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Camouflage of Venezuelan Police Agencies

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Camouflage of Venezuelan Police Agencies

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 * The ''Guardia Nacional'' (National Guard) issued its own vertical [[tiger stripe]] camouflage pattern from the 1980s until 1994 or slightly later. This design featured vertical stripes of black, purplish-brown & olive green on a sparse pinkish-grey field, and varied in tone depending on the source of the fabric. Some uniforms appeared very dark, while others have a lighter coloration.

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-* One of the earliest documented Venezuelan camouflage patterns is a [[leaf]] design featuring black and off-white leaf shapes over large blotches of dark & light oilve green. The pattern appears to have been introduced in the 1980s and saw service until 1994 with units of the Army and Air Force. Evidence suggests the uniforms were produced in Asia and, therefore, we also have seen some variations in the color palette of specific production batches of the camouflage fabric.
+* One of the earliest documented general-issue Venezuelan camouflage patterns is a [[leaf]] design featuring black and off-white leaf shapes over large blotches of dark & light olive green. The pattern was introduced in 1981 and includes some similar shapes to the M-1948 ERDL camouflage design created in the [[USA|United States]], although not all of the drawings mimic that pattern. This camouflage pattern saw service until with units of the Army and Air Force until 1994.
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-* A variation of the standard Venezuelan [[leaf]] pattern camouflage appears to have been issued only to the ''42.ª Brigada de Infantería Paracaidista'' (42nd Airborne Infantry Brigade) around the same time frame. The shapes of this variation are nearly the same, perhaps a little "thicker" in places, but with a slightly altered coloration of black, chocolate brown, and moss green on a very pale green or even off-white background. This design was phased out in 1992 when the Brigade began testing a copy of [[USA|US]] m81 [[woodland]] camouflage.
+* A variation of the standard Venezuelan [[leaf]] pattern camouflage appears to have been issued only to the ''42.ª Brigada de Infantería Paracaidista'' (42nd Airborne Infantry Brigade) around the same time frame. The shapes of this variation are nearly the same, perhaps a little "thicker" in places, but with a slightly altered coloration of black and pale green or off-white over large sections of chocolate brown and moss green. This design was phased out in 1992 when the Brigade began testing a copy of [[USA|US]] m81 [[woodland]] camouflage.
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 * The ''Guardia Nacional'' (National Guard) issued its own vertical [[tiger stripe]] camouflage pattern from the 1980s until 1994 or slightly later. This design featured vertical stripes of black, purplish-brown & olive green on a sparse pinkish-grey field, and varied in tone depending on the source of the fabric. Some uniforms appeared very dark, while others have a lighter coloration.

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 * The ''Guardia Nacional'' (National Guard) issued its own vertical [[tiger stripe]] camouflage pattern from the 1980s until 1994 or slightly later. This design featured vertical stripes of black, purplish-brown & olive green on a sparse pinkish-grey field, and varied in tone depending on the source of the fabric. Some uniforms appeared very dark, while others have a lighter coloration.

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-* Formed in 2005 by directive of President Hugo Chavez, the National Bolivarian Militia ''(Milicia Nacional Bolivariana)'' is an all-volunteer branch of the armed forces that provides a light infantry military reserve, home defense, and security of governmental installations to the nation. The MNB is further divided into the Territorial Militia ''(Milicia Territorial)'' - which includes the Rural Militia and are attached to certain regions of the country - and the Combat Corps ''(Cuerpos Combatientes),'' which instead have loyalties to certain private companies or national institutions. Circa 2016, the militia adopted a [[lizard]]-pattern camouflage uniform, which currently serves alonside a solid tan/khaki uniform.
+* Formed in 2005 by directive of President Hugo Chavez, the National Bolivarian Militia ''(Milicia Nacional Bolivariana)'' is an all-volunteer branch of the armed forces that provides a light infantry military reserve, home defense, and security of governmental installations to the nation. The MNB is further divided into the Territorial Militia ''(Milicia Territorial)'' - which includes the Rural Militia and are attached to certain regions of the country - and the Combat Corps ''(Cuerpos Combatientes),'' which instead have loyalties to certain private companies or national institutions. Circa 2016, the militia adopted a [[lizard]]-pattern camouflage uniform, which currently serves alongside a solid tan/khaki uniform.
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-* Ordnance armorers of the Venezuelan Air Force have been wearing this unique, brightly colored pixelated camouflage combat shirt since at least March 2024. Thus far there do not appear to be any additional garments worn in this pattern.
+* Ordnance technicians of the Venezuelan Air Force have been wearing this unique, brightly colored pixelated camouflage combat shirt since at least March 2024. Thus far there do not appear to be any additional garments worn in this pattern.
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 * Circa July 2024, photographs of the ''Milicia Nacional Bolivariana'' (MNB) show that an updated/modified version of their [[lizard]] camouflage design is now in circulation. Although it is apparent the older version is still being fielded, the new one is distinctive in that it lacks the finer definition of a traditional lizard design. The color palette remains essentially the same, but the stripes appear more sparse and have no "trails" beyond the thicker boundaries.

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		+	* First observed in December 2024, the ''Dirección General de Contrainteligencia Militar'' (DGCIM), or General Directorate of Military Counter-Intelligence has adopted two distinctive camouflage designs for its operational personnel. The first of these has what might be considered an "arid" regional color palette of greenish-brown and yellowish-olive shapes on a sandy background.
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		+	* The second pattern adopted by the DGCIM is, at a distance, somewhat similar to the old [[USSR\|Soviet era]] ''berezkha'' pattern, although it has pixelated shapes and a slightly darker color palette.
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	* A green dominated Mulitcam pattern is also in use within the Brigada de Acciones Especiales (BAE) of the CICPC since 2018.		* A green dominated Mulitcam pattern is also in use within the Brigada de Acciones Especiales (BAE) of the CICPC since 2018.

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-* The ''Brigada Especial Contra los Grupos Generadores de Violencia'' (Special Brigade Against Violence-Generating Groups) or BEGV started to use the ATACS AU pattern since 2014.
+* Since 2017, the ''Brigada Especial Contra los Grupos Generadores de Violencia'' (Special Brigade Against Violence-Generating Groups) or BEGV has been wearing this grey-tinted pixel camouflage pattern. In 2022, this unit was renamed ''Grupo de Operaciones Estratégicas'' (GOES). The agency is primarily an intelligence-gathering organization, although there are direct-action elements with the capability to neutralize or detain violent subversive organizations.
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