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Polish Samodzielny Pododdzial Antyterrorystyczny Policji (Polish: 'Independent Police Anti-terrorist Subdivision') anti-terrorist team training at Warsaw airport. Their uniforms feature the distinctive Metro camouflage pattern. [Image: Barett magazine.]

Metro
Republic of Poland

Frequently referred to as Urban Flecktarn, Metro is nevertheless a Polish camouflage pattern. Like Bundeswehr-Flecktarn, Metro is characterised by small coloured dots, rather than the more common large patches of colour; these dots produce a dithering effect, which effectively eliminates the boundaries between separate colours and thereby produces the illusion of more colours than are actually present. Like Bundeswehr-Flecktarn, too, Metro is a five-colour design, comprising clumps and spots of light grey, medium grey, dark grey and black on a pale grey background. However, it is incorrect to claim that this particular camouflage pattern is a variation of Flecktarn: the two patterns are actually quite different.

Metro appears to be used exclusively by Samodzielny Pododdzial Antyterrorystyczny Policji ('Independent Police Anti-terrorist Subdivision', SPAP) anti-terrorist teams.

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

camouflage data

1cm grid

Metro
2001–present

Specimen of Metro

Specimen kindly supplied by Henrik Clausen collection

Actual size: 20×20cm

 also known as:
  • Metro
  • Polish Flecktarn
  • urban Flecktarn
country of origin:

Rzeczpospolita Polska

National flag: Republic of Poland

Republic of Poland
influences:
used by:
  • Samodzielny Pododdzial Antyterrorystyczny Policji ('Independent Police Anti-terrorist Subdivision', SPAP) anti-terrorist teams.
also used by:

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