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Other Camouflage Patterns Worn by French Armed Forces

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Other French Camouflage Designs

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Other Camouflage Patterns Worn by French Armed Forces

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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 woodlan design, but retaining the thicker and heavier French stripe 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 ''Centre Europe'' (CE), 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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-* Mountain units attached to the ''Commandement des Operations Speciales'' (Special Operations Command) wear a three-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 white background.
+* 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.
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-* Jungle warfare/commando instructors at the French Army Jungle School in French Guiana have worn a commercial [[tiger stripe]] camouflage pattern for many years.
+* 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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 * Although technically a "commercial" design (produced by the German company Tac-Gear), the snow camouflage pattern seen below has been adopted and is currently in use by the 13e Régiment de Dragons Parachutistes (13th RDP) of the French Army. A derivative of the [[Denmark|Danish]] m/84 pattern, which in turn was derived from the original German [[flecktarn]] design, the pattern incorporates black and olive green blotches on a pure white background.

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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.

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-* The ''Groupement des Commandos-Marine'' (Marine Commando Group) was an elite French Naval unit that traced its origins to the Free French Commando units of WW2. Between 1956 and 1959, historical photographs illustrate many members of this unit wearing a paratrooper smock printed in a unique "blotch" camouflage pattern, nicknamed "frogskin." The pattern has never emerged again and was unique to this particular unit.
+* The ''Groupement des Commandos-Marine'' (Marine Commando Group) was an elite French Naval unit that traced its origins to the Free French Commando units of WW2. Between 1951 and 1959, historical photographs illustrate many members of this unit wearing a paratrooper smock printed in a unique "blotch" camouflage pattern, nicknamed "frogskin." The pattern has never emerged again and was unique to this particular unit.
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-* French special operations units, like many other NATO and European nations. have adopted [[Multicam]] for many operational deployments.
+* French special operations units, like many other NATO and European nations, have adopted [[Multicam]] for many operational deployments.
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