Leibermuster
| Leibermuster | |
|---|---|
 Closeup of Leibermuster | |
| Type | Military camouflage pattern |
| Place of origin | Nazi Germany |
| Service history | |
| In service | 1945 |
| Used by | Heer Waffen-SS |
| Wars | World War II |
| Production history | |
| Designer | Leiber brothers |
Leibermuster is a German military camouflage pattern first used in 1945. It was the last of a family of German World War II camouflage patterns. The pattern (named after its designers, the Leiber brothers) was issued on a very limited basis to combat units before the war ended. It consists of bold irregular areas of black printed over brown and green on a pale background.[1]
Reproduction Leibermuster uniforms made in China and Turkey, created for collectors and reenactors, have become available on the market through European vendors.[2] After the war, Leibermuster was the basis for the "Alpenflage" issued to the Swiss army until the 1990s.
History
[edit]In the 1950s, there was consideration for acquiring the Leibermuster for the Belgian military with 20,000 uniforms, but it was never adopted.[3]
Development
[edit]The pattern was intended to provide some degree of camouflage in the infrared.[4] It was the first pattern to be issued to both regular army (Wehrmacht) and Waffen-SS units. All known original images of the Leibermuster depict Wehrmacht soldiers stationed in former Czechoslovakia. There are no known images of Waffen-SS members wearing the Leibermuster.
References
[edit]- ^ Newark, Timothy (2007). Camouflage. Thames & Hudson in association with the Imperial War Museum. pp. 134–135. ISBN 978-0-500-51347-7. OCLC 225601057.
- ^ Richardson, Francis. (1945). Camouflage Fabrics both Plain and Printed for Military Use by the German SS and German Army. Reprinted in: Borsarello, J. F. (Ed.). (1990?). SS & Wehrmacht Camouflage, ISO Publications; London.
- ^ Lothar Schuster: Das Ausstattungssoll der Heeresangehörigen der Bundeswehr 1956-2010. Zeughausverlag, Berlin, 2011, p. 85.
- ^ Camouflage At War. Amber Books. 2017. pp. 46–47. ISBN 978-1-78274-498-6. OCLC 961009046.
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