All about Camouflage & BCU (inc cartoons)

[AdamG]

Originally Posted by ganulv

what does that make the F-22? I don’t know, I’m sure the ANA will take as many ACUs as are offered them. Gotta run through the stockpiled BDUs and DCUs first, though, I guess.

Pretty sure both BDUs and DCUs got flushed out of the system through DRMO. Had a real hard time getting 'chocolate chips' for our Iraqis a few years back, too.

Dye the UCPs to some usable color.

Oh wait, that'd make sense. Sorry.

nb : an Army scheisse-hemorrhage of cash could never equal an Air Force scheisse-hemorrhage, you know that.

[carl]

Originally Posted by Fuchs

Camouflage pattern BDUs should probably be available to non-combat troops only.

Reasoning: Combat troops should be aware of their insufficient camo and do something about it with an additional camo layer to get a much better effect than any 2D camo pattern can achieve, while support troops usually expect no combat and don't use additional camo all the time anyway.

That's good thinking. A very shrewed (sic) appreciation of human nature.

[slapout9]

Originally Posted by carl

That's good thinking. A very shrewed (sic) appreciation of human nature.

Yep, that is good thinking and part the reasoning why Army men are supposed to be Green. That was the base color and you added what you needed based on the environment. In winter up North we wore solid white. In the Desert probably some kind of a solid Tan would work.

[Kiwigrunt]

Originally Posted by Fuchs

Left-over stockpiles of these uniforms could be sold on the civilian market as High-vis safety garments for hunters.

[ganulv]

Originally Posted by Kiwigrunt

Left-over stockpiles of these uniforms could be sold on the civilian market as High-vis safety garments for hunters.

why don’t cha!

[Fuchs]

It's incredible I didn't bring this up so far:

[Fuchs]

Desert Brush, the Camo That Should Have Been
Posted on August 4, 2011

http://octactical.wordpress.com/2011...uld-have-been/
(photos there)

Desert Brush was part of the Natick camo trials to find a universal camouflage for the Army. In the end Desert Brush was the overall winner. However for some reason it was tossed aside and the decision was made to go with the current UCP instead, which wasn’t even part of the trials.

edit: Oops, got the wrong camo thread. I'm sure there's one that did not decompose yet. Maybe David can join them?

[davidbfpo]

Fuchs remarked:

edit: Oops, got the wrong camo thread. I'm sure there's one that did not decompose yet. Maybe David can join them?

Yes there were seven threads on matters camouflage, BCU etc, including several which featured Oprah and cartoons. All now merged here and the title amended.