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Disruptive Pattern Camouflage Uniform (DPCU), also nicknamed ''Auscam'' or ''jelly bean camo'' is a five-colour military camouflage pattern used by the Australian Defence Force. It was developed and tested during the late 1970s and early 1980s. The DPCU will be replaced by the Australian MultiCam Camouflage Uniform (AMCU), which uses an Australian Multi-Camouflage Pattern based on MultiCam.〔(Australian Army launches new Multicam Camouflage Combat uniform at Chief of Army's exercise ) - Armyrecognition.com, 24 September 2014〕 == Overview == The first uniforms using the disruptive pattern camouflage (called Disruptive Pattern Camouflage Uniform – DPCU) were issued in 1983 for test purposes. In 1986 the final production version was introduced with a number of changes. It is influenced partly by early US Jungle Camouflage patterns, such as "Duck Hunter"/"Frog-Skin". DPCU was developed following aerial photographs of the Australian terrain to determine which colours and patterns would be most suitable for camouflage uniforms. The selected five colour pattern consists of a greenish sand coloured background with randomly arranged spots of orange-brown, mid-brown, leaf-green and very dark green overlaid. While a mid-grey tone was included in early test uniforms, this was omitted in later unifoms in favour of a second brown tone. The standard DPCU works in areas from arid bushland through to tropical jungle all over Australia. Since the finalisation of the colour scheme, the Army uniform was modified to the standard NATO format, with a single rank slide in the centre of the shirt, zip pockets on the shirt and pants instead of the button-flap original, and larger sleeve pockets to fit unit patches on. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Disruptive Pattern Camouflage Uniform」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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