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Uncover your potential', indeed! Once you stop ogling the girl, though, you might notice that this Australian Special Air Service (SAS) recruiting poster shows Australian Disruptive Pattern Camouflage to very good effect. [Image courtesy Brad Turner collection.]

Turkish woodland camouflage
Republic of Turkey

Produced locally in Turkey and introduced some time around 1990, this Turkish woodland variant utilises the same drawings that are used in the U.S. woodland camouflage pattern. The colours, however, are quite different, inasmuch as medium green has been replaced by light green and a pinkish, sand-coloured background has been used instead of light khaki.

Since uniforms patterned with this camouflage were issued to all branches and services of the Turkish armed forces, the significance of these colour changes — if any — is unclear. It should be noted, however, that the earth brown, light green and sand colours used in this camouflage are strongly reminiscent of colours seen in U.S. 3-color desert camouflage.

It is therefore possible that this camouflage pattern was originally intended for wear in arid or desert environments, while the timing of its introduction suggests that it may have been intended for use during the First Gulf War. These observations are purely conjectural, though, and have been neither confirmed nor denied, at this time.

kamouflage.net is grateful to Scott Trerrotola and Eric H. Larson, for their invaluable contributions to this article.

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