[ARCHIVED THREAD] - What is Multicam? (Page 1 of 2)
Posted: 9/2/2007 12:41:36 AM EDT
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I just saw some BDUs in a weird pattern, they told us it is called "multicam". What is that? Is it actually in use by any real military units? Also, what is MARPAT? Is that just the digital woodland that marines are using? |
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it is a damn good looking pattern. i thought about rocking some, but it's still a little more expensive than i want to pay for clothing. i may change my mind and pick some up though. one of the guys from NCtactical, whom come around to the gun shows here, has been selling it latelly, and we chatted about it's effectivness for a bit. i realise that the pics from their laptop slide shows, demonstrating their products effectiveness are staged. but it does blend and fade very well... airsofter may use it, hell, eveyone from punk rockers to paintballers, and from army privates to navy seal officers have rocked oldschool O.D. B.D.U.s and woodland camo at somepoint. who F'n cares,? not generally pertaining to this thread or subject matter at all, just an observation and my $.02. but those quick to damn something completelly(regaurdless of quality or effectiveness), because they don't like some particular group or demographic which they have no respect or care for who may utilise it and without taking into consideration the benefits it may bestow upon them, quite possibally may also be "posers". regaurdless of product, if it could work well for someone, in their AO, why shouldn't they add it to their inventory? condeming an inanimate object based on prejudice of a selection of people just dosen't make since to me... |
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| Say what you want about Multicam, but the stuff works. I bought some a couple of weeks ago and it really does blend in well just like the pictures on multicampattern.com. I read that it was actually designed by Crye Precision for the Army. If that is true then why did they opt for that retarded looking universal pattern? |
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I was talking to a guy from 5th Group in the checkout line at one of the local war toy stores, and he said "Get ready to change colors on gear again within four years". He said from the word they got, the "universal pattern" sucks bad enough most places that even the Big Army R&D apparatus can't cover it up any longer. I'll be a civilian by then, and old-school Woodland works just fine where I'll be. |
I was under the impression that the motivator behind the switch to the universal patten (ACU) was based largely in economics- that soldiers wouldn't need to be reoutfitted for deployments to diffirent enviroments. |
It's about the only thing there good for everywhere else they stick out. |
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There's not a lot of economy involved in replacing everything in a camo pattern that screams "Here I am, shoot me!". Of course the Pentagon geniuses probably thought since these days we either ride uparmored humvees to the fight or arrive in helicopters, long infiltrations through the woodline are a thing of the past. Whether or not this rumor is true, it wouldn't surprise me to see specialized Army units with specialized needs go different routes than "universal pattern". |
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www.army.mil/-news/2007/02/02/1636-soldiers-testing-fcs-technology-give-thumbs-up/ MC has beat all other patterns in the most environments. Although it is computer generated and thus "digital" the big Army asshats wanted "pixels" due to MARPAT. Have you seen our guys over in Korea wearing this crap? Can you say Darwinism? I personally welcome the day that I can trade in my ACU's for MC. As for airsofters giving MC a bad rep, the day I let a bunch of posers prevent me from wearing the most effective cammo ever developed will be the day I resign my commission. JB |
| Marpat is the Marine pattern... its a step up from the previous design but still lacking.. Black? still? c'mon! Marpat works much better when its a little faded... Multicam, although its used extensively by paintballers and airsoft nerds, puts ALL of our military patterns to shame.. it is a little pricey though... but you get what you pay for... |
I have been hearing the same thing, but it was in 2010 when the change was to come(again) I heard ( mind you grape vine) that army is going to a marpat type cammo.
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Thank god multi-cam comes in 4xl |
That wasn't very nice! 
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Umm actually it XL sunshine... I'm FAT... You're UGLY... I can loose weight! 
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First time I've ever said something like this. But so many people are bitching about paying for arfcom right now that I can't help but notice that he's not a team member. 
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This was not meant to piss you off. Hell i am not a small guy myself. I was just saying that its good they make this stuff in big sizes for big people. Fat men unite and take over. BTW what does not being a team member have anything to do with this post. I have been here long enough to earn my right to disagree, and complain. |
Team members tend to have a bit more respect than you showed. Not always, we are human, but we're in fear of losing our money 
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Buddy of mine lives a couple of hours north of me with flat thick hardwood, and it works better than marpat there to. It also works pretty good at distance on my gravel roads. |
I don't know. Maybe as a "UNIVERSAL" camouflage it's good. But Marpat is terrain specific and from personal experience is vastly superior, especially in desert/sandy regions. |
That's how I intended it, the Universal part. I know marpat is really good. If a national SHTF happens there is a tiny possibility I'll be crossing hundreds of miles on foot, I need universal stuff. Now go bang a stripper
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Will you be that stripper? |
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there are several companies testing this at Aberdeen from what a bud of mine tells me. also a platoon featured on Future Weapons (for what THAT'S worth) wearing it. likewise all big Army photos of the warrior crap they're r&d-ing right now (land warrior? can't remember) are all of multicam gear and uniforms. lastly, Crye admits to supplying several units with MC and lots and LOTS contractors use it in the box right now. hell, there's even pics of dogfaces using it in the box right now (must not have many uniform nazi's prowling those fob's) anyways, to say that it's "poserflauge" or "airsoftpat" is slightly off base. I use it because it's the most effective, most of the time, in my AO (Middle TN). It's generally green 2 months of the year, and various shades of brown the other 10. Thus, i give 2 shits less about MARPAT here. Good pattern though. I hope we do switch to it. I freaking HATE UCP! |
What stands out in this pic? Thats right, dude, you need some tan or deseret camo gloves. You went to the trouble to nicely camo out your M16, now get some gloves and get rid of the black! Other than that.......nice. |
+1..nice camo on the AR..got more pics ? |
In the treeline, I think his face would stand out long before the gloves. Some makeup or a mask depending on temperature would be the more critical than the gloves. Of course face paint is all nasty and greasy so if I were teaching some Guardsmen on a weekend, I wouldn't do do that either unless it was a camouflage and concealment class. 
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Later this month I'm gonna be doing some pics of multicam vs marpart vs woodland vs ACU (if I can find some) vs just plain OD & tan. Hopefully I can meet up with Dusty_C to do it, so you can see 2 people in the same area at the same time with different patterns. In this areas: Multicam > Marpart > ACU (dirty) >plain colors > woodland > ACU (clean) |
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