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== Camouflage Patterns of the Chinese Armed Forces == | == Camouflage Patterns of the Chinese Armed Forces == | ||
| − | PLA (People's Liberation Army) | + | * Sources indicate the first style camouflage introduced for the PLA (People's Liberation Army) was a four-color disruptive design having black, mid-brown and moss green disruptive shapes on pale green background. Coloration and shapes suggest this may have been a crude attempt at copying the British Army [[DPM]] camouflage pattern, possibly from photographs. This pattern dates to the mid-1970s, and would have been limited to use by sappers, commandos and airborne troops. |
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* The first style Type 81 reversible camouflage uniform was printed on one side with a [[DPM]] like design, and on the opposite with a [[duck hunter]] camouflage pattern. Introduced in the mid- to -late 1970s, the uniforms would have seen service into the 1980s, including the Sino-Vietnamese War. | * The first style Type 81 reversible camouflage uniform was printed on one side with a [[DPM]] like design, and on the opposite with a [[duck hunter]] camouflage pattern. Introduced in the mid- to -late 1970s, the uniforms would have seen service into the 1980s, including the Sino-Vietnamese War. | ||
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| − | * The third Type 81 reversible uniform has a sparse three color [[duck hunter|spot]] pattern camouflage on one side, and the same [[duck hunter]] camouflage pattern as the second type on the reverse side. | + | * The third Type 81 reversible uniform has a sparse three color irregular [[duck hunter|spot]] pattern camouflage on one side, and the same [[duck hunter]] camouflage pattern as the second type on the reverse side. |
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Revision as of 16:12, 16 December 2010
Camouflage Patterns of the Chinese Armed Forces
- Sources indicate the first style camouflage introduced for the PLA (People's Liberation Army) was a four-color disruptive design having black, mid-brown and moss green disruptive shapes on pale green background. Coloration and shapes suggest this may have been a crude attempt at copying the British Army DPM camouflage pattern, possibly from photographs. This pattern dates to the mid-1970s, and would have been limited to use by sappers, commandos and airborne troops.
- The first style Type 81 reversible camouflage uniform was printed on one side with a DPM like design, and on the opposite with a duck hunter camouflage pattern. Introduced in the mid- to -late 1970s, the uniforms would have seen service into the 1980s, including the Sino-Vietnamese War.
- The second Type 81 reversible uniform features a slightly different disruptive pattern printed on one side, with a color variation of the duck hunter pattern on the reverse side. This pattern was also used during the Sino-Vietnamese War.
- The third Type 81 reversible uniform has a sparse three color irregular spot pattern camouflage on one side, and the same duck hunter camouflage pattern as the second type on the reverse side.
- Type 91 winter pattern
- Type 99 woodland pattern
- Type 03 woodland pattern. A rip-stop version of the Type 99 Woodland pattern.
- Type 99 Air Force Paratroops four-colour urban pattern. Used 1999-2005.
- Type 99 People's Liberation Navy four-colour Oceanic pattern. Used 1999-2005.
- PLA "Flecktarn" pattern used for Physical Training (PT) shirts etc. Used since 2001.
- Type 03 PLA Tibet Region pattern - Tibet Flecktarn. A brown version of the German Flecktarn pattern. Used since 2003.
- Type 04 Special Forces DPM pattern.
- Type 07 general issue digital pattern. Introduced 2007.
- The arid version of the Type 07 digital pattern. Introduced 2007.
- The ocean version of the Type 07 digital pattern. Used by the Chinese Navy.
- The tropical version of the Type 07 digital pattern.
Armed Police
- Armed Police 1st pattern. Used during the 1980s.
- Type 87 Armed Police bright orange pattern - used by Forest Fighting Units. Used since 2005.
- Type 05 digitized pattern - in use since 2005
- Type 07 digitized pattern - in use since 2007
