(5 December 2013, 20:26)Midnitemo Wrote: Multi-cam......the clue is in the name "multi" which loosely means of many the bean counters have got there way ... why have 4 different issues of clothing when you can get away with one(well provided we can fob of any snow duties from Nato) I think multicam is a compromise based on technology and cost ...mostly cost.
?? Please re-read the optical development & benefits of the multicam pattern.
It is not cheap to develop new systems and neither is it cheap to re-equip a nations armed forces with it. It would be cheaper to keep turning out the original designs.
Multicam can be provided in different shades for different operational areas as far as I am aware. It was found with original pre multicam designs that shifting between different vegetation types and also in and out of built up areas resulted in the traditional camo types not working effectively as hoped across the changing range of backgrounds. Combined with the modern camo studies which showed the pre-multicam types to be poor at longer range concealment when in more open terrain. This was the brief the multicam designers worked to fulfil. It was achieved quite well but any generic camo will always be a compromise to some level. This is where specific camo's surpass a generic camo when operating in the environment they were designed for. It will all depend on your local surroundings, whether you envisage being around that locality if TSHTF and again, whether you wish to utilise camo at an everyday level across different environments including work and urban environments. That is where the lessons from the development of multicam can be used to the benefit of some preppers, without it appearing so to casual observers. Always ready with a comfortable inconspicuous fit... Might be useful.... - when not garbed in full regalia for your local environment. Regards, TL.
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