Author Topic: New US Army uniform... (Read 2313 times)

Fishu · « **Reply #45 on:** June 15, 2004, 05:42:22 AM »

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Originally posted by Charon
It's an improvement over the M-16/M-4 I guess, but the same old round apparently. The design does look like it should have an orange cap on the muzzle and Mattel on the side.

Actually an improved H&K G36 design

And there was talking about it being adaptable for AK ammo with a quick change of barrel and so on, since theres plentiful of ammo around!

101ABN · « **Reply #46 on:** June 15, 2004, 05:46:37 AM »

what kind of crap is this...great another expensive uniform that we have to buy!! will the pentagon make up their friggen minds already!

_Schadenfreude_ · « **Reply #47 on:** June 15, 2004, 07:06:02 AM »

What you want is a baggy jacket, with big pockets, baggy trousers, cargo pants are for spotty teenagers - you can never fit anything useful in the pockets.

Whoever thought that one up has never lived in the field for 12 weeks at a time.

101ABN · « **Reply #48 on:** June 15, 2004, 07:47:17 AM »

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Originally posted by Staga
New US Army prison guard's uniform...

J/K !

would love to be in that prison........ ive been naughty!!

101ABN · « **Reply #49 on:** June 15, 2004, 07:51:11 AM »

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Originally posted by Thrawn
You're welcome for the digital camoflage pattern.

http://www.hyperstealth.com/CADPAT-MARPAT.htm

looks good in green (if youre in a country that has trees) felt sorry for the 3rd PPCLI who i was with in Afghanistan. green uniforms in the desert.

Gunslinger · « **Reply #50 on:** June 15, 2004, 08:25:11 AM »

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Originally posted by _Schadenfreude_
What you want is a baggy jacket, with big pockets, baggy trousers, cargo pants are for spotty teenagers - you can never fit anything useful in the pockets.

Whoever thought that one up has never lived in the field for 12 weeks at a time.

actually it's allready been in iraq w/ some stryker brigades. Those pockets are not designed for anything usfull other than papers or a map or somthing. Most GIs know you dont keep your smokes in you inside pocket underneith a flack jacket or they will get smashed.

Like I said earlier it sounds very funcitonal.

Pongo · « **Reply #51 on:** June 15, 2004, 10:00:09 AM »

Honestly. Looks like a natural extension of the policy of wearing body armour 24/7 to me. Ya there are not enough pockets but if your wearing armour you cant get to all those mag pockets that were on the old uniforms anyway. And holding a prone fire position when your hip and chest buttons are digging into the chest armour for 40 minutes was a drag. If you have to go lite for some reason and leave your webbing..not alot of places to stuff mags and food but how often do you do that?

TheDudeDVant · « **Reply #52 on:** June 15, 2004, 10:49:25 AM »

Looks french to me.. 8)

Reschke · « **Reply #53 on:** June 15, 2004, 12:40:37 PM »

The stupidest thing I have ever seen was some Ranger wannabe's who had the big OD Green velcro top watch band covers. We were on an FTX in ROTC and these DA's thought they were hot s*** because they had "all the right kit" to quote one of them. These dweebs had basically bought out the US Cavalry magazine to get to looking so cool.

To make a long story short; the ambush we had on them was about screwed up because of where they came walking in was not what we had expected due to a radio failure from our scout element. Anyway we got tipped off on the mixup by two of the dweebs pulling the velcro on their watch bands to check the time. When they did that all we did was rotate our guys 180 and ease up in a slow crawl about 2 meters to where we could see them. We opened up with our two 60's and grenade simulators and had the whole patrol declared dead.

All this from a bunch of first year ROTC cadets in faded ripstop woodland camo fatigues with floppy hats and jungle boots.

GRUNHERZ · « **Reply #54 on:** June 15, 2004, 01:08:26 PM »

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Originally posted by Thrawn
You should be greatful! That camoflage will help save American lives.

I am greatful! $7.32 was a great deal!

Charon · « **Reply #55 on:** June 15, 2004, 01:16:57 PM »

I'm not sure I read it right (even rereading it). Are there three camo color pallets or just an all-in-one? My biggest ***** is the gray color scheme. No more "Army Green..." Looks too bright for woodland environments and too out of place for the desert. Also, the buildings in Iraq "seem" to reflect more yellow/orange. Looks like a good urban uniform for Manhattan.

Yeah Fishu, the M-8 has significantly improved action, I just seem to fall into the "need a bigger round" category. And, it just looks too "space age" with too many space age swappable features that shows how old and set in my ways I've become

Charon

Pongo · « **Reply #56 on:** June 15, 2004, 03:08:35 PM »

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Originally posted by Reschke
The stupidest thing I have ever seen was some Ranger wannabe's who had the big OD Green velcro top watch band covers. We were on an FTX in ROTC and these DA's thought they were hot s*** because they had "all the right kit" to quote one of them. These dweebs had basically bought out the US Cavalry magazine to get to looking so cool.

To make a long story short; the ambush we had on them was about screwed up because of where they came walking in was not what we had expected due to a radio failure from our scout element. Anyway we got tipped off on the mixup by two of the dweebs pulling the velcro on their watch bands to check the time. When they did that all we did was rotate our guys 180 and ease up in a slow crawl about 2 meters to where we could see them. We opened up with our two 60's and grenade simulators and had the whole patrol declared dead.

All this from a bunch of first year ROTC cadets in faded ripstop woodland camo fatigues with floppy hats and jungle boots.

Cool story. Every been to Ft Sherman(Panama)?

Reschke · « **Reply #57 on:** June 15, 2004, 03:41:05 PM »

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Originally posted by Pongo
Cool story. Every been to Ft Sherman(Panama)?

Didn't continue on with the ROTC commisioning process after my second year. I was given an ultimatum by the Colonel (former Viet Nam SF guy) in charge of the ROTC program when I was in junior college...WELL being a hard headed college football player I chose to stay with playing football rather than pursue my commission as a 2nd Lt. I had two people yelling at me that day one was the Colonel and the other was my Dad (career Army) who started *****ing at me that night when he called me from Saudi Arabia to see what I decided. If I would have taken the ROTC slot I was scheduled for Jump school at Ft. Benning and Mountain Warfare school that summer.

The only two people on my side in the matter were my head football coach and my Grandad (my Dad's father & WW2 US Army vet from SWPAC Theater). So for the first time since way back in the 1700's (as far as I can trace) my immediate family doesn't have a member in some nations armed forces.

bigsky · « **Reply #58 on:** June 15, 2004, 08:09:20 PM »

velcro closures??? what next bubblewrap boot soles. the only thing louder would be using cowbells for dog tags. oh well, like the saying goes; there are two ways to do anything, the right way and the army way.