Camo Pattern.

Santi

Santi

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I'm wondring as how many camo patterns do we have?
Does it got name for each?

Thanks.
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Thousands, mate. No way to name them all. There's a new one every season.
 
I think the US military is down to just a small list:
Woodland, day desert, night desert, olive drab, arctic, and the ghillie-suit. There are probably other special camos used by SEALs, Delta, and other super-elites.
Actually, I have always believed there is better camo in the civilian market. Since the military must be able to deploy anywhere in the world, they chose a camo that is fairly effective in alot of places, but civilian camo can be more tuned to your area specificly. Get yourself a Cabela's catalog, they have a good selection.
Just my opinion.
 
Anywhere online that I can take a look at those patterns?
Thanks.
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Santi:
Anywhere online that I can take a look at those patterns?</font>
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http://www.tridentmilitary.com/WorldCamouflage.htm
http://www.loom.net.au/home/brad-t/artofwar/gallery.htm
http://www.olive-drab.com/od_mvg_camo.php3
http://home.earthlink.net/~dcdef/Paintball/cammo.htm
http://www.google.com/search?q=camouflage+patterns


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Hey Guys...

I Really like ASAT camo (All Season All Terrain)

It hasn't gone over very good commercially though..

ttyle

Eric...

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Normark,

I agree. When I worked on the DTF I found that ASAT urban gray made me disapear at night. Especially in the moonlight. IT was dropped long ago. Fortunately I still have a couple of suits put back. If I ever need them again.
I Work in a Hunting/sporting goods store located in an area that has all four seasons. I get to see a miriad of patterns on a daily basis. It can get amusing at times.

Cheers,

ts

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Well neat,I'm a big ASAT fan.All I use now.Looks kind of strange to some,but I like the openness of the pattern.And I swear when the deer look up I don't get "busted" as much.
 
I checked all the links given and didn't see an example of ASAT if someone can point me at a picture... Otherwise, I've seen some good effect with Rockaflage on mixed wood and light colored rock escarpment. That last article posted was really great. Shows you ya can't always tell by looking at the stuff under artificial conditions.
 
A little hide and seek with your buddies goes a long way. I like patterns with large blotches of color, like the old Italian Army camo. It is basically the same since WW2. I think big blobs of color work better. I also like Viet Nam Tigerstripes in and around fir trees. A good compromise is the VN tiger pants ane the Italian top...In the 2nd growth forest around here there is a lot of low brush and tall trees.
Mid summer the standard NATO pattern works suprisingly well.
I also had a gray daypack that looked like a rock and it really broke up the human silo.
I have often said that I should paint my own pattern to match the area I hunt in...maybe this summer.
Have fun, experiment.!
 
maybe a bit off topic..not a deerhunter myself, heard once from an old hand that olive drab was a good all round color due to it taking on hue of surrounding shadows etc.. ..naively I can kinda see it in forest, lots of light play etc..in grassland it would seem not,..any experience opinions? This maybe started because of all that nice faded od we could pick up for a song at the Army surplus back then..cheers
 
I personally don't feel that olive drab is really that great. I think the military used it because it was "somewhat effective" in alot of different places (grasslands, swamps, ect). It you're in the type of work where you never know where you might be sent, you could do alot worse. Solid grey and solid brown are useful along the same lines. But if you want to get the most effective camo-clothing try the civilian brand that best matches your area.
 
We did some tests last year during a week long seminar on "Tactical Tracking" with camo patterns. The original Olive Drab was the best out in the field. The second best was the "Tiger Stripe"(original Vietnam pattern). BDU's stood out too much!
 
The Marine Corps is getting a new issue of cammies for both desert and woodland. I've yet to get mine but they look sort of strange to me. The Corps got input from snipers and a lot of 03's (riflemen) and the new pattern is supposed to blend in better than woodland. Don't look for it in your local stores anytime soon since I heard something about the CMC patenting it. S/F
 
The best camouflage I have found so far for everywhere is NATURAL!!! It doesn't matter where you are, if you have clothes you are willing ot get dirty then literally get down and dirty. I find that natural camouflage is the only truly effective camo. If you look at a ghillie suit it is best used with what nature has lying around. Even someone with little clothing on but a lot of dirt, mud and natural debris on will blend in and can become invisible. In the military I teach these guys to put a lot of stuff on their flight suit because that olive drab is not a natural color, not at 1 foot or 5 feet high. Take care.



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Yol bolsun,
Jamie
 
I just noticed another post I missed about the Marine cammies. I remeber seeing them and I first thought they looked a bit odd but once I thought about it that was also partly becuase for nearly 20 years all I have ever seen is woodland camo style BDU's. My stepdad wore them in the Army and now I wear them in the Air Force. We are all so used to seeing them that anything else looks odd. yet if you look at them you may notice that they look more 2-D not 3-D where you notice things that stand out. I haven't tried any yet but I think they may blend in better, to me my current BDU's are just a covering for when I get my body all dirty with natural stuff. Also to go along with my last post, if you use natural stuff it is much easier to change your camo style if the area changes within 500 meters. If you have on only one pattern and your environment changes are you going to carry two or more sets of camo clothes? Be invisible!!!



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Yol bolsun,
Jamie
 
I'm not sure if you've seen this new style yet, but most of the younger black men that come into my auto body shop are wearing LOUD colored camo. I've seen Lime green, bright orange, light blue, dark blue, purple, pink, red, and yellow. Maybe it's just me, but I think they forgot the reason for camo, to make you disapper, not stand out. I asked one gent in blue camo where he was planning to hide, Smurfville? His reply was that it was Urban Camo, it was a style thing.

Funny thing is, they seemed to try to match the camo to their paint jobs.
 
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