Hey Everyone, I was planning on including ANA figures with my ANA M1151 and I just have a few questions about the ANA's uniforms. The time frame for the vehicle/figures I am trying to depict would be around 2006-2010. First, I was wondering if I can use DML's old US Army Ranger figures as substitutes for ANA figures. Secondly, I was also wondering if the ANA still used woodland pattern BDUs or if they switched over to digital patterns. Any help I can get is greatly appreciated. Thanks again everyone.

The ones here are all a mish mash of uniforms... I have seen no US uniforms for obvious reasons, but there are all kinds of different color swatches being used here.. I have seen digital browns and greens, a very similar one to the old army BDU with bigger camo patterns and sewn on black Velcro, some ultra modern desert colors in something like marpat, but again larger patterns, and something approaching a brown/tan tigerstripe... ( In fairness, most of the ANA here are also SF)

Here are just a few examples :

2007 :



2008 :


2009 :




2010 :



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The pictures really helped, thanks Frenchy. Based on what I have seen, is it safe to say that the ANA started to switch to digital uniforms some time in 2010? Is there any possibility that the ANA still retained some woodland BDUs?

@fhvn4d: Thanks for your help, would you happen to have any pictures of the old Army BDU pattern or the ultra modern desert colors? Still, it's pretty cool that you got to meet ANA SF. It's a bit off topic, but what are they like ?

I guess so...

"Soldiers with the Afghan National Army (ANA) patrol through a village March 5, 2014 near Kandahar, Afghanistan" :



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Yes they absoulutely Do continue to wear the green BDU... the only difference in the uniforms I see here at Shank are that they have sewn black velcro to sleeves and front of them to mimic what a US ACU or Multicam would look like with the patches on the sleeves etc....

Thanks for your help Frenchy and fhvn4d. I guess it's safe to say that just anything goes for ANA uniforms then. ranging from the Spec4ce digital pattern to the BDUs. Does the same apply to their body armor and weapons too? Thanks again for your help and I apologize for the many questions.

I guess it does regarding small arms Just check out the list in the Wikipedia article about the ANA :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghan_National_Army

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