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Disruptive Pattern Camouflage Uniform (DPCU), also nicknamed Auscam, jelly bean camo, or hearts and bunnies is a five-colour military camouflage pattern used by the Australian Defence Force. Replacing the jungle greens used from WWII, it was developed and tested during the late 1970s and early 1980s.
The AMCU has the base pattern of the MultiCam camouflage pattern with a colour palette based on the Disruptive Pattern Camouflage Uniform. [5] [6] The AMCU became the official uniform of the Australian Army in late 2019, with DPCU discontinued and last issued in 2021. [citation needed]
Prior to Federation each of the Australian colonies had maintained their own military forces made up pre-dominantly of volunteers or militia, and the uniforms they adopted generally followed colour and design of the part-time British territorial forces, being mostly green and grey as opposed to the red of the British regular forces, although this was worn by some units. [2]
Australian Army unit colour patches; Australian Multicam Camouflage Uniform; B. Bausele; Boonie hat; C. ... Uniforms of the Australian Army This page was last ...
An Australian variant of the Accuracy International Arctic Warfare, it is the standard-issue sniper rifle in the Australian Army and is chambered for 7.62×51mm. It replaced the Parker Hale Model 82 rifle in the late 1990s. Manufactured under licence in Australia by Thales Australia.
NFP Green, Standard issued camouflage since 2019 in the Royal Netherlands Army. [50] [51] This camouflage is designed to be used in green areas, woods, and urban areas in Europe. Three additional colour variations are in use and are shown below. An arctic version of the NFP is being considered. [52] M19. NFP-Multitone. Flecktarn: 2019
Infantry, and some other combat units of the Australian Army carry flags called the King's Colour and the Regimental Colour, known as "the Colours". [86] Armoured units carry Standards and Guidons – flags smaller than Colours and traditionally carried by Cavalry, Lancer, Light Horse and Mounted Infantry units.
The first approval for the use of distinctive unit colours for Australian army units came from Major General William Throsby Bridges for the 1st Division to fly flags to denote unit areas and lines in Egypt during World War I. C.E.W. Bean made the first reference to unit colour patches to be worn on the uniform, when he described Major General ...