The Swedish M90 splinter camouflage, scaled from a Cold War airfield design, hides soldiers at a kilometre and became a national symbol.
Monthly Archives: August 2026
Spanish M09 — the MultiCam-derived “digital” pattern that disproves the idea that blocky camouflage is always pixelated.
Two camouflage patterns can look alike yet have nothing to do with each other. Three axes — morphology, family/lineage and nomenclature — keep them apart.
The Rhodesian Brushstroke was born under sanctions in 1965, worn through the Bush War, and outlived Rhodesia itself. Its history, variants and legacy.
How France’s CCE pattern went from 1986 vehicle paint to a 30-year uniform standard — colours, variants, Bosnia to Afghanistan, and the BME that replaced it.
The Universal Camouflage Pattern was meant to work everywhere and failed. The trials picked a different winner: Natick, Congress, MultiCam and the myths.
How Britain’s Multi-Terrain Pattern (MTP) replaced 40 years of DPM: the £250,000 Helmand project, the MultiCam trials, the controversies and the legacy.
Soviet leaf camouflage has many names – KLMK, Berezka, silver leaf, sun bunnies. What the names mean, why it looks ‘digital’, and where it was worn.
Flecktarn won the Bundeswehr’s 1976 trials but took 14 years to adopt. Its history, the Dutch ‘Stippel’ affair, worldwide copies and the Multitarn future.
MegaCamo has always hunted for the unusual: camouflage patterns, insignia and military, police and law-enforcement references you do not find anywhere else. This collection of 400+ unit watches is the latest result of that passion.
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