Review: MFH – Tarnanzug Neu products

Introduction

A while back, Max Fuchs GmbH – or MFH – introduced a very meticulous replica of the newly fielded Austrian “Tarnanzug” camouflage pattern. As of now, there are 5 different products available, and the company was kind enough to send me some samples to give you guys a decent overview.

So, let’s start with some basic facts of what is available, a bit of backstory or trivia, and last but not least, some insights about the products.

Overview

As of the time of writing this review, the following 5 items were available in what MFH coins “TAZ Tarn”:

Background to the introduction of the MFH – TAZ Tarn

The first prototype of the TAZ Tarn items was presented at IWA 2025 in Nuremberg – back then, it was just a T-Shirt that had been delivered a few days prior to the show. This means that development of the pattern had to start in 2023/24. Back then, Austrian military surplus of the new Tarnanzug pattern just started to leak to the commercial market, much to the disdain of the Austrian Ministry of Defence.

MFH realised the demand and started to replicate the pattern by taking 2-3 surplus field shirts and studying the pattern. As a result, the replicas are as close to the original as possible.

MFH does not aim for the military market, but more at the commercial customer, surplus collector, and bushcraft/outdoor market. Adding to that, they produce budget friendly items for the mass market. With that in mind, they did not develop these items with certain Mil-Spec characteristics in mind, like NIR-compliance or Rip-Stop material.

Naming the pattern was a challenge as well. As most of you know, the Austrian ministry of defence does not have an official designation for the pattern other than “Tarnanzug Neu” for the whole new uniform system, and derivations of this, like “Tarnanzug beige” for the desert variant – more about this here.

So at first, the items by MFH went under the name “03 Tarn” – which was most likely a hint to the Austrian KAZ 03 – the Kampfanzug (combat uniform) introduced in 2003. By now it is listed as “TAZ Tarn” – which is a funny name as it means “Camouflage suit/uniform camo”.

With that being said, let’s get some impressions of the items.

MFH – TAZ Tarn products

A quick few words on the various items. Most are already known to the public and do not need a thorough review. I will offer a few remarks on my personal impressions of them and how they performed during use:

MFH – US Cap

This is a standard baseball cap, as you would expect. Two things I want to address: First of all, this cap has an excellent fit and looks good on the head. There are some caps from various producers which are more flat and provide less room for the head. So they always look weird somehow – this one does not. So, it looks and feels excellent indeed.

Second: it does feature the knob on top. This might be a turn-off for those of you that are in shooting sports and the like, and have to wear ear protection. As we all have learned the painful way – a punch on that knob gets painfully transmitted.

MFH – US T-Shirt, short sleeved

Very comfortable cotton T-Shirts. I am not the guy that runs around town with camo T-Shirts, but these are a nice way to sport camo at home or in the outdoors. They do run big, so if you are in between sizes or not sure which size to pick – the smaller one will do. These keep shape after several washes, and the colors are more resistant to the same washing cycles as my Mil-Tec Shirts in the Phantomleaf WASP I patterns.

MFH – Mehrzweckplane, “Tarp” (Multi-purpose tarp)

This is indeed just a basic tarp with a few grommets and no webbing loops. So good enough to cover larger items on the ground and somewhat usable as a tarp to sleep under – however, you will find better solutions for the latter. The material is quite loud and the camouflage effect is average – one can see how some patterns are developed just for clothes and gear and are therefore not as good when used for a larger area.

MFH – US Kampfhose BDU Pants

These are made of 65/35 PolyCo Twill Material – so it is easy to tell them apart from the original surplus, which is made from Rip-Stop fabric. These run a bit smaller than what I am used to from BDU sizes. Other than that, they have all the features we all know from the old school BDU type pants. Interesting side note: these do not reflect light as much under NIR conditions as one might expect. So, while they are not NIR-compliant, they are not bright white under NIR and show some of the pattern elements.

MFH – Softshell Jacket “High Defence”

This is a softshell jacket with some features for military personnel, like the insignia tab on the chest or the Velcro panels on the upper arms. It also features a zipper to the sides to get easier access to holsters.

It runs quite large and is quite warm. I was not able to test its water resistance, but it is rated with a water column of 8000 mm. So good enough for light rain. As a result of the material, this jacket is not NIR compliant and bright white under NIR conditions.

A few remarks on the colors and fabrics

Since there are several fabrics printed with the TAZ pattern, the colouration differs a bit. While the PolyCo fabric of the cap and BDU is consistent with the original Austrian print, the Softshell and Polyester fabric of the tarp is a bit lighter. In everyday use, this will make no difference – I found it to be interesting for all camo nerds nevertheless.

All the items are NOT NIR treated. As a result, they will show bright white under night vision devices, or show only some pattern elements, as is the case with the BDU pants.

Conclusion

The Austrian Tarnanzug Neu has been hyped for two years now, as it is somewhat of an exotic camouflage pattern, not Multicam, and comes with the quality known from Austrian military items (which is a bit of a contradiction, as Austrians often mock the Austrian equipment – one can only imagine the poor quality of other armies.

That being said, the TAZ Tarn items by MFH are a great way to get budget friendly items in this pattern, as well as products that are not worn out. Recent drops of Austrian surplus were mostly damaged and faded goods sold for ridiculous prices. MFH products offer a good bang for the buck ratio, with a working quality control. Of course, there are other companies in the middle and premium tier, offering products in original fabrics, but if you simply want to wear the pattern and don’t want to spend hundreds of Euro/Dollar, MFH is a good way to go.

I am looking forward to more products in TAZ tarn – obviously it depends on the demand. Personally, I would love a woobie or a BDU shirt, but time will tell what MFH decides to do.

With that being said, thank you for taking the time to read this article – many thanks to MFH for making this possible!

Take care!