Army Goes Multicam?

[ArmyJrotc Raider]

I tried googling it but all that comes up are yahoo answers and nothing that i tihnk is legit. But the other day our Battalion C/CSM told me that with in the next year or so the Army may be switching to a Multicam pattern and phasing out ACU's, just wondering if this is true. Also I want to know your takes on the two uniforms ACU's vs. Multicam.

[cscsmp]

Don't know that that's quite correct. I know as part of the Future Force Warrior program they use MultiCam's a lot. I've also heard the Army was going to issue a new uniform, but not sure if it's MultiCam or not and when that's actually supposed to happen, if at all. Personally I like ACU's but I think MultiCam is way better. It blends in with so much stuff it's ridiculous. My ACU's blend awesome with the grass up here in Western Nebraska but stand out horribly in the wooded areas. I know a guy that has a set of MultiCams and they work well just about everywhere. Good stuff.

[Airbourne Infantry]

Another change in uniform?! I'm all for using more effective cammoflauge but phasing in a new cammo scheme this soon might be difficult and expensive. I like the ACU color scheme along with the Multicam, but in all honesty, I LOVE the ACUs. As long as the only thing that changes on the uniform is the color scheme, I'm fine with that. For those of you who don't know what Multicam looks like, it's the same cammo the Soldiers used in the Transformers movie towards the beginning. Or, if you didn't see that movie here's a link to both so you can compare:

Multicam:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Multicam_example.jpg

ACU:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:U....06-27-2007.jpg

[armysc_25b]

ACU's will go... eventually. They've changed the uniforms numerous times, so it's bound to happen. That said, I've heard the RUMINT that they might move on to Multicam, but it's all RUMORS and there's NOTHING official concerning it. That said, yes, Future Force Warrior uses the stuff, and Multicam was one of the designs looked at when we moved away from BDU's, but I would not expect such a swift change in combat uniforms (ACU's haven't even been around for 10 years yet, most seem to last at least 20).

[C/SSGT Seifer]

Yeah I think that they will be phased in eventually, but it is still to early. I have seen multiple reports about Future Force Warrior relying heavily on multicam but like I said the ACU's have been out for just a few years. To me the multicam's seem to reminiscent of the BDU's. I mean that is what they look like, just with smaller blotches.

[PhoenixCadet]

Originally Posted by armysc_25b

ACU's will go... eventually. They've changed the uniforms numerous times, so it's bound to happen. That said, I've heard the RUMINT that they might move on to Multicam, but it's all RUMORS and there's NOTHING official concerning it. That said, yes, Future Force Warrior uses the stuff, and Multicam was one of the designs looked at when we moved away from BDU's, but I would not expect such a swift change in combat uniforms (ACU's haven't even been around for 10 years yet, most seem to last at least 20).

Again with more RUMINT here, but I've also read a few places (internet sources, non official) that one of the reasons why MultiCam wasn't chosen over the ACU's (and why they still haven't started using it) is because MultiCam (as a company) would not make a digital version, which is what the Army wanted.

-PC

[armysc_25b]

Originally Posted by PhoenixCadet

Again with more RUMINT here, but I've also read a few places (internet sources, non official) that one of the reasons why MultiCam wasn't chosen over the ACU's (and why they still haven't started using it) is because MultiCam (as a company) would not make a digital version, which is what the Army wanted.

-PC

And to keep with the RUMINT, one of the main reasons I heard we didn't get Multicam was that they couldn't produce to what the Army wanted. So, we end up with these second rate uniforms...

[ArmyJrotc Raider]

If multicam were to go digital (like the image above) isn't it just similar to MARPAT then?
O yea the imiage above came from me image googling Digital Multicam, it does have a different color scheme in my eyes but it could just be a set of worn out MARPAT, but comparing it to the colors of normal muilticam it seems about the same.

[armysc_25b]

Multicam in a digital version would basically be a variant of MARPAT, the way the two items look.

[ArmyJrotc Raider]

Was snooping around on the web and googled this, strengthening the nick name "Ghost gear" to Multicam. On some of the photos I could not even find the darn thing.

http://www.multicampattern.com/gallery.html