The first camouflage of the PLA army in 1980S

Before the beginning of intorduce this camouflage ,member josiahleong send a picture in another topic said :https://iacmc.forumotion.com/t441-woodland-reversible-80-s
US parachute fabrics in Vietnam War like the picture

I have read a book about the Chinese photographer from The eight one film studio in North Vietnam to Shoot Hu Zhiming trail.They said before they enter North Vietnam ,their studio equip the camo raincaot and Camouflage cloth to protect being discoveryed for enemy.I think these camos are similar to the US parachute fabrics because China copy the parachute like my picture

In 1980, PLA army thought they should own a kind of camouflage in morden war ,so they producted the first kind of camo ,the first camo was equiped in early 1980s,I first saw the picture of this camo in the Album of 1981 North China Exercises.The picture I forgot save,what a pity.In 1984 ,China Started battle against Vietnam in the border.The first batch army Scouts wear this kind of camo in "Laoshan" War zone.The following pictures are these soldier who wear this camouflage.






In some colour pictures







This camouflage has two kinds,one has a hood

the other has no hood but a Beret

The following pictures are from two old sodiers .One participate in the war,and other is a young demobilized soldier which had this beret during his middle school


the old soldier's




this camo is product in 1980,so date 1980 ,mark the Name, Serial number,product date ,Enable date

This kind of camouflage is very various in China .Up to now,I have not find one even a beret.They are very precious especially to the old soldier who are in that war between China and Vietnam

Thanks for posting some great reference pictures! Here is my set, picked up in Tibet in 1986. The red star was added by me at the time.


The material is strange, being very porous (almost aertex like) and stiff, with a brown reverse that (from memory) bleeds through to the outside when the uniform is wet.

I have the book collection about Sino-Vietnamese War (published by Former Kuming Military Region), this camoflage was being used during Laoshan Conflicts