Military&Outdoor Blog

When French forces became part of the GWOT coalition in Afghanistan and later Iraq, camouflage patterns were similar to the woodland prints of the U.S. Army, which had already been phased out. In 2003, a few special forces units on deployment began testing new battle dress designs that were prototypes for the Tenue de Combat de l’Armée de Terre (TCAT), which came into service in 2010 with a digital camouflage pattern that looked even more like the old woodland pattern. These uniforms are made of advanced cotton-polyester blend fabrics; they cut down on the buttons and added plastic zippers to the pockets.