36-tex Posted December 17, 2010 Share #1 Posted December 17, 2010 Today in class, we got onto the topic of how long camouflage has been used for combatants. So I would like to see pictures of soldiers wearing camouflage in the field. Here are a few to get the ball rolling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
36-tex Posted December 17, 2010 Author Share #2 Posted December 17, 2010 gilley suit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluehawk Posted December 17, 2010 Share #3 Posted December 17, 2010 Some patterns: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted December 17, 2010 Share #4 Posted December 17, 2010 Camouflage was first recognised as a modern military science early in WW1 with the emergence of the French camoufleurs, a unit comprising of professional artists, painters, designers and architects etc. That said, the concealment of one's military assets goes back to time immemorial. Shakespeare even referred to it in "Macbeth". The army, led by Malcolm, gathers near Dunsinane. He orders each man to cut down a branch from the nearby forest, Birnam Wood, to use as camouflage, and heads towards Macbeth's castle. Sabrejet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BILL THE PATCH Posted December 17, 2010 Share #5 Posted December 17, 2010 HERE IS A PIC OF A GLIDERMAN OF THE 188TH INF REGT, GUY ON THE LEFT IS MY DAD MAN IN MIDDLE( FATHER'S FRIEND) HAS CAMO PANTS, NATIVE HELPER TO THE RIGHT NOTE HBT'S WITH 11TH ABN PATCH. DAD TOLD ME HE WAS A SOUGHT OF A SERVANT IN THE CAMP, ( MAYBE MASCOTT). I CANNOT FIND ANY OTHER PIC'S OF GLIDERMEN WEARING CAMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted December 17, 2010 Share #6 Posted December 17, 2010 The infamous frog pattern HBTs as worn for a short period in the ETO by the 2nd Armored Div's infantry. Sabrejet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgawne Posted December 17, 2010 Share #7 Posted December 17, 2010 The first MODERN use of a camouflage uniform in the US Army that I known of would probably be the Civil War Berdan's sharpshooter's green coats and dull black buttons. However, in the 1908-1012 period the Army did consider adopting a reversable green to brown uniform, but it was too expensive for their puny budget. The first non-custom PATTERN I know of in somewhat regular use looks like paints drips and was adopted by the French in ww1 in 1918. The war ended before they were able to mass issue it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted December 17, 2010 Share #8 Posted December 17, 2010 The adoption of "khaki" as a universal camouflage colour was actually pioneered by the British Army in the mid-1800s during the days of the Indian Empire. The traditional white tropical uniforms were a liability in the dry, dusty Indian landscape. Consequently, the men took to dying them with tea or mud ( khaki is an Urdu word meaning "dust") to better blend in with their surroundings. Thereafter, the now familiar greenish/brown shade was adopted as the standard colour for service dress and its usage was copied by other armies worldwide. OD in US parlance is effectively khaki, whereas khaki in US parlance is a light tan shade. Sabrejet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Flage Guy Posted December 17, 2010 Share #9 Posted December 17, 2010 Sure a blessing to have all you professional teachers on this Forum- highly informative! :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1perazzi Posted December 17, 2010 Share #10 Posted December 17, 2010 What about during the American Revolution with the Rangers , Green Mountain Boys and others? Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted December 17, 2010 Share #11 Posted December 17, 2010 Sure a blessing to have all you professional teachers on this Forum- highly informative! :thumbsup: Hi 'flage. How about submitting a 2000 word dissertation along the lines of "I like camouflage because..." before the end of the week? You can post it here! It'll be sympathetically graded. Sabrejet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
36-tex Posted December 17, 2010 Author Share #12 Posted December 17, 2010 I was also thinking of the Green Mt Boys, but did not know if that was camo or just their choice of uniform to relate where they were from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted December 17, 2010 Share #13 Posted December 17, 2010 Masters of the art. Sabrejet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BILL THE PATCH Posted December 17, 2010 Share #14 Posted December 17, 2010 i'm pretty sure it's from where there from, green mtn's of vermont, if i remember my history correctly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjones5452 Posted December 17, 2010 Share #15 Posted December 17, 2010 How about the Berdan Sharpshooters from the Uniion side of the Civil War. Didn't they dress in green? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
36-tex Posted December 18, 2010 Author Share #16 Posted December 18, 2010 Berdan sharpshooters did wear green jackets. Again, not sure it was worn for camo or just to be distinctive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Flage Guy Posted December 18, 2010 Share #17 Posted December 18, 2010 Hi 'flage. How about submitting a 2000 word dissertation along the lines of "I like camouflage because..." before the end of the week? You can post it here! It'll be sympathetically graded. Sabrejet Hey there, Ian... :pinch: ..uh, I mean Teacher- With all due respect, Sir, there are 2 reasons I can't carry out this request: a) The deck is unfairly stacked in my favor, due to you guys...ah, that is, the Honorable Instructors holding highly partisan views favorable to sufferers of 'flage fetishes (you just admitted it ) - thereby rendering objective grading impossible. b)An honest written self-analysis of the aforementioned disturbance presented by myself would very likely (correctly) be deciphered as the simple ramblings of a madman, which would bring about my being contacted by other hobbyists whose collecting interest is gathering loony-tunes...I mean, imbalanced citizens and putting them in very small rooms with soft walls...ending feedom as I know it. I know this will earn me a trip to the Principal's office, but....aah, what the heck... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted December 18, 2010 Share #18 Posted December 18, 2010 Hey there, Ian... :pinch: ..uh, I mean Teacher- With all due respect, Sir, there are 2 reasons I can't carry out this request: a) The deck is unfairly stacked in my favor, due to you guys...ah, that is, the Honorable Instructors holding highly partisan views favorable to sufferers of 'flage fetishes (you just admitted it ) - thereby rendering objective grading impossible. b)An honest written self-analysis of the aforementioned disturbance presented by myself would very likely (correctly) be deciphered as the simple ramblings of a madman, which would bring about my being contacted by other hobbyists whose collecting interest is gathering loony-tunes...I mean, imbalanced citizens and putting them in very small rooms with soft walls...ending feedom as I know it. I know this will earn me a trip to the Principal's office, but....aah, what the heck... 'Flage...your analysis/ "get out clause" above is a work of literary merit in its own right. (BTW...have you ever considered a career in politics?! ) It gets a definite A++ from me....well done! Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted December 18, 2010 Share #19 Posted December 18, 2010 Not forgetting this classic image...the elusive camo M-42 jumpsuit! Sabrejet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bombe_Atomique Posted December 18, 2010 Share #20 Posted December 18, 2010 black metal corpse paint Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Flage Guy Posted December 18, 2010 Share #21 Posted December 18, 2010 'Flage...your analysis/ "get out clause" above is a work of literary merit in its own right. (BTW...have you ever considered a career in politics?! ) It gets a definite A++ from me....well done! Ian Much obliged, friend Though I must confess some plagiarism in the "nuthouse" line; inspired by the prolific literature of the eminent Dr. Bert Fegg (if you are familiar with Monty Python, I need not elaborate ) As for politics (evidently you recognize a good windbag when you hear one), ehh...I have a big enough fight staying reasonably uncorrupt in the civilian world And thanks for putting up the Airborne Flamethrower Guy; dang it, I had a good lot of period photos of G.I.s using camo in the field, but lost 'em when our old computer got sick :crybaby: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted December 18, 2010 Share #22 Posted December 18, 2010 Much obliged, friend Though I must confess some plagiarism in the "nuthouse" line; inspired by the prolific literature of the eminent Dr. Bert Fegg (if you are familiar with Monty Python, I need not elaborate ) As for politics (evidently you recognize a good windbag when you hear one), ehh...I have a big enough fight staying reasonably uncorrupt in the civilian world And thanks for putting up the Airborne Flamethrower Guy; dang it, I had a good lot of period photos of G.I.s using camo in the field, but lost 'em when our old computer got sick :crybaby: Hi 'flage. Monty Python? Or as you would say...Monty Pie-thon. You're talking to a Brit who was "there at the birth", so to speak. Been a lifelong fan..read the books...seen the movies...got the tee-shirt etc..etc. And now for something completely different....more camouflage!? Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted December 18, 2010 Share #23 Posted December 18, 2010 black metal corpse paint Errr...come again?! Sabrejet :think: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bombe_Atomique Posted December 18, 2010 Share #24 Posted December 18, 2010 the black & white face paint of the soldier with the flamethrower reminds me of the corpse paint used by some black metal musicians. haven't seen this in any other picture done this way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Force Posted December 18, 2010 Share #25 Posted December 18, 2010 My favorite camo in use...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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