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-* The French Ministry of the Armed Forces announced in May 2022 that it would be replacing older camouflage designs with a ''bariolage multi environnement'' pattern, developed by the service of the Commissariat of the Armed Forces (SCA) in cooperation with the Technical Section of the Army (STAT). Heavily influenced by US [[Multicam]] and British MTP camouflage, the French design is a six-color pattern incoporating a ''brun terre de France'' shade, with the use of some triangular shapes, and a slight pixelation of the contours. <ref>https://www.bfmtv.com/economie/entreprises/defense/le-ministere-des-armees-devoile-le-nouveau-camouflage-des-tenues-de-combat_AN-202205120535.html</ref>
+* The French Ministry of the Armed Forces announced in May 2022 that it would be replacing older camouflage designs with a ''bariolage multi environnement'' or BME pattern, developed by the service of the Commissariat of the Armed Forces (SCA) in cooperation with the Technical Section of the Army (STAT). Heavily influenced by US [[Multicam]] and British MTP camouflage, the French design is a six-color pattern incoporating a ''brun terre de France'' shade, with the use of some triangular shapes, and a slight pixelation of the contours. <ref>https://www.bfmtv.com/economie/entreprises/defense/le-ministere-des-armees-devoile-le-nouveau-camouflage-des-tenues-de-combat_AN-202205120535.html</ref>
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-* Shortly following the introduction of a desert pattern came the universal adoption of a camouflage uniform designed for wear by French forces in Europe. The pattern chosen, officially ''Centre Europe'' (CE), draws heavily on the coloration incorporated into the US m81 [[woodland]] design, but retaining a thicker and heavier French striped pattern.
+* Shortly following the introduction of a desert pattern came the universal adoption of a camouflage uniform designed for wear by French forces in Europe. The pattern chosen, officially ''Camouflage Centre Europe'' (CCE), draws heavily on the coloration incorporated into the US m81 [[woodland]] design, but retaining a thicker and heavier French striped pattern.
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-* A variation of the above CE woodland pattern has been documented in use by the ''Groupes d'Intervention de la Police Nationale'' (National Police Intervention Group) or GIPN. This version has a grey colorway and is primarily issued as a one-piece operational coverall.
+* A variation of the above CCE pattern has been documented in use by the ''Groupes d'Intervention de la Police Nationale'' (National Police Intervention Group) or GIPN. This version has a grey colorway and is primarily issued as a one-piece operational coverall.
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 * The French Ministry of the Armed Forces announced in May 2022 that it would be replacing older camouflage designs with a ''bariolage multi environnement'' pattern, developed by the service of the Commissariat of the Armed Forces (SCA) in cooperation with the Technical Section of the Army (STAT). Heavily influenced by US [[Multicam]] and British MTP camouflage, the French design is a six-color pattern incoporating a ''brun terre de France'' shade, with the use of some triangular shapes, and a slight pixelation of the contours. <ref>https://www.bfmtv.com/economie/entreprises/defense/le-ministere-des-armees-devoile-le-nouveau-camouflage-des-tenues-de-combat_AN-202205120535.html</ref>

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-* Mountain units attached to the ''Commandement des Operations Speciales'' (Special Operations Command) wear a four-color pattern designed for operations in the Alpine regions of France, as well as snow-covered landscapes elsewhere. The pattern blends olive green and pinkish-tan shapes on a pure white background with off-white/eggshell white shapes interspersed. The latter shapes are very difficult to ascertain in photographs.
+* Specialized mountain units attached to the ''Commandement des Operations Speciales'' (Special Operations Command) have worn a four-color pattern designed for operations in the Alpine regions of France, as well as snow-covered landscapes elsewhere. Designed by British manufacturing company Arktis, the pattern (known as "Tundra") blends olive green and pinkish-tan shapes on a pure white background with off-white/eggshell white shapes interspersed. The latter shapes are very difficult to ascertain in photographs.
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 * Jungle warfare/commando instructors at the French Army Jungle School ''(Centre d'entraînement en forêt équatoriale)'' in French Guiana have worn several variations of commercial [[tiger stripe]] camouflage for years, although more recently they seem to have adopted the [[Greece|Greek]] version of lizard camouflage.

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	* Produced in France using original WW2 era German printing screens, the 1950 reversible pattern ''zeltbahn'' incorporates [[splinter]] type shapes in green on a khaki background on one side, brown on khaki on the other.<ref>D Peterson: "Wehrmacht Camouflage Uniforms" (Windrow & Greene Ltd, London, 1995) p. 30</ref> As with a great many camouflage designs produced during this formative period in history, considerable variations have been documented, primarily differences in the shades of green or brown dyes that were printed onto the lightweight canvas fabric.		* Produced in France using original WW2 era German printing screens, the 1950 reversible pattern ''zeltbahn'' incorporates [[splinter]] type shapes in green on a khaki background on one side, brown on khaki on the other.<ref>D Peterson: "Wehrmacht Camouflage Uniforms" (Windrow & Greene Ltd, London, 1995) p. 30</ref> As with a great many camouflage designs produced during this formative period in history, considerable variations have been documented, primarily differences in the shades of green or brown dyes that were printed onto the lightweight canvas fabric.

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-* France actually produced a copy of the [[Germany (Third Reich)|WW2 German]] [[splinter]] pattern camouflage ''zeltbahn'' shortly after the end of the Second World War. The shelters were used by French troops fighting in Indochina, although the splinter shapes in the French pattern are all connected, whereas some on the German version can be seen to stand alone.<ref>W. Palinckx: "Camouflage Uniforms of the German Wehrmacht" (Schiffer Publishing Ltd, Atglen PA, 2002) p. 265-266</ref>
+* France actually produced a copy of the [[Germany (Third Reich)|WW2 German]] [[splinter]] pattern camouflage ''zeltbahn'' shortly after the end of the Second World War. The shelters were used by French troops fighting in Indochina, although the splinter shapes in the French pattern are all connected, whereas some on the German version can be seen to stand alone.<ref>W. Palinckx: "Camouflage Uniforms of the German Wehrmacht" (Schiffer Publishing Ltd, Atglen PA, 2002) p. 265-266</ref> Additionally, there is some evidence that some customized uniforms were produced in this pattern, and at least one extant sample of a uniform worn by the ''26e bataillon de marche de tirailleurs sénégalais'' in Indochina is known to be on display in a French museum.
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-* Produced in France using original WW2 era German printing screens, the 1950 reversible pattern ''zeltbahn'' incorporates [[splinter]] type shapes in green on a khaki background on one side, brown on khaki on the other.<ref>D Peterson: "Wehrmacht Camouflage Uniforms" (Windrow & Greene Ltd, London, 1995) p. 30</ref>
+* Produced in France using original WW2 era German printing screens, the 1950 reversible pattern ''zeltbahn'' incorporates [[splinter]] type shapes in green on a khaki background on one side, brown on khaki on the other.<ref>D Peterson: "Wehrmacht Camouflage Uniforms" (Windrow & Greene Ltd, London, 1995) p. 30</ref> As with a great many camouflage designs produced during this formative period in history, considerable variations have been documented, primarily differences in the shades of green or brown dyes that were printed onto the lightweight canvas fabric.
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 * Emerging in the early 1950s, the patented Luceber parachute produced for the French Army was printed in a unique pattern of black and green squiggles on a sandy background. Although only used on parachute shrouds, these were often hand-cut into personal neck scarves by French military personnel and worn as a kind of cravat.