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[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Rare-ish Milsurp camo coming on the market. ETA 6/26 BW OD green, UK Desert DPM, French CCE (Page 1 of 5)
Posted: 1/30/2019 9:50:15 PM EDT
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Placeholder to resurrect my camo thread from the archive. A couple years ago, it was nearly impossible to find a few kinds of milsurp camo on the market. The hardest was Norwegian M98. Both "woodland" and "desert" variants. It's out there now, significantly. If you want some, buy it now. I've been on the lookout for non-pixelated milsurp camo since 2012. It's a good time to be looking. Formerly unobtainum, but out there, relatively easy to get now: Swedish M90. Norway M98. Australian AUSCAM and AUSCAM Desert Austrian "peas and dots" Finland M05 Swiss TAZ90 Italian M29 Greek "Lizard" Camo Finland M62 Camo. Tibet 03 camo Irish DPM French CCE Belgian M90 Jigsaw German Tropentarn (desert) German Aridfleck. Russian made, mil issue of WWII German patterns. (Every German pattern of note, is available from Russian sources as milsurp camo. Tan and Water, Splinter, all SS oakleaf patterns, etc.) Still unobtainum and I'm trying hard to get: Latvian Pixelated Legit Rhodesian or faithful repro Zaire Leopard |
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I passed-up on some repro Rhodesian "Splash" (might not be the correct term) camo "T"-shirts long, long, time ago, and have regretted it since. Came and went like a whirlwind, which makes me suspect they were SA originals. Seems like such a design might nowadays be "popular" with those who did not know their origin. As for myself, I have no problem with that.
I applaud intelligent collection, and subsequent, detailed, photos of various collected items. I hope that you will share with us the fruits of your collection. Doing so might benefit other collectors. |
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I passed-up on some repro Rhodesian "Splash" (might not be the correct term) camo "T"-shirts long, long, time ago, and have regretted it since. Came and went like a whirlwind, which makes me suspect they were SA originals. Seems like such a design might nowadays be "popular" with those who did not know their origin. As for myself, I have no problem with that. I applaud intelligent collection, and subsequent, detailed, photos of various collected items. I hope that you will share with us the fruits of your collection. Doing so might benefit other collectors. Unfortunately, I used photofucket for images. I'll pick a better host going forward. My object, at the time, was to counter the "pixelated" camo trend. It seems that pixelated camo is no longer in favor...that said, it also seems that there are numerous first rate militaries making a transition to new camo. If one is a collector, there are few instances I can think of where the availability of first rate, little used camo is readily available. |
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Been trying to find some Australian AUSCAM and AUSCAM Desert but I haven’t been having any luck. Mentioning the Austrian "peas and dots" brings back some memories from my youth. I used to see the parkas all the time in surplus stores. After watching Navy SEALs recently, I wouldn’t mind finding some again. |
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Been trying to find some Australian AUSCAM and AUSCAM Desert but I haven't been having any luck. Mentioning the Austrian "peas and dots" brings back some memories from my youth. I used to see the parkas all the time in surplus stores. After watching Navy SEALs recently, I wouldn't mind finding some again. |
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France...
Surplus "gore tex" (not actually gore tex, the French equivalent) parka. CCE Pattern. 
Commercial "CCE" inspired camo, African contract, French Cut trousers.  Commercial, Lizard repro, twill. Original cut. (Color is off, they got the dye job wrong, I think). 
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India...
Surplus "Fern" pattern. Twill. I would say this is the same weight as US Woodland "winter" BDU's. The cut reminds me of 1950's era British military trousers. These have been made within the past 20 years or so though.  Surplus, noted by seller as "Para" pattern. Whatever that means. The fabric is not ripstop, but is a very lighweight twill. I'm guessing they are hot weather use. Same cut as the Fern pattern. 
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Norway...
Commercial M98 Woodland, Ripstop, Unique cut. (High quality)  Commercial, pre-M98 (ETA M75 pattern, I think), twill, US BDU cut.  ETA 2/4/19 Milsurp, NOS never issued. Norway M98, (UK made) Ripstop. Purchased from a Lithuanian seller.  ETA 2/19/19 Norway Desert M98 (M03?) Misurp, unissued. 
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United States...
ETA 5/13/18 Night Camo, surplus (like new)  ETA 2/19/19 "Chocolate chips" 
Commercial Tigerstripe, Ripstop, BDU Cut  Mil issue (to me) DCU blouse (with 1st ID "combat patch") ripstop, BDU cut (upper middle of pic, trousers are Polish). Mil issue (to me) Woodland patrol cap (with E7 sew on Rank) ripstop. 
Mil issue Massif Combat shirts, both UCP pattern. Left is UCP, right I Rit Dyed to approximate UCP Delta pattern.  Mil issue OD laundry bag. Massif combat shirt, originally UCP pattern, now Rit Dyed 50/50 Kelly Green/Black  Mil issue, UCP, ACU Cut trousers, Rit Dyed 50/50 Pearl Gray/Kelly Green 
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Germany.... Including, WWII patterns, BW, NVA 
Commercial, WWII Oakleaf camo pattern, twill fabric, US BDU Cut. 
Commercial (IIRC) "Aridfleck" pattern, Ripstop fabric, US ACU cut. 
Surplus "Flecktarn" 
Commercial, WWII "repro" Waffen SS pattern. Turns out to be a "Blem". Manufacturer omitted one of the colors by mistake. Don't know which pattern, they were crazy cheap, which is why I bought them. Cotton poplin/linen overpants. 
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Commercial, WWII Oakleaf camo pattern, twill fabric, US BDU Cut. http://i802.photobucket.com/albums/yy309/toecutter_01/1a1%20recent%20bdu/IMG_2018_zpsvoxzxshf.jpg |
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The pattern is good, but, obviously, the Rhodesians didn't use the BDU-style. Quoted:
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Fireforce Ventures has Rhodesian brushstroke on modern bdu style clothes, but I dunno the accuracy. I have an old set from the late '80s that worked great in north Texas red dirt playing paintball, but it might be pretty faded. Fireforce also had some operator caps in Rhodie, they are awesome. Totally replaced my usual Multicam hat, nice and unique but modern style. Edit: my personal grail item of clothing would be the British PCS MTP smock, but in a good Rhodie pattern. |
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Very early Yugoslav camo, supposedly made in East Germany. It's referred to as the "mountain" pattern. Also has trousers, mittens, and a hip bag that can carry all of it. I have two sets of these. https://i.postimg.cc/fRYRgMqC/Yugoslav-Camo.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/fWvFCpvd/Yugoslav-camo-3.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/xC1H2XWn/Yugoslav-camo-2.jpg |
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Quoted: That's an interesting pattern. The brown looks like it has a red hue to it |
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Quoted: It seemed very dark to me, but I have no real reference. Like it was green-based instead of tan. I'll get some pics. Bought too big on the Fireforce pants and need to put them on the EE. Combat shirt and different pants on order from them. I have an old set from the late '80s that worked great in north Texas red dirt playing paintball, but it might be pretty faded. Fireforce also had some operator caps in Rhodie, they are awesome. Totally replaced my usual Multicam hat, nice and unique but modern style. Edit: my personal grail item of clothing would be the British PCS MTP smock, but in a good Rhodie pattern. Brushstroke is my favorite pattern type. I love to see some modern jackets in Rhodie or Congo Belgian, etc. |
[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Rare-ish Milsurp camo coming on the market. ETA 6/26 BW OD green, UK Desert DPM, French CCE (Page 1 of 5)
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