Ghillie suit
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A ghillie suit is a type of camouflage clothing designed to resemble the background environment – such as foliage. Typically, it is a net or cloth garment covered in loose strips of burlap, cloth, twi
British snipers from No. 34 Squadron RAF Regiment training in ghillie suits in 2015
Wildlife photographer in a ghillie suit
An Italian 9th Alpini 'Aquila' Regiment sniper in a ProApto winter ghillie suit during NATO exercises in 2019
Iranian Navy sniper in a ghillie suit
Lovat Scouts
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The Lovat Scouts was a British Army unit first formed during the Second Boer War as a Scottish Highland yeomanry regiment. They were the first known military unit to wear a ghillie suit, and were reno
Ghillie suit
…in the Highlands. The term ghillie suit may be a reference to the Ghillie Dhu, an earth spirit in Scottish mythology clothed in leaves and moss. The Lovat Scouts, a Scottish Highland regiment formed by Simon Fraser, 14th Lord Lovat during the Second Boer War, is the first known military unit to use ghillie suits…
Simon Fraser, 14th Lord Lovat
The Lovat Scouts, 1900, Player's Cigarette Card
Lovat Scout sniper training
Lovat Scouts in ghillie suits