Army picks MultiCam as new camo for Afghanistan

Stars and Stripes ^ | Mar 4, 2010 | Dan Blottenberger

[ASOC]

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.....

[Ramius]

Gotta be easier than the digital camo.

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.

[DBrow]

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.

[PzLdr]

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.

[PzLdr]

Actually, wearing the runes, rank insignia, and cuffband was against regulations, but most Waffen SS wore them anyway.

[Terabitten]

Now if they just dump the zipper and all that velcro, they’ll be set.

[Terabitten]

Looks to me like old woodland BDUs that were just faded all to hell.

Of course, those worked better in the woods anyway. ;)

[12Gauge687]

FYI: Here are several members of 101st (with others in their unit in foilage digitals) in the main column wearing the MultiCam pattern in Afghanistan.

[Hardastarboard]

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.