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Configuration
| Specification | All-purpose lightweight individual carrying equipment | Type 07 |
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| Place of origin | United States[source] | — |
| In service | 1973–1997 (fully phased out of U.S. service in the mid-2000s)[source] | — |
| Used by | See Users[source] | — |
| Wars | Lebanese Civil War Salvadoran Civil War Invasion of Grenada Invasion of Panama Persian Gulf War Somali Civil War Kosovo War War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) Iraq War[source] | — |
| Designed | 1967–1973 |
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| Former operator · Islamic Republic of Afghanistan | Islamic Republic of Afghanistan[source] | — |
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| Former operator · United States | United States[source] | — |
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| Type | — | military uniforms[source] |
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| Military user | — | People's Liberation Army (PLA) of the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the paramilitary Chinese People's Armed Police Force[source] |
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| Introduced | — | Introduced in 2007[source] |
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| Replaces | — | Type 87 service uniforms[source] |
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| Current replacement | — | combat uniforms are slated to be replaced by newer Type 19 uniform with the Xingkong camouflage pattern[source]Future replacementintent notcompletedretirement |
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| Material | — | winter style made of heavy-weighted cotton fabric material and a summer style made of polyester and cotton twill fabric[source]Type07combatuniformseasonaloptions |
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| Components | — | coat , trousers , a soft cap and black leather boots[source] |
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| Country of origin | — | China[source]Inventory Origin column; table 1, row 9, cell 3; revision 1373722962; retrieved 2026-10-01 |
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