Anecdotal evidence suggested that the dark areas of the pattern warmed up more than the paler parts under desert sunlight, and retained the heat longer.

embassy staff being held hostage Iran.įeedback from these users indicated that the design contrasted too much with the terrain, preventing the camouflage from blending in effectively. However, there is evidence that the six-color desert pattern camouflage was in use before 1981 with photographs of American military personnel involved in Operation Eagle Claw in April 1980 using this camouflage pattern in the failed attempt to rescue U.S. troops taking part in the biennial Bright Star exercises in Egypt during the 1980s, and by FORSCOM peacekeepers assigned to the Multinational Force and Observers in the Egyptian Sinai Desert, but issued in large numbers prior to the Persian Gulf War. The six-color desert pattern entered service in 1981 at the same time as the woodland BDUs and would be worn in limited numbers by U.S. Marine Corps battle dress similar to the ones used in the Persian Gulf War. interests in the Persian Gulf region, saw the need for desert camouflage clothing to emerge again.Įxamples of U.S. Rapid Deployment Force (RDF) in 1979, with its remit to operate in the Middle East, and protect U.S. When the hostilities in the Middle East wound down, the test pattern was mothballed. Army, believing that it might become necessary to intervene in the Arab-Israeli conflicts, developed a test pattern using the deserts of southwestern United States as a model. Clusters of black-on-white spots are scattered over, to mimic the appearance of rocks.Īlthough the chocolate-chip camouflage became well known during the Persian Gulf War, it was originally designed decades prior, in 1962. It is made up of a base pattern of light tan overlaid with broad swathes of pale olive green and wide two-tone bands of brown. The camouflage received its nickname because it apparently resembles chocolate-chip cookie dough. The Desert Battle Dress Uniform uses a camouflage pattern known as the Chocolate-Chip Camouflage, Cookie Dough Camouflage, or the Six-Color Desert Pattern. These pants have the chocolate-chip camouflage pattern.

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