Bargaining chips (part 2)..

It's 06:40 AM (local time) here and I just woke up.

It seems that CW - under intoxication - has been 'almost' genuinely interested of the differences between French and Finnish military clothing. I would normally find it quite unusual , but when he told us that he was drunk then it no longer seemed that unusual. Afterall , I've heard of cases where a pure , born and bred man was persuaded to become interested of other men while intoxicated. Apparently he woke up the next morning with a carrot sticking up from his ass.

Anyway , I don't have much to say just yet. And I even decided to write something. Damn. Alright then.

I guess I'll just tell about the differences in the uniforms then. So , without further "ado" , let's start:

This is the Finnish M/91 BDU as worn by the commander of the Finnish defence forces , admiral Juhani Kaskeala. It was adopted around the early 1990's. You can see the differences in the actual camouflage pattern in the whole BDU - suit when compared to the French one , obviously. The French one is also meant as a battle garment only whereas the Finnish M/91 currently acts as the uniform for leave etc. duties as well for the FDF personnel and conscripts. The M/91 BDU's and the cloth it is made out of are manufactured with a special "IR-resistant" - coating that is supposedly supposed to 'render the user of the suit less likely to be picked up by infra-red sensors'. Of course this question is surely "in doubt". However , this feature along with an additional fire resistant coating makes it a very expensive piece of clothing.

I believe the M/91 will cost you around 145 - 155 Euros since they are available as new only. Of course I am willing to predict that it's price will continually start to drop in the following years since the Finnish defence forces have just adopted a new pattern that will replace the old M/62 and M/91 patterns in theory. The new M/05 pattern is a small , digital - style camouflage - pattern that will undoubtebly be better than the older patterns since it's pattern is composed of small digital-style print that has proven to be more effective in the outdoors than your normal , conventional patterns.

All in all , this is a pretty interesting time to do your conscription service in the FDF right now since there are high chances of getting a newer M/05 - BDU to be tested.