Stylized palette rendering — not a reproduction of the licensed pattern.
CADPAT AR (Arid)
The arid colorway of Canada's pioneering digital, fielded for Afghanistan.
Family
Canada
Era
Current issue
In service
2002–present
Environments
arid
History
Canada fielded the arid CADPAT colorway in the early 2000s for Afghanistan, after early rotations deployed in the temperate woodland version. It remains the Canadian arid standard.
In the field
Strong in arid terrain like its temperate sibling in green; procurement lag meant early deployers wore green CADPAT in the desert.
Where it served
North AmericaCentral Asia
Stylized region map — where the pattern was designed to work and primarily served.
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