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The Canadian Disruptive Pattern (CADPAT) uniform was the first computer-designed camouflage pattern to be put into service. It is a major part of the Candian Department of National Defence's Clothe The Soldier Program. [Image: National Defence/Défense nationale.]

CADPAT™ (TW)
Canada

The Temperate Woodland (TW) variant of Canadian Disruptive Pattern CADPAT™ is a four-colour camouflage pattern, which comprises digitally aliased areas of black, brown and dark green on a light green background. The aliasing of the colours produces a dithering effect, which effectively eliminates the boundaries between separate colours.

In studies, CADPAT™ (TW) was rated, by NATO soldiers, as the best temperate and tropical camouflage pattern. Indeed, when it was originally trialled in the field, CADPAT™ (TW) was demonstrated to be 40 per cent more effective, at ranges of up to 200m, than the olive drab Canadian Forces (CF) Combat uniform.

CADPAT™ (TW) was accepted as a major element in the Clothe the Soldier/Habillez le soldat programme initiated by the Department of National Defence Canada, and began to replace the CF Combat uniform in January 2002.

Concurrent with the trials of CADPAT™ (TW), efforts were made to identify a camouflage uniform for operations under desert, near-desert, and savannah conditions. The result was a three-colour pattern known as CADPAT™ Arid Regions (AR).

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