Camouflage pattern MARPAT™ - Digital woodland

Country of deployment: The most well-known user is definitely the USMC, but also other countries like Herzegovina and Bosnia.

This concept of “digital camouflage” (i.e., camouflage designed mainly with the help of computer algorithms and incorporating pixelated shapes rather than traditional organic ones) was first used somewhat unexpectedly by the Canadian government.

Statistical evidence from these tests was so impressive that it became clear that digital camouflage patterns represented the future. And since Canada was also looking for a way to differentiate its marine uniforms from American ones, they launched the MARPAT (Marine Pattern) project with the USMC, the results of which were put into practice between 2001-2005. Although the USMC claims to have designed their own variation of the MARPAT camouflage, most experts in the field agree that they largely copied the Canadian CADPAT scheme.

Originally, four versions were tested, but only three were eventually adopted by the USMC: MARPAT Woodland, MARPAT Desert, MARPAT Winter, and MARPAT Urban (tested but not adopted).

A unique feature (or rather an interesting aspect) of the MARPAT designs is that they regularly include the USMC EGA logo, making it clear on closer inspection who it belongs to and suggesting who adapted it to their needs.