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Hi all.
Very interesting comments offered here.Personally, I believe that one soon becomes coated with enough dirt and dust, especially in the urban environment,to make the base colour of your uniform ineffective as camouflage. It doesn't take long to make a pristine uniform look like a wino's..as for aircraft colours, the PC-9s are bloody hard to spot in any kind of haze.You can hear them for miles but they are very hard to spot.
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GttC
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The ACU Pattern is officially called ARPAT (Army Pattern) as opposed to MARPAT (Marine pattern, etc). We got issued them before our last trip and got mixed reviews. They are comfy enough to wear although we went through them faster than the old DCU's. Many of our lads out in the desert switched back to the DCU's as they felt the DCU blended in better. In the Afghan desert, the ACU sometimes got a weird blue hue to it. (I'll try and dig up pictures). A lad I was talking to who just returned from the Phillipines said they went back to woodland BDU's in the jungle as the ACU seemed to light coloured to them.
I understand it's a compromise uniform (woods, desert, urban) which means it'll be "OK" in every environment but not perfect. I think the Maries have the right idea with greens and dessie's.
On a completely unrelated note, I may be in Dublin in Feb, so if that happens, I'll post it up here and be willing to meet and trade off badges, etc if any one's interested.
Cheers,
A
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Originally posted by irishrgr View PostOn a completely unrelated note, I may be in Dublin in Feb, so if that happens, I'll post it up here and be willing to meet and trade off badges, etc if any one's interested.
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I'll post it up here and be willing to meet and trade off badges, etc if any one's interested.
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Well I don't know whether to be flattered or scared with the badge discussion.......exactly what kind of place are you running here mods???????? LOL. I'm always up for a few bevvies though......badge trading hmmmmm, now you've got me wondering though!!!!!!! Will keep you posted lads.
On a camoflague note, most of our vehicles were painted tan for the trip. Now we are home, the Army will not paint them green again as it's too expensive and the current paint job is considered "serviceable" as it is only a year old. So now when we train in the woods, we have tan trucks, etc. Only in the Army............
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Originally posted by irishrgr View PostOn a camoflague note, most of our vehicles were painted tan for the trip. Now we are home, the Army will not paint them green again as it's too expensive and the current paint job is considered "serviceable" as it is only a year old. So now when we train in the woods, we have tan trucks, etc. Only in the Army............Take these men and women for your example.
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