M98 (camouflage)
# M98 (camouflage)

M/98 is the standard Norwegian Battle Uniform, used by the Army, Air Force, and Home Guard.

Introduced around 1998, it is an updated version of the older model M/75, and is used together with different hats according to military branch. The uniform consists of jacket and trousers and comes in the 3-color Norwegian camouflage. The jacket has two breast pockets and two big hand pockets, both with flap and a sewn on velcro above left breast pocket for the name tag. The trousers have regular pockets for hands - one back pocket and cargo pockets with flap.

The camouflage colors of the uniform consist of DarkOliveGreen (#556B2F), YellowGreen (#9ACD32) and Tan (D2B48C.)

A special desert pattern has also been developed for the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, consisting of light green, brown and dark brown.

The M/98 is commonly used in garrison and only rarely used in the field.

The Norwegian army has a separate field uniform consisting of olive drab (and also camouflage) pants and a Norwegian camouflage field jacket.

A similar uniform pattern is used by the Democratic Republic of Congo army from unknown manufacturer, probably Russian.

