Uniforms of the Fuerza Armada Nacional

The uniforms of the Landeswehr draw on Prussia's illustrious military history for inspiration. There are currently 4 orders of dress:


 * Parade Dress (Paradesanzug)
 * Service Dress (Dienstanzug)
 * Working Dress (Arbeitsanzug)
 * Combat Dress (Kampfanzug)

Combat Dress (Kampfanzug)
The summer field uniform for both officers and enlisted consists of a jacket and trousers in a 5-colour disruptive camouflage pattern; a field cap, beret, or combat helmet; high black boots; and a leather belt with vertical web shoulder suspenders. In winter, a quilted stone gray padded suit in the same camouflage pattern is worn. The winter uniform also includes a fur pile cap or a combat helmet, boots, knitted gray gloves, belt, and suspenders.

Service Dress (Dienstanzug)
The summer service uniform for officers is a stone-gray bloused jacket worn without a shirt, trousers, and a visored service cap. The winter service uniform features a jacket with four large buttoned-down patch pockets, a black waist belt, the service cap, breeches, shirt, tie, and pants belt; high boots were reserved for officers and NCOs. A long, heavy, belted greatcoat was also part of the winter uniform.

Walking-Out Dress (Ausgangsanzug)
With a few details, the semi-dress uniform was the same for all ranks and was worn for walking-out purposes (i.e. off-duty and off-post). It consists of a stone-grey single-breasted tunic without belt, a silver-gray shirt with dark-gray tie, the service cap, long trousers, and black low-quarter shoes. Officers also wear the tunic with a white shirt. During periods of warm weather, there is the option of omitting the tunic, and furthermore omitting the tie.

Parade Dress (Paradeanzug)
The parade uniform for officers is the semi-dress/walking-out tunic in Prussian Blue with all authorized orders, awards and decorations attached, breeches and riding boots, parade helmet, white shirt, dark-gray necktie, and a ceremonial dagger worn on the left side and fastened to a silver-gray parade belt. Officers in guards of honor carry sabers. In winter, a greatcoat, scarf, and gloves are worn.

Working Dress (Arbeitsanzug) - Seasonal considerations and weather govern the kind of work uniforms worn. Generally, reconditioned articles of service uniforms (field, semi-dress, and padded winter uniforms) are dyed black and issued for all types of fatigue and maintenance details. Coveralls are also used by the lower ranks, especially armor and air force personnel. Officers in technical branches supervising fatigue details wore a laboratory-style smock.

Other Uniforms
High-ranking officers occasionally wore white uniforms (or white jackets), and staff officers are issued distinctive staff service uniforms. Women wear uniforms consisting of jackets, skirts or slacks, blouses, caps, boots or pumps, and other appropriate items according to season and occasion. Personnel such as tank troops wear additional items with their uniforms identifying them as such.

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