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| − | * During WW2 the German Army (''Wehrmacht'') used [[splinter]] patterns for camouflage. These were normally overprinted with a "rain" or "needle" pattern. After WW2 the communist bloc of countries in Europe - the Warsaw Pact - began using the same rain overprint: | + | * During WW2 the German Army (''Wehrmacht'') used [[splinter]] patterns for camouflage. These were normally overprinted with a "rain" or "needle" pattern. After WW2 the communist bloc of countries in Europe - the Warsaw Pact - began using the same rain overprint. |
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| + | * The photo shows the rain/needle patterns worn by (top left) [[Poland]], (top right) [[East Germany]], (bottom left) [[Bulgaria]], and (bottom right) [[Czechoslovakia]]: | ||
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Revision as of 08:20, 8 November 2010
- During WW2 the German Army (Wehrmacht) used splinter patterns for camouflage. These were normally overprinted with a "rain" or "needle" pattern. After WW2 the communist bloc of countries in Europe - the Warsaw Pact - began using the same rain overprint.
- The photo shows the rain/needle patterns worn by (top left) Poland, (top right) East Germany, (bottom left) Bulgaria, and (bottom right) Czechoslovakia:
