![]() Also Finnish officers serving in arid climate as UN Military Observers use M04 pattern equipment. It was also used UN operations in Chad and Central African Republic ( MINURCAT) and Lebanon ( UNIFIL II). Currently the pattern is used by FDF international forces in Afghanistan ( ISAF). K2004 garments were printed into heavier cloth than current M04 that is printed to Ripstop cloth. The first M04 items were taken in use around 2003 by Finnish contingent of UN peacekeeping mission in Eritrea ( UNMEE) as a test pattern called K2004. Originally taken in use before other gear of M05 family and is officially called M04 although pattern has the same basic features and looks as other M05 family patterns. M05 Reversible helmet cover (Woodland and Snow patterns).M05 Ripstop cloth hot weather uniform for international forces.The woodland pattern is used on at least the following FDF equipment: The new pattern was considered to be significantly better than the old M62 and M91 camouflage patterns. The pattern was field tested several times, leading to small changes. ![]() Dark charcoal grey, was added to the pattern in order to represent shadowed areas in a forest. The photographs were then digitally edited by the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland's Information Technology Institute and concentrated into a 4-colour pattern representative of a Finnish forest. The basis of the planning of the new pattern are various photographs of Finnish forests taken by the Finnish Forest Research Institute. Finnish soldiers wearing M05 with a CV90. ![]()
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