Spot said:From what I've been told, instead of us blending in with the surroundings, the surroundings blend in with us or it makes us look blurry or something. Some study in Canada said there is a 40% less chance of being detected from 200 meters away with digital vs olive drab. I dunno. They don't have digital pattern flight suits, so I'm SOL.
GMan1976 said:gonna suck for any sailor falling overboard with hopes of rescue!
doh!
Fly Navy said:Because the current BLUE uniforms and coveralls are SO high-vis. I don't mean to pick on you, but I've heard that argument before and it's by far the weakest one out there.
RootinTootin said:That is really incredible that such a non-natural looking pattern works so well. Logic seems to lean towards leafy looking shapes. Wonder how they made that discovery...probably more of that alien technology left over at Roswell.
Fly Navy said:Just basic knowledge of how the eye focuses and what the brain interprets...
RootinTootin said:Not basic knowledge for a Construction MGMT major, thats for sure.
trvsmrtn said:Okay, I give up. Can someone point out the guy in the bottom 2 multicam pics.
Schnugg said:We'll probably be required to have this uniform as well as all others, too.
here ya go.KBayDog said:Right. But until they start using digital camouflage on naval ships and aircraft (does anyone have a pic of (I believe) the III MAW CG's plane done up in digi?), it's kind of a moot point.