The SHOT Show A-TACS media event will be held in the Bushmaster Booth #14627 on Wednesday (second day of show) 20 January.
Digital Concealment Systems in conjunction with Bushmaster will hold two separate media events:
9:00 – 10:00 am – coffee / pastry
2:00 – 3:00 pm – water/soda snack
All of the A-TACS vendors will have have samples on display and there will be press kits available.
Truthfully, I wasn’t even sure what title to give this article. I could do the journalist thing and give it a sensationalized headline, or I could call it like I see it. I chose the hybrid approach.
Hyper Stealth recently posted a new page on their website with the assertion that the Crye developed Multi Terrain Pattern is “far from original”. What makes absolutely no sense is the lack of evidence that this is the case.
The article claims that: “In 2003-2004 Guy Cramer, President/CEO of HyperStealth, worked with the Infantry Trials Development Unit (ITDU) (U.K. Ministry of Defence) on new camouflage patterns before being told that the ITDU was unable to continue working with him as he was not a British Citizen.”
Ok, got it. Six years ago they did some work for the MoD but have no connection to the recent British camo development effort. Maybe the bone of contention here is that Crye Precision is also a non-British firm yet was allowed to work on British camo. For the record, Caleb Crye is not Canadian, but rather born in the USA.
At any rate, the article goes on to showcase almost 50 patterns or variants of various camo patterns “which bear a close resemblance to the new British Pattern.” We see some patterns which use similar colors and others which don’t. Furthermore, they fail to show any of the distinct shapes used in MTP. Ergo, I see no evidence that Crye knocked them off. If anything, it is an interesting look a wide variety of concepts in Hyperstealth’s stable of over 8000 patterns and you may find just the pattern you need. Check it out for yourself.
And if you want to see the real thing, visit Crye Precision‘s booth #27007 at SHOT Show.
From the get go, EOTAC wanted to do a knife to complement their clothing styles so they went to knife making legend Ernest Emerson to produce the EOG-1 (Elite operator Grade). Emerson designed a custom blade design crafted from 154CM premium Stainless Tool Steel hardened to 57 Rockwell with a partial serration. The EOG-1 also features G10 scales and Titanium liner lock.
The production knife will only be available with the partially serrated blade like the Black variant above. The A-TACS version below is a prototype shown so that you can see how it will look with the camo finish. The knife will be available only through EOTAC and select EOTAC dealers and quantities will be limited. It will be offered in Black, Khaki, OD Green, and A-TACS.
EOTAC has a whole slew of new stuff coming for SHOT in booth #11456. Hopefully, we will be able to give you a couple of more sneak peeks before the show kicks off.
Much ado has been made about an internal MoD Defence Internal Brief discussing the UK’s move to the new Multi Terrain Pattern developed by Crye Precision. We were finally able to get a hold of a copy and it goes into greater depth than the information that made its way out on to the web.
20091216 DIB 200952 Introduction of Multi-Terrain Pattern (MTP) Camouflage for UK Armed Forces
Be sure to visit Crye Precision at booth #27007 at the SHOT show next week in Las Vegas, Nevada.
One of our readers sent us this screen shot from History Channel’s “Modern Marvels” of the Navy’s new “Type III” or AOR 2 woodland camouflage pattern being compared to Woodland MARPAT. As you can see it is a lighter pattern with much less brown.
Photo from History Channel
But wait, it turns out there is more to this story. The video that this picture was captured from was shot in 2002! It turns out that this color scheme was actually an early variant of Woodland MARPAT.
The entire video is excellent but the relevant part starts at about 5:30.
Somehow this baby slipped below our RADAR but it is definitely worth taking a look at if you are fortunate enough to be issued the Harris AN/PRC-117G but are saddled with the issue bag. It is designed to be worn with the removable shoulder straps or attached directly to the back of armor or load bearing vest with the integrated PALS compatible attachment system. Additionally, the body features PALS webbing so that radio accessories can be attached to the bag.
The PRC-117G Assault Bag is available in Black, Coyote, Ranger Green, UCP, and MultiCam from Mayflower.
There has been a lot of chatter that the new Navy Type II and III patterns based on SOCOM’s AOR camouflage schemes are basically MARPAT by another name. That information is incorrect. One of our readers sent us this graphic that shows the differences in coloration.
A couple of readers have contacted us to ask what the adoption of the new NWU Type II means for Navy Individual Augmentees. The answer is simple; nothing. Currently IAs wear the Army Combat Uniform as they generally fall in on Army units. It’s just easier for them to fit in but they wear US Navy service tapes as well as Navy ranks. They remain Sailors but wear the uniform of the service they are supporting, just like Navy personnel who support the Fleet Marine Force wear the MARPAT Marine Camouflage Combat Utility Uniform. The new NWUs are intended for Navy units and they provide a distinctive Navy look.
(U.S. Air Force Photo by Staff Sgt. Dallas Edwards/Released)
