Military Combat Uniform Color

Military combat uniform color

Most of the military combat uniforms in the world are green (grass green, dark green or greenish in yellow). military combat uniforms are invariably developing towards green, which is summed up from the lessons of actual combat.

At the end of the 19th century, British imperialism launched a war of aggression against South Africa. At that time, there was a white nation called "Bull" in South Africa. They were unwilling to be ravaged by foreign invaders and organized armed resistance. The Boers had fewer troops and more British troops, and the ratio of the two sides was 1:5. The Boers lost early in the war. The British army was arrogant and arrogant. After a period of observation, the Boers found that the British army had a great feature. They all wore red military combat uniforms, which were particularly conspicuous in the green background of the South African forest, so their actions were easily exposed. The Boers got inspiration from this and immediately put their own The clothing was changed to grass green, and the guns were painted green. In this way, the Boers used the green background of the dense grass and jungle as a cover. It was not easy for the British to find the Boers, and the Boers were easy to find the British. They often approached the British without knowing it, and suddenly attacked. The British army was caught off guard, but the British army could not find the target. In this war, more than 90,000 British troops were killed and wounded and suffered heavy losses.

The lesson that the British received in South Africa, "the front of the car, the rear of the car", was quickly learned by the armies of many countries. In order to better conceal the actions of the army under field conditions, people first started from the clothing, and continuously improved the color of the military combat uniform, trying to make it as close to the color of the natural background as possible. In this way, although the clothing forms of the armies in the world are very different, the colors are gradually unified in the green tone.

Of course, nothing is absolute. From a concealed camouflage point of view, the color of military combat uniforms cannot be limited to green either. In many cases, the natural background is not green, which requires a flexible and reasonable choice of clothing color according to the local background conditions at the time. For example, in snow, only white can harmonize with the background; in the sea, only blue can be integrated with it; in desert, only tawny is closer to the background.