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Oct
Oct
The Waffen-SS pea dot was printed, not drawn: its round grains are the raster of a five-colour fabric press. The first non-reversible SS camouflage, 1944.
Tag Archives: multicam
16
Sep
Sep
EMR – Digital Flora – is the pixel pattern that unified the Russian armed forces, and its designers trace its logic not to CADPAT but to Germany’s Flecktarn. The trap in the name, explained.
13
Sep
Sep
The Polish wz. 93 Pantera – a special-forces camouflage turned into a national uniform after a presidential appearance – has outlived its own replacement.
Camouflage History
British DPM: The 50-Year Camouflage That Dressed the British Army, and the Four-Colour Desert DPM It Never Wore
11
Sep
Sep
British DPM, Disruptive Pattern Material, clothed the British Army and its allies for nearly 50 years. This is the story of the four-colour temperate pattern and of the desert DPM Britain built but never wore.
Camouflage History
UCP: The $5 Billion Camouflage That Taught the US Army What “Universal” Can’t Mean
27
Aug
Aug
The Universal Camouflage Pattern was meant to work everywhere and failed. The trials picked a different winner: Natick, Congress, MultiCam and the myths.
26
Aug
Aug
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.