Army to finally adopt new uniforms

Master of Ossus · Post by **Master of Ossus** » 2004-06-14 09:29pm

It's about time the US Army got new uniforms, though I don't really see how these provide much better camoflauge protection than the old ones. Seems like a compromise to allow one uniform to provide minimal concealment in a wide range of areas, rather than offering good concealment in a single type of terrain.

Post by **RogueIce** » 2004-06-14 09:35pm

That is fugly. Just fugly. That even tops the Air Force's blue tigerstripe cammies.

I wonder how much use a gray uniform would have. And that demo pic was really funy, with the contrast of the body armor. I wonder how effective this thing really is...

MKSheppard · Post by **MKSheppard** » 2004-06-14 09:40pm

*breaks down and cries*

My beloved army!

MKSheppard · Post by **MKSheppard** » 2004-06-14 09:42pm

What.....the FUCK is velcro doing on a battle dress? Nothing like a nice loud ripping noise to ruin your surprise?

Soontir C'boath · Post by **Soontir C'boath** » 2004-06-14 09:43pm

*cringes* That is an awful uniform. Very bad idea imo to mix all three traits into one...

MKSheppard · Post by **MKSheppard** » 2004-06-14 09:46pm

Soontir C'boath · Post by **Soontir C'boath** » 2004-06-14 09:46pm

MKSheppard wrote:*snips*

By the look of his face, he isn't too happy either.

MKSheppard · Post by **MKSheppard** » 2004-06-14 09:49pm

Yep......

The uniform is being produced in a single, universal pattern to replace the two camouflage versions in current use: tan-brown for desert use and green-brown-black for woodland settings.

Yep, this works GREAT:

Post by **RogueIce** » 2004-06-14 09:53pm

Looks like some weirdo scifi fascist regime military thingy.

Almost reminds me of Starship Troopers really...

Knife · Post by **Knife** » 2004-06-14 09:55pm

Once again the army tries to follow our lead and fails, badly.

The Marines new BDU's have an abundence of tanish bland color that would be effective in woodland or desert type regions. Seems the Army went for the gucci flauge scheme with a niffty grey color that just blends in well with......nothing.

Soontir C'boath · Post by **Soontir C'boath** » 2004-06-14 09:57pm

Knife wrote:Seems the Army went for the gucci flauge scheme with a niffty grey color that just blends in well with......nothing.

Except maybe the tundras of Russia.

Knife · Post by **Knife** » 2004-06-14 09:58pm

Soontir C'boath wrote:
Knife wrote:Seems the Army went for the gucci flauge scheme with a niffty grey color that just blends in well with......nothing.
Except maybe the tundras of Russia.

Even then, white overalls are issued in artic or winter mountain conditions that cover up the massive amounts of green colored, cold weather gear you wear.

jaeger115 · Post by **jaeger115** » 2004-06-14 09:58pm

Is it just me or does the new army uniform look a bit too bright to blend in its surroundings effectively?

Soontir C'boath · Post by **Soontir C'boath** » 2004-06-14 10:02pm

Knife wrote:
Soontir C'boath wrote:
Knife wrote:Seems the Army went for the gucci flauge scheme with a niffty grey color that just blends in well with......nothing.
Except maybe the tundras of Russia.
Even then, white overalls are issued in artic or winter mountain conditions that cover up the massive amounts of green colored, cold weather gear you wear.

Headlines:US Army cannot afford white overalls anymore to go with regular uniform.

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2004-06-14 10:03pm

jaeger115 wrote:Is it just me or does the new army uniform look a bit too bright to blend in its surroundings effectively?

To me it looks too fucking stupidly designed to blend in with a background consisting of its own pattern. We might as well go back to plain khaki, it would work better then this monstrosity.

Utsanomiko · Post by **Utsanomiko** » 2004-06-14 10:07pm

Good gravy, even a solid brown uniform would have looked like better camo than having soldiers muck about in that light grey/sorta light grey eyesore (they're actually supposed to not stick out like sore grey thumbs in desert or forests with that?) .

Not to mention be less ugly. Kwazy.

Post by **RogueIce** » 2004-06-14 10:07pm

Knife wrote:Seems the Army went for the gucci flauge scheme with a niffty grey color that just blends in well with......nothing.

Well, the Navy could probably use it to, uh, blend in with our ships.

MKSheppard · Post by **MKSheppard** » 2004-06-14 10:13pm

Knife wrote:The Marines new BDU's have an abundence of tanish bland color that would be effective in woodland or desert type regions. Seems the Army went for the gucci flauge scheme with a niffty grey color that just blends in well with......nothing.

Seriously, I have my doubts about that digital pattern, I would have
preferred it if they had made the different colors blend into each other
with curvy lines, and larger color splotches, because at distance, stuff
with small dots like the USMC uniform blends into a single color.

Master of Ossus · Post by **Master of Ossus** » 2004-06-14 10:16pm

I don't mind the DESIGN of the uniform, but the pattern sucks ass. It seems like the Army just wanted something to blend in a little bit with everything, rather than something that could actually provide reasonable levels of concealability in various environments. In short, I like the design of the uniform (and I don't really see anything wrong with velcro--I've worn things with velcro in the areas they're talking about and they're not at all likely to reveal one's position unless you're trying to undo them on purpose), but the pattern is still abysmally revealing in all types of terrain.

Temjin · Post by **Temjin** » 2004-06-14 10:20pm

No wonder they're making them to be more effective with the Interceptor body armor.....

Lonestar · Post by **Lonestar** » 2004-06-14 10:24pm

RogueIce wrote:
Well, the Navy could probably use it to, uh, blend in with our ships.

The design I've seen makes it look like we're going to be SG teams with straight gray colors.

aerius · Post by **aerius** » 2004-06-14 10:35pm

Knife wrote:Seems the Army went for the gucci flauge scheme with a niffty grey color that just blends in well with......nothing.

I suppose it can blend in with a grey, blown out concrete cityscape, but other than that it looks pretty useless.

Gil Hamilton · Post by **Gil Hamilton** » 2004-06-14 10:47pm

Looks like the Army is taking cues from Stormtroopers.

Wicked Pilot · Post by **Wicked Pilot** » 2004-06-14 10:53pm

If there were a god, I'd be on my knees every night thanking Him/Her/It for my flight suit. May it never be touched.

CaptainChewbacca · Post by **CaptainChewbacca** » 2004-06-14 11:13pm

[wormhole extreme]As a matter of fact, it does say Colonel on my uniform![/wormhole extreme]