 British Soldier 95 woodland pattern DPM, also known as ' DPM-95
 British soldier wearing two-colour desert variant (1991) Disruptive Pattern Material (DPM) is a camouflage pattern used by British forces as well many other armies worldwide, particularly in former colonies. Direct copies or variations of DPM have been used by Canada, Jordan, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Oman, Pakistan, Portugal, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia and the United Arab Emirates, to name but a few. Image File history File links Brtish_dpm. ...
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Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (875x586, 93 KB) Description: Desert Shield - Company C, 1st Battalion, The Staffordshire Regiment, 1st UK Armoured Division live fire training exercise to assault mock village and trench complex, rifleman in trench providing covering fire, 6 January 1991. ...
Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (875x586, 93 KB) Description: Desert Shield - Company C, 1st Battalion, The Staffordshire Regiment, 1st UK Armoured Division live fire training exercise to assault mock village and trench complex, rifleman in trench providing covering fire, 6 January 1991. ...
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The main variant is a four-colour woodland pattern with olive, green, brown and black, there is also a two-colour desert variant in tan and brown. DPM has been criticised for its use of black, as “there’s no black in nature!” but once faded, it becomes dull and subdued.
It is not to be confused with the Australian Disruptive Pattern Camouflage Uniform (DPCU). Australian soldier on right wearing DPCU, British soldier on left wearing Disruptive Pattern Material Disruptive Pattern Camouflage Uniform (also called Auscam, Austcam, Ozcam or DPCU) is a five-colour military camouflage pattern used by the Australian military. ...
History
The British army had used a disruptive pattern material for the famous Denison Smock issued to parachute troops from the early 1940s. The first examples of this design were hand-painted. The Dennison smock was a coverall jacket issued to British paratroopers to wear over their battledress uniform. ...
A general issue British DPM was developed in the 1960s, and in 1966 the Army introduced for the first time a camouflage field uniform, the Smock, combat, 1966 Pattern and Trousers, combat, 1966 Pattern. These replaced the plain olive green 1960 Pattern Smock and Trousers which had replaced the Second World War-era khaki Battledress. In doing this the British army was the first to adopt a camouflage uniform universally. Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ...
Khaki is a common material in military uniforms Khaki is a type of fabric or the colour of such fabric. ...
US Army soldiers wearing the new Army Combat Uniform, Desert Camouflage Uniform, and a World War II-era uniform (L to R) Battledress is a general term for the military uniform worn into combat, as opposed to display dress and formal uniforms worn at parades and functions. ...
The 1966 pattern DPM design used the four basic western European temperate colours of black, dark brown, mid-green and a dark sand to make a very effective camouflage that has survived in its basic design, with slight changes to the colours, until current times.
Before the 1966 Pattern equipment had reached all units a slightly revised design of garments and DPM fabric were introduced in 1968 as the 1968 Pattern range. A Hood, combat, DPM, was added to the range, fastened as required to the back of the Smock with three buttons.
The 1966 Pattern DPM fabric was changed very little for the 1968 issue, though it seems that some 1968 Pattern garments, notably trousers, were made in the 1966 Pattern fabric.
The pattern changes slightly with subsequent issues; 1984 Pattern has fewer dots and the brown is much darker, 1990 and later has a band of new shapes and is smaller, 1994 has an orangey colour instead of a tan. DPM items in the Combat Soldier 95[1] (CS95) clothing system have similar colours to the 1966 uniform.
Although slight changes have been made to DPM and the colours, the pattern is easy to recognise. There are also jungle versions of DPM where the colours are brighter, on one variation the tan is darker than the green. Desert DPM is only two shades because a four-colour desert version was used by some Middle Eastern countries, notably Iraq.
From 1990 a system of Personal Load Carrying Equipment (PLCE) has been used, initially produced in olive green . The olive type was quickly replaced in production by a DPM version, and now almost all British issue webbing and rucksacks are DPM. Personal Load Carrying Equipment (PLCE) is the current tactical webbing system of the British Army. ...
Issued DPM equipment is IRR (Infra-red Reflective) coated. This coating has a specific reflective wavelength in order to blend in with natural colours in the infra-red light spectrum. This reduces the visibility of soldiers to night vision devices and thermal-imaging equipment, which sees infra-red light, as trees and other green plants reflect deep red and infra-red light (the Wood effect). The coating on most S95 kit has received criticism from the forces, however, as it does not withstand washing. Image of a small dog taken in mid-infrared (thermal) light (false color) Infrared (IR) radiation is electromagnetic radiation of a wavelength longer than visible light, but shorter than microwave radiation. ...
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An American soldier uses a helmet mounted night vision device A night vision device (NVD) is an optical instrument that allows images to be produced in levels of light approaching total darkness. ...
Image of a small dog taken in mid-infrared (thermal) light (false-color). ...
See also - Blechman, Hardy and Newman, Alex (2004). DPM: Disruptive Pattern Material. DPM Ltd. ISBN 0-9543404-0-X.
- Behrens, Roy R. (2002). FALSE COLORS: Art, Design and Modern Camouflage. Bobolink Books. ISBN 0-9713244-0-9.
US Marine Corps MARPAT uniform Military uniforms comprises standardised dress worn by members of the armed forces of various nations. ...
US Army soldiers wearing the new Army Combat Uniform, Desert Camouflage Uniform, and a World War II-era uniform (L to R) Battledress is a general term for the military uniform worn into combat, as opposed to display dress and formal uniforms worn at parades and functions. ...
Countershaded Ibex are almost invisible in the Israeli desert. ...
Example of camouflage. ...
Personal Load Carrying Equipment (PLCE) is the current tactical webbing system of the British Army. ...
An NCO of the Bermuda Regiment wears a windproof smock under a floatation device. ...
Parachutist Smock issued to the Canadian Airborne Regiment from 1975 until the regiment was disbanded in 1995. ...
Soldier wearing a DPM Parachute Smock. ...
External links - Henrik Clausen's vast camouflage pattern resource
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