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Stylized palette rendering — not a reproduction of the licensed pattern.
Urban Camo
The black-white-grey recolor of M81 Woodland that filled 1980s-90s surplus shops.
Family
commercial
Era
Commercial
In service
1985–present
Environments
urban
History
Commercial makers recolored the M81 drawing into greys in the 1980s, and urban camo became a surplus-store and streetwear staple. Despite the look, no US service ever issued it.
In the field
Never issued and conceals nothing in a real city; an icon of surplus-store fashion all the same.
Where it served
North America
Stylized region map — where the pattern was designed to work and primarily served.
Related patterns
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