List of camouflage patterns

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Here is a comprehensive list of military camouflage patterns used in battledress.

The list is ordered by continent and country of origin, with other users listed in a separate column. The list includes current issue and past issue patterns; users include armed forces, paramilitary forces, gendarmeries, police forces, firefighting forces, search and rescue units, as well as other security forces, counter-insurgency / counter-terrorism forces and other emergency services.

Contents 1 Africa 1.1 Africa A-M 1.2 Africa N-Z 1.3 Africa Others 2 Asia 2.1 Asia A-M 2.2 Asia N-Z 2.3 Asia Others 3 Middle East 3.1 Middle East A-M 3.2 Middle East N-Z 3.3 Middle East Others 4 Europe 4.1 Europe A-F 4.2 Europe G-N 4.3 Europe O-Z 4.4 Europe Others 5 North America 5.1 North America A-M 5.2 North America N-Z 5.3 North America Others 6 Central and South America 6.1 C. and S. America A-D 6.2 C. and S. America E-Z 6.3 C. and S. America Others 7 Oceania 7.1 Oceania A-Z 7.2 Oceania Others 8 References 8.1 Further reading 9 External links

[edit] Africa

[edit] Africa A-M

Country	Camouflage pattern	Used by	Notes	Other user(s)	Years used
Algeria	DPM pattern	National Armed Forces of Alergia	Similar to Safariflage DPM
Angola	Central European pattern		French Para-style uniform	France
Benin	French Lizard pattern	Benin Armed Forces	French Para-style uniform	France
Burkina Faso	Ragged Stripe
Cameroon	French Lizard pattern	Cameroon Army	extact cut & pattern of French lizard F2 uniform.	France
Central African Republic	Lime British DPM		green-dominant of British DPM pattern	Kenya
Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)	US Woodland	National Armed Forces of Côte d'Ivoire (FANCI)	Black "FANCI" letters printed all over 4-color woodland background
	Universal Camouflage Pattern (ACU)	New Forces(FAFN) Honor Guards	same as ACUPAT digital camo pattern	Chile, Cyprus, United States	2007
Djibouti	US 3-Color Desert
	Six-Color Desert Pattern		"Chocolate-chip horizontal camouflage"
	Central European pattern
Egypt	Scrambled Egg		There are two versions of this pattern: one sparse, one dense. It has branching shapes surrounding an occasional oval.
	Rocks/Sand Reversible		The "Rocks" side of this is extremely reminiscent of German SS Oak Tree pattern, and the "Sand" side has rather dark large blobs over a yellow-khaki background.	Somalia, Sudan
Ethiopia	Central European pattern

Country	Camouflage pattern	Used by	Notes	Other user(s)	Years used
Gabon	French Central European pattern	Gabonese Army	Exact cut & pattern of French lizard F2 uniform.	France
	Gendarmerie 2-color Camouflage	Gabonese Gendarmerie	Purple/Grey variant of Central European pattern
	Gabonese 3-Color Arid Camouflage	Gabonese National Police	Sand/brown/green variant of Central European pattern
Gambia	British DPM
Ghana	US Woodland	Currently by the Ghanaian Army
Guinea	Woodland Digital Camouflage	Guinean Gendarmerie	Very similar to USMC Woodland MARPAT pattern		2007-present
Guinea-Bissau	Portuguese DPM pattern	Guinea-Bissau People's Revolutionary Armed Force (FARP)
Kenya	4-Colour Semi-Arid	Kenyan peacekeeping troops in Sierra Leone		Adopted by Malawi, Zambia
	British DPM	Currently by the Kenyan Army
	Greyish Lime DPM	Currently by the Kenyan Navy
Liberia	US Woodland	Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL)		United States
Malawi	Four-Colour Semi-Arid
Mali	US Woodland	current issue of Malian Army	Similar to US Woodland (early 80s)
Mozambique	Portuguese Lizard pattern
	Semi-Arid Lizard pattern	Mozambiquan peacekeeping troops		Afghan Northern Alliance

[edit] Africa N-Z

Country	Camouflage pattern	Used by	Notes	Other user(s)	Years used
Nigeria	US Woodland
	Central European pattern
Rwanda	US Woodland
	Six-Color Desert Pattern		"Chocolate-chip camouflage"
Senegal	US Woodland
	Blue DPM pattern	Senegalese Gendarmerie
Sierra Leone	US Woodland	Current issue of Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces (RSLAF)
	British DPM pattern	Briefly used by RSLAF
South Africa	Soldier 2000	South African National Defence Force			In service with the SANDF 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 the 32 Batt. unit meant to make their soldiers look more like their opponents in behind-the-lines operations
	Railway Police Pattern	South African Railway Police (SARP)	A print of 32 Battalion pattern in very dark brown tones		before 1986 when SARP disbanded.

Country	Camouflage pattern	Used by	Notes	Other user(s)	Years used
Sudan	US Six-Color Desert Pattern		"Chocolate-chip camouflage"
	US 3-color Desert
	Purple DPM	Sudan Police Force
Swaziland	British DPM pattern	Currently by the Umbutfo Swaziland Defense Force
Tanzania	British DPM pattern	Currently the Tanzanian People's Defence Force (JWTZ)
Togo	French Lizard pattern	Togo National Defense Forces	extact cut & pattern of French lizard F2 uniform.
	Blue Digital Camouflage	Togolese Gendarmerie			First seen in a military parade (September 23, 2007)
Uganda	US Woodland
Zambia	Four-Colour Semi-Arid
Zimbabwe	"Splash" or "brush" pattern		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 Denison Smock.

[edit] Africa Others

Countries that are using or have used variations of the Lizard pattern (originated from  France)
Camouflage pattern	Used by	Other user(s)
Brown Lizard	Zambia
Desert Lizard	Cameroon
Red Vertical Lizard	Egypt	Syria
Three-Color Lizard	Cameroon, Chad
Vertical Lizard	Angola, Mozambique, Sudan, Uganda	Brazil, Portugal, Singapore

[edit] Asia

[edit] Asia A-M

Country	Camouflage pattern	Used by	Notes	Other user(s)	Years used
Afghanistan	Semi-Arid Lizard pattern	Afghanistan UIF Northern Alliance		Mozambique	Used during the Afghan Civil War (1996-2001)
	US Woodland	Currently by the Afghan National Army		United States	2003-present
	Arid Digital Camouflage	Afghanistan Special Narcotics Force (ASNF)	The pattern is very similar to Arid CADPAT.	Canada, Kuwait
	Woodland Digital Camouflage	Briefly used by the Counter Narcotic Police of Afghanistan (CNPA)	Same as USMC MARPAT camo pattern	Bosnia, Cyprus, Dominica, Ecuador, Georgia, Greece, United States
Brunei	British DPM	currently by Royal Brunei Armed Forces		UK
Cambodia	DPM pattern	Currently issued to the Royal Cambodian Army and the Royal Gendarmerie
	US Woodland	The High Command of Royal Cambodian Armed Forces		United States
	Bleeding Vines pattern	Briefly used by Cambodian Army Para Commandos		Indonesia
China (PRC)	Seaweed
	Type 81
	Type 87 Plateau Camouflage	PLA Army	Used for northern temperate woodlands & arid terrains during fall/winter seasons		1987 - early 1990s
	Type 99 Woodland Camouflage	PLA Army, Air Force, Regional Militia Corps		North Korea, and some African countries
	Type 99 4-color Oceanic Pattern	PLAN Marine Corps	Blue variant of Type 99 camo pattern		2003-present
	Type 99 4-color Urban Pattern	PLAAF Airborne Corps	urban variant of Type 99 camo pattern		1999-2005
	US Six-Color Desert Pattern	CAPF Special Police Group, PLA Air Force and PLA Army Special Forces	"Chocolate-chip camouflage"
	Army Special Forces Hot Climate short-sleeve uniform	Army Officers of PLA Special Forces	Similar to US ERDL camo		Used for LRRP in Chinese tropical terrain during the 1990s
	Coastal Defense Camouflage	PLAN Coastal Defense Force, pilots of PLA Naval Aviation	Based on PLA oceanic camo, but with rust color
	Experimental PLA Woodland Flecktarn Camouflage	Shortly tested by PLA Border Defense units in the northmost area of the China-Russia border such as Heilongjiang and Mohe	Similar to Japan's Type II camo	Germany, Japan	During the early 2000s
(China continued below)

China (PRC) Type 07 (woodland) digital camouflage pattern, 2007

People's Liberation Army's woodland pattern Type 99

Country	Camouflage pattern	Used by	Notes	Other user(s)	Years used
China (PRC)	Type 02 Green Central European Camouflage	Chinese PLA team at "Erna Raid 2002"	Also called "Erna Camo". Copy of the French Central European F2 cut and camo in green dominant.	France	solely used by the China PLA team during Estonia's annual international military competition "Erna Raid" in 2002
	Type 03 Plateau Camouflage	PLA Tibetan Garrison Troops, PLA Army Beijing Military Region	Also called as "'Tibetan Flecktarn'". It is a brown-dominant camo which is used for the Tibetan Plateau and the Beijing Military Region		2003-present
	Type 03 Snow Camouflage Hooded Cape	PLA Army border defense units	The pattern consists of brown spruces on a white background, and is used with the Type 03 Plateau Camouflage uniform for alpine ops in winter		2003-present
	Type 04 Special Force DPM Camouflage	PLA Army recce & special forces, PLA Hong Kong Garrison Force	Also called "Hunter Camo", and is very good in southern Chinese terrain. The pattern is similar to Philippine's Army 2000 pattern.	Philippines	2004-present
	Lime ERDL pattern	Solely used by the PLA Army HQ commissioned officers and staff members			Used during China-Russia Joint Military Exercises in 2005 and 2006
	Type 07 Digital Camouflage, Transitional	PLA troops during the China-Russia Joint Military Exercises in 2007.	Due to production delay, it is being taken place temporarily until the real Type 07 will be deployed in mid-2008. This transitional uniform is almost identical to the real Type 07 Digital Camo uniform, but with lighter fabric and shoulder straps. It is only available in woodland and arid colors.		2007-2008
	(Real) Type 07 Digital Camouflage, woodland, arid, urban, and ocean variants	PLA Army, Navy, Air Force, & Marine Corps	First digital camouflage used by the PLA	Colombia	Confirmed in 2007, to be deployed in 2008
	Type 87 Armed Police Camouflage	China Armed Police Force			Issued before 1998
	Type 01 Armed Police Combat & Training Uniform	China Armed Police Force	Replaced the Type 87 Armed Police camo in order to distinguish them from PLA.		1998-2005
	Type 87 Armed Police Bright Orange Pattern	CAPF Forestry Firefighters	Also known as "Flame Camo", this pattern is based on the Type 87 Armed Police Camo, but with new 4-color pattern (dark green, maroon and magenta on bright orange). Although local wildland firefighters across the country prefer uniforms in solid bright orange, there is still another yellow variant (yellow, maroon and magenta on bright orange) commercially-altered by wildland firefighting vendors to fit local civilian markets.		Officially adopted since 2005
	Type 05 Armed Police Digital Camouflage	China Armed Police Force	First digital camo officially adopted in China by the China Armed Police Force		2005-present

Country	Camouflage pattern	Used by	Notes	Other user(s)	Years used
Hong Kong (HKSAR)	British DPM pattern	HK Police, HK Adventure Corps Cadets		Brunei, Singapore, UK	Firstly used by the Royal Hong Kong Police Special Boat Unit in 1980, and then introduced to other field units, including the elite Special Duties Unit
	British Soldier 95 (S95) DPM pattern	Lately adopted by Hong Kong Police Force border patrol	S95 color and pattern adopted, but still styled in the cut of British No.9 tropical combat dress
	ERDL pattern	HK Police Quick Reaction Force (QRF)	Based on US ERDL Transitional (early 80s) pattern.		Recently used on the Quick Reaction Force's cold-weather Goretex field jackets
India	Cactus
	Palm Frond		A development on the style of the print pattern of the British Denison Smock
	US 3-Colour Desert
Indonesia	Duck Hunter Spot	Pasukan Gerak Cepat/PGT			Early 1960s
	Indonesian vine leaf camouflage	Army Strategic Reserve Command (KOSTRAD)			1960-1970
	KOSTRAD camouflage	Army Strategic Reserve Command (KOSTRAD)			1970-1986
	Bleeding vines 1st variant	Indonesia Special Forces (KOPASUS)	a four-colour design of vertically-aligned medium green, purple and red elements on a pale green background		1964-1990
	Bleeding vines 2nd variant	Indonesia Special Forces (KOPASUS)		Cambodia	1990-present
	Woodland Digital Camouflage	Shortly used by Indonesian Army Raiders Battalions (RAIDERS)	It is basically a digitalised version of the TNI-AN DPM		2003
	Indonesian DPM	Indonesian Armed Forces			1986-1989
	TNI-AN DPM	Indonesian Armed Forces	A copy of the British 1984 DPM pattern with some colour and sape variations		1989-present
Japan	Type I, Camouflage	Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) 1st Airbone Brigade, JGSDF Air Defense Artillery Groups	Also known as "Old Camo" or "Airborne Camo", it is the first camo scheme adopted by Japan after WWII. It is based on Hokkaido's wilderness.		1970s-1990s
	Type II, Flecktarn camouflage	Currently used by the JGSDF, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) and Japan National Defense Academy cadets	This is the second camo scheme based on the countryside of Japan		1991-present
	Type II, brown-dominant winter pattern	JGSDF	Darker contrast on Type II Flecktarn camo to fit the color of winter plants. Used on JGSDF Type-2 Camouflage Cold Weather Field Parka and Trousers.		1991-present
	Type III, Flecktarn camouflage	newly adopted by the JGSDF	It is modified from Type II pattern with 50% cotton/50% polyster fabric and the change of front closure, mandarin collar, velcro cuffs, and trouser's knee pad.		2007-present
	Snow White Camouflage Uniform	JGSDF	Designed for warmth and protection down to -30°C temperature on snow fields		1991-present
	JASDF Camouflage	Japan Air Self-Defense Force	Similar to JGSDF Type I camo, but with darker contrast		1988-present
	JASDF Desert Camouflage, 5-color chocolate-chip	Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF)	Based on US Chocolate-chip camo, but without white spots		1991-present

Country	Camouflage pattern	Used by	Notes	Other user(s)	Years used
Kazakhstan	Russian Green Les 4-color Woodland pattern	Newly used by Kazakhstan Armed Forces		Russia
	US Six-Color Desert Pattern	Currently by the Kazakhstan Armed Forces	"Greyish Brown Chocolate-chip camouflage"
	US Six-Color Desert Pattern	Kazakhstan Army special airborne forces	"Blue-dominant Chocolate-chip camouflage"
Malaysia	Zebra Woodland pattern	Currently by Royal Malaysian Army	Black stripes on a 4-color woodland background
	Zebra 3-color Desert pattern	Malaysian peacekeeping troops	Earth-brown stripes on a light green and sand-colored background		First seen during UN mission in Lebanon, 2007
	British DPM pattern	Royal Malaysian Army	used on waterproof smock and trousers
	Subdued Woodland pattern	Newly adopted by the Royal Malaysian Police Force
	Blue 4-color Lizard pattern	Previously used by the Royal Malaysian Police General Operations Force (PGA)
	Bomba pattern	Malaysian Fire and Rescue Department	A pattern consisting of grey, black and day-glo stripes (bright red)
	(Unknown name)		A pattern based on the style of the pattern of the British Denison Smock, featuring palm-frond-like shapes
Mongolia	Brown 4-Color Arid Camouflage	Mongolian Armed Forces
Myanmar	Woodland 4-color ERDL-style pattern	Myanmar Army
	Arid 4-color ERDL-style pattern	Myanmar Air Force
	Blueish 4-color ERDL-style pattern	Myanmar Navy

[edit] Asia N-Z

Country	Camouflage pattern	Used by	Notes	Other user(s)	Years used
Nepal	Swirl
	Nepalese 4-Color Camouflage	Current issue of Nepal Army	Very similar to the Japan Type I camo
	Blue DPM pattern	Nepalese Police			Before 2006
	Light Blue Greyish Woodland'	Currently by the Nepalese Police Force
Pakistan	Arid Camouflage	Pakistan Army
	US Woodland	Pakistan Army Special Services Group, Pakistan Navy
	British DPM pattern	Pakistan Army Special Services Group	A Denison Smock type jacket
	Six-Color Desert Pattern	Pakistan Paramilitary Forces	"Chocolate-chip camouflage"	Iraq, Oman, South Korea, United States
	Three-Colour Desert			Chile, El Salvador, Hungary, Israel, Kuwait, Netherlands, UAE, United States
	Two Colour Desert
The Philippines	Army 2000 Subdued DPM	Philippine Army and Philippine Air Force			Introduced in 1998, fully adopted since 2001
	Marines 2000 Subdued Woodland Leaf	Philippine Marine Corps
	Reddish Sparse Tigerstripe	Philippine Naval Special Warfare Group SEALs
	SAF Digital Camouflage	PNP Special Action Force	It is a digital pattern consisting of grey, green, dark green, brown and black		2006-present
	Pink Choco Chip	PNP Special Action Force			Until 2006
	PSG Urban Bricks	Presidential Security Group (PSG)	a four-colour urban design, containing hard-edged blocks of black, dark grey, medium grey and white. However, its main purpose was not to conceal PSG soldiers, but to distinguish them from the rebels.		2001-present
	PSG Arid Bricks	Presidential Security Group (PSG)
	Six-Color Desert Pattern	Philippine Coast Guard K-9 units	"Light Grey Chocolate-chip camouflage"	Saudi Arabia	2007-present
	Oman DPM pattern	Philippine Coast Guard K-9 units		Oman	Until 2005
	Blue Brown DPM pattern	Philippine National Police(PNP)
Singapore (ROS)	1975 ERDL pattern				Before 1990s
	1990 ERDL pattern	Singapore Armed Forces	In 1990, the background color was changed from light brown to light green and the chest pockets on No.4 uniform changed from slant pockets to horizontal pockets[1]	Taiwan	1990s-present
	US 3-color Desert	Singapore Armed Forces on Iraqi and Afghan mission			present
	British DPM pattern	Singapore Police Force Gurkha Contingent

Country	Camouflage pattern	Used by	Notes	Other user(s)	Years used
South Korea (ROK)	Duck Hunter camo		several variants		1950s-1960s
	Eggshell
	Tigerstripe	ROK Army, ROK Marine Corps			During the Vietnam War
	Geometric Turtle Shell pattern	Airborne Battalions of ROK Marine Corps		Palestine (1970s)	Issued before the first disbandment by presidential order (Chun Doo-Hwan, 1980-1988) in 1980
	Swirl			Angola, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Iraq, Libya, Nepal, Peru
	ROK Woodland	ROK Army, ROK Marine Corps	Based on US Woodland but with brighter tone, and currently issued		1997-present
	Woodland Digital Camouflage	ROK Army			2006-present
	US Woodland	ROK Navy UDT/SEAL, ROK Marine Corps, KATUSA			present
	Six-Color Desert Pattern	ROK Troops during Gulf War (1990-91), ROK Marine Corps on OIF mission	3 variants of "Chocolate-chip camouflage" developed during the period	Iraq, Saudi Arabia, United States	1980s-2003
	US 3-Color Desert	tested by ROK Troops on the early phase of Iraq deployment	variant of US 3-color desert but in the cut of ROK combat unform.		First seen at press conference held by ROK Defense Ministry on 24Dec2003.
	ROK 3-Color Desert	ROK Troops on Iraq depolyment			2004-present
	Universal Camouflage Pattern (ACU)	KATUSA of ROK Army	Exact issue of US Army ACU	Chile, Cyprus, Côte d'Ivoire's FAFN, United States	2006-present
Sri Lanka	British DPM pattern	Sri Lankan Police Special Task Force
	US Woodland	Currently by the Sri Lankan Army
	Blue 4-color Woodland	Sri Lankan Air Force
	Tamil Tigerstripe pattern	Ground & Sea forces of Tamil Tigers separatist militant groups	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 color.[2]
	Tamil Tigerstripe Light Blue variant	The Tamil Tigers air commandos "Black Tigers"

Country/Territory	Camouflage pattern	Used by	Notes	Other user(s)	Years used
Taiwan (ROC)	Air Force ERDL yellow-dominant pattern	ROC Air Force			1990s
	Geometric pattern helmet cover	ROC Army soldiers during combat exercises
	ERDL pattern vertical	ROC Army, ROC Air Force			1990s
	ERDL pattern horizontal	Currently issued to ROC Armed Forces	Lime and brown dominants, also known as "South China Camouflage"		1990s-present
	US 4-color Urban Camouflage	ROC Army Special Service Company
	Experimental Digital Camouflage		As the major uniform contractor for the ROC military, Universal Joint International Ltd proactively developed and proposed it to the ROC Army (ROCA), but turned down with the reason that developing digital camouflage is not a "Strategic Priority" for the ROC Armed Forces		Developed and proposed in 2006
	Woodland Digital Camouflage	ROC Army	First digital camouflage scheme adopted by the army		First seen during the ROC National Day Parade 2007
	Urban Digital Camouflage	ROC Army	First digital camouflage scheme adopted by the army		First seen during the ROC National Day Parade 2007
	Realtree Camouflage	ROC Marine Corps combat snipers			2007-present
	Red Sparse Tigerstripe	ROC Army Airborne units			Early 1990s
	Green Tigerstripe	ROC Marine Corps			1970s-1990s
	Subdued Shadow Tigerstripe	ROC Marine Corps			2000s
	MultiCam	ROC National Police SWAT (Wei-An Force) at SWAT World Challenge 2006			solely used by the Taiwan SWAT team during the competition
Thailand	Thai Woodland Digital Camouflage	Royal Thai Army, Thai Navy, Thai Air Force	pixilated pattern on current issue of RTA woodland camouflage		Late 2007-present
	Green ERDL Woodland pattern	Currently by the Royal Thai Army	Based on US Woodland but pattern size reduced		1997-present
	US Six-Color Desert Pattern	Royal Thai Army on OIF mission in Iraq	"Chocolate-chip camouflage"		2003-present
	US Woodland	Royal Thai Marine Corps, Royal Thai Navy SEAL teams, and Royal Thai Air Force
	Tigerstripe	Thai Border Patrol Police

Country/Territory	Camouflage pattern	Used by	Notes	Other user(s)	Years used
Timor-Leste (East Timor)	Indonesian DPM pattern	previously by Timor-Leste Defense Force (F-FDTL)			2001-mid2007
	French Lizard pattern	Currently by the F-FDTL	as a part of "Force 2020" development plan		6/2007-present
	Woodland Digital Camouflage	Worn by East Timorese rebel leader Maj. Alfredo Reinado	Very similar to woodland MARPAT		Worn by Reinado in November 2007
Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam, 1955–1975)	Bamboo Leaf[citation needed]
	Beo Gam		Also called "Leopard spot" or "Duckhunter's pattern"; it is a US commercial pattern
	National Police pattern		A print in 4 colors of brown very similar, but not identical in form, to US "Clouds" pattern on reverse of US "Oak Leaf" pattern	Also used by ethnic Khmer combatants in South Vietnam, as they were forbidden to wear "military" patterns (this was an alternate "police" pattern, which was more acceptable)
	Denison Smock style Airborne pattern				Seen in Military Illustrated, February 1988
	ERDL Airborne pattern		A pigment reprint of US ERDL pattern
	Tigerstripe		Originated with the use by the RVN Marines, spread later to other formations in many different iterations
Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Vietnam, 1976-present)	Tigerstripe with Palm Leaf

[edit] Asia Others

Countries that are using or have used variations of the Tigerstripe patterns developed during the Vietnam War
Camouflage pattern	Used by
Shadow Tigerstripe	Thailand
Silver Sparse Tigerstripe	Vietnam

Country	Camouflage pattern	Used by	Notes	Years used
China (PRC)	China Type 04 Digital Camouflage (Woodland, Lighter Arid, and Darker Arid variants)	Civilians and non-military	A pattern commercially mimicked by some Chinese local clothing manufacturers (e.g. 3545th Factory) and falsely claimed as the Special Forces issue of the PLA. In fact, no such Type 04 camouflage was ever cataloged by the PLA.	2004
	PLA Semi-Arid Lizard Camouflage	PLA infantry recon unit featured in 2006 Chinese TV drama "Shi Bing Tu Ji (Soldiers Sortie)"	Same as Semi-Arid Lizard camo used by Afghan Northern Alliance & Mozambique. A fictional battledress used by a group of PLA army recon troopers in the Chinese primetime TV military drama "Shi Bing Tu Ji (Soldiers Sortie)". The program was firstly aired in mainland China on the Shaanxi TV Station.	Late 2006
Taiwan (ROC)	ROC (Taiwan) Temperate Digital Camouflage	Airsoft players	Based on the CADPAT TW pattern, printed on BDU-style uniforms and commercially made by a local textile manufacturer for the Taiwanese airsoft market	2004
Hong Kong	Disruptive Pattern Material	Hong Kong Adventure Corps
Hong Kong	Disruptive Pattern Material	Royal Hong Kong Regiment

[edit] Middle East

[edit] Middle East A-M

Country	Camouflage pattern	Used by	Notes	Other user(s)	Years used
Iran	US Woodland	Standard issue of Iranian Army
	Safariflage DPM pattern	Iranian Army 65th Airborne Special Forces Brigade the "Green Berets"
	Safari sand-dominant DPM pattern	Iranian Army 23rd Commando Division
	Duck Hunter pattern	Iranian Army Mountain Division	Similar to desert AUSCAM
	US Six-Color Desert Pattern	Iran Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) Naval Commandos
	Six-Color Desert Pattern, "Purple chocolate-chip camo"	Iranian Navy Marine Corps
	Blue Cloud Horizontal pattern	Iranian Air Force
Iraq (post-Saddam)
	Four-color Amoeba pattern	Briefly used by Iraq Civil Defense Corps (ICDC)		Kuwait	2003-2004
	Desert Digital Camouflage	newly adopted by Iraqi National Army	New desert pattern in ACU-style uniform		2008-present
	US Six-Color Desert Pattern	Widely used by Iraqi Armed Forces	As this has been phased-out by all US forces, the pattern serves to identify and differentiate Iraqi forces from US forces		2003-present
	US 3-color Desert	Briefly used by the Iraq Army and also used by Kurdish security forces
	US Woodland	Briefly used by the Iraq Army and the Iraqi National Police
	Special Force Camouflage	Iraqi Army Special Operation Forces			2006-present
	National Police Digital Camouflage	Iraqi National Police	Designed by the US Military		2006-present
	Greyish Blue 4-color DPM pattern	Issued to police force (trained by British troops since 2003) in Basra province of southeastern Iraq		Jordan, Lebanon
	Six-Color Desert Pattern	used at new Kirkuk Military Training Base	"Light Green/Brown Chocolate-chip camouflage"		2004
	Jordanian KA2 desert digital camouflage	Briefly used by Iraq Army commandos and Kurdish security forces		Jordan
	Desert Tigerstripe	Briefly used by Iraq Army commandos

Country	Camouflage pattern	Used by	Notes	Other user(s)	Years used
Israel	Bush Land Camouflage Helmet Cover	Currently by IDF infantry soldiers	Available in regular helmet cover as well as Reversible "Mitznefet" (Clown Hat) net		2006-present
	French Lizard	Israel Defense Forces (IDF)	Para-style and standard combatdresses which were bargain surplus provided by France during 1956-1967.	France	Briefly used between the late 1960s and late 1970s
Jordan	US Six-Color Desert Pattern	previously used by Jordanian Armed Forces			before 2006
	US Woodland	previously used by Jordanian Armed Forces			before 2006
	Urban Grey DPM pattern	previously used by Jordanian Public Security Directorate police force		Iraq, Lebanon	before 2006
	General Desert KA2 digital camouflage	Royal Jordanian Land Force, Royal Jordanian Air Force	The dark red/brown color scheme which dominates much of Jordan's landscape. Pixelated pattern developed by HyperStealth[3]	Iraq	2005-present
	Royal Guard KA2 digital camouflage	Royal Guard of Jordanian			2005-present
	Special Force KA2 digital camouflage	Royal Jordanian Army Special Forces			2005-present
	Deep Blue KA2 digital camouflage	Royal Jordanian Naval Force			2005-present
	Urban KA2 digital camouflage	Jordanian Public Security Directorate police force			2005-present
	Blue Grey KA2 digital camouflage	Jordanian Civil Defense Directorate fire & rescue services	The color combination of police urban KA2 and Navy's Deep Blue KA2.		2006-present
	Customs Department Desert KA2 digital camouflage	Anti-Smuggling Division of Jordanian Customs	The borders of Jordan typically have a lighter desert background and thus this color scheme is ideal for these regions, as Jordan Customs is also responsible for Anti-Smuggling where this camouflage becomes very important.		2006-present
	Urban Night KA2 digital camouflage	Jordanian Army Counter Terrorism Battalion 71 (CTB-71)	HyperStealth is developing new camouflage patterns for the Jordanian Counter Terrorism Battalion 71 in urban & night settings.		Not yet released
	MultiCam	Jordanian Army Special Operations Force Snipers	Firstly spotted at the opening of the Special Operations Forces Exhibition (SOFEX) on 1Apr08 near Amman, Jordan.	Chad, Poland(Suez pattern), Taiwan, United States	2008-present
Kuwait	Two-color Amoeba pattern
	US 3-colour Desert	Kuwaiti Army
	Desert digital camouflage	Newly used by Kuwaiti Army	The pattern is very similar to Arid CADPAT.	Afghanistan, Canada	2007-present
	Four-color Amoeba pattern	Kuwait National Guards		Iraq
	Six-Color Desert Pattern	Kuwaiti Police Services	"Light Gray Barbedwire camouflage"
	Subdued Blue DPM	Kuwaiti Police Special Security Force		Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon
	Yellow DPM	The security unit of the Kuwait National Assembly
Lebanon	US Woodland	Lebanese Armed Forces
	Greyish Blue 4-color DPM	Lebanese Internal Security Forces		Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait
	Desert Digital Camouflage	Shiite Muslims Hezbollah militants	Similar to desert MARPAT pattern		seen on leader Abbas Mussawi memorials (22 Feb 2008).

[edit] Middle East N-Z

Country/territory	Camouflage pattern	Used by	Notes	Other user(s)	Years used
Palestine (PNA)	Subdued Blue DPM	Palestinian (Hamas) security forces
	US Woodland	Palestinian security forces
Saudi Arabia	US 3-color Desert	Royal Saudi Arabian Armed Forces			early2000s-present
	Six-Color Desert Pattern	previously by Royal Saudi Arabian Armed Forces	"Chocolate-chip horizontal camouflage"		1990s
	Six-Color Desert Pattern	Saudi Arabian Marine Corps	"Light Gray Chocolate-chip camouflage", also known as "Saudi Arabian Desert Camo"		1980s
	Grey 3-color Desert	Currently by Saudi Arabian Security Forces	Grey variant of US 3-color desert pattern		2006-present
	Six-Color Desert Pattern	previously by Saudi Arabian Security Forces	"Grayish Green Chocolate-chip camouflage"		Until 2006
Syria	Arid Brushstroke
	US Woodland	Current camouflage pattern of the Syrian Army
	Vertical Lizard pattern		Similar to French Lizard Camouflage
United Arab Emirates (UAE)	US 3-color Desert	Currently by UAE Union Defense Force
	Experimental DESTEX Digital Camouflage		Pixelated pattern developed by HyperStealth[3]		Tested in 2006
	Six-Color Desert Pattern				1990s
	Thule
Yemen	New Zealand DPM	Currently by Yemen Army
	Six-Color Desert Pattern		"Dark Brown Chocolate-chip camouflage"
	US Woodland	Briefly used by Yemeni Army Counter-Terrorism Unit			2007-present
	US 3-color Desert
	Subdued Blue DPM	Currently by Yemeni Security Forces

[edit] Middle East Others

Entity	Camouflage pattern	Other user(s)
Palestinian Authority (a non-state entity)	Blotch	Syria

Countries that are using or have used variations of the Lizard pattern
Country	Camouflage pattern
Iraq	Dark Lizard

[edit] Europe

[edit] Europe A-F

Country	Camouflage pattern	Used by	Notes	Other user(s)	Years used
Albania	US Woodland
Austria	Punktmuster (Spotted pattern)		Small spots in the style of USMC WWII Frogskin pattern. Medium brown background.
	Splinter-type pattern		In the style of German Marsh pattern, with rounded splotches printed on a beige background. This pattern and the Punktmuster are found together on reversible tarp/ponchos.
Belgium	Moons and Balls		A Denison Smock-type pattern
	Brushstroke			Algeria, Iraq, Malaysia, Palestinian Authority
	Jigsaw		A 4-color print in similar style to ERDL pattern, but with a regular, jigsaw puzzle-like appearance with tiny slivers of white edging the black parts of the pattern	Burundi, Chad, Republic of Congo, Libya, Democratic Republic of Congo
	Waves
	Belgian Flecktarn	Belgian Air Force	printed with a burred edge which gives a dinstinctive 'ringed' appearance. It is further distinguished by the sustitution of rust red for the red earth color seen in German-Flecktarn.		Used briefly during the early 1990s
Bulgaria	Squiggle Splinter		A Splinter-type pattern with fascinating squiggles in place of the straight "rain" part of the pattern	Slovenia
Bosnia	Bihac Pocket
	US Woodland
	Woodland digital camouflage		Exact pattern and cut of USMC MARPAT, but with no EGA embroidered	Afghanistan, Cyprus, Dominica, Ecuador, Georgia, Greece, United States	Standard issue since 2006
Croatia	US Woodland
	US 3-color Desert				2005-2007
	Desert digital camouflage		Pixelated on 3-color desert camo		2007-present

Country	Camouflage pattern	Used by	Notes	Other user(s)	Years used
Cyprus	Greek Lizard pattern	Standard issue of the Cypriot National Guard		Greece
	Woodland Digital Camouflage	Cypriot National Guards Army special force Rangers	Exact pattern and cut of USMC MARPAT, but with no EGA embroidered	Afghanistan, Bosnia, Dominica, Ecuador, Georgia, Greece, United States
	Universal Digital Camouflage (ACU)	Cypriot National Guard Rangers special operations team TEO	US ACU camo on MARPAT-style uniform	United States
	US Woodland	Cypriot National Guard Navy underwater demolitions unit "MYK"
Czechoslovakia	Mlok (Salamander)	Airborne troops	A striking pattern of large splotches including bright yellow. Sometimes called "Clown" pattern.	Exported to Czech arms clients in the Middle East and Africa	1960s-1970s
	Oblacky (Clouds)
	Rain Pattern		Similar to East German Rain pattern with much smaller stripes and with a subtle water-stain pattern behind the raindrops
	Red desert		Trial uniform with spraypaint effect on orangey base colour
Czech Republic	"vz.95 */type 95/"
	Clouds			Vietnam
	Green			Slovakia
Denmark	M/84	Current issue pattern of the Military of Denmark	Based on the West German Bundeswehr-Flecktarn, but with only three colours.	Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Sweden Police	1984- present
	M98
	T/78	Trial Uniform; never adopted	It was never adopted but it eventually evolved into the M84 pattern.		1978
	T/99	Current issue desert pattern of the Military of Denmark

Country	Camouflage pattern	Used by	Notes	Other user(s)	Years used
Estonia	US Six-Color Desert Pattern	Estonian troops during the early phase of deployment in Iraq			2005
	US 3-color Desert
	Woodland Digital Camouflage		Very similar to CADPAT
	Desert Digital Camouflage	Firstly adopted by Estonian forces in Afghanistan			Since 2006
	Danish M/84 Camouflage	Briefly used by Estonian troops with the NATO Stabilization Force "SFOR" in Bosnia-Herzegovina
Finland	M05 Woodland Pattern	Finnish Defence Forces			Recently adopted
	M05 Snow Pattern
	M05 Cold Weather Pattern		Mixed snow and woodland pattern.
	M91		Woodland pattern in active service use, slowly being replaced by M05.		From 1990s
	M62		Woodland pattern available in many lighter and darker colour variations. Mostly replaced in active service by M91.		From 1960s
	M/04 Desert Pattern	Finnish contingents in ISAF and EUFOR Chad	Prototype versions designated K04A and K04B have been in operational use.		First prototype version used by the UNMEE Finnish contingent in 2003.
France	Central European (CE) pattern	Current issue of the French Armed Forces		Austria, Jordan, Morocco, UAE and some African countries	Since 1991
	FELIN Camouflage	French Armed Forces	As a part of French Future Infantry Soldier System Project		Developed by Sagem between 2004-2007. Confirmed in 2007, and slated to be fielded to all active infantry regiments within the French Army by 2010
	Daguet 3-color Desert Camouflage	French Armed Forces	Desert variant of CE pattern		1991-present
	Tundra 3-Color Snow Camouflage Suit	French Army 27th Mountain Infantry Brigade	green and pink stripes on white background, lately developed by Arktis[4]
	Experimental French Desert flecktarn camouflage	13th Parachute Dragoon Regiment			Tested by the 13th Parachute Dragoons in 2006
	Léopard (Tenue Léopard)			Republic of Congo, Libya, Vietnam
	Lizard			Algeria, Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Croatia, Gabon, Greece, India, Israel, Ivory Coast, Kenya
	Lizard variant: M63 Vertical Lizard			Portugal
	Lizard variant: Purple Lizard (camouflage)			Serbia and Montenegro
	Tigerstripe			Ecuador, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, Thailand, USA, Vietnam
	Tigerstripe variants: Dark Vertical Tigerstripe, Light Vertical Tigerstripe			Singapore

[edit] Europe G-N

Country	Camouflage pattern	Used by	Notes	Other user(s)	Years used
Georgia	German Flecktarn	Georgian peacekeeping troops on NATO KFOR mission			2005
	US Woodland				Before 2007
	US 3-color Desert
	Woodland digital camouflage		Exact pattern and cut of USMC MARPAT uniform without EGA		2007-present

Germany (past and present)
Country/Timeline	Camouflage pattern	Used by	Notes	Other user(s)	Years used
West Germany (Federal Republic of Germany)	Flecktarn	Current issue of the German Armed Forces		Albania, Austria, Belgium, Romania
	Punktmuster			Austria, Japan
	Ambush
	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.
Weimar Republic	Splinter (Splittermuster)		The original 1931 Splinter pattern used straight lines and angles in the main splotches and needle like streaks over that
The Third Reich	Marsh (Sumpfmuster)	Wehrmacht during WWII, Bundesgrenzschutz border guards after the war	This has the same forms as the Splinter pattern, but the screens have been remade with blurry edges, and the colors are different.	Czech Republic, Libya
	Leibermuster	Wehrmacht		Belgium, Czech Republic, Switzerland
	"Splinter-B"	Wehrmacht		Luftwaffe paratroopers in WWII
	Oak Leaf	SS		Egypt, Iraq
	Palm (Palmenmuster)	SS
	1944 Dot (Erbsenmuster)	SS
	Plane Tree (Platanenmuster)	SS
	Smoke (Rauchtarnmuster)	SS
East Germany (German Democratic Republic)	Rain, Line, Stricheldruckmuster			Exported heavily during GDR times and afterward, largely to Africa
	Loop
	Flächentarnmuster', AKA "Potato" or "Blumentarn"		Olive, blue-green and brown ragged splotches over light olive[5]		Late 1950s - late 1960s
	Splotch
	Russian (Russisches Tarnmuster)

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

Country	Camouflage pattern	Used by	Notes	Other user(s)	Years used
Greece	Hellenic Lizard Camouflage	Currently by Hellenic Armed Forces		Cyprus	Late1970s-present
	British DPM pattern	Currently by Hellenic Army Raider Forces (Dynameis Katadromon)		UK
	US Woodland	Currently by Hellenic Navy Underwater Demolition Command (DYK)
	Woodland Digital Camouflage	Briefly by Hellenic Navy Underwater Demolition Command (DYK)	Exactly same cut & pattern of USMC MARPAT.	Afghanistan, Bosnia, Cyprus, Dominica, Ecuador, Georgia, United States	2004-present
Hungary	Comma
	Fried Egg
	M38
	M49
	M51
	M65
	M90
	US 3-color Desert
Iceland	Norwegian M/2000 battle uniform, woodland and desert variants	Crisis Response Unit	Used on Peacekeeping missions in Afganistan and in training in Iceland and Norway
Ireland	Curragh Shamrock
	Irish "Paddyflage" DPM		An original pattern not in the style of British DPM
	Irish "Paddyflage" Desert DPM
Italy	Telo mimetico		A 3-color pattern first used in 1929, thus the world's first pattern-printed camouflage military uniform. The name simply means "camouflage cloth".		In use through the 1970s
	Snow Suit		White background with green spots which inspired by German snow pattern	Germany	1984-present
	Reggimento San Marco Camouflage	Battalion San Macro			1992-present
	Desert Spray
	US Woodland				1992-2001
	Vegetato Camouflage	Currently used by Italian Army	Standard woodland, and mountain variant		2001-present
	Desert Vegetato Camouflage	Currently used by Italian Army	desert variant of Vegetato camo		2004-present
Latvia	US Woodland	Standard issue of the Lativan Army			1998-present
	Swedish M/90 Camouflage	SFOR Lativan peacekeeping contingent in former Yugoslavia		Sweden	early 1990s
	US 3-color Desert	Lativan contingent on Iraq mission			2004-2006
	Desert Digital Camouflage	lately adopted by Lativan Army			2006-present
Luxembourg	US Woodland	Standard issue of the Luxembourgian Army
	Belgium Jigsaw Pattern	Luxembourg contingent on peacekeeping missions abroad
	Belgium Desert Jigsaw Pattern

Country	Camouflage pattern	Used by	Notes	Other user(s)	Years used
Macedonia	Four-Color Dark
	US Woodland
	US 3-color Desert	Currently used by Macedonian troops in Iraq
Netherlands	Dutch DPM		This pattern is a reprint of the British DPM, but leaves off some very small parts of the British pattern: tiny dots at the edges of the larger blotches
	Dutch Jigsaw	Dutch Marine Corps	A variant of the Belgian jigsaw puzzle pattern but in tan, brown, green and black		Between 1983 and 1986
	US Woodland	Dutch Marine Corps
	US 3-color Desert
	Dutch 5-color Jungle pattern	Dutch troops in UN mission in Cambodia			First used by the troops during that mission
Norway	Air Force Spot Camouflage	Royal Norwegian Air Force
	M/75
	M/98 battle uniform
	M/2000 battle uniform, woodland and desert variants			Desert version also used by the Icelandic Crisis Response Unit in Afghanistan
	M/2002 cold weather uniform

[edit] Europe O-Z

Country	Camouflage pattern	Used by	Notes	Other user(s)	Years used
Poland	Moro		A reducto ad absurdum of a camouflage pattern. The spots, several mm long, are no more camouflage than tweed fabric.
	Puma
	Pantera (Panther) Woodland Camouflage	Current issue of Polish Armed Forces
	Pantera (Panther) Desert Camouflage	Current issue of Polish Army in Iraq and Afghanistan
	Suez	Briefly used by Poland elite units like the Army GROM, Government Protection Bureau (BOR), Poland Central Bureau of Investigation (CBS), Poland Border Guard (SG)	Looks very similar to MultiCam, but without lime green		2007-present
	Polish Urban Flecktarn	Polish police tactical teams SPAP	Its design is similar to the German Flecktarn, but with urban colours: black,dark grey, grey, light grey and white.		Used since the 1990s
"Polish Woodland Flecktarn"	Used by UOP country protection agency today's ABW inner security agency
Portugal	M61
	M63 Vertical Lizard
	Portuguese DPM	Portuguese Army			Used since the late 1990s
	US Woodland	Portuguese Air Force
	Experimental Portuguese Arid DPM	Tested by Portuguese Air Force on ISAF mission in Afghanistan
Romania	Parsley (Persilla)
	M2002 Romanian DPM
	M2002 Romanian Desert DPM
Russia	Russian Digital Camouflage				Recently approved in January 2008
	Flora 3-color Camouflage		There are both forest and desert/mountain variants	Belarus	Standard issue since 1998
	KLYAKSA Snow Camouflage	Russian Army, FSB, and MVD security units
	Gorod,Gorod-1	Spetznaz and MVD security units
	Kamysh	Spetznaz	A copy of tigerstripe. There are both green and urban variants.
	Les 4-color Woodland Camouflage	Spetznaz and MVD security units	Copy of US Woodland
	Schofield	Standard Russian military issue	Also referred to as VSR or Dubok. Replaced by Flora. There are both forest and desert/mountain variants.		1991-1998
	SMK	Spetznaz and MVD

Country	Camouflage pattern	Used by	Notes	Other user(s)	Years used
Serbia	M-93 Hrastov List jigsaw pattern	Used by most Serbian army units		Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Serbia and Montenegro
	US Woodland	Briefly used by 72nd Special Brigade and by Žandarmerija Special Police Forces.
	MDU-02 Karst Camouflage	Some Serbian army units			Introduced in 2001
	M-03 Woodland Camouflage				Introduced in 2006
	DMDU-03 Digital Camouflage		new development
Slovenia	Slovenian 4-Color Woodland Jigsaw pattern	Current issue of Slovenian Armed Forces	Based on the brown-dominant of Yugoslavian M89 camo
	US 3-color Desert	Previously used by Slovenian contingent and Special Operations Force on ISAF mission in Afghanistan			2003-2007
	Slovenian 4-Color Desert Jigsaw pattern	Currently used by Slovenian troops on Middle East deployment			Late 2007 - present
	British DPM pattern	Solely used by Slovenian Army Special Operations Force
Spain	Amoeba (Overlapping splotches)		Many color variants of this were used. Splotches were of similar type to ERDL pattern and Leibermuster, and overlapped as in the Leiber pattern.
	ERDL brown-dominant pattern
	US Six-Color Desert Pattern		"Chocolate-chip camouflage"
Soviet Union (USSR)	3-color TTsKO pattern			Ukraine
	TTsKO variants: Desert, Brown, Green Forest, Rocks and Mountain
	Leaf
	Sun-ray			Current-day Russia, Ukraine
	TTsMKK

Country	Camouflage pattern	Used by	Notes	Other user(s)	Years used
Sweden	M90 Splinter Temperate Woodland		The M90 pattern is easily recognizable by its angular color splotches. The Temperate Woodland consists of dark green, light green, tan and black.
	M90 Splinter Desert
	2-color Pixelated Snow Camouflage Screen Net
	Experimental M90 Splinter 2-color Snow
	M/84	Adopted by Swedish National Police and Swedish Army OPFOR
Switzerland	Leibermuster		Contains a marked degree of red
	M92
	TAZ 90	current issue of Swiss Armed Forces
Turkey	Woodland pattern		This is a local reprint of the US pattern, using pigments instead of vat-dye. This leaves the inside surface of the fabric uncolored, beige.
	"Duck Hunter"		A reprint of the pattern used by the USMC in WWII with a bluish tinge to the light green spots		Phased out by the early 1990s
Ukraine	Russian 3-color TTsKO pattern	Ukrainian Armed Forces	Forest and arid variants		Since 1988
	Desert 2-color amoeba pattern	Ukrainian troops on ISAF mission in Afghanistan
	Russian 5-color PTsMK pattern	Ukrainian Special Forces	Variant of German Flecktarn		2005-2006
	Flectra-D 3-color flecktarn camouflage	Latest issue of Ukrainian Special Forces			Since 2006

Denison smock

U.K. DPM

Country	Camouflage pattern	Used by	Notes	Other user(s)	Years used
United Kingdom (UK)	Denison smock			India, Israel, Jordan, Kenya
	Disruptive Pattern Material (DPM)	Currently by British Armed Forces		Algeria, Cambodia, China(Special Forces), 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, Singapore Police, Tanzania, Uganda
	Desert DPM	Currently by British Armed Forces	2-color earth tone	Iraq, Kuwait, New Zealand, Oman, Romania, Saudi Arabia	1990-present
	Four-Colour Desert DPM			Iraq
	Desert Tigerstripe	Briefly used by UK Special Forces during Operation Iraqi Freedom		Iraq, United States	2003
Yugoslavia	M89			Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Serbia and Montenegro
	Stencilled Leaf			Croatia

[edit] Europe Others

Country	Camouflage pattern	Notes	Years used
United Kingdom	Urban Digital DPM pattern	A fictional pattern which was featured in the UK film Children of Men	2006
	Arktis Digital Camouflage	Developed in-house by Arktis UK; a pixelation of the British DPM pattern. It no longer has the distinct 'brush' pattern of the original DPM	2007

[edit] North America

[edit] North America A-M

Country	Camouflage pattern	Used by	Notes	Other user(s)	Years used
Canada	British DPM	Canadian airborne regiments	This is the 1975 British paratrooper smock		1975-1995
	Garrison Leaf pattern	Used by limited units within the Canadian Armed Forces	It isn't really a camouflage. Its patterns consisting of tan, medium green, dark green and brown were rather used to match with the dark green trousers and beret of the Garrison Dress
	British Desert 2-color DPM	Shortly by Canadian Forces during the Gulf War	A small quantity of British Desert DPM shirts and trousers were purchased for limited issue to some Canadians on duty in Kuwait and Iraq during the first Gulf War	Kuwait, New Zealand, Oman, Romania, Saudi Arabia, UK	1990-91
	Experimental Tan Desert Combat Uniform	Canadian Forces on peacekeeping mission in Africa/Middle East			Tested in the early 1990s
	CADPAT	Currently by Canadian Forces	Colloquially known as "relish", it has 2 variants: Woodland and Arid		Late2001-present
	CADETPAT	Endorsed by the Royal Canadian Army Cadets (RCAC) League as the RCAC's field uniform	Woodland MARPAT camo on CADPAT-style uniform		Adopted in 2004
Mexico	US Woodland	Currently by Mexican Armed Forces
	US Three-Color Desert
	US Subdued Urban Camouflage	Federal Preventive Police GOPES

[edit] North America N-Z

United States (USA)
Timeline	Camouflage pattern	Used by	Notes	Other user(s)	Years used
U.S. Present	MARPAT (woodland and desert variants)	U.S. Marine Corps (USMC)		Afghanistan, Bosnia, Cyprus, Dominica, Ecuador, Georgia, Greece	Adopted in 2002
	Disruptive Overwhite Snow digital camouflage	USMC	Jointly developed by West Point professor Dr. O'Neill and Canadian HyperStealth's[3] Guy Cramer		Adopted in November 2007
	Universal Camouflage Pattern (ACU)	U.S. Army	Also known as "ACUPAT or "ARPAT"	Chile, Cyprus, Côte d'Ivoire's FAFN	Adopted in 2005 for the Army Combat Uniform
	Airman Battle Uniform (ABU)	U.S. Air Force (USAF)	Pixelated on 3 soft earth tones (tan, gray, and green) tigerstripe pattern		Adopted in 2007
	Navy Working Uniform (NWU)	U.S. Navy (USN)			Confirmed in 2007, and will be released after mid-2008
	MultiCam		Also known as "Scorpion Camo", which is featured in the Army Future Force Warrior program. Other users include AFSOC and SOCOM members It is meant to provide concealment in a variety of backgrounds such as desert, tropical and temperate woodlands, savannah, etc.	Chad, Jordan, Poland(Suez pattern), Taiwan
	Tactical Assault Camouflage (TACAM)	Exclusively adopted by US National Counterterrorism Center	Developed by HyperStealth[3]		2004
(USA continued below)

ACUPAT

MARPAT

NWU

ABU

MultiCam

Timeline	Camouflage pattern	Used by	Notes	Other user(s)	Years used
U.S. Past	Three-Color Desert	Previously by US Army, US Marine Corps. Currently by US Air Force, US Navy, US Coast Guard	Currently being phased out	Chile, El Salvador, Hungary, Israel, Kuwait, Netherlands, UAE, Pakistan	1990-present
	US Woodland	Previously by US Army, US Marine Corps. Currently by US Air Force, US Navy, US Coast Guard, US Public Health Service, State Defense Forces, LAPD SWAT, other law enforcement agencies	Also known as "M81 General Purpose Pattern". This 4-color pattern provided a good, general purpose camouflage for temperate and tropical environments. It was the most popular, most recognizable and most widely used camouflage pattern in the world, and still is today.	Afghanistan, Albania, Argentina, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Bosnia, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Ecuador, Estonia, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Honduras, Iran, Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Jordan, Latvia, Lebanon, Libya, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands (RNLMC), Nicaragua, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Paraguay, Peru, Russia, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sudan, Syria, Thailand, Turkey, Venezuela	1981-present
	Six-Color Desert Pattern	US Army, US Navy, US Air Force, US Marine Corps	The Six-colour Desert Pattern was called the chocolate-chip pattern because of it black and white flecks, which resembles chocolate chip cookies. However it did not achieve its desired effect and was eventually replaced by the Three-Colour Desert Pattern.	China, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, South Korea, Spain, Pakistan, Yemen	Ca. 1982-1993
	Urban Track	U.S. Army	One of the CCU trial variants, became the predecessor of ACU		Tested in 2003
	Experimental T-pattern Urban Camouflage	U.S. Marine Corps (USMC)	Tested by the USMC for Military Operation on Urbanized Terran (MOUT)		Late 1990s
	Desert Night Camouflage	U.S. Armed Forces			1990-1991
	Experimental All Seasons All Terrains (ASAT) Camouflage	U.S. Army	Tested at the Natick Soldier Center		Mid1980s
	Experimental 2-color Desert Daytime Camouflage	U.S. Army			Tested in 1987
	Experimental 4-color ERDL Arid Camouflage	U.S. Army	Based on Transitional ERDL, but in dark brown, tan, earth sand and light green		Late 1970s
	Dual Texture Camouflage	U.S. Army 2nd Cav	Also known as "Dual-Tex". The first initial digital camouflage scheme developed and tested by US Army.	Australia	1978-early1980s
	ERDL Pattern	US Army, US Marine Corps	Predecessor of M81 Woodland	Bolivia, Chile, El Salvador, Gabon, Honduras, Jordan, Latvia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, Singapore, Spain, Sudan, Syria, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Venezuela, South Vietnam
	Oak Leaf		Sometimes called "Wine Leaf"	India, Thailand
	Tigerstripe		Limited, non-issue use, originated in Vietnam		1965-1975
	Duck Hunter, AKA Frog-Skin	USMC	Began to be discarded when commanders found that the pattern made movement more obvious even if it made unmoving soldiers less visible	Bangladesh, Brazil, France, Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras, Indonesia, Lebanon, Mexico, Nicaragua, Paraguay, South Korea, Vietnam	Used extensively by the USMC from 1942 to 1944

Six-Color Desert Pattern

Tigerstripe

[edit] North America Others

Country	Camouflage pattern	Used by	Notes	Years used
	Forg & Leaf Camouflage	United States Colonial Marines (USCM)	A fictional pattern which was used by the USCM in the US Sci-Fi movie Aliens	1986
	TAC TIGER Urban/Night Camouflage		Developed by Tiger Stripe Products
	5.11 Digital Desert Camo	NASA Kennedy Space Center SWAT	Designed by 5.11 Tactical Apparels in US.
	TACPATT (Tactical Pattern for Urban digital camouflage)		Designed by 5.11 Tactical Apparels in US.
Canada	Spec4ce Digital Camouflage, 6-color variants		Developed by HyperStealth[3] in Canada.	2006

[edit] Central and South America

[edit] C. and S. America A-D

Country	Camouflage pattern	Used by	Notes	Other user(s)	Years used
Argentina	US Woodland	Argentinian Armed Forces, Argentinia Federal Police
	US 3-color Desert
	Six-Color Desert Pattern	Argentinian Air Force EAC (Commando Assistance Squadron)	"Chocolate-chip camouflage"	China, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, South Korea, Spain, Pakistan, United States, Yemen
	Patagónico		A desert variation of the British Disruptive Pattern Material
	Reddish Sparse Tigerstripe	Currently by Federal Police Special Operations Group		Philippines
Bolivia	US Woodland	Currently used by Bolivian Armed Forces
Brazil	Ragged Leaf green and brown	Brazilian Army	A Lizard pattern
	Ragged Leaf green and green	Brazilian Marine Corps
	Ragged Leaf green and blue	Brazilian Air Force
	US Urban Camouflage	Brazilian Federal Police Tactical Operations Command(COT)
	Urban Flecktarn	Força Nacional de Segurança Pública (National Public Security Force)		Poland	2007-present
Colombia	Colombian Digital Camouflage Pattern	Colombian Army	Woodland and arid versions		Started using in 2006
Chile	US Woodland
	US 3-color Desert
	US Universal Camouflage Pattern (ACU)	Chilean Army Brigada de Operaciones Especiales in Southwest Asia	Exact cut & pattern of ACU.	United States
	Fractural Omni pattern	Chilean Air Force	Developed by Canada's HyperStealth[3]		Developed in 2007, to be deployed in 2008
Cuba	Elm Leaf
	Grey Lizard
Dominican Republic	US Woodland
	Woodland Digital Camouflage	Dominican Army	Very similar to woodland MARPAT pattern		2008-present
	US 3-color Desert	Dominican Army
	Universal Camouflage Pattern (ACU)	Dominican Navy		Chile, Cyprus, Côte d'Ivoire's FAFN, United States	Adopted in 2007
	Tactical Tigerstripe	Dominican Police Special Service Unit

[edit] C. and S. America E-Z

Country	Camouflage pattern	Used by	Notes	Other user(s)	Years used
Ecuador	Woodland Digital Camouflage	Ecuadorian Army	Exact pattern and cut of USMC MARPAT, but with no EGA embroidered		Adopted since late 2007
	US Woodland
	Flames Tigerstripe
	US Subdued Urban Camouflage	Ecuadorian National Police
El Salvador	Vertical Stripe			Indonesia
	US 3-color Desert	Ecuadorian Army on Iraqi mission
	Blue Digital Camouflage	El Salvador National Civil Police SWAT
Guatemala	US Woodland	Current issue of Guatemalan Army
	Jungle Digital Camouflage	Guatemalan Army Special Operations Brigade "Kaibil"	Made by Guatemalan Army Industry		First adopted in 2007. Other army units will have it later.
	US 3-color Desert	Guatemalan Army on Iraqi mission
Honduras	US Woodland
	US 3-color Desert
Nicaragua	US Woodland	Nicaraguan Army
	Blue Woodland Camouflage	Nicaraguan Navy	Blue variant of US 4-color Woodland pattern
Peru	Geometric Splinter
	US Woodland
	Desert PACIPAT (Southern Pacific Pattern) digital Camouflage	Peruvian Army	Designed for coastal areas and Andes		First seen during the Peruvian Independence Day Parade 2007
	Woodland PACIPAT (Southern Pacific Pattern) digital Camouflage	Peruvian Army			Seen at the International Defence exhibition SITDEF 2007 Lima, Peru (November 21-25, 2007)
Venezuela	US Woodland	Venezuela National Armed Forces

[edit] C. and S. America Others

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[edit] Oceania

[edit] Oceania A-Z

Australian DPCU

New Zealand DPM

Country	Camouflage pattern	Used by	Notes	Other user(s)	Years used
Australia	ERDL pattern	SASR			Used during the Vietnam War
	Tigerstripe	SASR			Used during the Vietnam War
	Disruptive Pattern Combat Uniform (DPCU or Auscam)	Current issue of the Australian Defence Force	It is based on the U.S duck hunter patterns of World War II. Its camouflage was designed with arid and desert-like landscapes in mind. It is also known as 'Hearts and Bunies'.		1986-present
	Desert DPCU	Current issue of the Australian Defence Force deployed overseas to desert regions	There was three versions of the pattern: the first one had three colours, the second a pink variant and the third a yellow variant.		2001-present
	OPFOR DPCU	Used by the OPFOR during training	It is basically a 'Red' version of the Auscam. Apparently, the pattern was unexpectedly effective in the red-toned deserts of the Australian Outback.		1997-1998
New Zealand	ERDL pattern	NZSAS			Used during the Vietnam War
	New Zealand DPM		New Zealand uses a print of British DPM pattern. The lightest color in the pattern is slightly more yellowish-brown to suit conditions found in New Zealand.
	British 2-color Desert DPM
Papua New Guinea	New Zealand DPM
Tonga	ERDL brown-dominant pattern	Current standard issue of Tonga Defense Services
	US 3-color Desert	Royal Tongan Marines deployed in Iraq with the USMC			2004

[edit] Oceania Others

Country	Camouflage pattern	Notes	Years used
Australia	MK1 Digial Australian Camouflage	Developed by SORD, an Australian tactical supplier to military and police markets	2005
	Storm Front 6-color digital pattern	Developed and proposed by Australia's Roggenwolf, but rejected by the Australian Defense Force	December 2005
	Platatac TAC Camouflage	A pixelated AUSCAM pattern on ACU-style uniforms by Platatac Outdoors Group Pty. However it no longer has the characteristic 'jelly bean' shapes found in the Auscam.	2007

[edit] References

[edit] Further reading

[edit] External links

• MilitaryPhotos.Net
• Henrik's Camouflage Uniforms of the World
• Mark's Camouflage Uniforms Page