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 * During a public statement in January 2026, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan praised a newly issued camouflage pattern for the Armed Forces of Armenia, which is now in circulation and has made public appearances. The new pattern is being fielded in a range of uniforms for summer, autumn, and winter seasons, although the camouflage pattern will remain the same. Moving away from its previously issued pixelated design, the new pattern incorporates a series of organic shapes in dark brown, medium brown and dark olive on a sandy-colored background, with an interesting "crosshatch" print that fades in and out of the design, depending on where it appears in the repeat.

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-* Reputedly in use for a number of years, a copy of two commercial [[A-TACS]] camouflage patterns, called ''Ataka'' colloquially, have been worn by Armenian special operations forces and continue to see use in 2026. Both the Arid Urban (AU) and Foliage Green (FG) versions have been documented.
+* Reputedly in use since 2021, a copy of two commercial [[A-TACS]] camouflage patterns, called ''Ataka'' colloquially, have been worn by Armenian special operations forces and continue to see use in 2026. Both the Arid Urban (AU) and Foliage Green (FG) versions have been documented.
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	* During a public statement in January 2026, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan praised a newly issued camouflage pattern for the Armed Forces of Armenia, which is now in circulation and has made public appearances. The new pattern is being fielded in a range of uniforms for summer, autumn, and winter seasons, although the camouflage pattern will remain the same. Moving away from its previously issued pixelated design, the new pattern incorporates a series of organic shapes in dark brown, medium brown and dark olive on a sandy-colored background, with an interesting "crosshatch" print that fades in and out of the design, depending on where it appears in the repeat.		* During a public statement in January 2026, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan praised a newly issued camouflage pattern for the Armed Forces of Armenia, which is now in circulation and has made public appearances. The new pattern is being fielded in a range of uniforms for summer, autumn, and winter seasons, although the camouflage pattern will remain the same. Moving away from its previously issued pixelated design, the new pattern incorporates a series of organic shapes in dark brown, medium brown and dark olive on a sandy-colored background, with an interesting "crosshatch" print that fades in and out of the design, depending on where it appears in the repeat.

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		+	* During a public statement in January 2026, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan praised a newly issued camouflage pattern for the Armed Forces of Armenia, which is now in circulation and has made public appearances. The new pattern is being fielded in a range of uniforms for summer, autumn, and winter seasons, although the camouflage pattern will remain the same. Moving away from its previously issued pixelated design, the new pattern incorporates a series of organic shapes in dark brown, medium brown and dark olive on a sandy-colored background, with an interesting "crosshatch" print that fades in and out of the design, depending on where it appears in the repeat.
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	* The Armenian Police (Հայաստանի Հանրապետության ոստիկանությունը) currently wear a [[digital patterns\|pixelated camouflage]] design with a blue colorway, similar to a pattern developed in [[Russia]] for use by the MVD.		* The Armenian Police (Հայաստանի Հանրապետության ոստիկանությունը) currently wear a [[digital patterns\|pixelated camouflage]] design with a blue colorway, similar to a pattern developed in [[Russia]] for use by the MVD.

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 * Another pattern from this period, worn by Armenian forces operating in the Nagorno-Karabakh region in 1994, is an interesting design derivative of the 3-TsV but having more spot-like shapes. This specific colorway appears only to have been produced as a lightweight combat uniform, but other color variants are known to exist using precisely the same set of drawings. Some samples were made in the Ukraine. This design has also been documented in use by [[Moldova|Moldovan]] forces.
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-* Another Russian-designed pattern that has remained in use to the present day is ''Berezkha'' (birch tree), a pattern derivative of the old KLMK sun-ray design. This camouflage pattern, jagged lime green shapes on a dark khaki field, is only worn by Armenian Border Guards.
+* Another Russian-designed pattern that has remained in use to the present day is ''Berezkha'' (birch tree), a pattern derivative of the old KLMK sun-ray design. This camouflage pattern, jagged lime green shapes on a dark khaki field, is now only worn by Armenian Border Guards and appears to be imported from Asian factories.
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-* Armenia discarded its old Soviet-style camouflage patterns in the late 1990s, choosing instead to adopt a locally-made variation of the US [[woodland]] design. Having black, reddish brown & grass green woodland shapes on a greenish-yellow background, the pattern is quite distinct from its American forerunner.
+* Armenia discarded most of its old Soviet-style camouflage patterns in the late 1990s, choosing instead to adopt a locally-made variation of the US [[woodland]] design for the ground forces. Having black, reddish brown & grass green woodland shapes on a greenish-yellow background, the pattern is quite distinct from its American forerunner.
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-* Some special units of the Armenian Police (Հայաստանի Հանրապետության ոստիկանությունը) have traditionally worn  locally-produced, Russian-designed blue-grey and blue [[woodland]] patterns seen here. A gray variation has also been documented, worn by units of the special police. These patterns have now been updated with a pixelated variation.
+* Some special units of the Armenian Police (Հայաստանի Հանրապետության ոստիկանությունը) have traditionally worn locally-produced, Russian-designed blue-grey and blue [[woodland]] patterns seen here. A gray variation has also been documented, worn by units of the special police. These patterns have now been updated with a pixelated variation.
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 == Camouflage Patterns used by Armenia ==
-* The traditional Soviet KLMK sun-ray or ''solnechnye zaychiki'' pattern uniform has been in service with Armenian forces since it was a Soviet republic. During the earliest period of the country's independence, airborne and special forces units retained use of the pattern, although it has gradually been phased out except by the Border Guards. Likewise, the ''berezkha'' (birch) pattern of the old Soviet Border Guards was heavily used by Armenian units during the First Karabakh War.
+* The traditional Soviet KLMK sun-ray or ''solnechnye zaychiki'' pattern uniform has been in service with Armenian forces since it was a Soviet republic. During the earliest period of the country's independence, airborne and special forces units retained use of the pattern, although it has gradually been phased out except by the Border Guards. Likewise, the ''berezkha'' (birch) pattern of the old Soviet Border Guards was also heavily used by Armenian units during the First Karabakh War.
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 == Camouflage Patterns used by Armenia ==
-* The traditional Soviet KLMK sun-ray or ''solnechnye zaychiki'' pattern uniform has been in service with Armenian forces since it was a Soviet republic. During the earliest period of its independence, airborne and special forces units retained the pattern, although its use has gradually been phased out except by the Border Guards. The grid-pattern printed on the reverse of these uniforms was intended to render early night vision equipment less effective.
+* The traditional Soviet KLMK sun-ray or ''solnechnye zaychiki'' pattern uniform has been in service with Armenian forces since it was a Soviet republic. During the earliest period of its independence, airborne and special forces units retained the pattern, although its use has gradually been phased out except by the Border Guards. Likewise, the ''berezkha'' (birch) pattern of the old Soviet Border Guards was used by Armenian units during the First Karabakh War.
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 * Armenian forces in the early 1990s have been documented as wearing a dark-colored brown variant of the Soviet-designed 1988 TTsKO tricolor woodland or 3-TsV pattern. This Armenian variant (also worn by [[Azerbaijan]]) features very dark brown & medium brown shapes on a light brown background, although it is very possible other variants were in circulation as well.