Camouflage

Camouflage uniforms were really pushed forward by the German Army during the Second World War.

Today armies all over the world have developed their own unique camouflage pattern materials and fabrics for uniforms and for military vehicles and equipment.

Militaria Magazines and Books:

Camouflage Uniforms:
Camouflage, Brasseys's Book of

Synopsis This volume covers the history and development of camouflage.

Modern camouflage appears in everything from soft pastel grey-greens to wildly exotic flourescents. The book is also a recognition guide to 450 camouflage patterns from around the world. Subjects include the pioneering and now collectable camouflage equipment of the German Army in World War II, the famous Tigerstripe worn by American soldiers in Vietnam, plus the classic patterns worn by today's armies, including patterns in current use in South-East Asia and the former Soviet Union, and US desert camouflage and British disruptive patterns. Tim Newark is the author of "The Barbarians and Celtic Warriors". --This text refers to the Hardcover edition .

More camo books:

Corsets to Camouflage: Women and War by Kate Adie
Camouflage and Markings of Aircraft

Camouflage and Markings of the Aeronautica Nazionale Republiccana, 1943-1945: A Photographic Analysis Through Speculation and Research