I always love the "oh shi... we forgot other climates were a thing" that militaries always seem to do.

Nice video but: Bundeswehr=Germany Bundesheer=Austria

"Looked too aggressive." wtf even is the point of having a military then NETHERLANDS

In the German Army the all blue tracksuits were called "Schlumpftarn" (Smurf Camo).

6:00 *"Camouflage looks too aggressive"* - Some Dutch dude, probably high on shrooms

Actually it was refused by the Dutch on the political level because I looked like the waffen SS patern. I tested the camo while in the army. Everybody who tested it was very happy with it.

" ich hab sie gestern nicht bei der Tarnübung gesehen! " " danke sir"

I'm German.. I was here the whole time,you just didn't see me!

Fun facts: Tropentarn is often getting a chemical treatment referred to as "Vektorenschutz", which basically means that it is being impregnated with repellant to keep ticks and mosquitos away. Also, all Uniform patterns are being treated in a way that they do not reflect UV light, and as a soldier you are technically not allowed to wash your uniforms at home because this UV treatment gets lost.

It seems that the WWII German Camo style keeps coming back in slightly altered form in many countries. I know most countries were averse to emulating WWII German Camo, but the truth is, it was great and is still great no matter what political weight it carries.

Apologies for any mispronunciations of German words, also in regards to the only NATO nations using camouflage we did omit a few such as Italy and Portugal by accident. Although a few did use camouflage it was on a limited basis and under certain circumstances rather than as the standard issue uniform which the UK eventually did. Anyway hope every still enjoyed the video. Also any and all suggestions for future videos are always considered.

Wait ! BundesWEHR is German🇩🇪 but BundesHEER is Austrian🇦🇹 !

4:42 Eichenlaubmuster = Oak leaves pattern 4:44 Erbsenmuster = Peas pattern I worn Fleckentarn = Stain camouflage pattern Nice video 👍

groß is actually a different way of writing gross, and is pronounced as such...not grob...as a side note, grob in russian means coffin.

Whilst in Bundeswehr, we called it "Erbsenkotze" meaning "peas vomit" :)

Actually in my time in the Bundeswehr, what you call 5 colour camo with Tropentarn cut would universally be called "Vektorenschutz", as that pattern of uniform is treated with a special chemical, that supposedly helps against mosquitoes, ticks and other insects. What you called Wüstentarn (three colour csmo) would be called Tropentarn universally, and Wüstentarn is actually a variation of that, without the green. I somewhere even have an official Bundeswehr brochure about uniforms, that calls the patterns that way.

I prefer the German flectarn pattern to any of the other countries patterns.

3:23 It is pronounced like "gross" in English not grob since the ß in the word groß (large/big) stands in for two s characters. The German language is phasing out the ß for two s but the change is not really accepted by many people.

Back in the good ol' days I got a complete set (pants, shirt, parka, vest) of surplus Bundeswehr flecktarn for a total of $40 from 'Cheaper Than Dirt' catalog. I used it for turkey hunting here in Missouri as it's excellent camouflage for breaking up your silhouette in woods, or just about anywhere in a temperate zone. It was also immensely cheaper and tougher than most of the hunting clothing sold here. That was back in 2004, I still have the set with it's Bundeswehr stamp on the tag mid-90's manufacture.

I love when you spelled "ß" in "Gruß" as "b"

You're a young channel, and I love the content man. Been waiting for a channel that actually focuses on uniform. Would be awesome to see some body armor vids too. But so far so good my dude. Keep it up 👍

Like most things German, Flecktarn just looks friggin amazing. I use a fall flecktarn from someone's skin mod in my CoH1 mod for the Pzr Elite.

Tbh the M44 Erbsenmuster is the greatest camouflage of all time. All German WWII camos can and so still outperform and outshine most modern designs. My second favorite and useful camouflage is the Waffen SS Oak smock that was reversible for autumn and spring weather along with its matching helmet cover, that was a mean and scary pattern cause the allies who survived engagements with SS divisions who were decked out in these camos all said “you wouldn’t even know you’re standing amidst a whole company of Germans until they started shooting us....from DIRECTLY BENEATH us.”

I like the bit about the Dutch officer who said cammo was 'too aggressive', I imagine they sent him to help UNPROFOR at Srebrenica.

Thanks. Given the pattern originated during WW2, and is considered effective today, I would say the Germans continue to be remarkable.

So glad to see someone who is equally as interested in Camouflage as me! I can't believe I didn't fond this channel earlier

The Portuguese Army too used a camouflaged pattern since the early sixties, a beautiful variation of the French lizard pattern with a darker reddish brown. But it was reserved for Special Forces and those fighting in Portuguese Africa; all others wore olive drab. Nowadays we use DPM and Multicam.

Awesome video on my favorite camo pattern! I have a entire flecktarn uniform + gear from the late 80's - early 90's and a couple of bits of steppentarn gear. Being a collector of Cold War era uniforms, this channel is a goldmine!

Honestly i think the Wehrmacht dot camo was the best looking, and i remember watching videos of tests and damn they where near invisible :O

Can you talk about tigerstripe?

Your content quality and attention to detail is amazing, keep up the great work!

Extremely well researched. Good video!

Flecktarn works pretty well here in coastal Oregon. Multicam is too light. It's pretty cool learning that it took 15 years to develop.

This was an interesting video. Standard German Flecktarn is a neat camo pattern.

Most proper briefing much appreciated and enjoyed,

12:04 this dude has a rank of "Oberstabsgefreiter" = NATO Rang-Code OR-4 or US Rank Corporal. This rank was also funny called "Pommesbude" = some kind like "fries sale shack", because this rank has so many stripes "fries" like a street sale shack. I hope you know what I mean ;)

Germany had developed really effective Camouflage in WW2 and would do field trials for a specific pattern's before inroducing them into the appropriate theatre of war. They were the first to introduce disruptive pattern uniforms en-mass and in such bold and varied forms. One of the most popular items of clothing was the revesible to White winter Parka and Trousers sets which were padded and kept soldiers very warm in the harsh Russian and Western European winters.

That french lizard patern looks interesting,also some of the greek stuff,when you think about it camo is a really interesting subject! You have a new sub!!!

Man, I love this channel, I enjoy collecting euro surplus uniforms so this is the perfect channel for me lol...

I like what I see, despite the mispronunciations. The channels seems rigorous and loaded with information. Subscribed!

I love how you pronounce all those german words. Greetings from Germany. Brilliant video, by the way. Keep up the great work.

Fascinating! I love Flecktarn but didn't know there was such an interesting history behind it.

How great!!! I'm very much into camo patterns, have many books and a good collecting of uniforms, but I still learned something here. Great chanel!!!! Thank you!!

Just subscribed! finally found someone who does uniform histories.I collect European military clothing and frankly I thought there was no real info on this thank you very much!By the way I have several garments in flecktarn patterns.The wusentarn as you say has a different material,that is absolutely correct.My wusentarn shirt and pants are actually extremely comfortable and airy,they almost cause a drafting effect in pulling air through the actual fabric.Keep up the good work

How about an episode on the ski cap (Bergmütze)? Probably one of the most practical and definitely most stylish European military hats.

About 15/16 years ago I bought a black fleck tarn coat from a massive army surplus stores on Camden market in London, it's official german army issue and I've still got it , great coat !

Very well done, precise, well documented Thumb up !

Great video as always keep up the great work!

or as known by the service men in 1990 (when i was doing my mandatory draft service) "bekotzte Pferdedecke" meaning "vomited on horse blanket" ;)

5:03 not only the UK and france also Italy did use m29 camo uniform as standard uniform until 1975 where it was flanked whit a solid color uniform and didnt see replacements until the early 90s where all militaries switched to the woodland

Awesome vid. Love Flecktarn and have some surplus from 1997 and 1998.

Just came across your channel, im a military antique collector, mainly medals, daggers, swords, badges ect.. ect.. havnt got to purchasing any uniforms, helmets.. yet, ill be a regular viewer if all the material you put out from now on fantastic jobyour doing from wat ive seen so far

God, the Germans had such good camo.

"Looked too aggressive...." Ah Europe.

Can't wait for more, great channel. I would love to see some info on how military and high end hunting camo ( kuiu, first lite, Sitka) are different than military camo and what the pros and cons are

In 1997 I started in the Bundeswehr in the olive uniform and short afterwards got Flecktarn. Funnily we called it either Tarnfleck and Flecktarn. I liked it BUT the olive fabric was more durable and thicker. There were many rumours in our platoon that the Flecktarn fabric has infrared protection and such. Geez we were young and naive XD

I am a russian, but my favorite kind of camouflage is the german 5 colours "flecktarn", and also his russian variant- "ss leto partizan", which is almost the same like the flecktarn, but with little more different colours and configuration : )

I love the danish camouflage. I like how it matches the green forest areas of Denmark, but also how it's pretty old. I also like our desert version.

Thanks for sharing !

Excellent, well researched presentation

Nice video, I subbed almost instantly! My advice is to do some more research into pronuciation next time :)

😂😂😂 "it looked to aggressive" wow and that's why Germany always invaded through Belgium 😂😂😂

I really like the pattern of the German flecktarn. Even snagged some from some surplus store a while back here in the USA.

Great effort and great job mate, i hope your channel grows big :)

I love German camos they were essentially the pioneers for modern camouflage that is now adopted by most militaries around the world

Flecktarn might not be prettiest camo, but it does it's job (especially in woods) just too well.

Excellent info and well-put video. Respect from Argentina

"flecktarn grob" lol. Absolutely hilarious parody of German used throughout

Ersenmuster looks so reminiscent in the modern flecktarn

A nickname of this Flecktarn pattern is Erbsensuppe (Peasoup)

Thumbs up for the tremors scene. Thinking about that classic the other day.

Great video , thank you for sharing. I always wanted to get some surplus Flectarn.

While you were wearing green overalls the germans had already worn camouflaged pattern uniforms

What do you get when the two Germanies unite? Out of the way.

Great vid. Thank you from Minsk, Belarus. I Use Flecktarn more than my Multicam, DDPM, Oliva.

Flecktarn is a great camouflage! I once used in a softair game the Erbsentarn! A friend of me stood 3 metres away and couldnt see me! No joke! Its a great camouflage and its good, that it was adopted! It saves lifes of soldiers, since it hides perfectly in the suroundings!

I would love it if you could talk about IDF uniform history

It's flecktarn Gross not grob. That b looking symbol is a double s in German

An outstanding good video- I served quite a while in the German Forces but still learnt here a lot

Quality content, excellent presentation.

just the way how he pronounces "Schnee-Tarn" makes me cringe everytime when i hear it xD No offense, I absolutely adore your videos!!!

VERY interesting video, thanks for making it. I spent two years in Germany, with the US Army, at the end of the cold war-- 87'--88'. While there, I made a few friends, locally, and was thusly able to inspect, up close, the contemporary German uniforms [in solid colors], as my friends performed their required terms of service. I remember two main points coming to mind-- #1) I liked the actual material/blend used in their uniforms. It was robust enough not to acquire as many holes as my US BDUs did, while under field conditions. The Deutcher uniforms also seemed more resistant to staying wet like my wool-based BDUs often did... pita for me. #2) I absolutely could NOT understand why they didn't wear camouflage... To my thinking, at the time everybody was worried about the Russians suddenly crossing the border in their own blitz style invasion. So, while I was glad US uniforms were cammoed, I didnt understand the German thinking. Thanks for clearing that up for me... That said, they "didnt want to appear too aggressive?!" Isnt that what an Army is for?! Lol

One of the best patterns out there

I've been collecting flecktarn uniforms for a while now. My favorite is a 90s flecktarn hooded parka. Wear it almost every day.

US Forces were sporting Woodland from at least 86 as that's when I got my first issue.

History of ERDL camo next? Please?

Very interesting. Thank you for the video

Nice and detailed video!

Just one annotation : You said a few times "Bundesheer". This refers to the Austrian army. German army is the Bundeswehr.

The Dutch Army troops rejected Flecktarn, because it was a micro-pattern. The troops were used to macro-patterns like the British DPM and the US Woodland camouflage. The troops said that Flecktarn looked like a FLOWER pattern, seen on dresses and wall paper.

Very complete!

Interestingly, I did not know that the standard flecktarn existed and the variant would troppentarn. thanks for attending the request on this camouflage xd

Gross is large in German. The ‘sharp S’ looks like a funny ‘B’

Will you please do a video on the South African camouflage pattern?

You earned a sub, keep up your awesome vids

Drai Farbän Tahrdrouk - I love it when you say these words :)

"Flecktarn groß" is pronounced "gross" not "grob".

Vielen Dank! Ich habe lange auf so ein Video gewartet. Deutsche Tarnmuster sind ziemlich gut, aber ich glaube da gibt es verschiedene Meinungen. Thank you! I've been waiting very long time for such a kind of video. The German camo is very goody but that's only my point of view.

I just recently found your chennal and it super fun thank for good content

1 thank you for this video, I was getting desperate for this kinda info 2 I love the tremors clip, that movie is great lol