Artifact Detail
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| Woodland DPM Shirt |
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| Field Gear |
| Cold War , Falklands War |
| Disruptive Pattern Material is the camouflage pattern used by the British Armed Forces. This is an example of the Tropical Combat Dress (c. 1976). This example appears to have been used by someone in the Air Force. |
| Probably Authentic |
| Related: Camouflage , Disruptive Pattern Material |
| Related Facts | |
| The word 'camouflage" is derived from the French word 'camouflerage' which means: camoufler (“disguise, to hide”) +? -age (noun-forming suffix). The French slang word 'camouflage' came into English use during the First World War. | |
| Disruptive Pattern Material (DPM) is a four-color woodland pattern and a 2, 3 and 4 color desert pattern used by British and many other nations between 1960 and the present. |