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Thank you Rene, for the correction. A case of incorrect referencing on another site so I'll change the original post. Mind you the guy on the right could pass for a Maori, perhaps source of original...

Photo of Australian SAS troops wearing Tigerstripes, Vietnam 1969 at a hill top Montagnard tribal village.

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The 1968 movie "The Green Berets" hated by the critics, made the tiger stripe uniform a star. Filmed in mid 1967 the uniforms used were manufactured in the US from Japanese made fabric (such as used...

Tigerstripes were cool and in VN everyone wanted to wear them. But usually it was South Vietnam forces, US Special Forces advisors, LRRP's, Montagnard tribal troops and Australian & New Zealand SAS. ...

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Here's a really good Vietnam war colour Tigerstripes photo that shows the tonal variation seen in these original camo uniforms. Note also the two pocket shirt and the distinctive...

Looks like NATO 1980's stock codes on the tab. The original Tiger stripes as worn in Vietnam or the surrounding SEA countries were often locally made in South Vietnam and Thailand, and could be...