Type 87 (camouflage)

Type 87
People's Liberation Army Type 87 woodland pattern
Type	Military camouflage pattern
Place of origin	China
Service history
In service	1987–2007
Used by	People's Liberation Army
Production history
Produced	1987–2000s

Type 87 is a camouflage pattern used by People's Liberation Army of the People's Republic of China. ^{[1] [2]}

Type 87 has developed many variants throughout its service, each with different designations and colour variants. For example, there are Type 87, Type 95, and Type 03 patterns.

U.S. and Chinese Marines shooting Type-95 rifles in Zhanjiang, China.

Design

Honor guard of the PLAGF at their base in Nanjing, 2009.

Type 87's style imitates that of the older American M81 Woodland camouflage, in the sense it utilizes a macropattern of four colours for concealment, printed in interlocking, elongated and branching blobs. Type 87 uses a yellowish-green colour for its fourth colour, as opposed to the US pattern's khaki. Type 87 is the camouflage pattern for Type 87 Combat & Training Uniform. The camouflage and uniform is replaced by the digital Type 07 Combat & Training Uniform.

Pattern

The main variant is a four-colour woodland pattern with olive, green, yellowish-green and black. Type 87, like many other woodland uniforms with black, has been criticized for its use of this color, but once faded, it becomes dull and subdued, and therefore virtually unnoticeable.

References

1. Larson, Eric H. (2022-03-31). Camouflage: International Ground Force Patterns, 1946–2017. Pen and Sword Military. ISBN   978-1-5267-3953-7.^{[ page needed ]}
2. "China - Camopedia". www.camopedia.org. Retrieved 2023-07-14.^{[ better source needed ]}

External links

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