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Danish T/99 Ørken camouflage
Kingdom of Denmark

The Danish Army trialled its first camouflage uniforms in 1978. The pattern for the Testuniform T/78 ('trial uniform T/78') was based on Flecktarn, but featured only 3 colours instead of five. The experiences gained were used in the development of the Kampuniform M/84 ('combat uniform M/84') camouflage uniform.

At first glance, the camouflage pattern used for the Let kampuniformsjakke T/99, ørken ('light combat jacket T/99, desert') could be assumed to be based on German Steppentarn. Certainly the colours used are similar: dark green and red earth on a sand-coloured background.

However, a closer examination of the T/99 design shows that it is actually a variant of the M/84 camouflage pattern, in which red earth has replaced black, dark green has replaced light green, and the sand colour has replaced olive green.

The let kampuniformsjakke T/99, ørken, was issured to Danish members of the Multinational Standby High Readiness Brigade for United Nations Operations (SHIRBRIG), who were dispatched, in 2000, to maintain the cease-fire line between Ethiopia and Eritrea as part of the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE).

kamouflage.net is grateful to Henrik Clausen, for his invaluable contribution to this article.

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