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Posted: 6/19/2009 7:20:53 AM EDT
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What the consensus on mixing camo patterns? I do it all the time while hunting, but (having never been on the two way range) I am clueless on the topic when it come social/tactical applications
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Depends on the environment and camouflage. Woodland over white works great when there is snow on the ground, but evergreen trees don't have snow on them. This is taught at MCMWTC. Green over desert would work in certain environments, too. I'll second that. I use Natural Gear snow pants/cover ups below a Natural Gear brown/tan parka thing during the winter. Summer time gives a lot more options....drab earth tones with block patters are excellent. |
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Early in the Afghanistan campaign (2002-ish) you pretty regularly saw pics of soldiers wearing DCU pants with BDU tops.
It seems pretty effective to me. From 1000 meters you might appear like a shrub if you stand still 
Seriously, though, I believe it can be effective, however it's not necessary to achieve decent concealment. |
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I seem to recall an article (by Plaster maybe?) some years back about the advantages of mismatched camo under certain conditions. The story was that with darker camoflages the tendancy is for the pattern to blob together forming a distinctive man-shaped object. Two differenct camo patterns (shirt and pants) make it harder for the brain to see the shape. The postulation seems to make sense when you look at some of the really dark Mossy Oak patterns. At longer distances, the pattern does not appear visible so the whole thing blobs into a dark mass.
I guess it would really depend on your AO. |
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