![]() The Army wants to buy another 20,000 IOTVs complete with "Generation III (Gen III) IOTV Conversion Kits in the Operation Enduring Freedom Camouflage Pattern," according to the notice.Ĭrye did not respond to an email request to discuss Scorpion W2. Product Manager Soldier Protective Equipment just put out a July 15 pre-solicitation notice to modify a current contract for the Improved Outer Tactical Vest. asked the Army about Scorpion W2's similarity to MultiCam on July 16, but Army spokesman William Layer said: "There is no information I can give you at this time."ĭespite its selection of Scorpion, Army uniform officials have not stopped buying OCP. This may work to the Army's advantage since the service has spent nearly $3 billion on uniforms and equipment patterned in OCP for Afghanistan, the source said. The new version, known as Scorpion W2, looks virtually the same as MultiCam or OCP, according to an Army source with knowledge of the program. So since the selection of Scorpion, Army camouflage experts have also decided to improve Scorpion. ![]() soldier.The company's owner, Caleb Crye, then improved the pattern, making it more effective and trademarked it as MultiCam. Good: There will almost certainly be gobs of gear in these patterns available within the next three or four months and onwards, where other patterns like Kryptek, A-TACS and Pencott will likely remain (comparative) specialty items. Using the same patterns as the Army has good and bad to it. There's also the fact that the Army is (supposedly) transitioning to this stuff. These patterns will, I'm pretty sure, pair nicely with traditional Multicam stuff - if you've got a lot of Multicam stuff, but need to better match a desert or woodlands environment AND look good on the range with complimenting patterns from the same family, there might be something here for you. Neither Arid or Tropic look to be more effective than current environment-specifc patterns available. ![]() From a responsible armed citizen, prepper, survivalist, standpoint, there's not a whole lot to get excited about here. Overall, the the environmental patterns seem fairly middle-of-the road. The chart below (also from Soldier Systems), shows how they think jack-of-all-trades nature of traditional Multicam compares with the new stuff. Why our police departments and other LEOs feel the need to have an imposing, Darth Vader-Esque appearance is another conversation entirely. If you want an urban camo, you want more greys and (maybe) browns.if you just want to blend in, wear normal clothes. If you want a black color because it black is cool, Kryptek Typhon looks slicker (IMO). We aren't on SWAT teams, so not a whole lot of use here. The white and grey shades are similar to what you'd find with Kryptek Yeti Pencott Snowdrift mixes in some dead-brown, which helps to blend in more with natural surroundings.īlack: This is a fairly useless pattern - meant to stand out and provide an imposing presence for SWAT teams and such. Better than a solid white jumpsuit, but nothing to differentiate it from the other 'snow' patterns out there. Pencott Greenzone has the colors about perfect, if you ask me.Īlpine: Unless you live in polar bear country, this is a specialty pattern at most, you'd have a set of over whites. and some parts of the North East, this greener version could work okay, though the colors are a bit off for woodlands - the dark color is more of a grey/green than a brown, for example. I don't see this performing any better than the other current-gen stuff, or most legacy desert stuff for that matter. In the very dry parts of the Southwest, this could perform marginally better than regular ol' Multicam, but certainly not enough to make a compelling case to switch over your patterns. Here's my take on a pattern-by-pattern basis:Īrid: A bit browner/less green than traditional Multicam. The new Multicam stuff adds one more choice to drop down list, but I don't see these new patterns offering any kind of superior performance to the many choices already out there. ![]() These patterns join the myriad of stuff that's recently hit the market, namely the Kryptek, A-TACS, Pencott families, in addition to all of the solids, hunting, legacy and foreign patterns out there. We are fortunate that we have gobs and gobs of patterns and colors to choose from these days, versus the old days where it was UCP (barf) or Multicam. Good ol' Multicam/aka OCP will be the primary uniform pattern, with the environmental specific stuff issued on a limited basis, and Black being for SWAT team usage. Multicam Black hit a bit early, and the rest hit the interwebs today. Clockwise from top left: Arid (desert), Tropic (jungle),Įveryone has been curious about the environment specific Multicam variants that Crye won the big Army camo trials with.
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