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		+	* In January 2025, the Zambian Army announced it was updating its "semi arid" camouflage design to a pixelated version. The new camouflage pattern retains the same color palette, and is gradually replacing the old design, although even in November 2025 a lot of Zambian Army personnel were still wearing the older design.
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 == Zambian Camouflage Patterns ==
-* A vertical [[brushstroke]] or streaked camouflage design, seemingly influenced by the camouflage of [[Rhodesia]], can be dated in service with Zambian forces from the 1970s. The overlapping colors (also similar to the Rhodesian) are medium brown and foliage green, on a tan or faun-colored background.
+* A vertical [[brushstroke]] or streaked camouflage design, seemingly influenced by the camouflage of [[Rhodesia]], can be dated in service with Zambian forces from the mid- to late-1970s. The overlapping colors (also similar to the Rhodesian) are medium brown and foliage green, on a tan or faun-colored background. It is interesting to note that some original uniforms also ended up in the hands of both Rhodesian and South African forces, who made use of them during cross-border operations or for training purposes.
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		+	* Zambian Army personnel serving as peacekeepers with the United Nations have been observed wearing a copy of USMC [[MARPAT]] since 2018.
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-* The Zambian Wildlife Authority (formerly the Department of National Parks and Wildlife Service) has in recent years adopted a unique camouflage design for many of its personnel, seen below. Consisting of broad, vertical stripes in green and brown - resembling broad-bladed native grasses - on a tan background, the pattern invokes the memory of the earliest indigenous design of the 1970s.
+* The Zambian Wildlife Authority (formerly the Department of National Parks and Wildlife Service) or ZAWA has in recent years adopted a unique camouflage design for many of its personnel, seen below. Consisting of broad, vertical stripes in green and brown - resembling broad-bladed native grasses - on a tan background, the pattern invokes the memory of the earliest indigenous design of the 1970s.
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		+	* Officers working in the Customs branch of the Zambia Revenue Authority are wearing this vertical stripe pattern uniform with a blue base color. This design is obviously keeping with a law enforcement tradition initiated by the Zambia Police Service.
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 During subsequent years, Kaunda's government would support a number of African nationalist movements, including UNITA (Angola), the Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU), the African National Congress (ANC), and the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO), and would establish close relations with both the [[USSR|Soviet Union]] and [[China|communist China]]. During the Rhodesian War, Zambia's border with its southern neighbor was closed, severely restricting the nation's intake of imports and supplies. Insurgent groups, in particular ZIPRA, were given refuge, training and military supplies by the Zambian government, and the military training camps would become frequent targets for external military operations by both [[Rhodesia]] and [[South Africa]]. Despite riots and protests against his regime in the 1990s, Kenneth Kaunda remained president until open elections were held in 1991.
-The Zambian Armed Forces consist of the Army, Air Force and the Zambian National Service with approximately 15,000 active duty personnel. The latter is an internal defence type organization. In recent years, Zambian forces have taken part in peacekeeping operations to other African nations.
+The Zambian Defence Force (ZDF) consists of the Army, Air Force and the Zambian National Service with approximately 15,000 active duty personnel. The latter is an internal defence type organization. In recent years, Zambian forces have taken part in peacekeeping operations to other African nations.
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 The British South Africa Company under Cecil Rhodes obtained mineral rights from a local king in 1888, and a few years later his British South Africa Police (BSAP) put down a rebellion in the east, thereafter naming the region North-eastern Rhodesia. In 1911 it merged with the North-western section to form Northern Rhodesia, which became a British colonial holding in 1923. The land to the south (now [[Zimbabwe]]) was at this time known as Southern Rhodesia, but in 1953 the British government merged both territories (along with Nyasaland, now [[Malawi]]) into a single union called the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland. The negative reaction to this union by the African population of Zambia led to a number of demonstrations and a state of crisis in the north. The United National Independence Party (UNIP) under Kenneth Kaunda would ultimately take up the cause of Zambian independence which lasted through 1962 and 1963. When Kaunda won a general election in 1964, he became the first Prime Minister of the new Republic of Zambia.
-During subsequent years, Kaunda's government would support a number of African nationalist movements, including UNITA (Angola), the Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU), the African National Congress (ANC), and the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO), and would establish close relations with both the [[USSR|Soviet Union]] and [[China|communist China]]. During the Rhodesian War, Zambia's border with its southern neighbor was closed, severely restricting the nation's intake of imports and supplies. Insurgent groups, in particular ZIPRA, were given refuge, training and military supplies by the Zambian government, and the military training camps would become frequent targets for external military operations by both [[Rhodesia]] and [[South Africa]]. Despite riots and protests against his regime in the 1990s, Kenneth Kaunda has remained president and prime minister of the nation since his election in 1994.
+During subsequent years, Kaunda's government would support a number of African nationalist movements, including UNITA (Angola), the Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU), the African National Congress (ANC), and the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO), and would establish close relations with both the [[USSR|Soviet Union]] and [[China|communist China]]. During the Rhodesian War, Zambia's border with its southern neighbor was closed, severely restricting the nation's intake of imports and supplies. Insurgent groups, in particular ZIPRA, were given refuge, training and military supplies by the Zambian government, and the military training camps would become frequent targets for external military operations by both [[Rhodesia]] and [[South Africa]]. Despite riots and protests against his regime in the 1990s, Kenneth Kaunda remained president until open elections were held in 1991.
 The Zambian Armed Forces consist of the Army, Air Force and the Zambian National Service with approximately 15,000 active duty personnel. The latter is an internal defence type organization. In recent years, Zambian forces have taken part in peacekeeping operations to other African nations.
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		+	* The Zambian National Service, a paramilitary organization, changed from its old dark olive green uniform to a brand new camouflage scheme in late 2014. The pattern features russet and dark purple wavy designs on a green-blue background.
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		+	* The Zambian Wildlife Authority (formerly the Department of National Parks and Wildlife Service) has in recent years adopted a unique camouflage design for many of its personnel, seen below. Consisting of broad, vertical stripes in green and brown - resembling broad-bladed native grasses - on a tan background, the pattern invokes the memory of the earliest indigenous design of the 1970s.
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 * The Zambian Police wear a "zigzag stripe" pattern in two distinct versions, one with thick and another with thinner stripes.