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Camouflage Patterns of Benin

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Camouflage Patterns of Benin

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Camouflage Patterns of Benin

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		+	* The Ministry of National Defense of Benin made an announcement on 1 August 2025 that the Armed Forces would adopt a new "unified" camouflage design, which is essentially a pixelated version of their traditional "tenue leopard" or lizard pattern camouflage, printed on a more modern uniform style. This change in camouflage will not affect the ''Police Républicaine'' nor is it likely to affect the patterns worn by non-military agencies, or personnel serving abroad.
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-* A Special Brigade of Wildlife Park Rangers under the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resource Protection have their own distinctive camouflage design, seen here. The design incorporates large sections of brown, green, and khaki with black overprints of animal silhouettes an, hoof and pawprints. The unit is charged primarily with anti-poaching operations and works mostly in the vast Pendjari National Park and the W National Park reserves.
+* A Special Brigade of Wildlife Park Rangers under the ''Direction Générale des Eaux, Forêts et Chasse'' (General Directorate of Water, Forests and Hunting) have their own distinctive camouflage design, seen here. The design incorporates large sections of brown, green, and khaki with black overprints of animal silhouettes an, hoof and pawprints. The unit is charged primarily with anti-poaching operations and works mostly in the vast Pendjari National Park and the W National Park reserves.
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-* The use of ''tenue du leopard'' or "lizard" pattern camouflage has continued with the ''Forces Armees Beninoises'' (FAB) into the present era, although with some changes in the styling of uniforms and the coloration of the pattern. More recent incarnations of the FAB lizard pattern have a slightly grey hue to them.
+* The use of ''tenue du leopard'' or "lizard" pattern camouflage has continued with the ''Forces Armees Beninoises'' (FAB) into the present era, although with some changes in the styling of uniforms and the coloration of the pattern. More recent incarnations of the FAB lizard pattern have a distinctive pale green tint to them.
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	* Formed in 2018 by merging the National Police and the National Gendarmerie, the ''Police Républicaine'' or Republican Police are the primary law enforcement agency in Benin, encompassing conventional police roles, as well as overseeing compliance with environmental, fisheries/wildlife, sanitation and utilities regulations. Some units of the PR wear a [[DPM]] variant pattern with a purple/blue colorway.		* Formed in 2018 by merging the National Police and the National Gendarmerie, the ''Police Républicaine'' or Republican Police are the primary law enforcement agency in Benin, encompassing conventional police roles, as well as overseeing compliance with environmental, fisheries/wildlife, sanitation and utilities regulations. Some units of the PR wear a [[DPM]] variant pattern with a purple/blue colorway.

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-* At least some personnel of the Army have worn a copy of the [[USA|US]] m81 [[woodland]] pattern on occasion. The use of this pattern may be very limited, perhaps on particular assignments or even by officers visiting a foreign nation.
+* At least some personnel of the Army have worn a copy of the [[USA|US]] m81 [[woodland]] pattern on occasion in the early 2000s. The use of this pattern may be very limited, perhaps on particular assignments or even by officers visiting a foreign nation.
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 * Armed Forces personnel serving with the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) have worn US tricolor desert pattern camouflage uniforms.
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 * The use of ''tenue du leopard'' or "lizard" pattern camouflage has continued with the ''Forces Armees Beninoises'' (FAB) into the present era, although with some changes in the styling of uniforms and the coloration of the pattern. More recent incarnations of the FAB lizard pattern have a slightly grey hue to them.

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	* At least some personnel of the Army also wear a copy of the [[USA\|US]] m81 [[woodland]] pattern.		* At least some personnel of the Army also wear a copy of the [[USA\|US]] m81 [[woodland]] pattern.

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 == Camouflage Patterns of Benin ==
-* Many units of the Benin Armed Forces wear simple olive green, but copies of the [[France|French]] ''tenue de leópard'' or [[lizard]] pattern camouflage have been worn by this nation since the 1980s.
+* Many units of the Benin Armed Forces have worn simple olive green uniforms, but copies of the [[France|French]] ''tenue de leópard'' or [[lizard]] pattern camouflage have been worn by this nation since at least the 1980s, and probably earlier.
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