New British Army Camo Uniform

[rancid badger]

Multicam indeed, they could have settled for this (the next big thing for camo fashionistas)

You know, it's always puzzled me, how folk see where they're going with that tape across their eyes:bluThinki

I think to the general public (or at least, that part of it which feels the need to hide itself, for whatever reason) Camouflage is a bit like fishing lures-the shiny lures catch more anglers than fish!.

atb

R.B.

 

[treefrog]

Multicam indeed, they could have settled for this (the next big thing for camo fashionistas) http://images.google.nl/imgres?imgurl=http://strikehold.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/mirage_picture-31.jpg&imgrefurl=http://strikehold.wordpress.com/2009/08/03/mirage-camo-uniforms-from-bulldog-equipment/&usg=__EtAHBKx4VcqEZsHshHOF-ofIr94=&h=696&w=577&sz=60&hl=nl&start=4&um=1&tbnid=qZd9z62O5P6cKM:&tbnh=139&tbnw=115&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dmirage%2Bcamo%26hl%3Dnl%26sa%3DN%26um%3D1

Oh, digital is soooo last year.

 

[hog]

hmm, looks like the US camo to me. All we can hope is that the money one set of camo will be spent on buying some better equipment for the troops. .

Sadly we know this will not be the case.More noney left over for bonuses and salary increases to people whos egos are so over inflated they are blinded by self importance, when in fact they contribute absolutely nothing for the greater good.

 

[ashes1627]

turned down by the US and made in China

Apparently it's made in Hong Kong.

As a side note, according to a friend of mine in the RAF on the LSF, multi cam will be replaced in 3 years anyway. The reason we are going to use it is because they submitted an urgent request for it for Afganistan. From what he said, it looks like the woodland DPM will be kept anyway.

 

[Wigate]

Heard previous British dpm is made in China. US would not allow that to happen-ever,yet MOD did anyway. Its US that creates jobs by manufacturing at home. No way current Multi Terrain Pattern could be made in Hong Kong if that is what is being said-its a myth. They should know that at MOD. All production and factories are in China. Hong Kong label is slapped on the garments due to garment quotas for international re-exports as HK enjoys lower tariffs in contrst to direct China exports. There is a whole bunch of HK businessmen making porfits just by transferring textile quotas for goods made in China and labeled in HK.

 

[wizard]

I once saw a show on the TV as to how the US Army developed and decided on the ACU pattern. Very political. The Crye Multicam out perfomed all the digiital variations and the only tests used were projections on a wall with dummies wearing the various camo patterns and a handful of people decided which was better. Because the US Army's Natick labs developed the ACU that is what was chosen. It works ok in Iraq but not too well in Afganistan and not at all in many areas of the world. I have heard numerous times that the US Army was going to Multicam afterall, but I have not seen that happen.

I think the new British pattern will work well, much better than any digital patterns. I have yet to be sold on any of the digital variants. They do make trendy wear to the outdoors, just not very effective tactical camo in the world of actual warfighting.

 

[Rabbitsmacker]

have been recently told by a ex army mate(left 4 months ago) that DPM is still going to be issued as normal, it's only when being deployed to afghan that mtp will be issued. so no cheap dpm i'm afraid!

 

[Melonfish]

have been recently told by a ex army mate(left 4 months ago) that DPM is still going to be issued as normal, it's only when being deployed to afghan that mtp will be issued. so no cheap dpm i'm afraid!

well cheaper DPM its still dirt cheap by retail standards