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Camouflage Patterns of Nicaragua

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-* The Sandinista government received significant assistance from members of the Warsaw Pact, including Bulgaria and East Germany. Camouflage uniforms in a "branch" pattern also exported to the Southwest African People's Organization military branch (PLAN) saw limited use, as did chest webbing manufactured from East German ''strichtarn'' pattern camouflage fabric.
+* The Sandinista government received significant assistance from members of the Warsaw Pact, including Bulgaria and East Germany. Camouflage uniforms in a "branch" pattern also exported to the Southwest African People's Organization military branch (PLAN) saw limited use, as did both uniforms and specially-manufactured chest webbing in East German ''strichtarn'' pattern camouflage fabric. The latter seems to have been worn primarily by Tropas Especiales Nicaragua Pablo Úbeda (TPU), special troops of the Ministry of the Interior.
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 * Contra groups were supplied with a wide variety of military uniforms and equipment, and many individuals deployed into combat wearing a combination of military and civilian clothing as well as personal affectations. Commercial [[tiger stripe]] pattern uniforms were supplied through the US-assistance program in some quantities.

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	* At some point in the late 1990s or early 2000s, the Nicaraguan Navy adopted a [[woodland]] variant pattern incorporating black, dark blue & blue-grey woodland shapes on a pale blue background. The pattern is essentially the same as that worn by the Salvadoran Air Force, although a slightly darker variation has also been documented. No doubt, like the Army woodland, the textiles are locally produced and subject to variations from factory to factory, or production runs.		* At some point in the late 1990s or early 2000s, the Nicaraguan Navy adopted a [[woodland]] variant pattern incorporating black, dark blue & blue-grey woodland shapes on a pale blue background. The pattern is essentially the same as that worn by the Salvadoran Air Force, although a slightly darker variation has also been documented. No doubt, like the Army woodland, the textiles are locally produced and subject to variations from factory to factory, or production runs.

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-* The National Army of Nicaragua ''(Ejército de Nicaragua)'' has worn a copy of the m81 [[woodland]] camouflage since 1995. The design appears to be an accurate copy of the original, on locally produced fabric.
+* The National Army of Nicaragua ''(Ejército de Nicaragua)'' has worn a copy of the m81 [[woodland]] camouflage since 1995. The design appears to be an accurate copy of the original, on locally produced fabric, although several variations have appeared, probably procured from different suppliers or even contracted from Asian factories.
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-* The current Nicaraguan Navy wear a [[woodland]] variant incorporating black, dark blue & blue-grey woodland shapes on a pale blue background. The pattern is essentially the same as that worn by the Salvadoran Air Force, although a slightly darker variation has also been documented. No doubt, like the Army woodland, the textiles are locally produced and subject to variations from factory to factory, or production runs.
+* At some point in the late 1990s or early 2000s, the Nicaraguan Navy adopted a [[woodland]] variant pattern incorporating black, dark blue & blue-grey woodland shapes on a pale blue background. The pattern is essentially the same as that worn by the Salvadoran Air Force, although a slightly darker variation has also been documented. No doubt, like the Army woodland, the textiles are locally produced and subject to variations from factory to factory, or production runs.
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	* The National Army of Nicaragua ''(Ejército de Nicaragua)'' has worn a copy of the m81 [[woodland]] camouflage since 1995. The design appears to be an accurate copy of the original, on locally produced fabric.		* The National Army of Nicaragua ''(Ejército de Nicaragua)'' has worn a copy of the m81 [[woodland]] camouflage since 1995. The design appears to be an accurate copy of the original, on locally produced fabric.

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	* The Sandinista government received significant assistance from members of the Warsaw Pact, including Bulgaria and East Germany. Camouflage uniforms in a "branch" pattern also exported to the Southwest African People's Organization military branch (PLAN) saw limited use, as did chest webbing manufactured from East German ''strichtarn'' pattern camouflage fabric.		* The Sandinista government received significant assistance from members of the Warsaw Pact, including Bulgaria and East Germany. Camouflage uniforms in a "branch" pattern also exported to the Southwest African People's Organization military branch (PLAN) saw limited use, as did chest webbing manufactured from East German ''strichtarn'' pattern camouflage fabric.

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-* A rare pattern possibly connected to the ''Brigadas Especiales contra Actos de Terrorismo'' (Special Counter-terrorist Brigades) or BECAT from the Samoza period, but certainly documented in use by the Sandinista government. The pattern features medium brown, light brown and sandy-grey puzzle shapes on a tan background. and may be an attempt to copy Soviet TTsKO designs.
+* The rare pattern seen here is of East German design, dating to the 1975 trials conducted at the Research Institute for Textile Technology in Karl-Marx Stadt on behalf of the ''Nationale Volksarmee'' and was no doubt influenced by the earlier East German "amoeba" design. The pattern features medium brown, light brown and sandy-grey puzzle shapes on a tan background, and was never adopted by any units of the East German Army. However, uniforms in this pattern have been well-documented among Sandinista forces in the 1980s, presumably either locally made from donated camouflage fabric, or supplied as political support by the East German government.
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-* The National Army of Nicaragua ''(Ejército de Nicaragua)'' has worn a copy of the m81 [[woodland]] camouflage since 1995.
+* The National Army of Nicaragua ''(Ejército de Nicaragua)'' has worn a copy of the m81 [[woodland]] camouflage since 1995. The design appears to be an accurate copy of the original, on locally produced fabric.
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