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History of Army Uniforms 1813-2006

By AhamadK
  • Early Uniform

    Early Uniform
    Had 10-button closure in front. The lace binding was to be on the collar only in either white for infantry or yellow.
  • Army Uniform

    Army Uniform
    Had nine buttons in front, and lace on the collar. The buttons were of a new pattern replaced the shoulder wings
  • Frock coat

    Frock coat
    The frock coat was introduced as the service uniform for all soldiers. They formed different color uniforms. Such as blue for Infantry.
  • Better Material

    Better Material
    The Army made a significant change. Such as changing the material from cloth to wool.
  • New Color

    New Color
    The Army introduced a new bronze color for the field.
  • New Change

    New Change
    They replaced the old uniforms to olive drab light shade wool serge for winter and cotton khaki.
  • Some Changes

    The new uniform had five black metal tack buttons in front, plus a waist band with two additional buttons.
  • New Version

    New Version
    They made some few fixes. The pockets were made larger with a bellows gusset on the outer edge and the waist band was taken out.
  • Uniforms Being Same

    The Army decided that uniforms should be the same.
  • Final

    Final
    The adoption of the Army Green Uniform was announced. It became a mandatory service outfit to wear.
  • Stick With Green

    Stick With Green
    This uniform came from the tropical combat uniform of the Vietnam War. The coat had a nylon and cotton blend in woodland pattern camouflage with matching trousers.
  • Present Day

    Present Day
    The Army made a few changes. Making the whole uniform camouflage. Today the uniform has camouflage on the bottoms to the top and cap.