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Originally Posted by Legbreaker
My guess is that commanders would try their best to ensure all their soldiers were wearing similar clothing if they couldn't get exactly the same to reduce the chance of fratricide. More importantly, helmets and other easily recognisable shapes would be important - using captured enemy helmets and weapons is a recipe for getting shot in poor light conditions.
In Europe this may mean that camp followers are employed sewing uniforms, dying cloth, reloading precious brass for the standard issue weapons, raising sheep, scavenging cloth, etc.
In my mind if armies 200+ years ago could provide uniforms for their troops while on campaign, why shouldn't units in 2000 be able to employ similar techniques after a period of adjustment?
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That is the what will have to happen for any military unit of any size to survive. There will be a lot of services that personnel of Brigades, Divisional, Corps, and Army level HQs will start incorporating more. There will be more and more troops at platoon, company and battalion levels that will be dual hatters. Who will spend part of their time while not in the field providing service to the rest of the unit, or some would become foragers of old.