main design, main aesthetic! north korea launches new camouflage hat
2024-10-05
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author/an zhinan
the big-brimmed hat is also called a big-brimmed hat or a big-brimmed hat. you can write it or call it how you like. everyone knows what kind of hat these words refer to, so we won’t argue.
yesterday,@林海东teacher's article "brothers and sisters join forces” cited north korean media photos of north korean generals wearing new camouflage uniforms and new camouflage hats. some friends are quite interested in this. let’s talk about the origin of this new hat. to be honest, we don’t know how this hat came into being. teacher lin often said that "the marshal is unpredictable"; yes, we really can't guess the marshal's thoughts.is the camouflage big-brimmed hat a new creation of north korea? yes and no.the so-called "yes" is because it appeared for the first time in the form of being worn by generals, and the camouflage color seemed to be different from before, a bit clear and green.the so-called "no" is because this is not the first time that camouflage big-brimmed hats have appeared. a few years ago, when north korea was still the "fifth army honor guard", the strategic army members in the honor guard (the military flag is green) is wearing a camouflage big-brimmed hat and a camouflage military uniform. the picture below shows kim jong-un’s visit on the 8th anniversary of kim jong-il’s death in 2019jinxushan sun palacephoto taken at that time. at that time, the north korean military honor guard was still composed of the "five armed forces" of land, sea, air, strategic and special operations (restored to the honor guard of the army, navy and air force in 2021), in the figureinside the red arrow and red circle are the honor guards of the strategic forces. in other words, during the "fifth army" honor guard period in 2017, camouflage large-brimmed hats had already appeared, but they were only used by the honor guard and were not worn by officers and soldiers.
the front and back of the korean strategic army flagthis timethe appearance of the camouflage big-brimmed hat matches the pattern and color of the camouflage service uniforms of the generals of the general staff headquarters. the military ranks, medals, name tags, armbands, etc. are all very distinctive. it is obviously a new set of service uniforms. it should be noted that those wearing this camouflage uniform and camouflage large-brimmed hat are all generals of the general staff accompanying kim jong-un during his inspection, including the commander-in-chief, second marshal ri yong-gil, the deputy commander-in-chief, general kim yong-bok, and the deputy commander and general director of reconnaissance. lieutenant general li changhao and a major general suspected to be the director of combat training of the general staff headquarters. the attire of these generals is completely different from that of the special operations force officers participating in the training. lieutenant general li fengchun, commander of the 11th army corps, and his subordinates are wearing old attire. it can be inferred from this that this new camouflage large-brimmed hat and its matching military uniforms should only be one of the different outfits worn by the generals of the general staff on different occasions, and have not yet been extended to the entire special operations force.in the past ten years since kim jong-un has been in power, he has focused on the word "change"; changes have become more frequent, more frequent, and more tossing. take the special operations force as an example——the specific date of establishment of north korea's special operations forces is unknown, but they appeared as early as the late 1960s and are distributed among the army and navy, including special operations infantry and special operations maritime commandos. by the early 2010s, the size of north korea’s special operations forces reached about 200,000 (the total strength of the north korean army is about 1.5 million), said to be the largest special operations force in the world, distributed among the army, navy and air force, as well as the units directly under the general staff headquarters, general reconnaissance bureau and other units.in 2016, in response to the “decapitation operation” by the united states and south korea (battle plan 5015), north korea established the "people's army special operations force", referred to as the "special operations force". at the 2017 sun festival military parade, the special operations force made its debut. the commander was kim yong-bok (or translated by jin yingfu) general, who is now deputy chief of staff kim yong-bok. at that time, the outside world believed that the north korean special operations force was mainly composed of the 11th army corps, which accommodated the special operations forces belonging to the navy and air force.the front and back of the korean special operations army flagkim yong-bok’s early life is unknown, but when he appeared in the public eye around 2013, he was the major general commander of the 11th special forces corps. on the eve of the sun festival in 2017, kim yong-bok was promoted two levels in a row and was awarded the rank of general; since then, he has been active as the commander of the special operations force. the last time he appeared as the commander of the special operations force was to lead the special operations forces at the 75th anniversary parade of the workers' party of china on october 10, 2020.since then, kim yong-bok and the special operations force have disappeared. the special operations force that appeared at the military parade has appeared in the name of the "11th army corps", and its commander has become lieutenant general li bongchun. later, the honor guard of the "fifth army" was restored to the honor guard of the three services. among the commanders of each service, there were only the navy, army, and strategic force, and the special operations force had no sense of existence. calculated, it only takes about five years from the preparation of the special operations army in 2016 to its disbandment in 2021. now the north korean special operations forces have returned to the 11th army corps (special operations infantry) as the main body, supplemented by the naval and air force special operations forces, each of the three armed forces has its own jurisdiction, and the general staff is under unified command. as the deputy chief of staff in charge of the special operations forces, kim yong-bok's actual functions are comparable to his previous position of "commander of the special operations forces." we don’t understand why the marshal did this, and we don’t dare to guess what kind of foresight and foresight the marshal has. speaking of that camouflage big-brimmed hat, we really don’t know its origins. but from the april 25 military parade documentary in 2022, we generally know that the marshal has his own unique "subject design" concept for military uniforms, which dominates the "subject aesthetic" of north korean military uniforms. at the same time, there is a set of etiquette about what military uniforms and hats generals wear to accompany the marshal during inspections. therefore, if this clear and green camouflage uniform and this clear and green camouflage big-brimmed hat do not get the approval of the marshal, or designed by the marshal himself, i am afraid they cannot be worn collectively in front of the marshal.
