Aghillie suit[needs IPA] is a type ofcamouflageclothing designed to resemble the background environment – such as foliage. Typically, it is a net or cloth garment covered in loose strips of burlap (hessian), cloth,twine, or jute sometimes made to look like leaves and twigs, and optionally augmented with foliage from the area.
Military personnel,police,hunters, andnature photographers may wear a ghillie suit to blend into their surroundings and to conceal themselves from enemies or targets.[1] The suit gives the wearer's outline a three-dimensional breakup, rather than a linear one. When manufactured correctly, the suit will move in the wind in the same way as surrounding foliage. Some ghillie suits are made with light and breathable material that allows a person to wear a shirt underneath.
Hunters and soldiers may use ghillie suits with designs named for rural folk-spirits such as thekikimora of the swamps or theleshy of the forests.[2]
The English wordghillie is derived from theScots Gaelicgille, meaning a young man or older boy who works as an outdoor servant, and is most familiar in reference to those employed to assist sportsmen with recreational shooting or fishing in the Highlands. The termghillie suit may be a reference to theGhillie Dhu, anearth spirit inScottish mythology clothed in leaves and moss.[1]
TheLovat Scouts, a Scottish Highland regiment formed bySimon Fraser, 14th Lord Lovat during theSecond Boer War, is the first known military unit to use ghillie suits and in 1916 went on to become the British Army's firstsniper unit.[3][4] The Lovat Scouts were initially recruited fromScottish Highland estate workers, especiallyprofessional stalkers and gamekeepers.[5]
Similar sniper outfits in theAustralian Army are nicknamedyowie suit, named for their resemblance to theyowie, a mythical hominid similar to theyeti andbigfoot which is said to live in theAustralian wilderness.[6]
Although highly effective, conventional ghillie suits (made in fabric or 3D leafsuits) are impractical for many situations where camouflage is useful. They tend to be very heavy and hot. Even in moderate climates, the temperature inside the ghillie suit can reach over 50 °C (122 °F). The burlap is also flammable, unless treated with fire retardant, so the wearer may be at increased risk from ignition sources such assmoke grenades orwhite phosphorus. Moreover, conventional ghillie suits and 3D leafsuits are made using fabric, so they retain water, and this dramatically increases weight. Conventional ghillie suits are not designed to camouflage in the IR spectrum. Fabric strips, especially of coarse material like burlap, readily snag on thorns, twigs, and barbed wire.
To enhance safety, theUS Army Soldier Systems Center has developed an inherently fire-resistant, self extinguishing fabric to replacejute orburlap. This material was field tested in late 2007 at theSniper School atFort Benning and has been standard issue since June 2008.
Ghillie suits also have disadvantages in cold environments, as they can get soaked, risking hypothermia.[7]
Civilians have, on rare occasions, purchased ghillie suits to commit violent crimes (other than unlawful hunting). In 2017, an Australian man was arrested after having committed sexual assault while wearing a ghillie suit.[8]
Кому-то больше нравится расцветка «под камуфляж», а кому-то халаты типа «кикимора» или «леший». Каждый из вариантов по-своему хорош и удобен в определенных условиях.
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