Comments on: Finnish military suspects Russia copied thier camo

By: Jalopeura

Jalopeura — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 01:07:25 +0000

Found a pretty good picture of M05

http://www.mil.fi/maavoimat/joukot/kaipr/m05_2.jpg

By: Guy J. Sagi

Guy J. Sagi — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 02:00:25 +0000

Both camos are so effective, they’re a blur!!! Can’t tell one from another.

It could be a Russian coming my way, but then it’s so close to a Finn that I think it’s best to wait for the spring spawn so I can see which one’s hightailing it upstream for the spawn.

By: Nooky

Nooky — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:56:57 +0000

The fins shouldn’t copy the swiss camo

http://uppix.net/5/3/f/4621388fbc73f159b854ce428ce36.jpg

By: BallisticBaggins

BallisticBaggins — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:23:56 +0000

It’s a different camo. There are some sightings of some russians wearing a similar camo to the M05 during the war of Georgia. I’ll try to link pics if I can.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3201/2753322156_6694ae60b6.jpg?v=0
Man on the left is wearing a camo very similar to the M05.

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c245/MikkoKauppila/Ten_M61_A2_1.jpg
Pic of a possible russian made uniform with the M05 pattern.

Even if the pics don’t prove that the Russian military is copying the pattern, they still give a good reason to investigate.

By: gummywormz

gummywormz — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:34:06 +0000

looks different to me

By: Okami-San

Okami-San — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 23:18:30 +0000

how does the finnish pattern even seem similar to the russian, minus the pixilation?it seems to me as if the russian would be better for a light foliage backdrop, whereas the finnish is more of a dense woodland camo… do people have nothing better to do but sue over remotely similar camo? what next, the army suing the marines for copying their acu camo?

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 23:15:17 +0000

I also could not see the similarity.Maybe they are referring to another new camo design or maybe the similarity is more obvious in a “zoomed out” photo of the M05.

By: thebronze

thebronze — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 21:34:05 +0000

I agree. I don’t see the similarity, except that they’re both pixelated. Everyone’s going pixelated now. The Fins are being stupid.

By: Nomen Nescio

Nomen Nescio — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:00:50 +0000

ok, call me blind, but i don’t see the similarity. they’re both four-color pixelated digi-cams, but what else do they have in common? the russian one looks much more broken up and fragmented, the finnish one has much more homogenous, unbroken color areas. the russian one uses two colors predominantly with the other two having much less coverage, the finnish one seems to use all four colors fairly evenly.

the russian one actually resembles U.S. ACUs more than the finnish pattern, to me.