Posted on 03/04/2010 1:33:48 PM PST by Pavegunner72
BAMBERG, Germany — The Army has selected the MultiCam as its new uniform for soldiers heading to Afghanistan, the Defense Department announced, following four months of testing by units in the combat zone.
MultiCams will be issued to units heading to Afghanistan starting in July. Those units include the 4th Brigade, 10th Mountain Division at Fort Polk, La.; the 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division at Fort Carson, Colo.; and the 2nd Brigade, 34th Infantry Division of the Iowa Army National Guard, according to the Program Executive Office Soldier Web site.
Soldiers in Afghanistan had identified the need for a new combat uniform, according to Col. Scott Mills of the Army Logistics Directorate, who spoke to Stars and Stripes about the uniforms in December when they started testing them.
Link to rest of story http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=68446
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LOL
YEs, and I painted more than a few Duce and halfs the same *itty pink. BUt it sure works out fine in the Desert - if you watch out for shadows, it is all but impossible to see from the air.
“COurse an F-4 doing 350KIAS isn’t going to see much on the ground anyway.....
heh... yeah... that would be a tough paint job.
But on the whole I really like the digital camo. I've got a couple of the 5.11 tactical shirts in the digital "woodland" pattern... and I think it looks great.
Mil surplus cammies are cheap, though! I have Canadian forest, South African Night, Alpenflage (well Sportsmens Guide calls it that), German Flektar, plus some others and the total cost is about the same as a Mossy oak jacket from Cabelas.
Like many items in today’s military, camo was first used as a combat uniform on a regular basis by the Germans. And, yes, the Waffen SS “came up with” camo.
Actually, wearing the runes, rank insignia, and cuffband was against regulations, but most Waffen SS wore them anyway.
Now if they just dump the zipper and all that velcro, they’ll be set.
Looks to me like old woodland BDUs that were just faded all to hell.
Of course, those worked better in the woods anyway. ;)
I read somewhere once that the reason those vehicles were pink is that they painted them a sand color that subsequently became pink when exposed to the harsh desert sun. The statement may be wrong, but I did read that somewhere.
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