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Camouflage Patterns

List of camouflage patterns

Example of camouflage pattern

This is a list of military camouflage patterns used in battledress & Combat Clothing, ordered by continent and country of origin with other users listed in brackets. The list includes current issue and past issue patterns.
Example of camouflage pattern  

Contents

 

Africa

A-M

  • Burkina Faso
    • Ragged Stripe
  • 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. (Also used by Somalia, Sudan)
  • Ethiopia
    • Central European pattern
  • Gabon
    • Blue Gendarmerie
  • Kenya
    • 4-Colour Semi- Arid, used by Kenyan peacekeeping troop in Sierra Leone, also adopted by Malawi, Zambia
    • British DPM, currently used by Kenyan Army.
    • Greyish Lime DPM, currently used by Kenyan Navy.
  • Malawi
    • Four-Colour Semi-Arid
  • Mozambique
    • Portuguese Lizard pattern
    • Semi-Arid Lizard pattern (also used by Afghan Northern Alliance)

N-Z

  • Rwanda
    • US Woodland
    • Six-Colour Desert Pattern, "Chocolate-chip camouflage"
  • 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 (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
    • US Six-Color Desert Pattern, "Chocolate-chip camouflage"
    • US 3-color Desert
    • Blue DPM, used by Sudan Police Force.
  • Togo
    • Blue Digital Camouflage, firstly seen on the military parade (Sept 23, 2007)
  • 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.

  • Zambia
    • Four-Colour Semi-Arid

Other

  • Countries that used or are using variations of Lizard pattern (originated in France):
    • Brown Lizard (Zambia)
    • Desert Lizard (Cameroon)
    • Red Vertical Lizard (Egypt, Syria)
    • Three-Colour Lizard (Cameroon, Chad)
    • Vertical Lizard (Angola, Brazil, Mozambique, Portugal, Sudan, Uganda, Singapore)

Asia

A-M

  • Afghanistan
    • Semi-Arid Lizard pattern (used by Afghanistan UIF Northern Alliance during Afghan Civil War 1996-2001)
    • US Woodland (currently used by Afghanistan National Army)
    • Arid Digital Camouflage (used by Afghanistan Special Narcotics Force ASNF)
    • Woodland Digital Camouflage (similar to USMC MARPAT camo, and briefly used by Counter Narcotic Police of Afghanistan CNPA)
  • Cambodia
    • British DPM, currently issued to Royal Cambodian Army, and Royal Gendarmerie.
    • US Woodland, used by High Command of Royal Cambodian Armed Forces.
    • Bleeding Vines pattern, also used by Indonesia.
China (PRC) Type 07 (woodland) digital camouflage pattern, 2007  
China (PRC) Type 07 (woodland) digital camouflage pattern, 2007  
  • China (PRC)
    • Seaweed
    • Type 81
    • Type 87 Plateau Camouflage: used for north temperate woodland during fall/winter season, 1987~early 90s.
    • Type 99: also used by North Korea.
    • 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.
    • Army Special Force Hot Climate short-sleeve uniform, styled on US ERDL camo: used by PLA Army LRRP at China tropical terrain during 90s.
    • Coastal Defense Camouflage: used by PLAN Coastal Defense Force and pilots of PLA Naval Aviation.
    • Experimental PLA Woodland Flecktarn Camouflage: similar to Japan's Type II camo, and shortly tested by PLA Border Defense units in the northmost area of China-Russia border such as Heilongjiang and Mohe during early 2000s.
    • Type 02 Green Central European Camouflage: the copy of French Central European F2 cut and camo in green dominant, and also called as "Erna Camo" which solely used by China PLA team during Estonia's annual international military competition "Erna Raid" in 2002.
    • Type 03 Plateau Camouflage: it is brown-dominant camo and also called as "'Tibetan Flecktarn" which used for Tibetan Plateau and Beijing Military Region, 2003~.
    • Type 03 Snow Camouflage Hooded Cape: brown spruces on white background, used with Type 03 Plateau Camouflage uniform for alpine ops in winter.
    • 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 07 Digital Camouflage: (woodland, arid, urban, and ocean variants) first digital camouflage used by PLA, 2007~.
    • Type 87 Armed Police Camouflage: issued to China Armed Police Force before 1998.
    • Type 01 Armed Police Combat & Training Uniform: replaced Type 87 Armed Police camo, 1998-2005.
    • Type 87 Armed Police Bright Orange Pattern: based on Type 87 Armed Police Camo, but with new 4-color pattern (dark green, maroon and magenta on bright orange). Also known as "Flame Camo", which officially adopted by CAPF Forestry Firefighters as field uniform since 2005. Although local wildland firefighters across the country prefer uniform 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 market.
    • Type 05 Armed Police Digital Camouflage: first digital camo officially adopted in China by China Armed Police Force, 2005~.
  • 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 Soldier 95 DPM pattern (lately adopted by Hong Kong Police Force)
    • ERDL pattern (recently used on cold weather Gore-Tex field jacket by HK Police Quick Reaction Force)
  • 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 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)
    • Woodland Digital Camouflage Shortly used by Indonesian Army Raiders Battalions (abbrev. RAIDERS) in 2003
    • 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)
    • 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~)
  • Kazakhstan
    • Russian Green Les 4-color Woodland pattern, newly used by Kazakhstan Armed Forces.
    • US Six-Color Desert Pattern, "Greyish Brown Chocolate-chip camouflage": currenty used by Kazakhstan Armed Forces.
    • US Six-Color Desert Pattern, "Blue-dominant Chocolate-chip camouflage": used by Kazakhstan Army special airborne forces.
  • Malaysia
    • Zebra Woodland pattern (Black stripes on 4-color woodland background)
    • Zebra 3-color Desert pattern (earth brown stripes on light green and sand background, which firstly seen on Malaysian peacekeeping troop on UN mission in Lebanon 2007)
    • Subdued Woodland pattern, used by Royal Malaysian Police Force.
    • Bomda pattern, used by Malaysian fire & rescue services.
    • A pattern based on the style of the pattern of the British Denison Smock featuring palm-frond-like shapes.
  • Myanmar
    • Woodland 4-color ERDL-style pattern, used by Myanmar Army.
    • Arid 4-color ERDL-style pattern, used by Myanmar Air Force.
    • Blueish 4-color ERDL-style pattern, used by Myanmar Navy.
  • Mongolia
    • Brown 4-Color Arid Camouflage (currently used by Mongolian Armed Forces)

N-Z

  • Nepal
    • Swirl
    • Nepalese 4-Color Camouflage (very similar to the Japan Type I camo, and current issue of Nepal Army)
    • Blue DPM pattern (used by Nepalese Police before 2006)
    • Light Blue Greyish Woodland (currently used by Nepalese Police Force)
  • Pakistan
    • A Denison Smock- type pattern
    • Arid Woodland
    • Woodland
    • Six-Color Desert Pattern, "Chocolate-chip camouflage" (also used by Iraq, Oman, South Korea, United States)
    • Three-Colour Desert (also used by Chile, El Salvador, Hungary, Israel, Kuwait, Netherlands, UAE, United States)
    • Two Colour Desert
  • The Philippines
    • Army 2000 Subdued DPM, introduced in 1998, and fully adopted by Philippine Army & Air Force since 2001.
    • Marines 2000 Subdued Woodland Leaf, 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.
  • Singapore (ROS)
    • 1975 ERDL pattern
    • 1990 ERDL pattern, currently issued to Singaporean Armed Forces
  • South Korea (ROK)
    • Duck Hunter camo (50s-60s)
    • Eggshell
    • Tigerstripe (during Vietnam War)
    • Geometric Turtle Shell pattern (issued to the Airborne Battalions of ROK Marine Corps before the first disbandment by presidential order (Chun Doo-Hwan, '80-'88) in 1980, also used by Palestine 70s)
    • Swirl (also used by Angola, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Iraq, Libya, Nepal, Peru)
    • ROK Woodland (Based on US Woodland but with brighter tone, and currently issued)
    • Woodland Digital Camouflage (2006-)
    • US Woodland (used by ROK Marine Corps)
    • Six-Color Desert Pattern, "Chocolate-chip camouflage" (also used by Iraq, Saudi Arabia, United States) (-2003)
    • ROK 3-Color Desert (2004-current)
  • Sri Lanka
    • British DPM pattern: used by Sri Lankan Police Special Task Force.
    • US Woodland: currently used by Sri Lankan Army.
    • Blue 4-color Woodland: currently used by Sri Lankan Air Force.
    • Tamil Tigerstripe pattern: used by 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 colour.
    • Tamil Tigerstripe Light Blue variant: used by "Black Tigers" the air commandos of Tamil Tigers.
  • Taiwan (ROC)
    • Air Force ERDL yellow-dominant pattern (~90s)
    • Geometric pattern helmet cover
    • ERDL pattern vertical (~90s)
    • ERDL pattern horizontal (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 Digital Camouflage (developed by Universal Joint International Ltd. and proposed to ROC Army)
    • Woodland Digital Camouflage (First digital camouflage scheme adopted by ROCA and firstly seen on the ROC National Day Parade 2007)
    • Urban Digital Camouflage (First digital camouflage scheme 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~)
  • Thailand
    • Green ERDL Woodland pattern (currently used by Royal Thai Army)
    • US Woodland (used by Royal Thai Marine Corps & Royal Thai Navy SEAL teams)
    • Tigerstripe (used by Thai Border Patrol Police)
  • Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste (East Timor)
    • Portuguese DPM pattern, currently used by Timor-Leste Defense Force (F-FDTL).
  • Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam, 1955– 1975)
    • Bamboo Leaf Beo Gam, Leopard spot, or Duckhunter's pattern, a US commercial pattern
    • National Police pattern A print in 4 colours 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, and this is a "police" pattern.
    • Denison Smock-style Airborne pattern Seen in Military Illustrated, Feb. 1988
    • ERDL Airborne pattern, a pigment reprint of US ERDL pattern.
    • Tigerstripe originating with the use by the RVN Marines, spreading to other formations in many different iterations
Tigerstripe
  • Socialist Republic of Vietnam(Vietnam, 1976-now)
    • Tigerstripe with Palm Leaf
Tigerstripe  

Other

  • Countries that used or are using variations of the Tigerstripe patterns developed during the Vietnam War:
    • Shadow Tigerstripe (used by Thailand)
    • Sparse Tigerstripe (used by the Philippines)
    • Silver Sparse Tigerstripe (also used by Vietnam)

 

Middle East

A-M

  • Iran
    • US Woodland, standard issue of Iran Army
    • Safariflage DPM pattern, used by Iranian Army 65th Airborne Special Force Brigade "Green Berets"
    • Safari sand-dominant DPM pattern, used by Iranian Army 23th Commando Division
    • Duck Hunter pattern, used by Iranian Army Mountain Division
    • US Six-Color Desert Pattern, used by Iran Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) Naval Commandos
    • Six-Color Desert Pattern, "Purple chocolate-chip camo", used by Iranian Navy Marine Corps
    • Blue Cloud Horizontal pattern, used by Iranian Air Force
  • Iraq
    • 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 Iraqi forces from US 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.
    • Greyish Blue 4-color DPM pattern, issued to police force (trained by British troops since 2003) in Basra province of southeastern Iraq.
    • 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.
  • Israel
    • French Lizard, briefly used between late 1960s and late 1970s.
  • Jordan
    • KA2 digital camouflage (pixelated pattern developed by HyperStealth)
  • Kuwait
    • Two-color Amoeba pattern
    • US 3-colour Desert
    • 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)
  • Lebanon
    • US Woodland, used by Lebanese Armed Forces.

 

N-Z

  • Palestine (PNA)
    • Subdued Blue DPM, used by Palestinian (Hamas) security forces
    • US Woodland, used by Palestinian security forces
  • Saudi Arabia
    • Six-Color Desert Pattern "Light Gray Chocolate-chip camouflage" (also known as "Saudi Arabian Desert Camo", used by Saudi Arabian Marine Corps, 1980s)
    • Six-Color Desert Pattern "Chocolate-chip horizontal camouflage" (used by Royal Saudi Arabian Armed Forces, 1990s)
    • Six-Color Desert Pattern "Greyish Green Chocolate-chip camouflage" (currently used by Saudi Arabian Police Forces)
  • Syria
    • Arid Brushstroke
  • United Arab Emirates (UAE)
    • Thule
    • Experimental DESTEX Digital Camouflage (pixelated pattern developed by HyperStealth)
  • Yemen
    • New Zealand DPM (used by Yemen Army)
    • Six-Color Desert Pattern "Dark Brown Chocolate-chip camouflage"
    • Subdued Blue DPM (used by Yemeni Security Forces)

 

Other

  • Palestinian Authority (a non-state entity)
    • Blotch (also used by Syria)
  • Countries that used or are using variations of Lizard pattern:
    • Dark Lizard (used by Iraq)

 

Europe

A-F

  • 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.

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

  • Belgium
    • Moons and Balls, a Denison Smock-type pattern
    • Brushstroke (used by Algeria, Iraq, Malaysia, Palestinian Authority)
    • Jigsaw, a 4-colour 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. (Used by Burundi, Chad, Republic of Congo, Libya, Democratic Republic of Congo)
    • Waves
    • Flecktarn (used briefly during the early 90's by the Belgian Air Force)
  • Bulgaria
    • Squiggle Splinter A Splinter-type pattern with fascinating squiggles in place of the straight "rain" part of the pattern. (Also used by Slovenia)
  • Bosnia
    • Bihac Pocket
    • Woodland
    • Woodland digital camouflage, standard issue since 2006. (exact pattern & cut of USMC MARPAT but no EGA embroidered)
  • Croatia
    • US Woodland
    • US 3-color Desert
    • Desert digital camouflage, pixelated on 3-color desert camo. 2007~
  • Cyprus
    • Greek Lizard pattern, standard issue of Cypriot National Guard.
    • Woodland Digital Camouflage, used by Cypriot National Guards Army special force Rangers.(exact pattern & cut of USMC MARPAT but no EGA embroidered)
    • Universal Digital Camouflage (ACU), used by Cypriot National Guard Rangers special operations team TEO (US ACU camo on MARPAT-style uniform)
    • US Woodland, used by Cypriot National Guard Navy underwater demolitions unit "MYK".
  • 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.
    • Red desert Trial uniform with spraypaint effect on orangey base colour
  • Czech Republic
    • "vz.95 */type 95/"
    • Salamander
    • Beige (used by Slovakia)
    • Branch (used by Bosnia, Serbia)
    • Clouds (used by Vietnam)
    • Green (used by Slovakia)
  • Denmark
    • M/84, current issue pattern of the Military of Denmark (also used by Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Sweden Police)
    • M98
    • T/78
    • T/99, current issue desert pattern of the Military of Denmark.
  • 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.
  • France
    • Central Europe (current issue of French Armed Forces and also used by Austria, Jordan, Morocco, UAE & some African countries)
    • FELIN Camouflage (developed by Sagem to field with all French Army active infantry regiments by 2010)
    • Tunddra 3-Color Snow Camouflage Suit (green and pink stripes on white background, lately developed by Arktis for French Army 27th Mountain Infantry Brigade)
    • Daguet
    • Léopard (Tenue Léopard) (used by Congo, Libya, Vietnam)
    • Lizard (also used by Algeria, Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Croatia, Gabon, Greece, India, Israel, Ivory Coast, Kenya)
      • Lizard variant: M63 Vertical Lizard (used by Portugal)
      • Lizard variant: Purple Lizard (camouflage) (used by Serbia and Montenegro)
    • Tigerstripe (used by Ecuador, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, Thailand, USA, Vietnam)
      • Tigerstripe variant: Dark Vertical Tigerstripe, Light Vertical Tigerstripe (used by Singapore)

 

G-N

  • Republic of Georgia
    • German Flecktarn, used by Georgian peacekeeping troop on NATO KFOR mission in 2005.
    • US Woodland ~2007
    • US 3-color Desert
    • Woodland digital camouflage (exact pattern and cut of USMC MARPAT uniform without EGA), 2007~
  • Germany
    • Federal Republic of Germany
      • Flecktarn, current issue of German Armed Forces (also used by Albania, Austria, Belgium, Romania)
      • Punktmuster (also used by 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 using straight lines and angles in the main splotches and needle like streaks over that.
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 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   The German Bundesgrenzschutz-Sumpftarnmuster (BGS marsh pattern) from 1952-1976    
The German "Buntfarbenmuster 31" ("Splinter", bright side) from 1931-1945 and 1951-1962 (BGS)   The German Bundesgrenzschutz- Sumpftarnmuster (BGS marsh pattern) from 1952-1976    
  • German Empire e.g. Third Reich
    • Wehrmacht:
      • Marsh (Sumpfmuster) This has the same forms as Splinter pattern, but the screens have been remade with blurry edges, and the colours are different. Used by the Bundesgrenzshutz [border guards] after WWII. (also used by Czech Republic, Libya)
      • Leibermuster (also used by Belgium, Czech Republic, Switzerland)
      • "Splinter-B" Used by Luftwaffe paratroops in WWII.
    • SS:
      • Oak Leaf (also used by Egypt, Iraq)
      • Palm (Palmenmuster)
      • 1944 Dot (Erbsenmuster)
      • Plane Tree (Platanenmuster)
      • Smoke (Rauchtarnmuster)
  •  
    • German Democratic Republic (GDR) , known colloquially as East Germany
    • Rain, Line, [Stricheldruckmuster] Exported heavily during GDR times and afterward, largely to Africa.
    • Loop
    • Flächentarnmuster', AKA "Potato", "Blumentarn", late 1950's-late 1960's, olive, blue-green and brown ragged splotches over light olive.
    • 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
    • ''Telo mimetico A 3-colour pattern first used in 1929, thus the world's first pattern-printed camouflage military uniform. In use through the 1970's. The name means simply "camouflage cloth".
    • US Woodland
    • Snow Suit (white background with green spots)
    • Beach Assault
    • Desert Spray
    • Vegetato, a 4-colour digital pattern in temperate and desert colourways
  • Luxembourg
    • US Woodland, standard issue of Luxembourgian Army.
    • Belgium Jigsaw Pattern, used by Luxembourg contingent on peacekeeping mission abroad.
    • Belgium Desert Jigsaw Pattern
  • Republic of Macedonia
    • Four-Colour Dark
    • US Woodland
    • US 3-color Desert, currently used in Iraq.
  • 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 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.
  • Norway
    • Air Force Spot Camouflage (used by Royal Norwegian Air Force)
    • M/75
    • M/98 battle uniform
    • M/2000 battle uniform (woodland and desert variants. Desert version also used by Icelandic Crisis Response Unit in Afghanistan)
    • M/2002 cold weather uniform

O-Z

Polish camouflage pattern
  • Poland
    • Moro
    • Puma
    • Pantera (panther)
    • Suez, looks very close to MultiCam but without lime green, and briefly used by Poland elite units like GROM, BOR.
    • MultiCam used by CBS
Polish camouflage pattern "moro", 1970s-80s  
  • Portugal
    • M61
    • M63 Vertical Lizard
    • Portuguese DPM, used by Portuguese Army since late 1990s.
    • US Woodland, used by Portuguese Air Force.
    • Experimental Portuguese Arid DPM, tested by Portuguese Air Force ISAF mission in Afghanistan
  • Romania
    • Parsley (persilla)
    • M2002 Romanian DPM
    • M2002 Romanian Desert DPM
  • Russia
    • Flora (also used by Ukraine)
    • Gorod,Gorod-1
    • Kamysh
    • KLMK
    • Les
    • Schofield (also used by Afghanistan)
    • SMK
Serbian flag with desert digital camouflage pattern
  • Serbia
    • M93 (also used by Federal Republic of Yugoslavia or Serbia and Montenegro)
    • M-02
    • M-03 Woodland
    • M-03-DIGI

 
Serbian flag with desert digital camouflage pattern  
  • Spain
    • Amoeba (Overlapping splotches) Many colour 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)
    • Amoeba (also used by Kuwait, Latvia, Oman, Poland, Syria)
      • variants Desert, Brown, Green Forest, Rocks and Mountain Amoeba (different pattern to that used by Spain)
    • KZS
    • Leaf
    • Sun-ray (also used by Russia, Ukraine)
    • TTsMKK
  • Sweden
    • M90 Splinter Temperate Woodland
    • 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, containing 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 uncoloured, 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 1990's.

 

U.K. DPM
  • United Kingdom (UK)
    • 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)
    • Denim Windproof
    • Desert Tigerstripe, briefly used by UK Special Forces during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
U.K. DPM  
  • Yugoslavia
    • M89 (also used by Federal Republic of Yugoslavia or Serbia and Montenegro)
    • Stencilled Leaf (also used by Croatia)

 

North America

CADPAT
  • Canada
    • British DPM (this is the 1975 British paratrooper 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 (colloquially as "relish"; woodland and arid variants, adopted by Canadian Forces since late 2001)
    • CADETPAT (adopted 2004 – Woodland MARPAT camo on CADPAT-style uniform which endorsed by the Royal Canadian Army Cadets (RCAC) League as RCAC field uniform)
CADPAT  
  • Mexico
    • US Woodland, used by Mexican Armed Forces.
    • US Three-Colour Desert
    • US Subdued Urban Camouflage, used by Federal Preventive Police GOPES.
NWU   Six-Color Desert Pattern  
NWU   Six-Color Desert Pattern  
  • United States (USA)
    • Current:
      • MARPAT (woodland and desert variants), U.S. Marine Corps (adopted 2002).
      • Universal Camouflage Pattern (ACU), U.S. Army (adopted 2005 for the Army Combat Uniform, also used by Chile, Cyprus, Côte d'Ivoire FAFN).
      • Airman Battle Uniform (ABU), U.S. Air Force (adopted 2007).
      • Navy Working Uniform (NWU), U.S. Navy (confirmed in 2007, and will be released after mid 2008).
      • MultiCam, also known as "Scorpion Camo" which featured in the Army Future Force Warrior program.
    • Older:
      • Three-Colour Desert: 1990-present. Currently being phased out. (also used by Chile, El Salvador, Hungary, Israel, Kuwait, Netherlands, UAE, Pakistan)
      • US Woodland (also used by 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)
      • Six-Color Desert Pattern "Chocolate-chip camouflage": ca. 1982-1993. (also used by China, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, South Korea, Spain, Pakistan, Yemen)
      • Urban Track, one of the CCU trial variants, tested by US Army in 2003 and became the predecessor of ACU
      • Experimental T-pattern Urban Camouflage: tested by U.S. Marine Corps for Military Operation on Urbanized Terran (MOUT) in late 1990s
      • Desert Night Camouflage: 1990-1991
      • Experimental All Seasons All Terrains (ASAT) Camouflage: tested by US Army Natick in mid 1980s
      • Experimental 2-color Desert Daytime Camouflage: tested by US Army in 1987
      • Experimental 4-color ERDL Arid Camouflage: based on Transitional ERDL but in dark brown, tan, earth sand and light green. late 1970s
      • Dual-texture ("digital", late 70's 2nd Cav)
      • ERDL Pattern (also used by 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" (also used by India, Thailand)
      • Tigerstripe:1965-1975. (limited, non-issue use, originating in Vietnam)
      • Duck Hunter, AKA Frog-Skin Used extensively by the USMC from 1942 to 1944. Began to be discarded when commanders found that the pattern made movement more obvious even if it made unmoving soldiers less visible. (Also used by Bangladesh, Brazil, France, Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras, Indonesia, Lebanon, Mexico, Nicaragua, Paraguay, South Korea, Vietnam)

 

Central and South America

A-D

  • Brazil
    • Ragged Leaf, a Lizard pattern
  • Colombia
    • Colombian Digital Camouflage Pattern (Woodland and arid versions, starting 2006 with the Colombian Army)
  • Chile
    • US Woodland
    • US 3-color Desert
    • US Universal Camouflage Pattern (ACU), used by Chile Army Brigada de Operaciones Especiales in Southwest Asia.
  • Cuba
    • Elm Leaf
    • Grey Lizard
  • Dominican Republic
    • US Woodland
    • US 3-color Desert
    • Tactical Tigerstripe, used by Dominican Police Special Service Unit.

 

E-Z

  • Ecuador
    • US Woodland
    • Flames Tigerstripe
    • US Subdued Urban Camouflage (used by Ecuadorian National Police)
  • El Salvador
    • Vertical Stripe (also used by Indonesia)
    • US 3-color Desert
  • Guatemala
    • US Woodland, current issue of Guatemalan Army
    • Jungle Digital Camouflage, made by Guatemalan Army Industry, and firstly adopted by Guatemalan Army Special Operations Brigade "Kaibil" in 2007. Other army units will have it later.
    • US 3-color Desert
  • Peru
    • Geometric Splinter
    • US Woodland
  • Venezuela
    • US Woodland (used by Venezuela National Armed Forces)

 

Oceania

  • Australia
    • ERDL pattern (used by SASR during Vietnam War)
    • Tigerstripe (used by SASR during Vietnam War)
    • Disruptive Pattern Combat Uniform (DPCU or Auscam), current issue for Australian Defence Force
    • Desert DPCU, current issue for Australian Defence Force deployed overseas to desert regions.
    • OPFOR DPCU, used by OPFOR during training.
  • New Zealand
    • ERDL pattern (used by NZSAS during Vietnam War)
    • 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
  • Papua New Guinea
    • New Zealand DPM

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