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Admin1 at 21:29, 29 October 2025

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Admin1: /* Ugandan Camouflage Patterns */

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Ugandan Camouflage Patterns

Admin1: /* Camouflage of Insurgent and Terrorist Forces */

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Camouflage of Insurgent and Terrorist Forces

Admin1: /* Camouflage of Insurgent and Terrorist Forces */

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Camouflage of Insurgent and Terrorist Forces

Admin1: /* Camouflage of Insurgent Forces */

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Camouflage of Insurgent Forces

Admin1: /* Short-Lived or Foreign Camouflage in Service with Ugandan Forces */

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Short-Lived or Foreign Camouflage in Service with Ugandan Forces

Admin1 at 19:19, 22 October 2025

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Admin1 at 19:04, 22 October 2025

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Admin1 at 19:00, 22 October 2025

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-* The UPDF Marine Brigade is tasked specifically with operating in and around the twenty percent of the nation that is covered in water, including Lake Kyoga, parts of Lakes Victoria (Nalubaale), Albert (Mwitanzige), and Edward (Rwitanzigye), as well as several smaller lakes and a number of major rivers. Members of the Brigade are issued a unique [[digital patterns|pixelated camouflage]] pattern incorporating blackish-purple and olive green on a pale green background.
+* The UPDF Marine Brigade is tasked specifically with operating in and around the twenty percent of the nation that is covered in water, including Lake Kyoga, parts of Lakes Victoria (Nalubaale), Albert (Mwitanzige), and Edward (Rwitanzigye), as well as several smaller lakes and a number of major rivers. Members of the Brigade are issued a unique [[digital patterns|pixelated camouflage]] pattern incorporating blackish-purple and olive green on a pale green background. The design has been in service since at least 2019.
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 * The Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) is a governmental organization charged with protecting and preserving the flora and fauna within the nation's ten national parks. Personnel wear a [[Multicam]]-like design with a slightly more arid color palette.

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 * Members of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) received significant assistance military assistance from the government of [[Sudan]] from 2009-2012, including quantities of the Chinese-made camouflage design seen here. LRA members have also worn older Ugandan camouflage uniforms, including various types of [[woodland]].
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-* Members of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) received significant assistance military assistance from the government of [[Sudan]] from 2009-2012, including quantities of the Chinese-made camouflage design seen here.
+* Members of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) received significant assistance military assistance from the government of [[Sudan]] from 2009-2012, including quantities of the Chinese-made camouflage design seen here. LRA members have also worn older Ugandan camouflage uniforms, including various types of [[woodland]].
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-== Camouflage of Insurgent Forces ==
+== Camouflage of Insurgent and Terrorist Forces ==
 * The NRA were initially outfitted with stolen uniforms and equipment from the Ugandan government, including significant quantities of "vertical lizard" pattern camouflage uniforms.

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-== Short-Lived or Foreign Camouflage in Service with Ugandan Forces ==
+== Foreign Camouflage in Service with Ugandan Forces ==
 * Although initially considered friendly to Western nations like Britain, Idi Amin quickly went to other nations for assistance when he was turned down by requests for advanced military equipment from Israel and the UK. Amin's friendship with [[Libya|Libya's]] Muammar Gaddafi has been well documented, but by 1973 the [[USSR|Soviet Union]] had dispatched a military training mission to assist the Ugandan Army, and the Soviets soon became the country's largest supplier of war materiel. This was followed shortly thereafter by aid from [[East Germany]] and [[Czechoslovakia]], the latter whom apparently supplied a quantity of ''mlok'' pattern camouflage uniforms to the Ugandan Army. These first appeared during a military parade in 1975 and were still being worn by at least one unit in 1978 during Amin's last few months of presidency.

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		+	== Short-Lived or Foreign Camouflage in Service with Ugandan Forces ==
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		+	* Although initially considered friendly to Western nations like Britain, Idi Amin quickly went to other nations for assistance when he was turned down by requests for advanced military equipment from Israel and the UK. Amin's friendship with [[Libya\|Libya's]] Muammar Gaddafi has been well documented, but by 1973 the [[USSR\|Soviet Union]] had dispatched a military training mission to assist the Ugandan Army, and the Soviets soon became the country's largest supplier of war materiel. This was followed shortly thereafter by aid from [[East Germany]] and [[Czechoslovakia]], the latter whom apparently supplied a quantity of ''mlok'' pattern camouflage uniforms to the Ugandan Army. These first appeared during a military parade in 1975 and were still being worn by at least one unit in 1978 during Amin's last few months of presidency.
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	== Camouflage of Insurgent Forces ==		== Camouflage of Insurgent Forces ==

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-* Circa 2020, the Ugandan Special Forces Command began to wear [[Multicam]] pattern camouflage uniforms, soon to replace the earlier adopted DPM pattern.
+* Circa 2020, the Ugandan Special Forces Command began to wear [[Multicam]] pattern camouflage uniforms, which soon replaced the earlier adopted DPM pattern and are now the standard uniform of that branch.
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 * In October 2024, it was announced that the Uganda Prisons Service would begin issuing a camouflage uniform to members of the Safety and Security Unit, whose primary duties are guarding high-security facilities, escorting high-risk criminals, and providing protection to senior officers. The camouflage design incorporates shades of orange, maroon, brown, and beige, and will not replace the standard dark orange pattern worn by the majority of Prisons Service personnel.

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	* A special unit of the Ugandan Police, the Police Presidential Guard (PPG), introduced a camouflage design based on the US Navy's NWU-1 "blueberries" pattern in 2015-16. Although more than a single variation has been documented, some with a lighter color palette and some with darker, the basic design is essentially the same as the US Navy, with the addition of a shade of brown.		* A special unit of the Ugandan Police, the Police Presidential Guard (PPG), introduced a camouflage design based on the US Navy's NWU-1 "blueberries" pattern in 2015-16. Although more than a single variation has been documented, some with a lighter color palette and some with darker, the basic design is essentially the same as the US Navy, with the addition of a shade of brown.

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-* A special unit of the Ugandan Police, the Police Presidential Guard (PPG), introduced a copy of the US Navy's NWU-1 "blue digital" pattern camouflage (without the USN logo embedded) in 2015-16.
+* A special unit of the Ugandan Police, the Police Presidential Guard (PPG), introduced a camouflage design based on the US Navy's NWU-1 "blueberries" pattern in 2015-16. Although more than a single variation has been documented, some with a lighter color palette and some with darker, the basic design is essentially the same as the US Navy, with the addition of a shade of brown.
 [[File:uganda11.jpg|200px]]
 * The Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) is a governmental organization charged with protecting and preserving the flora and fauna within the nation's ten national parks. Personnel wear a [[Multicam]]-like design with a slightly more arid color palette.