Accession Number:

ADA112903

Title:

Maskirovka: The Soviet System of Camouflage

Descriptive Note:

Student research rept.

Corporate Author:

ARMY RUSSIAN INST APO NEW YORK 09053

Personal Author(s):

• Keating, Kenneth C.

Report Date:

1981-01-01

Pagination or Media Count:

26.0

Abstract:

In this paper, the author discusses the Soviet system of camouflage measures. While the Russian word maskirovka, which is usually translated as camouflage, is used by the Soviets to describe these measures, much more is encompassed in what the author calls the Soviet system of camouflage than those measures normally associated with the term camouflage. Included are such things as skillful use of terrain, deception operations, smoke operations, and anti-radar camouflage. The author discusses these measures and also examines the technical means of camouflage, i.e. standard camouflage equipment, available to Soviet units. Finally, the author draws some conclusions as to the implications for the West of Soviet camouflage employment techniques.

Descriptors:

• *USSR
• *FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY
• *MILITARY FORCES(FOREIGN)
• MILITARY OPERATIONS
• CAMOUFLAGE
• SMOKE SCREENS
• TERRAIN
• SMOKE
• STRATEGIC WARFARE
• TACTICAL WARFARE
• DECEPTION
• RADAR DECEPTION

Subject Categories:

• Military Intelligence
• Military Operations, Strategy and Tactics
• Radar Countermeasures

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE