Cheap multi-cam surplus soon?

[angeryamerican]

Interesting, looks close to multi-cam.

http://www.military.com/daily-news/2014/05/23/army-selects-new-camouflage-pattern.html?ESRC=todayinmil.sm

[fisty]

way to close. i saw the two side by side and they are toio close to call.

[eodmike]

Surplus...maybe so. I just wish the uniform nonsense would end for a while. I've had 6 different utility/combat uniforms in 10 years between stateside use and deployments. Part of that is unique to my job and getting tasked to support other services, but still....

[Goingbush]

still way better than the Pajama Pattern that Australian Army uses, I have two packs, one in ACU and one in ozcam the Ozcam stands out, you might as well be wearing a hi-vis vest , the ACU just blends in !!
ozcam-CFS04-1001x1001.jpg

[unseenone]

It looks like Crye's greed priced himself out of the market. Cut his nose of to spite his face... too bad.. There has been a fair amount of issued Multicam, it's around but I don't think it will ever be as heavy as previous patterns. You can buy it, but it's more expensive, as the article indicates.

Yes, I think the uniform thing has gotten rediculous, and is costing us a fortune. Pick one and stick to it for a while. It seems like it's cheaper to pay Cryes price than waste more money developing 2nd rate crap to it.

[AD]

Just look at the cost of the webbing use to make molle on a packs or vets

Here is the 1in MILSPEC Berry compliant Multican webbing cost per foot

http://www.rockywoods.com/Fabrics-Kits/1-Solution-Dyed-Nylon-Webbing-MultiCam

Quantity
Price
1 – 99. $1.89
100 – 999 $1.39
1000 + $1.35


Vs
1 in solution dyed Coyote nylon

http://www.rockywoods.com/Hardware-Zippers/Solution-Dyed-Solid-Color-Nylon-Webbing/1-Solution-Dyed-Nylon-Webbing-with-IR-treatment-Coyote-Brown

Quantity
Price
1 – 99 $1.05
100 – 999 $0.63
1000 + $0.61

[eodmike]

Yeah, cryes are ridiculously expensive!

The uniform thing has been annoying. It's not just the uniform development and purchase that costs money. It's also all the matching armor, pouches, packs, etc.

I'm curious to see how the new pattern works out. I guess it will not bear as much cost to use as it matches the current pattern fairly well, so gear re-issue may not be necessary.