[7][8] The SOTG trial found the uniform provided better concealment in urban, desert and alpine Afghan terrains over the current issue Disrupted Pattern Desert Uniform (DPDU) and was superior in terms of functionality and ergonomics.

[9][8][10][11][12] In November 2010, the Minister for Defence Materiel announced that the CPCU would be issued to the Mentoring Task Force close-combatant elements to wear on patrols for a one-year trial.

[14][15] The initial DPDU pattern was a three-colour design which was urgently developed in six weeks and was produced with three days to spare.

[16] In May 2011, the Defence Materiel Organisation (DMO) purchased a licence from Crye Precision to be able to manufacture uniforms in Australia for US$4.7 million and also paid US$3.1 million for development of an Australian version of the camouflage pattern the Australian Multicam Pattern (AMP).

[21] In 2013, the AMCU designed by the DSTO for terrain types in Australia and the immediate region, was trialled in northern Australia in grasslands, jungle, desert and shrub lands terrains by Diggerworks (part of DMO) and performed as well as or better than the DPCU and the AMP-OCU.