| From: | Gurth gurth@******.nl |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Questions of great importance (Steve, Jon, RA:S people especially) |
| Date: | Thu, 2 Sep 1999 11:44:30 +0200 |
the street was...
> > HM - where'd this come from (out of curiousity)? And what is the "urban
> > cammo" pattern - if there is one?
>
> My brother in law's closet. He was in the Army reserves, served in the Gulf
> (But not during the gulf war... He was a bean counter and went over to
> account for everything AFTER the shooting stopped!) Regular army units dont
> really USE a urban pattern since they dont like fighting in urban areas per
> se.
And even if/when they do, there's not really the time to issue special
clothing for the job -- urban operations can happen in any part of the
world, so you'll likely see troops wearing whatever is suitable for the
climate the city is in: woodland camo in North America or Europe, desert
camo in North Africa and the Middle East, and so on.
> Special forces probobly do, and I believe their's are Tiger stripes of
> several shades of grey.
There are plenty of different patterns of "urban" camo, mostly involving
white, black, grey, and grey-blue colors in woodland-like patterns. I
think the idea is more to disrupt the enemy's aim than to actually make
the wearer blend in with the background (like WWI "Dazzle" painting on
ships), because in typical urban areas the background changes when you
move only a few meters (unlike in most forests).
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