: with spots of light gray color; with spots of yellow-sand color (this version was used mainly by KGB border guards). The background color of both ...
The terms Border Service of Russia (Russian: Пограничная служба России) and Border Force of Russia (Russian: Пограничные войска России) are also common, while in English, the terms "Border Guards" and "Border Troops" are frequently used to designate this service.
Russia: New standard issue for the National Guard. Supplied to the National Guard since 2018. [4] GSh-18: 9×19mm Parabellum: Semi-automatic pistol Russia: N/A [4] MPL Lebedev: 9×19mm Parabellum: Semi-automatic pistol Russia [5] PB: 9×18mm Makarov: Semi-automatic pistol Soviet Union: N/A [4] PSS: 7.62×41mm SP-4 Silent action semi-automatic ...
EMR camouflage is the standard camouflage pattern of the Russian Military's V.K.B.O. All-Season Uniform. [7] [8] EMR is a single camouflage pattern, developed at 15 Central Research Institute of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation as a universal pattern. Depending on the color, it can be adapted to a variety of terrain conditions ...
Ukraine caught Russia — as well as its Western allies — off guard on August 6 by launching a surprise attack on the Kursk border region, grabbing around 386 miles of territory in a matter of days.
A 24-year-old from Moscow named Mark, who also recently arrived in Tbilisi, lied and told a Russian border guard he was going to Georgia for a friend’s wedding. He said the guard’s only ...
Post-war Soviet camouflage remained a sign of elite units. A two-colour "sun-ray" pattern was used by paratroopers from 1969 and two- or three-colour versions were issued to Spetsnaz, KGB and MVD troops into the 1980s. The KLMK pattern was the first "digital" camouflage and it was issued to Spetsnaz troops and some Border guards units.
A cross-border incursion into Russia's Belgorod from Ukraine sparked backlash about Vladimir Putin's ability to protect his borders and the Kremlin's military.