Combat Dress was the name of the uniform worn by members of Land Force Command of the
Canadian ForcesThe Canadian Forces , officially the Canadian Armed Forces , are the unified armed forces of Canada, as constituted by the National Defence Act, which states: "The Canadian Forces are the armed forces of Her Majesty raised by Canada and consist of one Service called the Canadian Armed Forces."...
from 1968 to 2002.
The combat uniform was olive-drab colour pants and shirt replacing the old
Battle DressBattle Dress was the specific title of a military uniform adopted by the British Army in the late 1930s and worn until the 1960s. Several other nations also introduced variants of Battle Dress during the Second World War, including Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, South Africa, and the...
from the
BritishThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island country, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of Ireland, and many small islands...
. This pattern was adopted by
NATOThe North Atlantic Treaty Organization ); ), also called "the Atlantic Alliance", is an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on April 4, 1949...
members in the 1960s, but abandoned for camouflage and disruptive patterns by all but
CanadaCanada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. Development of
CADPATCAnadian Disruptive PATtern ' is the digital camouflage pattern currently used by the Canadian Forces . It was the first digital pattern introduced for uniforms and has similarities to German Army Flecktarn which may have inspired the development of CADPAT. The patent for CADPAT lists US Army...
started in the 1990's, but it was not until the turn of the century that widespread adoption began.
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Combat Dress was the name of the uniform worn by members of Land Force Command of the
Canadian ForcesThe Canadian Forces , officially the Canadian Armed Forces , are the unified armed forces of Canada, as constituted by the National Defence Act, which states: "The Canadian Forces are the armed forces of Her Majesty raised by Canada and consist of one Service called the Canadian Armed Forces."...
from 1968 to 2002.
The combat uniform was olive-drab colour pants and shirt replacing the old
Battle DressBattle Dress was the specific title of a military uniform adopted by the British Army in the late 1930s and worn until the 1960s. Several other nations also introduced variants of Battle Dress during the Second World War, including Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, South Africa, and the...
from the
BritishThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island country, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of Ireland, and many small islands...
. This pattern was adopted by
NATOThe North Atlantic Treaty Organization ); ), also called "the Atlantic Alliance", is an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on April 4, 1949...
members in the 1960s, but abandoned for camouflage and disruptive patterns by all but
CanadaCanada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. Development of
CADPATCAnadian Disruptive PATtern ' is the digital camouflage pattern currently used by the Canadian Forces . It was the first digital pattern introduced for uniforms and has similarities to German Army Flecktarn which may have inspired the development of CADPAT. The patent for CADPAT lists US Army...
started in the 1990's, but it was not until the turn of the century that widespread adoption began. The Canadian cadets adopted the combat dress for field use and it is also worn by civilian instructors for the cadets.
For more on combat dress go to CF Operational Dress.