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The Mitsubishi Type 89 IFV (三菱89式装甲戦闘車, Mitsubishi 89-shiki sōkō-sentō-sha) (89 FV) is a Japanese infantry fighting vehicle that entered service with the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force in 1989. There were 58 vehicles in service as of 1999 and a total of 120 produced by 2014 with 300 planned.
[2] [3] [4] Alpine Tundra Pattern: Woodland: 2004 Snow camouflage of the French Armed Forces. It is typically worn by the Alpine Hunters of the 27th Mountain Infantry Brigade and other mountain units. It was developed by Terräng - MP-Sec France. The French Armed Forces were looking for a winter camo for their participation to the ISAF in ...
The ERDL pattern, also known as the Leaf pattern, [2] is a camouflage pattern developed by the United States Army at its Engineer Research & Development Laboratories (ERDL) in 1948. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It was not used until the Vietnam War , when it was issued to elite reconnaissance and special operations units beginning early 1967.
Multi-scale camouflage is a type of military camouflage combining patterns at two or more scales, often (though not necessarily) with a digital camouflage pattern created with computer assistance. The function is to provide camouflage over a range of distances, or equivalently over a range of scales (scale-invariant camouflage), in the manner ...
Adaptiv is an active camouflage technology developed by BAE Systems AB to protect military vehicles from detection by far infrared night vision devices, providing infrared stealth. It consists of an array of hexagonal Peltier plates which can be rapidly heated and cooled to form any desired image, such as of the natural background or of a non ...
The Howa Type 89 assault rifle (89式小銃, hachi-kyū-shiki-shōjū), referred to as the Type 89 5.56 mm rifle (89式5.56mm小銃, hachi-kyū-shiki-go-ten-go-roku-miri-shōjū), [5] [6] is a Japanese assault rifle used by the Japan Self-Defense Forces, [6] the Japan Coast Guard's Special Security Team units, [6] and the Special Assault Team. [7]
Universal Camouflage Pattern A sample of the UCP pattern Type Military camouflage pattern Place of origin United States Service history In service 2005–2019 (U.S. Army) [a] [b] Used by State Defense Forces See Users for non-U.S. users Wars (In U.S. service): War in Afghanistan Iraq War (In Non-U.S. service): Mexican drug war Insurgency in Northern Chad Second Nagorno-Karabakh War Syrian ...
Type 89 Ko medium tank, early model Type 89 Otsu medium tank on field trials. The Type 89 required a crew of four (commander/gunner, loader, driver and hull gunner). The design of the Type 89 was relatively conventional with a forward-mounted gun turret carrying the main armament, a Type 90 57 mm gun that was complemented by two Type 91 6.5 mm machine guns. [4]