Operational Camouflage Pattern

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Operational Camouflage Pattern is the current standard combat uniform camouflage used by the United States Army, designed to provide effective concealment across a wide range of environments.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military camouflage pattern
military uniform pattern
alsoKnownAs OCP
Scorpion W2
authorizedForWearOn Airman Battle Uniform replacement
Army Combat Uniform
becameStandardIssueByYear 2019
camouflageCategory multi-terrain pattern
camouflageEffectiveness improvedOverUniversalCamouflagePattern
colorPalette beige
brown
dark brown
green
light green
off-white
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
designedBy U.S. Army Natick Soldier Research Development and Engineering Center
designedFor combat uniforms
desert terrain
multi-environment concealment
transitional terrain
urban terrain
woodland terrain
designedToBlendWith rocky terrain
sandy terrain
vegetated terrain
developmentBasis Scorpion camouflage pattern
initialFieldingBegan 2015-07
introducedBy United States Army
introducedInYear 2015
optimizedFor near-infrared performance
wide range of operational environments
patternType digital-hybrid camouflage
primaryUniformAssociation Operational Camouflage Pattern self-linksurface differs
surface form: Army Combat Uniform
regulatingDocument Army Regulation 670-1
replaced Universal Camouflage Pattern
status standard camouflage pattern of the U.S. Army
superseded Universal Camouflage Pattern
surface form: Universal Camouflage Pattern on Army Combat Uniform
usedBy United States Air Force
United States Army
Army National Guard
surface form: United States Army National Guard

Army Reserve
surface form: United States Army Reserve

United States Space Force
usedOn body armor covers
combat shirts
field jackets
helmet covers
load-bearing equipment
trousers

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United States Army camouflagePattern Operational Camouflage Pattern
Army Combat Uniform colorVariant Operational Camouflage Pattern
this entity surface form: Operational Camouflage Pattern (OCP)
UCP followedBy Operational Camouflage Pattern
subject surface form: Universal Camouflage Pattern
Army Combat Uniform hasCamouflagePattern Operational Camouflage Pattern
ACU hasCamouflagePattern Operational Camouflage Pattern
subject surface form: Army Combat Uniform
Operational Camouflage Pattern primaryUniformAssociation Operational Camouflage Pattern self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Army Combat Uniform
ACUPAT replacedBy Operational Camouflage Pattern
ACU replacedBy Operational Camouflage Pattern
subject surface form: Army Combat Uniform
this entity surface form: Operational Camouflage Pattern variant of ACU
Universal Camouflage Pattern replacedBy Operational Camouflage Pattern