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.

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