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Yeh i have a normal vest its quite a dark woodland which i didnt want, but could find a swap or just sell it, or take the pouches off and attach them to a normal belt, because my nan has a sewing machine :L :L :L

 
do you know what type of vest it is and is it in DPM camo?

 
I started out with DDPM which I got from my local surplus store. It cost me less then £100 and that was for boots, vest, shirt, trousers and knee pads! My son's multicam plate carrier was that on it's own. Next time I went into the surplus store they had some US Tri colour which was nice as well as cheap! Got that now as well.

 
If you have no budget for fancy gear then you can skirmish in your pants as long as you have eye protection.

Cheap kit can be found if you look.

I got brand new MTP PCS smock & UBACS and MTP 95 cut combats for £40! and then a pair of Issue Dessert Lowas as new for £15! So £55 for the latest British issue kit most of which was brand new!

Think its been said but the only things i would say you really need is quality eye pro and some quality boots.

 
DPM (Disruptive Pattern Material) used by British Army for a long time. Greens, basically. Anytime you see a British soldier not in deserts, they will be in greens. DPM 95 is what you can buy, almost everywhere that sells camo, and it is cheap and does the job.. it's just not new thing on the block. The 95 refers to the colouring and updated pattern. Refers to both Woodland and Desert colourings.

A-TACS - Quite a new camo pattern, very expensive because it is new, it comes in foliage (FG) or arid/urban (AU). Very effective, but as said.. you won't get it cheap, but it will be new.

MTP (Multi Terrain Pattern) Latest favoured camo by many forces, MTP is the british pattern version of Multicam, but it has more of a DPM pattern (not colouring). You can't buy it in the shop comercially, but multicam and camogrom are most similar which are sold.. but again, both are fairly expensive. I did see some MTP on ebay, ex-issue and wasn't cheap.. and choice is extremely limited.

I've just opened a website/facebook page with this kind of info. www.modernwarfarecamouflage.moonfruit.com or Modern Warfare camouflage on FB. Sites are not finished, but will have images you require.

Camo has 3 uses.

1st use.. helps you blend in with the terrain. Doesn't make you invisible, however.. but does make you harder to visualise at close and long range.

2nd use.. makes you look like a real soldier in an airsoft game. This is quite important for both the having the 'look' and 'fitting in'.

3rd use.. The clothing is designed for harshness. It's a good investment as it will take a hammering.

Camo doesn't have to be patterned, but generally stay away from solid colours, and try to go for dark digital or tigerstripes perhaps in dark urban arenas.

If I was you, I'd go with any Flecktarn pattern, DPM 95's (greens) to start with. Then once you get better, get a nice set of newer gear.. I say that because you've have saved your hard earned moolah on ruining a brand new kit loadout while you tread the boards.

If you can get some, try Danish Flecktarn. It's same as german flecktarn ('tarn' meaning pattern, fleck meaning 'round blobs' I would assume). Ebay may have some, but in my opinion flecktarn is a great pattern in varying climates, but the difference is that this one comes in green/dark green.

If you really want to impress, try some Alpenflage! (kidding) ebay it. The funny side of camo.

 
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xiJamesss said:
Cheers, and i want alpen! :o
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Alpenflage? Thanks not going to be especially cheap...

For cheaper camo you want to look at camos that were issue and were in service with an army for a long time and are now either lightly used in not in service (surplus to requirements)

For examples: DPM, DDPM (desert DPM), US Woodland, Flecktarn, US Tri-Colour desert, 6-colour us desert ( and kinda UCP/ACU)

Most other patterns are going to be more expensive as they are either newer (A-TACS), very popular (Multicam), or rarer (like Auscam)

If you want a different or more popular camo it will be more expensive as the sellers know they can sell it for more (for instance Multicam costs no more than flecktarn, UCP/ACU or any other flat pattern to produce but the reason its so expensive is that they know people will pay that amount and there's high demand)

 
Jubigala said:
MTP (Multi Terrain Pattern) Latest favoured camo by many forces, MTP is the british pattern version of Multicam, but it has more of a DPM pattern (not colouring). You can't buy it in the shop comercially, but multicam and camogrom are most similar which are sold.. but again, both are fairly expensive. I did see some MTP on ebay, ex-issue and wasn't cheap.. and choice is extremely limited.
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MTP is readily available in loads of shops. My local high street surplus has it, Zero In sells it and there is a ton of it on ebay. You can get it cheap if you look.

 
Just go with DPM.

Yeah its common as mud but thats a good thing.

Mine has lasted 3 years and going, and picked it up (trousers, jacket and shirt) for around a tenner.

http://www.flecktarn.co.uk/british.html

Used stuff is actually pretty good quality. And they accidentally shipped me new trousers instead of used ones once :P

 
I'd like it if a company manufactured the current combat uniform in DPM. The only bad thing about DPM is that all the clothing was designed pre 1995, I'd like newer designs in DPM.

 
juni0r said:
MTP is readily available in loads of shops. My local high street surplus has it, Zero In sells it and there is a ton of it on ebay. You can get it cheap if you look.
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What he means is that its not where nearly as commercially available as other camos and yes while you can get the odd bits of issued kit if you look, most of it is actually cheap knock-off stuff (like Helikon MP or the ATP stuff), while its not illegal to sell anymore the only people who can make proper MTP kit is the MoDs contractors as they don't commercially sell the material to whoever wants it. However, this kit is now gradually becoming more widely available, eBay is probably your best bet with MTP

TacMaster said:
I'd like it if a company manufactured the current combat uniform in DPM. The only bad thing about DPM is that all the clothing was designed pre 1995, I'd like newer designs in DPM.
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I know Claw Gear do some of their new stuff in DPM

 
MTP and Multicam are different. Multicam is the same colourway as MTP, but is a 'hybrid' pattern of Multicam and DPM patterns. Of course you can get MTP. It's just available as new commercially, and if you get it, it is likely it has been issued. Whether that means it's been used is another matter. Camogrom is very similar also, and that is commercially available from Helikon-Tex (being Polish pattern and Polish seller)

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STANDARD MULTICAM

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ISSUED MTP

 
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MTP and Multicam are different. Multicam is the same colourway as MTP, but is a 'hybrid' pattern of Multicam and DPM patterns. Of course you can get MTP. It's just available as new commercially, and if you get it, it is likely it has been issued. Whether that means it's been used is another matter. Camogrom is very similar also, and that is commercially available from Helikon-Tex (being Polish pattern and Polish seller)

STANDARD MULTICAM

helikon_pcs_jacket_mp_1.jpg


ISSUED MTP
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Erm thats not issued MTP, thats the Helikon rip-off of MTP they call it MP I think. Also Camogram is Helikon's rip-off of multicam as well.

But as said above, the colour pallet (basically the colours that make up the pattern) are exactly the same in actual Multicam and MTP, its just the pattern thats different in MTP where the shapes being slightly elongated ot be more similar to DPM to give it a "more British look".

In the picture below Crye Multicam is on the left and British MTP on the right...

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First time i have ha a topic going onto its 3rd page, and jts labeled 'hot' hahaa sorry had to be said

 
Thats because you mentioned camo, and now all the geardo's have gotten onto the "no thats the wrong pattern", that's the right pattern", "that's the wrong year", "this is bestest"...etc :)

 
But ATACS is best and everything else is like dressing up as a lollypop lady.

Obviously.

 
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