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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