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Camouflage Patterns of the IDF

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Camouflage Patterns of the IDF

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-* Elements of the IDF operating in snowy conditions such as those on Mount Hermon are now wearing a unique camouflage design featuring tiny dots in shades of grey on a white background. This design is of undetermined origins.
+* Elements of the IDF operating in snowy conditions such as those on Mount Hermon are now wearing a unique camouflage design featuring tiny dots in shades of grey on a white background. This design is of undetermined origins, but an article in the ''Jerusalem Post'' suggests it has been worn by some personnel since at least 2022.
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-* Elements of the IDF operating in snowy conditions are now wearing a unique camouflage design featuring tiny dots in shades of grey on a white background. This design is of undetermined origins.
+* Elements of the IDF operating in snowy conditions such as those on Mount Hermon are now wearing a unique camouflage design featuring tiny dots in shades of grey on a white background. This design is of undetermined origins.
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-* The IDF "universal" series of camouflage designs are mottled patterns printed on a textured synthetic dense mesh material. The patterns were first introduced as the ''Mit'znefet'' (helmet net), but are also issued at a two piece uniform consisting of smock and over-trousers, OTV cover and mask. The standard oversuit and helmet cover reverse from a temperate/woodland colorway to a desert version. There is also an urban colorway.
+* The IDF "universal" series of camouflage designs are mottled patterns printed on a textured synthetic dense mesh material. The patterns were first introduced as the ''Mit'znefet'' (helmet net) in 1994, but some time later were produced as a reversible, oversuit style uniform consisting of smock and over-trousers, OTV cover and mask. The standard oversuit and helmet cover reverse from a temperate/woodland colorway to a desert version. There is also an urban colorway.
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 * In June 2018 the IDF launched a pilot program to test and evaluate new camouflaged pattern uniforms to replace the series of aging solid color work and combat uniforms. A collaborative effort between the Land Technology Directorate and the Technology and Logistics Directorate, three different camouflage designs were initially planned (one each for the Ground Forces, Air Force, and Navy), incorporating a specialty fabric designed to improve the wearer’s comfort. Ultimately four test patterns were developed (Ground Forces tested two) - utilizing a different color palette for each - based around a unique disruptive design that incorporated both man-made block and square shapes as well as more organic looking shapes. The two Ground Forces camouflage patterns appear to have received the widest amount of distribution and testing, one having a largely dark tan & light brown color palette, and the other a largely tan & light grey color palette. The patterns developed for the Navy and Airforce, having primarily blue and primarily grey colorways, may have only made it to the development stage, as no photos exist of the uniforms during the testing phase. Among the units that received Ground Force patterned uniforms for testing were the 35th Parachute Brigade, Parachute and Special Training Center, 41st Lions of Jordan Valley Battalion, 227th Bardelas Battalion, 60th Search and Rescue Brigade (Home Front Command), 8200 Military Intelligence Unit, the Navy’s 915th Patrol Boat Squadron, and personnel of the Air Defense Command. Ultimately '''none of the camouflage designs were adopted by the IDF.'''

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 * The IDF "universal" series of camouflage designs are mottled patterns printed on a textured synthetic dense mesh material. The patterns were first introduced as the ''Mit'znefet'' (helmet net), but are also issued at a two piece uniform consisting of smock and over-trousers, OTV cover and mask. The standard oversuit and helmet cover reverse from a temperate/woodland colorway to a desert version. There is also an urban colorway.

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	* Developed and produced at some point in the 1960s, a vertical [[lizard]] camouflage design saw very limited production and distribution within the IDF well into the 1980s. The history of this pattern has yet to be thoroughly unearthed, but it has been theorized that the original design was an attempt to copy one of the [[Syria\|Syrian]] or [[Egypt\|Egyptian]]-made vertical lizard designs that were often employed by [[Palestine\|Palestinian]] units conducting operations in the Levant. The existence of an Israeli-made version might have gone completely unnoticed were it not for a series of photographs taken during Operation Thunderbolt (the July 1967 raid on the airport in Entebbe, Uganda) in which IDF commandos can very clearly be seen wearing a vertical lizard camouflage design. The subsequent appearance of a number of examples of Israeli-produced uniforms in various collections suggests that later versions of the pattern continued to be produced in Israel for more than a decade after the operation itself. Original uniforms were cut precisely like the IDF-issued olive green combat clothing and stamped on the interior (as opposed to the fabric labels that appear on later models). In all likelihood, these uniforms were intended to be worn during clandestine operations, in a manner similar to the [[South Africa\|South African Reconnaissance Regiment]] "copy" patterns, to give IDF personnel the appearance of opposition troops at a distance.		* Developed and produced at some point in the 1960s, a vertical [[lizard]] camouflage design saw very limited production and distribution within the IDF well into the 1980s. The history of this pattern has yet to be thoroughly unearthed, but it has been theorized that the original design was an attempt to copy one of the [[Syria\|Syrian]] or [[Egypt\|Egyptian]]-made vertical lizard designs that were often employed by [[Palestine\|Palestinian]] units conducting operations in the Levant. The existence of an Israeli-made version might have gone completely unnoticed were it not for a series of photographs taken during Operation Thunderbolt (the July 1967 raid on the airport in Entebbe, Uganda) in which IDF commandos can very clearly be seen wearing a vertical lizard camouflage design. The subsequent appearance of a number of examples of Israeli-produced uniforms in various collections suggests that later versions of the pattern continued to be produced in Israel for more than a decade after the operation itself. Original uniforms were cut precisely like the IDF-issued olive green combat clothing and stamped on the interior (as opposed to the fabric labels that appear on later models). In all likelihood, these uniforms were intended to be worn during clandestine operations, in a manner similar to the [[South Africa\|South African Reconnaissance Regiment]] "copy" patterns, to give IDF personnel the appearance of opposition troops at a distance.

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-* Developed and produced at some point in the 1960s, a vertical [[lizard]] camouflage design saw very limited production and distribution within the IDF well into the 1980s. The history of this pattern has yet to be thoroughly unearthed, but it has been theorized that the original design was an attempt to copy one of the [[Syria|Syrian]] or [[Egypt|Egyptian]]-made vertical lizard designs that were often employed by [[Palestine|Palestinian]] units conducting operations in the Levant. The existence of an Israeli-made version might have gone completely unnoticed were it not for a series of photographs taken during Operation Thunderbolt (the July 1967 raid on the airport in Entebbe, Uganda) in which IDF commandos can very clearly be seen wearing a vertical lizard camouflage design. The subsequent appearance of a number of examples of Israeli-produced uniforms in various collections suggests that variations of the pattern continued to be produced in Israel for more than a decade after the operation itself. Original uniforms were cut precisely like the IDF-issued olive green combat clothing and stamped on the interior (as opposed to the fabric labels that appear on later models). In all likelihood, these uniforms were intended to be worn during clandestine operations, in a manner similar to the [[South Africa|South African Reconnaissance Regiment]] "copy" patterns, to give IDF personnel the appearance of opposition troops at a distance.
+* Developed and produced at some point in the 1960s, a vertical [[lizard]] camouflage design saw very limited production and distribution within the IDF well into the 1980s. The history of this pattern has yet to be thoroughly unearthed, but it has been theorized that the original design was an attempt to copy one of the [[Syria|Syrian]] or [[Egypt|Egyptian]]-made vertical lizard designs that were often employed by [[Palestine|Palestinian]] units conducting operations in the Levant. The existence of an Israeli-made version might have gone completely unnoticed were it not for a series of photographs taken during Operation Thunderbolt (the July 1967 raid on the airport in Entebbe, Uganda) in which IDF commandos can very clearly be seen wearing a vertical lizard camouflage design. The subsequent appearance of a number of examples of Israeli-produced uniforms in various collections suggests that later versions of the pattern continued to be produced in Israel for more than a decade after the operation itself. Original uniforms were cut precisely like the IDF-issued olive green combat clothing and stamped on the interior (as opposed to the fabric labels that appear on later models). In all likelihood, these uniforms were intended to be worn during clandestine operations, in a manner similar to the [[South Africa|South African Reconnaissance Regiment]] "copy" patterns, to give IDF personnel the appearance of opposition troops at a distance.
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