Stylized palette rendering — not a reproduction of the licensed pattern.
Type 21 (Xingkong)
The PLA's Starry Sky family, introduced from 2021 to replace Type 07.
Family
China
Era
Current issue
In service
2021–present
Environments
mixed, transitional
History
China began fielding the Type 21 family in 2021, moving from Type 07's hard pixels to a speckled multi-tone look across service colorways. Rollout continues across the PLA.
In the field
A speckled multi-terrain design in the modern transitional idiom; too new for much independent assessment.
Where it served
East Asia
Stylized region map — where the pattern was designed to work and primarily served.
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