List of military clothing camouflage patterns

1931 Splittertarnmuster (splinter pattern) first used for tents, then parachutists' jump smocks, and finally for infantry smocks

This is a list of military clothing camouflage patterns used for battledress. Military camouflage is the use of camouflage by a military force to protect personnel and equipment from observation by enemy forces. Textile patterns for uniforms have multiple functions, including camouflage, identifying friend from foe, and esprit de corps.[1]

The list is organized by pattern; only patterned textiles are shown. It includes current and past issue patterns, with dates; users may include armed, paramilitary, police, firefighting, search and rescue, counter-insurgency/counter-terrorism and other security forces and emergency services.

Patterns

Patterns
Name Family Image Issued Users
Australian Multicam Woodland 2014 Australia[2]
Airman Battle Uniform (ABU) Digital Tigerstripe 2011 United States Air Force
Bundeswehr Tropentarn (3-Farb-Tarndruck) Flecktarn 1993 German Bundeswehr:[3] tropical battle dress uniform for desert and semi-arid regions (army and air force)
Canadian Disruptive Pattern (CADPAT) Digital 2002 Canada. Temperate variant shown.[4]
Camouflage Europe Centrale Woodland 1991 France, Austria[5]
Desert Night Camouflage 1991 c. United States[6]
Disruptive Pattern Material DPM 1969 Britain, DPM-95 shown. It replaced similar 1960 pattern DPM, introduced in 1969.[7] Replaced by Multi-Terrain Pattern. Iceland,[8] Indonesia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Russia, Yemen.
Erbsenmuster Flecktarn 1944 Germany[9]
ERDL (M1948) Woodland 1967 Singapore Armed Forces[10]
Turkish Armed Forces late 1980s-1990s[11]
Flächentarnmuster, also called Kartoffelmuster (potato), or Blumentarn (flower) Flecktarn 1956–1967 East Germany: National People's Army[12]
Flecktarn Flecktarn 1990 Germany,[13] and at least 16 variants in different countries.
Albania;[14] Belgium;[15] China until 2007;[16] Denmark 3-color variant;[17] France;[18] India;[19] Japan;[20] Kyrgyzstan;[21] Poland;[22] Russia;[23] Greece, Ukraine.
Frog Skin/Spot Frog Skin 1942 United States. Reversible: 5-color jungle one side, 3-color beach the other.[24] Also used by Turkey until 1980s in different colorways.[11]
Jigsaw Puzzle 1956 Belgium[25]
Leibermuster 1945 Germany[26]
Lizard Lizard 1947 France[27]
Many variants, both with horizontal stripes (Chad, Gabon, Rwanda, Sudan, Cuba, Congo, Greece) and with vertical stripes (Portugal 1963, then Egypt, Greece, India, Lebanese Palestinians, and Syria). Vietnam era Tigerstripe is a variant of Lizard.[27]
M05 Digital 2007 c. Finland[28]
M84 Flecktarn 1984 Denmark; 9 color variants.[29] Estonia:[30] France;[17][31][32] Latvia;[30] Lithuania;[30] Russia;[17] Sweden;[33] Turkey[34]
M90 Splinter 1989[35] Sweden;[36] Latvia;[37]
Marine Pattern (MARPAT) Digital 2002 United States Marine Corps, based on CADPAT.[38][39]
MultiCam Woodland 2002 U.S. Armed Forces,[40] Angola,[41] Brazil,[42] Australia,[43][44] Austria,[45] Denmark,[17][29] Montenegro,[46] New Zealand,[47] Panama,[48] South Korea,[49] Thailand,[50] Tunisia,[51] Turkish Navy[11]Azerbaijani Armed Forces
Multi-Terrain Pattern MTP (MultiTerrainPattern) 2010 British Armed Forces[52]
Platanenmuster Flecktarn 1937 Germany: summer (shown) and autumn variants.[9]
Rain pattern Rain 1960 c. Warsaw Pact countries: Poland (“deszczyk”), Czechoslovakia (“jehliči”), East Germany (“Strichtarn”), and Bulgaria[53][54]

subsequent use: Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan

Rhodesian Brushstroke Brushstroke 1965–1980 Rhodesia[55]
Six-Color Desert Pattern (Chocolate Chip) Chocolate Chip 1980s United States[56] Used by many other armies in many colour and pattern variations, including Argentina, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Kuwait, Niger, Paraguay, Peru, China, Egypt, Eritrea, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Libya, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, South Korea, Spain, UAE, Yemen.[57]
Soldier 2000 Woodland 1994 South Africa[58]
Splittermuster Splinter 1931 Germany 1941–1944 (Wehrmacht, SS)[59]
Scorpion W2 (OCP) Woodland 2015 United States, replacing Universal Camouflage Pattern.[60]
Tactical Assault Camouflage (TACAM) Woodland 2004 U.S. National Counterterrorism Center[61][62]
TAZ 90 Woodland 1990s Switzerland[63]
Telo mimetico Woodland
precursor 		1929 Italy, for shelter-halves, then uniforms. Oldest mass-produced camouflage pattern.[64]
Tigerstripe Tigerstripe 1969 c. South Vietnam, US special forces in Vietnam. Based on Lizard. Many variants. Also used by Australia, New Zealand in Vietnam.[65][66]
Turkish pattern semi-Digital 2008 c. Turkish Armed Forces[67] 5 variants[11]Azerbaijani Armed Forces
Type 99 (China) Woodland 1999 China[68]
Type 07 (China) Digital 2007 China. Ocean variant shown.[68]
Universal Camouflage Pattern Digital 2004–2014 United States, based on MARPAT.[69]Azerbaijani Armed Forces
US Woodland (M81) Woodland 1981 United States, derived from ERDL.[70] Luxembourg;[71] Also used by Turkey until mid-2000s in 3 colorways.[11]Azerbaijani Armed Forces
wz. 68 Moro 1969–1989 Poland; 6 variant colorways.[72][73][74]
wz. 89 Puma 1989–1993 Poland[75]
wz. 93 Pantera Woodland 1993 Poland[76]


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