lizard pattern used by few "Francophone" African country

lizard pattern used by few "Francophone" African country
The pattern is very different than the French F2 pattern
The 2 garments are near mint, so you have two colors variant
Gilles







Cameroun





Cap vert: it is the same pattern but with garment cut different



Centre Afrique



Guinea Bissau







Zaïre

Cameroun: same pattern in TAP56 cut garment

I would love to get my hands on both sets, nice images as well.
Mrosko

some other francophone uniforms...

lizard pattern used by few "Francophone" African country
The pattern is a derivative of the French F2 pattern
Build between the 1970 and 1990
After 1990 you can find the precedent lizard
Garments with the good French F2 pattern are always build and used in "Francophone" African country
I will not put pictures for illustrate this pattern because it is not easy to make the difference with the French F2 pattern





















derivative + F2 pattern

Cap Vert and Guinea Bissau are not quite francophone



The first (almost not seen) and second guys back on the left side seems to be wearing portuguese 2nd pattern DPM but i never seen a short sleeve shirt like that . Anyone have info!?

Best regards

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A set of an Belgian officer in Zaïre
CTM coopération technique militaire

What was a Belgian officer doing in Lizard camouflage? Also, those "Commando" arcs are for the dress uniform, not field. The jump badge is also for the dress uniform, however sometimes it was worn in the field a long time ago.

A strange piece.

Steve

When I have ask if he have a picture where he wear this set, he has send this picture
Crazy! But he have not keep this set
Gilles

There are a couple of other African lizard patterns that I don't think I saw in this posting. Granted, they are Mozambique, which is not a Francophone country -- both then again neither are Cape Verde and Guinea Bissau Francophone countries either. All three are Lusophone countries. But since two Lusophone countries were already included in this thread, why not include one more. One interesting thing about these uniforms is that they are the exact same uniforms worn at one time by the Portuguese commandos and marines -- not just the same style uniform, but the same uniform made by the same manufacturer:

Mozambican commandos



Same uniform as worn by Portuguese commandos



Mozambican marines



Same uniform as worn by Portuguese marines

The first (almost not seen) and second guys back on the left side seems to be wearing portuguese 2nd pattern DPM but i never seen a short sleeve shirt like that. Anyone have info!?

I have a short-sleeve Portuguese DPM shirt, but the collar and pockets are different. And I have a long-sleeve DPM dolman jacket that, like the one in the photo, only has two pockets (instead of the usual four).

But I have never seen a shirt that combines elements of both, like the one Albano pointed out. Perhaps it was made under contract by a Portuguese manufacturer for Guinea Bissau. BTW, I find it interesting that the berets and rank insignia are very similar to the Portuguese ones.

I forgot to post this photo of the Mozambican commandos' shirt shown the photo above. As you can see, it's exactly like the Portuguese one. The only difference is the insignia.

Hi Luis

Like the "DCT" Mk.I on the back. They're becoming scarce. Must get hands on one before it's to late

Best regards

.

Yes, the stuff from DCT and the Legião Portuguesa are getting hard to find. I've had that helmet for more than 30 years...

Great thread guys, here's a couple of my Lizard pattern Jackets.These Jackets both have Rose branded zips, and appear to be made from the same manufacturer, but I am unaware of the country that may have used them?

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Be sure used by Chad
This variant F2 pattern was used during the 80's
Not enought pictures of this period, and not easy to identfy this pattern on picture
Gilles

Many thanks for the confirmation of the country of origin being Chad Gilles, that's very useful to know, I have carried out a lot of search's of this particular pattern to no avail.

Great confirmation,thanks!!!!

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This shirt is Cyprus
I have found this shirt in my city, so I was thinking it is a French build but it is not
It is Chyprus
Gilles

Since I am a novice on this subject, what is the distinction between the Francophone versions, and the French export? I've got one that was sold as export, but I wouldn't have the first clue as to being able to figure out whether this is true or not (I mean, clearly, it doesn't have a tag that explains the origin, or I'd have noticed that...)

French army had never used lizard camouflaged F1 garment
This jacket is just assembly from the seller
And French army had never used the F2 derivative lizard camouflage

Generaly all of these garment have not label
But today, I think there are not build in France
For French camo and garment, see my website
http://vonstuckcamouflage.free.fr/france.php

Gilles

Again Gilles very useful information, I can see why novice collectors could fooled by the legion F1 example shown!!

Here's the one I found:



No tag, but YKK zippers, and HBT fabric:



My guess is that it is a poly-blend, as it does not shrink when you try to shrink it. The snaps are very poor-- easily crushed. I've no worries about it being unauthentic-- it was very inexpensive, and I still like it, but does one figure that it was made in France, Africa, or perhaps China?

Very nice example, a YKK zipper surely shows it being a quality item, I have no ideas of it's country of origin, but I would hazard a guess that having a YKK zipper would rule out PRC manafacturer ..but that is a guess!

My examples have poor quality poppers too, the metal rusts very easily!

The black is a colors in more, not the add of the brown and the green





In fact, I don't know if this jacket is just a bad copy of a TAP56 jacket (only 2 snaps on the pockets) or if it is build for an African country











The F2 pattern don't exit in 1953
I would be very surprised that this F2 variant exist in 1953