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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] The list is organized by pattern; only patterned textiles are shown.
Jim Crumley (born 1947) is a Scottish journalist, a former newspaper editor and regular columnist for the Dundee Courier and The Scots Magazine. [1] He is also the author of more than 40 books, mostly on the wildlife and wild landscapes of Scotland, many of them making the case for species reintroductions, or ‘rewilding’. [ 2 ]
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 ().
The U.S. Woodland is a camouflage pattern that was used as the default camouflage pattern issued to the United States Armed Forces from 1981, with the issue of the Battle Dress Uniform, until its replacement in the mid to late 2000s. [2] It is a four color, high contrast disruptive pattern with irregular markings in green, brown, sand and black.
Cuba: Formerly used Cuban-made lizard camos, derived from Soviet camo designs. [22] [21] Cyprus: Some members of the volunteer old-age men Corp (εθνοφύλακες) of the Cypriot National Guard still use it. [24] France: Widely used by French military forces in Vietnam and Algeria. [25] Israel: Used in the 1960s, supplied by France. [5]
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British painter, camouflage in Western Desert: Operation Bertram [26] died 1943. [27] Geoffrey Barkas: 1896–1979: British film maker, Director of Camouflage, Middle East Command [28] Hugh Casson: 1910–1999: British architect, worked on camouflage for Air Ministry 1939–1944 [29] John Codner: 1913–2008: British painter, camouflage in ...
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