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

AusCam (DPCU)

Australia's 'hearts and bunnies' blotch pattern.

Family

Australia

Era

Historical

In service

1984–2021

Environments

arid, scrub

History

Australia's Disruptive Pattern Camouflage Uniform grew out of late-1970s trials and was issued from the mid-1980s; the blotch shapes earned it the nickname of hearts-and-bunnies. AMCU replaced it across the ADF through the late 2010s and early 2020s.

In the field

Tuned for the outback's red-tan scrub; unmistakable shapes.

Where it served

Oceania

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

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