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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.]

Roggenwolf Dacia + ACU‑123
Romania

In 2008, Romania's Ministerul Apărării Naţionale ('Ministry of National Defence'; MAN) had recognised the need for a camouflage pattern which could give cover to soldiers operating in all types of terrain. In October of that year, Roggenwolf was contacted by a European NCAGE (NATO Commercial and Governmental Entity) manufacturer and supplier of military uniforms, and given a brief to develop a 'universal' camouflage pattern, which might be suitable to replace Romania's own four-colour Woodland DPM and two-colour Desert DPM. This original brief called for a three-colour camouflage pattern with the 'look and feel' of Italy's Vegetato, but designed to accommodate colours similar to those used with the U.S. Army's Universal Camouflage Pattern (UCP).

The pattern family was given the working title Dacia. The variant shown here is has been officially designated Dacia alpha‑3g(r4) /e/m3 + ACU‑123. It comprises light brownish grey and olive grey elements on a light greyish yellowish brown background.

The poor effect and general unsuitability of the UCP palette was recognised and acknowledged early in the development process, and an amended brief was issued in June 2009. Allegedly the revisions included latitude for the design and development of four-colour variants of Roggenwolf Dacia. A five-colour variant — provisionally called Vârcolac (Romanian: 'werewolf') — was also developed, in December 2009. At this time, however, Roggenwolf has declined to disclose further information regarding these later developments, or the current status of the project.

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