M84 camouflage pattern
The M/84 camouflage pattern (Danish: M/84 Pletsløring, lit. 'M/84 spot camouflage'), is the former camouflage pattern of the Danish military. The M/84 is a derivative of the Flecktarn B pattern produced by the German firm Marquardt & Schulz. Using the same shapes and pattern, the number of colours was changed from 5 to 3 – choosing olive green, light green and black to better match the colouration of the Danish woodland environment.
| M84 camouflage pattern M/84 Pletsløring | |
|---|---|
Camo pattern of the M84 | |
| Type | Military camouflage pattern |
| Place of origin | Denmark |
| Service history | |
| In service | 1984–present |
| Used by | Danish Defence See Other users for non-Danish users |
| Wars | Bosnian War (1992–1995) Afghanistan War (2001–2021) Iraq War War in Ukraine (2014–present) |
| Production history | |
| Designer | Marquardt & Schulz |
| Designed | 1978 (T/78 first presented, but not used) |
| Variants | See Variants for details on the camo patterns used |
The use of spots creates a "dithering" effect, which eliminates hard boundaries between the different colors in much the same way the squares in the newest digital camouflage patterns do. The pattern is designed for use in temperate woodland terrain.
It has been adapted with a desert camouflage variant by varying the colors. It has since been replaced by M/11.