Danish M84 “Pletsløring”: The Flecktarn-Derived Spot Pattern
Danish M84 Pletsløring — a three-colour Flecktarn-derived spot pattern that served the Danish army for over 30 years.
Camouflage History
The stories behind the world’s military camouflage patterns — from German WWII and Soviet leaf to ERDL, UCP, MTP and today’s digital prints.
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German World War II Camouflage, Explained
The full German World War II camouflage family – Splittertarn, Platanen, Rauchtarn, Sumpf, Erbsenmuster – and the myths that surround it.
Belgian Jigsaw: The Puzzle Pattern That Belongs to Belgium
Belgian jigsaw camouflage — the puzzle pattern used by the Belgian Army from 1956 to 2022. Design origin, generations (m/56, 1999, desert), African variants, and why Belgium switched to Multicam.
CADPAT: The Pattern That Started the Digital Camouflage Revolution
CADPAT — how Canada created the first operational digital camouflage: four variants, 1990s testing, its influence on MARPAT, and why it is now being replaced.
Swiss Alpenflage: The Most Complex Cold War Camouflage in Europe
Swiss Alpenflage — the six-colour Leibermuster-derived cold-war pattern, nicknamed the four-fruit pyjama, that dressed a neutral army for three decades.
Czech Vz95: How an American Design Became a Central European Signature
Czech vz.95 — the ERDL-derived leaf pattern conceived for Czechoslovakia in 1985 and revived as the standard of a new NATO member.
Russian VSR “Dubok”: The Pattern That Emerged From the Soviet Collapse
Russian VSR Dubok — the first broadly issued Russian camouflage, amid a galaxy of hard-to-tell-apart post-Soviet patterns.
Finnish M05: One Boreal Landscape, Sixty Years of Camouflage
The Finnish M05 camouflage family — M62, M91 and M05 — shows Finland’s season- and terrain-specific approach to camouflage, tuned for boreal summer, winter, cold and desert.
Swedish M90: The Splinter Pattern That Turned a Cold War Airfield Design Into a National Symbol
The Swedish M90 splinter camouflage, scaled from a Cold War airfield design, hides soldiers at a kilometre and became a national symbol.
Spanish M09: The “Digital” Camouflage That Isn’t
Spanish M09 — the MultiCam-derived “digital” pattern that disproves the idea that blocky camouflage is always pixelated.