The M/84 camouflage pattern ( da, M/84 Pletsløring, lit=M/84 spot camouflage), is the former camouflage pattern of the

Danish military Danish Defence ( da, Forsvaret, fo, Danska verjan, kl, Illersuisut) is the unified armed forces of the Kingdom of Denmark charged with the defence of Denmark and its constituent, self-governing nations Greenland and the Faroe Islands. The De ...

. The M/84 is a derivative of the ''

Flecktarn ''Flecktarn'' (; "mottled camouflage"; also known as ''Flecktarnmuster'' or ''Fleckentarn'') is a family of 3-, 4-, 5- or 6-color disruptive camouflage patterns, the most common being the five-color pattern, consisting of dark green, light green ...

B'' pattern produced by the German firm Marquardt & Schulz. Using the same shapes and pattern, the number of colours was changed from 5 to 3 – choosing olive green, light green and black to better match the colouration of the Danish woodland environment. The use of spots creates a "

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" effect, which eliminates hard boundaries between the different colors in much the same way the squares in the newest

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patterns do. The pattern is designed for use in temperate woodland terrain. It has been adapted with a desert camouflage variant by varying the colors. It has since been replaced by M/11.

History

In the early 1970s the

Danish Defence Danish Defence ( da, Forsvaret, fo, Danska verjan, kl, Illersuisut) is the unified armed forces of the Kingdom of Denmark charged with the defence of Denmark and its constituent, self-governing nations Greenland and the Faroe Islands. The Defe ...

was looking for a replacement for the olive-grey M/58 combat uniform, with the German ''Flecktarn'' chosen as basis for the new camouflage. In 1978, the T/78 was presented, though it was never adopted but it eventually evolved into the M/84 pattern in 1984, hence the name — Model 1984. The name was also adopted for the uniform system which utilized the camouflage. The M/84 saw wider use, when given to the Baltic countries as military support. In 1999, members of the

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were issued a desert version M/84, during the UN mission in

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and

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. The desert was further improved into the M/01 in 2001 for Danish troops in Afghanistan. In 2012, Danish Defence announced it would replace the M/84 and M/01 with MultiCam, dubbed M/11.

Modern use

The M/84 has been replaced by the M/11 in the Danish Defence in 2018, is only used limited in the

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. It is very sought after by collectors and enthusiasts, due to the quality and rarity. Furthermore, both an Urban and Snow version have been produced for commercial use. The adoption of the M/11 allowed for the phasing out of the M/01, which took place during a command transition between the 14th and 15th ISAF contingents.

Other users

* : Given to the Estonians by the Danish government. * :

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uses the snow version. * : Given to the Latvians by the Danish government. * : Given to the Lithuanians by the Danish government. * :

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. * : Used by

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. * : Their own version of the M/84. These were used in the Russo-Georgian War.

Variants

File:T78.jpg, File:M84camo.jpeg, File:M90.jpg, File:M96.jpg, File:T99 DK camo.jpg, File:M01DKcamo.jpeg, File:M84urban.jpg, File:M84Snow.jpg, File:Flectar-D.png,

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