Jordan

The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (المملكة الأردنية الهاشمية) officially came into existence on December 7th, 1948, out of what was previously part of the Ottoman Empire and later the British Mandate of Palestine and Transjordan. Jordan fought alongside Egypt, Syria and Iraq during the Six-Day War (June 1967), and again (with the Arab League) during the Yom Kippur War (1973), yet has also experienced internal strife from various PLO groups operating within Jordanian territory. The country presently makes great efforts to remain at peace with all of its neighbors and promotes diplomatic solutions to regional problems.

The Jordanian Armed Forces (القوّات المسلّحة الاردنيّة) have a long history drawing on both British and American military traditions. As the Arab Legion (1920-1956), Jordanian troops fought alongside the Allies during the Second World War and later clashed with Israel during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. Jordan has a highly-trained special forces branch (the Royal Jordanian Special Forces) among its other branches of service.

Jordanian Camouflage Patterns

• The Special Services Group was the British-trained predecessor of the modern Royal Jordanian Special Forces. Their uniforms combined elements of both British and traditional Arab garb, and included a British-made copy of the 1959 pattern brushstroke camouflage Denison smock.

• The use of the brushstroke camouflage pattern continued long after the SSG became the Royal Jordanian Special Forces, although by the 1980s the uniforms were modeled after the US Army's M1968 pattern jungle fatigues. Shown here is a Korean-made camouflage pattern incorporating forest green and dark brown brushstrokes on a pale green or khaki background.

• The Jordanians were undoubtedly much influenced by American uniforms and camouflage designs during the late 1970s, as they also copied the M1948 ERDL pattern in the same jungle style uniform. This same pattern was later adopted by the Iraqi Popular Army.

• Jordanian Special Forces amoeba pattern - 1990s to 2005.

• KA2 digital desert pattern. The KA2 pattern was developed by Hyperstealth, introduced in the Jordanian Armed Forces etc. 2005. The pattern has the map of Jordan incorported into it.

• KA2 Special Forces Woodland Digital Pattern.

• KA2 Royal Guard digtial pattern.

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• KA2 Urban Digital Pattern - used by the Public Security Directorate of the Jordanian Police.

• This digital pattern is also used by the Public Security Directorate, but the pattern is not identical to the KA2 Urban Digital Pattern. These uniforms are produced by another company - the original manufacturer of the KA2 uniforms still holds the legal rights to produce those.

• Comparison of the KA2 Urban Digital Pattern (left - with the map of Jordan) compared with the "copy" (right) also used by the PSD.

• KA2 of the Jordanian Navy