DPM

DPM

The British abbreviation for Disruptive Pattern Material.

This pattern was introduced with the DPM Pattern 60 camouflage uniform in around 1969. This uniform was based on the Pattern 60 plain green uniform - but made in a camouflage material.

The pattern is still in use by the British Army today - but is being replaced by the MTP (Multi-Terrain Pattern).

It consists of 4 colours - usually brown, brown, tan and black. There is also a 4-colour desert version of this pattern, but it was not adopted by the British Army during the First Gulf War - instead a two-colour version of the DPM was chosen. The shapes in this two-colour pattern is the same as those of the 4-colour pattern:

The pattern is currently being used by numerous countries - eg. Bulgaria, Indonesia, Cambodia, New Zealand, Oman, the Philippines, Portugal, UK and Yemen (as well as other countries) - previously also used by Iraq, Republika Srpska (the Bosnian Serb Army)