BoE.Solidius Posted April 18, 2008 Report Share Posted April 18, 2008 (edited) Okay to change the arguement. Look at Black Ops Elite all in ACU. This is where real MilSim is at! Last year, winter OPs. Everyone was just chilling around trying new gear on and relaxing after a hard day OP. 2 years ago! Magazine Promo I did for TAS. (www.tacticalairsoftsupply.com More to come! Edited April 18, 2008 by BoE.Solidius Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RC-1138 Posted April 18, 2008 Report Share Posted April 18, 2008 (edited) Well to fill Millest's request: More ACU pics (ironically these are old and have no insignia) Edited April 18, 2008 by Ranger_Captain Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hoppum Posted April 18, 2008 Report Share Posted April 18, 2008 Thread cleaned. If someone wants to wear a rank it's their choice and if you disagree moaning at them just ruins threads for other users. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
raito Posted April 18, 2008 Report Share Posted April 18, 2008 well here's a pic of me n a mate of mine in our ACU loadout... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gir Posted April 19, 2008 Report Share Posted April 19, 2008 Thread cleaned. If someone wants to wear a rank it's their choice and if you disagree moaning at them just ruins threads for other users. Its against Military LAW. Its not a choice, is a felony. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FaRKle Posted April 19, 2008 Report Share Posted April 19, 2008 Ranger_Captain: Why are all your ammo pouches on your strong side? Do you go by the old combloc doctrines of "one hand for everything?" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RC-1138 Posted April 19, 2008 Report Share Posted April 19, 2008 Actually believe it or not I'm left handed. I take the pics with the gun in my right hand cause in the left it covers all my equipment (probably why it the gun looks awkward in my pics) I don't really give it any thought towards styles on pouch placement, just what works best for me. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hoppum Posted April 19, 2008 Report Share Posted April 19, 2008 Its against Military LAW. Its not a choice, is a felony. It's his choice to break that law. Besides, it's been done now, any more arguing over it will result in this thread being locked. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
airsoft_maniac Posted April 21, 2008 Report Share Posted April 21, 2008 what does acu even blend in with? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DarkLite Posted April 21, 2008 Report Share Posted April 21, 2008 what does acu even blend in with? Another person wearing ACU. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Massumma Posted April 21, 2008 Report Share Posted April 21, 2008 Don;t make me break out the couch... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RC-1138 Posted April 21, 2008 Report Share Posted April 21, 2008 what does acu even blend in with? I haven't had the chance to use it out of the New England area but my experience has shown that it actually works pretty well in North Easter forests (remember our trees are bare here). I actually have been able to be essentially totally exposed and have enemy patrols just pass eyes over me. You have to understand that the colors used in UCP are fairly consistent to that of just about any other environment and are pretty neutral. You have to keep in mind though, as with any camo pattern, it isn't designed to work well at under 100 feet. MARPAT, Woodland, and even Multicam aren't terribly hard to spot under 100 feet but when you get over that distance they slowly start to fade away. ACU's relatively the same. Tl;Dr: In short, ACU doesn't work GREAT anywhere, but it works okay just about everywhere. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Crunchy Bunny Posted April 21, 2008 Report Share Posted April 21, 2008 It doesn't blend in at all in temprete woodland area's (I.E the pacific northwest). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Light Fighter Posted April 21, 2008 Report Share Posted April 21, 2008 Here we go again........ ACU was meant for the urban battlefield that we are fighting in now and not for the lush, wooded areas that we had planned to fight in. From a distance the pixels break up the outline of the human body and serve as a very good IFF for other troops on the ground. With how widely distributed/copied the different US camo patterns are, it becomes easy to not be able to tell the difference between who is who on the battlefield. ACU is not the be all end all of camo, and those soldiers who depend on proper camo for survival will always have access to the correct camo that will blend them into their environment. ACU does the job it is supposed to do. No matter how good a camo pattern is you will never be able to conceal a light Infantry unit moving into an area, and that exactly who uses it. The common, everyday groundpounders and door kickers. For a mass produced, mass issued camo, it does what its supposed to do, and that is cloth the soldier wearing it. Its not the camo the soldiers wears that wins the fight. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stangace Posted April 22, 2008 Report Share Posted April 22, 2008 Works great where I play in Southern California. I'll post some pic's up later of my last game. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stangace Posted April 23, 2008 Report Share Posted April 23, 2008 This was from this past weekend: And these are from a game last year ACU on left and desert MARPAT on right Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Massumma Posted April 24, 2008 Report Share Posted April 24, 2008 Wow. Awesome ACU/Khaki mix, although your dump pouch looks like its slightly off. Pretty good environment for ACU, too. Took me a second glance to find you in that second pic. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BoE.Solidius Posted April 24, 2008 Report Share Posted April 24, 2008 That venue looks awesome to play in. I wish Utah had more rocky areas like that. All we have is snow and pine lol. Ever though of painting one of your AEG's marpat pattern? You would be invisible. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stangace Posted April 25, 2008 Report Share Posted April 25, 2008 Massumma- Thanks. Yeah, I'm not too thrilled with that dump pouch, with both the color and the functionality. I'm looking for another but it's not really on the top of my priorities. Solidius- It's great there for ACU summer, fall, and winter. But in the spring, especially this year when we got enough rain, it gets really green there. Excellent for multicam but not as much for ACU. ACU still works, but there are better options. It's hard to tell in the top picture, but since the bottom two pictures were taken I have painted my M14. Used Krylon OD for the base and Tan for the camo. I don't have a pic of just my rifle yet, so this is the best I can show. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Massumma Posted April 25, 2008 Report Share Posted April 25, 2008 Not bad. I'd increase the amount of tan, and have green as sort of the secondary color. I think that'd blend in a little better. There isn;t enough tan for me to see, but if you can get it to match your vest, that'd be sick. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
navymp28 Posted April 25, 2008 Report Share Posted April 25, 2008 On my ACU loadout the blouse often sticks out from under my plate carrier...it really annoys me, it seems like most of the pictures in this thread dont have that. Is there a way to secure the blouse on the shirt making it not stick out? Im used to tucking my shirts in for other loadouts and AFIK they don't do that in the US military. Medic_23 can prolly say whether Im totally retarted or not but as far as I know the ACU were designed to be tucked when wearing body armor hence the lack of pockets on the lower half of the blouse. The US military does tuck in their blouses when wearing body armor it may not be official policy but I know I tuck mine and alot of the doods in my unit do to. It is just more comfortable in my opinion. So you shouldn't be wrong wearing it tucked. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
medic23 Posted April 26, 2008 Report Share Posted April 26, 2008 ^^ yep as navy pointed out it is not stated in AR-670-1 (wear and appearance of Army uniforms) wether or not you can actually do it but i did it during both my deployments and know alot of other Joe's who did it; and am planning to do it again for the next one; unless they issue us some ACS's Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Patrick[PM] Posted April 26, 2008 Report Share Posted April 26, 2008 is that likely? the ACS being issued that is Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Massumma Posted April 26, 2008 Report Share Posted April 26, 2008 Lot of folks are already getting them issued, mostly those going to the sandbox, though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
choffman10 Posted April 27, 2008 Report Share Posted April 27, 2008 Here's my Guarder Weesatch, in ARPAT: It's obviously not completed yet. I'm gonna get a GP pouch, admin pouch with nametape and patch, and I'll put a RollyPoly on a rigger's belt. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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