Gorka (BARS)

BARS Gorka
Type	Battledress
Designation	See variants
Place of Origin	Russia
Produced	Unknown
Manufacturer(s)	BARS Ursus
Material(s)	cotton
Evolved from	2nd Pattern Mountain Assault Suit
Evolved into	Unknown
Service
Used by	BNO Shipka & Voynskiy Sayuz Vasil Levski ISIS Wagner Group Russian Army
Wars	Syrian Civil War Second Libyan Civil War 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine

The BARS Gorka is a battledress of Russian origin.

Overview

The Gorka uniform manufactured by the Russian company BARS (Boevoe ARmejskoe Snarjazhenie, Russian: Боевое АРмейское Снаряжение meaning Combat Army Equipment) is one of the many derivatives of the famous Soviet gorka suit. The suit is designed to be loose fitting and is windproof and waterproof. Following the traditional gorka concept, the BARS gorka is also made of tent canvas, although it is a modernised design including reinforcing pads. It is a multiseason garment and can be used in various climates.

Variants

Gorka-2

The most distinctive features of the Gorka-2 are its four large frontal pockets on the jacket. The suit is fastened by a zipper and also has a collar-stand with a pocket with a zipper and a hood in it, two-layer back flap, protecting the shoulder area from getting wet, ergonomic folds on the sleeves. The volume at the waist and bottom is pulled together by a cord.

The trousers are of overalls type with the apron and straps being of elastic bands. The trousers have five pockets, two frontal pockets on the thighs, one on the apron and likely two on the rear side; they also have rear reinforcement pad.

A khaki Gorka-2 suit

Trousers

A black Gorka-2 suit

Trousers

Jacket

Hood and side view

Gorka-3

The Gorka-3 lacks the chest pockets of Gorka-2 and has two tilted hip pockets. It is fastened by buttons and has sleeve pockets closed by velcro flaps and one internal pocket. The jacket has a drawstring hem and hood region with cord locks to seal out wind and moisture, and the hood is equipped with a bill to offer shade from the sun and to shield from rain. There are elastic cuff closures and elastic bands at the arms to prevent the sail effect of strong gusts of wind.

The trousers feature a button fly, belt loops, suspender loops and an elasticized waist. The trouser legs have elastic cuffs, and bands at calf level to prevent sail effect from winds. The legs feature an internal gaiter with ties that can be worn inside the boots to seal out sand, gravel, snow, or other debris.

All wear points at the elbows, knees, shoulders, and hood are reinforced with contrasting panels to break up the wearers outline and offer increased weather and wear resistance.

The Gorka-3 is also designated as Gorka-3K.

Gorka-3M is a modernized version. It is used in the Russo-Ukrainian War and during the earlier phase of the conflict, the Donbas War.

Gorka-4

Russian Spetsnaz Mountain Suit Anorak by Bars. Gorka 4 complements the range of modern Russian spetsnaz mountain Gorka storm suits which became widespread in units of the Russian Army and internal troops.

The suit consists of anorak jacket with hood and pants with suspenders. Loose-fitting for unrestrained movement & extra layers of clothing. Made of a dense base layer of cotton, in the style of the old Plash Palatka rain capes, combined with reinforcing strong polycotton fabric in all hard wearing areas. Elastics on the sides and wrists of jacket and on the waist and around the calves of pants that provides the best fit of the suit and lesser wind resistance. Entrances to side pockets are protected by special strap.

Front pocket for documents. Reinforcing fabric on sleeves of jacket is made in a form of pockets whihc can be used for placing elbow protection pads inside. Adjustable hood with visor. Pants have two side cargo pockets, two rear and two in side seam. Bottom of the trousers has straps, lockable in 3 positions.

These suits can be seen on the machine gunners of air assault team, on FSB security officer, and Special Forces sniper detachment of Internal troops - everybody certainly like this successful thing that has become a symbol of belonging to the workers of the war. Military Intelligence Magazine.

Gallery

Frontal view

Left side view

Right side view

Right side view with the hood on

Left side view with the hood on

Left side full view

Right side full view

Trousers

Rear view of trousers

Trousers pocket

Another view

Gorka-3 schematics

Videos

In popular culture

Media	Notes	Date
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3	Gorka-3 (might actually be Gorka R???)	2011
Grand Theft Auto V	The Gorka-4 is featured	2013
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare	The Gorka-4 is worn by the Korean People's Army	2014
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered	The Gorka-4 is featured	2016
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story	The Gorka-3 is worn by the Rebel troopers	2016
Caliber	Worn by Assaulter	2019
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	The Gorka-4 is worn by Spetsnaz operators	2019