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

CADPAT

The world's first issued digital pattern (2002), parent of MARPAT.

Family

Canada

Era

Current issue

In service

2002–present

Environments

woodland

History

Canada developed CADPAT through the 1990s and issued it generally in the early 2000s, making it the first digital camouflage fielded by any army. The temperate-woodland colorway is strongly green for boreal forest, and the design directly influenced the USMC's MARPAT.

In the field

Very green; strong in boreal forest.

Where it served

North America

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

Related patterns

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