US Army ditching "digital camo"

[commissarmoody]

Yeah Marpat worked out just fine for the USMC. Because it was made for a few different environments. ACUS was chose because some one thought it looked cool.

[carlos marighela]

brilliant news, now I won't have to learn to paint it

Alas, you'll have to learn to paint summat else and it almost certainly will be harder than stippling green grey over lighter green grey. 

 I notice that none of the discussion around this says that they are ditching pixelated patterns, merely the current one and they have a few to choose from. That's not to say that pixelated patterns confer any real advantage, it's really all down to fashion.

As for dumping the surplus on the developing world, well they might be a little late. A number of nations have produced rip-off versions and fielded them.

Global empire requires working dress? I'd suggest they take a look at what Chinese investment bankers are currently wearing. 

[commissarmoody]

I am all for going back to the old OD green or BDUs 
But its not going to happen. 

[carlos marighela]

Agreed. Much easier to paint!

Actually I reckon the US Army reached the apogee of cool looking uniforms sometime in the mid 1950s. I love those old Ridgeway caps, combat boots and the coloured name and US Army tapes on the breast. It's early GI Joe cool.

[carlos marighela]

double post.

[Steve F]

In our army, its good so people can put some dirt on it and cover it up

Which is right back to how khaki started.  Forward to the 1840s!

[Legion1963]

A while ago i showed a friend of mine (who's heavily into digicam, multicam a the Lord now's what) my original (post Vietnam) tigerstripe fieldjacket and trousers (of later variety). He had never seen it before (his sence of history is not well develloped) and went totally apes**t. He's now searching high and low and can't find it (much to his annoyance).
I still feel it works best in heavely wooded area's where i do my wild camping and survival trips.

[Slayer]

i have some Auscam in digi and love it here in NZ in the summer playing airsoft , ACU on the other hand has always been a FAIL 

[Brummie]

I wear ye olde British camo we had before the MCU stuff came along. Works a treat for all things in the wilds, and its easier to paint, it just seems way more practical than most of today's camo. Though can't say it gives me too much of an edge in paintball/airsoft. Most of the games i've been to its all up close, and I charge around like a muppet.

Although I remember people from my University went airsofting and wore full british kit, even those god awful boots. Awful, terrible, blister farm boots.

German Military boots are way better 

And the U.S decision to use ACU in their army was probably a purely political decision, not a military one. Same goes for MCU and the fact we're using the SA80 in the British army.

[Calimero]

Acu works perfect iff you hide behind a couch 
 

  ...eerily effective I didn't saw the man lying on the couch at first

[redzed]

Global empire requires working dress? I'd suggest they take a look at what Chinese investment bankers are currently wearing. 

bespoke British made suits

[SBRPearce]

...eerily effective I didn't saw the man lying on the couch at first

He's the part of the picture that doesn't have cabbage-roses all over him!

I was never a fan of ACU, as much for the fit as for the pattern. My brother, who's an infantry officer, mostly complained that the REMFs issued themselves the new uniforms before the guys in the field - every pen-pusher who had a chance to reach into a crate figured "I'm tactically mission-critical - I need to be invisible too!"

[midismirnoff]

About camo: I've seen this in biennale, last year. I think one should think about it.

[Arrigo]

1) I can sympathize with the US army and its members, now they will have decent camo (hopefully) uniform adapted to different areas...

2) just after having painted half my empress and a whole load of PP 15mm... and, even more important, after having mastered a decent tecnique... (immediatly after having reached satisfaction with the old BDU camo of course!). 

Ok my US Army will be labelled 2006-2012. 

[commissarmoody]

Dont worry Arrigo, they will most likey take at least tell 2014 to fully implament any changes