Aaah, Big Highlander - you just stopped me heading for a brew! Cam and concealment - a passion of mine!
There is no doubt that ASAT is an impressively effective camouflage effect
throughout the seasons but the 'exclusive' use of what the narrator describes as 'tans' has been well known in the cam and concealment 'world' for years, even decades. (Think WW1 use of hessian - burlap to our US cousins!).
I too have often raised the issue of why there are no green deer, foxes etc and pointed out what I have experienced to be the most effective natural woodland colour combination in wild animals - the taupe and dark brown of fallow deer (taupe - read tan-ish).
The beiges in Brit DPM and now MTP also reflect nearby colours (I've recently done field trials with both) so again that is not a new revelation. Interestingly the colour grey doesn't appear to feature in the vid (did I miss it?
- another colour the eye appears not to settle on - until it moves - think squirrel!
An issue to be aware of Big Highlander is that often the colour pallate of outdoors US doesn't
exactly match that of the UK (again I've experienced this on a practical level) and what looks like it might work here isn't always the case.
Mick 91 raises the issue of JP LLCS - that
does match the UK colour pallet (if you select the right one for the season)
and you configure it correctly. (There is also a beige element in some of the woodland pattern that has that reflecting effect).
Above all -
before a camouflage pattern is even put to use the biggest compromise of it is ............
knowledge that it exists and what it looks like i.e. the pattern! This is one of the reasons that self made camouflage garments - ghilly suits, head and shoulders etc (made from hessian, towel-ing scrim etc) are still so effective as they are 'uniquely' configured.
After that -unless you are constantly static it is movement that will destroy
any camouflage effect - 'movement is the killer!'
So, if your adversary is wild life, as long as they haven't started watching youtube, with ASAT you might be 'in the pound seats'
If they are human - .................................