Ukraine’s Armed Forces To Switch To ‘MM-25’ Multicam Pattern
Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense has announced that the current Ukrainian military’s ‘MM-14’ camouflage pattern, better known as ‘Pixel’ pattern, is set to be replaced by a new design called ‘MM-25’. The new pattern has not yet been made available to the public, but it is believed that it will be a nationally-produced copy of the increasingly ubiquitous Multicam pattern. Variations of which are currently in use by a number of NATO-alined nations including the United Kingdom, France and the United States, where the pattern was first designed and adopted in the early 2000s.
The current MM-14 ‘Pixel’ pattern was first used by Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel in 2014. But an earlier pixel style design was being worn a year earlier in 2013. As well as this, locally produced Multicam-style fatigues have been worn by UAF members before this official announcement, one being members of the Special Unit Alpha of the SBU. Privately purchased and donated Multicam-style uniform items are already commonly seen in use with Ukrainian personnel. At the time of writing no time line has been given for how long it will take Ukraine to fully switch over to the new MM-25 pattern.
This week has also seen news that the German Bundeswehr, who had initially resisted adopting a Multicam pattern, announced their switch to a locally produced variant called ‘Multitarn’. This will see their iconic ‘Flecktarn’ pattern retired when stocks of Mulitarn start to be purchased in 2026. With the timescale given for full adoption of the new pattern to be between 2028-9. Which could indicate a similar time frame for the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Since the start of the war in Ukraine in 2022, a plethora of indigenous and foreign camouflage patterns have been spotted in use by local forces. As the need for uniforms and equipment was exacerbated by the strain put upon the Ukraine military following the Russian invasion. Patterns such as British Disruptive Pattern Material (DPM), Belgian Jigsaw, French Camouflage Centre-Europe and even Japanese Type 2 ‘Jeitai’ dot camouflage have been seen being utilised by Ukrainian troops since the start of the fighting.