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

Soldier 2000

The SANDF's post-apartheid pattern — mottled greens and browns for southern African bush.

Family

South Africa

Era

Current issue

In service

1993–present

Environments

scrub, woodland

History

South Africa adopted the Soldier 2000 pattern in the 1990s as the new SANDF replaced the old formations' uniforms with a single national camouflage. It remains South African issue.

In the field

Good bushveld performance in the same terrain the Rhodesian brushstroke was built for, with a very different construction.

Where it served

Sub-Saharan Africa

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

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