ACU Uniforms

[CanadianTerror 0]

The USAF camo looks like sumthin from the Viet Nam era.

What's with all the blue these days?

[akd 0]

That is not the new Air force camo it was scraped this how the uniform looks now:

http://www.chairforce.com/news-files/stories/2005/may/new-uniform.jpg

Digitalised Tiger cam in ACU like colors but I am not sure that it is set in stone that this is the new camo. This looks in my opinion better than ACU and i belive it has better camo value even with the bad colors.

STGN

LOL, I didn't think the Air Force would do something quite so dumb as that. The newer ones actually make sense. They will blend in quite well with the tarmac.

[hmmwv 0]

mmmm same tiger pattern, different colors. Yeah, looks better than the blue version.

[blackdog~ 0]

I hate all the new cammies for the army and such coming out now. It's like they were all put in the laundry and bleached really badly..

[CameronMcDonald 146]

True that, eh. Ewww.

[knochknight71 0]

It's not made to look pretty, it's made to work... but it doesn't really do that either.

[blackdog~ 0]

I could see how it would work in desert and/or arctic enviroements, but I think that overall the MARPAT and CADPAT go above and beyond the crap that is coming out now.

[nephilim 0]

acu is a pretty useless camouflage...

its too bright and doenst blend in outdoor environment at all

the pattern it self is very effective

but the colors are choosen very poor..

if ACU really gets deployed to active us army units

i can already see some more soldiers

coming home in a box.

wearing this uniform makes you wear a bullzeye on your chest..

id rather got with marpat or multicam

these are superior to the ACU

just my 2 cent

[Cpt. FrostBite 0]

@nephilim

ACU is already issued to active Army units. It's used in Iraq and Afghanistan by Army units and Army SF.

The camo is not really that bad. You have to see it in the field. I must admit is doesn't work as good as the other camouflages (MARPAT woodland and desert), but for multi-enviroment-camouflage it works pretty well.

In the mountains of Afghanistan the ACU might actually be better that the other camouflages.

btw; Multicam isen't perfect either. The promo-shots look very nice, but no camouflage works everywhere.

[wheitmann 0]

Multicam works only for dry environments....use it in a wet environment and see how much it stands out....

[Desert-Rat 0]

I still like the 3color desert camo more :P

[CanadianTerror 0]

Most camos DONT work everywhere so comparing a certain camo to the wrong enviroment and saying it doesnt work is rather mute.

If you want to say that ACU works well for certain enviroments...fine.

But what about the sandy boots? I think they are too bright for ANY enviroment.

[nephilim 0]

well i dont know if the acu will work for woodland or desert areas

urban yes....

id stick with marpat or german flecktarn

[akd 0]

if ACU really gets deployed to active us army units

i can already see some more soldiers

coming home in a box.

wearing this uniform makes you  wear a bullzeye on your chest..

id rather got with marpat or multicam

these are superior to the ACU

ACU is really deployed in Iraq, and there hasn't really been an outcry from the soldiers against it. Of course, urban Iraq is just one environment. I'd like to see it in the Phillipines.

Iraq:

http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/3509/misc67nz.jpg

http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/773/misc92ma.jpg

http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/1474/misc147rf.jpg

http://www4.army.mil/OCPA/uploads/large/CSA-2005-11-09-091436.jpg

http://www.defenselink.mil/transfo....2b5.jpg

http://img484.imageshack.us/img484/337/csa200510190847484pn.jpg

training, I think:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v417/darksanctum/acuwoods4wg.jpg

[echo1 0]

Looking at those pics, I must say it isnt half as bad as I thought. Id still prefer traditional camos

[456820 0]

http://nightjay0044.proboards57.com/index.c....9507032

these arent finised not sure when they will be either but i think they lookpretty nice made by serial killer who released those FIA units not long ago

[crave22 0]

Actually, those are the same units Kman made that mentioned earlier in the thread.

On the point of camo...

ACU is actually a very effective pattern. However, as neph said, the colors are chosen fairly poorly. In Iraq, the colors are very effective because of the urban and desert areas. The colors blend very nicely there. However, take that same camo to, say, Vietnam and you'll get fifty mags emptied into you before you step out of the chopper! It's like wearing a white shirt in a black room! Change the colors for the enviroment, and ACU may be one of the most effective patterns ever stitched into a uniform. If not, you are target practice.

[Cpt. FrostBite 0]

Take a look at this picture. It shows very well that the ACU changes color depending on the enviroment and the light. It really does this very well. Like I said, the real thing (not the civilian copies) actually works.

It's not the best, but it does what it's supposed to do.

In the desert is looks more grey and tan, in the woods it looks green. It's really freaky, but it's true

[crave22 0]

Hmmm... That is kinda freaky. But, if it works, go with it.

[Cpt. FrostBite 0]

Hmmm... That is kinda freaky. But, if it works, go with it.

Yeah, I know

It was developed together with the guys from multicam AFAIK and multicam does the same thing. It really changes color. It's one of the wierdest things I've seen.

The ACU works almost everywhere. Only grassland (really green) and VERY green enviroment provide a problem. But luckily those enviroments are quite rare

[echo1 0]

Take a look at this picture. It shows very well that the ACU changes color depending on the enviroment and the light. It really does this very well. Like I said, the real thing (not the civilian copies) actually works.

Thats grand IRL but how can you simulate that in OFP?

[Cpt. FrostBite 0]

Take a look at this picture. It shows very well that the ACU changes color depending on the enviroment and the light. It really does this very well. Like I said, the real thing (not the civilian copies) actually works.

Thats grand IRL but how can you simulate that in OFP?

That's unfortunately impossible

AFAIK there's no way to simulate that in OFP, that's why ACU will allways look silly in OFP.

[akd 0]

Take a look at this picture. It shows very well that the ACU changes color depending on the enviroment and the light. It really does this very well. Like I said, the real thing (not the civilian copies) actually works.

It's not the best, but it does what it's supposed to do.

In the desert is looks more grey and tan, in the woods it looks green. It's really freaky, but it's true

Color and saturation are off in that photograph, so I wouldn't read too much into it. Here's a better shot, but it must be noted that any lighter shade would readily take on a greenish hue underneath a forest canopy, because the light itself is actually very green. Standing out in open sun but with a deep green background would produce a very different effect.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v417/darksanctum/acuwoods4wg.jpg

[stgn 39]

http://stripes.com/photos/32987_1112153152.jpg

Take a look at this picture. It shows very well that the ACU changes color depending on the enviroment and the light. It really does this very well. Like I said, the real thing (not the civilian copies) actually works.

It's not the best, but it does what it's supposed to do.

In the desert is looks more grey and tan, in the woods it looks green. It's really freaky, but it's true

Try put the picture in photoshop and auto color it that removes the green screen which lays over the picture and the uniform goes back too looking bluish grey:

Look how everything in the original picture has a green shade over it.

No you can't make a uniform realistic in OFP but ACU is not the only unifrom that changes color in differnt lightning the woodland does excatly the same belive me I have done alot of testing for my addons so I could get the best avarage colors. I am doing the same with ACU colors I just need a big pice of camo so I can make a realistic pattern.

STGN

[akd 0]

2 Bde, 1 AD, in Germany before deploying to Iraq:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums....004.jpg

Some detail shots of ACUPAT items (milspec, but NOT U.S. issue. Color seems off, but might be good for a pattern)

http://www.uscav.com/prodinfo/enlargedinsets/27440bL.jpg

http://www.uscav.com/prodinfo/enlargedinsets/27441aL.jpg

http://www.uscav.com/prodinfo/enlargedinsets/27441bL.jpg

http://www.uscav.com/prodinfo/enlarged/27441L.jpg

http://www.uscav.com/prodinfo/enlargedinsets/27464bL.jpg

http://www.uscav.com/prodinfo/enlarged/27464L.jpg

http://www.uscav.com/prodinfo/enlarged/27463L.jpg (better exposure/color on this one)

http://www.uscav.com/prodinfo/enlarged/27440L.jpg

http://www.uscav.com/prodinfo/enlarged/27930L.jpg

http://www.uscav.com/prodinfo/enlarged/27929L.jpg

http://www.uscav.com/prodinfo/enlarged/27631L.jpg (pretty good close-up of pattern/material)

http://www.uscav.com/prodinfo/enlarged/28124L.jpg

http://www.uscav.com/prodinfo/enlarged/28580L.jpg

other stuff:

http://www.rangerjoes.com/index.php?cPath=364&sort=3a&page=1