National Police officers upon returning to South Vietnam would them be posted as Field Police instructors at the Police training centres to pass on their skills to CSDC recruits. Weapons and equipment The CSDC was lightly armed by military standards, but heavily armed by conventional police standards. Initially, most of its weaponry was surplus World War II/Korean War-vintage – the standard issue weapon was the heavy M1 Garand semi-automatic rifle, complemented by M1/M2 carbines, M3 and Thompson submachine guns and BAR light machine guns. From 1969, rifles, carbines and submachine guns began to be replaced by the M16 Rifle and although the latter became the CSDC's primary weapon, it never displaced entirely the earlier weaponry. In addition, each platoon had an M79 Grenade Launcher and a .30 caliber medium machine-gun. Twenty-four shotguns were available in the company weapons pool. The Field Police had no crew-served weapon systems such as mortars or any other indirect fire weapons. M1917 revolver Smith & Wesson Model 10 Revolver Smith & Wesson SW2 Bodyguard .38 Special snub-nose revolver Colt Cobra .38 Special snub-nose revolver Smith & Wesson Model 39 Pistol Colt.45 M1911A1 Automatic pistol M1 Garand Battle rifle M1 Carbine M2 Carbine M3 and M3A1 "Grease Gun" submachine guns IMI Uzi submachine gun M1A1 Thompson submachine gun M16A1 Assault rifle Ithaca Model 37 Pump-action shotgun Stevens Model 77E Pump-action shotgun M1918A2 BAR Light machine gun M60 Machine Gun Browning M1919A4 .30 Cal Medium machine gun M79 Grenade Launcher Vehicles Willys MB Jeep Willys M38 MC Jeep Dodge M37 utility truck Kaiser Jeep M715 utility truck M8 Greyhound Light armoured car Uniforms and insignia Field Police personnel were initially given the same standard ARVN olive green fatigues as the other National Police branches, but from 1967 they began to receive a new 'Leopard' camouflage fatigues, dubbed the 'earth-colour flower' (Vietnamese: Hoa Mâu Dât) uniform by the Vietnamese. This was a locally produced copy of the American-designed Mitchell 'Clouds' camouflage pattern, which incorporated overlapping dark brown, russet, beige, light brown and ochre cloud-shaped blotches on a tan background. Olive green US M-1951 field jackets or locally made copies in camouflage cloth were issued to Field Police companies operating in the chilly mountain environment of the Central Highlands. Headgear Field Police troopers were distinguished from the rest of the National Police by a black beret made of a single piece of wool attached to a black leather rim-band