Adder/Adro

South African companies produced a large number of varied camouflage patterns during the apartheid era, in part to provide some legitimate hunting designs for commercial purposes in an era when it was illegal to own or even wear camouflage uniforms in public that had been adopted by any military or paramilitary organization. Seen below are two such patterns produced by the South African firm Adro (or Adder):

• A commercial copy of the Rhoesian Brushstroke camouflage design was developed in South Africa and originally produced by the Adder/Adro company. Although the design resembles the Rhodesian pattern, it was not copied directly from the original screns and varies considerably in the size and shapes of the brush strokes, as well as the overall coloration. The original screens from this pattern were later sold or licensed outside of South Africa, where they were utilized by companies in both the USA and Asia to produce additional fabrics in poly-cotton twill and ripstop fabrics.

• Another pattern produced by Adder/Adro specifically for civilian distribution (although often attributed to "special forces" or "special police urban operations") is this two-color pattern derived from British DPM designs. Consisting of black disruptive shapes on a grey background, this pattern seems to have been produced exclusively in South Africa and does not appear to have been exported like the Rhodesian version.