MIL-DTL-44436B
3.4 Materials.
3.4.1 Cotton. The cotton shall be carded and combed.
3.4.2 Nylon. The nylon shall be first quality, high tenacity, semi-dull staple having a
nominal cut length of 1-1/2 inches and a round cross-section with a nominal denier of 1.6 to 1.8.
No form of nylon waste shall be used, such as undrawn fiber, mixtures of deniers, lusters or cross
sections, and waste from any stage of fiber production: whether drawn, un-drawn, or mixed or
garneted fiber. Testing shall be as specified in 4.4.4.
3.4.3 Yarn. The warp and filling yarn shall be made from a blend of 50 (+ 5) percent nylon
with the remaining percentage cotton based on the dry weight of the desized cloth. The warp
yarn shall be 2-ply and the filling yarn shall be 2-ply or singles.
3.5 Color.
3.5.1 Class 1 and 2, Woodland Camouflage. The cloth(s) shall be dyed to a ground shade
either matching or approximating Light Green 354 and then overprinting with the camouflage
pattern by roller or screen printing. When the ground shade is dyed to match Light Green 354,
the remaining colors shall be obtained by subsequent printing using three rollers or screens, as
appropriate for the Dark Green 355, Brown 356, and Black 357 areas of the pattern. When the
ground shade is dyed to approximate Light Green 354, all four colors of the camouflage pattern
shall be obtained by subsequent printing using four rollers or screens to match all four colors
Resin bonded pigments are not permitted (see 6.5).
3.5.1.1 Class 3, Desert Camouflage. The cloth shall be dyed to a ground shade either
matching or approximating Light Tan 492 and then overprinting with the camouflage pattern by
roller or screen printing. When the ground shade is dyed to match Light Tan 492, the remaining
colors shall be obtained by subsequent printing using two rollers or screens, as appropriate for
the Light Brown 493 and Light Khaki 494 areas of the pattern. When the ground shade is dyed
to approximate Light Tan 492, all three colors of the camouflage pattern shall be obtained by
subsequent printing using three rollers or screens to match all three colors. Resin bonded
pigments are not permitted (see 6.5).
3.5.1.2 Class 5, Black 357. The cloth shall be dyed to a ground shade approximating Black
357 in the Class 1 and 2 Woodland Camouflage print. Resin bonded pigments are not permitted
(see 6.5).
3.5.1.3 Class 6, 7 and 8, Universal Camouflage. The cloth(s) shall be dyed to a ground shade
either matching or approximating Desert Sand 500 and then overprinting with the camouflage
pattern by roller or screen printing. When the ground shade is dyed to match Desert Sand 500,
the remaining colors shall be obtained by subsequent printing using two rollers or screens, as
appropriate for the Urban Gray 501 and Foliage Green 502 areas of the pattern. When the
ground shade is dyed to approximate Desert Sand 500 all three colors of the camouflage pattern
shall be obtained by subsequent printing using three rollers or screens to match all three colors.
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