50 shades of.... "San Marco"

Today I was doing the cleaning, so I decided to take some photos of my equip.
Here's my San Marco's pattern collection



Starting from the right:

- "Mountain" San Marco - 1993 or so by "Nuova Saltes". Used during the Balcans
- San Marco year 1999 by "Di elle"
- San Marco year 2001 by "Saka". Used in Iraq during mid 2000's
- Desert San Marco pattern uniform year 2002 by "FCM". This item had to be used by GOI (Navy Raiders), but it has never been adopted... notice the absence of the stars on the neckband
- San Marco year 2005 (maybe later) by "???". First type of a San Marco uniform with the same tail of vegetata: pockets on the front are now askew and without the Lion, typical mark of the "San Marco".
- San Marco year 2009 by "Uniform srl". This is (in my opinion) the best San Marco camouflage, unfortunately after a few years also the Italian Naavy adopted the vegetata as combat uniform.

Those items are 100% originals, unfortunately some of them lost the labels.
I hope you will enjoy this.

Bye bye all

Very impressive selection of diverse San Marco patterns.



Thanks for the info..


S

Thats right, very nice display!Thanks to Sal I have at least one of those....

Well, in this photo is displayed much better



I really love these colours on that type of pattern drawing

After checking out your original post, I was wondering how many different SM/ COMSUBIN variations were in my collection..

Not certain of  chronology, but according to  the labels that remain or are still legible there are 2 Consorzio Liguria, one Nuovo Saltes , one SA KA. Confezione , one SC Lovers , and 2 FCM; the rest are unknown.

                                                                 

                                                                  


Figured I'd throw in the  Vegetato SM/COMSUBIN  variant as well..




S

Wow, impressive!Funny how many variants are out there.....

Nice thread! I fell in love with this pattern soon after it was introduced and have many variations in my collection.

mylle wrote:Wow, impressive!Funny how many variants are out there.....

Not too many more than what Tocc88 and Rip have shown us. The only two I think I see missing are:

1.  The very, very rare desert version from the 1990s.  That's on my bucket list

2.  Variant in ripstop that is in a very similar cut as the orange/pink desert uniform.  The pattern is slightly different.

There is also the coveralls in the spray camo pattern, but I don't think it's different pattern/colors than the ones shown here.

Steve

Glad to see the appriciation of Italian uniforms abroad!

I totally agree with CollectinSteve; if I can make a clarification we also forgot the type of pattern used in Somaly (not only the desert variant).

Moreover, I'm sure that the FCM San Marco type pattern was never used/adopted by Italian navy, it is only for commercial.



Here's a picture made by me that shows some of the San Marco type uniforms used in operations/trainings; I hope it will be useful.



1- type 1999 San Marco during training
2- type 2001 San Marco during training (in pose)
3- first 90's type San Marco during op. Restore Hope in Somalia
4- type 2005 (???, well, the first type with same tail of vegetata) during training/demonstration
5- Desert San Marco ("Pink panther") used by GOI in Iraq in mid 2000's
6- type 2009 San Marco worn by a Navy port guard
7-8 - "Mountain" type San Marco. The 7 is from a photoshoot during a training in 2001, the 8 is from the op. "Alba" in 1997

Nice pictures!

There is at least one picture of the 2002 FCM "orange" uniform being worn in Iraq. I have one and it does have the stars on it. But I agree with you, it probably was never adopted.

Steve

Finally I found a matching pair of pants for my lonely San Marco blouse:

I believe that you are matching mod.2001 blouse with mod. 2009 pants  

Yep the pants are from 2009, maybe not matching 100% correctly but at least I have a set now.

Of course!  happy Easter to all!

I would say this blouse matches better to the pants.

And you would be right...

Very nice...Alex...Looks great..



S

Tocc88 wrote:
Here's my San Marco's pattern collection



Starting from the right:

- "Mountain" San Marco - 1993 or so by "Nuova Saltes". Used during the Balcans
- San Marco year 1999 by "Di elle"
- San Marco year 2001 by "Saka". Used in Iraq during mid 2000's
- Desert San Marco pattern uniform year 2002 by "FCM". This item had to be used by GOI (Navy Raiders), but it has never been adopted... notice the absence of the stars on the neckband
- San Marco year 2005 (maybe later) by "???". First type of a San Marco uniform with the same tail of vegetata: pockets on the front are now askew and without the Lion, typical mark of the "San Marco".
- San Marco year 2009 by "Uniform srl". This is (in my opinion) the best San Marco camouflage, unfortunately after a few years also the Italian Naavy adopted the vegetata as combat uniform.

Hello, Tocc88!

Could you please tell me your opinion, to whta type belong my San Marco pants, shown in https://iacmc.forumotion.com/t12416-san-marco-pants-uv-lamp-for-reading-the-inscriptions

The label saysm as I investigated with the help of UV lamp^
MARINA MILITARE
R.T.I. LOVERS S.R.I. OLGINATE (LC)
SC LOVERS ROMANIA SA
CONTRATTO № 1381 DEL 27/09/05

TENUTA MIMETICA
DA COMBATTIMENTO
TG M-52
PANTALONE
N.U.C. N.P.

97% COTONE 3% ELASTOMERO

Thank you in advance for your opinion, comments!

Hi Haydamaka!!

Observing the photos in your link I'm sure that your pants belong to a 2005 type uniform of Battaglione San Marco that is the first type with the standard vegetato layout (I mean for tail, oblique pockets on the chest, and pockets on the arms) but with the same colours of the 2001 type.

It was used, with the 2001 type, during the ONU campaign in Lebanon in 2006 (see photos below)... You con see the matched jacket in Tocc's post (is the second starting from left... with grey stars and near the desert one).


2005 type for the first operator

2001 type for the operator turned in front of the camera

2005 type for the first operator

-Jäger- wrote:Hi Haydamaka!!

Observing the photos in your link I'm sure that your pants belong to a 2005 type uniform of Battaglione San Marco that is the first type with the standard vegetato layout (I mean for tail, oblique pockets on the chest, and pockets on the arms) but with the same colours of the 2001 type.

It was used, with the 2001 type, during the ONU campaign in Lebanon in 2006 ...

-Jäger-, thank you so much for your brilliantly exact and really professional comment!

I am very glad to have an access to the opinions of such well-informed professionals, as you and others on this forum!

That make me glad. Thank you

Italian Navy  Diver wearing 2001 blouse.



                                                                         





S

Exactly!

This is a member of GOS (Gruppo Operativo Subaquei). With GOI in form the COM.SUB.IN.
GOS members are deployed in operations of underwater demining.

There are a lot of WWII underwater mines in Mediterranean sea...

ripcord wrote:Italian Navy  Diver wearing 2001 blouse

S

Very clear photo!
Thank you!

Thanks..

Another really clear shot of the 2001 type.




                                                           








S

ripcord wrote:Thanks..

Another really clear shot  of the  2001 type.

S

WOW!!!
That's really amazing picture with many characteristic details!

Thanks again!

One thing not usually seen is the blouse worn tucked into trousers..


S