The earlier patterns were manually screened while the later were produced by machine rolling. Used for the production of headgear, pullover smocks, zeltbahns and panzer camouflaged combinations, this pattern was manufactured from 1940 to 1944.
The following list provides an example of each pattern, pattern name, date of use, manufacturing process and the clothing articles manufactured with this particular camouflaged pattern. There were 10 basic camouflaged patterns used by the Waffen-SS (and its former designation SS-VT) during the war, although only about four were used for the production of panzer uniforms. These two clothing articles became the hallmark of the Waffen-SS. Wim Brandt, first suggested and began developing preliminary designs for a camouflaged pullover smock and helmet cover.
Two officers on the Deutschland staff, SS-Obersturmführer Ecke and SS-Hauptsturmführer Dr. The SS-VT, like its Army counterpart, first concentrated on the camouflaged zeltbahn. Otto Schick was brought in and he designed new and effective camouflaged patterns and experimented with manufacturing processing. Steiner, commanding the Regiment Deutschland, used this formation for experimenting with tactics, training and clothing. During the same time, two distinguished officers of the SS-Verfügungstruppe (SS-VT), former Army officers during WWI, Paul Hausser and Felix Steiner, brought forth new ideas into the field of warfare. The German Army experimented with camouflage clothing in the mid-1930s centering primarily on the zeltbahn (shelter quarter), however, the camouflaged patterns themselves were highly ineffective. The Waffen-SS is most noted for its use of camouflaged uniforms.