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Rain Pattern Camouflage Designs

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Rain Pattern Camouflage Designs

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 == Rain Patterns ==
-The term "rain" pattern refers to a camouflage design that incorporates a heavy percentage of vertically-aligned "straits" or "flecks" which suggest an image of falling rain. During the Second World War, the [[Germany (Third Reich)|German ''Wehrmacht'']] utilized this feature on several camouflage patterns, primarily the ''Splittermuster'' ([[splinter]]) and ''Sumpfmuster'' (marsh) designs. These patterns were later modified and reproduced by the West German [[Germany|Bundeswehr]] and Border Guards, but the "falling rain" concept - in which the rain straits themselves were isolated as the major feature on a solid color background - emerged out of the Warsaw Pact countries of Eastern Europe. During the 1960s and 1970s when revolutionary movements were most active in Africa, some of these patterns also ended up in the hands of various insurgent organizations. The [[South Africa|South African]] government even reproduced the pattern for its special forces units, where the pattern earned the nickname "rice fleck."
+The term '''rain''' pattern refers to a camouflage design that incorporates a high percentage of dark-colored, vertically-aligned "straits" or "flecks" printed over a lighter-colored background, which suggests the idea of falling rain. During the Second World War, the [[Germany (Third Reich)|German ''Wehrmacht'']] utilized this feature on several camouflage patterns, primarily the ''Splittermuster'' ([[splinter]]) and ''Sumpfmuster'' (marsh) designs. These patterns were later modified and reproduced by the West German [[Germany|Bundeswehr]] and Border Guards, but the "falling rain" concept - in which the rain straits themselves were isolated as the major feature on a solid color background - emerged out of the Warsaw Pact countries of Eastern Europe. During the 1960s and 1970s when revolutionary movements were most active in Africa, some of these patterns also ended up in the hands of various insurgent organizations. The [[South Africa|South African]] government even reproduced the pattern for its special forces units, where the pattern earned the nickname "rice fleck."
 * [[Poland]] appears to have been the first Warsaw Pact nation to produce a simplified "rain pattern" design, consisting of thin brown rain straits on a field grey background. This pattern in turn later influenced the other Warsaw Pact designs.

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 == Rain Patterns ==

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	The term "rain" pattern refers to a camouflage design that incorporates a heavy percentage of vertically-aligned "straits" or "flecks" which suggest an image of falling rain. During the Second World War, the [[Germany (Third Reich)\|German ''Wehrmacht'']] utilized this feature on several camouflage patterns, primarily the ''Splittermuster'' ([[splinter]]) and ''Sumpfmuster'' (marsh) designs. These patterns were later modified and reproduced by the West German [[Germany\|Bundeswehr]] and Border Guards, but the "falling rain" concept - in which the rain straits themselves were isolated as the major feature on a solid color background - emerged out of the Warsaw Pact countries of Eastern Europe. During the 1960s and 1970s when revolutionary movements were most active in Africa, some of these patterns also ended up in the hands of various insurgent organizations. The [[South Africa\|South African]] government even reproduced the pattern for its special forces units, where the pattern earned the nickname "rice fleck."		The term "rain" pattern refers to a camouflage design that incorporates a heavy percentage of vertically-aligned "straits" or "flecks" which suggest an image of falling rain. During the Second World War, the [[Germany (Third Reich)\|German ''Wehrmacht'']] utilized this feature on several camouflage patterns, primarily the ''Splittermuster'' ([[splinter]]) and ''Sumpfmuster'' (marsh) designs. These patterns were later modified and reproduced by the West German [[Germany\|Bundeswehr]] and Border Guards, but the "falling rain" concept - in which the rain straits themselves were isolated as the major feature on a solid color background - emerged out of the Warsaw Pact countries of Eastern Europe. During the 1960s and 1970s when revolutionary movements were most active in Africa, some of these patterns also ended up in the hands of various insurgent organizations. The [[South Africa\|South African]] government even reproduced the pattern for its special forces units, where the pattern earned the nickname "rice fleck."

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	The term "rain" pattern refers to a camouflage design that incorporates a heavy percentage of vertically-aligned "straits" or "flecks" which suggest an image of falling rain. During the Second World War, the [[Germany (Third Reich)\|German ''Wehrmacht'']] utilized this feature on several camouflage patterns, primarily the ''Splittermuster'' ([[splinter]]) and ''Sumpfmuster'' (marsh) designs. These patterns were later modified and reproduced by the West German [[Germany\|Bundeswehr]] and Border Guards, but the "falling rain" concept - in which the rain straits themselves were isolated as the major feature on a solid color background - emerged out of the Warsaw Pact countries of Eastern Europe. During the 1960s and 1970s when revolutionary movements were most active in Africa, some of these patterns also ended up in the hands of various insurgent organizations. The [[South Africa\|South African]] government even reproduced the pattern for its special forces units, where the pattern earned the nickname "rice fleck."		The term "rain" pattern refers to a camouflage design that incorporates a heavy percentage of vertically-aligned "straits" or "flecks" which suggest an image of falling rain. During the Second World War, the [[Germany (Third Reich)\|German ''Wehrmacht'']] utilized this feature on several camouflage patterns, primarily the ''Splittermuster'' ([[splinter]]) and ''Sumpfmuster'' (marsh) designs. These patterns were later modified and reproduced by the West German [[Germany\|Bundeswehr]] and Border Guards, but the "falling rain" concept - in which the rain straits themselves were isolated as the major feature on a solid color background - emerged out of the Warsaw Pact countries of Eastern Europe. During the 1960s and 1970s when revolutionary movements were most active in Africa, some of these patterns also ended up in the hands of various insurgent organizations. The [[South Africa\|South African]] government even reproduced the pattern for its special forces units, where the pattern earned the nickname "rice fleck."
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−	~~== Rain Pattern Camouflage Designs ==~~

	* [[Poland]] appears to have been the first Warsaw Pact nation to produce a simplified "rain pattern" design, consisting of thin brown rain straits on a field grey background. This pattern in turn later influenced the other Warsaw Pact designs.		* [[Poland]] appears to have been the first Warsaw Pact nation to produce a simplified "rain pattern" design, consisting of thin brown rain straits on a field grey background. This pattern in turn later influenced the other Warsaw Pact designs.

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	* [[East Germany]] introduced its own "rain pattern" camouflage, called ''Strichmuster'' (line pattern) in 1965, and continued to issue the pattern until 1990.		* [[East Germany]] introduced its own "rain pattern" camouflage, called ''Strichmuster'' (line pattern) in 1965, and continued to issue the pattern until 1990.

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-* [[Bulgaria]] has issued several camouflage designs with the "rain" feature, including patterns based on the WW2 German ''[[Splittermuster]],'' on the original Polish "rain" design, and yet another with unique characteristics.
+* [[Bulgaria]] has issued several camouflage designs with the "rain" feature, including the early "frogskin" design and its own plain version based on the original Polish "rain" pattern. The former, although not truly a "rain" pattern because of its mottled underpattern, may still be categorized here.
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