plawolf
Lieutenant General
Probably because the marching formations are in dress uniform as opposed to combat gear for the mounted units?
PRC/PLA 2015 Victory Parade Thread
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Probably because the marching formations are in dress uniform as opposed to combat gear for the mounted units?
TerraN_EmpirE
Tyrant King
It would make some sense, Then again the Whole PLA could use it much as a number of other National Armys. China is a mixed Environment with Urban, Desert, Semi Arid, Temperate and semi temperate, mountain and more. Multicam is designed to work across all of that in variing degrees this means that if the PLA wanted it could clear out the Type 07 family with little overall effect.
This is a blog excellent if dated blog post on the subject.
The Universal pattern of the PLA Type 07 is more woodland then desert in nature a mix of forest green, brown, Black and urban grey. but large areas of the PRC are desert or more semi arid. as such the PLA is using it's desert pattern as it's winter wear. the Desert 07 is Light khaki, dark brown and black on tan background the color way is based on there "Tibet tarn" pattern and has been used as there winter pattern.there are others yes but more "GlamorFlage" designed to emphasis the special nature and status of 2nd Art, Marines, Navy SF, Airfrorce and the like
other then in the Jungle zones these two could easily be replaced by a singular Mulitcam color way. which would also be effective in islands of the the SCS and ECS for positioning on islands.
I have often thought that as the PLA moves into the 2020's It would review and adopt a replacement pattern set including a transitional set but given there use of type 07 I thought they would retain the digital pixialated base. where Multicam is a digital Blotch style. Remember that many argue that the Color set of multicam is the key. If you look at the PLA type 07 pattern most are between 3-4 colors Multicam has about 7 colors ; ; ; ; ; salmon pink and .
when mixed in the right percentages it's proven effective the world over and with multiple clones of both high quality and questionable. Makers like Atacs, Kryptex, Hyperstealth, Pencott, Tiger stripe products and more have used it's Palette as a basis for there own family's of patterns.
This is a blog excellent if dated blog post on the subject.
The Universal pattern of the PLA Type 07 is more woodland then desert in nature a mix of forest green, brown, Black and urban grey. but large areas of the PRC are desert or more semi arid. as such the PLA is using it's desert pattern as it's winter wear. the Desert 07 is Light khaki, dark brown and black on tan background the color way is based on there "Tibet tarn" pattern and has been used as there winter pattern.there are others yes but more "GlamorFlage" designed to emphasis the special nature and status of 2nd Art, Marines, Navy SF, Airfrorce and the like
other then in the Jungle zones these two could easily be replaced by a singular Mulitcam color way. which would also be effective in islands of the the SCS and ECS for positioning on islands.
I have often thought that as the PLA moves into the 2020's It would review and adopt a replacement pattern set including a transitional set but given there use of type 07 I thought they would retain the digital pixialated base. where Multicam is a digital Blotch style. Remember that many argue that the Color set of multicam is the key. If you look at the PLA type 07 pattern most are between 3-4 colors Multicam has about 7 colors ; ; ; ; ; salmon pink and .
when mixed in the right percentages it's proven effective the world over and with multiple clones of both high quality and questionable. Makers like Atacs, Kryptex, Hyperstealth, Pencott, Tiger stripe products and more have used it's Palette as a basis for there own family's of patterns.
TerraN_EmpirE
Tyrant King
exactly, the Sino-multicam troops seen earlier were meant for drill not battle. there uniforms and gear were meant for spit and polish and show complete with full color patches and insignia vs a combat soldier where the bright red markings would be a eye catching target.
plawolf
Lieutenant General
Maybe I'm reading too much into it, but the new desert camo could be a hint at where the PLA expect their future deployments.
In the past, the PLA has been focused exclusively on home defense. Now, they are looking abroad.
The two areas where the PLA might be deployed in a combat scenario without WWIII breaking out first are Africa, and Central Asia.
The PLA already has a combat battalion deployed in Sudan, and I see that as probably the first of many such deployments for the PLA to start actively protecting Chinese investments and interests in Africa, specifically, the unstable parts where local government forces might not be up to the job.
With China's new Silk Road plan, we will soon see vast Chinese investment in Central Asia all the way to the Middle East. Those are also unstable regions that may require the PLA to deploy to safeguard those investments. Guess what kind of conditions prevail in those regions?
Not really. Not all marching formations are in dress uniforms, as earlier posts have shown.
For now, I will stick with Xinjiang, Central Asia, and possibly Afghanistan. Middle East remains too far for China, unless more 071s are built along with LHDs.
solarz
Brigadier
The PLA would not be deployed in Xinjiang, that would the the PAP's mission.
I agree with Wolf that Africa, especially Sudan, is a distinct possibility. China's forced evacuation from Libya, leaving behind billions of dollars in infrastructure, is a sign that some form of armed deployment may be necessary in the near future.
TerraN_EmpirE
Tyrant King
NATO deployments to Afghanistan which boarders onto the far western region of China, have transitioned more and more to Multicam and Transitional zone patterns. Africa and the middle east have also show it effective to various degrees.
then a PLA Expeditionary camo pattern?
Still a lot of questions. The First that might lay context for us is what unit is this?
what vehicle are the troops in?
from there we might be able to start making more educated guesses. from my guess of a possible replacement for there universal pattern to a replacement desert pattern to a expeditionary pattern.
GreenestGDP
Junior Member
Beijing is hot & humid during the parade ,, ... ... dip uts