my Ukrainian uniform and gear collection

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A nice batch of stuff! Someday the Ukrainian stuff will be sought after just like the Balkans stuff. Definitely grabbing these things now is smart.

Steve

yes absolutely right, especially this "TTSKO" coloured Ukrainian stuff ... And the prices are still ok if you know where to look for the stuff ...

another set to be added here ...

some Ukrainian camo T-shirts and an VDV Beret ...








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Nice, the blue camo shirt really hurts in the eyes. Quite toxic.Cool beret.

Thanks Alex. in the picture it isn't even that brutal, in real life especially under bright sunlight it is even more toxic I still like it, though ... yeah the beret is a beauty

my newest members to the family ...








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Purple and blue!! I love purple and blue camo

Steve

Not so eye cancer causing like ,,paintfactory-explosion Mlok,,.But still very funky.

I have never seen the DPM before is this just standard British camo or a copy.

thank you guys ...
@dee222 ... you can find both ... original brit camo or ukrainian copies ... the above is original brit DPM patched to "ukrainian standards" ... the DPM is mainly used by Spec Ops and Para Troops of Ukraine ...
have a look:



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Thanks for the info and the pictures most helpful .

In the early days of the war in Donbas the Ukrainian government and volunteer forces, as well as the Russian backed separatists, used pretty much anything they could get their hands on. Since Bundeswehr and British surplus uniforms were already available in huge numbers at very low prices, those two uniforms saw a lot of use. Very often with no badging at all. That started changing in late 2014 with the separatists using a lot of commercial sets from Russia and the Ukrainian military getting new uniforms. The Ukrainian volunteer units still use a mix of uniforms, but they also have tried to standardize.

Steve

that's absolutely right Steve. there are pics of troops wearing literally any sort of European camos, at times. very funny to see this. anyhow, Ukrainian troops, especially special forces (paras, specnas etc pp) were wearing brit and (even) dutch dpm camos and german "flecktarn" stuff even way before the events in eastern Ukraine started to happen ... The pics I posted above are from 2011 (Vitaly Kuzmin) and 2009 (the one below), respectively .... I once found a ukrainian website showing Ukrainian special troops wearing aformentioned camos en masse (... in clean english ) during some sort of war games ... I will post the link for the mentioned page later, so you guys can check it out. I just need to find it again.

Alex

my latest find 2015 Ukrainian summer set:


















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Looks cool and nice patched too!

the newest member to the family ... a 1995 Ttsko in very good condition, 100% cotton and the typical soviet Ttsko camo look.





velcro closure on the arm pockets


button closure on all 4 front pockets


stamps (top: jacket stamp, very blur; bottom: trouser stamp)





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I love it.I'm jealous.

Always good to see a genuinely badged example of a Ukrainian uniform prior to the current conflict. Thanks!

Steve

Cool !!! Very nice Uniform and also nice badged, congrats Alex

thank you Alex, Steve and Andreas. I love this piece, it is really good quality (not always the case with Ukrainian stuff) and in excellent shape.

same here, just to bring some pictures back as reference:

1995 VDV TTsKo:



1998 Army Field Uniform:




1998 Winter Field Jacket (some interesting Butan colouration):



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2004 Ukrainian Desert Camouflage Jacket.

56th Helicopter detachment UNMIL Mission Liberia:






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a couple of my latest finds:

1. 1994 "TtsKKo" derivate:

Jacket back side pic with different light surroundings:

Jacket Stamp:


2. 1994 - "Butan" or "Dubok" Version:

Jacket Back side with different light surroundings:

Jacket Stamp:


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