Rain pattern

Czechoslovak rain pattern camouflage called jehliči or oblacky (cloud), the rain streaks over a subtly patterned underprint. Designed 1960, introduced 1963

Rain pattern is a family of military camouflage patterns used by Warsaw Pact countries such as Poland, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, and Bulgaria. They are characterised by the presence of many closely spaced vertical streaks resembling falling rain, printed over a background which is often of a single colour, but may itself be disruptively patterned.^[1][2]

The 1931 German splittermuster combined disruptive pattern with a rainlike pattern of black streaks.

The 1931 German splittermuster, used extensively in many variants in the Second World War, incorporated a "rain" element as well as a bold disruptive pattern of splotches.^[3] Poland appears to have been the first to introduce a pure rain pattern. It was followed by Czechoslovakia in 1963.^[1]

See also

List of military clothing camouflage patterns

References

1. "Rain patterns". Camopedia. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
2. Shuck, David (27 January 2015). "Understanding Camo: The 13 Patterns to Know". Heddels.com. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
3. German Army Uniforms and Insignia 1933–1945, Brockhampton Press (January 1, 2000), SBN-10: 1860198694 ISBN 978-1-86019-869-4