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This is a list of (some) military camouflage patterns used in battledress.

The list is ordered by continent and country of origin with other users listed in brackets. The list includes current issue and past issue patterns.


Africa

  • Djibouti
    • US 3-Color Desert
    • Central European pattern
  • Kenya
    • 4-Colour Semi-Arid, used by Kenyan peacekeeping troop, also adopted by Malawi, Zambia
    • British S95 DPM, currently used by Kenyan Armed Forces.
  • South Africa
    • Soldier 2000 (In service with South African National Defence Force since 1995)
    • South African Police 1st Pattern (in service 1968 – 1995)
    • South African Police 2nd Pattern (in service 1976 – 1995)
    • 32 Battalion pattern A Lizard-type pattern used uniquely by this unit meant to make 32 Batt. soldiers look more like their opponents in behind-the-lines operations.
    • Railway Police Pattern A print of 32 Battalion pattern in very dark brown tones.
  • Sudan
    • Blue DPM, used by Sudan Police Force.
  • Togo
    • Blue Digital Camouflage, firstly seen on the military parade (Sept 23, 2007)

Zimbabwe uses the same pattern made famous and ubiquitous by Rhodesia until its rebirth as Zimbabwe. The pattern is descendant from the pattern of the British Dennison Smock.

Asia

  • Cambodia
    • DPM, currently issued to Royal Cambodian Army, and Royal Gendarmerie.
    • US M81 Woodland, used by High Command of Royal Cambodian Armed Forces.
    • Bleeding Vines pattern, also used by Indonesia
    • Olive Drab pattern, currently used by Cambodian National Police Forces.
File:PLA Type 07 Woodland Camouflage Pattern.jpg
China (PRC) Type 07 (woodland) digital camouflage pattern, 2007
  • China (PRC)
    • Seaweed
    • Type 81
    • Type 87 Plateau Camouflage
    • Type 99 (also used by North Korea)
    • Type 99 Orange Fluo Pattern (used by CAPF Forest Firefighters, 2005~)
    • Type 99 4-color Oceanic Pattern (used by PLAN Marine Corps, 2003~)
    • Type 99 4-color Urban Pattern (used by PLAAF Airborne Corps, 1999~2005)
    • US Six-Color Desert Pattern, "Chocolate-chip camouflage" (used by CAPF Special Police Group, PLA Air Force, and PLA Army Special Force)
    • US M65 ERDL pattern Short Sleeves hot climate uniform (used by PLA Army LRRP at south China jungle terrain during 90s)
    • Coastal Defense Camouflage (used by PLAN Coastal Defense Force and pilots of PLA Naval Aviation)
    • Type 03 Plateau Camouflage (also called as "'Tibet flecktarn" which used for Tibetan Plateau and Beijing Military Region, 2003~)
    • Type 04 Special Force DPM Camouflage (also called as "Hunter Camo" and used in south China terrain, 2004~)
    • Lime ERDL pattern (used by PLA Army HQ commissioned officers & staffs only, during China-Russia Joint Military Exercises 2005 & 2006)
    • Type 05 CAPF Digital Camo (First digital camouflage officially adopted in China by China Armed Police Force, 2005~)
    • Type 07 woodland, arid, urban, and ocean variants (first digital camouflage used by PLA, 2007~)
  • Hong Kong (HKSAR)
    • British DPM pattern (firstly used by Royal Hong Kong Police Special Boat Unit in 1980, and then introduced to other field units including elite Special Duties Unit)
    • British S95 DPM pattern (lately adopted by Hong Kong Police Force)
    • US M69 Woodland pattern (recently used on cold weather Goretex field jacket by HK Police Quick Reaction Force)
  • Indonesia
    • Duck Hunter Spot Used by Pasukan Gerak Cepat/PGT (early 1960)
    • Indonesian vine leaf camouflage used by Army Strategic Reserve Command (abbrev. KOSTRAD) (1960 - 1970)
    • KOSTRAD camouflage Used by Army Strategic Reserve Command (abbrev. KOSTRAD) (1970 - 1986)
    • Bleeding vines 1st variant Used by Indonesia Special Forces (abbrev. KOPASUS) (1964 - 1990)
    • Bleeding vines 2nd variant Used by Indonesia Special Forces (abbrev. KOPASUS) (1990 - now)
    • Indonesian DPM Used by Indonesian Armed Forces (1986 - 1989)
    • TNI-AN DPM Used by Indonesia Armed Forces (1989 - now)
  • Japan
    • Type I, Camouflage (also known as "Old Camo" or "Airborne Camo", used by Japan Ground Self-Defense Force 1st Airborne Brigade,1970s~90s)
    • Type II, flecktarn camouflage (widely used by JGSDF,1990s~)
    • Type II, brown-dominant winter pattern (used on JGSDF Type-2 Camouflage Cold Weather Field Parka)
    • Snow White for northern areas
    • JASDF Camouflage (used by Japan Air Self-Defense Force, 1990s~)
    • JASDF Desert Camouflage, 5-color chocolate-chip (based on US Chocolate-chip camo but without white spots, used by Japan Air Self-Defense Force, 1991~)
  • Malaysia
    • Zebra Woodland pattern (Black stripes on 4-color woodland background)
    • Subdued Woodland pattern, used by Royal Malaysian Police Force.
    • Bomda pattern, used by Malaysian fire & rescue services.
  • The Philippines
    • Army 2000 Subdued DPM, introduced in 1998, and fully adopted by Philippine Army & Air Force since 2001.
    • Marines 2000 Subdued Woodland, used by Philippine Marine Corps.
    • Reddish Sparse Tigerstripe, used by Philippine Naval Special Warfare Group SEALs
    • SAF Digital Pattern, used by PNP Special Action Force since 2006.
    • Pink Choco Chip, used by PNP Special Action Force until 2006.
    • PSG Urban Bricks, used by the Presidential Security Group (PSG) since 2001.
    • PSG Arid Bricks, used by the Presidential Security Group (PSG).
    • Oman DPM pattern, used by Philippine Coast Guard K-9 units.
  • Taiwan (ROC)
    • Air Force ERDL yellow-dominant pattern (~90s)
    • Geometric pattern helmet cover
    • ERDL Leaf vertical pattern (~90s)
    • ERDL Leaf horizontal pattern (lime and brown dominants, also known as "South China Camouflage", current-issued to ROC Armed Forces)
    • US 4-color Urban Camouflage (used by ROC Army Special Service Company)
    • Experimental ERDL Digital Camouflage (developed by Universal Joint International Ltd. and proposed to ROC MND)
    • Woodland Digital Camouflage (First digital camouflage adopted by ROCA and firstly seen on the ROC National Day Parade 2007)
    • Urban Digital Camouflage (First digital camouflage adopted by ROCA and firstly seen on the ROC National Day Parade 2007)
    • Realtree Camouflage (used by ROC Marine Corps combat snipers, 2007~)
    • Red Sparse Tigerstripe (for ROC Army Airborne units, ~early 90s)
    • Green Tigerstripe (for ROC Marine Corps, 70s~90s)
    • Subdued Shadow Tigerstripe (for ROC Marine Corps, 00s~)
  • South Vietnam, e.g. the Republic of Vietnam, (1955–1975)
    • Bamboo Leaf[citation needed]
    • Beo Gam, Leopard spot, or Duckhunter's pattern
    • National Police pattern
    • Dennison Smock-style Airborne pattern
    • ERDL Airborne pattern, a pigment reprint of US ERDL pattern.
    • Tigerstripes originating with the use by the RVN Marines, spreading to other formations in many different iterations
File:Tigerstripe.PNG
Tigerstripe
  • Tamil Tigers (a non-state armed group)
    • A tiger-stripe pattern Not in any way related to the Tigerstripe patterns developed during the Vietnam War. Horizontal, non-overlapping, non-interlocking brown and green stripes over a lighter fabric colour. [1]
  • Countries that used or are using variations of the Tigerstripe patterns developed during the Vietnam War:
    • Shadow Tigerstripe (also used by Thailand)
    • Sparse Tigerstripe (also used by the Philippines)
    • Silver Sparse Tigerstripe (also used by Vietnam)

Middle East

  • Iraq
    • US Six-Color Desert Pattern, widely used by Iraqi Armed Forces.
    • US 3-colour Desert, briefly used by Iraq Army and also used by Kurdish security force.
    • US Woodland, briefly used by Iraq Army and Iraqi National Police.
    • Special Force Camouflage, used by Iraqi Army Special Operation Forces.
    • National Police Digital Camouflage, designed by US Military to Iraqi National Police.
    • Six-Color Desert Pattern "Light Green/Brown Chocolate-chip camouflage", used at new Kirkuk Military Training Base, 2004.
    • Jordanian KA2 desert digital camouflage, briefly used by Iraq Army commandos and Kurdish security force.
    • Desert Tigerstripe, briefly used by Iraq Army commandos.
  • Kuwait
    • Two-color Amoeba pattern
    • US 3-colour Desert
    • MARPAT, desert digital camouflage (newly used by Kuwaiti Army, 2007-)
    • Four-color Amoeba pattern (used by Kuwait National Guards)
    • Six-Color Desert Pattern "Light Gray Barbedwire camouflage" (used by Kuwaiti Police Services)
    • Subdued Blue DPM (used by Kuwaiti Police Special Security Force)
    • Yellow DPM (used by the security unit of Kuwait National Assembly)
  • Palestine (PNA)
    • Subdued Blue DPM, used by Palestinian (Hamas) security forces
    • US Woodland, used by Palestinian security forces
  • UAE
    • Thule
    • Experimental DESTEX Digital Camouflage (pixelated pattern developed by HyperStealth)
  • Countries that used or are using variations of Lizard pattern:
    • Dark Lizard (used by Iraq)

Europe

  • Austria
    • Spotted pattern Small spots in the style of USMC WWII pattern, AKA Duckhunter's pattern, medium brown background.
    • Splinter-type pattern In the style of German Marsh pattern, with rounded splotches printed on a beige background.

The two patterns are found together on reversible tarp/ponchos.

  • Bulgaria
    • Squiggle Splinter A Splinter-type pattern with fascinating squiggles in place of the straight "rain" part of the pattern. (Also used by Slovenia)
  • Croatia
    • US Woodland
    • US 3-color Desert
    • Desert digital camouflage, pixelated on 3-color desert camo. 2007~
  • Czechoslovakia
    • Mlok (Salamander) 1960's-70's. A striking pattern of large splotches including bright yellow. Sometimes called "Clown" pattern. Used by airborne troops and exported to Czech arms clients in the Middle East and Afica.
    • Oblacky (Clouds)
    • Rain Pattern Similar to East German Rain pattern with much smaller stripes and with a subtle water-stain pattern behind the raindrops.
  • Finland
    • M05, a digital camouflage pattern
    • M91 and M62 also known by the Finnish soldiers as "kurkkusalaatti" ("cucumber relish")
    • Hellepuku K/04, a desert pattern inspired by the German desert flecktarn.


    • Snow A dark green on white print used in cotton snow smocks. Looks as if it were daubed with a dry brush in round splotches.

Wehrmacht:

The German plane tree pattern (summer side) in an early version from 1937-1942
The German plane tree pattern (autumn side) in an early version from 1937-1942
The German "Buntfarbenmuster 31" ("Splinter", bright side) from 1931-1945 and 1951-1962 (BGS)
The German Bundesgrenzschutz-Sumpftarnmuster (BGS marsh pattern) from 1952-1976

SS:

  • Oak Leaf (also used by Egypt, Iraq)
  • Palm (Palmenmuster)
  • 1944 Dot (Erbsenmuster)
  • Plane Tree (Platanenmuster)
  • Smoke (Rauchtarnmuster)
  • German Democratic Republic, known colloquially as East Germany
    • "Rain", Line, [Stricheldruckmuster] Exported heavily during GDR times and afterward, largely to Africa.
    • Loop
    • Potato
    • Splotch
    • Russian (Russisches Tarnmuster)
  • Hungary
    • Comma
    • Fried Egg
    • M38
    • M49
    • M51
    • M65
    • M90
    • US 3-color Desert
  • Republic of Ireland
    • Curragh Shamrock
    • Irish "Paddyflage" DPM, an original pattern not in the style of British DPM.
    • Irish "Paddyflage" Desert DPM
  • Italy
    • US Woodland
    • Snow Suit (white background with green spots)
    • Beach Assault
    • Desert Spray
  • Netherlands
    • Dutch DPM This pattern is a reprint of British DPM, but leaves off the very small parts of the British pattern, tiny dots at the edges of the larger blotches.
    • US M81 Woodland (used by the Dutch Marine Corps)
    • US 3-color Desert
    • Dutch 5-color Jungle pattern, firstly used by Dutch troops during UN mission in Cambodia.
Polish camouflage pattern "moro", 1970s-80s
  • Romania
    • Parsley (persilla)
    • M2002 Romanian DPM
    • M2002 Romanian Desert DPM
File:Serbian flag with desert digi camo.jpg
Serbian flag with desert digital camouflage pattern
  • Turkey
    • "duck hunter", a reprint of the pattern used by the USMC in WWII with a bluish tinge to the light green spots.
File:Brtish dpm.jpg
U.K. DPM
  • U.K.
    • Denison smock (also used by India, Israel, Jordan, Kenya)
    • DPM (also used by Algeria, Cambodia, China SF, Egypt, Hong Kong Police, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Malaysia, Mozambique, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway (Special Forces), Pakistan, The Philippines, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda)
    • Desert DPM (also used by Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Romania, Saudi Arabia)
    • Four-Colour Desert DPM (also used by Iraq)
    • M42
    • Desert Tigerstripe, briefly used by UK Special Forces during Operation Iraqi Freedom.

North America

CADPAT
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NWU
Six-Color Desert Pattern
  • Canada
    • British 1975 DPM pattern smock (used by Canadian airborne regiment, 1975-1995)
    • Garrision Leaf pattern (used by limited units within Canadian Armed Forces)
    • Experimental Tan Arid Combat Uniform (tested in early 1990s)
    • CADPAT (woodland and arid variants), Canadian Forces (adopted Late 2001).
    • CADETPAT (adopted 2004. Woodland MARPAT camo on CADPAT-style uniform which endorsed by the Royal Canadian Army Cadets League as RCAC field uniform).

Central and South America

Oceania

  • New Zealand
    • New Zealand DPM New Zealand uses a print of British DPM pattern. The lightest colour in the pattern is slightly more yellowish-brown to suit conditions found in New Zealand.
    • British 2-color Desert DPM
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