Army ACU’s
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Topic: Army ACU’s
Posted By: whack-a-mole
Subject: Army ACU’s
Date Posted: 13 December 2005 at 3:14pm
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So what do you guys think about them? Personally, I think they kinda stick out and I definitley don't like the velcro idea. I'm still debating on the pockets.
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Posted By: holysmartone
Date Posted: 13 December 2005 at 3:20pm
| Looks bulky and ugly. |
Posted By: ShortyBP
Date Posted: 13 December 2005 at 3:44pm
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I like them.
Couple of the officers down the hall were recently issued their sets last week. Have only seen a couple of the enlisted with them yet... and they were senior enlisted. I like what they have to offer as opposed to the old BDUs. The all-in-one camo scheme doesn't seem popular amongst paintballers... and I haven't received much feedback from any real warfighters (as opposed to MARPAT, which gets high praise from Navy Corpsman I work with). I don't think it sticks out any more than the traditional Woodland. Plus, learning from Iraq... where one quickly shifts from wooded to grassland to desert to urban all within 500m... the all-in-one is more functional than the seperate 3-color desert/woodland choices of before. I won't be going out and getting a set for paintballing... and I don't have any combat feedback from any of the Army guys across the hall yet... but at the very least, I'd say they are an improvement over the old. |
Posted By: Bango
Date Posted: 13 December 2005 at 4:09pm
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I saw some of the recruiters at school wearing them. That other stuff, the http://www.multicampattern.com/index.htm - Mulit-Cam , that's amazing. |
Posted By: rednekk98
Date Posted: 13 December 2005 at 4:15pm
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I'm not a bit fan of the velcro either. I dunno about it, it looks like it used to match woodland enviroments but got faded out. I guess it's ok, but MARPAT is still cooler.
EDIT: That multicam looks great. I might have to get some of that. |
Posted By: ShortyBP
Date Posted: 13 December 2005 at 4:33pm
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Yeah I was impressed by the Crye product (multi-cam). According to the manufacturer, as a contender, it outperformed the ACU pattern in the trials prior to the Army picking a contract. But they opted for the digi anyway.
While I never planned on getting ACU... I probably would spring for Crye if it wasn't so darn expensive. Although with all the camo I currently have, I really shouldn't be investing in any more. |
Posted By: whack-a-mole
Date Posted: 13 December 2005 at 4:36pm
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Now, the multi-cam looks pretty cool. The biggest fault I have with the acu's is the velcro. Velcro just normally doesn't work well after it gets wet several time. Which leads me to believe it won't work very well in mud either. I've come to this conclusion because my watch, the strap is velcro, it just doesn't work well after it's been wet a few times and I'd imagine it's the same way with alot of mud. ------------- NASA and the Americans spent millions of dollars and hundreds of hours to develop a pen that would write in space.....The Russians used a pencil. |
Posted By: paintbusta
Date Posted: 13 December 2005 at 4:36pm
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horrible looking ------------- 
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Posted By: Monk
Date Posted: 13 December 2005 at 4:37pm
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That camo they showed looks like WW2 german camo. Velcro  |
Posted By: pbdude985
Date Posted: 13 December 2005 at 4:57pm
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wow that stuff is pretty crazy ------------- 
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Bango wrote:Posted By: Snake6
Date Posted: 13 December 2005 at 5:05pm
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1. Velcro Sucks, I was a lifeguard and after getting my velcro watch wet when making saves, It doesn't work well... 2. Can we say copycat? The Marine Corps gets somthing good for once, not Army hand-me-downs, and what does the Army do? Attempts to get something better(and fail miserably). The only reason why the army didnt get MARPAT is becfause the Eagle, Globe, and Anchor is stuck all over it... I was down at Ft. Pickett 3 weekends ago doing GSAR exersices with the army CDC unit down there. We decided to spice it up a little, and make it CSAR(just for the fun of it), and a squad from thier unit went out and acted as opfor. About half of them had the digi's, and the other half had woddland. We were in a hardwood forest, during this exercise. My fire-team was moving throug the woods, when my point man(he has awesome eyes, BTW) sees this gray shape, laying next a tree about 100 yards away. We moved around the flank of the gray shape to see what it was. We then were fired upon by multiple opfors, we returned fire, but lost because of the fac that they had us pinned down by fire supieriority(we were using miles gear), there were 8 of them, and 4 of us. After the fact, from talking to the squad leader, I found out that the gray shape laying next to the tree was him, waiting to ambush us... So my review of the camo, is thumbs down. ------------- 
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Posted By: Snipa69
Date Posted: 13 December 2005 at 6:04pm
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There was a soldier who came into my work the other week wearing them, didn't get a chance to talk to him about it though. ------------- http://imageshack.us - [IMG - http://img456.imageshack.us/img456/857/sig9ac6cs1mj.jpg - |
Posted By: Santa Chewp
Date Posted: 13 December 2005 at 6:08pm
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I think as far as the bulkiness goes, it will improve when it's worn in a bit, it looked really new and awkward, almost stiff in those pictures. Isnt velcro a little loud at times too....
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Posted By: Snipa69
Date Posted: 13 December 2005 at 6:11pm
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It's basically industrial grade velcro, so it will take a bit to get it off. As far as stiffness goes, I remember my MARPAT being ultra-starched when I first got it. It takes a bit of wearing to get it broken in. ------------- http://imageshack.us - [IMG - http://img456.imageshack.us/img456/857/sig9ac6cs1mj.jpg - |
Posted By: Snake6
Date Posted: 13 December 2005 at 6:28pm
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Chewp is right though, velcro is really loud.
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Posted By: holysmartone
Date Posted: 13 December 2005 at 7:20pm
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^ Hand me that flashlight in your arm pocket private. **Velcro noise** "There he is!" **Gunfire** |
Posted By: 98God
Date Posted: 13 December 2005 at 7:34pm
| Heh I remember this being posted sometime last year. I don't see that being very practical though. It looks white to me. |
Posted By: Santa Chewp
Date Posted: 13 December 2005 at 7:44pm
Exactly what I was thinking ------------- [IMG]http://i9.tinypic.com/8f3jo8l.jpg"> |
Posted By: Badsmitty
Date Posted: 13 December 2005 at 7:50pm
| Being a robust fellow, I am wondering if they have to use bigger pixels in digital camouflage for me? |
Posted By: Santa Chewp
Date Posted: 13 December 2005 at 7:53pm
Nope, just alot more of them  ------------- [IMG]http://i9.tinypic.com/8f3jo8l.jpg"> |
Posted By: Badsmitty
Date Posted: 13 December 2005 at 7:55pm
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Aha! High definition will prolly cost me a fortune. |
Posted By: Kristofer
Date Posted: 13 December 2005 at 8:11pm
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lol. yup they stole the idea from the Corps. And correct me if i am wrong. the Corps. doesnt use the velcro either. correcnt me if i am wrong there as well.
i think the army's is butt ugly. and not very camoish for the woodland. more like an urban camo. as for enlisted. a lot of recruiters get them that ive seen. |
Posted By: ANARCHY_SCOUT
Date Posted: 13 December 2005 at 8:24pm
no that camo that is showed is Digi-camo, WWII german was blotch and circular. ------------- Gamertag: Kataklysm999 
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Posted By: .Ryan
Date Posted: 13 December 2005 at 9:01pm
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I don't know if I like it. I mean, I'm no soldier but from a purely
asthetic stance, it just doesn't look neat. Not to mention the
velcro....That multicam is awsome stuff though....dang....It'd be funny
if the Army change camo again next year....lol..
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Posted By: rednekk98
Date Posted: 13 December 2005 at 9:01pm
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Kristopher,
The Corps ripped off the Canadians anyway, so who cares if the army ripped them off? Also, the Marpat seems to be just as stiff when new, but it breaks in. There's no velcro on MARPAT. |
Posted By: whack-a-mole
Date Posted: 13 December 2005 at 11:25pm
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yeah, it does seem more urban. I'd like to see some pictures of it in different terrains. ------------- NASA and the Americans spent millions of dollars and hundreds of hours to develop a pen that would write in space.....The Russians used a pencil. |
Posted By: Kristofer
Date Posted: 14 December 2005 at 7:41am
| Its Kristofer rednekk98! but I said correct me if I am wrong too. although. I probably should have put it at the beginning of both of my statements instead of behind. can anyone find a link for the canadian diggies? |
Posted By: ShortyBP
Date Posted: 14 December 2005 at 8:59am
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Look up CADPAT
More green, less brown, darker overall. |
Posted By: Mack
Date Posted: 14 December 2005 at 1:33pm
It's not as ugly as what the Air Force tried to switch to a few years ago. (Which was designed with no input from the folks that would be wearing it.) Fortuanately, http://usmilitary.about.com/cs/airforce/a/newafuniform.htm - this design has since been somewhat modified. Edited Note: The troops in the field had some very disparaging comments about these; "Gucci-flage" was one of the few reprintable ones. ------------- 
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