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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.]

5-colour Australian Desert Pattern, pink variant
Commonwealth of Australia

Known variously as 'auscam' or 'ozcam', 'bunnies', 'bunny ears', 'hearts and bunnies' and even 'jellybean', the Australian Disruptive Pattern Camouflage employed on the current Australian Disruptive Pattern Camouflage Uniform (DPCU) has been designed and developed based on information obtained from detailed analyses of likely combat scenarios. It is a five-colour 'duck hunter' style of camouflage pattern, and features spots of dark green, medium green, red-brown and tan printed on a sand-coloured background.

Since its introduction, 'auscam' has become internationally recognised as the Australian pattern and, as such, it is also an aid to the identification of Australian personnel on operations. It was for this reason that the Chief of Defence Force mandated its use on the recent Australian Desert Pattern Uniform (ADPU).

Like the original 'auscam', the Australian Desert Pattern is a five-colour 'duck hunter' style of camouflage. The earliest issues of this camouflage pattern comprised earth brown, light green, light grey and medium grey spots on a desert pink background, as shown here. Later issues comprised spots of the same colours on a sand yellow background (see Australian Desert Pattern, yellow variant).

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