Feldgrau

Feldgrau was the colour of the German army uniform from the late 19th century until 1945.

It was also a term which was metaphorically used to refer to the German armies (the Kaiserheer and the army component of the Reichswehr and Wehrmacht). The word means "field gray," and by World War I the color was a light grey-green. These were the first standardized uniforms in the world that suited an age in which firearms used smokeless powder. Formerly the Germans used a similar blue (Prussian blue) to the French.

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