Camouflage

In previous field tests flecktarn and M81 have had the same problem. They seem too dark and seem to silhouette easily. But in a treeline it works pretty well!

The video is a product of its time with language and character portrayals to match. However there are good nuggets of knowledge in here considering the common use of drones today.

Source linked in the article

https://media.defense.gov/2023/Jun/21/2003245250/-1/-1/1/LOOKBA_1.PDF/LOOKBA_1.PDF

My first imgur album on lemmy so sorry if it's weird for you. Surplus ABU uniforms dyed with Apple Green RIT dye is surprisingly effective! The downside is that it's all shades of green so it isn't very flexible as you move to different areas (dirt, dry grass etc)

As the term suggests Micro Patterns are small patterns in camouflage that are intended to provide illusions of depth and silhouette breakup at closer ranges. However as the observation ranges increase it produces "blobbing" where the small changes of color are no longer perceived by the eye and it becomes similar to one solid color, especially when the colors used don't have much contrast. This is why combining both macro and micro patterns are essential to optimize the camouflage effect at various ranges.

An example of micro pattern dominant camouflages are Russian EMR, UCP and Strichmuster

This term is commonly seen when describing camo, but what is it exactly?

Macro patterns are large patterns that are intended to break up silhouettes at a distance. They are often seen as large contrasting segments across a uniform or vehicle. The downside is that it tends to lose it's effect at closer ranges.

The M81 Woodland pattern was designed to work best several hundred meters away, and is a great example of a macro camouflage scheme.

Since this site is designed like it's 2004, viewing using desktop/horizontal view is highly recommended

Multicam and OCP are often used interchangeably, even in military regs, but there are differences. Multicam has more brown and cream colored blotches, as well as more vertically oriented elements.

OCP looks less "busy" removing the vertical elements and the brown and cream blotches tend to be larger. OCP also has deeper shades of green and brown. This was probably intentional so it stayed effective over time as it fades from sunlight and wear. At some point used OCP will have very similar colors as new Multicam.