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Belgian 'desert jigsaw'
Kingdom of Belgium

Introduced in 2004, this Belgian 'desert jigsaw' is a three-colour camouflage, comprising large, light green elements and small light brown elements on a sand-coloured background. The colours are reminiscent of U.S. 3-color desert camouflage.

Like many of the new crop of desert camouflage patterns, it is not much more than a re-purposed version of a pre-existing camouflage pattern. In this case the Belgian 'Jigsaw, 3rd pattern' camouflage was used as a starting point, with light green being substituted for maroon, light brown being substituted for black, and the sand-coloured base being substituted for the rest.

It is worn by personnel serving in Afghanistan.

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1cm grid

Belgian 'desert jigsaw'
2004–present

Specimen of Belgian 'desert jigsaw'

Specimen kindly supplied by Steve Grammont

Actual size: not known

 also known as:
  • Belgian ‘desert jigsaw’ camouflage.
country of origin:

Koninkrijk België
Royaume de Belgique
Königreich Belgien

National flag: Kingdom of Belgium

Kingdom of Belgium
influences:
used by:
  • la Composante Air/Luchtcomponent (air forces)
  • la Composante Maritime/Marinecomponent (naval forces)
  • la Composante Terre/Landcomponent (ground forces)

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