Camouflage uniforms were first born in Britain in the nineteenth century, but the real modern camouflage uniforms began to be used during World War II, but only a small amount of equipment for some special troops, until the sixties and seventies of the Western powers began to distribute a large number of troops, into the first decade, camouflage training uniforms began to popularize the world's armies, and now some advanced digital camouflage training uniforms, not only can play a camouflage role in a specific environment, but also have a good camouflage effect under infrared, night vision devices and other electronic detection equipment.
Camouflage uniform camouflage effect then this article will take stock, 16 countries in Asia active army camouflage training uniforms, because each country has a variety of different years, different styles of camouflage uniforms, in order to prevent confusion, so the article only lists the current active service of each country, the latest, and the most representative one for your reference, please understand, the following will start the text!
The first camouflage training uniform came out in the early 80s, called the "Type 81 double-sided camouflage suit", but it was mainly used by the scout troops on the front line, and it was not until the early 90s that the 87 type camouflage training uniform began to be issued for the whole army.
From the advent of the first camouflage uniform to the present, after more than 40 years, China's camouflage uniforms are also constantly evolving, evolving and upgrading, in 2021, the new 21-type "starry sky" camouflage uniform came out, and soon began to equip the whole army, the biggest feature of the whole series is that on the basis of the original camouflage block, small spots have been added, which looks like a starry sky, so it has the name of starry sky camouflage as a training uniform.
In the 21-type "starry sky" camouflage training uniform, it is divided into five versions, such as the greenish jungle version and woodland version, the grayish city version, and the yellowish desert version and desert version, the picture above is the jungle version of the 21-type "starry sky" camouflage training uniform.
The picture above is a desert version of the 21-style "starry sky" camouflage training uniform, the biggest feature is that the color is darker, with more black layers on it.
The picture above is a PLA soldier in training, wearing a jungle version of the 21-style "starry sky" camouflage training uniform, if you don't look at ***, I think it's a US soldier.
Japan had a small number of paratroopers and commandos on the island of Okinawa during World War II equipped with camouflage uniforms, after the defeat of World War II, the army was disbanded, until the mid-fifties began to form the Self-Defense Force, but at first the combat uniforms were completely imitated by the U.S. military, until the eighties began to develop and equip camouflage uniforms, into the early nineties, Japan referred to Germany's jungle spot camouflage uniform, developed a more in line with the modern combat environment of the II type of spot camouflage uniform, in 2007 and improved, improved the type III jungle version and desert version of the two spot camouflage uniforms, and then installed the Ground Self-Defense Force to use, replacing the previous type II series camouflage uniform。
Pictured above is a group of Japan Ground Self-Defense Force personnel wearing a jungle version of the Type III spotted camouflage uniform, which is most commonly found in today's Self-Defense Forces.
This is the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force's desert version of the Type III spotted camouflage uniform, which can be seen as sand-colored with mud and yellowish tones.
However, the desert version of the Type III camouflage uniform is not common in the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, and is generally only worn during joint Xi with the U.S. Army or Marine Corps.
South Korea is one of the earliest countries in Asia to equip camouflage uniforms, as early as the sixties for the troops equipped with American-style "duck hunting" camouflage uniforms, and follow the imitation and improvement, after more than 60 years of development, now the camouflage training uniform of the Korean ** team has been quite mature, and there are many types, replaced for several generations, the army infantry, special forces, anti-chemical forces, etc. also have their own different digital camouflage training uniforms.
However, the most common in the army is the "granite" digital camouflage training uniform in the picture above, developed between 2008 and 2009, and began to equip the army in 2012.
Pictured above are active South Korean soldiers in training, wearing "Granite" digital camouflage uniforms.
In fact, North Korea began to equip a small number of camouflage training uniforms for special forces in the seventies, but it mainly introduced the M1944TTSMKK series of the former Soviet Union, and also imitated and developed camouflage uniforms in the first decade, but it was still equipped with special forces and some special department experiments, and it was not until 2010 that it began to gradually equip conventional troops with camouflage for training uniforms.
In the past two or three years, the DPRK army, whether heavy or individual equipment, has undergone earth-shaking changes, especially the clothing of soldiers, basically all branches of the military are equipped with different styles of camouflage training uniforms, digital, striped, all-terrain camouflage similar to foreign armies.
The picture above is one of the new camouflage uniforms currently equipped by the North Korean Army, looking at the camouflage blocks and color matching, it is very similar to the MC all-terrain camouflage uniforms commonly used by Western special forces.
Singapore's army has always been Westernized as the standard, in the 80s began to popularize camouflage for the troops as training uniforms, the early use of longitudinal "lizard" camouflage uniforms and the striped jungle camouflage uniforms modeled after the US military, into the early 21st century also began to develop more advanced digital camouflage uniforms, in 2009 camouflage graphics resemble moss temperate digital camouflage uniforms came out, and then began to equip the Singapore Army troops.
Pictured above are several Singapore Army soldiers wearing temperate digital camouflage training uniforms, which are still being improved and adapted to the original format for the Air Force and Navy.
The Malaysian army began to equip camouflage training uniforms in the seventies, but initially imitated the West, until the late nineties to design their own striped woodland camouflage and desert camouflage uniforms, into 2010 also began to develop digital camouflage uniforms, and there are a variety of styles, but at present in the army's regular troops, the most common is the woodland digital universal camouflage uniform launched in 2013 pictured above.
Pictured above is a Malaysian army infantryman wearing the same woodland digital universal camouflage uniform that was introduced in 2013.
Indonesia in the sixties for the special forces first issued the "Indonesian rattan leaf" camouflage as a training uniform, since then it is also in the continuous development of camouflage uniforms, there are independent research and development, there are improvements on the original basis, as well as imitation of the British, into the 21st century also developed a variety of digital camouflage, now the Indonesian army in the camouflage uniform also has a lot of types, for different troops, Different branches of the military and units with different jobs have their own camouflage training uniforms, but the most common among the regular units of the Indonesian Army is the woodland digital camouflage training uniform pictured above in 2003.
Pictured above is an Indonesian Army soldier wearing a jungle digital camouflage training uniform introduced in 2003.
The Outer Mongolian army began to be equipped with camouflage as training uniforms in the nineties, mainly imitating the three-color patch camouflage of Russia, after entering the 10s of the 21st century, Outer Mongolia also began to catch up with the international design of digital camouflage uniforms, in 2011 the three-color desert digital camouflage uniforms came out, while equipping the army, according to this layout and derived the jungle version, the plateau version, the above picture is the desert version.
The picture above shows an active army soldier in Outer Mongolia, wearing a three-color desert digital camouflage training uniform launched in 2011.
In the sixties, the Thai ** team began to equip some of the army with camouflage for training uniforms, but most of them imitated the French tiger striped camouflage uniforms, and later appeared striped camouflage and broken leaf camouflage, and began to develop digital camouflage uniforms around 2000, and in 2008 began to equip the woodland digital camouflage training uniforms that resemble the previous woodland armed police of our country, and now this training uniform is still in service in the Thai Army.
Above, several Thai Army soldiers are wearing woodland digital camouflage training uniforms that came out in 2008.
The Philippines in the mid-seventies for scouts equipped with camouflage uniforms, and has always been very focused on the development of camouflage uniforms, from the seventies to the end of the nineties, in which no less than 20 kinds of camouflage uniforms were designed, after 2005, the Philippines has a variety of digital camouflage uniforms, and now the most common in the army is the three-color woodland digital camouflage uniforms equipped in 2009, in addition to the use of infantry, the army special forces are also equipped.
The picture above shows a Philippine Army soldier wearing this woodland digital camouflage uniform.
After the end of the Vietnam War, in the late seventies, the Vietnamese People's Army troops also began to equip a small number of camouflage uniforms, but priority was given to the first troops, marines and other departments, at that time Vietnam's camouflage uniforms were mainly imitated by the former Soviet Union, until the nineties Vietnam began to design its own camouflage uniforms, and now the Vietnamese army has many types of camouflage uniforms, including digital camouflage, but the latest equipment is the K17 series, which also contains a number of styles, the green woodland version is now the most commonly used in the army.
The picture above is the Vietnamese Army that has changed into a new K17 camouflage uniform.
Let's not talk about other factions, let's just say that the "genuine" Burmese Army, they only began to distribute camouflage as training uniforms in 2005, and before that it has been a monochrome training uniform, the current commonly used camouflage uniforms in the Burmese Army, mainly in 2009 to change the four-color woodland camouflage uniforms, in the design of a combination of the characteristics of a variety of camouflage uniforms in neighboring countries, but the overall style still has a feeling of old-fashioned Western camouflage uniforms in the eighties.
Pictured above is a group of Burmese Army officers wearing 2009 four-color woodland camouflage uniforms.
The Cambodian army began to equip camouflage uniforms in the seventies, but until now there has been no self-designed style, either imitation, or introduction, and now the army is equipped with the most is, imitating the four-color woodland camouflage of the M81 model of the U.S. Army in the eighties, but it is not exactly the same as the M81, the brown part is increased, and the other camouflage blocks are also enlarged as a whole.
The picture above shows a Cambodian soldier holding a military parade, wearing a four-color camouflage training uniform imitating the M81.
In addition, now Cambodia has also introduced the fabric of the Type 04 digital camouflage uniform that was tried by the Chinese special forces earlier, and made a training uniform suitable for them, but the main equipment is used by Cambodia's elite troops, and the ordinary army is rarely used.
As early as the late sixties, the Lao army purchased "lizard" camouflage uniforms from France, and later entered the first ten years and introduced and imitated training uniforms from neighboring countries until 2009, when Laos independently developed four-color jungle camouflage training uniforms came out, and soon began to equip army units, and now the Lao army is using this style in the picture above.
The picture above shows Lao male and female officers and soldiers participating in the event, wearing a four-color jungle camouflage training uniform developed by Laos.
The Indian army is also equipped with camouflage training uniforms from the sixties, of which the most equipped is the British "brush" camouflage uniform in the picture above, India also on this basis, improved a variety of styles of equipment for different arms, until the beginning of the 21st century, India began to develop its own camouflage training uniform.
In 2006, the PC Disruptive woodland camouflage uniform modeled after the French army was introduced, and soon after it began to equip the Indian army, although it has been around for 17 years, but now this camouflage uniform is the most common in the Indian army.
Although the Indian army has also been equipped with digital camouflage, all-terrain camouflage and spotted camouflage for training uniforms in recent years, the most commonly used by conventional army units is PC Disruptive camouflage uniforms.
Founded in 2006, the Maldivian army has always used four-color woodland camouflage produced in Thailand as training uniforms, and now 17 years later, the Maldivian army is still using this training uniform.
Above, a Maldivian Army soldier wearing a four-color Thai camouflage uniform.
The above is the active army camouflage training uniform of 16 countries in Asia, if there is something wrong in the article, I hope you will correct the pointers, if you want to know more, please remember to pay attention, and continue to update for you in the next issue.