| | | Digital Camo |  The art of camouflaging has been in a constant state
of improvement ever since it's implementation in
warfare. High powered and accurate weapons have made
the use of camouflage a necessity for all military
forces. It only stands to reason that due to it's
importance, camouflaging would only improve over the
years. The newest patterns in camouflage, however,
deviate sharply from what had become the norm in
military camouflage technology.
The MARPAT, which is short for marine disruptive
pattern, Is the current pattern used by the united
stated marine corps, and represents the cutting edge
of camouflaging technology. This new type of
camouflage pattern, instead of using the standard
large blotches of color standard in camouflage for so
many years, utilizes a micro pattern of small, square
"pixels" of color that imitate the boundaries and
rough textures found in natural environments. This
micro pattern is thought to break up the shape of
objects at a much higher success rate than the
previous standard pattern.
The United States Marine Corps. have even gone so far
as to trademark the name and pattern of their newly
devised pattern. The MARPAT pattern is not available
to the public in it's military issue form per se, but
several imitations of the pattern have found there way
to the store shelves, for use by nonmilitary
personnel. The U.S. Army followed suit by developing a
micro pattern camouflage of their own, which differs
from the Marine Corps' version mostly in color. The
Army version has no color black, and is almost gray.
The Air force has also devised an "Airman Battle
Uniform" based on the new MARPAT design and the
Vietnam-era "tiger stripe" coloration. |
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