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Okay, besides looking kind of cool and being nostalgic for some, we have to acknowledge the fact that M/81 Woodland is an outdated pattern and is bettered by many modern woodland camouflages. It's heavily saturated and appears dark almost always and is outperformed by MARPAT, AOR, and others. The meme status of this camouflage pattern on this board has risen far above Rhodesian Brush Stroke.
>>30225126
Obligatory post.
>>30225126
fuck off.
>>30225156
The truth hurts.
>>30225126
You made a thread for this?
I noticed there's been a couple M81 themed threads lately too, but you couldn't have posted this in one of them?
>>30225173
>M81 themed threads
There are none of those.
>>30225126
About time. M81 a shit.
>>30225451
I don't know of anyone who claims its a ultra effective camo. It just looks cool.
>>30225531
People claim it's effective all the time. Though I wouldn't say they know what they are talking about.
>>30225192
What camo is this?
>>30225694
multicam tropic
woodland is great here in the spring.
and tri color desert is great all other times.
kansas great plains fag reporting in.
>>30225143
>UCP worse in mountainous terrain than woodland terrain
???
![mountainous-terrain[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/wVjNXbV.jpg "mountainous-terrain[1].jpg")
>>30225808
Hmm. Maybe there wasn't exposed rock?
![multicam_test_2[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/6MMYIfo.jpg "multicam_test_2[1].jpg")
>>30225143
>>30225808
>mountains
heres a pic of ucp working in afghanitan mountains, but multicam doesnt work bad either
>>30225143
DELET THIS
>>30225722
I'm detecting a pre-UCP army veteran...
![66272082[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/FCMUcEG.jpg "66272082[1].jpg")
>>30227855
>all purpose camo
lel
Idea was doomed from the start
>>30227949
>Idea was doomed from the start
What are you talking about? "Universal" Camouflage Pattern?
>>30227949
Yeah, totally "doomed". Even though transitional patterns are widely adopted and modern woodland patterns have been recolored closer to transitional palettes.
>>30225126
I'm pretty sure most people who are in to /k/ things just like it 'cause it looks cool and we like the aesthetic of how field gear looked during that era.
>>30228016
>cause it looks cool and we like the aesthetic
>>30227932
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yG0oBPtyNb0
>>30228049
Funfact, that's Psy.
Also, yeah, same reason people dig Vietnam era uniforms and A1 clones or WWII era gear and M1 Garands. Shit looks cool, so people like it. Does that concept just trigger your autism or what?
>>30225708
>>30225192
das fucking rad
>>30228063
>Does that concept just trigger your autism or what?
Not at all, his face just made me laugh.
>>30228069
How about this then?
>>30228084
I mean, I wasn't even really trying to imply that the gear in the first pic doesn't look badass to some folks. I just felt that it was a categorical imperative for me to blow up that dude's face.
>>30228084
Maybe this completely not staged photo.
I like his tape magpull
It's not outdated, it's just made for a different environment than what we were recently fighting in.
Woodland was meant for Germany/Central Europe, and it would still work great there and in other darker temperate forests.
Same can be said for other patterns:
3-Color Desert = Middle East
6-Color Desert = Mojave Desert
UCP = Urban combat in Baghdad
Multicam = Mountains of Afghanistan
ERDL = Jungles of Vietnam
M1942 Spot = Jungles of Burma and Guadalcanal
>>30228159
I think the point is, M81 may work in Woodland areas, but there are other woodland patterns that typically work better. Speaking from experience (airsofting in Germany as a kid) I can say that some colorations of Flecktarn, MARPAT, and Frech CE worked better. I was the American kid who had his dad's BDUs and, honestly, they kind of suck.
Oh wow a camo pattern doesn't work in places that its not designed to work in
Wow who knew
>>30228965
...yeah and it's worse than the others in places that it was designed for.
>>30228280
confirmed airshitter. please neglect and move on.
>>30228993
Jesus why are all tripfags so retarded. The guy was using his experience with these camos to make a point and contribute. Also a good portion of /k/ plays airshit.
>>30229187
>implying the majority of /k/ users arent faggots
>experience as a child = knowledge that rivals top military designers with years of experience and millions of dollars at their disposal to create a camoflouge pattern
airshit can suck a fat dick btw
>>30229287
E D G Y
![green-camos-labelled-webbing[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/v6JAijM.jpg "green-camos-labelled-webbing[1].jpg")
>>30229287
>knowledge that rivals top military designers with years of experience and millions of dollars at their disposal to create a camoflouge pattern
I mean, isn't that exactly what M81 shills are doing? The USMC conducted a variety of their own tests which showed that M81 wasn't approaching the effectiveness of other patterns. The army has reconfirmed these findings in two subsequent trials. You're claiming that those military designers' findings aren't relevant. The only organizations that have continued to field the pattern in the US did so to conform to local Afghanis who were issued M81 surplus stock.
>>30228159
I think you're giving those patterns a little too narrow of a scope. Yes, those were the AOs where they were worn, but that doesn't mean they were specifically designed for those regions or even work very well in those regions. UCP certainly has no business being called an urban pattern. It didn't work in Iraq in general.
>>30225531
>I don't know of anyone who claims its a ultra effective camo
Never been in a gearfag thread I'm guessing.
