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Pletsløring, 1990 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.

Appearing around 1990, the second version of the M/84 combat uniform is rumoured to be manufactured in the United Kingdom. When compared with the original Danish model, the colours used in this version are distinctly bluer, with the result that the 'black' elements seem more a deep navy, in colour, while the green elements are significantly darker.

kamouflage.net is grateful to Bo Julius, for his invaluable contribution to this article.

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