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An Estonian soldier in Bosnia & Herzogovina as part of NATO's Stabilisation Force (abbrev. SFOR). He wears Danish M/84 camouflage uniform, presumably because Estonian camouflage was too similar in appearance to Bosnian patterns. [Image: NATO.]

Pletsløring, 1984 variant
Kingdom of Denmark

The Danish Army trialled its first camouflage uniforms in 1978. The Pletsløring ('spot camouflage') camouflage pattern that was developed for the Testuniform T/78 ('trial uniform T/78') was based on Flecktarn, but featured only three colours — black, light green and olive green — instead of five. These colours were chosen specifically to reflect Scandinavian terrains, rather than Central European.

The first T/78 uniforms were evaluated and the information gained was used in the development of the Kampuniform M/84 ('combat uniform M/84') camouflage uniform. The elements of the Pletsløring patterns used for the T/78 and M/84 are identical, although there are minor differences between the colours. Moreover, the Kampuniform M/84 has been produced by at least three different manufacturers, since 1984, and the different versions can also be distinguished by colour variations.

The earliest version of the M/84 combat uniform was made locally in Denmark. It is characterised by black and olive green dots and clumps on a light green background. The black dye used has a bluish tinge to it, and in time becomes a dark, slaty grey.

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