Military suit style

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Suit styles are different types of uniforms that are typically required for a specific occasion.

Today's types of suits

Various basic types have developed over the years, with the range fluctuating depending on the budget situation and traditional awareness of the respective armed forces:

  • Parade suit : This type of suit is used for parades or similar ceremonial occasions. In the Bundeswehr it corresponds to the large service suit. For this purpose, the British Army and the armed forces of some Commonwealth countries have a full dress based on the respective parade uniform from 1914 : tunic (depending on the troop in scarlet, royal blue or dark green) with stand-up collar and lapels in the color of a badge , plus historical headgear ( pimple hood with plume, Grenadier cap , Tschapka , Kolpakor similar). As a rule, this uniform is only worn by guards, musicians and senior officers, but most soldiers wear the uniformly dark blue No. 1 dress with a peaked cap issued.
  • Dressing suit: This type of suit is worn outside the barracks area. In the Bundeswehr it corresponds to the service suit, which is also worn there on solemn official occasions or when used in higher staff as an everyday uniform.
  • Field suit : This type of suit is worn in everyday service or in action and is now designed in most armies as camouflage clothing with a colored pattern .
  • Gala or formal suit: it is worn on occasions when civilians would wear tails or tuxedos .

  • Service suit of the Federal Air Force

  • British Grenadier Guards in parade suit

  • Dress suit of the Bundeswehr (Army)

  • Field suit of the Bundeswehr

Historical types of suits

The work suit of the Bundeswehr as such disappeared at the beginning of the 1970s when the jacket, trousers and shirt of the olive-colored work suit at the time replaced the hunted uniform parts in the field suit. In the armed forces of the German Reich, a light drill suit was issued for work assignments and training . In some armies of the 19th century, long trousers were worn in addition to so-called marching suits instead of tight trousers and uncomfortable gaiters.

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