Like a chameleon: CJSC "Kirasa" is developing new means of disguise

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Like a chameleon: CJSC "Kirasa" is developing new means of disguise
In the sewing shop "Cuirasse". Photo by CJSC "Kirasa"


Currently, our country is developing promising options for combat equipment of a serviceman, as well as various elements for them. In particular, attention is paid to uniforms with camouflage functions. Recently it became known that one of the leading companies in this field is proactively creating a new generation of camouflage. With it, a fighter will be able to remain invisible in different conditions.



like a chameleon


One of the oldest domestic enterprises for the production of protective equipment and equipment for military personnel is CJSC "Kirasa" (Perm). February 6 RIA News published an interview with the CEO of this organization, Vladimir Kormushin. The head spoke about the current work and production successes, as well as about promising projects.

At the moment, the main task of "Kirass" is the implementation of the State Defense Order - the production and supply of various products for the armed forces. At the same time, the design bureau of the enterprise continues to work and is engaged in new projects. In particular, there is a project of camouflage uniforms for the warm season.

V. Kormushin noted that other organizations have similar developments. So, in the framework of the development work "Warrior" this topic is being dealt with by the company "Shturm" (Moscow). However, the Cuirass is developing its own project. In the future, it can be offered to the Ministry of Defense as part of the promising research work Legionnaire.


Fighters in equipment "Warrior". Photo by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation

The goal of the initiative project is to create a disguise that can make a fighter almost invisible to the enemy. To do this, it is necessary to provide protection from surveillance in different ranges and using different means, incl. thermal imagers. This problem is proposed to be solved with the help of new materials with appropriate insulating properties and special dyes. Any wearable countermeasure systems or jamming systems will not be needed.

Also, V. Kormushin pointed out the ideal that camouflage developers are striving for. This is a uniform that can adapt to external conditions. It must change on its own like a chameleon. A soldier in such equipment will not be visible at any time of the day and against any background.

The general director of "Kirasa" spoke about one of the new projects and even described the main tasks and ways to solve them. However, no further details are provided. It is also not reported at what stage this project is, what progress it is already showing and how soon it will be able to be presented to the customer. However, if the project copes with the main tasks, they will definitely talk about it in the future.

in different ranges


Thus, the Cuirass enterprise began the development of a universal camouflage capable of hiding a soldier from various means of observation. As the accumulated experience in the field of camouflage means shows, this task is not easy. The specialists of the organization will have to find the necessary materials and technologies, as well as combine them, taking into account objective factors and limitations.


The concept of advanced military equipment. Photo by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation

In fact, the development of such a means of disguise can be divided into several areas. The first is visual camouflage that hides a fighter or object from observation with the naked eye or through optics. Other directions are outside the visible part of the spectrum. Thus, thermal imagers that perceive infrared radiation have become widespread, and the latter must be disposed of. You should also remember about illuminated optical means and reconnaissance radar stations with the ability to detect a person.

It should be noted that the solution of all these problems does not represent a fundamental difficulty. Various materials and entire products with the necessary capabilities and functions already exist and are used. At the same time, when developing new camouflage options, the Cuirass specialists will have to study all available materials and technologies, incl. in the context of suitability for tailoring uniforms or equipment.

Visible radiation


To prevent or hinder the visual detection of a fighter / object, various camouflage color options have long been used. Traditionally, in the distant past, camouflage patterns were developed for specific conditions. However, several decades ago, work began on universal colors that can perform their tasks in different conditions.


Tank with "Cape" set. Photo by Research Institute of Steel

The most famous in this direction was the MultiCam coloring, developed in the early XNUMXs for the US armed forces. This pattern provides camouflage in a variety of conditions, from green spaces to deserts, incl. at different times of the day. "Multicam" shows the fundamental possibility of creating "multi-purpose" colors. It is also confirmed by similar projects of third countries.

Radical solutions are also possible. It is known about foreign studies on the creation of a universal camouflage that works by reflecting the environment. For this, materials with microparticles that reflect electromagnetic/light waves of different lengths can be used. Such material is disguised as the surrounding object, but does not create a mirror effect. In addition, it is suitable for the manufacture of uniforms - although prohibitively expensive. It is curious that such material does not have to be camouflage.

Against the thermal imager


In the current conditions, a soldier must be hidden not only from optics, but also from thermal imaging systems. In this area, there are already ready-made solutions that have been tested and tested in real conditions. It is quite possible that such ideas can be adapted for use in equipment with all its features and limitations.

As an example, we should recall the domestically developed Nakidka complex, designed to protect armored vehicles from visual surveillance, thermal imagers and radar systems. This complex is a set of covers, made taking into account the size and shape of a particular combat vehicle. Cases are made of a special multilayer material with special properties.


T-90M with "Cape" in the combat zone. Photo of the National Guard

The outer layer of the "Cape" is a camouflage material for optical camouflage. Under it are additional layers that shield infrared radiation and electromagnetic waves from the radar. An armored vehicle with such covers is difficult to see with the naked eye, and a thermal imager or radar, at best, gives a fuzzy signal.

Whether it is possible to create a lightweight analogue of the "Cape" with the same masking functions is unclear. However, the complex for armored vehicles by its very existence shows the fundamental possibility of solving such a problem. Now the challenge may be to scale technology.

Promising direction


It is not yet known on what ideas and decisions the new project of the Kiras enterprise is based. It may well use well-known developments and available materials. The development of completely new ideas and components, both independently and in cooperation with other companies, cannot be ruled out. For obvious reasons, the details of such work have not yet been disclosed.

Although details are not available, recent news shows that the Russian industry is showing interest in the field of camouflage and camouflage. In addition, she is ready to deal with this topic, both by order of the Ministry of Defense, and on her own initiative. In both cases, it will be possible to obtain the necessary results, and the army will receive fundamentally new elements of equipment and uniforms. However, the timing of their appearance is still unknown.
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  1. +7
    8 February 2023 04: 14
    The vast majority of specialists, PMCs and everyone who is able to buy equipment for themselves choose multicams. Even the generals in the zone are walking in the cartoon. The Poles did not reinvent the wheel and created their own camouflage. Why are our gardens fenced? The cut of tunics and trousers has also long been sucked to the smallest detail, why again these inventions of wheels? We need to take the best and add a little of our own and urgently into the series
    1. +5
      8 February 2023 09: 36
      Eh, darling, did you drink the budget? Listen, right?))
  2. fiv
    +3
    8 February 2023 09: 32
    The specialists of the organization will have to find the necessary materials and technologies, as well as combine them, taking into account objective factors and limitations.

    To put it simply, are the specialists of the garment factory developing a new uniform for the RF Armed Forces? It's good that at least not Yudashkin this time. What about the Academy of Sciences? Including the Logistics Academy?
    1. +2
      8 February 2023 10: 30
      Quote: fiv
      Are the specialists of the garment factory developing a new uniform for the RF Armed Forces? It's good that at least not Yudashkin this time




      "Perspective variants of combat equipment for a serviceman are being developed, as well as various elements for them. In particular, attention is paid to uniforms with camouflage functions."

      Our fighters must be supplied with normal clothing and footwear.
      So that the shoes do not fall apart and be warm now during the winter.
      1. Alf
        0
        8 February 2023 18: 38
        Quote: vlad106
        Our fighters must be supplied with normal clothing and footwear.

        1,5 million sets were never found...
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    2. Alf
      0
      8 February 2023 18: 37
      Quote: fiv
      What about the Academy of Sciences? Including the Logistics Academy?

      It's all bullshit. The main thing is what the Ministry of Finance will say ...
  3. +1
    8 February 2023 09: 35
    Try. Then the Kantemirov guardsmen will present all the new items to the enemy during the next regrouping.))
  4. 0
    8 February 2023 14: 43
    Theoretically, multilayer nanomaterials can be used to ensure that from the lower to the middle part of the material the heat transfer is slowed down as much as possible, and from the middle to the outer part, on the contrary, it would be maximally inclined to heat exchange with the environment, due to which the maximum thermal secrecy of an object of the "human" category would be ensured and there would be no going beyond the thickness, complexity and overall dimensions of such protection.
    However, here we must understand that the resolution of thermal imagers is growing, in the review. In the future, intelligent gadgets can also be attached to them, helping operators to detect a person by the sum of indirect signs of presence. Also, any classic tailoring of such material in a certain way would violate its properties, and thermal insulation would create problems for the fighters.
    At long distances, this approach MAY give results, at medium and short distances it may not. In this case, it would no longer be necessary to wear clothes or a uniform, but an approach similar to a suit, which is almost completely isolating from the environment.

    But even here I will note that countermeasures are not so complicated - AI algorithms are developing, and if it is difficult to detect a person against the background of the environment, this does not mean that anomalies cannot be detected against the background of the environment in principle. If the equipment is sharpened for this, any object that, in principle, goes beyond the environment will be detected. I suspect that the "armor" will lose this race to the "shell".
    1. 0
      10 February 2023 00: 47
      Here, they just showed, during the Second World War, the Americans used color blind people (not all, but only certain categories, color blind people also see differently))) for visual air reconnaissance and in snipers. The fact that they do not see one of the primary colors in some cases allows them to perceive their shades differently. Masking of ground targets, designed for a person with normal color perception, is "read" by a color blind person who sees shades differently. As scouts or bombers, color-blind pilots
      and color-blind snipers could detect a camouflaged target under the "green" that "normal" pilots did not see.
      How to deal with it? )))
  5. 0
    8 February 2023 18: 08
    What I liked most about the picture of the shop is that the workers are ours, Russians.
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  6. 0
    15 February 2023 03: 01
    First, develop it, make it in the required quantities, supply the troops (at least the warring ones) with them, see how effective it turned out ... and only then fawn in the media. But it will be like with the Chubasov tablet. And with all analogues developed in the last 30 years.

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