The History of: The Canadian CADPAT Camouflage Pattern | Uniform History

Welcome to our first episode of 2019. Today we'll be covering the, first of its kind, digital camouflage patterns more commonly known as CADPAT.
Again we'd like to thank everyone who pointed out some of the missing bits. So hopefully take two on CADPAT paints the larger more complete picture.
You can check out the KZbin Channel War Aesthetic here: / spartan11862
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[@Indylimburg]

I saw CADPAT in person for the first time around 2011 and remember thinking "Hey, that's smart! They learned from our UCP mistake!" Now I find out they've had it since the 90's. Makes me even more mad about UCP!

[@jasonarmstrong5750]

Indylimburg ahh UCP, the only equipment blunder bigger than the time our military issued M-16’s and told their troops that it was self cleaning

[@tclem14]

Indylimburg and they denied the sale of the technology just to have it stolen for free

[@mzmadmike]

@@jasonarmstrong5750 Actually, Colt's sales reps misheard that the gas tube was self cleaning (it is), and relayed that the entire weapon was self cleaning (it is not). UCP, or as I call it, "phaggottephlage," is the most hysterically bad example of fraud, waste, and abuse ever, even compared to the rest of "Program Executive Office Soldier," which sounds like, and is, where you stick every fuckup you don't trust with an actual command. Listening to the bleats about how it was the greatest camouflage EVAR INVENTED! would be hilarious if it wasn't pathetic.

[@treerat7631]

If the army would have went with a modified Cadpat like the USMC be never would have had ucp

[@_CanadianUnknown]

UCP is literally grey cadpat the pattern is the same

[@meerkat1954]

Fun fact: The "embarrassing" woodland camo in Aghanistan actually proved better for blending into the local terrain once it faded than some other NATO country's dedicated desert schemes did. Which shows how something as simple as color intensity/brightness/saturation also plays a big role in camo design - intentional or not.

[@JACKSONLEWISOFCANADA]

Very true, i actually have some old tiger stripe camo that faded, but it works well in fall as it blends with the duller browns due to fading, is green enough to blend with what left over green we have and even frost due to the whiteish exterior of it, great effect for hunting….. the more we learn about camo the more we seem to learn that fading is not really that horrible and in many cases the idea of fewer patterns can work across many environments if you use the right base, which turns out is grey….. no green….

[@fiskersproductions]

@@JACKSONLEWISOFCANADA further on this, South African p83 "nutria brown" works better and getting dirty or wet

[@randybaumery5090]

Doesn't shock me because there was a little known hunting camouflage design that blurred that edges on its large colored blobs in the pattern like a sawtooth. It fooled your eye a lot quicker at distance that solid curvy lines did. Nature is made up of fractals, which is why fractalizing your camouflage works well.

[@davyrando1203]

I once saw a former CAF officer wearing his CADPAT uniform. He went "watch this" and backed up into some bushes and he damn near vanished like that Homer Simpson meme. Can confirm, CADPAT works.

[@toph72548]

While on my BMQ-L, some friends and I were waiting on the side of a small gravel path, just chilling and talking. A staff member passed us and got surprised by one of us talking because he hadn't seen us. Gotta love CADPAT.

[@flavortown3781]

Something I hate, leadership never wants to ask questions, if they do they only want answers that support what they already thought.

[@silverblueshadow]

@@flavortown3781 you have more chance to speak freely during an aar than "speak freely" session

[@flavortown3781]

@@silverblueshadow fair

[@yoshshmenge294]

lol at the Homer reference.

[@virhonestus8921]

My father was on OP Apollo, the first Canadian Forces in Afghanistan (Other than Special Ops) as he recalls about wearing woodland camo in a Desert "We stuck out like sore thumbs in the day time, but by god you couldn't even see us with the best NVGs available at night."

[@_CanadianUnknown]

That’s what cadpat was designed to do, it’s actually amazing when it comes to night vision visability

[@mafmaf6417]

It's funny, when I was in the forces back in the eighties we had green combats and comoflaged vehicles. Today the combats are comoflaged and the vehicles are green.

[@teodorogerald]

Basically a Uno reverse card

[@ashtonbergseth9712]

There are still cam nets sir

[@G1NZOU]

I notice now with British vehicles at least, when they want to camo them up they use camo blanket material and/or foliage rather than just relying on the paint camo. Since out in the open you're going to be on the move and making a lot of noise, and possibly showing up on thermals, disruptive camo paint schemes have been less important, and if you're not out in the open and on the move you'll be wanting to enhance your camo with foliage or a hull down position whenever possible anyway.

[@xirensixseo]

dude that 3d shapes urban camo was trippy

[@HaloFTW55]

The Canadian Army confuses it’s own soldiers to death. I’m sure other relish peeps here can agree with me.

[@CZ-tc4ot]

@@HaloFTW55 Yes. Also people being allowed to smoke on pot base.

[@johnduchesne1510]

When you want to be hidden in building, you have to become the building -HVAC and Architecture infantry

[@justcallmenoah5743]

@@CZ-tc4ot no worse than drinking on base

[@johnblair8643]

@@HaloFTW55 Postal Clerk detected, begone Gagetown dwelling goblin person

[@LuistheABF123]

Marine Corps: Hey Canada let me borrow your camoflauge. Canadian Army: Ok bro just change it up a bit.

[@beanzbeanz]

That's what happened and they're welcome to it. It was a stupid idea and doesn't work on a number of levels. Typical Canadian overthinking.

[@AirsoftReviewArgentina]

US Army: we want it too! Canadian Army: OK, change it again! US Army: OK! Sad story...

[@brucegraham4332]

m.facebook.com/groups/899032986929384?view=permalink&id=1339287759570569

[@ReviveHF]

Sometime in 2006 PLA: Hi Uncle Sam I want to copy your UCP camo, they look dope. ROCA: Me too US Army: Fine, but add some green, black and olive drab please.

[@houstonhensley9324]

Its been proven that they literaly just changed the colors and left the same shapes

[@radarmike6713]

I joined in the RCAF and went to a deployable radar comms unit in 2003. Where I was issued the CADPAT and turned in my old "pajama" combats. I felt like a million bucks when the US marines and other militaries soldiers envied our "perfect camo" Our woodland CADPAT was AMAZING in the dark of the desert. Our uniforms even got infused with an anti infer red chem to help from FLER cameras seeing us as well Then within a few yrs EVERYONE had digital variations that all just didn't quite compare to Canada's

[@radarmike6713]

@SILVESTER Luu and how am i a bigot?

[@bobjohn2000]

THIS CHANNEL IS UNDERRATED!!! I love this channel, it’s awesome

[@Mr9Guns]

the CF just released info about the upcoming CADPAT which is supposed to replace the standard temperate and arid patterns with an in between similar to multicam colors. Should blend into western Canadian areas better for sure.

[@G1NZOU]

Germany seem to be doing the same with their Flektarn called Multitarn, trialling currently with special forces, Italy have also done a MultiCam colouration of their Vegitata.

[@tylerwinters8644]

About damn time, I.was wondering if we were ever going to get a multi cam style uniform. Alil late though.. by the time it comes out we might not need it lol

[@erichstreberg7101]

All the bright green blobs in the dead ass grasslands of shilo and wainwright 😂

[@riserevelation8471]

along with most of Gagetown

[@vermontvermont9292]

I still think all this multicam trend isn't necessarily the answer.

[@sweetsounds152]

One big problem with the Cadpat is it got too dark when it was wet. And I often see a lot of brown and light brown in training areas I've been to, like long dried grass, fall leaves, and brown leaveless bushes. New pattern we're testing has a lot more brown and hopefully will solve the problem.

[@echodelta2172]

that's a very accurate assessment that a lot of camouflage designers don't understand until it's too late. Most environments are brown-dominant year-round. After all, how many woodland animals do you see that are completely green?

[@mikuhatsunegoshujin]

@@echodelta2172 >Most environments are brown-dominant year-round. Yeah, I don't know, I look outside right now and all I see is green. It's been like this for at least 5 Months now. In another 2 and a half it will turn brown and maybe even white sometimes. That said, yeah, the ground is always shit brown year round so if you keep cycling vegetation on you for over half year here you'll be able to blend in.

[@Pteparts69]

It makes far more sense to have more brown than black. Black doesn’t naturally occur, so a keen eye will pick out black objects in nature quite quickly, hence why black boots are a shitty idea

[@sweetsounds152]

@@Pteparts69 black occurs in nature as shadows. Everything has a shadow and placing shadows on yourself breaks your silhouette

[@Pteparts69]

@@sweetsounds152 that is true, however when in environments that lack substantial tall foliage, it stands out.

[@1joshjosh1]

I was in basic training for eventual Canadian infantry reserve in 1999. I had the Cad-pad on my new Kevlar helmet. Although there was a few guys issued the M1 helmet with US 81 Woodland pattern . But only a few. I'm going to assume the summer before it was the opposite. Keep up the good work.

[@ThaOneChrisJONES]

5:07 Fish 1: "I.. I think they see us..." Fish 2: " You're RIGHT, I too think they see us, what do we DO ?!?!" Fish 1: "Be cool, just be cool."

[@donwalsh9426]

I was enemy force back in the day (1977), for a reserve CLC course. I was told to place myself in their path, and open up at their worst moment. The first indication of their presence across an open field as they advanced out of a tree line, was the course officer's map board reflecting sunlight off the plastic like a mirror, and a DS instructor's British army DPM jacket, which had brown in it, and showed up like a flare. The old green combats worked in a temperate forest, and worked excellently. I also watched German infantry appear as if by magic out of the fog on a foggy morning in their grey-green uniforms. Cadpat IS amazing- I've seen a trailer disappear against a wooded background- but the lesson here is environment, and the Canadian army (as well as others, I've seen Afghan officers dressed in temperate combats, which was ridiculous) wants a Swiss Army knife approach, because they're cheap, and don't give a rat's about the military. Ask me about vehicles and prairie and winter cam sometime. You can't give a soldier a jacket and say, go wear this by the seaside, you'll be fine. They won't know you're there.

[@dodoDodo-of6pu]

The Canadian Armed forces (CAF) have just begun a trial of a new uniform. It's basically a digital copy of multi-cam

[@Yeoman7]

AKA “RELISH”

[@audriccherrey1499]

Yeoman I ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT ALSO

[@lanceluthor6660]

That's the typical milspec humor name like the US coffee stain. The CF are touchy about cadpat gear. I worked at a surplus store and anything cadpat that came in had been "rendered to rags" so it could not be used. That made the real gear worth lots online. My crooked boss bought lots of real gear from soldiers on leave who needed extra cash.

[@HaloFTW55]

Damn, that’s scummy. CADPAT are protected A items I think

[@chocolatebar5663]

@@lanceluthor6660 Illegal for civilians/non CAF members to own any cadpat for sale is probably fake

[@aidanpysher2764]

I did NOT expect a shout out to War Aesthetics. That's my single favorite channel on here.

[@Riceball01]

Great video, it was very interesting to learn about the history of CADPAT. One thing though, Multicam is considered to be a digital pattern even though it's not pixelated. This is because it was created using the same or similar methods and processes as CADPAT and other well known digital patterns. Digital patterns don't necessarily need to be pixelated nor are all pixelated patterns digital, the old desert night parka used by the US during Desert Storm is an example of this, it's pixelated but it's an analogue pattern. One other thing, I don't know if your channel is monetized or not but if it is, be careful with your use of footage not your own in your video. There's a channel that I follow that covers mlitary hardware and he uses lots of footage from manufactuers and various militaries to talk about his subject and KZbin recently demonetized his channel because "recycled footage" baiscally. They did this with no warning nor even telling which videos in particular they didn't like. So be careful if you're monetized, KZbin doesn't really seem to care about fair use.

[@theespatier4456]

Riceball01 This isn’t fair use protected.

[@ADxG1369]

Laughed out loud when i saw our old "garrison dress uniform" - we though on issue we would be getting "jump smocks" like the airborne...Quarter Master dead pan says - nope barracks only... WTF!!!

[@CMDRFandragon]

Cadpat is prolly one of the coolest looking camo patterns. I wear it when I can in games its in lol.

[@carrot92]

What games is the pattern in? And I agree, it is cool

[@beanzbeanz]

Sucks when you have to wear it for real. It's a dumb idea fundamentally because there are no straight lines in nature. Also the stuff fades and older uniforms and different parts don't match. Looks like crap on parade and isn't a uniform because it isn't uniform. The relish pattern needs to go.

[@CMDRFandragon]

@@carrot92 Wildlands and RB6 Vegas are the 2 I know of right off. Also Siege I think, pretty sure I put it on Buck, their Canadian operator.

[@unluckyzero6530]

@@beanzbeanz It is going. As a member of the forces, I can confirm it's leaving for some American camo or sorts. Still speculation but it's on its way out

[@pepebeezon772]

@@beanzbeanz the new uniform if we ever get one would fade as well and we'll have trouble replacing it, so nothing's going to change with a new one

[@nerminc.1713]

0:28 that is so Canadian it hurts.

[@Fede_uyz]

"Alright fellas we'll take the tim hortos through their left, once we've pushed through the parking lot team bravo will detach and encircle them throughthe alley. Once we've encircle them, we'll force them to accept my apologies for not giving exact change yesterday

[@5.7moy]

Canadian Captain Price

[@kewinmp9904]

Russian Digital flora, DPM british camouflage and Auscam please

[@realtissaye]

@@mablo88123 B-but how did you see it?!

[@jeffkardosjr.3825]

@@mablo88123 But they also deploy that camo to the wrong regions, such as arid regions. In this video, if I am correct, is Tajikistan: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rqGqhWptd9iNl8k Even the tan uniforms are too orange/peach. They'd be better off with the old Afganka.

[@atfjacknz]

@@realtissaye stop, just stop

[@mikuhatsunegoshujin]

@@mablo88123 You don't see digital flora, Digital flora sees you.

[@neffels8768]

Estonia: hey canada let me copy your homework Canada: sure bro just change it a bit Estonia: ok just give it to me Estonia: doesent change it besides add a bit more brown

[@teodorogerald]

Canadian Army: *visible confusion*

[@bloq6758]

Thats what the us army did same thing

[@5.7moy]

I was about to say that

[@eriksemelson409]

I mean it works tough, and the Estonian variant has a bit more changed then the amount of brown

[@VlaamsSoldat]

The famous, fighting jars of relish.

[@johnkonrad5040]

Love the update, had information I wasn't even aware of (mysterious second test pattern in the 1980s especially). Your updated information regarding CADPAT's development especially appreciated, it makes me both happy, and also frustrated considering our current Chief of the Defense Staff wants to replace it with Multicam. Happy trails

[@Hefty_Chonkster]

He's right to. There isn't a version of the uniform that isn't junk.

[@johnkonrad5040]

Eh... Is it worth it though to ditch CADPAT for that reason though? CADPAT is the most effective temperate camouflage pattern around, Multicam is a good pattern, but has limited effectiveness. I'd rather see an improvement to the uniforms themselves, as well as body armour and other bits of kit, than just see the same poor quality uniforms reprinted in Multicam, and lose the advantage with CADPAT we already have

[@pepebeezon772]

@@johnkonrad5040 CADPAT sticks out like a sore thumb in the prairie provinces

[@johnkonrad5040]

@Justeuntroud'eau, eh... Depends where you are. I'll agree with you that in places like Moose Jaw or Suffield, that's certainly the case, although almost all temperate woodland patterns suck there anyways (hence why the Brits used Desert DPM until they went with MTP). Up in parts like Edmonton or Wainright though, it's fairly green, and Multicam can really standout vs. CADPAT. Truth be told, most of Canada is more like the latter than the former... CADPAT just works better on average in Canada

[@lorrewatkins5925]

I love watching your vid's and hearing you talk, they are very informative, intuitive and overall a great job, I always learn something new from you. So thanks so much and keep up the good vid's !

[@aaronschaefer4167]

Those Canadian Urban prototypes look awesome!

[@mephiston001]

So Canada started the digital camo pattern? far out man...

[@chappers666770]

Go on...?

[@ywe3]

They didn't...US Army were trialing pixel camo in the late 70s...but pixel camo goes back to WW1 in one shape or another

[@JesusFriedChrist]

Thomas Dority Yes but the modern iteration is Canadian designed, and all other modern digital camos are either directly copied or at least inspired by it.

[@ywe3]

@@JesusFriedChrist that's like saying the British didn't invent the tank...they did and they also fielded them 1st...but it doesn't matter as pixel camos are worthless which is why striped and dotted are now being fielded

[@DeNihility]

@@ywe3 The idea, sure. It's very different now.

[@tjparkinson4059]

Fun fact are uniforms fade into a nice white after some use and washing I think it’s just budget whites

[@harosokman]

Having watched both, the update is warranted. It adds a few good things.

[@vermontvermont9292]

I was super into the urban m81 when I was teenager. I even used it on the airplane models I used to build back in the late 90s.

[@s0nnyburnett]

Getting some old history channel vibes in this, god I miss it.

[@victorreznov2822]

great video! hope to see the the history of flecktarn and schneetarn soon

[@matthewviergutz3688]

Arctic CADPAT is coming in to replace the plain white snow camo overshirt and pants. It comes in pants, a shirt, a helmet cover and a rucksack cover. Currently CADPAT TW and AR are being phased out in favour of a revised colour palate that is appropriate in multiple environments.

[@lockedon8953]

This channel really makes me think of fun with flags lol

[@TheNightlessFall]

i fall in LOVE with this Camo

[@johnkapwn]

Will you do an update with Prototype J (CADPAT MT)?

[@virus5567]

But why does the Cadpat Urban look hot tho like its a better looking variant of ucp that did things right and went fully urban

[@benningtoncheemingwan9168]

That second CUPAT pattern prototype from Hyperstealth would be really useful in a Scooby Doo chase through doors.

[@bigboof8809]

Getting my uniform this week! can't wait, however, I really hope it doesn't change...CADPAT TW and AR are great and CUPAT looks embarrassing but I guess looks really don't matter...unless it involves being seen at shot lol

[@SgtMjr]

It is rumored that CF was denied a cammo uniform for years because civilians in Gov't thought it made troops look 'too agressive'. Only in Canada. I saw a Clothe the Soldier poster on a CF base that was ammended to 'Clothe the VanDoos'LOL

[@jrdougan]

West Germany also had this concern. Of course, when your ancestors were Nazi's I guess it makes more sense.

[@cail592]

It's the CAF now.. (fyi)

[@pepebeezon772]

Procurement is even more rediculous now

[@jeffkardosjr.3825]

@@cail592 Then explain CFBs.

[@cail592]

@@jeffkardosjr.3825, Do you seriously not know the difference or are you trying to troll?

[@count2g220]

Here's to the end of a generation 🍻 let's hope the new cadpat we're about to get doesn't take 10 years to roll out

[@god9364]

I was in my BOR the other day and they were talking about it, yes...about 2027 is when we should all have it

[@count2g220]

@@god9364 lmao typical

[@JesusFriedChrist]

We need to leave the digital camo in the past. We should be adopting something like A-TACS FG/A-TACS AU or like CONCAMO. It’s pretty ridiculous when the civilian camouflage market has better patterns than our actual armed forces. We should be giving our boys the best of the best. Digital camo is a thing of the past. Organic pixels and the pattern within a pattern algorithm used in A-TACS and the confusion algorithm used by CONCAMO are the future. And it’s sad when I say the future because A-TACS first came out in 2009. Which is 11 years ago. We should’ve jumped on it then. Instead we’re still using an outdated digital pattern from the 90’s.

[@MustertheBrohirrim]

Those concrete ones are amazing. They all are.

[@jesperohlrich7090]

So a danish company helped with the design? Explains why it looks like a digital version of the danish m/84 pattern

[@mardiffv.8775]

Barracuda is Swedish, not Danish. Sweden and Denmark have fought no less then 14 wars.

[@jm7744]

in the summer of 1995 in CFB Petawawa 50% of base was driven out to the area of Race Horse road in the training area. we were all trucked out to in the back of mlvw's with no tarps. there were 5 different types of patterns at various ranges. we were all told to face away from the passengers side of the vehicle and driven about 50 M down the road. when the vehicle stopped we were told to turn around and write the order that you see each number... the cadpat was seen last in most cases because it was right next to a pine tree and the others were contrasted against the petawawa sand.

[@LSPD1909]

Just seeing that pattern gets me fuckin going. Love your channel buddy.

[@bloq6758]

The grey uniform look nice

[@ruskgaming6019]

can you do some videos on Russian camos?

[@TheBryanScout]

0:52 why’s that Bundeswehr soldier wearing a 1st Cav patch?

[@mardiffv.8775]

Probably that German soldier was attached to the 1st Cav. I know Dutch Air Force Apache pilots in training at Fort Rucker, AL, get issues a US Calvary hat when they graduate.

[@Sturmdude]

I'm sad that the Synthwave channel is gone . . .

[@rogerhudson9732]

I await DPM, though I have a nice example of 1944 British Ventile trousers in the old '44 SAS pattern.

[@macaklin0]

nicely done video. could you make the video about CROpat camo, please?

[@UniformHistory]

It's on the list of topics for future videos.

[@virhonestus8921]

Also we just got a new CADPAT that closely resembles a Digitalized Multicam

[@TheNightlessFall]

yeah a video about the CADPAT Prototype J (CADPAT MT) would be great

[@jjt1093]

I had the OD uniform throughout the 90,s, Still remember the steel helmet, We got around 98 I think the Kevlar cadpay helmet and a IR screen LOL that was the first of the new gear, You always heard about but never really saw it around. Left in 2001 new gear still was in yet LOL

[@mtumeumrani376]

could you do a video in the origional woodland BDU pattern and why it was phased out?

[@nicklasodh]

I think the rotation with Canadian troops that arrived in Bosnia in summer 2001 was the first with CadPat, so they had Canadian troops with two different uniforms there for a while. It would be interesting to see a video on the Swedish M90 camo, since Sweden is probably the only country that uses it. Estonian and Latvian troops did however use it when in "Camp Jussi" and "NordPol barracks" in Doboj northern Bosnia. I guess the Swedes supplied the uniforms for them and they just stitched on their own flags back in 2001.

[@lib556]

I was deployed to Africa on a UN Mission in 2001. The 2,000 or so Canadians in the Balkans were in brand new CADPAT and the Canadians deployed everywhere else overseas (like us) were in monochrome green (our official way of saying OD). There was a Finnish guy on the mission and he said to me once "hey, we're the only 2 countries out of 42 still wearing 1960s uniforms..." Not exactly true as the guys from Benin were wearing French satin 500 OD and the Nigerians tended to rotate between a cam and non-cam uniform. I mention this because there's a comment above about how good the Finnish uniform is now. Ironically, the guys from Tanzania wore a DPM pattern made in Canada with same cut, pockets etc. The DPM was similar to UK's (colours slightly different). It was created for Tanzania in the early/mid 70s and, since there was a ton at Peerless Garments of Winnipeg, it got used for our Para smocks worn between 1974 and 1995. Another irony of the mission was that while we had 2,000 soldiers in the Balkans, the Balkans were sending UN Military Observers to Africa. They consisted of Bosnians, Croats and Serbs - all in a common uniform (US woodland) with the same Balkans patch on their sleeves. Makes one think...if you still have thousands of NATO soldiers in your region to keep you from murdering each other...maybe you have no business sending your soldiers to keep the peace in other countries...just sayin'

[@anttitheinternetguy3213]

Btw At 04:00 you talk about danish company but the guys on the video are finns, or at least their car seems To be. And this brings me To my request: finnish semi-digital M/05 please?

[@_Jaspy_]

Itekki pisti silmään toi kohta. Oon myös kuullu et Suomalaiset ois ollu ekoja jotka on kehittäny ton digitaali camonpatternin? 🤔

[@HypocriticYT]

Expensive in the mid 90’s with 4 uniforms and 8 pairs of boots for Canadian army. You had two dress uniforms summer and winter , combats and garrison dress. I find it amazing how much newer uniforms wear and fail prematurely. You can see this with surplus sales of these items. Boots of several types fail quickly compared to the older combat boots.

[@lencao4515]

Can you do a video on the interceptor armor and its accessories

[@L85A2]

War Aesthetics approved.

[@peytonhohenstein3249]

Question? Can yall do a video on kryptec camoflauge? I know the army looked at it and was just wondering if that was a video you could maybe do for the community. Thank you for your time.

[@Stewart682]

My son was on that first roto in Afghanistan and wore the CADPAT TW uniform. He said they were also issued with one set of CADPAT AR but told not to wear it until ordered to do so. Not sure of the reasoning there.

[@joesoldchanneldeprecated5948]

I actually made my own disruptive pattern and it looked similar to CADPAT.

[@ArgonPlasma]

Just recently bought a CADPAT jacket online from a Canadian surplus store (size is a bit too small to fully wear but not enough to wear it without buttoning it, luckily the store kept the manufacturer tags and they sell my size online at the same prize), and as much as I love UCP as a guilty pleasure (I will freely admit that it was a terrible pattern and its retirement was long overdue) to the point of buying both UCP-patterned BDU and ACU blouses, the CADPAT jacket blows them out of the water.

[@Trimilkcornbrush]

for my arctic camo they gave me the top and two rucksack covers but never any pants, im pretty sure i was supposed to get pants not 2 rucksack covers lol

[@tjparkinson4059]

We all mostly get issued the new winter Cadpat now

[@MichaelR58]

Thanks for sharing !

[@neoconwarhawk1001]

Digital camo was cool for 20 year but the us army army got ride of UCP and replaced it with OCP, the us navy got ride of the type 1s and replaced it with a green version and soon a more traditional uniform. And the chinese are getting ride of the type 07 and replacing it was the Xingkong Patten

[@HypocriticYT]

Black bears have good camo for the woods. You rarely ever see a bear. Most of woods is shadow and darkness so black works well.

[@Really250]

Thank you for this.

[@TheAMcDoom]

Please do the British Camo patterns. Mostly the woodland DPMs, desert DPMs, and the new MTP both the old style MTP and new PCS-CU MTP.

[@erenjaeger6204]

I'm US Army and I wish we'd adopt CADPAT.

[@TheMrPeteChannel]

Seems to me that the helmet cover is always the first item of cammo to be adopted.

[@igasuguseidasju1699]

Estonians just took CADPAT and zoomed it in a little so shapes are little bigger. But they are very very similar.

[@donneale7555]

I used to play paintball back in the 90's and had some cadpat printed pants and pouches....there were always army guys who kept saying it was illegal to own for civilians Don't know if it was true or not but it went on for a few years with lots of different people

[@metalforever12085]

You can get surplus cammies at lots of places. It doesn't use the ACTUAL CADPAT pattern, just a very accurate reconstruction of it.

[@donneale7555]

@@metalforever12085 ....this wasn't surplus, it was before the Armed forces were issued cadpat....I bought it from a designer store here in edmonton that was trying to get a contract with the government ( at least that's what the guy in the store told me ) I brought a few of my buddies in to buy some after they saw mine and we got to talking with the owner....at the time, his buisness was making various tactical gear and were looking to expand past police into the military

[@BunnyOfElvnteenlives]

Only the official CADPAT is illegal. Your pattern probably wasnt real and didnt have the treatment applied to it

[@donneale7555]

@@BunnyOfElvnteenlives ....no idea, no one ever actually tried taking it.....it just really tiring to always have an arguement with someone over my paintball gear But it really worked much better than OD or woodland camo

[@ann-louisemiranda1258]

Hey could u do a video on ATACs Camo? Thanks

[@ryn9384]

Thank You.

[@CrazyCannuk804]

I remember going from OD greens to Cadpat in 04

[@michaeldorosh5047]

I'm saddened that all the uniforms I've worn in my time in service are now being featured in military history videos. Nice summary though.

[@vermontvermont9292]

Do a video on Estonian digital camouflage please.

[@ArrowSmith95]

i still have a set of cadpat boots kicking around

[@JMGeranimo]

So what's everyones take on cadpat? Good or bad?

[@someguyfromquebec2302]

man i wanna see a video on that garrison camouflage

[@richardtaillon1616]

8:06 OP Apollo?

[@petesheppard1709]

Wasn't the US Army Natick labs involved somewhere? I've seen mention that they first broached the idea of digital camouflage patterns, which the Canadians noticed then ran with.

[@I_am_not_a_dog]

Pete Sheppard Yeah, they had been experimenting with digital and “imitation digital” camo for years. The “imitation digital” is actually a misnomer, and preceded digital patterns. Essentially, the patterns consisted of MUCH larger “squares” than you see in CADPAT/MARPAT. It was also far more macro-pattern oriented, not micro-oriented at all (no “jagged edges”). There’s definitely some pictures out there, but unfortunately, I can’t remember the official name of these patterns. There’s even some pictures that claim to have been taken in the late Vietnam era that show these patterns in use. When it comes to more modern digital patterns, Natick was definitely messing around with them during and before the development of CADPAT.

[@petesheppard1709]

@@I_am_not_a_dog Thanks! I also saw mention of Natick in another video.

[@I_am_not_a_dog]

Pete Sheppard No problem. BTW, I found that early “quasi-digital” pattern! Google “Dual-Tex camo.” Kinda neat.

[@theespatier4456]

Pete Sheppard Yeah, it all started with 70’s Dual-Tex, IIRC.

[@theespatier4456]

Mark F Yeah, photos are super hard to find. I’ve actually found a few magazines and books with high quality photos of Dual-Tex, but I didn’t order them. On the internet there’s only about 5-10 pictures of Dual-Tex.

[@thesaltysergeant4103]

Was in the Infantry in the early 90s, didn't see any cadpat. I would have loved to have been issued some. Although that Crappy Garrison jacket was standard issue. Horrible.

[@umid3339]

Does anyone know if there are cadpat polo shirts

[@Shankdaddy16]

Your voice is very well suited for video making! Kinda reminds me of Steve1989. Love the vids man!

[@reconmodelsvaughn469]

I have a very large US. Collection of all the early and late military patterns for the US.. i have several pieces of the T pattern.and some opfor pieces

[@Average_Acadian]

best pattern for the recruit who wanna hide and take a nap in the bush

[@iberiksoderblom]

We sort of did that in M/84... but not as digitized...

[@Fight4MyCountry]

Defs worth the second viewing

[@MaxwellAerialPhotography]

CADPAT is fantastic, until you throw it in the wash once or twice, then it becomes more washed out that an old couch that UCP might blend into.

[@HypocriticYT]

Note the German clip with them still using WW2 mg42 in the 80’s.

[@thegreatgreenmenace4050]

Finland has the best digipat. Its like someone actually took time in consideration for the terrain of use.

[@ashtonbergseth9712]

Awesome I wear this everyday

[@RTR-rn3vl]

Proud To Be Canadian

[@poonjify]

Why issue the most ineffective, ridiculously hilarious, color ineffective camouflage pattern to the US military? Well, the jury is still out on that one.....

[@Glatidoz]

Compare CADPAT to ESTDCU. The Estonians pretty much copied the camo near exactly, and we got into some legal trouble with Canada over it.

[@s0nnyburnett]

What are they going to do? Go to war over it?

[@Glatidoz]

@@s0nnyburnett Bureaucracy. Nothing more to it.

[@antonine.rodrigue8769]

Never had or have seen CADPAD combat boots?