How Civil War Helped Create "Fancy" and Text Camouflages in Ivory Coast

Côte d'Ivoire, or as its more commonly known Ivory Coast, has for decades now seen a huge number of camouflage patterns with many falling into the category of commonly seen and used ones. During its civil war this became an issue as forces on both sides began wearing them which inevitably led the government to put measures in place to differ their troops from the opposing side. One of those measures? Incorporate text, be it initialisms and even full words, into their designs. Chapters: 0:00 Intro 1:21 Post Independence to Civil War 4:25 The FANCI Camouflage 9:58 The Police Nationale’s Micro Text Camouflage 12:00 The OIPR Jigsaw Pattern 14:49 Outro