Tropentarn (tropical camouflage), formerly known as Wüstentarn (desert camouflage), is a camouflage pattern used by the

Bundeswehr The ''Bundeswehr'' (, meaning literally: ''Federal Defence'') is the armed forces of the Federal Republic of Germany. The ''Bundeswehr'' is divided into a military part (armed forces or ''Streitkräfte'') and a civil part, the military part con ...

in arid and semi arid regions. It is the desert variant 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 ...

5-color temperate climate camouflage print of the Bundeswehr.

History

In 2013, it was reported that Denmark had considered the Tropentarn as a replacement for the

M84 camouflage pattern The M/84 camouflage pattern ( da, M/84 Pletsløring, lit=M/84 spot camouflage), is the former camouflage pattern of the Danish Defence, Danish military. The M/84 is a derivative of the ''Flecktarn B'' pattern produced by the German firm Marquard ...

. It was decided later on that MultiCam would be used, under the name M/11.

Pattern

''Tropentarn's'' official name is ''3-Farben-Tarndruck der Bundeswehr'' (3-color camouflage print of the Bundeswehr) – Instead of the 5-color scheme of greens, brown, and black of temperate Flecktarn, ''Tropentarn'' uses only three colors: a base color of 70% khaki tan with 20% medium brown and 10% dark green spots. Boonie wuestentarn

Users

* : Used by Armenian peacekeepers in Afghanistan. * *

References

Bibliography

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bundeswehr Wustentarn Bundeswehr Camouflage patterns Military equipment of Germany German military uniforms