San Marco and COMBUSIN camouflage

San Marco and COMBUSIN camouflage


left to right: tropical, mountain, Somalia, 2000 and mediterranea

Many other pictures on my website
Gilles

http://vonstuckcamouflage.free.fr/italy.php

Wow, never knew there were so many variants of this pattern. Very cool!
Thanks for sharing!

Nice comparison shot !!!!

Great collection!

Yup, there is quite a variety. However, it's unclear how much of the variety is simple production variations and how much of it is deliberate. Fading can also confuse things.

Personally, I think there are at least 2 or perhaps 3 definite, deliberate color changes.

Steve

To be honest, I think I like this pattern better than the Vegetata camouflage.

Does anyone have a set of that really cool-looking yellowish desert camo the Italians were wearing when the War on Terror first started? I believe it has been called "Somali pattern" camo, due to its use there, if I'm not mistaken...

BSM wore an orangish colored spray camo at the beginning of OIF. It was a very short lived pattern and I am fortunate to have one. What I am unfortunate to have missed out on several times is the predecessor. That one is identical to the standard BSM/COMSUBIN spray camo pattern and uniform cut but in desert tans and browns. Very rare, very expensive if found.

Steve

Hello
It really existing this 5 pattern + 2002 pattern that i have not
On my website i have put pictures of internal pocket for see colors near original
And 2 pictures by pattern showing detail on same place
Somalia and mountain pattern have the same drawing
Some small difference in the drawing between the other pattern
I will take a picture of another place for compare all pattern
Generaly COMBUSIN modify their garments
My jacket have low pocket removed and the hight pocket moved
I have also 2 variant desert pattern, I need take pictures
Gilles

About the following set, I guess it is a comercial/fake













The set of Danilo has same colors as show these pictures but the cut of the garment look at my second set
See the pocket on the arms
Gilles

Ah... Giles of course has the first BSM desert set that I want, want, want! Oh, wait a minute... need, need, need

Giles, you are also fortunate to have the orange desert uniform. I have this one too. I also have a temperate version in a slightly different cut, ripstop fabric, and a much denser camouflage pattern. I think the Marine in your second picture, opposite from the sniper in desert colors, is wearing this uniform.

Steve

That first desert set Gilles posted is really interesting looking! it almost looks like a DPM/Auscam DPDU hybrid or something... very cool!

Very very nice camouflage. I envy all you guys...

Here is a picture of the mid 2000s BSM camo jacket.

Steve

mountain; mediterranean
COMBUSIN pattern 2000; tropical

See my website for another picture
http://vonstuckcamouflage.free.fr/italy.php

Gilles

Vonstuck, the first desert set you have should have been produced in a small number of pieces for San Marco Battalion (not COMSUBIN) during the war in Somalia, in 1994/1995.
It's an interesting camo, I would like to have one as well.
The other one isn't commercial, it has been issued by COMSUBIN before the last actual one (I'm not sure, but I heard in the past for the first Gulf war), that actually it isn't the one in the real photo; in fact this italian military doesn't wear this set, but another one, the so called "pink" version.
Anyway, the vertical zip + 2 chest pocket + short collar are the "typical" characteristics of COMSUBIN camouflage made by an important fabric located in Tuscania.
They made also other sets, many prototypes etc...
Here pictures of the pink version:

Hello
Thank you for the information
I modify my website for the combusin orange pattern
Gilles

http://vonstuckcamouflage.free.fr/italy.php

here is my uniform.

I was told that this set was not officially issued to troops, but they were all private purchases...
Is a beautiful pattern either way.

Gilles you have some awesome BSM uniforms cheers

Another experimental BSM/COMSUBIN uniform. This one of mine is undated, but the following picture is from 2006 and is consistent with other trial uniforms. The fabric appears to be the same as used in the previous uniforms, not different like the type seen in my other post above.



http://www.nato.int/multi/photos/2006/m060404a.htm

Check the last entry in the above link for the picture. It's too large to post here.

Steve

I have also a nice prototype made for San Marco.
It's probably from the early '90s. Fabric is the same of the issued one. It has also inner jacket for winter.

NICE!! That is only the second set of that I have ever seen. I lost out on the bidding of the first one because it was a time when I didn't have much money and, obviously, many people wanted it.

As a camouflage, I think it was correct to reject that pattern. Too much black.

Steve

Thanks Steve.
Actually I got mine from an italian guy Where had you seen it for sale? On ebay?

Compare with the orange pattern

Old San Marco pattern