Srpska Republic

Srpska Republic

The Republika Srpska (Република Српска) is sometimes referred to as the Bosnian Serb Republic, or the Srpska Republic. Its armed forces were the Vojna Republika Srpska (VRS), or in English the Bosnian Serb Army (BSA). The VRS was largely outfitted by existing stocks of uniforms and equipment left over from the days when Bosnia and Herzegovina was one of the six federal units of the Socialist Republic of Yugoslavia. Later the VRS was supplied with war materiel directly from what remained of Yugoslavia itself. Several camouflage patterns were worn by the BSA during the civil war, primarily lizard patterns (they are generally referred to as "tiger" instead of lizard when it comes to Serb/Yugoslav patterns), but also the standard uniforms of the JNA.

Camouflage Patterns of The Srpska Republic

• The standard pattern of the Serbian Army - the M89 oakleaf -- was encountered in large numbers within the VRS.

• Bosnian Serb grey tiger pattern (a lizard pattern)

• Bosnian Serb green tiger - from a jacket produced in Brcko 1995

• Seen here is an example of a green tiger pattern, often associated with officers. The stripes are thicker and less distinct in this design, and it is believed to have been primarily produced prior to and during the beginning of the war. There is a famous photo of General Ratko Mladic wearing this pattern.

• Another officers green tiger pattern.

• A Serbian purple tiger pattern worn by Special Police Detachments.

• The DPM pattern, used by the BSA on a vest