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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 ().
1948–1979. The ERDL pattern, also known as the Leaf pattern,[2] is a camouflage pattern developed by the United States Army at its Engineer Research & Development Laboratories (ERDL) in 1948. [3][4] It was not used until the Vietnam War, when it was issued to elite reconnaissance and special operations units beginning early 1967. [5][6] The ...
Camouflage is the use of any combination of materials, coloration, or illumination for concealment, either by making animals or objects hard to see, or by disguising them as something else. Examples include the leopard 's spotted coat, the battledress of a modern soldier, and the leaf-mimic katydid 's wings.
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 ...
The dominant camouflage methods on land are countershading and disruptive coloration, supported by less frequent usage of many other methods. [4] The dominant camouflage methods in the open ocean are transparency, [5] reflection, and counterillumination. [6] Transparency and reflectivity are dominant in the top 100 metres (330 ft) of the ocean ...
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.
Frog Skin, also known as Duck Hunter, is a battledress camouflage pattern [2] with mottle and disruptive coloration to blend into the environment similar to a frog 's crypsis skin. [3] The M1942 Frog Skin pattern was the United States military's first attempt at disruptive coloration camouflage. [2]
German World War II camouflage patterns formed a family of disruptively patterned military camouflage designs for clothing, used and in the main designed during the Second World War. The first pattern, Splittertarnmuster ("splinter camouflage pattern"), was designed in 1931 and was initially intended for Zeltbahn shelter halves.