What's your favourite camo pattern? Not necessarily in terms of how effective it is but just what you like the look of. Mine has to be either woodland DPM or woodland flecktarn 
Asa.
Asa.
Favourite camo pattern?
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Right now mine is CADPAT(Canadian Disruptive Pattern) Temperate Woodland (TW), but only because I don't have any and can't afford it! Funny how I always want the things I can't have! Nothing wrong with the current British DPM, but I've kind of gone off camo and prefer plain Olive Drab... I still wear camo on occasion because my pair of old temperate trousers seem to outlast every pair of Craighopper Kiwi's I get. The Craighoppers cost £16 at TK Max and the temperate ones cost me nothing and appear to last forever! I've got a matching smock that's bullet proof, I just try not to wear them together because I feel like GI Joke!!!
the UK DPM- the US looks too clinical, and i find flecktarn and realtree ugly. digital camo looks interesting, but i'm not really sure whether i like it or not yet. of the US MARPAT and the canadian CADPAT, i prefer the former, as it's more subdued- the canadian stuff only looks like it would work in a southern woodland clearing at midday in july!
i still can't fault the UK soldier 95 trousers- they last a couple of years, have perfectly sized pockets (the leg pockets will take 2 OS maps each, and swallow a clipper and laplander), don't have a weird pattern, and only cost £15!
i still can't fault the UK soldier 95 trousers- they last a couple of years, have perfectly sized pockets (the leg pockets will take 2 OS maps each, and swallow a clipper and laplander), don't have a weird pattern, and only cost £15!
Oh ,Camo appreciation society!!
I currently like modern the Pen-Cott stuff from Hyde Definition ( but i don't like the Jacket Cut)
http://www.hydedefinition.com/
But i still think some of the best camo were of the WWII Waffen designs.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/WW2-German-WH...a_LE?hash=item3ca219c62a&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14
More WWII designs here. Notice the similarity to Modern Flecktarn?
http://www.totls.com/GERMANCAMOUFLAGEITEMSOFWWII.HTMl
I currently like modern the Pen-Cott stuff from Hyde Definition ( but i don't like the Jacket Cut)
http://www.hydedefinition.com/
But i still think some of the best camo were of the WWII Waffen designs.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/WW2-German-WH...a_LE?hash=item3ca219c62a&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14
More WWII designs here. Notice the similarity to Modern Flecktarn?
http://www.totls.com/GERMANCAMOUFLAGEITEMSOFWWII.HTMl
DPM! Mind you the old style UK issue desert dpm was very good - shame we gave it to the Iraqis...
My favourite is Multicam, but like many on here I prefer plain greens and browns, especially the recent US Coyote Tan.
In no particular order my faves are:Auscam,Acu digital,flektarn,us woodland,uk desert,multicam and if i had to choose one its got be the pattern that was used on the old Denison smocks.
Mine have to be Gulf war 1 American Choc Chip and US Tiger Stripe.
Had a pair of Tiger Stripes that lasted about ten years.
Also like the Austrian Camo, similar to WWII SS camo
Had a pair of Tiger Stripes that lasted about ten years.
Also like the Austrian Camo, similar to WWII SS camo
I have an old Denison smock I picked up years ago. Next to that I rather like Predator camo in its various seasonal variations. But a lot depends on what I'm doing. Predator Fall won't work for early antelope season etc. I don't wear camo when I'm just out and about
but I do have a waterproof in DPM in my pack.
Jon R.
but I do have a waterproof in DPM in my pack.
Jon R.
planetree 5/6 or palmemuster, got to be the old stuff, i think planetree was the first mass used camo.
Another outlandish looking camo pattern is "Paddyflage", the Irish DPM. It looks like it's been developed by a fashion designer rather than an expert in concealment. It would certainly break up your outline though.
Favorite to look at is the WWII SS planetree. Probably the current best is the marpat used by the U.S. marines. Works in the day, the night, dry, wet, and against night vision. You cant ask for much more.
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