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  • 1942 Windproof pattern. A brushstroke pattern used during WW2 and until the 1970s. Mostly pants in this pattern is encountered today. Two views of the camouflage pattern is shown below (from the same pair of trousers).

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  • 1959 Denison Brushstroke pattern. In general service with British Airborne units from 1959 into the 1970s.

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  • Pattern 60 DPM. The first DPM (Disruptive Pattern Material) uniform in use by the British Armed Forces. The cut of the uniform was based on the Pattern 60 plain green uniform, but made in the DPM material.

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  • Pattern 68 DPM. Replaced the Pattern 60. The uniform had a number of modifications based on the experience with the Pattern 60.

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  • Pattern 84 DPM. Lessons learned during the Falklands War led to the introduction of a new uniform - the Pattern 84 DPM.

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  • Pattern 94. A quite different colouration was used for this pattern.

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  • Soldier 95 DPM. Introduced around 1995, still used.

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