The Erbsenmuster or pea pattern was one of a family of

German World War II camouflage patterns German World War II camouflage patterns formed a family of disruptively patterned military camouflage designs for clothing, used and in the main designed during the Second World War. The first pattern, ''Splittertarnmuster'' ("splinter camouflage ...

, said to have been designed by Johann Georg Otto Schick, and first issued to the

Waffen-SS The (; ) was the military branch, combat branch of the Nazi Party's paramilitary ''Schutzstaffel'' (SS) organisation. Its formations included men from Nazi Germany, along with Waffen-SS foreign volunteers and conscripts, volunteers and conscr ...

in 1944. The pattern had five colours, pale brown, dark brown, green, olive green and black, arranged as small rounded areas dotted over large irregular areas.

Development

It was developed from Eichenlaubmuster, the oak leaf pattern. Its style was quite unlike earlier German camouflage smocks: unlike them, it was not reversible. It was a two piece

uniform A uniform is a variety of costume worn by members of an organization while usually participating in that organization's activity. Modern uniforms are most often worn by armed forces and paramilitary organizations such as police, emergency serv ...

and could be worn either by itself in warm weather, or over other uniform; the camouflage pattern was intended to be effective all year round.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pea-Dot Camouflage patterns Military equipment introduced from 1940 to 1944