Conference Committee that found UCP highly ineffective when used in Afghanistan. MultiCam’s fortunes rose in 2009 with the issuance of a report by the U.S. They also discovered that this is where MultiCam excelled, for these types of terrain were the very ones MultiCam was designed to “cover”. in these hotspots offers us today insight regarding the need for a specific combination of colours so that a camouflage pattern can be considered effective in such environments.Īmerican soldiers operating in the Middle East discovered that, within the span of a single mission, they could be confronted by landscapes of multiple earth-tones-from green trees to tan sands to bright rocks. Iraq (2003–11, “Operation Iraqi Freedom”) military operations in the Middle East was such that America found itself in need of a camouflage developed specifically for use in these theatres:Īfghanistan (2001–14, “Operation Enduring Freedom”) It so happened that the expanding scope of U.S. In 2004, the company’s hopes for its Scorpion MultiCam pattern suffered a setback when word came down that MultiCam had lost out to UCP (Universal Camouflage Pattern) in a bid to replace the American military’s standard-issue three-colour desert and woodland patterns.īut that was not the end for MultiCam. armed forces.Ĭrye Precision invented MultiCam. Since then, the pattern has enjoyed ever-increasing popularity, thanks in large part to its adoption by the U.S.
Comparison of effectiveness in different environments.Inducting MultiCam as OCP for Operation Enduring Freedom.
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