TAZ 90

The TAZ 90 (TarnAnZug in German and TASS 90 in French) is the camouflage patterns for current standard issue battledress and service dress uniform of the Swiss Armed Forces.

History
The TAZ 90 was issued to the Swiss military in 1993 after the TAZ 83 had been phased out of service. ETH Zurich played a role in its creation, since the pattern was made to suit Swiss environment.

Pattern
The four-colour pattern consists of tan, brown, green and black and is a development of the Taz 57 and Taz 83 (the "Alpenflage") patterns which it replaced in the early 1990s. Even so, the pattern is based on the alpenflage, but with the deletion of the white spots and the red colour found in the alpenflage, along with minor changes.

Taz 90/06
In 2006, the Taz was changed to include Velcro insignia and Velcro name tabs (Taz 90/06).

Desert
A desert variant for Swiss troops working abroad in peacekeeping operations. Known sometimes as TAZ 07, Südtarn or Wüstetarn, the variant was seen with Swiss troops in Kosovo in peacekeeping operations.

Replacement
The TAZ 16 ("Multiumfeldtarnmuster 16") will be introduced to the troop from 2022. The geometry of the pattern is kept as it is, but the colour pattern will be slightly modified. The black is replaced by a tan-like light brown.

The new pattern will be applied to the new personal equipment of the Swiss Army that will be supplied to the new recruits. It is known as the MBAS program, and its cost is estimated to be CHF 215 million.