Jungle_Spectre Posted February 24, 2005 Report Share Posted February 24, 2005 To be fair, I don't know how many of those criticizing it have seen it used in the jungles of South-East Asia But it's pretty clear, from the general consensus, that it sucks in European woodland. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I'm sorry to have to disagree. I'll see to post some pics for you to judge. IMHO, when you see a person in woodland camo, you see "a person in woodland camo", whereas with tigerstripe anything is more blurry (at least with the chapo pattern I own: I'm aware that some Vietnam era variations, I mean the ones with white/extremely pale green stripes, are no good "abroad"). EDIT: Here's the photo. Not quite "woodland", but you can compare the camos. Link to post Share on other sites
PlasticMag Posted February 25, 2005 Report Share Posted February 25, 2005 Tiger is also VERY effective in eastern US woodlands environments. Link to post Share on other sites
doc_newstead Posted February 25, 2005 Report Share Posted February 25, 2005 I'm not entirely convinced by that photo, seeing as none of you are in cover, but then I don't need convincing I like tigerstripe myself, but I just said 'general consensus'. And the fact that tigerstripe was used in the 60's by a few US operators, and it's not widespread at all now Link to post Share on other sites
Jungle_Spectre Posted February 25, 2005 Report Share Posted February 25, 2005 I added the descriptions Link to post Share on other sites
Maple-Leaf Posted March 8, 2005 Report Share Posted March 8, 2005 It is interesting that original TigerStripe (aka, Advisor Pattern TigerStripe) came second in the MARPAT competition.... Personally, I am really looking forward to seeing what the new TigerPat Plus patterns look like "in the flesh" http://www.tspcamo.com/sys-tmpl/tigerpatplus/. Unfortunately, Rogue aren't responding to my email requests for information. The Tactical Tiger pattern looks very cool - and I suppose it would work very well in low-light conditions. Especially if you had matching web gear, rather than solid black. Link to post Share on other sites
Teap0t Posted March 15, 2005 Report Share Posted March 15, 2005 here's the swat variant of the tactical tiger, which in my opinion looks better than the original. http://www.georgia-outfitters.com/tactiger.htm Link to post Share on other sites
Dragoondark Posted March 16, 2005 Report Share Posted March 16, 2005 looks very nice Link to post Share on other sites
Plymouth Roadrunner Posted March 16, 2005 Report Share Posted March 16, 2005 Just Get MARPAT... It works much better Link to post Share on other sites
Maple-Leaf Posted March 16, 2005 Report Share Posted March 16, 2005 Technically I use tiger stripe, but it's of Russian decent and not American. Do you mean the uniform you wear is a Russian Tiger Stripe pattern, or that all TS is of Russian descent? If the latter, you'll find that's incorrect. Tiger Stripe was a Vietnamese creation, descended from the French Para lizard pattern of the 50's. Link to post Share on other sites
Teap0t Posted March 16, 2005 Report Share Posted March 16, 2005 Just Get MARPAT... It works much better <{POST_SNAPBACK}> yeah i prefer marpat the most as marpat is the camo i use for woodland. i'd use the swat tigerstripe for cqb because urban bdu's aren't for blending yourself with your surroundings but to make you look intimidating-- i would argue if someone wearing a swat tigerstripe broke down your door you would be scared. Link to post Share on other sites
oikoik Posted March 17, 2005 Report Share Posted March 17, 2005 JKT1 is correct about tigerstripe. i liked tigerstripe, but only really had it for my 'nam impression and had some era tigerstripes that were pretty nice. all i'll say is that i recall someone saying: tigerstipe is what you call active camo - imitating the environment around you to camouflage you. marpat is what you call passive camo - not imitating but attempting to blend you into your environment to camouflage you. tigerstripe had one disadvantage, the concept worked as long as you stayed still. once you started moving, the illusion fails. Link to post Share on other sites
BigAl Posted March 17, 2005 Report Share Posted March 17, 2005 tigerstripe had one disadvantage, the concept worked as long as you stayed still. once you started moving, the illusion fails. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> That applies to all camo bud. Link to post Share on other sites
oikoik Posted March 17, 2005 Report Share Posted March 17, 2005 its merely an example of active camo - thats my point.. marpat/cadpat etc were attempts at overcoming that by being not so active, ie. passive. Link to post Share on other sites
Boba_Fett Posted March 17, 2005 Report Share Posted March 17, 2005 Do you mean the uniform you wear is a Russian Tiger Stripe pattern, or that all TS is of Russian descent? If the latter, you'll find that's incorrect. Tiger Stripe was a Vietnamese creation, descended from the French Para lizard pattern of the 50's. Quite right :-) And I think russian "kamysh tarn" is more simillar to the french or the portugese lizzard than to the vn tigerstripe Lizzard is very hard to get especially in "european sizes" over 48 At the moment I have only a portugese lizzard poncho and a shirt. Let´s come to tiger stripe. There are about 4 or more littlely different sorts of original tiger stripe. "Advisor Cut" only describes the cut as BDU does today Today there are mostly two wide spread sorts of tiger stripe: The miltec repro It is more brown dominant and therefore very good for european woodland The original type tiger stripe as BDU-cut (advisor cut is harder to get) This one is more green and black dominant and therefore better for areas with high contrast and shadows. In fact every camouflage is useless in the wrong area. If your camo is bad you are not able to use it correct if it is woodland, CCE, flecktarn or else And to the flecktarn-discussion: I am from "flecktarn-country" and we mostly have the original ones.....and it suckz Link to post Share on other sites
Phoenix Posted March 17, 2005 Report Share Posted March 17, 2005 BLASHPHEMER! Link to post Share on other sites
xRAZERx Posted March 23, 2005 Report Share Posted March 23, 2005 Anyone know any good places to get it in or around Birmingham? Link to post Share on other sites
Ou811 Posted March 26, 2005 Report Share Posted March 26, 2005 Ive got to say, Tiger stripe is my favorite camo. Id wear it every day if the children at my school wouldnt think I was insane. Link to post Share on other sites
SOCOM Posted March 26, 2005 Report Share Posted March 26, 2005 You can try www.georgia-outfitters.com but depending on your size, they may not have it. I have recently been getting it at www.hdesert.com as www.uscav.com (cheapest at this time - they recently had a sale and it was even cheaper but the sale is over now) did not have the desert tiger stripe when I made a second order thru them about a week apart. Link to post Share on other sites
ColDaz Posted March 31, 2005 Report Share Posted March 31, 2005 I must say, tigerstripe is really nice. I may have to get hold of some kit after I finish my current loadout. Link to post Share on other sites
ColDaz Posted April 10, 2005 Report Share Posted April 10, 2005 I didn't really want to create a new topic, so I thought I'd resurrect this. What would be the effectiveness of tigerstripe camo in the UK? I'm not too sure that it would blend well, but saying that I want to put a kit together with tigerstripe, an M14, chestrig and Colt 45. Any input (thumbs up). Link to post Share on other sites
BigAl Posted April 10, 2005 Report Share Posted April 10, 2005 As it was designed for the Jungles of Vietnam I would imagine it would work best in dark heavy woodland. I would probably be to dark and stand out in lighter cover. Link to post Share on other sites
ColDaz Posted April 10, 2005 Report Share Posted April 10, 2005 Ah right, cheers. Might just do it for the look though. Can't seem to find what type of camo this is either. Followed a few links in this thread, but no luck: http://www.gateworld.net/sg1/s7/graphics/712_43.shtml The guy on the left, with the P90. I think it's tigerstripe. Link to post Share on other sites
BigAl Posted April 10, 2005 Report Share Posted April 10, 2005 If you mean what Col. O'Neal is wearing their just stock Tiger BDU's. Link to post Share on other sites
Stoatyboy Posted April 10, 2005 Report Share Posted April 10, 2005 Tiger Stripe should work well for pine woodland in the UK considering how dark and close planted they tend to be. Link to post Share on other sites
Maple-Leaf Posted April 11, 2005 Report Share Posted April 11, 2005 http://www.gateworld.net/sg1/s7/graphics/712_43.shtml Yup - that's the so-called "Advisor Pattern". Link to post Share on other sites
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