Tropentarn ("tropical camouflage") is the name of a lighter weight polyester-cotton (PolyCo) fabric printed with the German 5-color Flecktarn camouflage pattern used by the Bundeswehr for their military uniforms. Some tags say 20% polyester,
Wüstentarn ("desert camouflage") is often mistakenly called Tropentarn by non-German speakers,
Pattern
Design
Tropentarn is Bundeswehr 5-color
Flecktarn printed on lighter weight fabric. Colors consist of dark green, grey-green, red brown, and black over a light green or tan base depending on the manufacturer. On the tropentarn fabric the brown screen is more of a "rust" color and the black screen contrasts sharply against the dark green and grey-green screens.
Outside of Germany, the term is sometimes erroneously used for Bundeswehr 3-color Wüstentarn
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Manufacture
Uniforms made in this fabric are for service in warmer, tropical regions. Because of the nature of the material, the colorway of the Flecktarn pattern differs from the colorway of the heavier weight Flecktarn uniforms, appearing lighter, brighter and with greater screen separation.
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