In 1954, Poland adopted a camouflage design based on the German Wehrmacht Splittermuster (splinter) design. Although referred to for many years as the wz56 pattern, surviving examples have been documented with dates as early as 1953. Featuring violet-brown & olive green splinter shapes with dark green rain straits on a yellow-tan background, there was some variability between production runs. Comparisons of this pattern with original German examples have revealed that the splinter shapes on the Polish version are reversed, suggesting that original drawings were probably copied during the development stages of this pattern. This design was again fielded as Soviet-style two piece oversuit and only issued to airborne and reconnaissance units into the 1960s.
