Nigerian army uniform types and colours

Tuesday, July 10, 2018 at 3:07 PM by Adrianna Simwa

Military clothes have a long history and unique symbolism. In Nigeria, only military men can wear military type of camouflage clothes. Read on to know the details of Nigerian army uniforms.

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Nigerian army uniform colours and types

Nigerian army is the biggest component of the Nigerian Armed Forces, it is responsible for operations of land warfare. See History of Nigerian army force. Currently, the army consists of:

1st Division,
2nd Division
3rd Armoured
81st Division
82nd Division
7th Infantry Division
6 Division
8 Division
Training and Doctrine Command

Let's see the details of Nigerian army camouflage uniform:

During the Nigerian Civil War, Federal troops wore a uniform with vertical lizard camouflage pattern.

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The first use of desert camouflage occurred in the time of AMIS operations in Sudan (2009). Since then Quick Response Group and Joint Security Task Force adopted such type of desert camouflage.

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Today this type of camouflage is very widespread among Nigerian army uniform types. There is also another camouflage type of the uniform that is called U.S. Woodland. This type of camouflage adopted by the armies of many countries, Nigerian Navy is among them.

In the Darfur region, Nigerian military personnel wear British desert DPM pattern camouflage.

Navy special forces use Chinese Navy Type 87 blue camouflage design.

Nigerian Air Force personnel adopted the Blue-grey camouflage design.

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New Nigerian army uniforms

According to the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Kenneth Minimah a new type of uniform is designed at Nigerian Army Tailoring Department in Yaba. His words about a new uniform:

The Nigerian Army has decided to change the camouflage uniform of the service. We have also decided to make it ourselves so that it will have a uniform look. We will not allow anybody to make them for us. They are currently being made at the Nigerian Army Tailoring Department at Yaba, Lagos State. It will make us look smarter and better.