Stylized palette rendering — not a reproduction of the licensed pattern.

Type 87 (PLA Woodland)

The PLA's 1987 woodland blotch — China's first widely issued camouflage family.

Family

China

Era

Historical

In service

1987–2007

Environments

woodland

History

China introduced the Type 87 camouflage family in 1987 as the PLA professionalized after decades of plain uniforms. It served through the 1990s and 2000s until the Type 07 digital family replaced it.

In the field

Conventional woodland performance; long service makes it common in period imagery and surplus.

Where it served

East Asia

Stylized region map — where the pattern was designed to work and primarily served.

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