Italian Parachute Combat Jacket | Unissued

Origin of Camouflage 

Mimetico Roma 90

The Italian Mimetico Roma 90 camouflage, often called “Roma-90 Woodland,” was introduced in the early 1990s as a modernization of Italy’s field uniforms and a bridge between the older Telo Mimetico patterns and the later Vegetato. Inspired by the U.S. M81 Woodland but tuned for Mediterranean terrain, it featured bold green, brown, and black shapes on a tan-olive base, giving it a higher-contrast look distinctively Italian. 

Roma-90 quickly became standard issue across the Italian Army throughout the 1990s, appearing on field jackets, airborne two-piece suits, and flak vests during peacekeeping and NATO missions in the Balkans and beyond. Though officially phased out after Vegetato was adopted in 2004, Roma-90 remained in use for years through stockpiles and now surfaces frequently in surplus markets, especially in unissued sets prized by collectors.