💥EVOLUTION of CAMOUFLAGE💥the Future Battle Dress Uniform

This video covers the concept that Militaries around the world will start to abandon camouflage patterns and make a return to OLIVE DRAB and KHAKI for their Battle Dress Uniforms.
This is a plausible scenario as some countries have already adopted this belief system.
0:00 Evolution of Camouflage
0:54 Cost
3:21 Adaptability
5:01 Longer Durability
5:58 Operational Simplicity
8:12 Low Profile
10:08 Historical Success
10:49 Military Advancements
13:45 Logistics
15:18 Psychological Factor
#camouflage #army #military #outdoorgear #tacticalgear #survivalgear

[davidoftheforest]

I wish I could show my dad this video. He taught me about camouflage and concealment when I was like 6 years old. He showed me how to take things from your surroundings and vanish. You could be within a meter of him and you'd never see him. Earth tones, OD, ranger green, coyote tan, kaki. It's the techniques we implement that concealment us. The color of your kit and clothing just add depth. Another thing he showed me was how to disguise the human profile by leaning your head down against the ground, have your exposed arm draped behind you, legs are crossed. You become a bump among hundreds of natural bumps. Camouflage and concealment is an art

[derealovesurvival]

Yes the amount of money spent on uniforms is sky high but much needed gear for sure .
Thanks for showing us many different patterns and ways of wearing gear ..
Recently i was given a Gorka 4 suit and i will do a video with it soon
They are a good suit for the brush ..
I am trying to keep up ....atb and God bless you brother always

[stevestruthers]

When I was a reservist in the Canadian Army about 45 years ago, all we wore were olive-green combat shirts, pants, coats and parkas. I left the reserves long before CAPDAT TW (Temperate Wear) became a thing. However, I have seen pictures of soldiers wearing CADPAT TW in heavy deciduous or boreal (i.e. coniferous) vegetation, and they were hard, if not impossible to see.

The new MT pattern doesn't seem to work quite as well, except in grassland and prairie regions like southern Alberta, Saskatchewan, and to a lesser extent southern Manitoba. Although in the early-to-mid spring when the dead vegetation left behind from the winter has a slight yellow, tan and light brown look, MT can work somewhat well. The same holds true in the late fall after the leaves have fallen, or even when the leaves are in full colour.

The problem is that once you are out in the open, no camouflage pattern works, because your silhouette is so easy to see against whatever is in the background.

Apart from avoiding IR detection, the main goal of most camouflage uniforms is to provide camouflage, cover, and concealment.

One reason why the Israelis don't have tan-coloured combat clothing is because they mainly operate in desert areas where there are few spots where you can use the terrain as cover and blend in. And Austria likely retain an olive-green solid pattern because most of the foliage and vegetation is what's typically found in boreal forests, and so long as the uniform is green, that's all that matters.

It is interesting to see, as you point out, that so many countries have tried to develop digital camo uniforms over the last 30 years and haven't found one that reliably works in most environments. The US modified the Canadian CADPAT pattern (see MARPAT) and are now working on switching over to Multicam (or something else). The US Navy use a camo pattern not because of the environment they work in, but to hide or minimize dirt and grease stains that sailors pick up when doing their mechanical and maintenance work while aboard ship. Canada got around this problem by creating a new Naval Combat Dress (NCD) system that uses dark navy blue fabric.

[DriveByShouting]

Very good video with sentiments I certainly share. Solid Grey's, OD/Ranger Green and Khaki, can also be very versatile when used together: OD Top with Grey Trousers, Khaki with Green. That alone can create its own MACRO pattern for specific environments.

[mattimatkalainen]

Thermocameras becoming more and more common negates the effect of camo. No matter what camo soldier is wearing he/she apears as a warm blob.

[smik]

I coosed always the brownish/khaki color types, because you'll find these colors all year round. The ground, even in forests is mostly brown, and if you want to get camouflaged, you're probably going to kneel or lay down.
The other reason, why I choose those colors is, than anything green in the field are living plants. So you're able to rip off some grass or leaves and weave it trough the Molle stuff. The other way around it's not always that easy, because anything brown out there is mostly dead plants or earth. Both of this is harder to weave into your gear, because it's more brittal normally.
So brown as a base and if needed natural camouflage is my way to go and works in every location, all the year (except complete coverage with snow).

But I like your video and thought the same.

In Ukraine you can also see, that it is more important to differentiate between the participants (Atacs, MM14, multicam, looks all the same after 30m) which is why they use the colored tapes.
With solid colors it would probably a bit more easy to tell friend from foe apart; but this is just an assumption

[FafaFlunky]

for being so old and washed multiple times, my alpenflage/taz 83 can still defeat IR cameras. those deers wearing night vision better watch out 😊

[jon]

Camo has for years been an MIC favourite money spinner. Yet Austria and Israel avoided that trap.

[stefanbrezar]

I personally think that will not gonna happen except some incredible hard economy crisis hit the West. In Ukraine army in one moment got coyote brown uniforms because old stocks fade away and the new patterns was bad… but when they get the funds they made a new pattern.
But I think that some units will dropped camouflage. In my Serbia gendarmerie dropped old camp and got a green uniforms with a new cut that blends well everywhere. I think that green and coyote brown or dark khaki will be a colors of choice

[paul]

You're likely correct where military costs are excessive. Battlefield technology - thermal and drones are becoming common place rendering 'camouflage' less and less effective. Thermal cloaking tarps and techniques, anti-drone systems will become the emphasis rather than next generation BDUs.

[paul]

I wouldn't be a fan of 'solid color' uniforms but perhaps two selections of either God's Plaid or 3 Color Desert for US troops depending on what theater they're in. Without the IR material/coatings or tight digital 'anti-satellite' patterns - it would seem cost savings could be achieved. Good topic!

[skipharris]

Green is the dominant color, while standing in grey and tan background

[Halvdan]

Do you still have aor2? What didn't you like about it?

[maltaconvoy]

Always blew my mind how much money USAF wasted developing and fielding ABU, only to trash-can it after several years. Why? No one on a flight line or in a hangar (or a med clinic, or a payroll office) needs camouflage. We wore Vietnam-era OD green in the early 80s, and command should have stayed with that.

[Roadieguru]

Thanks for your thoughts on OD Green, and another great video! Just a thought? CADPAT - MT would work great in your seasonal background of your video?