Private Taylor Gleeson has a Canadian uniform checked by Dr Bin Lee from the DSTO during the NATO camouflage effectiveness field trial at the Jungle Training Centre in Tully, Australia
In a DSTO press release, Chief of DSTO’s Human Protection and Performance Division Dr Simon Oldfield said, “The trial, and our membership of the NATO task group looking at camouflage, enables Australia to have access to knowledge, tools and methodologies that will inform future camouflage requirements.”
He went on to explain, “We will also be able to gather a more realistic threat assessment of hot and humid environments that will help us develop assessment methods for camouflage.”
Data on current issue and experiential patterns was collected using multispectral image recording and panoramic photography techniques to measure their effectiveness. Ten volunteers from the Australian Army’s 3rd Brigade wore the uniforms during the event.
As they did not disclose which patterns (other than CADPAT) they are assessing we are unsure how this may, if at all, affect the fielding of the Australian MultiCam Pattern developed by Crye Precision.
