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Army decides on new digital pattern combat uniform, to be implemented in 2022.
The Army is also in the process of changing its regular olive uniform and one of the ideas is to have different coloured pants and shirts. No decision on this has been taken yet.
SNEHESH ALEX PHILIP 1 December, 2021 11:47 am IST

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New Delhi: The Army has decided to introduce a new digital pattern combat uniform for officers and men from next year. The Army is also working on a new regular uniform, which will be vastly different from the olives in use now, ThePrint has learnt.


Formally known as the camouflages or battle dress uniforms (BDU), they are the standard uniform for combat.

These uniforms are camouflaged, either in monochrome such as shades of green or brown to blend in with the background or in a disruptive pattern like what the Indian Navy and certain central armed police forces have.

Sources said that the implementation of the new uniform, which has been shortlisted after a study focused on various uniforms worn by major Armies across the world, will be rolled out next year itself and it will cater to both officers and men.

Army looking to change regular uniform too
The Army is also in the process of changing its regular olive uniform. No final decision, however, has been taken yet. The sources said that one of the ideas is to have different coloured pants and shirts.

Sources said that the new combat uniform will be made of “lighter but sturdy material”, which will be suitable for both summer and winters.

They also said that under the new uniform, there will be no tucking in of shirts unlike the current style.

“The uniform has been selected keeping the comfort of the soldier in combat in mind,” a source said, adding that a need to change the uniform has been felt for a long time, keeping modern warfare in mind.

Moreover, various central armed police forces, state police and even insurgents in the northeast had started wearing similar uniforms.


The Army had last year requested the Defence Ministry and the Home Ministry to issue guidelines against wearing combat uniforms while handling law and order situations or in urban areas affected by terrorism.

Asked whether the uniform will be distributed to soldiers or whether they will have to buy it from authorised stores for which they will be reimbursed, sources said the process is still being worked out.

It was also not clear whether the new combat uniform will have shoulder and collar tags like the present or blackened ones for better camouflage.

The shoulder stripes — denoting rank — could also be moved to the front buttons, sources said adding it is a pattern followed by other major armies also.

 
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Army decides on new digital pattern combat uniform, to be implemented in 2022.
The Army is also in the process of changing its regular olive uniform and one of the ideas is to have different coloured pants and shirts. No decision on this has been taken yet.
SNEHESH ALEX PHILIP 1 December, 2021 11:47 am IST

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New Delhi: The Army has decided to introduce a new digital pattern combat uniform for officers and men from next year. The Army is also working on a new regular uniform, which will be vastly different from the olives in use now, ThePrint has learnt.


Formally known as the camouflages or battle dress uniforms (BDU), they are the standard uniform for combat.

These uniforms are camouflaged, either in monochrome such as shades of green or brown to blend in with the background or in a disruptive pattern like what the Indian Navy and certain central armed police forces have.

Sources said that the implementation of the new uniform, which has been shortlisted after a study focused on various uniforms worn by major Armies across the world, will be rolled out next year itself and it will cater to both officers and men.

Army looking to change regular uniform too
The Army is also in the process of changing its regular olive uniform. No final decision, however, has been taken yet. The sources said that one of the ideas is to have different coloured pants and shirts.

Sources said that the new combat uniform will be made of “lighter but sturdy material”, which will be suitable for both summer and winters.

They also said that under the new uniform, there will be no tucking in of shirts unlike the current style.

“The uniform has been selected keeping the comfort of the soldier in combat in mind,” a source said, adding that a need to change the uniform has been felt for a long time, keeping modern warfare in mind.

Moreover, various central armed police forces, state police and even insurgents in the northeast had started wearing similar uniforms.


The Army had last year requested the Defence Ministry and the Home Ministry to issue guidelines against wearing combat uniforms while handling law and order situations or in urban areas affected by terrorism.

Asked whether the uniform will be distributed to soldiers or whether they will have to buy it from authorised stores for which they will be reimbursed, sources said the process is still being worked out.

It was also not clear whether the new combat uniform will have shoulder and collar tags like the present or blackened ones for better camouflage.

The shoulder stripes — denoting rank — could also be moved to the front buttons, sources said adding it is a pattern followed by other major armies also.


Better late than never. The French-style woodlands pattern was pretty archaic when introduced. There are some patterns that different news reports have shown and all of them are different.

I am certainly hoping that it is something more practical, like the digital MARPAT camo. That pattern has proven effective camouflage in areas of dense foliage for CT operations as well as in the arid regions for the CRPF commando units.

Let's see what the NIFT has come up with. Apparently, it is a new pattern that is centralized and won't be accessible outside the contractors, unlike woodland camo, that anyone can buy.
10 years late in the region

I agree. The military has been ridiculously low on Indian political priorities for far too long even in the arms modernization - let alone uniform standardization. Better late than never.
 
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I agree. The military has been ridiculously low on Indian political priorities for far too long even in the arms modernization - let alone uniform standardization. Better late than never.
Pakistan army pixellated their old camo long back and are using it, Indian Army took years to end up doing the same if my eyes are not wrong.
 
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Pakistan army pixellated their old camo long back and are using it, Indian Army took years to end up doing the same if my eyes are not wrong.

Well, we don't know which camo pattern it is.

Based on what reports say, the camo pattern is generated randomly and within the "Indian context". Apparently, we have to wait for Army Day to see the uniform, as all news channels are showing every possible digital camo pattern under the sun.

Digital woodland is not much different from the MARPAT digital camo, and could be good. The CRPF commandos already use MARPAT in some last remaining Naxal corridors and they are highly effective. However, their effectiveness in the Himalayan cold desert is suspect.

Army will have to come up with something like the following to address the borders on the Eastern front, snow front, and thar front respectively:

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Whatever they do, Indian soldiers will always look like choras. A term introduced by the British to represent soldiers in the Indian East Company from what is now India I.e. Bihar, Oudh and Madras. They never used this term for Punjabi Muslims, Pathans and Baluch soldiers, who also served the British.
Who wears the uniform for looks ?
Or who cares how soldiers look , if it works , it works Indian army certainly has more regions to recruit from as compared to you
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Probably this will be the camo
 
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Who wears the uniform for looks ?
Or who cares how soldiers look , if it works , it works Indian army certainly has more regions to recruit from as compared to you
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Probably this will be the camo

It is just a speculation based on Coupta's report. Unlikely that there will just be one pattern, or this one at all. Let's wait for the army day to see what they have.

IMO, the CRPF MARPAT digital camo is far better looking and is suited well for our terrain. It has the right mix of foliage & arid pattern to disguise the troops.

If I had a wish for the camo change, I'd have voted for the Kryptek-type digital camo patterns; they seriously blend well with all terrains and at the same time look mean.
 
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Who wears the uniform for looks ?
Or who cares how soldiers look , if it works , it works Indian army certainly has more regions to recruit from as compared to you
View attachment 805444
Probably this will be the camo
Who wears the uniform for looks ?
Or who cares how soldiers look , if it works , it works Indian army certainly has more regions to recruit from as compared to you
View attachment 805444
Probably this will be the camo
It’s not the uniform but rather the soldiers.
 
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