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The Camouflage Central-Europe (French: Camouflage Centre-Europe) is the standard camouflage pattern of the French Armed Forces. [1] It is also used for vehicles of the French Army but with different shapes, since 1986, [2] it took six years to generalize it to the entire military fleet. It is now being replaced since 2020 by the "Scorpion ...
The lizard pattern (TAP47 pattern [1] or Leopard pattern for the French) is a family of many related designs of military camouflage pattern, first used by the French Army on uniforms from 1947 to the late 1980s. It was based on the British paratroopers' Denison smock.
This is a list of military clothing camouflage patterns used for battledress. Military camouflage is the use of camouflage by armed forces 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. [1]
Camouflage Daguet worn by a French officer, middle, during Operation Barkhane in 2016. Introduced in 1988, consisting of broad horizontal tan and brown stripes on a sandy background. The Daguet pattern has been issued in separate uniforms for French troops deployed in countries/territories with desert terrain.
Standard camouflage pattern of the French Armed Forces; In May 2022, it was announced a new camouflage pattern, the Bariolage Multi-Environnement (BME), was being developed and that it would replace the CCE as the standard camouflage pattern. Delivery of the BME has started as of late 2024 as planned with 6000 uniform already delivered.
Military camouflage is the use of camouflage by an armed force to protect personnel and equipment from observation by enemy forces. In practice, this means applying colour and materials to military equipment of all kinds, including vehicles, ships, aircraft, gun positions and battledress, either to conceal it from observation (), or to make it appear as something else ().
Louis Guingot's 1914 prototype "Leopard" pattern camouflage jacket, sent to and returned by the French army, minus a rectangle cut out as a sample Guingot was interested in new decorative processes for fabrics and hangings, which led him to seek a military camouflage unit during the First World War , alongside Jean-Baptiste Eugène Corbin.
The 1915 pattern uniform adopted a German-inspired peaked cap instead, but after Greece's entry in World War I, the Greek military was re-equipped by the French, and the kepi returned to use. It was retained as part of both field and ceremonial uniforms until the adoption of British-style uniforms in 1937.