The pattern consists of six colors with an irregular spread throughout. A total of 15 evaluations took place. Trained military soldiers rated the patterns based on blending, brightness, contrast and detection. Phase one consisted of only side-by-side daytime testing at distances up to metres ft with patterns printed by an inkjet printer.
Patterns were tested separately in phase two. During phase four of testing, the selected patterns were printed on Future Force Warrior ensembles and evaluated from four different angles against woodland, desert and urban backgrounds. Desert All Over Brush was found to be significantly more effective than the other three patterns during daytime, with the highest rating in desert and urban environments. MultiCam received the highest ratings in woodland environments, but rated low in other environments.
Urban Track was usually the third or fourth worst performer at every site, with the exception of one urban test. It was, however, found to be the best nighttime performer.
The US Army initially asserted that this was a digitised version of its Urban Track scheme, although why the worst performing pattern had been selected as the basis for the new UCP scheme was unexplained.
UCP used a colouration of light sand, sage green and grey, giving it a distinctive grey appearance. The UCP scheme had not been part of the original camouflage trials and the uniform has received considerable criticism since its adoption as failing to provide adequate concealment in most theatres of operation. The pattern was not adopted by the US Army and any use it may have seen with special operations units is limited.
In its present incarnation, a limited selection of uniforms and equipment are available on the commercial market. The PenCott family of designs offers a range of camouflage designs for various terrain types, including desert and semi-desert, grasslands and jungle, mountains and highlands, urban, and snow and subdued low-light.
The design prides itself on being omni-directional and achieves excellent camouflage results using just four colours, making it more cost effective than other types of "multi-terrain" camouflage on the market today. This Ukrainian company produces uniforms and field equipment in a number of camouflage patterns, including some such as Zaba and Varan that are in use with Ukrainian military units. Another camouflage design, called TP 38 Partizan, is seen here. As yet this has not been documented in use with military or paramilitary forces.
Popular in Italy but marketed around the world, the uniforms produced by the Royal Military Surplus Company in China are based on the official Italian Armed Forces vegetata uniforms, with some modifications. Since these uniforms are not marketed as military issue they are featured here in the Commercial section, but it should be noted that reproduction of many of these designs is a violation of international copyright law and illegal.
In business since the s, this company originally started out by faithfully reproducing one of the original South Vietnamese tiger stripe designs worn by both ARVN and US personnel during the Vietnam War. The company has since introduced other patterns based on the original design but utilizing a different color palette or alternative design features.
Designed and marketed by Voodoo Tactical Camouflage VTC , the "Badlands" camouflage pattern is a multi-terrain design and can be used in many environments. At the time, deployed troops were given desert camouflage. While this concealed the soldier, their additional equipment made them more noticeable as it was darker than the camouflage. A replacement camouflage pattern was needed, and it was decided that the design should work in all terrains to be more cost-effective.
These officials had seen the new camouflage created by the Marine Corps which used pixels instead of the traditional wave pattern. Wanting to use this new technology, the Army developers were told to use the pixel pattern, and the Universal Camouflage Pattern was born. This new pattern was implemented in , but it was replaced a decade later in The answer is that it was not effective in concealing soldiers.
The primary issue was an optical effect known as isoluminance. This is when the human eye interprets a number of colors and patterns as a single mass.
When this effect takes place in combat zones, it can make it easier to spot soldiers at a distance. The cause of this effect in the new pattern was the sizing of the pixelation.
The camouflage also failed to include black in the pattern. This can make camouflage appear flat against 3D surfaces, consequently making it easier to spot those soldiers who were wearing it.
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