Military Camouflage Effectiveness | Hiding from Thermal Imaging | Nightvision | Visible Light

[@Karl37112]

Hi, German army guy here. For all the people, who are wondering where the difference is, between the Zeltbahn and the Regen Poncho. Well, they both do the same, both can used as ponchos and as tarps to build a shelter. The difference is, that the Zeltbahn is issued to every soldier, alongside stakes and poles to build a shelter out of it and the Regen Poncho USED to be standard issue but now you can only aquire it commercially and does not come with any shelter-building things likes stakes and poles. Another difference is the material. The Zeltbahn is made out of a heavy canvas-like material, which soaks up water and is overall very heavy in weight, however its still waterproof, which means it'll keep you dry. But its recommended to impregnate it, to keep it from soaking up water. Whereas the Regen Poncho is lighter, actually waterproof, as its made out of a heavily rubberized material and doesent need to be maintained by impregnated unlike the Zeltbahn. So many soldiers prefer to use the Regen Poncho.

[@BushcraftBuddy]

Hi und danke! Yes, unfortunately the poncho is no longer being issued. I think it was a nice piece of kit. Thank you for your detailed comment! Horrido und Grüße, Martin

[@mariokuppers5686]

@@BushcraftBuddy Not really . The only reason why it existet was cheap ABC Protektion before the Overgarment in the Mid 90´s. After than you had your Full Goretex for Rain Protection and the Overgarment as Main ABC Protection both even with reduced IR Signature on Paper and more flexibility for the Movement of the User. The only reason why it works for a while with the BW Poncho is all the Plastics outside. But wait for an hour and you have Glow in the Dark and the same with the Zeltbahn. But if you really wan´t to hide Thermal and Nightvision. US TCOP and it´s predecessor

[@armyalex9496]

You can use that german tarp hood as a little window 🇬🇧 ❤️ german

[@Feldscher1039]

@@mariokuppers5686The Overgarment is bulky and specialised, meaning it has only one use and is neither sufficiently available nor practical to carry. The Poncho can be carried with your normal gear, it will protect you against rain and warm you a bit ( I used to put my Esbit cooker down to make some coffee/ soup and squat over it with the poncho to get a bit warm during Evasion/ Landnav exercises in best Recce-Weather). You can also just wrap yourself in it in case your sleeping gear "got lost, what a shame"). You can throw it on over all equipment carried during a downpour without the need to get out of your gear first, you can ventilate way better under it than your full goretex suit, you can use it as shelter, you can carry people in it, you can use it to transport and get rid of excavated soil while preparing your B-Stand, you can throw it over your groups 3rd-line im Nahversteck and so on and so forth. If in doubt I'd highly recommend having a multi-purpose item for fieldcraft rather than multiple specialised tools that take up space and weight.

[@delinquentis9971]

German Flecktarn is designed for pretty much all of Europes forests. It is very easy to enhance the camo capabilities with some natural blending materials like bushes moss and dead branches. I'm thinking about testing out a two layer shelter with the Bundeswehr Poncho and the Flecktarn tarp. The poncho being the inner layer, to get some more light absorption.

[@MinecraftKarol2005]

I love flecktarn, the 1994 bundeswehr flecktarn uniforms were dirt cheap when they became surplus (litteral baskets of jackets for 10pln or 2,50usd a piece) and i bought myself a complete set, i love it!

[@davidvolksmund3903]

💪🇩🇪 Qualität

[@BushcraftBuddy]

Thank you for your view on that. I have only tried it in a few European forests, for me it worked quite well there. All the best, Martin 🤜🏻 🤛🏻

[@NameName-dx8lb]

​​@@BushcraftBuddyand interesting camo that can only be used in specific places, is the BGS (Bundesgrenzschutz) camo. If i remember correctly they stopped using it in the 80s.

[@BushcraftOst]

Really well shown. With today's means, camouflage is becoming increasingly difficult.

[@BushcraftBuddy]

Thanks Buddy and cheers, Martin 🤜🏻 🤛🏻

[@sirseven3]

Difficult doesn't mean impossible! As long as you maintain a level of innovation you'll always succeed

[@rembrandt2323]

Yet Bundeswehr wins :)

[@danicao.6778]

​@@BushcraftBuddy I know that Serbs🇷🇸 make sniper suits in three pieces from such or similar cloth and those suits go over normal uniform like white covers for winter only camouflage green!!! Also for special units something similar!!! The company is called "Yumko" from Vranje city (south Serbia 🇷🇸)!!!

[@wojna-info]

Especially when, like in Ukraine, you wear a brightly colored band on it. LOL

[@bakarnoguvno9505]

My favorite is bundeswehr poncho olive drab. Greetings from Serbia.

[@BushcraftBuddy]

Thanks my friend, I was really impressed how well it absorbs light. Cheers to Serbia, Martin 🤜🏻🤛🏻

[@raystewart6524]

I wore British Army DPM (Disruptive Pattern Materiel) most of my service of 25 years..never had a problem with it..did lots of E+E excercises...never ever got caught..proves it's worth..

[@robertwillis4061]

Hasn't the British Military gone off DPM now . Seen Soldiers about the city and their Camo has a much paler and smaller pattern

[@elwolf8536]

​@@robertwillis4061 mtp now

[@elwolf8536]

Most people here just prefer there own countries camo

[@DrBovdin]

I think I will have to give it to the Russians in visible light in that specific terrain. Close second were the Poles. The colours blended in the best. Most of the mostly subdued patterns worked quite well. I was actually a bit disappointed by the Swedish variant, I was actually expecting slightly better results there.

[@Zizoor]

Gotta admit i was a bit surprised as to the performance of the M90 myself. Seeing how I know how well it works. It looks a shade or three brighter than M90 surplus ive had myself. I honestly think the surface finish of the ale-tex material is more to blame than the pattern itself (slightly reflective instead of the dull-matte of some of the well performing camo). Mind you that this specific piece of kit is not used by the Swedish military, so i suppose you cant really make significant conclusions from it. :)

[@BushcraftBuddy]

Yes, the Ale Tex has a Gore Tex like breathable membrane which is possibly one of the reasons that it does not perform so well, especially in the NIR. Cheers and all the best, Martin

[@Xevo19]

M90 is too clean.

[@DrBovdin]

@@Zizoor Indeed the Swedish pattern is not used by its armed forces (probably for the best) but I guess it is reasonable to refer to it as such, as that was how it was presented.

[@michael.b.755]

Hallo Martin Endlich geschafft die Video zu sehen. Danke für deine Mühe. Schon Wahnsinn wie groß die Unterschiede sind. Bin begeistert von unserem Flecktarn . Denn alten BW Poncho hab ich auch noch. War erstaunt wie gut das Teil ist. Du bist glaube ich der erste der so einen Vergleich gemacht hat. Danke für's zeigen 👍. Ein dreifaches Horrido auf dich 🤜🏻🤛🏻 Gruß Michael

[@BushcraftBuddy]

Servus Michael, ja ich war auch sehr positiv überrascht von Flecktarn und das gute alten Poncho war absolute Spitze beim Dämpfen von Licht, da sieht man mal wieder wie vielseitig die alten Sachen sind (ABC Schutz, Shelter, Nässeschutz, Schwimmpaket, Trage für Verwundete, etc.) Ein schallendes JOHO! Martin 🤜🏻🤛🏻

[@venjo986]

Flecktarn ist wirklich sehr gut! Vor allem wenn man in Bewegung ist, verschwimmt es mit der Umgebung. Ein wirklich geniales Design!

[@basickarl]

Just so you know the Swedish M90 camo is not copyrighted so any company can make things in that camo, so it doesn't represent what the Swedish army has. Excellent video otherwise!

[@BushcraftBuddy]

Thank you my friend! I didn't know that. Well possible that the colours used are brighter in night vision. Cheers and all the best, Martin 🤜🏻🤛🏻

[@senseo2848]

Original M90 is printed in IRR Colors and it works excellent. Despite of its age, still one of the best Camos out there for it´s intended environment.

[@basickarl]

@@senseo2848 IIRC it was the first camo to think about IRR.

[@BushcraftBuddy]

Thank you, I was not aware of that. All the best! Martin

[@claudioarcos7006]

If the M90 is from the Swedish army it's marked with an M-number, e.g. M-123456-1234 and even has three crowns on the tag. And we don't have that poncho either in the army.

[@ТУРИСТ-АВАНТЮРИСТ]

It's just incredible what beauty, what atmosphere you were able to create. This is truly a meditative experience watching you. I myself started making videos about my adventures, so I'm interested in everything. Grretings from Belarus tourist. ✌️

[@BushcraftBuddy]

Thank you my friend! I really appreciate your words and glad that you liked the atmosphere. Yes, I have watched some of your videos, keep them up and share your experience with us 👍🏻 Cheers and greetings from Germany to Belarus, Martin 🤜🏻🤛🏻

[@ross.58008]

Just the type of video I was lookin for. Nice.

[@BushcraftBuddy]

Thanks Mate, glad you enjoyed it and cheers, Martin 🤜🏻 🤛🏻

[@cloud_1688]

My guess would be that if you put the reflective blanket under the tent then you'll have a very strong protection against detection from IR as well as Night Vision and just visually

[@Beneficiis]

I think best would be just dual layer - have waterproof / camo and reflective blanket under it, preferrably with some spacing between them. So that outside layer can simply adapt to ambient temperature while reflective layer is not exposed. Because I do think if you stayed in shelter for extended time - you would see thermal signature in all of them. Especially in high contrast environments (winter). So one tarp/poncho and under that space blankets at least 10 cm away from poncho/tarp.

[@yootoobecansoogmiballs8735]

thats the way!

[@adamhoward5145]

It's too difficult choosing a favourite or which one works best as environments differ so much. Even two forests quite close together could have different trees/plants growing & may need another camo style. Very interesting though, thank you for your time & sharing this 👍🏻

[@BushcraftBuddy]

Very true, it is hard to generalise effectiveness of camouflage. I would need to repeat the test in different environments and then average the results. Cheers and thanks, Martin 🤜🏻🤛🏻

[@BlaineKK37]

Doing God's work relatively speaking sir, thank you for putting your time into this presentation

[@ryaniam22]

First off really cool reviews man! Looks like it's impossible to hide from both thermal and night vision at the same time. Unfortunately these tarps all reflect in night vision devices like crazy. Only natural fibers absorb it. You need a nylon or polyester (poncho) inside and on the outside have a thick cotton canvass to absorb the infra red detected by night vision. Nylons and polyester might as well be UCP during daytime it's that's bad. But even then you could only put it on when being observed because it would eventually warm up if worn close to the body.

[@BushcraftBuddy]

Thank you. Yes it is quite hard to find a good compromise. Always great to add natural camo and to keep the shelter cool. Cheers, Martin 🤜🏻 🤛🏻

[@ninjagaiden5700]

Un tissu en polycoton pourrait convenir penser vous ???

[@yootoobecansoogmiballs8735]

best way to fuck with thermal and night vision is an inner tent made from foil and an outer layer that is made out of linen/jute at least 20cm away from the inner layer but still not perfect

[@eyeswideopen3304]

@@yootoobecansoogmiballs8735 what about something like a grow tent used for hydroponics, has foil insulate with black on outside..if the outside were covered with tarp and foilage

[@ilijakostic1427]

🇷🇸I love you man when you show everything professionally and neatly 🫶

[@BushcraftBuddy]

Thank you big time and cheers 🤜🏻🤛🏻

[@Uranone1]

Thank you for this video. Ive been wondering exactly this for years but havent had a way to test so many different as you. Much appreciated.

[@adboroutdoor..7662]

Fajne porównanie, choć można by je było zestawić także w innych rodzajach leśnego poszycia, czy szerzej - różnych środowiskach (las, łąka, pola itp.) i punktując poszczególne kamuflaże ocenić, który jest najbardziej uniwersalny, najlepiej skrywa w tych różnorodnych układach florystycznych. W powyższej sytuacji, ale na samym mchu, najlepiej chyba wypada ratnik (choć ma nieco inny, ciemniejszy odcień niż mech, z daleka najmniej chyba się od niego odcina), ale już na tym bardziej gołym, okrytym liśćmi, brązowym podłożu, lepszy byłby inny, np. USMC, który jawi mi się jako coś dobrego np. do lasu i na mniej zadrzewione tereny, np. łąki, zwłaszcza jesienne, jest taki pośredni. Czeski woodland też jest fajny do zielonego, soczystego lasu. Pozdrawiam.

[@BushcraftBuddy]

Dziekuje serdecznie! To jest dobry pomysl. Jak znajde czas to porownam kamuflaze w roznych terenach. Drone juz funkcionuje takze bede tez z powietrza mogl je porownac. Dziekuje, musze ogladnac ten rodzaj kamuflazu. Pozdrawiam! Marcin 🤜🏻🤛🏻🪖

[@gotowy_sp9adc]

Z powietrza i z daleka z gruntu to jest coś co che widzieć 👍

[@bronks76]

Czegoś takiego raczej nie ma jak uniwersalny kamuflaż,musiałbyś być kameleonem.Druga rzecz jakbym miał wybierać wylałbym taki który ukryje mnie przed termowizją bo jesteś cały czas widoczny a latarki używasz okresowo.

[@hvnterblack]

@@bronks76 oko się przyzwyczaja do mroku, płomień świecy w całkowitej ciemności można dostrzec nawet z dwóch kilometrów. Wystarczy dać się oku przyzwyczaić i mała dioda oświetli wszystko. Taką ilość światła dość łatwo zablokować, a sygnatury cieplnej nie skręcisz w dół. Ta niemiecka płachta zrobiła niesamowitą robotę.

[@adboroutdoor..7662]

Wiem, że nie ma, dlatego dodałem słowo "najbardziej" i dookreśliłem to przy USMC. Są kamuflaże lepiej nadające się do różnorodnych warunków niż inne, a nie będziesz przecież nosił przy sobie kilku sztuk odzienia. Ten film nie jest o maskowaniu się przed termowizją, ale nawet dziś nie wszyscy takim sprzętem dysponują i lepiej mieć jakiś niż żaden, dobrać taki, w którym nie będziesz za mocno się wyróżniał nie tylko w letnim lesie, ale też na bardziej otwartym terenie jesienią. @@bronks76

[@misfit1310]

Now I'm going to have to check out the various camo patterns at home with my helmet mounted high fom PVS-14! Another excellent video

[@BushcraftBuddy]

Thank you my friend! Really appreciate that. Awesome that you have a PVS 14! I wish I had one of these. Cheers and all the best, Martin 🤜🏻 🤛🏻

[@inky4763]

Interesting video, thanks for taking the time to post. Just as an aside, the Union flag of the UK you have used is over 200 years out of date.

[@BushcraftBuddy]

Thanks Mate! Glad you liked it and thank you for the clarification with the flag. Cheers and all the best, Martin 🤜🏻🤛🏻

[@TheWGLOVER]

Back in the days before this camouflage nonsense. Red coats ruled.

[@geilleadh4852]

The EMR camo seemed to work the best with the NV tbh, it blended in well

[@frost8077]

The woodland camo actually did good. That camo normally falls behind the others. I always thought of my Bundeswehr poncho as being big but it's so small compared to the others.

[@BushcraftBuddy]

Thanks, that is actually true. I would appreciate a little bit more space underneath the poncho. All the best, Martin 🤜🏻🤛🏻

[@_1389_]

Quality video and straight to the information! Rare these days.

[@BushcraftBuddy]

Thank you my friend! Really appreciate that and glad you liked it. Cheers, Martin 🤜🏻 🤛🏻

[@l.av.h7812]

The Swedish M90 camo is the best in my expertise out of all of them.

[@stealthandysteath1069]

Evening mate, top man. Very interesting an useful video. Thanks for sharing an ya time. 👍🔥💪

[@BushcraftBuddy]

Thank you my friend 👍🏻 Really appreciate your feedback and glad you liked it. Cheers, Martin 🤜🏻 🤛🏻

[@yoinky]

Very complete and informative video. Thank you from the USA

[@BushcraftBuddy]

Glad you liked it and cheers, I just returned from the US, two days ago 😉 Cheers, Martin 🤜🏻 🤛🏻

[@yoinky]

I hope your visit was enjoyable. It would be awesome if you could do some night vision/thermal tests on different Helikon Tex products. Its one if the few tactical brands that are available thru Amazon in the states so they have become decently popular. Sadly there's not much info on the NIR properties available on the internet. Thank you

[@friendofcoal]

This is an interesting video and the results of your testing are very informative and revealing. Danke.

[@BushcraftBuddy]

Thank you my friend and cheers!

[@arcticradio]

The best camo I find is the Danish M84 for spring/summer, The Italian Vegatato in Autumn and for dry grasslands. Two of the best. The snow camo based on the Danish M84 pattern was just incredible. The Swedish M90 works really well in dense green forest.

[@felixfj007]

M90 is made for the majority of sweden. Which is just forest.

[@jindrichsuk991]

For autumn season my favorite camo is the Czech Mlok Camo from the 60s. It is suprisingly effective for that season. I play airsoft with friends and often the enemy didnt spot us even very close in the woods (less than 10m), at least half body should have been visible to them. key is to stay still.

[@toddbevan]

If only every review of everything was this comprehensive.

[@BushcraftBuddy]

Thank you big time for your feedback 🤜🏻🤛🏻

[@oledognes]

As a certifed thermographer, I think most dont understand Thermal imaging. It is heat. Heat does not show through anything exept silicon, germanium, sapphire, zinc sulfide, and zinc selenide. So if you dont touch and conduct heat into the cover material you wont show through. If its insulated enough that your body heat radiating wont warm it through.

[@outdoor-suedost]

Servus Martin! Ein toller Vergleich und super umgesetzt👌! Danke dir fürs Zeigen und LG aus Kärnten 🤠 👍

[@BushcraftBuddy]

Freut mich mein Gutster und Horrido nach Kärnten! Martin 🤜🏻🤛🏻

[@Darksider_on_Tour]

Das Handy ist ja mal geil. Thermal- und Nachtsicht hab ich bei nem Handy aber auch noch nicht gesehen 😲😄. Coole Sache. Und ein interessanter Gear Vergleich war das auch 👍🏼. LG Kevin 👋🏼🤠

[@BushcraftBuddy]

Danke Kevin! Ja ich fand es auch echt super. Vor allem weil man alles komplett dabei hat 👍🏻Danke und Horrido mein Gutster! LG, Martin 🤜🏻🤛🏻

[@outdoor-buddy]

Moin! Sehr interessanter Vergleich! Danke dafür

[@BushcraftBuddy]

Freut mich von dir zu lesen, insbesondere dass es dir gefallen hat 🙂👍🏻 Sehr gerne und Horrido, Martin 🤜🏻 🤛🏻

[@svens.3839]

I actually have to say that I like the German flecktarn best as camouflage in the forest... As far as the heat reflector is concerned, I think nylon has an advantage over cotton.

[@BushcraftBuddy]

Thanks mate, and cheers 🤜🏻🤛🏻

[@anul6801]

It depends on the forest.

[@pero33403]

Занимљив видео, хвала вам на труду.

[@BushcraftBuddy]

Spasiba my friend 🤜🏻🤛🏻

[@pero33403]

@@BushcraftBuddy You are welcome! However, I am a Serb, not Russian. We say "hvala", not spasiba although we do write in Cyrillic script and we are Orthodox Christians as well. 🙂

[@mihajlocolic01]

@@pero33403Слабо познају географију знаш већ и сам. 😅

[@sawekilas9770]

@@pero33403 Сербы вы всегда были с русскими братья.

[@pero33403]

@@sawekilas9770 Слава Православная Россия и Сербия, братья навек.

[@datseb997]

This was an incredibly thorough video!

[@BushcraftBuddy]

Thank you, my friend! Glad you liked it and cheers, Martin 🤜🏻🤛🏻

[@nobody325]

Geil! ich steh auf so'n SCheiß! Vielen vielen Dank für die Mühe!

[@BushcraftBuddy]

Haha, freut mich! Herzlichen Dank und Horrido, Martin 🤜🏻 🤛🏻

[@victorbell1378]

Great video. I have often wondered how well some shelters I have used really would have concealed my presence by means other than the naked eye. Thank you.

[@BushcraftBuddy]

Thank you, Victor! It is quite amazing to see how the scenery changes in the infra red spectrum. Cheers and all the best, Martin 🤜🏻 🤛🏻

[@RoadDogSteve]

Interesting comparisons.... Well thought out and excellent cross section of countries.. thanks.

[@BushcraftBuddy]

Thank you big time, Stephen! Really appreciate your feedback and cheers, Martin 🤜🏻 🤛🏻

[@michaeldique]

I'd probably go with the Helikon- Tex one. Solid color is fine as long as it's a very dull color, which the Helikon- Tex is. If you're in hiding, you're not gonna sit out in the open anyway, and that shade of CB will work very well in most envrionments.

[@jhenne2867]

Wieder was gelernt! Danke fürs zeigen. Grüße Jürgen

[@BushcraftBuddy]

Hallo Jürgen, vielen Dank! Freut mich und Horrido, Martin 🤜🏻 🤛🏻

[@Tarik360]

Whooooaaaooo whoa camouflage! Things are never quite the way they seem!

[@Astrofrank]

Thank you, I like that song.

[@wagner1631]

bravo für diesen vergleich kleine vorliebe für die bundeswehr 👍

[@BushcraftBuddy]

Herzlichen Dank! Ja, erstaunlich wie gut Flecktarn funktioniert 😉 Horrido, Martin 🤜🏻 🤛🏻

[@WojTys6308]

Dziękuję za materiał filmowy. Bardzo dobry pomysł. Pozdrawiam

[@BushcraftBuddy]

Dziekuje za komemtarz i pozdrawiam serdecznie! Martin 🤜🏻🤛🏻

[@michaelneuwirth3414]

🇬🇧​ (Translation from German) What is noticeable is that no two or even more layers of textiles were used, which should always give better results for the same weight and spatial dimensions. I think that a mixture of gillie suit and ghosthoodie elements, because worn directly on the body, also gives very good results. Digging a sleeping hollow or just taking advantage of natural cover probably remains the best protection against detection and of course weapon effect. 🇩🇪​ (Original) Was auffällt, dass keine zwei- oder gar mehrlagige Textilien verwendet wurden, was bei gleichem Gewicht und Raummaßen immer zu besseren Ergebnissen führen dürfte. Ich denke, dass eine Mischung aus Gillie-Suit- und Ghosthoodie-Elementen, weil direkt am Körper getragen, auch sehr gute Ergebnisse bringt. Das Ausgraben einer Schlafmulde oder eben das Ausnutzen natürlicher Deckung bleibt wohl der beste Schutz gegen Entdeckung und natürlich auch Waffenwirkung.

[@BushcraftBuddy]

Servus Michael, danke! Thanks for your comment. I agree, insulated material and mulit layered fabric probably works better. As you said, digging a hole protects best. In one of my next videos I actually checked how well a fire is concealed in a Dakota fire pit. Cheers und herzliche Grüße mein Gutster 🤜🏻🤛🏻 Martin

[@philsmith2444]

Ideally you wouldn’t be out in the open if trying to camouflage against visible light detection, but rather behind and in the midst of natural concealment. This both blends the color(s) of your poncho/tarp with multiple colors of vegetation and breaks up the straight lines. With image intensification night vision, plain green is as close to invisible as you can get. Back in the 90s most of our equipment was painted the 3-color NATO pattern but some was all green, and the only way you could see those through PVS-7s was by the tires or rubber on the road wheels that stuck out like crazy. Same for the black areas in the 3-color NATO pattern. Windows/lights/reflectors, too - cover these and tires with camo net bags, tarps, sandbags, or mud. Take light discipline very seriously, even the glow plug light on a humvee is bright like a 100W bulb through NVGs. Tape over or remove lamps that can’t be turned off. Track crews, put your periscope covers on because even with the curtain between the driver’s compartment and work area in an M577 the master power light on the driver’s left shines like a lighthouse in NVGs. You know what gave away the platoon CP more than anything else? The head of the OE-254 antenna silhouetted against the sky. Cut small leafy branches to secure to it and set it up as close as possible to trees about the same height.

[@Reichsadler-Germania]

Exzellent! Ein sehr gutes und lehrreiches Video, für welches ich mich bedanke! Auch, wenn Viele sagen, das sie es nicht mehr sehen können, aber unser Flecktarn, ist immernoch eines der besten Tarnmuster, für Zentraleuropa und auch für Skandinavien! Es funktioniert einfach hervorragend! / MARPAT, ist zu kontrastarm! / Ich hätte nicht gedacht, daß das BASHA in DPM, so relativ schlecht abschneidet! Ich habe auch 2 Stück: Eins in hellem DPM, bei dem das Gelb, gelb ist, wie eine Sonnenblume und ein dunkles DPM-Tarp, bei dem das Gelb fast aussieht, wie Coyote. Letzteres tarnt besser! (Und vor allem 10x besser, als MTP!) . Schade, daß bei diesem Vergleich nicht das Tacgear-Tarp in Flecktarn, und einmal in dänisch Flecktarn M84, mit jeweils schwarzer Innenbeschichtung dabei war, aber vielleicht kommt das nochmal. Jedenfalls gibt es für dieses Video einen Daumen, hoch und der Kanal wird weiterempfohlen!

[@BushcraftBuddy]

Vielen herzlichen Dank! Freut mich, dass das Video hilfreich war. Das ist mir auch auf mehreren meiner Touren aufgefallen: Flecktarn ist über alle Jahreszeiten sehr gut geeignet. Danke für den Hinweis, diese Tarps kenne ich noch nicht und werde sie mir ansehen. Das Repertoire wächst kontinuierlich 👍🏻 Horrido und Grüße, Martin

[@cinoeye]

Flecttarn and Serbian m-10 blend in the best.

[@leeperola7023]

Can't go wrong with flecttarn, or penncot woodland.👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@BushcraftBuddy]

Thank you for your view on that. Cheers my friend and all the best, Martin 🤜🏻 🤛🏻

[@leeperola7023]

@@BushcraftBuddy thank you for your reply. I will take a look at your other films.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇧

[@BushcraftBuddy]

Thank you for writing my friend and cheers! Martin 🤜🏻🤛🏻

[@KrisSays]

What a great video! Very creative! Well done!

[@BushcraftBuddy]

Thank you, glad you liked it and cheers, Martin 🤜🏻 🤛🏻

[@parcruwise8962]

Sorry. I meant THERMAL and NIGHT VISION, have been doing research.... on evading night vision, thermal vision and face to face visibility largely through military and bushcrafting channels. Would Love Your Crew to do an experiment... Space Blankets light and heavy. Love Your Show !

[@BushcraftBuddy]

Thank you for your comment! It seems another message from you is missing. Thank you for the idea, I will add it to my video idea list! Really appreciate your input and your feedback. Cheers, and all the best, Martin 🙂

[@コスガマサキ]

素晴らしい検証です。どのタイプも性能は様々なようですが、やはりアウトドアフィールドにおいて、蓄熱が高いのは望ましいでしょう。よく理解できました。

[@BushcraftBuddy]

Thank you my dear friend. I am glad that you could understand all the different aspects. Warm greetings from Germany to beautiful Japan, Martin

[@Rick2010100]

The Bundeswehr has the Ponco in 9 different patterns, 5 in camo and 4 in uni color. In the wilderness camo would be appropiate, for urban environments is the uni color more effective. The camo version is from desert beige to green seasons to snow winter camo.

[@bennyherrmann1418]

War wieder mal Klasse und lehrreich Die gute alte Bundeswehr Schule einfach genial

[@BushcraftBuddy]

Freut mich! Herzlichen Dank und Horrido, Martin 🤜🏻 🤛🏻

[@bennyherrmann1418]

Hauptsache gesund und fit Kamerad Bis bald Gruß Benny

[@BushcraftBuddy]

Danke, Kamerad und Horrido, Martin 🤜🏻🤛🏻

[@aGentleUser]

The german flecktarn looks good and it would work even better when applied over the soil covered by leaves instead on the moss.

[@martialliaj8498]

Great video I have italia poncho 1929 but I really like all military tarp or poncho 👍

[@BushcraftBuddy]

Thank you my friend! Glad you liked it, I will have a look at the poncho from 1929, sounds really interesting. Cheers! Martin 🤜🏻🤛🏻

[@DreamOf944]

Camo tarp of choice, reflective tarp underneath, and insulated as base layer 👌have fun carrying haha

[@rnp497]

excellent video - I would point out that the UK has a digital multi-cam pattern uniform now. However the DPM was designed for woodland so is at least as capable

[@BStuz]

The UK definitely doesn’t have a ‘digital’ multicam uniform.

[@ShastaLevi]

Yep a variant of multicam but not digital.

[@Ein_Westfale_im_Rheinland]

Wirklich sehr interessant zu sehen was es da für teilweise riesen Unterschiede gibt! Grüße aus dem Rheinland Johannes

[@richardgummere84]

Interesting video, Martin. Too bad your drone had issues. I like the comparison between the different camouflage patterns.

[@BushcraftBuddy]

Thank you Richard, yes I was really disappointed that I could not shoot some footage from above. Cheers and all the best, Martin 🤜🏻 🤛🏻

[@daniho6223]

building a two layered shelter is usually the best way to camouflage yourself from thermal. An insulating layer of moss between two layers of tarp (maybe even with moss on top for longer encampments) and a thermally insulating sleeping bag do quite well against thermal imaging. Best way to fool thermal imaging is to have thick foliage/plant cover around your campsite though, as that'll add another layer of protection.

[@dimitrov1640]

interesting and enjoyable video. 15 minutes passed imperceptibly. 👍

[@BushcraftBuddy]

Thank you my friend, glad you enjoyed it! Cheers 🤜🏻🤛🏻

[@jesper509]

Found this video right now, great work 👍👍

[@bushcraftlemmyhawk]

Grüß dich, sehr interessantes und toll gemachtes Video, hat mir richtig gut gefallen. PS: Habe auch noch den alten BW-Poncho, von dem dachte ich mir schon das der bestimmt gut im Test abschneidet. Danke für, s zeigen. LG Lemmy

[@BushcraftBuddy]

Servus Lemmy, ja ich war ganz überrascht wie gut er Licht abschirmt. Echt ein tolles Teil. Danke fürs schauen und das positive Feedback! Herzlichen Gruß und Horrido, Martin 🤜🏻 🤛🏻

[@SuperMurxus]

The reflective blanket is a rescue blanket for emergencies and not for use as camouflage material. It is not ment to build a tent out of it but to insulate a person directly like a blanket.

[@billtussenius4365]

Well from my experience it is also used for the exact reason as demonstrated in this video. He sadly only showcased its green reflective side, there is also the opposite side which is highly noticeable with not only thermal imaging, but also night vision, great for communicating a Heli landing site for instance ...

[@Plofirak]

Очень наглядно . Молодец.

[@thomaslilly5834]

So now I know what to use when I have to fight off a Predator (the alien from the movies). Thank you for that 😂

[@BushcraftBuddy]

Haha thanks for the great comment 😄👍🏻 Arnold simple covered himself in wet mud. Should have tried that as well 😉 Cheers, Martin 🤜🏻🤛🏻

[@redactedcanceledcensored6890]

So I guess a 3-layered poncho/tarp would work best: waterproof plastic outside, and then an insulating and a reflective layer. I wonder why no one has made such...

[@BushcraftBuddy]

Thank you, exactly. Maybe we should think about a business 😉 Cheers, Martin 🤜🏻🤛🏻

[@patrickschlauch6638]

There is already one: BE-X FronTier One Rugged Reflective Poncho,

[@AirsoftReviewArgentina]

Great way to test and prove gear! BTW I have a thing about M90 so couldn't go for anything else...

[@BushcraftBuddy]

Thank you my friend! Haha, everyone has their favorite, M90 ist definitely a good one. Cheers to Argentina! Martin 🤜🏻🤛🏻

[@chelazar8895]

Serbia Strong🇷🇸💪

[@European_mess]

Hell yeah! Живе Србије!! 🇷🇸❤

[@JimWisniewski2005]

Thanks to you I will hear this song in my head for the next few hours😢

[@pvk81]

Волимо вас, браћо! Загрљаји из Русије ❤

[@chelazar8895]

@@pvk81 i mi vas Braco🇷🇸❤️🇷🇺

[@chelazar8895]

@@brothabox6998 de ne Seri bre

[@Capcom32]

Very relaxing video to watch

[@BushcraftBuddy]

Thanks mate! Cheers, Martin 🤜🏻🤛🏻

[@theforestandme_outdoor]

Sehr cooler Vergleich, da hast du dir sehr viel Arbeit gemacht! Mega interessant wie man nach einer gewissen Zeit dann doch eine Wärmequelle hinter dem Tarp sieht. Auf bald mal wieder im Wald mein lieber Buddy ✌🏻😎

[@BushcraftBuddy]

Danke mein Gutster! Schade nur, dass die Drohne nicht gestartet ist. Ohja, da freue ich mich schon drauf. Wird richtig Zeit mal wieder 💪🏻👍🏻😉

[@theforestandme_outdoor]

@@BushcraftBuddy oh ja auf jeden Fall 😎

[@BushcraftBuddy]

👍🏻💪🏻

[@stanislavt6376]

Nice test!

[@BushcraftBuddy]

Thank you my friend 🤜🏻🤛🏻

[@dankojones8964]

Klasse Video! Sehr gut gemacht auch wenn die Drone mal nicht so mitmachen wollte 🙂

[@BushcraftBuddy]

Danke mein Gutster, ja echt schade dass sie nicht gestartet ist. Horrido und Grüße, Martin 🤜🏻 🤛🏻

[@3nertia]

Solid intel; thanks!

[@BushcraftBuddy]

Thanks Mate, glad you liked it 🤜🏻🤛🏻

[@waldborderlinesyndrom]

Hammer geiles Video!. Habe selbst ein Handy mit Thermal Camera. Leider ohne Nachtsicht. Jetzt weiß ich was mein nächstes Handy sein wird. Sehr cool gemacht mit den unterschiedlichen Tarnmustern.

[@BushcraftBuddy]

Danke mein Gutster! Freut mich zu lesen. Horrido und herzliche Grüße, Martin 🤜🏻🤛🏻

[@patrickbateman529]

I think the Russian EMR and german Zeltbahn are the most effective, and nicest looking too.

[@BushcraftBuddy]

Thank you and cheers my friend 🤜🏻🤛🏻

[@BOOSSHH]

The UK camouflage you have here was replaced almost 10 years ago, that's the old CBT 95 pattern and was replaced by Multicam which the Americans also use.

[@BushcraftBuddy]

Thank you for pointing this out. Indeed, I used all the tarps I have and did not own the MTP version at that time. Cheers, Martin 🤜🏻 🤛🏻

[@husamabdulzahra4375]

Nice informative video , thanks

[@BushcraftBuddy]

Thank you my friend!

[@DIOS-M]

Спасибо за интересную информацию.

[@BushcraftBuddy]

Spasibo! 🤜🏻🤛🏻

[@kedragon6460]

nicht zu vergessen nicht das tarnmmuster ist es, die materialien und verarbeitung und pflege sind das entscheidene, :)

[@BushcraftBuddy]

Ganz genau. Danke und Horrido, Martin

[@bernsch3945]

Sehr gutes Video 💪🏼👍🏼

[@BushcraftBuddy]

Danke mein Gutster 🤜🏻🤛🏻

[@BergGams]

Habe selber ein deutsches Flecktarn... Bin voll zufrieden. Es gibt bestimmt bessere, aber es erfüllt seinen Zweck

[@BushcraftBuddy]

Danke, ich muss ehrlich sagen, dass ich immer wieder neu beeindruckt wird wie gut Flecktarn in unseren Breiten funktioniert. Horrido und Grüße, Martin 🤜🏻 🤛🏻

[@gno3054]

Ein super interessantes Video danke dafür

[@BushcraftBuddy]

Vielen Dank mein Gutster und Horrido, Martin 🤜🏻 🤛🏻

[@OrderOfWoods]

Thank you for the information! Great documentary you did. Loved it! Sad about the drone footage, but in the end you made it out great. 🤠✌️👋🇱🇹

[@BushcraftBuddy]

Thank you my friend! Yes, I was a bit disappointed as you can hear from the "beep" 😉 But glad you liked it anyways! Cheers and all the best from Germany to Lithuania, Martin 🤜🏻🤛🏻

[@OrderOfWoods]

@@BushcraftBuddy I heard it 😂😂👍

[@BushcraftBuddy]

😉😄🤜🏻🤛🏻

[@johnnybillstrom5185]

The Swedish one is not a Swedish military standard unit. And the colour looks a bit off. And M90 has a few different shades from the start to blend better in different regions in Sweden

[@BushcraftBuddy]

Thank you for your comment. This is exactly right. The poncho is produced by ALE-TEX and has a breathable membrane. Cheers and all the best, Martin 🤜🏻 🤛🏻

[@zoranmarkovic1123]

The best effect can be seen in the photo from afar at 4:08, where the camouflages are placed between the trees. I must say that for my understanding of this topic, Germany and Serbia have the best camouflage. As for the flashlight tests and everything as a whole, the German one is the best, although the Serbian camouflage is slightly better, but it has a minus in the flashlight test.

[@bennyhill6653]

Klasse! greets from germany

[@BushcraftBuddy]

Danke Dir! Schöne Grüße zurück, ebenfalls aus Deutschland 🤜🏻🤛🏻

[@lukasderwaldlaeufer]

Super Video! Mich würde das Ganze noch einmal mit Pflanzen aus der Umgebung getarnt interessieren; ein Tarp bildet ja quasi nur die Tarngrundlage. Flecktarn ist wirklich super! Und mich würden noch einmal Wood Camos interessieren, also Waldimitationen!

[@Varimos]

Flecktarn ist ja auch für unsere Wälder entwickelt, die anderen für deren Wälder...

[@BushcraftBuddy]

Danke, Lukas! Ja ich bin auch immer wieder überrascht wie gut sich das in die Umgebung einfügt. Hatte die Erfahrung in unterschiedlichen Terrains gemacht. Das würde mich auch interessieren, ich müsste mir diese Muster mal zulegen 😉 Horrido und Grüße, Martin 🤜🏻 🤛🏻

[@BushcraftBuddy]

😉👍🏻

[@gustavpettersson3856]

Maybe this has already been written here in the comments and ive seen some comments talking a bit of what I know aswell. The Swedish M90 cant be bought, and none of the copys have the same heat (IR) protection. Furthermore the M90 comes in 3 different summer colorschemes. One is more to the beige side, for more dry land, one pretty dark for the type of forrest you are in! Aswell as one pretty light colourscheme, which blends in more into birch forests, which i am thinking that your M90 is closest to! Otherwise nice video!

[@kuussatanen2898]

Jerven Norge, ja Sarma Finiss, Nato viitat very good.....The Jerven Fjellduken Hunter is the favorite bivy...Särmä TST Lämpöviitta Climashield Apex -eristekuitu...

[@priority19]

excellent channel

[@BushcraftBuddy]

Thanks and cheers Mate 🤜🏻🤛🏻

[@arlekin66490]

Maravilla de video si señor

[@plemennoipepper1768]

Vielen Dank für das Video. Lakonisches, informatives, großes Angebot an getesteten Umhängen. Die hohe Leistungsfähigkeit des Bundeswehr-Ponchos ist höchstwahrscheinlich auf die dicke Schicht aus Butylkautschuk zurückzuführen, die den Stoff sowohl für Licht als auch für Luft völlig undurchlässig macht. Ein sehr guter Poncho mit großem Sicherheitsspielraum. Nochmals vielen Dank für das Video! Mit großen Grüßen aus Russland! Und damit es keinen Krieg gibt! Entschuldigung für meine schlechten Deutschkenntnisse!) P.S. Die einzige Frage. Handelt es sich bei allen getesteten Mustern (außer dem Helikon-Tex Poncho) um Armee-Originale oder nur um kommerzielle Versionen mit dem gewünschten Tarnmuster?

[@Astrofrank]

Ich kenne Deutsche mit schlechteren Deutschkenntnissen, also kein Problem.

[@petter5721]

M90 is my favourite 👍🏻

[@BushcraftBuddy]

Thanks Petter! Yes, it is a nice pattern. Cheers, Martin 🤜🏻 🤛🏻

[@СаваГенаРодюк]

Доброго дня Мартін відео супер особливо тести світло , тепловізори у тести з вітлом я би добавив світло червоного кольору ми його завжди використовуємо як засіб підсвідки. Дякую за показ вузлів , вже використовував їх. Дякую.

[@BushcraftBuddy]

Thank you buddy, great idea with the IR-illumination. Glad you were able to use the knots! Stay healthy and motivated my friend and cheers, Martin

[@osmacar5331]

The russian blended in best, the UK was rather difficult at night.

[@vast634]

I must say, Flecktarn is much better than I thought. (For this environment). It has the advantage to have a larger tiling in the pattern for larger surfaces.

[@maxsluiman9142]

That supposedly UK pattern here, is actually Dutch. UK DPM and the old Dutch Woodland pattern are a bit similar, but not the same. DPM has small spots on the edges, which Dutch Woodland lacks.