Slovenia

Republic of Slovenia

The Republic of Slovenia (Republika Slovenija) declared its independence from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in December of 1990. Following a brief military conflict with Yugoslavian forces, the Ten Day War, autonomy was achieved.

Slovenian Camouflage Patterns

• The Slovenian M91 oakleaf pattern has been in service since 1991. The pattern is based on the Yugoslav M87 small oak leaf pattern, but uses different colours.

• A desert variation of the standard M91 oakleaf pattern has been in service since 2005. The design utilizes the shame drawings but with a varied colorway more appropriate to desert/arid environments. There are in fact two slightly different color variations of the desert pattern. The colors of Type 1 are russet brown, khaki and olive green on a sand-colored background, while the Type 2 variant replaces the khaki color with a light olive green. Although there are also two types of fabric produced in this pattern (a heavier sateen and a lighter-weight ripstop), the color variants do not appear to be limited to one particular type of fabric.

• Slovenia has developed its own variant of Multicam (called "SLOCAM" by some) using a different combination of colors. The pattern is in sevice with Slovenian special operations some peacekeeping troops.

Other Patterns Worn by Slovenia

• For a brief period running from 1990 to 1992, surplus Bulgarian Army Mk 3 splinter pattern camouflage winter uniforms were worn by Slovenian forces.

• Members of the 1st Special Brigade (Moris) wore US m81 woodland camouflage uniforms (and possibly Croatian woodland uniforms as well) from 1991-92.

• The Slovenian contingent to Afghanistan in 2004 wore US supplied tricolor desert pattern camouflage uniforms for a single rotation.

Additional

• Comparision of the Slovenian M91 oak leaf pattern (right) with the Yugoslav M89 (an enlarged version of the YugoslavM87 pattern)