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Camouflage of the Brazilian Armed Forces

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Camouflage of the Brazilian Civil and Military Police

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-* Although dates of use are undetermined, photographs suggest this "leopard spot" print camouflage helmet cover was worn by at least one unit of the Brazilian Army in the 1950s or 1960s.
+* Although specific dates of use are undetermined, photographs suggest this "leopard spot" print camouflage helmet cover was worn by at least one unit of the Brazilian Army in the 1950s or 1960s.
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 == Camouflage of the Brazilian Armed Forces ==
-* The first camouflage pattern designed for use by the Brazillian Army was introduced in 1967 and consists of brown and lime green blotches on a pale green background.
+* The first camouflage pattern designed for use by the Brazilian Army was introduced in 1967 and consists of brown and lime green blotches on a pale green background.
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 * Based around the [[USA|US]] m1942 [[duck hunter|spot]] pattern of the Second World War, the Brazilian Army's ''camuflagem bolinhas'' (little balls camouflage) pattern was probably introduced in the 1960s (possibly even earlier) and worn well into the 1980s by Airborne and Commando troops of the the Brazilian Army as well as some Police COE units. Uniforms were reversible, with a green dominant pattern printed on one side, and a tan pattern on the opposite site, and some variety documented among production runs. The earliest version (below, top two) actually had very little green elements, being instead a sparse brown pattern reversing to a more densely patterned brown, as seen below.

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 * The ''Comando de Operações Táticas'' (Tactical Operations Command) or COT of the ''Polícia Federal'' often wear [[Multicam]] pattern when deployed on non-urban operations where tactical camouflage is appropriate.

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-* Currently, the Amazon State Wildlife Police wear a pixelated version of the previously-issued lizard camouflage, seen here.
+* Currently, the Amazon State Wildlife Police wear a pixelated version of the previously-issued lizard camouflage, seen here. This same camouflage pattern is also worn by the Environmental Police of the São Paolo State.
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		+	* The Environmental Police of Sao Paolo State have worn a green pixelated camouflage design since at least 2025.
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	* The ''Comando de Operações Táticas'' (Tactical Operations Command) or COT of the ''Polícia Federal'' often wear [[Multicam]] pattern when deployed on non-urban operations where tactical camouflage is appropriate.		* The ''Comando de Operações Táticas'' (Tactical Operations Command) or COT of the ''Polícia Federal'' often wear [[Multicam]] pattern when deployed on non-urban operations where tactical camouflage is appropriate.

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 == Camouflage of the Brazilian Civil and Military Police ==
-In Brazil, the term ''Polícia Militar'' refers to the uniformed, gendarmerie-like preventive police forces of the 26 Federal States and one federal district whose primary responsibility is the maintenance of public order over their entire jurisdiction, including rural and undeveloped areas. Although the ''Polícia Militar'' are considered a reserve element of the regular Armed Forces, they operate independently from the provost units of the different branches of military service. PM units are organized into intermediate commands, with battalions, companies, and platoons distributed throughout the State according to the needs of their particular district. It is primarily specialized units of the ''Polícia Militar'' that wear camouflage field uniforms, but these reflect a wide range of designs, some historical and some very modern in appearance.
+In Brazil, the term ''Polícia Militar'' refers to the uniformed, gendarmerie-like preventive police forces of the 26 Federal States and one federal district whose primary responsibility is the maintenance of public order over their entire jurisdiction, including rural and undeveloped areas. Although the ''Polícia Militar'' are considered a reserve element of the regular Armed Forces, they operate independently from the provost units of the different branches of military service. PM units are organized into intermediate commands, with battalions, companies, and platoons distributed throughout the State according to the needs of their particular district. It is primarily specialized units of the ''Polícia Militar'' that wear camouflage field uniforms, but these reflect a wide range of designs, some historical and some very modern in appearance. In English, the ''Polícia Militar'' are often referred to as State Police, to avoid confusion with the literal translation of "Military Police."
 * The São Paolo State Police Shock Battalion COE (Special Operations Company) have worn several interesting camouflage designs, including a trial pattern never adopted and seen below.

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	== Camouflage of the Brazilian Civil and Military Police ==		== Camouflage of the Brazilian Civil and Military Police ==
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		+	In Brazil, the term ''Polícia Militar'' refers to the uniformed, gendarmerie-like preventive police forces of the 26 Federal States and one federal district whose primary responsibility is the maintenance of public order over their entire jurisdiction, including rural and undeveloped areas. Although the ''Polícia Militar'' are considered a reserve element of the regular Armed Forces, they operate independently from the provost units of the different branches of military service. PM units are organized into intermediate commands, with battalions, companies, and platoons distributed throughout the State according to the needs of their particular district. It is primarily specialized units of the ''Polícia Militar'' that wear camouflage field uniforms, but these reflect a wide range of designs, some historical and some very modern in appearance.

	* The São Paolo State Police Shock Battalion COE (Special Operations Company) have worn several interesting camouflage designs, including a trial pattern never adopted and seen below.		* The São Paolo State Police Shock Battalion COE (Special Operations Company) have worn several interesting camouflage designs, including a trial pattern never adopted and seen below.

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	== Notes ==		== Notes ==

−	We ~~wish to~~ acknowledge the assistance of the Danilo and Dylan Matz, and thank them for contributing to this article.	+	We acknowledge the assistance of the Danilo and Dylan Matz, and thank them for contributing photo submissions to this article.

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-* The ''Comando Tático Rura'' (COTAR), a shock unit of the Ceara State Military Police, have worn a desert digipat camouflage uniform since at least 2018. The design has a slight pinkish tone to it.
+* The ''Comando Tático Rural'' (COTAR), a shock unit of the Ceara State Military Police, have worn a desert digipat camouflage uniform since at least 2018. The design has a slight pinkish tone to it.
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-* A copy of the US six-color "chocolate chip" desert pattern has been observed on personnel of the Rio de Janeiro State Military Police ''Batalhão de Operações Policiais Especiais'' (BOPE) special operations forces, among others. This design has also been worn by some ''Caatinga'' units of the Army.
+* A copy of the US six-color "chocolate chip" desert pattern has been observed on personnel of the Rio de Janeiro State Military Police ''Batalhão de Operações Policiais Especiais'' (BOPE) special operations forces, among others. This design has also been worn by some ''Caatinga'' units of the Army. Use of this pattern probably dates to the 1990s.
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-* The PMERJ BOPE also wear a copy of the USMC woodland MARPAT.
+* Although the traditional operational uniform of the BOPE has been black, the unit also wears a copy of the USMC woodland MARPAT or a very close variant (photographs suggest there may be more than a single design worn by this unit, similar but not precisely the same). These digital patterns have been in circulation since at least 2017, but probably date much earlier.
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 * The TIGRE unit of the Parana State Civil Police has been documented wearing a commercial [[tiger stripe]] camouflage pattern, virtually identical to that seen here.