Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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 ().
Vietnam era Tigerstripe is a variant of Lizard. [45] M05: Digital: 2007 c. Finland [47] MM-14: Digital: 2014 Ukrainian Army camouflage used since 2014, replacing the Dubok camo that was developed in 1980 and in service since 1984. [48] [49]
The United States Marine Corps (USMC) adopted the green-dominant version as standard issue in South Vietnam in 1968, and later the U.S. Army introduced it on a wide scale in Southeast Asia. The ERDL-pattern combat uniform was identical in cut to the OG-107 Tropical Combat uniform, commonly called "jungle fatigues", it was issued alongside. [ 7 ]
Types of camouflage designed for military use. This means mechanisms and classes of camouflage systems, not individual patterns. ... Wikipedia® is a registered ...
Systems of military camouflage (not just patterns), designed for applications such as vehicles and other equipment. Pages in category "Camouflage systems" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.
Within the Air Force and Space Force, it is referred to as the OCP (Operational Camouflage Pattern) Uniform, rather than the Army Combat Uniform. [ 5 ] First unveiled in June 2004, it is the successor to the Battle Dress Uniform (BDU) and Desert Camouflage Uniform (DCU) worn from the 1980s and 1990s through to the mid-2000s, respectively.
Military units whose purpose is to research or create camouflage. Pages in category "Military camouflage organisations" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.
The new, smaller, all-volunteer Army could also now afford to equip every soldier with his own camouflaged uniform, and following work at the Army Personnel Research Establishment (APRE) a four-colour camouflage pattern was designed in 1960. From 1969 it was issued in limited quantities on 1960-pattern jackets and trousers.