Feldgrau

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Feldgrau was the colour of the German Army field uniform from the late 1907 until 1945, as well as some post-war types of uniform of Bundeswehr and NVA of Western and Eastern Germanies. It was also a term which was metaphorically used to refer to the German armies (the Kaiserheer and the army (Heer) component of the Reichswehr and Wehrmacht). The word means "field gray," and by World War I the color was a light grey-green. These were one of the first standardized uniforms in the world that suited an age in which firearms used smokeless powder. First were khaki uniforms of British Army (firstly 1885 troops stationed in India, then whole British army during Second Boer War). Formerly the Germans used a similar blue (Prussian blue) to the French.

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1. ^ Farbmuster nach RAL7009, cited in de:Feldgrau