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...of the US military - [[US Army]], [[US Navy]] (including [[USMC]]), and [[US Air Force]]. The Woodland is now being replaced in the US military by different patterns in each branch.

...ras, and consist of the ''Ejercito'' (Army), ''Fuerza Naval de Honduras'' (Navy), and ''Fuerza Aérea Hondureña'' (Air Force), with approximately 20,000 a ...1970s into the 1980s, Honduras issued a [[duck hunter]] copy of the [[USA|US]] m1942 spot pattern camouflage to many of its infantry, airborne and speci

...y annexed several times, but these attemps were ultimately defeated in the US Senate (finally in 1871). ...n Cáceres in 1911 resulted in several years of civil war, culminating in a US occupation of the nation from 1916 to 1924. A period of stability ensued un

The Eritrean Defence Forces consist of the Army, Navy and Air Force, with approximately 320,000 active duty personnel, making it ...untries and produced by Asian manufacturers. Of these, copies of the [[USA|US]] six-color [[chocolate chip]] desert pattern seem to be the most common.

...ti)'' consist of several branches of service, including the National Army, Navy, Air Force, and the Gendarmerie ''(Gendarmerie Nationale Djiboutienne)'' In ...rmerly the Rapid Intervention Battalion) have worn variations of the [[USA|US]] six-color [[chocolate chip]] camouflage pattern. This design is also in u

...riety of locally-made camouflage uniforms, many of which were based on the US m81 [[woodland]] drawings. * The Croatian Army used surplus [[USA|US]] m81 [[Woodland]] camouflage uniforms as well as locally-made ones. Croati

...mbian armed forces consist of the Army, National Republican Guard, a small Navy and the National Police, with approximately 2300 active duty personnel. Dur * The Gambian Army began to incorporate a copy of the US m81 [[woodland]] camouflage pattern around the coup d'etat in 1994. It's us

...ed Forces contains approximately 71,000 active duty personnel in the Army, Navy and Air Force. ...el]], a lighter-colored variation of this pattern was later adopted by the Navy Commandos of the [[Cyprus|Cypriot]] National Guards, although the latter se

...ion as camouflage in the rocky, mountainous regions of Southeast Asia. The US m81 [[woodland]] camouflage pattern is a direct descendant of the original * Navy SEALs and UDT Teams in [[South Korea]] have worn this derivative of the ERD

...f the Sri Lankan Army. This unit of highly-specialized soldiers wear [[USA|US]] m81 [[woodland]] camouflage uniforms sourced from a variety of places, in * The Sri Lankan Navy briefly wore a variation of the [[woodland]] camouflage design having the S

...(FAC) are the armed forces of Cameroon, consisting of the Army, Air Force, Navy, and the National Gendarmerie. ...rs Marins'' or BAFUMAR and the ''Bataillon Special Amphibie'' (BSA) of the Navy, and elements of the Army's special operations forces such as the Anti-Terr

...ome documentation shows these personnel wearing one-piece coveralls in the US M1942 [[Duck hunter]] pattern camouflage that was donated in large numbers ...amouflage design, while a blue variation was also adopted at this time for Navy personnel. Both patterns would later be dropped, although the Army version

...s an important shipping way-station and fleet headquarters for the British Navy. In 1964, the island nation was granted independence from Britain, although ...nces when it would be more appropriate, the 1st Regiment has also worn the US tricolor desert pattern. These patterns were very recently (2012) replaced

...val Force (despite being a landlocked country). They have largely followed US standards insofar as equipment goes, including the wearing of camouflage un ...d 1970s was olive green. Special Ranger Companies, however, trained by the US Army, were issued a three-color "spot" pattern camouflage of undetermined o

The Nigerian Armed Forces consist of the Army, Navy and Air Force, with an estimated 85,000 active duty personnel. The Nigerian ...in Asia. In recent years, at least some uniforms have been provided by the US military during USASATMO (USA Security Assistance Training Management Organ

...ct and separate forces: the conventional Armed Forces (including the Army, Navy, Air Force and Air Defense Force) and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps ...be traced to the Shah period, where it was worn by the Army commandos and Navy special operations units. Some sources have also suggested it was worn by t

...rd, wear a [[digital patterns|pixelated design]] similar to that of the US Navy. This has replaced the previously worn blue "[[woodland]]" pattern design.

The Senegalese Armed Forces consist of the Army, Navy, Air Force, National Gendarmerie, and the National Police, with approximate ...een supplied by the [[USA]] as part of a training program conducted by the US Army Special Forces.

The Guatemalan Armed Forces consist of the ''Ejercito'' (Army), ''Armada'' (Navy), and the ''Fuerza Aeras'' (Air Force). Elite units include a brigade of pa ...did issue a [[duck hunter]] camouflage pattern loosely based on the [[USA|US]] M1942 spot pattern of the Second World War. The Guatemalan pattern is ver

...rect copy of the Universal Camouflage Pattern (UCP) previously worn by the US Army.

The armed forces of Bangladesh consist of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Border Guards (formerly the Bangladesh Rifles), Coast Guard, an ...ttern came into use with Bangladeshi forces. Although similar to the [[USA|US]] design, the shapes appear to be based on different drawings. This design

...tterns|pixelated camouflage design]] bearing strong similarities to the US Navy's NWU-1 pattern. Sources suggest that the fabric was printed in [[Turkey]]

'''ACU''': Army Combat Uniform. The current issue combat uniform of the US Army. (USA) ...orm. The one-time standard woodland camouflage patterned combat uniform of US military forces. (USA)

* Appearing first in the 1990s, a locally-produced copy of [[USA|US]] m81 [[woodland]] camouflage has been in service with the Army ever since. ...worn by Pakistani troops is seen here, based more or less around the [[USA|US]] m1948 ERDL drawings, but having black, brown & olive green leaf shapes on

...disappeared and the standard camouflage uniform became a copy of the [[USA|US]] m81 [[woodland]] pattern camouflage. As with the "red tiger" pattern, mul ...not only adopted by the Army, but also operational ground elements of the Navy (Marine Corps) and Air Force.

...worn by airborne and special operations personnel of the Egyptian Army and Navy. Modern uniform styles predominate. * Issued concurrently with the above copy of US m81 [[woodland]] camouflage is this variant, utilizing a similar color pale

...y is now landlocked. In 2018, a slow process began to rebuild the Ethipian Navy, in part to ensure protection for offshore Ethiopian commercial vessels. It * In the modern era, many Ethiopian forces wear copies of the [[USA|US]] m81 [[woodland]] camouflage pattern, sourced from a variety of manufactur

* Additionally, a locally-produced copy of the [[USA|US Army]] Universal Camouflage Pattern (UCP) has also been observed on some me * A variation of the Montenegrin [[Multicam]] design for the Navy using a blue colorway appeared in 2013.

The Benin Armed Forces consist of the Army, Navy, Air Force and the National Gendarmerie. Non-military governmental agencies * At least some personnel of the Army also wear a copy of the [[USA|US]] m81 [[woodland]] pattern.

The Armed Forces of Paraguay consist of the Army, Air Force, and Navy (which includes Marines and Naval Aviation). ...f the ''Policia Nacional'' (National Police) have worn a copy of the [[USA|US]] six-color "[[chocolate chip]]" camouflage pattern.

...Indochina War (1959 to 1975). Vietnam was reunited in 1975 when the [[USA|US]] and its allies withdrew all forces from South Vietnam, which was rapidly ...A, and includes Ground Defense Forces, Border Defense Forces, the People's Navy, Marine Police (Coast Guard) and the People's Air Defense and Air Force. Th

...consists of the Royal Bahrain Army, Royal Bahrain Air Force, Royal Bahrain Navy and the Royal Bahrain Medical Services. There are approximately 9,000 activ ...personnel from all branches of service, including the Royal Bahrain Army, Navy, Air Force and the Royal Guard.

...serve Forces (대한민국 예비군). The ROK Marine Corps (대한민국 해병대) are a part of the Navy. ...ated five colors and was printed on HBT cotton fabric. Unlike the original US design, the early Korean versions were not reversible, but were printed usi

...brief civil war in 1891, which pitted the Chilean Army against the Chilean Navy. The Armed Forces of Chile consist of four branches: the Army, Navy, Air Force and the ''Carabineros de Chile'' which are a gendarmerie-type na

...rces of the United Arab Emirates, that consists of the Army, Air Force and Navy. Law enforcement in the UAE remains the responsibility of the individual em * At some point in the 1990s, the UDF standardized to a copy of the [[USA|US]] six-color "chocolate chip" desert pattern camouflage.

...thin the Cypriot National Guard, this design has been observed worn by the Navy Commandos (OYK) in the 1980s and 1990s. A couple of different variations of * Elements of the National Guard Army and Navy Special Forces wear a copy of the USMC MARPAT Woodland pattern camouflage.

...nd wore their own camouflage pattern, a grey dominant version of the [[USA|US]] designed six-color "chocolate chip" desert pattern. This design is very s * Another variation of the US six-color desert pattern having a blue colorway was worn by some units of t

...orial'' are the armed forces of Equatorial Guinea, consisting of the Army, Navy and Air Wing, with approximately 1300 active duty personnel. A Gendarmerie * A faithful copy of the US m81 [[woodland]] pattern has been worn by various units of the armed forces

...s, mountainous regions, desert operations, and for wear by the ultra-elite Navy Special Forces (COMSUBIN). The Italian Army retained its M29 derivative cam ...equency after the adoption of ''ginestra'' in 1992. Production examples of Navy uniforms in this pattern have been dated as recently as 2005, and photograp

...ες Δυνάμεις)'' consists of the Hellenic Army (Ελληνικός Στρατός), Hellenic Navy (Πολεμικό Ναυτικό) and Hellenic Air Force (Πολεμική ...enced Greek designs, and in recent years elite units of the Greek Army and Navy have also adopted copies of pixelated camouflage patterns developed by the

...n Armed Forces ''(Angkatan Tentera Malaysia - ATM)'' consists of the Army, Navy, Air Force. In addition the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) pr ...sukan Khas Laut'' (PASKAL), began wearing a locally-made copy of the [[USA|US]] m81 [[woodland]] camouflage pattern in 2000.

The armed forces of Kenya consist of the Army, Air Force, and Navy. The paramilitary forces consist of the specialist General Service Unit (GS * The Kenyan Navy wear a different [[DPM]] variant, incorporating purple, violet and pea gree

...nits, although by the late 1970s the uniforms were modeled after the [[USA|US]] Army's M1968 pattern jungle fatigues. Shown here is a Korean-made camoufl ...ate 1970s, as they also copied the M1948 [[leaf|ERDL]] pattern in the same US jungle style uniform made popular during the Vietnam War. A pattern virtual

...s known as the ''Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front'' (FMLN). Under US direction, the Salvadorian government invoked a "scorched earth" policy usi ...dor ''(Fuerza Armada de El Salvador)'' consist of the Army, Air Force, and Navy, with approximately 17,000 active duty personnel. Despite its small size, t

...around the world. The Armed Forces of India include the traditional Army, Navy and Air Force, the Coast Guard, the Strategic Forces Commando (Nuclear Comm * In the late 1990s, India began producing its own copiesw of the US m81 [[woodland]] camouflage pattern, with considerable variability as to co

The Armed Forces of the Philippines consist of the Army, Navy (including the Marine Corps), Air Force and the Coast Guard. The Philippine ...stripe camouflage decreased to the point where it was only worn by certain Navy units.

...ay)'' consist of three primary branches: the Army ''(Ejercito Nacional),'' Navy ''(Armada Nacional)'' and the Air Force ''(Fuerza Aérea Uruguaya),'' with ...il approximately 1995, when it began to see replacement with a copy of the US m81 [[woodland]] camouflage design. Two primary colour variations have been

...of Guinea Armed Forces ''(Forces Armées Guinéennes)'' consist of the Army, Navy, Air Force, the Republican Guard, and the National Gendarmerie. There are n * US m81 [[woodland]] camouflage uniforms have been in circulation with many uni

The Armed Forces of Tunisia (القوات المسلحة التونسية) consist of the Army, Navy and Air Force. These are augmented by the ''Garde Nationale'' (National Gua ...forces group), and Marines and frogman units of the Navy. Although surplus US-issue BDUs have been received in the past, locally-produced variations seem

...(Lietuvos ginkluotosios pajėgos)'' encompass the Ground Forces, Air Force, Navy and Special Operations Forces. Under the Ministry of the Interior are the B ...Ministry of Interior troops have worn locally-produced copies of the [[USA|US]] m81 [[Woodland]] camouflage pattern. The Army replaced this pattern in 20

* Beginning in the 1980s, intermittent use of surplus [[USA|US]] m81 [[woodland]] camouflage BDUs by the IDF began to occur. Additionally, * Israel has also received surplus [[USA|US]] desert camouflage uniforms, including both the six-color "chocolate chip"

...y (กองทัพบกไทย), Royal Thai Air Force (กองทัพอากาศไทย), and the Royal Thai Navy (กองทัพเรือไทย, ราชนาวีไทย), * Following end of the Vietnam War, Thailand began producing copies of the US m1948 [[ERDL]] camouflage pattern. Production continued, with modifications

* Another commonly distributed pattern is a locally-made copy of the US-designed six-color desert pattern ([[chocolate chip]]). The Yemeni version

Until 1991, the armed forces of Somalia consisted of the Army, Navy and Air Force, with a National Police Force being tasked with internal secu * Originally appearing in the 1980s, the [[USA|US]] m81 [[woodland]] camouflage pattern has seen extensive use with the SNA,

...oldier at this time was jungle green, most SAS preferred to wear the [[USA|US]] manufactured M1968 ERDL jungle uniform, or locally-produced [[tiger strip ...y troops during military exercises. Recently a colorway for the Australian Navy was also adopted.

...charge of the new organization, in the hopes of ensuring their loyalty to US interests. ...camouflage jungle uniforms and surplus fabric, which fell out of use with US military personnel once the Vietnam War was over.

...y (''Ejército Argentino''), Air Force (''Fuerza Aérea Argentina'') and the Navy (''Armada Argentina''). In addition to national defense, these forces are f ...ly camouflage pattern worn by some Argentine forces was based on the [[USA|US]] m1942 [[duck hunter|spot]] pattern of the Second World War. Very little i

The Ghana Armed Forces consist of the Army, Air Force, Navy, National Police Service, Palace Guard (Presidential Guard), and the Civil ...uflage design with a mostly green colorway, seen here. The pattern reminds us of a similar one developed in the 1970s for other African nations, such as

...' Mexican Air Force ''(Fuerzas Aerea de Mexicana or FAM)'' and the Mexican Navy ''(Armada de Mexico),'' the latter of which includes the Mexican Naval Infa ...ed Mexican military camouflage pattern was heavily influenced by the [[USA|US]] M1942 [[duck hunter|spot]] or "frog skin" camouflage pattern of the Secon

...[[woodland]]" category of camouflage, having no relationship at all to the US-designed pattern derived from M1948 ERDL. ...unit), are a specialized sub-unit falling under the administration of the Navy's ''Fusiliers Marins'' Regiment. Formed in 2005, this unit wears a mottled

The Republic of China (ROC) Armed Forces encompasses the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Military Police Force of Taiwan. ...cover is known colloquially as the "Buddha Ji Gong," and was worn with the US style M1 paratrooper helmet beginning in the 1970s.

...med Forces are known as the ''Tatmadaw,'' and consist of the Myanmar Army, Navy, Air Force and Police Force. People's Militia units also exist, as well as * The Navy pattern incorporates black & grey woodland shapes on mottled blue & pale gr

...Armed Forces of the People. FARP consists of a standing Army, a very small Navy and a barely functioning Air Force whose inventory of functional aircraft m * Some units are also wearing copies of the US m81 [[woodland]] camouflage pattern.

...982, Spain introduced a camouflage pattern heavily influenced by the [[USA|US]] m1948 ERDL design. The pattern, black, brown & forest green shapes on a k ...ith the United Nations missions abroad. The design chosen was the original US six-color pattern of black & white "chips" over medium brown, light brown &

...''Ejército Nacional de Colombia'' (Army), ''Armada Nacional de Colombia'' (Navy - including Marines and Coast Guard), and the ''Fuerza Aérea Colombiana'' ...flage pattern was a [[duck hunter]] design based around the original [[USA|US]] m1942 spot pattern of the Second World War. Introduced in the 1970s, vari

...ican 1942 experimental spot pattern. Although the latter was never worn by US military personnel in combat, it did see limited service with the Dutch ''K ...lage. Subsequent to the adoption of DPM, a locally-produced version of the US tricolor desert pattern was also issued, and in 1992 also a unique Dutch ju

...Forces ''(Fuerzas Armadas del Perú)'' consist of three branches, the Army, Navy and Air Force, with just over 120,000 active duty personnel. Additionally, ...ut presumably the color palettes would have been similar to those found on US produced fabric.

...as a gendarmerie-type force combining the functions of an army, air force, navy, national police and coast guard, with a strength of no more than 2000 and * During its existence, most of the ''Guardia Civil'' wore surplus [[USA|US]] olive green uniforms, but some units did wear the m81 [[woodland]] camouf

...ed independence. The country was governed as a monarchy until 1970, when a US-backed coup d'etat under Lon Nol wrested power from the royalists. During t * South Vietnamese [[tiger stripe]] camouflage patterns were popular with US Army Special Forces, some of whom were operating in Cambodia as advisors to

...med Forces comprise over 100,000 active duty personnel in the Land Forces, Navy (including Marines), Air Force, and the Popular Defence Force. Sudanese for ...n in use with some Sudanese forces since around 2005. Similar to the [[USA|US]] design, the color scheme is much brighter and vibrant. Seen more recently

...cional'' (FAN) are the armed forces of Venezuela, and consist of the Army, Navy, Air Force, National Guard, and the National Militia. ...d their old camouflage patterns in favor of a locally-produced copy of the US m81 [[woodland]] design. This remained the standard combat pattern until 20

...ammar Gaddafi, the armed forces of Libya consisted of the Army, Air Force, Navy and the People's Militia, with an estimated 119,000 active duty personnel i ...as the Libyan National Army. They comprise ground forces, an air force and navy, and are estimated at approximately 35,000 personnel as of May 2012.

...htly different dye lots used by the various factories contracting with the US government during wartime. ...on parachutes is seen here. This mottled design has been documented on US Navy Mk 17 parachutes, which were used with certain types of ordnance during the

...rces ''(Türk Kara Kuvvetleri),'' Air Force ''(Türk Hava Kuvvetleri),'' and Navy ''(Türk Deniz Kuvvetleri),'' all falling under command of the Ministry of ...ying five colors on either side as opposed to the five/three colors of the US produced original. One version of the green pattern employs spots of mid-br

...sonnel. The three primary branches of service are the Army ''(Exército),'' Navy ''(Marinha),'' and the Air Force ''(Forças Aérea).'' Since 1994 the branc * Based around the [[USA|US]] m1942 [[duck hunter|spot]] pattern of the Second World War, the Brazilian

The ''Forces Armées d'Haïti'' or FAd'H consisted of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard, and a small Gendarmerie. After years of military i ...g the last couple of decades of its existence, the Haitian Army wore [[USA|US]] m81 [[woodland]] pattern camouflage uniforms. Dissident groups can still

...CIDG) units, the latter composed of minority tribal people, trained by the US Army Special Forces and funded primarily by the CIA (from 1961 until 1970). ...niforms for all of the armed forces of South Vietnam<ref>Shelby Stanton, ''US Army Uniforms of the Vietnam War'' (Stackpole Books, Harrisburg, PA, 1989),

...n Police, the Police Presidential Guard (PPG), introduced a copy of the US Navy's NWU-1 "blue digital" pattern camouflage (without the USN logo embedded) i

...the Republic of Congo, with a small and poorly equipped Air Force, a tiny Navy, battalion-sized Presidential Guard, and around 2,000 Gendarmes. * The standard camouflage pattern of the current era is a copy of the US m81 [[woodland]] design, produced in Asia.

...t of the Royal Saudi Land Forces (Saudi Arabian Army), Royal Saudi Arabian Navy, Royal Saudi Arabian Air Force, Royal Saudi Arabian Air Defense Force, and ...years, from the same factories and contractors that produced them for the US government. Both olive green and m81 [[woodland]] camouflage uniforms made

...Army Ground Forces (about 1.6 million personnel), People's Liberation Army Navy or PLAN (consisting of three major fleets), People's Liberation Army Air Fo ...ould be adopted by the entire PLA (including elements of the Air Force and Navy), and would continue to be fielded in one form or another until 2007 when t

...a are included the Army (broken into five military regions), a brown-water Navy (essentially a Coast Guard) called the ''Police Maritime'', a largely ineff * Likewise, copies of the US m81 [[woodland]] camouflage pattern, some with modified coloration, have be

...n. Today, the Estonian Defence Force consists of the Ground Forces (Army), Navy, Air Force, and the Estonian Defence League. The nation has been quite acti ...tseliit)'', have also been supplied with surplus and US government donated US Woodland uniforms and equipment since the mid-1990's, most commonly BDUs, c

...re known as the ''Forces Armées Zaïrois'' (FAZ) and consisted of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and several paramilitary organizations. In addition to a Specia ...bération du Congo-Zaïre'' (AFDL) during the First Congo War, a copy of the US m81 [[woodland]] camouflage pattern was often documented.

* Much of the surplus US M1942 reversible HBT camouflage fabric originally given to the Dutch after * Since 2006, the Navy ''Komando Pasukan Katak'' or KOPASKA (Special Operations) have been wearing

US Navy SEAL units who accompany Rick Flag (Joel Kinnaman) and the rest of Task For US Army soldiers stationed at the SpaceCom facility on Mars wear a reddish pat

* The old Sierra Leone Army was combined with the Air Force and Navy in 2002 to create the new Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces (RSLAF), wh ...camouflage. Information suggests these uniforms were supplied by the [[USA|US Government]].

...y Saddam Hussein, who remained as president of the country until the [[USA|US]]-led invasion in 2003 (Iraq War or 2nd Gulf War). ...mary forces: the conventional armed forces (which included the Iraqi Army, Navy, Air Force and the Republican Guards, and the Popular Army (الجيش ال

...r of special operations forces as well, including paratroopers, commandos, navy special operations and special counter-terrorism units. ...in December 1982. Lebanese graduates of the course were then equipped with US-made camouflage uniforms in the [[leaf|ERDL]] design, which was in the proc

...Units of the Ukrainian Air Force have worn an interesting variation of the US m81 [[woodland]] design with black, brown & olive green woodland shapes on ..., the Ukrainian Federal Border Guards have worn a locally-made copy of the US m81 [[woodland]] pattern. This differs considerably from that worn by some

...vimbi's UNITA. This overt military support, however, was short-lived, with US aid ending in December of that year and the [[South Africa|South African De ...an Armed Forces (FAA) consist of three divisions: the Army ''(Exército),'' Navy ''(Marinha de Guerra),'' and Air Force ''(Força Aérea Nacional).'' The FA

...gth of about 130,000, the FARDC comprises the Army, Air Force, and a small Navy. The ''Garde Républicaine'' (Republican Guard) - formerly known as the Spe * Copies of US m81 [[woodland]] pattern are also common within the FARDC.

* An "urban" camouflage design, loosely based on US m81 [[woodland]] camouflage drawings, emerged in the late 1990s and has bee * Originally tested by the Polish Navy in 2009, a [[flecktarn]] camouflage variation produced by Kama was adopted