Quote Originally Posted by Richland
DPM is the British standard Disrupted Pattern. The colors are similar to the US woodland, both designed in the 70s for the big fight in Europe. but the pattern is different than the US.

I'm not up on US militry uniform, but the British Army DPM started off as the hand painted Denison Smock in the early 1940's - modified in 1944.

The first manufactured fabric, DPM pattern 1960 was used from 1969, and the same outline pattern but in various colours has continued through several incarnations. It was always four colour, in different shades and colours for different places, but then in the Gulf War it was noticed that there were Iraqui uniforms of the same pattern and colours so it was replaced by a two colour version.

The disruptive pattern material I have used for my kilt is a non military design in three colours which should be about right for the local woodland.