
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.
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Army have been embroidered using black thread on fabric tapes in the full 7-color OCP color pattern. Up until recently name tapes, branch tapes and rank patches for the U.S. State Defense Supply only sells the AR 670-1 compliant ACU in OCP we do not sell uniforms in MultiCam or UCP. Some State Defense Forces, however, at the direction of their adjutants general will continue to wear the ACU in UCP for the foreseeable future. The old style ACU has now passed the wear-out date and is no longer compliant with AR 670-1. The tell-tale feature is the "lay-flat" collar of the new ACU design versus the mandarin collar of the old design. It's easy to confuse the new ACU in OCP with the older ACU in OEF-CP. Buying Uniforms in OCPĪs the newer ACUs in OCP began being issued, the older style of ACU (with the mandarin collar) in both UCP and OEF-CP began appearing in army surplus stores.

Both use seven distinctive hues, but the color palettes are slightly varied between the two patterns. MultiCam, on the other hand, has smaller blobs speckled in bunches, with distinctive vertical slashes of dark brown and light beige. OCP has larger blobs and is generally a horizontal pattern, with the fields and blobs stretching east to west. But when compared side-by-side, some differences emerge. OCP and MultiCam appear to be very similar both start with a background of greenish-tan superimposed with brown and green fields, and blobs of dark brown and light beige scattered across the pattern to break up the eye lines.
