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.

The list is organized by pattern; only patterned textiles are shown. It includes current and past issue patterns, with dates; users may include a wide range of military bodies.

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Patterns

+ Name Family Image Issued Users Airman Battle Uniform (ABU) Digital tigerstripe 2008 Formerly used by the United States Air Force and currently used by its civilian auxiliary, Civil Air Patrol.Alpine Tundra PatternWoodland2004Snow camouflage of the French Armed Forces. It is typically worn by the Alpine Hunters of the 27th Mountain Infantry Brigade and other mountain units.

It was developed by Terräng - MP-Sec France. The French Armed Forces were looking for a winter camo for their participation to the ISAF in Afghanistan. AOR-1 (NWU Type II) Digital 2010 United States Navy, certain specialized units only. AOR-2 (NWU Type III) Digital 2010 United States Navy, specialized units before 2016, fleet-wide after 2016. A-TACS Woodland 2010 Used by Peruvian marines and the Haitian National Police. Unlicensed copies are used by the National Guard of Russia under the name of "Ataka". "Original Foliage Green (FG)" variant shown. Australian Multicam Disruptive Pattern Camouflage 2014 Australia Bundeswehr Tropentarn (3-Farb-Tarndruck) Flecktarn 1993 German : tropical battle dress uniform for desert and semi-arid regions (army and air force) was also in use in the Danish army until they changed to M/01 CADPAT TW Digital 1997 Canada; Temperate woodland variant of the Canadian Disruptive Pattern camouflage. Replaced by CADPAT MT in the 2020s. CADPAT ARDigital2002 Canada; Arid region variant of the Canadian Disruptive Pattern camouflage. Replaced by CADPAT MT in the 2020s. CADPAT WODigital Canada; Winter operations variant of the Canadian Disruptive Pattern camouflage. CADPAT MTDigital2021 Canada; Multi-terrain variant of the Canadian Disruptive Pattern camouflage. Camouflage Central-Europe Woodland 1994 French Armed Forces and Turkish Armed Forces.Camouflage Pattern No. 4Digital Semi-MARPAT2009Singapore Armed ForcesDigital Camouflage Combat Uniform (DCCU)Digital2011Taiwanese Army and Air Force Desert Camouflage Pattern (three-color) Woodland 1991 Thailand (VDC), Egypt, United States Desert Camouflage Pattern (six-color) Woodland 1980s United States (formerly). United Arab Emirates (formerly). Used by many other armies in many colour and pattern variations, including Argentina, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Kuwait, Niger, Paraguay, Peru, China, Eritrea, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Libya, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, South Korea (formerly), Spain (only in arid theaters) (formerly), Yemen. Desert Night Camouflage 1991 c. United States (formerly)Disruptive Pattern Camouflage Frog Skin 1986–2017Australian Defence Force Disruptive Pattern Material DPM 1968 United Kingdom, DPM-95 shown. It replaced similar 1960 pattern DPM, introduced in 1968. Replaced by Multi-Terrain Pattern. Indonesia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway (special forces) (formerly), Philippines, Russia, Yemen.Darah MengalirDPM1964Indonesia and Cambodia; Kopassus and Special Forces Command (Cambodia) EMR Camouflage Digital 2011 Russia Erbsenmuster Flecktarn 1944 Germany Erbsentarnmuster Flecktarn 1957 - 1978 Austrian Armed Forces ERDL (M1948) Woodland 1967–1988 Singapore Armed Forces,Singapore_ERDL Turkish Armed Forces late 1980s–1990s, was used by the USMC until the early 1980s and the U.S. Air Force until the late 1980s. Flächentarnmuster, also called Kartoffelmuster (potato pattern), or Blumentarn (flower camouflage) Flecktarn 1956–1967 East German National People's Army Flecktarn Flecktarn 1990 Germany,Newark, Tim (2007). Camouflage. Thames and Hudson, with Imperial War Museum. . Page 157. and at least 16 variants in different countries.Albania; Belgium; China until 2007; Denmark 3-color variant; France; India; Japan; Kyrgyzstan; Poland; Russia; Greece, Ukraine. Frog Skin/Spot Frog Skin 1942 United States. Reversible: 5-color jungle one side, 3-color beach the other. Also sometimes called "Duckhunter." Used by the US, (primarily the USMC) in World War II. Remained in use by the USMC into the 1960s. Also used by Turkey until 1980s in different colorways.Digital2011–presentSouth Korea Hungarian camouflage pattern 2015M Woodland 2015 Used by the Hungarian Defence Force introduced in 2015.HyperStealth Spec4ce Afghan Forest Woodland 2009 Used by the Afghan National Army since 2010. Jigsaw Puzzle 1956 BelgiumKopaska CamouflageDigital2006Indonesian NavyK17(Type 17)Modified duck hunter pattern2017/2018Vietnam; 5 variant colorwaysK20 (Type 20)Woodland2019/2020–presentVietnam; 6 variant colorwaysLeibermusterWoodland1945GermanyRichardson, Francis. (1945). "Camouflage Fabrics both Plain and Printed for Military Use by the German SS and German Army." Reprinted in: Borsarello, J.F. (Ed.). (1990?). SS & Wehrmacht Camouflage, ISO Publications; London. Lizard Lizard 1947 FranceMany variants, both with horizontal stripes (Chad, Gabon, Rwanda, Sudan, Cuba, Congo, Greece) and with vertical stripes (Portugal 1963, then Egypt, Greece, India, Lebanese Palestinians, and Syria). Outside France, Tunisia has probably fielded more varieties of the lizard pattern than any other nation. Vietnam era Tigerstripe is a variant of Lizard.Linud CamouflageDigital2012Indonesian Strategic Reserve M05 Digital 2007 c. FinlandLicence of M05/M04 Design at site of National Board of Patents and Registration of Finland M10 Digital 2011 Standard camouflage of the Serbian Armed Forces.MM-14Digital2014Ukrainian Army camouflage used since 2014, replacing the Dubok camo that was developed in 1980 and in service since 1984. Ukraine though now has multiple patterns that it received from NATO and other western partners since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Ukraine uses yellow, blue and green markings (usually in a form of a duck tape) on the uniform to prevent friendly fire.M19 Netherlands Fractal Pattern Green (NFP-Green)Flecktarn2019NFP Green, Standard issued camouflage since 2019 in the Royal Netherlands Army . 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.M19 NFP-MultitoneFlecktarn2019NFP Multitone is in use in the Royal Netherlands Army. It is used for packs and load carriage equipment. The fabric being coarser, it is difficult to incorporate all the details. I uses therefore less colours than the Tan and the Green, and takes mixes both so that they can use it in both environments efficiently enough.M19 NFP-NavyFlecktarn2020In use in the Royal Dutch Navy since 2020, and used by the Belgian Navy since 2021M19 NFP-TanFlecktarn2019Camouflage in use in the Royal Netherlands Army in desert and arid climates.M20 WoodLatPatSplinter—2020The Latvian Land Forces unveiled a new standard camouflage pattern. It uses a similar concept to the Swedish M90 Splinter camo, but with smaller shapes. M84 Flecktarn 1984 Denmark; 9 color variants. France; Latvia; Lithuania; Russia; Sweden; Turkey; Was used by Estonian Defence Forces until 2006, when it was replaced with ESTDCU M90F Splinter 1989 Standard camouflage of the Swedish armed forces. The Latvian Land Forces used it in 1996 for the SFOR mission, the uniforms were surplus equipment of the Swedish Army. Two additional colour patterns exist and described below.M90KSplinter2004Introduced for the Afghan mission of the Swedish armed forces, colours of the standard M90F were changed for an arid environment.M90 WinterSplinter—Used by Sweden and by the Royal Netherlands Army special force group Korps Commandotroepen (KCT)M2017Woodland2017Introduced for the Romanian Armed Forces in 2017. Has three variants: Army, Navy, and Air Force. Similar to MultiCam.Marina Trans Jungle (US4CES)Digital—2015Mexican Naval Infantry Marine Pattern (MARPAT) Digital 2002 United States Marine Corps (arid variant shown), some U.S. Navy sailors assigned to USMC units, and U.S. Marine Corps JROTC cadets. The temperate variant was used by the Georgian Army in the late 2000s, but has since been replaced by a domestic variant of MultiCam. MultiCam Woodland 2002 U.S. Armed Forces, Angola, Brazil, Australia,New combat uniform makes troops job easier , Australian Department of Defence, 19 November 2010.Land Warfare Conference - Minister for Defence Materiel , Australian Department of Defence, 19 November 2010. Austrian Armed Forces Jagdkommando, Cypriot National Guard, Denmark, Montenegro, New Zealand, Panama, South Korea, ROK Ministry of National Defense, Defense Media Agency flickr page, 2013,01,18 Thailand, Indonesia, Bolivia, Tunisia, Turkish Navy Azerbaijani Armed Forces, the Canadian Special Operations Forces Command, Georgian Armed Forces, and the Haitian National Police. Also known as Scorpion. Norwegian Special Forces (FSK, MJK) Woodland 2024 French Army, the BME (Bariolage Multi-Environnement) will replace the Central Europe Pattern and the Daguet Desert Pattern from 2024. The pattern was designed by the . The base colour is the one used on all new French vehicles, "Brown French Soil" (Brun Terre de France).Woodland—2024French Army, it will replace the Alpine Tundra Pattern from 2024. This pattern is used by the "Alpine Rangers" (Chasseurs Alpins). It uses the same pattern as the BME but with a white background, light gray spots, and small patches made of a darker colour based on a humid trunk.MultitarnFlecktarn2016In 2016, the Bundeswehr Research Institute for Materials and Operating Materials (WIWeB) developed a universal camouflage following the lead of many allies in their purchase of the MultiCam camo for their special forces, and its 6 colours are very close to it. It was developed as the new standard pattern for the Bundeswehr but has yet only entered service with the special forces. Multi-Terrain Pattern Disruptive Pattern Material 2010 British Armed Forces, it is a combination of the Army's previous camouflage, DPM and MultiCam. It is supposedly more effective than MultiCam itself, due to the integration of more natural and fluid shapes of the DPM pattern.M06 ESTDCUDigital2006Estonian Defence ForcesM/98 WoodlandWoodland1998–PresentNorway.Woodland2022Switzerland This camouflage will be the standard one for the new personal equipment of the Swiss Army (MBAS armament program).

The pattern is based on the TAZ 90, and the black colour was replaced by a light brown, and is also designed to provide multispectral stealth properties (IR and radar).MOUT T-pattern?1990sUnited States Marine Corps developed the experimental T-pattern or T-block pattern for Operation Urban Warrior.Wood, A. A. “MARINE CORPS LAB PLANS ‘HIDDEN MANEUVER’ APPROACH TO URBAN FIGHTING.” Inside the Pentagon, vol. 13, no. 35, 1997, pp. 1–22. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/43993987. Accessed 27 Feb. 2026.NWU Type I Digital 2008–2019 United States Navy, New York State Naval Militia, and U.S. Naval Sea Cadet Corps. Retired by the U.S. Navy in 2019. Operational Camouflage Pattern (OCP) Woodland 2015 United States, replacing Universal Camouflage Pattern by 2019. An enlarged, slightly modified version of MultiCam. Also known as Scorpion W2. Platanenmuster Flecktarn 1937 Germany: summer (shown) and autumn variants. Rain pattern Rain 1960 c. Warsaw Pact countries: Poland ("deszczyk"), Czechoslovakia ("jehličí"), East Germany ("Strichtarn"), and Bulgaria