List of military clothing camouflage patterns

This is a list of military camouflage textile patterns used for battledress. Military camouflage is the use of camouflage by a military force to protect personnel and equipment from observation by enemy forces. Textile patterns for uniforms have multiple functions, including camouflage, identifying friend from foe, and esprit de corps.

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.

Africa

Africa A–M

Africa N–Z

Africa others

Asia

Asia A–M

Asia N–Z

Asia others

Middle East

Middle East A–M

Middle East N–Z

Middle East others

Europe

Europe A–F

Europe G–N

Europe O–Z

Europe others

North America

Previously used patterns

North America others

M84 camouflage pattern

The M/84 camouflage pattern (Danish: M/84 Pletsløring), is the current camouflage pattern of the Danish military. The M/84 is a derivative of the Flecktarn B pattern produced by the German firm Marquardt & Schulz. Using the same shapes and pattern, the number of colours was changed from 5 to 3 – choosing olive green, light green and black to better match the colouration of the Danish woodland environment. The use of spots creates a "dithering" effect, which eliminates hard boundaries between the different colors in much the same way the squares in the newest digital camouflage patterns do. The pattern is designed for use in temperate woodland terrain. It has been adapted as desert camouflage by varying the colors. It is currently being replaced by M/11.

History

In 1978 the Danish government developed a camouflage pattern, to be trialled as replacements for the solid olive-grey "moleskin" combat uniform. The T/78 was never adopted but it eventually evolved into the M/84 pattern. The M/84 pattern was introduced in 1984, hence the name (Model 1984). In 2001 the M/01 was introduced, a desert variant, for the fighting in Afghanistan. It was announced in 2012 that the army would replace the current camouflage patterns with MultiCam, dubbed M/11.