Flecktarn

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Flecktarn
Flecktarn camouflage woodland fabric swatch
Type	Military camouflage patterns
Place of origin	Germany
Service history
In service	1990–present
Used by	See Users
Wars	Bosnian War Kosovo War War in Afghanistan Iraq War Russo-Ukrainian War
Production history
Designed	1976
Variants	See Variants

Flecktarn (German pronunciation: [ˈflɛktaʁn]; "mottled camouflage"; also known as Flecktarnmuster or Fleckentarn) is a family of three-, four-, five- or six-color disruptive camouflage patterns, the most common being the five-color pattern, consisting of dark green, grey-green, red brown, and black over a light green or tan base depending on the manufacturer. The original German five-color pattern was designed for use in European temperate woodland terrain. A three-color variation called Tropentarn (formerly Wüstentarn) is intended for arid and desert conditions; the German Bundeswehr wore it in Afghanistan.

The original German five-color flecktarn has been adopted, copied and modified by many countries for their own camouflage patterns.