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Polish army soldiers of the 18th Airborne Assault Battalion at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany.

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14 December 2006: Polish army soldiers of the 18th Airborne Assault Battalion receive orders to advance on a building during a training exercise at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center (JMRC) in Hohenfels, Germany. They wear Poland's distinctive Pantera ('Panther') camouflage pattern. [Image: Gary L. Kieffer/U.S. Department of Defense.]

Pantera
Republic of Poland

Poland's Pantera ('Panther') camouflage is a four-colour pattern, comprising black, dark green and red brown elements on a medium grey-green background. First used by Polish Airborne and Cavalry brigades and units serving in UN missions, such as the United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR), this distinctive camouflage pattern was eventually developed as the standard uniform of the Polish Land Forces (Polish: Wojska Lądowe RP).

A desert version of this pattern — called Pantera pustynna ('desert panther') — was introduced into service in March 2002.

kamouflage.net is grateful to Henrik Clausen and Steve Grammont, for their invaluable contributions to this article.

camouflage data

1cm grid

Pantera
1993–present

Specimen of Pantera

Specimen kindly supplied by Steve Grammont

Actual size: not known

 also known as:
  • Petal.
  • Presidential.
country of origin:

Rzeczpospolita Polska

National flag: Republic of Poland

Republic of Poland
used by:
  • Polish Land Forces (Polish: Wojska Lądowe RP).

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