Fav Camo Patterns?

I go with woodland, but I can't wait to try out the US Army's new digital pattern on the ACU (Advanced Combat Uniform), the replacement for the current BDU's (Battle Dress Uniform).  Hopefully, I'll get the chance to try them in the field, and on the paintbal field before the next deployment to the Middle East. These use the same pattern, but diferent colors as the Marine pattern.  From what I remember in the Army Times article, the Army licensed the pattern from the Marines, so they are copyrighted as well (no globe and anchor though, thank God ;) ). There are a lot of knockoff uniforms and equipment with the Marine pattern, and some Marines are using their access to their clothing sales stores to make a little extra money on the side by selling the authentic items on e-bay.  Of course, I'm pretty sure that's like illegal, blackmarketeering or something like that.

A definate pl;us for everyone who plays in the woods, is that with the Army and Marines switching or already switched, and the Navy and Air Force looking at new patterns, there will be tons of woodland BDU's on the surplus market, and ebay pretty soon.  We (Army) are isuing the ACU to people going to the Middle East now, then to trainees, and they will be in our clothing sales stores I think next yar, with a mandatory owning date of 2007.  Of course the reserve components might be getting them later or earlier depending on if/when they deploy.  There will also be a lot of the 3 color desert BDU hitting the market soon.  The Marines have their desert uniform, and we are using one uniform for all climates  and will be getting rid of ours soon too.  Actually we didn't even have to turn ours in when we got back, and before units returning from desert locales had to. This is because of deploying units getting the ACU's.

i like the tin foil idea, but woodland camo is my choice, but it all depends on where ur playing, o and, it is called WINTER CAMO. its not just white, it has trees and stuff on it

I like to use a little known method called reverse camo, you see I live in the desert and it is very bright out, so I wrap myself and my marker in very very shiney tin foil, it is so bright they can't look in my direction without being blinded and are forced to shoot blindly in my direction. yay im creative.

not exactly ghillie, but same lines i supose...

i took an old brown sheet (really ugly), spraypainted black and greens on it, then sliced little holes and plugged in branches (both ends of the sticks, so you can sorta ball up the sheet), duct taped them in(underside), and stitched 1/2 pound rocks into each corner (keeps it from blowing away)...its semi-portable, but mostly a fixed postition, but it pretty much disapears in the woods, i've been stepped upon by a careless player (there was three guys walking together, and i wasnt gonna take that many on at once without backup, so i tried to let them walk past...didnt work)

its great to set up, lie down, and pick off guys, because its pretty dang hard to see

 um i like the digital camo thing and now that we know the complete history of CADPAT and MARPAT i think we should find out wich is better i know sum guys above said sumthing about CADPAT beeing greaner and MARPAT beeing browner but which one is  all around better because i am looking into buys sum new camo for this summer does  any one know the answer? 

p.s.

 i live in central illionios

Oh, that's becasue the guy who posted it was an idiot and stickied it.

bluemunky42 wrote: paintballman_13 wrote: Snow. (dont know its real name) winter camo

I don't want to get too technical here, but I think it's called WHITE...  it is a little lighter than beige, and the opposit of black... recommended for winter time... but if you play around where dogs hang out, I'd recommend some yellow stains... that version is known as "where the huskies go camo"...

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CADPAT was first, MT, but you're spot on with your analysis. The forests in British Columbia (Washington State's northern border) are some of the best palces for the stuff, but also any temperate forest is good. the MARPAT has more brown, and it can be better in muddier areas, or places with elss vegetation...

-mit-, sticky is when you set a post to 'sticky'- in other words it stays right at the top of the forum. It's not something you're suposed to do without permission from the mods.

we do senerio all the time we eather use army camo or woodlands.

brihard wrote: CADPAT. The original digital camouflage. Greener than the MARPAT, and I wear it at work.  Seriously, it's actually pretty good stuff. Here's a bunch of our guys from a unit out west wearing it on an urban combat exercise, using paintball gear, coincidentally. (Yes, I know there aren't any buildings. This was on the approach.) Unsticky, fool!

Now I might be wrong, so if I am please provide proof of me being so because I want to be accurate on this, but I am pretty sure that the U.S. Marines were the first to issue pixel camo ( MARPAT ) and they were the first to develop it.

As for the CADPAT being greener, that can be better or worse depending on your surroundings. Like here in Montana, MARPAT works better because all of our woods have no bright colors at all, there is just all dark and dull tan, brown, black, and sage colors, which is the exact colors on the MARPAT. Now in a place like Washington State for example, the CADPAT would be better because it is a brighter green. But I think that both of us can agree that no matter what environment you are in, some type of pixel camo is best.