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I had the good fortune of acquiring a cap to complete my uniform I got awhile back, albeit a different shade.
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Blurry Red Tiger Stripe Uniform
TennoHeikaNate- Senior Sergeant
- Name : Nate
Location : USA
Registration date : 2013-10-16
Number of posts : 372
CollectinSteve- ADMIN
- Location : New England, US
Registration date : 2009-03-08
Number of posts : 6987
Excellent find! This is one of the few patterns I really regretted parting with when I sold off all my South American stuff. I had a couple variants, but the blurry one was my favorite.
Steve
Steve
TennoHeikaNate- Senior Sergeant
- Name : Nate
Location : USA
Registration date : 2013-10-16
Number of posts : 372
Few reference photos to share for this sweet pattern
Ecuadorian paratroopers
US Marines and Ecuadorian soldiers, 1985
Not sure about this one, but the info that came with it said "Peruvian troops display captured Ecuadorian uniform"
Enjoy!
-Nate
Ecuadorian paratroopers
US Marines and Ecuadorian soldiers, 1985
Not sure about this one, but the info that came with it said "Peruvian troops display captured Ecuadorian uniform"
Enjoy!
-Nate
TennoHeikaNate- Senior Sergeant
- Name : Nate
Location : USA
Registration date : 2013-10-16
Number of posts : 372
Some nice new photos just surfaced recently from the National Archives of some Ecuadorian commandos training with the 193rd Infantry during Blue Horizon 1986, showing some of the different variants and colorations as well as some 80's Ecuadorian and US uniforms, equipment, and gear.
filupe- MODERATOR
- Location : Oz
Registration date : 2009-02-16
Number of posts : 1088
Great reference pics! I wonder how old they are - the pic of them rope crossing the river I saw in a book about 25 years ago now? The helmet covers look to be a different tiger pattern altogether - perhaps an earlier version? It almost looks like a South Vietnamese pattern without the red!
CollectinSteve- ADMIN
- Location : New England, US
Registration date : 2009-03-08
Number of posts : 6987
Aside from the high quality shots of the Ecuadoran uniforms, the ones of the US SF advisors is also interesting. Some of them, at least, are wearing the discontinued slant pocket jungle uniforms instead of the Transitional type used from the late 1970s until the early 1980s. Once again proving that Special Forces can wear whatever they darned well please 
Steve
Steve
TennoHeikaNate- Senior Sergeant
- Name : Nate
Location : USA
Registration date : 2013-10-16
Number of posts : 372
Here's an interesting one, a red tiger ghille.
"US Special Forces are training Venezuelans and Ecuadorians in counterinsurgency operations."
"US Special Forces are training Venezuelans and Ecuadorians in counterinsurgency operations."
TennoHeikaNate- Senior Sergeant
- Name : Nate
Location : USA
Registration date : 2013-10-16
Number of posts : 372
Sharing some more tiger pics that surfaced, including some sparse usage into the 1990's!
"A soldier inspects the scene of a fire in Galapagos, March 1985."
April
"Soldiers install barbed wire at the entrance to the government palace 05 February 1999 in Quito to block access by protesters."
"Ecuadorian Army prevents the entry of people who protest in front of military barracks where the National Constituent Assembly is located in the city of Sangolqui, 18 March 1998."
"Ecuadorian soldiers (Look more like Marines to me?) aboard the tank landing ship USS FAIRFAX COUNTY prepare for an assault on Valdivia Beach during Exercise FUERZAS UNIDAS, 7-13-1984."
"Ecuadorian paratrooper simulates a jump from an AS 532 Super Puma helicopter as fellow paratroopers stand by during Unitas XXXII, 14 August 1991."
"Ecuadorian soldiers shield themselves from the draft generated by the rotor of the helicopter that dropped them in the province of Sucumbios near the border with Colombia 14 September 1999 on an operation to rescue kidnapped tourists."
"An armed soldier looks on as people vote in the Presidential election in Calderon, Ecuador, April 29th 1979."
And just for fun, sadly neither of these are in my own collection but some listings I saw a long time ago, an Air Force (FAE) M43 style cap with wings badge and ear flaps, and a Marine utility cover.
Marine utility cover.
Enjoy!
-Nate
"A soldier inspects the scene of a fire in Galapagos, March 1985."
April
"Soldiers install barbed wire at the entrance to the government palace 05 February 1999 in Quito to block access by protesters."
"Ecuadorian Army prevents the entry of people who protest in front of military barracks where the National Constituent Assembly is located in the city of Sangolqui, 18 March 1998."
"Ecuadorian soldiers (Look more like Marines to me?) aboard the tank landing ship USS FAIRFAX COUNTY prepare for an assault on Valdivia Beach during Exercise FUERZAS UNIDAS, 7-13-1984."
"Ecuadorian paratrooper simulates a jump from an AS 532 Super Puma helicopter as fellow paratroopers stand by during Unitas XXXII, 14 August 1991."
"Ecuadorian soldiers shield themselves from the draft generated by the rotor of the helicopter that dropped them in the province of Sucumbios near the border with Colombia 14 September 1999 on an operation to rescue kidnapped tourists."
"An armed soldier looks on as people vote in the Presidential election in Calderon, Ecuador, April 29th 1979."
And just for fun, sadly neither of these are in my own collection but some listings I saw a long time ago, an Air Force (FAE) M43 style cap with wings badge and ear flaps, and a Marine utility cover.
Marine utility cover.
Enjoy!
-Nate