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I’ll Tell You Who’s Down With OCP

Sunday, November 9th, 2014

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Tactical Distributors, that’s who. Check out their MultiCam category.

www.tacticaldistributors.com/multicam

Just Another Day At The Office

Saturday, November 8th, 2014

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Reaper Outdoors “Survive the Hunt” is in the office today sporting Beyond Clothing. Shooting for the Sportsman Channel and Wild TV. 20ft off the ground, ready to ambush a big whitetail buck, undisclosed location in Pa. Airs 30 December 2014 to July 2015.

MultiCam Sneaks from Adidas Sighted at Footlocker

Monday, November 3rd, 2014

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Thanks for the tip Mike K

Black Palm Syndicate Introduces Range Day Hats In New Colors

Thursday, October 30th, 2014

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Black Palm Syndicate has introduced their Range Day Hats in MultiCam Arid, Black and Tropic. The hat incorporate Spacermesh for airflow with the Black Palm Syndicate Logo embroidered on the Right Side. Naturally, there’s no rivet on the crown but there is a Die Cut 3″ x 2″ Velcro patch on the Front for ID or moral patches. Made in the USA!

www.blackpalm.net

MultiCam Pattern Expands Distribution Through 1947 LLC

Wednesday, October 29th, 2014

If you’re an international MultiCam customer, you’ve probably already run across a new company named 1947, LLC when they became the exclusive international distributor of MultiCam fabrics earlier this year. Founded in May, 2014 by two textile industry veterans, 1947 LLC develops and sources woven and knit fabrics globally. In fact, while they are a US company, they also maintain a Shanghai office that ensures their customers will receive the same quality and service they experience in the US.

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No matter where you are, if you’ve been using MultiCam for any amount of time, the names at 1947, LLC won’t come as a surprise; Founders Ben Galpen and Ed Ricci as well as Vice President of Sales Bryan Boulis are well known. Not only is this team the international distributor for MultiCam, they are also responsible for new fabric development here in the US.

The firm has partnered with well known brand Texcel Industries to be their exclusive international and new business development partner. They also work with an ever growing list of new licensees to offer MultiCam fabrics.

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What this means for the Multicam brand is expanded commercial fabric offering through additional licensed printers. This results in more inventory and options for consumers and fabric development opportunities for manufacturers. Not only that, you’re going to see new nontextile Multicam solutions coming very soon out of this arrangement.

www.1947llc.com

Firebird Evo Container in MultiCam Black

Saturday, October 25th, 2014

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Firebird’s Evo container is currently available for order in MultiCam Black with Arid and Tropic in production.

www.flyfirebird.com

Polish MultiCam “Inspired” Variants

Wednesday, October 1st, 2014

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According to an industry source, for the past few years Polish Special Forces have been utilizing a MultiCam knockoff pattern called “Suez”. “Suez” is very similar to MultiCam, and is missing only one color when compared to the original pattern. It consists of dark brown, olive green, light olive, beige, and tan on a sandy background. It is printed by the Polish fabric printing company Andropol, and has since also been introduced to other services such as the BOR – Polish Secret Service. Recently, at the MSPO trade show, Andropol introduced a green coloration as a proposal of a new pattern for the Polish Border Guard.

In the image above, you can see “Suez” on the left, printed on 50/50 PolyCotton fabric, with MultiCam on the right printed on 50/50 NyCo. The below image shows a swath of “Suez” printed on 50/50 PolyCotton.

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As you can see, “Suez” is very similar to commercial MultiCam in composition.

75th Ranger Regiment First Unit to Switch to OCP

Tuesday, September 30th, 2014

On October 3rd, 2014, the 75th Ranger Regiment will celebrate its 30th anniversary. On that day, they will also officially don the Army’s recently adopted Operational Camouflage Pattern as their garrison dress. This event will mark the first time that an Army unit will be seen in OCP in garrison and they chose their most elite Infantry unit for the honor.

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Members of the Regiment have long relied on OCP clothing and equipment while deployed for combat operations as well as during training. Initially, they used Crye Precision MultiCam kit procured with MFP 11 SOF dollars. When the Army adopted the commercial MultiCam pattern as Operations Enduring Freedom Camouflage Pattern in 2010 the Rangers began to receive Rapid Fielding Initiative equipment such as the FR ACU which was used to augment their existing gear.

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Sources say the Army plans to completely outfit the Regiment’s ACUs in the new OCP variant (Scorpion W2) featuring updates such as improved upper arm pockets in November.

Hopefully, this move will usher in an across-the-board approval by the Army for all Soldiers to begin to wear their OCP clothing already issued under RFI. According to industry sources, the Army still plans to offer the new OCP ACUs for sale at Military Clothing Sales Stores beginning May, 2015.