Stylized palette rendering — not a reproduction of the licensed pattern.

ANA Spec4ce Forest

The Afghan National Army's proprietary green forest digital, procured from around 2008.

Family

Afghanistan

Era

Historical

In service

2008–2021

Environments

woodland

History

The US bought HyperStealth's proprietary Spec4ce Forest pattern for the Afghan National Army from around 2008. A 2017 SIGAR report criticized both the licensing cost and the choice of a woodland scheme for Afghanistan's largely arid terrain. The ANA's 2021 collapse retired it.

In the field

A US watchdog report famously noted the licensed forest pattern was chosen by preference for a country that is mostly not forest, at extra cost.

Where it served

Central Asia

Stylized region map — where the pattern was designed to work and primarily served.

Related patterns

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