Olive Drab OD Effectiveness

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  • Опубликовано: 22 июн 2013
  • For decades U.S. Troops were issued and wore into combat OD green uniforms. In this video we look at the effectiveness of OD green in a vegetative wooded environment. This video includes scenes that show the patterns use when both concealed with and without the use of vegetation in the environment, as well as what the pattern looks like moving and stationary.
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  • @SierraKilo76
    @SierraKilo76 10 лет назад +392

    What I like about OD is, that it works relatively well but no longer looks extremely militaristic. So one can blend in with nature without standing out of other people.

    • @wombatwave1097
      @wombatwave1097 6 лет назад +12

      OD is for civilian use now. Its just plain stupid for militaries to use OD now

    • @shadowwolf7622
      @shadowwolf7622 5 лет назад +35

      @@wombatwave1097 What?

    • @ridgerunnersurvival
      @ridgerunnersurvival 5 лет назад +61

      @@wombatwave1097 why would it be stupid. Its effective, simple and works in many environments.

    • @finkamain1621
      @finkamain1621 5 лет назад +42

      @@wombatwave1097 If it ain't broke, don't fix it. It's the same reason why the Russians use German SS camouflages designed in the 40's

    • @comradeautukov977
      @comradeautukov977 4 года назад +32

      Tell that to my fellow civilians who keep thanking me for my nonexistent service in the military because I wear my old beat to hell reproduction OD green bdu field jacket thing

  • @Herbymac0811
    @Herbymac0811 10 лет назад +206

    OD green works well for a few reasons. 1. it's not a ''pattern''. It is easier to move while wearing one solid earth tone color. 2. OD takes on the projected patterns of leaves and branches and natural shadows, (it lends it's self to local foliage). 3. After a while it gets dirty and this only helps it's lending ability even more.

  • @norreko
    @norreko 9 лет назад +237

    I found it easy to spot him in every hiding spot he was in, but i know for sure that if i was just walking in the woods, i wouldnt notice him for shit.
    Pretty awesome

    • @miguelmagallon7863
      @miguelmagallon7863 4 года назад +2

      Norriko told my self the same thing haha i was thinking i was good at spotting hha

    • @BoostedPastime
      @BoostedPastime 4 года назад +9

      @@miguelmagallon7863 when it happens for real you will probably be thinking you are safe and then have the living crap scared out of you when you realize its a human.

    • @ianmcfee6038
      @ianmcfee6038 4 года назад +2

      Remind me not to put you guys on point. LOL

    • @trueflomie2861
      @trueflomie2861 3 года назад

      Me too

    • @northkoreabestkoreao9690
      @northkoreabestkoreao9690 3 года назад +1

      If anything he’d be easier to spot irl because of depth perception and movement.

  • @justsomeguy3931
    @justsomeguy3931 5 лет назад +37

    I'm a historian, so I really appreciate seeing uniform patterns from history tested systematically. It gives me a slightly better understanding. After all, most of the film from back then is an off sorta color.

  • @jackdroog3243
    @jackdroog3243 7 лет назад +119

    Olive green we had in the Netherlands and after some washings it faded a bit and was actually very effective in all kinds of terrains it was the sort of non collour that did not atract the attention of the eye unless you where specially looking for it.
    Once in Africa, we looked for rino's and elegants and althought big and grey they could be standing behind a thin bush or little tree and you couldn't see it at all. That tought me a lot about camouflage effectiveness.

    • @sawyermounce1927
      @sawyermounce1927 5 лет назад +18

      thats an interesting insight. same for grizzlys in the US, big and brown but they walk into some bushes and unless you know where to look, youd never see them

    • @Cody2nd
      @Cody2nd 4 года назад +11

      Jack Droog Carlos hathcock said he learned most of his camouflage techniques from watching animals on National Geographic, etc. I personally think OD green is one of the most effective, to me camo patterns stick out like a sore thumb, I wished the military went back to some solid colors like this.

    • @joekurtz8303
      @joekurtz8303 4 года назад +6

      Natures camo always wins that & the preys ability to outrun the predators .🦓🐅 🦛🦅
      🏃‍♂️🐊

    • @_--Reaper--_
      @_--Reaper--_ 4 года назад +3

      But why were you looking for elephants and rhinos though? I hope you weren't hunting endangered species

    • @_--Reaper--_
      @_--Reaper--_ 4 года назад +1

      @Josh O'Neill but if you kill all there wont be any at all

  • @DMF716
    @DMF716 4 года назад +46

    Class of 1972, US Army, 1st Infantry Division. Armor and infantry combat MOS, soldier.
    I still believe in OD green and mix my gear with the woodland camo. (Mag pouches, med kit, and canteen holder. On the back of my plate carrier, I have a woodland sustainment pouch for misc
    Gear. Water purification unit, water bladder, Night vision, rifle scope, and goggles.
    65 years old and still humping along. OD, still works well.

    • @thegeth4293
      @thegeth4293 2 года назад +2

      Od green looks better than coyote tan, i hope it makes a comeback and replaces that diarea color

    • @Gieszkanne
      @Gieszkanne Год назад

      @@thegeth4293 Its about efficiency not looks!

  • @jcfailgamer7157
    @jcfailgamer7157 9 лет назад +141

    Still beter than acu unless your surrounded by perfectly grey rocks(Edit* at the time of this post UCP was the pattern on ACU's)

    • @memoriblewerd
      @memoriblewerd 9 лет назад +3

      Thermal beats camo

    • @memoriblewerd
      @memoriblewerd 7 лет назад +1

      what?
      thermal imaging
      what does an old couch have to do with anything

    • @TheMylittletony
      @TheMylittletony 7 лет назад +7

      Memorible werd google it. you'll laugh.

    • @moosemechanic4591
      @moosemechanic4591 7 лет назад +2

      its ucp not acu (just so you dont get corrected in future)

    • @jcfailgamer7157
      @jcfailgamer7157 7 лет назад +5

      it was the acu till it got replaced and the comment was before the replacement.

  • @proudtobeautistic
    @proudtobeautistic 10 лет назад +51

    Little trivial fact: The Austrian military, the Israeli military, and the Cuban military are the only militarie's left that still wear solid color combat fatigues including OD. And the Canadian military wore olive drab fatigues up until the late 90's.

    • @FoxhoundVnzla
      @FoxhoundVnzla 10 лет назад +13

      venezuela also uses olive drab.

    • @EggiTheShadow
      @EggiTheShadow 8 лет назад +5

      Pilots also still use olive drab uniforms thank god

    • @northamerican6009
      @northamerican6009 7 лет назад +7

      Austrian army uses RAL7013 more brown than OD

  • @Garbanzo884
    @Garbanzo884 4 года назад +23

    I'd rather have OD rather that horrendous UCP or worse yet the Air FARCE's ABU pattern. I wore OD from 1978-1983 in the USAF.

  • @bobmths
    @bobmths Год назад

    2023 is the year ! I’m glad you posted this video it’s a great video ! Hope you are well

  • @jamesranger6283
    @jamesranger6283 10 лет назад +5

    its realy amazing how well the od green works. it picks up the light and shadows exactly where they occur not offering anything extra like many of the modern camo patterns do.

  • @proudtobeautistic
    @proudtobeautistic 11 лет назад +28

    I'm really impressed at how effective OD is. For years I thought it was worthless because technically it's not a true camouflage because it doesn't break up your body's outline. But after watching this video I have completely changed my mind, I guess really do have to see with your two eyes to believe certain things.

  • @irishknightable9168
    @irishknightable9168 10 лет назад +7

    Hi Brent, another awesome video as usual. I've always been a big fan of OD but I have an idea, sometime this spring/summer you should make a video showing how effective OD would be when you add mud, charcoal, and a good amount of natural foliage.

  • @Seint21
    @Seint21 10 лет назад +9

    OD Green seems to be the jack-of-all-trades when it comes to camo. It's adaptive qualities are excellent when you add gear of different camo types (I prefer Dark Earth and German Flecktarn) which help break up your outline and blend in in wooded and grassland environments, especially in the fall when there's not so much green as there is browns. It's also more budget-friendly when compared to something like MultiCam. Just thought I'd throw in my $0.02 worth.

    • @Brent0331
      @Brent0331  10 лет назад +4

      Absolutely man, I agree. Thanks for your 2 cents.

  • @DaddyLongLegs44
    @DaddyLongLegs44 10 лет назад +15

    There is so many different shades of green that blending in an green environment is almost impossible. The human eye can actually see more shades of green than any other color. However OD seems to absorb and reflect the light to blend in quit well.

  • @OklaState2
    @OklaState2 5 лет назад +25

    Keep in mind, OD is a solid color WHEN NEW. The uniform can/will be altered after time in the field to soak up the natural soil, just like a ghillie wash would. Numerous guys at sniper school think OD is a superior camp for this reason; the operator can customize any aspect to his choosing

  • @berner
    @berner 6 лет назад +1

    Thing about camo I think is that when you're patrolling through an environment, you and your battle buddies are the ones moving through the bush. If the enemy is dug in and waiting for you, they're going to have the advantage that being still offers in terms of camo, plus you're not going to have the luxury of standing in one spot, squinting your eyes and focusing on one area for who knows how long, like a window of a youtube channel.
    I used to be of the "Digital is the way to go" but I've been warming up lately to OD green. Thanks for posting this vid, Brent0331.

  • @ditchdigger9958
    @ditchdigger9958 8 лет назад +50

    I love OD green. Trying to find one camo that works in all vegetation is silly. OD in darker provinces and at night= pretty good
    OD in afghanistan= terrible and vice versa. It is all dependent on individual need and mission specifications! Great video!

    • @wojtekimbier
      @wojtekimbier 8 лет назад +1

      It's not an entirely correct argument. In an environment where a plain olive works good, it would work better if you applied a camouflage pattern to it (keeping the overall colours roughly the same). The ground and plants are full of contrasting dots, blobs and stripes of different shades. A big blob of the same shade of green is uncommon and our eyes can notice the lack of "noise pattern" that should be present there

    • @DaveSmith-cp5kj
      @DaveSmith-cp5kj 8 лет назад +4

      In theory, yes, but in reality a pattern is just that. A pattern which is an indicator in of itself. This is why atacs was effective because it strayed away from the pattern effect, but even then, the choice of contrasting colors draws attention. Even if you see a big blob, if you cannot see the outline or a pattern that screams military, your mind will dismiss it. No matter how good a pattern is, it will never match the texture of it's surroundings. A flat color doesn't give the mind much to ponder aside from the outline of the body, which should not be noticeable in most cases.
      To me, OD green, tan, and white is all you need for any environment.

    • @MrJack1992
      @MrJack1992 6 лет назад +1

      keaton lowry depends where in Afghanistan the country is a massive mountainous region. You have areas of Afghanistan which are wooded, areas which are desert and areas which are steppe not to mention snowy areas of the mountains.

    • @The_SmorgMan
      @The_SmorgMan 5 лет назад

      Od mixed with brown works amazingly well in my home region. The pine trees have a much darker green and brown than the lighter east coast forests

  • @rustyshackleford17
    @rustyshackleford17 9 лет назад +73

    Nowhere near as good as coyote but it does seem to be pretty good when not in direct sunlight. But its a color easily missed if you're not looking for it. But I've noticed that there seems to be different "shades" of OD thats more maker based. I've seen it all the way from a real green olive to the darker European ones to ranger green. You're definitely seems to have a real gray hue to them.
    Nice thing about OD and Coyote is that you can wear it in public and not draw many eyes unlike mooncamo and multicam.

    • @DMF716
      @DMF716 4 года назад +10

      I mix OD green and some woodland. I live in Arizona and trust me when I say OD green works in the desert environment too. I painted an old RV od green and parked it along a treeline down outside of Yuma. Called a friend and told him where I was at, then walked away from the RV and hid about 400 yards away in front of the RV. It took him about 15 minutes to find the RV, which was in plain sight, in front of the treeline, at about 430pm during the fall. He didnt see it ...the RV was a 20' cab over. I nick named it the war wagon. I used camo mesh over the windshield, windows and lights

    • @xxxxxx5868
      @xxxxxx5868 3 года назад

      @@DMF716 Bruh your friend needs some glasses

    • @DMF716
      @DMF716 3 года назад +1

      @@xxxxxx5868 , hahahhaha. U think?
      My cabin is od green too and a very good friend couldnt see that either out here in the high desert in broad daylight, till he was almost on top.of it. He was shocked ...is that it? He said. He was still.looking down the other way, thinking it was somewhere else.

  • @justinsomerset5587
    @justinsomerset5587 9 лет назад +11

    Hi, These are great vids, thanks! I would agree that OD is a very versatile pattern. I love my old OD ALICE gear because it remains multi-environment not hampered by a particular scheme. As far as the uniforms I am struck by how effective OD really is, particularly in the shadows amongst dense brush. It seems to be a bit too dark in lighter foliage or where sun permeates which confirms what I used to hear a lot back in the old days from vets, who said it's actually better when it wears a bit or the die lightens up to not so dark of a OD number. I guess like M1956/ 68 & 73 web gear they played around with different shade numbers of OD on the NSN specs over time, even within production runs, to see what worked the best.

    • @Brent0331
      @Brent0331  9 лет назад

      Justin Somerset Thanks brother, glad you enjoyed it.

  • @AirsoftReviewArgentina
    @AirsoftReviewArgentina 8 лет назад +2

    I've just shot a video about a new OD tactical uniform - which will be released next friday - and now I see this video of yours. I clearly should have made a camo test as well...

  • @ulrichemerickadams7079
    @ulrichemerickadams7079 8 лет назад +49

    OD green is most effective in Shadows

    • @raydon14ify
      @raydon14ify 4 года назад +7

      Such as jungle environments

    • @onecoolguy4526
      @onecoolguy4526 3 года назад +1

      Isn't all camo?

    • @r_ondatfromda_d
      @r_ondatfromda_d 3 года назад

      That is false in fields and lots of grass and brush with light it works good camos like m81 or multicam when in areas with light it is visible because it has black in it for shadows not od green tho when light shines it is only green reflected

  • @subdawg1331
    @subdawg1331 6 лет назад +3

    in my old light armored recce unit we wore OD , It was very effective.. however in the field we were never caught without extra additions and vegetation added...

  • @douglaswilkinson9926
    @douglaswilkinson9926 6 лет назад +12

    I think you should consider mixing colors to see how that might change things. In the wild, animals commonly have very light legs and darker upper bodies, theoretically to match standing in dirt with a torso against brush. I've seen some unconventional military units try such things with some reputed success. So, I think it would be interesting to mix an OD (OG) upper with a Coyote Tan lower garmet. Likewise, it would be interesting to test Marine green digital over six-color desert pants.
    Also, the lore coming out of WWII was that the Marines didn't like a camo clothing pattern because dot type color schemes were much easier to see when moving. However, when someone was holding still they disappeared very well. So, a dot-style pattern helmet cover worked well for someone observing with only his head up from a fixed position, while leaving the rest of the body in a solid color made them harder to see if moving slightly. I think you could test this in some interesting ways with both mixing the color of the upper body, and testing different helmet or soft cover schemes.

    • @Gieszkanne
      @Gieszkanne Год назад +1

      I cant remember which army it was but there is/was one that wearing green pants but camo jackets.

    • @nomadmarauder-dw9re
      @nomadmarauder-dw9re Год назад +1

      @@Gieszkanne several. Most notably the Royal Marines. At least in my experience.

  • @centraltexassurvivorpreppe7750
    @centraltexassurvivorpreppe7750 10 лет назад +3

    Effective in the dark areas, not so much in the sun light. I like OD myself but I like Coyote Tan too. Maybe a mix and match might work some. Thanks for the video!

  • @kevinmcdowell3446
    @kevinmcdowell3446 9 лет назад +3

    I love your videos, great resource . You should do an all gray effectiveness video. There seems to be a lot of it on the market now.

    • @Brent0331
      @Brent0331  9 лет назад +3

      Kevin McDowell Thanks man, I probably won't be doing any gray anytime soon but I appreciate the suggestion though.

  • @donjohnswaggert
    @donjohnswaggert 3 года назад

    This content is important to anyone who understands the Republic and that there was a magic bullet over 60 ago...
    Fight good Fights only!

  • @MrDeathd
    @MrDeathd 10 лет назад +1

    I had never realized how much o.d silhouetted you,had to use these from time to time. wow

  • @scoutsniper485
    @scoutsniper485 7 лет назад +1

    great video some spots u really blended in when the sun put foliage shadows on the uniform. In the shade kind of a blob when i spotted u

  • @d.l.hemmingway3758
    @d.l.hemmingway3758 3 года назад +3

    Like the Wehrmacht's Feldgrau the Vietnam era and later OD Green works better with a background of tree trunks and dirt embankments than in the more yellowy green of grass and leaves.

  • @commanderbastard1993
    @commanderbastard1993 4 года назад

    I think it works with the canopy of the forest as the light coming through and the shadows create a moving pattern so it will blend in to an environment but won't fully distort your outline like more dedicated camo uniforms. Plus, OD green just had that classic look to it and is usually a good material. German field OD shirts are real good for keeping you cool in the heat.

  • @vincentlirios3722
    @vincentlirios3722 8 лет назад

    In the 80s in the Philippines, we were issued dark green ramie uniforms and were too dark. zUS cotton and cotton poly ods were bought from surplus shops to replce those. Trropical ods were a heavensent item but were expensive. BDUs in woodland were also cool back then, and were used widelyby those who could afford them. Today, wqe are lucky to have a dirth of good camo patterns. Great work, Brent.

    • @Brent0331
      @Brent0331  8 лет назад

      Thanks bud. Appreciate the input.

    • @vincentlirios3722
      @vincentlirios3722 8 лет назад

      Sure thing, Brent. Keep up your enjoyable work. I saw the German show on you and was quite surprised at how much I comprehended. I guess my high school German paid off.

  • @Kabarlover92
    @Kabarlover92 11 лет назад +3

    Nice video. I think the clothes should be covered with mud to give them best effectiveness. It's very hard to find you in other videos, but in this, I can almost spot your location immediately. I love your "tiger stripe" video (specially the Vietnam tiger stripe). Thank you!

  • @Puzzoozoo
    @Puzzoozoo 8 лет назад +18

    The Autrian army uses OD, but then Austria's vegetation enviroment is a lot darker, and the greens are not as bright. Plus their army looks to be happy to continue using OD.

  • @longshot7601
    @longshot7601 11 лет назад +1

    Having seen OD, Tiger Stripes (Don't know who made them), Woodland and some British and French camo in the jungle situations I was always surprised at how well the OD fatigues performed. It wasn't the best in all situations but it never jumped out to the eye like the various camo patterns. Tiger stripes are popular but in some situations like broken shadows against a dark background, they popped out visually while standing next to a guy wearing your basic OD.

  • @zebradun7407
    @zebradun7407 5 лет назад +2

    I wore OD Sateen the entire time I was an Infantry Marine. We found that after three or four days in the field OD green became dirty, splotched with sweat, and stained to the point it began to take on the appearance of the surrounding environment.
    It became self camouflaging. You could add material and vegetation to it and it worked fine.
    Working as a land survey crew after service we found even simple civilian clothes that were not actually brightend to show up made our crews hard to spot in woods to take Theodolite shots.

    • @mardiffv.8775
      @mardiffv.8775 4 года назад

      I wore OD too during my Army days. I added soup stains to it, from handing out soup to the rest of the platoon from my truck.

  • @tuckerbeckman6600
    @tuckerbeckman6600 9 лет назад

    You can't beat the old classics..

  • @NSW15355
    @NSW15355 11 месяцев назад

    OD green/ranger green is one of those magical colors that takes on the colors around it. At a distance it comes off as gray like desaturated tree trunks.

  • @swiftey3973
    @swiftey3973 3 года назад

    do you think od green plate carrier with black mag pouches will work well or should I choose od green with Multicam mag pouches because those are the only two cams patterns they offer for this specific mag pouch this I need?
    Thanks

  • @xxspecterxx
    @xxspecterxx 9 месяцев назад

    Where’s you film this and excellent video I originally was building an OD loadout and switched to multicam because I didn’t think it would be that effective but this proves otherwise it’s even effective in dirt great job

  • @eatingelizabethsfrizbee
    @eatingelizabethsfrizbee 4 года назад +1

    Big fan of O.D. green. What do you think of mix and match colors and patterns? Would love to see a video on the effectiveness of mixed solid colors brown, O.D., coyote tan and black as well as mixed camo patterns. As always another well done video D/D.

  • @UrbanTiger74
    @UrbanTiger74 10 лет назад +1

    I love my ATACS FG. Works good in my part of Texas.

  • @zman5387
    @zman5387 6 лет назад +1

    You can't beat just plain od green uniform. It's a very good all around subdued color.

  • @ShipWreck68
    @ShipWreck68 11 лет назад +1

    I use OD green when i play paintball in the woods and it works great. As it fades and then gets dirty, then it really starts to blend in.
    Though if od green gets wet it turns dark and then you can see it easily.

  • @canadiangold7262
    @canadiangold7262 8 лет назад

    I got an olive drab tactical vest tge other day and it works great over top of CADPAT, but do u think it would work better if I did your, (camouflage youself, individual gear and equipment) video for it?

  • @joeldierwechter6877
    @joeldierwechter6877 11 лет назад

    @Brent0331 could you do a video on the correct wear of web gear, I can't get mine right when I go prone and get back up the belt has a habit of going up too and then it's just something that annoys me

  • @adelarsen9776
    @adelarsen9776 10 лет назад

    This works.
    Good job :-)

  • @mh53j
    @mh53j 5 лет назад +2

    My favorite uniform of all time is Vietnam OD utilities. It was decided during Vietnam that ODs would be issued over camo uniforms because in the thick foliage the green provided adequate concealment and movement gave away a soldier's location, not color of his uniform. That's still true.

  • @steelrhodes6563
    @steelrhodes6563 4 года назад

    I need HELP for choosing a color on my 5.11 rush 24 back pack which is better Multi cam or OD green I live on the eastern shore I want something that is gonna be not see able at night and good at blending in. Thanks :) also comes in sandstone

  • @peterscotney1
    @peterscotney1 4 года назад +2

    OLIVE DRAB -has always been up there with my favourites ! .....but south african NUTRIA would be my favoured all round uniform colour (similar to coyote)

  • @Texasmilitarydepartmentvid9654
    @Texasmilitarydepartmentvid9654 8 лет назад +5

    For a uniform that served from 1892-1983 for several country's like Russia, England, Australia, Canada, Poland, Finland, Czechlosovakia, United States of America, England , Mexico. Serbia, Austria, South Africa, Israel. And several other countries I wouldn't kick the Olive Drab uniform. It's still seen in wide spread use all over the world today. Allot of military equipment is painted in Olive Drab all over the world.

  • @kerryward6896
    @kerryward6896 10 лет назад

    once again you look like you back in nam on a patrole. nice vid ! keep it up bro

  • @JoanieKennedy
    @JoanieKennedy 3 года назад +1

    I don't know why I do, but I have always liked ODG the best. You look like a cool shadow demon or something when you pop up in the distance or walk out of the shadows with the OD on.

  • @mardiffv.8775
    @mardiffv.8775 4 года назад +3

    OD was very popular during the Cold War, from the 50's to the 80's. It was used by NATO forces, both uniforms and vehicle painted OD. The Warsaw Pact used OD primarely for vehicles. The reason why OD was used, in lieu of camouflage pattern was trifold:
    1. The NATO Armies were mechanised, meaning that the soldiers were driven to the battlefield in ACP. So it was a movement war, if war should break out. So a camouflage pattern was not needed when on the move, or staying a short while at a location. Then fight the WP and retread to the next defence location. On the move, camouflage does not work.
    2. OD is cheap, it takes only 1 dying process. A camo pattern takes 3 to 6 dying processes, depending on th number of colors. The armies were hughes in numbers, so cutting costs of soldiers gears was important.
    3. PR was very important. Camo looked too agressive in the eyes of civilians and OD did not so much. This happened mostly during the 70's, when the West Germans fased out their 1950's camouflage uniform for OD/ Stone Grey uniforms.
    OD was very effective against star light amplifier night vision devices. The Dutch Army switched from OD to the British DPM camouflage 1993 and it showed in test. The tan colors stood out on the night vision and OD was very hard to spot.

  • @davidmerlino2193
    @davidmerlino2193 6 лет назад +1

    I like the OD camouflage

  • @wildcat22399
    @wildcat22399 8 лет назад +4

    It seems like the US OD is quite different from the Canadian one I have. Yours looks almost like ranger green and ours more like mud. Canadian OD is so effective that it hasn't been fully replaced by CADPAT yet... Very interesting video btw.

    • @Brent0331
      @Brent0331  8 лет назад

      +wildcat22399 Thanks bud.

  • @CyKo176
    @CyKo176 8 лет назад +3

    OD blended in a lot better than I expected. It took me half the video to predict the spots you were in but to unsuspecting personnel it's just as good as multicam. What do you think would win over all the digital woodland, OD, multicam /scorpion v3?

    • @Brent0331
      @Brent0331  8 лет назад

      +Marcus Quiles It just depends on the environment. Some stuff is more effective in the spring and not effective in the fall, and vise versa.

  • @barnaclebill1615
    @barnaclebill1615 5 лет назад

    I’ll stick with Multicam. Great demo of the effectiveness! Love the attention to detail!😁

    • @IronPhysik
      @IronPhysik 4 года назад +1

      In woodland areas Multicam actually performs worse, its to bright and easily seen.
      I actually use a OD green kit for airsoft, and its advantage is that I can keep my pants on when I use public transport to and from the field without getting to many weird looks.
      it also is great for just playing CQB, you are not just black, but also it doesnt look weird to run around rooms with some sort of camo.
      overall I think everyone should at least own some OD stuff.

  • @coppertopv365
    @coppertopv365 5 лет назад

    Green BDU Top, brown under shirt, and Woodland camo or Brown BDU pants, with black or brown boots would be my go to. And the Camo type hat.

  • @Cilov
    @Cilov 11 лет назад

    Love OD !

  • @Pwnicus187
    @Pwnicus187 9 лет назад

    I love OD green. Tested it out at night vs black, tiger stripe, and woodland, and the OD green just "vanished" much closer to me than any of the others.

  • @subdawg1331
    @subdawg1331 6 лет назад +1

    our mag loves olive drab , we use it as our base clothing color

  • @SirButterlegs
    @SirButterlegs 4 года назад +1

    What OD green top brand are you wearing?

  • @scoutsniper485
    @scoutsniper485 7 лет назад +1

    I think it worked great

  • @stonewallbadal
    @stonewallbadal 11 лет назад

    Where do you get your camouflage?

  • @TheCouchCommando
    @TheCouchCommando 11 лет назад

    Interesting video, thanks for your effort! Looking at foliage type at your videos it came to my mind that you would probably interested in checking out Flectar D (danish kind) or Ryaska (Ряска) (Russian-Ukranian kind). From my expression it would look great at your AO so to speak - it's like OD with flectarn shape lighter and darker spots.

  • @twoxohxseven
    @twoxohxseven 10 лет назад +8

    If I didn't know he was there already I probably wouldn't have seen him most times.

  • @vksasdgaming9472
    @vksasdgaming9472 3 года назад +1

    That first clip shows that even more important is to choose your hiding spot. Even with knowledge of location he simply can't be seen. No need for fancy pattern when enviroment does all the work for you.

  • @RedDawnReadiness
    @RedDawnReadiness 8 месяцев назад

    I love my ODG but sometimes I’ve found myself even more fond of the Foliage Green or mixing them I feel things really shine

  • @noflyzone13
    @noflyzone13 8 лет назад +1

    i saw ya in every setting ,except what was supposed to happen from 5:24 -to-5:35 in the open field , did you just forget to edit that out or were you there and just messing with us .,,,great video , alot of work goes into making something like this even the editing takes a bit as well so well done ,thank you.and ya got a new sub b/c of it.

  • @OmegaSnake94
    @OmegaSnake94 8 лет назад +8

    Pretty effective, in a real scenario, where if I were actually there with no real direction on you're location.

  • @edmundsumner7164
    @edmundsumner7164 10 лет назад +3

    Interesting thought...in Nam, some US troops (early SOG/LRRP) actually took OD unis and spray painted black splotches and shadows on them.
    You did Flectarn, how about German Army 'feldgrau' (field grey) It's technically grey-green.

  • @dogstarstudios718
    @dogstarstudios718 2 года назад +1

    Not dissing on OD but with the exception of two scenarios (@ approximately 4:30 & 5:30) I found it relatively easy to quickly pick you out.
    However real life scenarios out in the field might differ.

  • @cbond99
    @cbond99 10 лет назад +1

    One thing to consider: an HD camera or any camera for that matter, doesn't process light or color like the human eye. I have watched the woodland camo video and this one so far and you can clearly see the camera accentuating the light drenched, bright green leaves and foliage. Me personally, I like the tiger stripe, because it breaks up the human form against a background the best IMO. But every environment is different, I surely wouldn't have wanted tiger stripe in Kabul.

  • @kennylamorena6339
    @kennylamorena6339 10 лет назад +1

    hey Brent! quick question are that od uniform an original or made by rothco? thinking of picking a pair up

  • @sirjustusthelegend
    @sirjustusthelegend 5 лет назад +3

    My grandpa was a ranger in Vietnam and I remember hearing something about them using a different type of camouflage

    • @DMF716
      @DMF716 4 года назад +1

      They had a Vietnam style of woodland, which is almost impossible to find now. Look at some old vietnam.pictures online and you might find it
      Tiger stripe was also common. But there are two types. One has yellow in it. I prefer the non yellow one.

    • @PAKfromFYCB
      @PAKfromFYCB 4 года назад

      I heard they used to buy it there

    • @TheCarDemotic
      @TheCarDemotic 4 года назад

      Dan Horvath
      There we also some Mitchell Pattern jackets they made out of shelter halves.

    • @jasonj5641
      @jasonj5641 2 года назад

      ERDL camouflage was the Vietnam camo that looked like woodland but with more green and less brown in it.

  • @sonar357
    @sonar357 7 месяцев назад

    I imagine that as a grunt is out in the field (particularly if its muddy enough) the ODs would 'stain' and develop a 'natural' pattern that would blend well with that particular area.

  • @cqb1397
    @cqb1397 9 лет назад +2

    Hi Brent, I very much like your camo tests and comparisons, however I would like to point out that your title is incorrect. Apologies for nitpicking but what you are in fact wearing is Olive Green (not Olive Drab or OD) specifically OG-107. There is a clear difference as Olive Drab is the colour between Tan and Green, whereas Olive Green is (as the name suggests) more towards the green end. Olive Drab is currently the colour worn by the Israeli Defence Force as their standard service uniforms and you will see it is much more tan than what you are wearing. Hope this clears things up. Please keep the great videos coming.

    • @Brent0331
      @Brent0331  9 лет назад

      DareTactical CQB Cool thanks for the info.

  • @SecurityGuy42
    @SecurityGuy42 9 лет назад +3

    Maybe you should try the old black pajamas with OD boonie and jungle boots as a comparison. Do a day time and twilight comparison in the vid.

  • @Dragon_W0LF
    @Dragon_W0LF 3 года назад

    Next you should do a camouflage effectiveness video on Ranger Green

  • @vespaUK125
    @vespaUK125 10 лет назад +1

    Spotted you most of the time, OD is not as good a disruptive pattern, interesting experiment. we have just been issued with Multicam in place of DPM Combat 95 uniform. seem to work ok so far.

  • @paulh5027
    @paulh5027 4 года назад +1

    How about WWII movie commando, Black Watch Cap and black Shirt and Pants and Black Face Paint. Was it really used and did work on any level?

  • @128sharpshooter
    @128sharpshooter 10 лет назад

    I live in Missouri and I don't know what camo patterns would be the best. I'm colorblind so I simply don't know if it's me or the patterns that make it so hard to see. I'd like some suggestions

    • @Brent0331
      @Brent0331  10 лет назад +2

      Can't go wrong with old school woodland. Its cheap, battle tested and readily available.

  • @jonmorris9645
    @jonmorris9645 4 года назад

    I wear mossy oak in the deer woods and as long as I am not winded the only thing that tips them off is movement. So I think that is huge no matter what you are wearing.

  • @damonbridge2662
    @damonbridge2662 10 лет назад

    Hey Brent what is your personal favourite camo for forested areas

    • @Brent0331
      @Brent0331  10 лет назад +3

      Tiger Stripe is my all time favorite, Its very effective in heavily vegetated areas and looks very intimidating.

  • @vancip
    @vancip 10 лет назад

    this one is the best, waiting for some a-tacs camo effectiveness ( fg )

  • @Solly-ow4od
    @Solly-ow4od 9 лет назад

    Hey Brent, any opinion on Ranger Green? I chose my plate carrier in this color due to the fact that it's not as dark as OD and not as light as say Foliage. Just a very neutral color. Any thoughts about this color?

    • @Brent0331
      @Brent0331  9 лет назад

      Sollym4 Sorry brother, I don't have much experience with it and I haven't seen it in the field that much.

    • @fulgrim5283
      @fulgrim5283 9 лет назад

      I run ranger green when airsofting, it seems to work very well at the wooded field I was at.

  • @gunchief0811
    @gunchief0811 10 лет назад +3

    i like one color utilities. they tend to work better than woodland etc.. this was good. alot of camouflage really has to do with lighting and shadows for instance @ night O.D. Green is excellent. it even works better than all black because of the light reflecting properties. but as a rule of thumb it seems green is a tough pattern to mimic in nature. and our eyes will differentiate shades of green quicker than browns and tans. so like animals who mostly use browns and tans we are better suited for those light earth tones or flat dark earth tones. for blending in to the surrounding.
    but iv'e always liked O.D. green its old school and it seems to generally work better than woodland pattern. i joined the Marine corps during the woodland camo era.. in the eighties and i stayed around long enough to transition to the digital uniform. and it's good to see the evolution.

    • @krasnajazvezda2708
      @krasnajazvezda2708 9 лет назад

      All black is terrible for night.
      Silhouettes too much and is useless against active and image intensifier night vision.
      All navy blue would be better

  • @Angelfyre.
    @Angelfyre. 3 года назад +2

    In order for OD to be effective you need to use shadows to your advantage

  • @hwalton670
    @hwalton670 10 лет назад

    I live in the woods of central Virginia. Its not very heavily forested, and there is a whole lot of brown from tons of leaves on the ground. What would you recommend for this type of environment?

    • @Brent0331
      @Brent0331  10 лет назад +1

      Probably woodland, the older woodland pattern has a good balance of green and brown in it.

  • @anthonyfreemont8175
    @anthonyfreemont8175 8 лет назад

    Hey Brent, I have an idea for a video, sometime this summer you should get a separate set of OD fatigues and spray paint them with black vertical lines just like the SOG teams in Vietnam and then test it. Many former SOG's swear that spray painted OD fatigues were vastly superior to tiger stripe.

    • @Brent0331
      @Brent0331  8 лет назад

      +AnthonyFreemont I've seen some pictures of that, however, I'm probably not going to do it brother, I don't want o get your hopes up.

    • @TheCarDemotic
      @TheCarDemotic 3 года назад

      @@Brent0331
      What about trying to get OD Fatigues somewhat covered in dirt and test that? I would try it but all my Fatigues are original

  • @RonJeremy514
    @RonJeremy514 2 года назад +1

    But how does it compare to Ranger Green is my question. Still love OD, just like a good wine.

  • @rippyrip1625
    @rippyrip1625 9 лет назад

    I was in the RCR's back in the early 90's the U.S had they're woodland the Brits dpm and we had this crap lol. Always loved our garrison jacket though actually had a pattern

  • @fanta4897
    @fanta4897 5 лет назад +1

    Could you test feldgrau(colour of german uniforms before they got camo patterns)?

    • @Brent0331
      @Brent0331  5 лет назад +1

      I don't have any to test at the moment.

    • @fanta4897
      @fanta4897 5 лет назад

      Or I could actually recommend basically any camo that Wehrmacht and SS issued. I know that you tested dot44 and Sumpftarnmuster(NVA but it's very similar), but I could recommend Eichentarn, Platanentarn or Palmentarn(I personally use Eichentarn for airsoft and so far it works much better than anything that other players use, I live in Central Europe, and they mostly use some modern patterns, which are ill-suited for this environment(multicam, etc.), or some older patterns(Swiss Leibermuster, Flecktarn, VZ95) which are good enough but still worse than Eichentarn).

  • @regret92
    @regret92 11 лет назад

    lol the first one I was like "that fucker came outta nowhere" great vid

  • @ralphmcdonough9509
    @ralphmcdonough9509 5 лет назад

    👍😎👍 the best back then i believe. In night ops black could contrast against vegetation, in some conditions of skylight, but th od would blend better. No doubt though that sun on od does reflect very light image 🐯

  • @TheXtro101
    @TheXtro101 11 лет назад +2

    The county Sheriff's Dept. I live in,the deputies wear all OD green uniform compared to other Sheriff's dept. in the rest of the State wear either khaki,tan or brown & green.
    Also,the US border patrol wear an all OD green uniform.

  • @sunnycat69
    @sunnycat69 3 года назад

    ODG VS M81 for use in Central FL

  • @grayman1
    @grayman1 8 месяцев назад

    @5:04 I think it blended in best, imo.

  • @joeldierwechter6877
    @joeldierwechter6877 11 лет назад

    Ok, thanks