The old Soviet KLMK (kamuflirovannyi letnyi maskirovochnyi kombinezon) uniform was given a new life in 1992 as the uniform designated KM-P. A series of camouflage patterns reputedly developed in the late 1980s by the Karbyshev 15th Central Research Institute were adopted briefly for the Brigades of Special Designation (BONVV) of the MVD. Four different camouflage patterns have been documented: a two-color desert pattern, three-color mountain pattern, four-color tropical pattern, and a four-color tundra pattern.
