Fieldtest: Desert Camouflage – PenCott Sandstorm Introduction PenCott Sandstorm is one of the neglected PenCott patterns that surely deserves more attention, because of its performance. Designed as a desert camouflage, it saw only minimal coverage, despite being used in the Middle East on several occasions. Those who follow the blog will already know that I […]
Thermal Vision and Camouflage: A reality check As this is a collaborative project with Avustaja, and as a result this article is not Patreon exclusive! Introduction While Night Vision is all the craze at the moment, thermal vision or imaging is changing the realities of modern warfare as we can see in Ukraine at the […]
Review: Mil-Tec – Tarp in Phantomleaf Introduction I recently had the chance to take a closer look at Mil-Tec’s new tarps in the WASP I Phantomleaf patterns Z2 and Z3a. After experimenting with the camo nets last year, I really hoped for a similar solution in a larger setup. The tarps do actually deliver in […]
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Fieldtest: Phantomleaf WASP I Z1B Introduction The Phantomleaf collaboration with Mil-Tec is well known by now, introducing the WASP I family of camouflage patterns, one of them being WASP I Z1B. Now I already gave an overview of the patterns, teasing some images of them in the field. A thorough review on WASP I Z3A […]
Winter Camouflage – Multicam Alpine (fake) Introduction For the moment, this is the last article of the Winter camouflage series, featuring a fake version of Multicam Alpine. I realized the other day I was still sitting on these pictures and never actually used them – the reasons are manifold. It was already summer, the war […]
Camouflage test: Phantomleaf – WASP I Z3a in the field Introduction One of the bigger surprises in 2023 was the introduction of the cooperation between Phantomleaf and Mil-Tec, resulting in the release of the WASP I pattern family, which is exclusive to Mil-Tec. For those of you, who have not read the backgrounder to this […]
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Camouflage: Landcamo ABD Mammut Introduction Landcamo ABD Mammut is one of those hard to get camouflage patterns that was widely discussed several years back during the “camouflage wars”, sparked by the US Army Camouflage Improvement Effort. A while back Pitchfork Systems bought the remaining stock of ABD Mammut fabric and had several uniforms made. This […]
