What about the Pananamian GN ERDL and the FFDD woodland? They were similar to the original US camos but with the difference being the colores being the Green darker and the Brown lighter
It should be noted that the Vietnamese Tiger Stripe is inspired by the French Lizard TAP Camo. Also, The Vietnam era leopard and duck hunter camo is inspired by WWII USMC Frogskin Camo
@@hafizfirliansyah7784 a pattern that the 2nd armoured had to stop wearing because at a glance it looked like some of the German camos and led to friendly fire incidents
@@Justin-pe9cl Funny enough that somewhat became a thing back in WW2, there was a ship that disguised itself like an island, had trees and tons of foliage
Another copycat camo is MARPAT, the US Marines digital camo. It is actually based off CADPAT used by the CAF. It should also be noted that MARPAT also used the same print screens as CADPAT when it was first issued in 01.
The Mexican armed forces even copied CADPAT for their uniforms but almost makes it look like Russian EMR camouflage. Their desert uniform even looks like a pixelated version of desert flecktarn
@@db-dl3nu the ukraine war has showed us that drawing letters on vehicles and wearing bright armbands is more than enough to identify who is friendly and who is hostile.
@@miniaturejayhawk8702 That or actual proper squad communication so you will know through the communication network if you are approaching friendlies or hostiles. If you rely only on your sight and not intel, then you are a failure in modern warfare.
i'm a civillian with a huge interest in the military and i have to say BDUs are the best i've seen. modern multicam is good but BDUs just have that comfort and pattern that multicam can't match
Fun fact: the Chinese DPM camouflage uniform was once the standard issue camouflage uniform of the Philippine army from the 2000s to mid 2010s when in 2016 it was beginning to get replaced by a more modern camouflage uniform the PHILARPAT pattern
I can see the similarties, and while fabrics where sometimes manufactured in china, I think it's not a copycat that way. The DPM/Woodland in general is just commonly adapted worldwide at the time and not necessarly copied from the Chinese DPM.
Camo design is like the fashion industry. New patterns came out, ppl studied it and borrowed some concept to develop their own version with different color scheme and shapes.
Concealment has only been the primary function of uniforms for less than a 100 years. Before that the opposite was true, armies wanted the soldiers to be as recognisable as possible for two reasons. To easily distinguish friendly fighters in the chaos that war used to be and the second being a psychological factor to enemies. British bright red coats, the french bright blue uniforms, enemies only had to glance the uniform colour to see that a very deadly force is coming at them.
two things to note here. 1) NO denamrk did not shamelessly copy the flecktarn pattern we bought the rights to it fair and square. 2) the M/84 was in general issue from the mid-eightiees way before flecktarn was in generla issue in germany.
It's brilliant in UK woodlands in the autumn with the red brown blending in with fallen leaves. It's not so good the rest of the year here. MARPAT works really well here, I was laying on the ground under an oak tree and someone 2-3m away from me didn't spot me! MTP/Multi--cam/Ghost Cam is really good.
I always liked American Woodland, Vietnam Tiger, Rhodesian Tiger and yep British DPM...but we used DPCU in Australia until they bought that new crap one.
@@Tethloach1 "Japan adopted a flecktarn-based pattern called Type II Camouflage, or Jeitai which has been in use with the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force since 1985. This pattern is a 4-color version consisting of light green, brown and black on a beige background.[15] A desert version is also in use.[16]" Wikipedia source for flecktarn
This is ridiculous. These uniforms are ‘copied’ by other countries because they work. There’s no point in inventing a whole new camo if there already is one that suites the job. Another example of this is how most modern tanks are shaped similarly because the design works, and modifying it could potentially just make them worse.
The original RAF uniforms where intended for the Russian Imperial Navy as a replacement for their earlier uniforms, however history intervened and factories in the UK had a bunch of surplus uniforms until the idea of making it the RAF one.
Actually the British wore red uniforms because red dye was abundant and cheap. The New Model Army wore russet colored uniforms as a result of politicians awarding the uniform contract to the lowest bidder in the mid 1600s.
The British wore red because the dye was cheap and readily available. The dye was so cheap that the coat wouldn't even stay red throughout a campaign. After a summer on the march, it would be brownish in color.
Kind of sad now that most armies are moving towards multicam, or copies of multicam. The British MTP is a blend of multicam and the old DPM, but you have to really study it to see it.
4:48 the Indonesian soldier (no 4 from the left) is holding a Indonesian Pindad SS2 assault rifle. Shows how much dedication SH puts into making this video that even such tiny detail is included.
- British DPM is my #1 GOAT _(I am Croatian)_ - Indeed, the U.S.' Woodland camo is kinda boring, but amazingly effective! - Tiger Stripe = so unjustly forgotten and so good! - And I really, really love the old good Olive Drab ♥ AND whoever invented THE WORST useless camo ever upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8e/Army_Combat_Uniform.jpg should be shot for high treason!
Agreed except I will say a good coyote brown over olive drab. And UCP has only effectiveness in 3 places I have ever seen. A gravel pit, grandmas couch, and some patches of Shrublands and high dessert in US.
The M/84 is still the de-facto best camo for usage in lower Scandinavia. Never will any currently issued or immediate future camouflage pattern be better at hiding in the local woodlands and fields here. Bring back the M/84!
In Hellenic army, we pretty much use the same with British. I think the only difference is that we use the patern in bigger size, but I think the general idea is the same.
Remember when I joined army cadets, one evening young guy said we going do camouflage and hide then they got find you. We all went outside and rest was shoving branches down them, he came to me he asked why I wasn't doing it, my reply, don't need it cause you will never find me. He went back in, I looked a round and when know one was looking, I climbed up a tree and with it being dark, he never thought of looking up there, he caught everyone else, could hear him calling me every name under the sun.
There were also a woodland version of the US chocolate chip pattern was worn by the Philippine National Police, the flaktarn uniform has a lighter-ish copy as well, currently worn by the Japanese Self Defense Force
Here's a fun one; almost every Marine corps that isn't from a commonwealth country copies the USMC. Peru is one of the biggest offenders, but in Asia and South America almost all of them are copies copy the colors, emblems, and/or uniform cuts of the USMC. Even the now defunct South Vietnam Marines used to do it. From the top of my head: Peru (Pattern, Dress Blues, Utility Uniform Cut) Korea (Dress Blues, Utility Uniform Cut, Emblem) Thailand (Utility Uniform Cut, Emblem) Philippines (Dress Blues, Utility Uniform Cut) Colombia (Dress Blues, Utility Uniform Cut) Chile (Utility Uniform Cut) Argentina (Utility Uniform Cut) Spain (Dress Blues, Utility Uniform Cut) Also honorable mention to the Bosnian Army, which do wear uniforms with the EGA variant of the MARPAT pattern with some being American made MCCU cuts. EDIT: Yes i know MARPAT is a copy. The colors however are distinct and the Uniform cuts are not canadian.
@@youngdenard264 Yes. That much is common knowledge, but i'm talking about the Uniform Styles and other stuff also. Notice I only mentioned the pattern, twice. MARPAT has a specific color scheme, and like the other American CADPATS like the NWU Type patterns or the US Army digitals, have the emblem of the branch stamped on it. Hence "The EGA variant of MARPAT" and not "CADPAT with the color scheme" in reference to bosnia. CADPAT however, is deffinetely one of the more spread patterns, Russia Surpat is another CADPAT variant.
The US had a major hand in helping build most East Asian and South American marine corps so it makes sense. For almost all East Asian nations either their marines were built on the American or the British model with help from either nation in respective to the choice made by their nations. with only a few being built without outside guidance.
The British khaki uniforms whilst not a camouflage "pattern" were one of the first uniforms with a form of concealment in mind. The military reforms that took place in the early 1900s were a result of the lessons learnt during the Boer War (as was the School Meals Act.) Ghillie suits were a result of Scottish stalker kit used for hunting deer. The British have lead some innovations in camouflage. Were "adapted" an American commercial pattern camouflage into MTP, a pattern that seems widely adopted albeit with variations. One of my favourite patterns was the old Auscam.
I read something a while back, that said in the early 2000s, the Germans were testing various patterns. However, the most effective was very close to the WWII _SS_ Erbsenmuster )pea pattern), which was too close for comfort, so they deliberately avoided that one.
The "Rain Pattern" - Adopted by the Polish Peoples army in 1958 (and no doubt inspired by ww2 German patterns) as the "wz. 58" but was nicknamed "deszczyk" (light rain) by soldiers consisting of a khaki base with dark brown lines printed on top, though several variations were produced in different shades for the different branches. In the 1960's the Czechoslovak army adopted the vz. 60 uniform that had two shades of nearly identical green as the base with dark brown lines printed on top. And in 1965 the East German Army adopted the "Strichtmuster" (I've also seen it called "Strichttarn") pattern uniform which consisted of a tannish-brown base with dark brown lines printed on top. Oh, apparently Bulgaria also had a variation of this pattern issued to some units during the 1960s and 70s. Multicam should also probably be entioned seeing as pretty much every country uses not multicam itself but a license free copy whether its MTP, Scorpion or whatever else...
The U.S. Navy adaption, alleged to allow maintenance paint splatters to go unnoticed, was cool. But I still miss the two tone work dungarees of bell bottom trousers and "jeans" type shirt of light blue/gray.
In my third world country, we just reuse surplus from the USA, once some tourist soldiers accused me of stolen valor because I was using the same uniform from their country from the 90s as well as patches and insignias from US military. I explained to them how we can't afford to produce our own stuff and have always just used US surplus and we had a good laugh
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It can be done in at least the British DPM , I have a set (missing the jacket (shirt?)) that's allegedly original; the ankle holes that lead to the feet have a set of strings so you can do just that.
The 1st use of camouflage was by the British Rifle revetments they wore green jackets instead of red around 1800s. All they were the first to use NCOs and rifles the baker rifle.
Another one worth mentioning, one with potential for consequences too, is the Russian jagel camo copying Finnish M05. It has the potential of being used in false flag operations
I am writing for those people who think that the Russian "Digit" is a copy of the Finnish M05. To begin with, before writing this, you would have guessed that the military uniform was sewn for the local fauna. And in these countries it's almost the same thing. And in fact, the outlines of the shape are similar, but absolutely not identical. In addition, the Russian form is divided into several types. In winter, "Digit", and in summer it is "moss".
The camouflage I hate the most right now is Multicam, literally almost every Police or Military force is using nowadays. Even in Ukraine is using by both sides so it often gets mistaken and both sides look so much alike.
@Californian\Filipino\American Way to much overrated. I always thought they look cool until I saw them everywhere almost in every military in the world. It sucks to see similar uniform patterns, it takes away the criativity and really makes you love more the old type like vine leaf from Vietnam and desert storm operations.
You missed the biggest of them all. The Canadian CADPAT which is regarded as a revolutionary camo for military uniforms. Which was obviously quickly adapted by the American military and more.
Yes, the Canadian CADPAT is so good, it was copied by the US Marines, though with different colours. The Marines' MARPAT even uses the same print screens as the Canadian CADPAT!
That's mostly due to great variety of uniforms on the battlefield (especially on Ukrainian side), though some patterns such as Gorka and Multicam are present on both sides.
@Bobi Gorg AFAIK, it is not a standardized military pattern. Many civilian manufacturers produce it for military and civilian use, and many soldiers choose it for how cheap and durable it is.
Bro I swear there was a time in the 90's where it seemed that everyone was rocking m81 woodland And my I point out tons of people adopted a copy or a slight modification of Rhodesian brushstroke
Another example is SS-Leto Partizan camo used by the Russians. Damn near an exact copy of the SS Oakleaf Camo used by the Nazis in WW2. Idk if id call it shameless but its a for sure copycat camo
The King's Royal Rifle Corps, 1756 why did British rifles wear green? They were the only British regiment to wear a green uniform rather than the standard red coatee. This was for camouflage, as the Rifles were supposed to take cover from the enemy rather than stand in line, and to use their accurate weapons to pick off enemy soldiers. Just a historical update rather than critique.
Ok @Simple History where are the camo soldiers?! I CANT SEE ANYONE! Yes few glimpses like half a guy, floating hands and arms and that guy behind the counter! Your animator dropped the ball on this one!!
Yes, big miss considering that even the US copied Canada's work. A lot of countries are just copying the pixelated look, but the real innovation behind CADPAT was getting computers to design the disruptive micropatterns. Even more innovative are the ideas Canada was looking at for an urban environment camo pattern (CUEPAT). They ended up either being too non-traditional (ie. weird) for the Canadian Armed Forces or CAF decided that an urban-only pattern wasn't practical. My guess is a combination of both, but with more weight on the latter.
@@youngdenard264 Do you have a source to back that claim? Remember, we're not talking about just using a computer during the design process, but actually having the computer create the design.
The Philippines uses DPM too since the 90's at least, however, the marines and the army had evolved in using digicams while the Air Force are still using it.
Since this is the second copycat episode, as far as I know, lets turn back the clock to when other ancient civilizations tried to copycat the Ancient Romans’ military & such…
Valid, @@Justin-pe9cl; its much like how Northern China copied the architectural culture of Southern China, excluding Western China of course. HOWEVER, you missed one key crucial thing: Military, NOT Culture. Try again…
Oh? Well, I’m technically not too surprised that they might’ve borrowed from the Spartans, but don’t forget that there was more to it, especially the roads, @@Justin-pe9cl…
M1929 Telo mimetico (Italian: camouflage cloth) was a military camouflage pattern used by the Italian Army for shelter-halves (telo tenda) and later for uniforms for much of the 20th century. Being first issued in 1929 and only fully discontinued in the early 1990s, it has the distinction of being the first printed camouflage pattern for general issue, and the camouflage pattern in longest continuous use in the world.[1]
In 1944, telo mimetico was adopted by the Germans and distributed to Waffen-SS units operating in Italy and Normandy during the spring and summer of 1944. Most frequently published photos show members of the 1st and 12th SS Panzer Divisions wearing the Italian attire along with a mix of standard issue Waffen-SS uniforms and equipment. After the Italian surrender, stocks of the Italian pattern were captured and used on other fronts.[3] Some of it appears to have ended up in the hands of Czechoslovakian and Soviet units.[4] It is possible that the whole production machinery was moved by the Germans to Czechoslovakia, laying the foundation for the country's post-war production.[5]
Originally only printed on shelter halves, the pattern was not intended to be worn by soldiers though the shelter halves could be used as rain-ponchoes. From 1942, the printed fabric was also used for smocks for the Italian paratroopers. At some point before the outbreak of the Second World War, the pattern was changed, possibly to accommodate printing with smaller rolls.
Armies needed to find new ways to hide from, observe and deceive enemy forces. In 1915, the French Army became the first to create a dedicated camouflage unit. The word 'camouflage' came from the French verb meaning 'to make up for the stage'. Its practitioners, many of whom were artists, were known as camoufleurs , the researchers said it’s not Germany 🇩🇪 or British 🇬🇧 but France 🇫🇷
You forgot, that the Russians copied their "Yeger" camo from Finnish "M05" camo. Finland published unique "M05" camo in 2007 and Russia "published" their "Yeger" camo during the war of Georgia in 2008.
a more recent case was russia copying the finnish M05 pattern, with their jagel pattern. to be frank, it wasn't just a version, it was a 1:1 photocopy, with parts of the pattern being a direct match with the M05. Some argue that the M05 is a copy of the canadian cadpat, but this is just not true. the colors are similar, due to flora of finland and canada being very similar. both are a digital pattern. but the finns genuinely developed the M05 pattern on their own. they're just similar. the finns actualy fed a ton of pictures of their forrests to a computer algorithm that then produced the pattern from the most prevalent shapes and colors of finnish forests. ofcourse you could also argue that the finns copied the german tropetarn with the M04 desert pattern, but the M04 has more green on it. still a very close in comparison. it is likely that the finns took lead from the tropetarn, but it's not a 1:1 copy.
You should've added the russian copy of the m81 woodland called "Kirpichka" AKA "Little Bricks" or the "Les" forest m81 copy, Although there isn't alot of info on those camo's I do know they were used by MVD units in the early 90s from what i've heard.
Should see how some overzealous Sheriffs Departments like to pick and choose elements from US Military uniforms, wear them on Patrol and don't get called out for stolen valor.
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Umm...I don't think CZcams's gonna be happy seeing a blurred swastika. Might want to replace that logo with the CZcams logo instead.
you forgot to add estonians copy of the canadian camo
What about the Pananamian GN ERDL and the FFDD woodland?
They were similar to the original US camos but with the difference being the colores being the Green darker and the Brown lighter
I think you Simple History ned to listen to 43 secound, sounds like it's mixing with other voice at the same time
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It should be noted that the Vietnamese Tiger Stripe is inspired by the French Lizard TAP Camo. Also, The Vietnam era leopard and duck hunter camo is inspired by WWII USMC Frogskin Camo
there are so many other inconsistencies in this video,... it is itself a copycat of a more in-depth video
The Aussie current army camo actually looking similar to a WW2 era Frogskin camo used by US Marines even Soldiers of 2nd Armored Division in France.
@@hafizfirliansyah7784 a pattern that the 2nd armoured had to stop wearing because at a glance it looked like some of the German camos and led to friendly fire incidents
Last video about copycat weapons
Tiger stripe is a copycat of lizard camo that all
This along with camouflaging their ships with dazzle camouflage and ghillie suits they created, the British seem to have a talent for camouflage.
I love the dazzle designs, they had some fantastic looking ships back in the day. I've always wondered if I'd be mad to get a car wrapped in dazzle.
I just imagined a ship in a ghillie suit. Just a big floating pile of grass. XD
They suck with armaments though
@@Justin-pe9cl Funny enough that somewhat became a thing back in WW2, there was a ship that disguised itself like an island, had trees and tons of foliage
Wonder if legal
I don't know why but I've always found military combat uniforms interesting specifically WW1 and WW2 uniforms
They have drip!
They were simple and practical.
@Content_enjoyer Nah, Early French ww1 uniform.
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@@miniaturejayhawk8702 They were
Another copycat camo is MARPAT, the US Marines digital camo. It is actually based off CADPAT used by the CAF. It should also be noted that MARPAT also used the same print screens as CADPAT when it was first issued in 01.
Yep, UCP, Marpat and AOR patterns all have their origins in CADPAT.
@@Apus__ really sucks that cadpat was chosen over the brush stroke and tiger stripe when the USMC was designing their camo.
I think that was covered in another video
The Mexican armed forces even copied CADPAT for their uniforms but almost makes it look like Russian EMR camouflage. Their desert uniform even looks like a pixelated version of desert flecktarn
Fun fact: the woodland marpar once used by the Georgian Armed Forces around the russo georgian war, including conscripts and national guards
Coping another design actually makes alot of sense so that way you don't have to waste time making your own and in a warzone time is very important
Yeah really sound idea going blue on blue
@@db-dl3nu theres nothing blue on blue about it, if they fail to recognize their own troops thats on them 🤷🏽♂️
@@db-dl3nu the ukraine war has showed us that drawing letters on vehicles and wearing bright armbands is more than enough to identify who is friendly and who is hostile.
@@ilillillii7130 thats a warcrime...
@@miniaturejayhawk8702 That or actual proper squad communication so you will know through the communication network if you are approaching friendlies or hostiles. If you rely only on your sight and not intel, then you are a failure in modern warfare.
Note..the Salvation Army never adopted the DPM camouflage.
Its interesting that some of the earliest modern "camouflage" dates back to British riflemen in the Waterloo era who wore green.
I think it has to be intentional for it to be camouflage
Number of armies then had green/brown for jager units
The king who just liked green
The deadly projectile weapons forced uniforms to adapt. The modern era 19th , 20th, and 21st century. Close range mele combat requires no disguise.
@@Tethloach1 camo didnt exist on a wide scale till the boer war, and yes the king picked green for rifles because he liked it
1989s US BDUs were my uniform. But I do like the German flecktarn. Very cool pattern.
i'm a civillian with a huge interest in the military and i have to say BDUs are the best i've seen. modern multicam is good but BDUs just have that comfort and pattern that multicam can't match
@@mothman6378 the cargo pockets on the legs, and the four pockets on the jacket were super convenient in the field
Same here, it's pretty cool like with the Lizard/tiger stripe pattern
Fun fact: the Chinese DPM camouflage uniform was once the standard issue camouflage uniform of the Philippine army from the 2000s to mid 2010s when in 2016 it was beginning to get replaced by a more modern camouflage uniform the PHILARPAT pattern
I can see the similarties, and while fabrics where sometimes manufactured in china, I think it's not a copycat that way.
The DPM/Woodland in general is just commonly adapted worldwide at the time and not necessarly copied from the Chinese DPM.
where did you get this information? you have any sources? or you just guessed it?
@@MTC008 There are images of filipino soldiers on the internet wearing the DPM camouflage and even on the news
Now the US marines copied PNP camouflage and Canada copied Philarpat
@@reymeradrianotv4001 and then there's the lawsuit of Candian Hyperstealth to AFP about the PHILARPAT
Camo design is like the fashion industry. New patterns came out, ppl studied it and borrowed some concept to develop their own version with different color scheme and shapes.
In Indonesia, DPM informally called Falklands camo. In recent years they even update it into a digitalized version although few servicemen using it.
Malvinas
@@abuomar2214 Malvinas in Spanish.
Falklands in English.
@@abuomar2214 It's only the Falklands.
I hope Indonesia change camo to use indocam
my favorite is indonesia's orange camo.
Concealment has only been the primary function of uniforms for less than a 100 years. Before that the opposite was true, armies wanted the soldiers to be as recognisable as possible for two reasons. To easily distinguish friendly fighters in the chaos that war used to be and the second being a psychological factor to enemies. British bright red coats, the french bright blue uniforms, enemies only had to glance the uniform colour to see that a very deadly force is coming at them.
two things to note here. 1) NO denamrk did not shamelessly copy the flecktarn pattern we bought the rights to it fair and square. 2) the M/84 was in general issue from the mid-eightiees way before flecktarn was in generla issue in germany.
Non-country.
prove it
@@MTC008 do you read danish ?
M/84 were at first produced in gemany for the danish army so no it isn´t stolen or copied as stated in the video.
@@stigchristensen2597 give me the link of your evidence and i will read on it
I think flecktarn camo is the best pattern. It really blends great with the envirovements than other like woodland.
It's brilliant in UK woodlands in the autumn with the red brown blending in with fallen leaves. It's not so good the rest of the year here. MARPAT works really well here, I was laying on the ground under an oak tree and someone 2-3m away from me didn't spot me! MTP/Multi--cam/Ghost Cam is really good.
As someone whose Airsoft team adopts this as our official camo, I concur!
Flektarn or cadpat are the best I find
Woodland and 3 color desert
Reminds me in Erbsenmuster
DPM uniforms with a Beret, black jungle boots and an L1A1 is just a sight to behold.
Agreed
Got a DPM uniform, a beret and black boots for cadets. There's a photo of me holding a deactivated L1A1 when we went shooting. Great times.
Dont forget the Bergen with a tall flag carrying the Union Jack
@@ripsnorter185 Oh yeah. Couldn’t forget that.
I used to like Rocking around with the L2A1 in DPCU (Auscam) :)
British DPM is the all time classic pattern.
It's what most people think when camo is brought up
@@cornishpasty7853 that or us m81 woodland
@@ahandgrenade3640 they are similar so it makes sense
@@ahandgrenade3640 A cheap looking simplified copy of DPM
I always liked American Woodland, Vietnam Tiger, Rhodesian Tiger and yep British DPM...but we used DPCU in Australia until they bought that new crap one.
I would think the Japan Self Defense Force camo pattern must have swiped its design from the German flecktarn, given their similarities.
It is possible, but we don't have any proof.
@@Tethloach1 "Japan adopted a flecktarn-based pattern called Type II Camouflage, or Jeitai which has been in use with the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force since 1985. This pattern is a 4-color version consisting of light green, brown and black on a beige background.[15] A desert version is also in use.[16]" Wikipedia source for flecktarn
@@Semper-S3XY ah! So it is trueee
This is ridiculous. These uniforms are ‘copied’ by other countries because they work. There’s no point in inventing a whole new camo if there already is one that suites the job. Another example of this is how most modern tanks are shaped similarly because the design works, and modifying it could potentially just make them worse.
The original RAF uniforms where intended for the Russian Imperial Navy as a replacement for their earlier uniforms, however history intervened and factories in the UK had a bunch of surplus uniforms until the idea of making it the RAF one.
The British redcoats wore red uniforms to hide blood from wounds. I wonder why the French wore brown trousers.
Actually the British wore red uniforms because red dye was abundant and cheap. The New Model Army wore russet colored uniforms as a result of politicians awarding the uniform contract to the lowest bidder in the mid 1600s.
The British wore red because the dye was cheap and readily available. The dye was so cheap that the coat wouldn't even stay red throughout a campaign. After a summer on the march, it would be brownish in color.
@@ayoa1173 also due to patching with Portuguese fabric which was very cheap and readily available
I see what you there, lol.
I still think the german WW2 uniforms were the best looking.
Smart officers and effective camouflage for various seasons
They were designed by BOSS , what do you expect .
Yes. German uniforms were very impressive looking. And the grey worked well in urban warfare.
@soft_dicc ha, nicely done.
the m40 field jacket was nice and the flecktarn stuff is cool but i find the grey ones boring.
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Kind of sad now that most armies are moving towards multicam, or copies of multicam. The British MTP is a blend of multicam and the old DPM, but you have to really study it to see it.
It also says "MTP" on it in places, written in brown camo
When you're at a bootlegging competition and your opponent is China
*>.>*
4:48 the Indonesian soldier (no 4 from the left) is holding a Indonesian Pindad SS2 assault rifle. Shows how much dedication SH puts into making this video that even such tiny detail is included.
- British DPM is my #1 GOAT _(I am Croatian)_
- Indeed, the U.S.' Woodland camo is kinda boring, but amazingly effective!
- Tiger Stripe = so unjustly forgotten and so good!
- And I really, really love the old good Olive Drab ♥
AND whoever invented THE WORST useless camo ever upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8e/Army_Combat_Uniform.jpg should be shot for high treason!
Only God knows who is the sinner that invent UCP
Agreed except I will say a good coyote brown over olive drab. And UCP has only effectiveness in 3 places I have ever seen. A gravel pit, grandmas couch, and some patches of Shrublands and high dessert in US.
The M/84 is still the de-facto best camo for usage in lower Scandinavia. Never will any currently issued or immediate future camouflage pattern be better at hiding in the local woodlands and fields here.
Bring back the M/84!
In Hellenic army, we pretty much use the same with British. I think the only difference is that we use the patern in bigger size, but I think the general idea is the same.
Yeah, plus we use the French Lizard camo as well
I think WW1 uniforms were meant to show which country had the most drip
Remember when I joined army cadets, one evening young guy said we going do camouflage and hide then they got find you. We all went outside and rest was shoving branches down them, he came to me he asked why I wasn't doing it, my reply, don't need it cause you will never find me. He went back in, I looked a round and when know one was looking, I climbed up a tree and with it being dark, he never thought of looking up there, he caught everyone else, could hear him calling me every name under the sun.
Italian camo is quite unique back then in the early 1940s
Also considering it was originally designed in 1929
There were also a woodland version of the US chocolate chip pattern was worn by the Philippine National Police, the flaktarn uniform has a lighter-ish copy as well, currently worn by the Japanese Self Defense Force
what is the camo called?
Here's a fun one; almost every Marine corps that isn't from a commonwealth country copies the USMC. Peru is one of the biggest offenders, but in Asia and South America almost all of them are copies copy the colors, emblems, and/or uniform cuts of the USMC. Even the now defunct South Vietnam Marines used to do it.
From the top of my head:
Peru (Pattern, Dress Blues, Utility Uniform Cut)
Korea (Dress Blues, Utility Uniform Cut, Emblem)
Thailand (Utility Uniform Cut, Emblem)
Philippines (Dress Blues, Utility Uniform Cut)
Colombia (Dress Blues, Utility Uniform Cut)
Chile (Utility Uniform Cut)
Argentina (Utility Uniform Cut)
Spain (Dress Blues, Utility Uniform Cut)
Also honorable mention to the Bosnian Army, which do wear uniforms with the EGA variant of the MARPAT pattern with some being American made MCCU cuts.
EDIT: Yes i know MARPAT is a copy. The colors however are distinct and the Uniform cuts are not canadian.
Actually the USMC copied the Canadians Cadpat
@@youngdenard264 Yes. That much is common knowledge, but i'm talking about the Uniform Styles and other stuff also. Notice I only mentioned the pattern, twice.
MARPAT has a specific color scheme, and like the other American CADPATS like the NWU Type patterns or the US Army digitals, have the emblem of the branch stamped on it. Hence "The EGA variant of MARPAT" and not "CADPAT with the color scheme" in reference to bosnia.
CADPAT however, is deffinetely one of the more spread patterns, Russia Surpat is another CADPAT variant.
The US had a major hand in helping build most East Asian and South American marine corps so it makes sense. For almost all East Asian nations either their marines were built on the American or the British model with help from either nation in respective to the choice made by their nations. with only a few being built without outside guidance.
The British khaki uniforms whilst not a camouflage "pattern" were one of the first uniforms with a form of concealment in mind. The military reforms that took place in the early 1900s were a result of the lessons learnt during the Boer War (as was the School Meals Act.) Ghillie suits were a result of Scottish stalker kit used for hunting deer. The British have lead some innovations in camouflage. Were "adapted" an American commercial pattern camouflage into MTP, a pattern that seems widely adopted albeit with variations. One of my favourite patterns was the old Auscam.
I read something a while back, that said in the early 2000s, the Germans were testing various patterns. However, the most effective was very close to the WWII _SS_ Erbsenmuster )pea pattern), which was too close for comfort, so they deliberately avoided that one.
🇬🇧⚔️😛👍 5:30, the image on the screen in the Chinese classroom is quite clearly the UK Royal Marines ‘advance to Battle’ from the Falklands 1982 🤩🥳🥳👍
It’s not really about copying…it’s whatever works best is it not 🤷🏼♂️
The "Rain Pattern" - Adopted by the Polish Peoples army in 1958 (and no doubt inspired by ww2 German patterns) as the "wz. 58" but was nicknamed "deszczyk" (light rain) by soldiers consisting of a khaki base with dark brown lines printed on top, though several variations were produced in different shades for the different branches.
In the 1960's the Czechoslovak army adopted the vz. 60 uniform that had two shades of nearly identical green as the base with dark brown lines printed on top.
And in 1965 the East German Army adopted the "Strichtmuster" (I've also seen it called "Strichttarn") pattern uniform which consisted of a tannish-brown base with dark brown lines printed on top.
Oh, apparently Bulgaria also had a variation of this pattern issued to some units during the 1960s and 70s.
Multicam should also probably be entioned seeing as pretty much every country uses not multicam itself but a license free copy whether its MTP, Scorpion or whatever else...
The U.S. Navy adaption, alleged to allow maintenance paint splatters to go unnoticed, was cool. But I still miss the two tone work dungarees of bell bottom trousers and "jeans" type shirt of light blue/gray.
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israel seems like an easy one to add. Like " this chicken israel, or that fake tofu garbage?"
I think I had a stroke 🤣🤣
TURKEY EATİNG GREEK.
The most impressive part about this is how those guys in the store take off their old pants/ put on news without taking off their boots.
It can be done in at least the British DPM , I have a set (missing the jacket (shirt?)) that's allegedly original; the ankle holes that lead to the feet have a set of strings so you can do just that.
The 1st use of camouflage was by the British Rifle revetments they wore green jackets instead of red around 1800s. All they were the first to use NCOs and rifles the baker rifle.
Another one worth mentioning, one with potential for consequences too, is the Russian jagel camo copying Finnish M05. It has the potential of being used in false flag operations
I am writing for those people who think that the Russian "Digit" is a copy of the Finnish M05. To begin with, before writing this, you would have guessed that the military uniform was sewn for the local fauna. And in these countries it's almost the same thing. And in fact, the outlines of the shape are similar, but absolutely not identical. In addition, the Russian form is divided into several types.
In winter, "Digit", and in summer it is "moss".
@@bobigorg1665 nobody thinks EMR is copy of M05 but russian yeger camo is.
It's actually a copy of the Canadian Forces Cadpat Camo and we are the pioneers of digital Camouflage. But the uniform style is usmc
@@HouseOfNishizumi its not, Yeger/Jagel is a modified copy of Finnish M05 which in itself is an original camo.
@@fennoman9241 but it's the same design as cdn forces 1st gen cadpat
The camouflage I hate the most right now is Multicam, literally almost every Police or Military force is using nowadays. Even in Ukraine is using by both sides so it often gets mistaken and both sides look so much alike.
@Californian\Filipino\American Way to much overrated. I always thought they look cool until I saw them everywhere almost in every military in the world. It sucks to see similar uniform patterns, it takes away the criativity and really makes you love more the old type like vine leaf from Vietnam and desert storm operations.
When there's no shame in killing, there's definitely no shame in copying
Never thought I’d see Morgan and Morgan move past TV ads. Technology is scary
Can’t believe you didn’t mention the woodland camo 😮
Anyway, the Germanys camo are my favorite!
You missed the biggest of them all. The Canadian CADPAT which is regarded as a revolutionary camo for military uniforms. Which was obviously quickly adapted by the American military and more.
Yes, the Canadian CADPAT is so good, it was copied by the US Marines, though with different colours. The Marines' MARPAT even uses the same print screens as the Canadian CADPAT!
Thanks Canada!
Ukraine-Russia war soldiers have to use armbands, basically same as Edo period samurai warriors
I think more of airsoft when I think of the armbands.
That's mostly due to great variety of uniforms on the battlefield (especially on Ukrainian side), though some patterns such as Gorka and Multicam are present on both sides.
@Postoronniy Isn't Gorka a Russian manufacturer?
No
Both sides uniforms look similar especially after dirty
@Bobi Gorg AFAIK, it is not a standardized military pattern. Many civilian manufacturers produce it for military and civilian use, and many soldiers choose it for how cheap and durable it is.
Best camo is purple clothes because purple make you invisible, everyone know that!
Can you do chinese civil war and russo japanese war
Attorney firm sponsors?????? These guys get big bucks lmao
I found the Indian Army camo from the 80s & 90s absolutely hideous.
I have been seeing Morgan and Morgan commercials for literally my entire 23 years of life, never once have I seen one like that
I have tked friendlies multiple times playing squad because the Canadian pattern looks so damn close to the Russian forest camo
I missed the "playing squad" part and for a split second thought you had killed several of your own guys in real life
Brushstroke patterns look the coolest imo
Let's not mention how multicam is the BDU of the 21st century.
You guys missed MARPAT, UCP and CADPAT
Bro I swear there was a time in the 90's where it seemed that everyone was rocking m81 woodland
And my I point out tons of people adopted a copy or a slight modification of Rhodesian brushstroke
Here’s a famous one, MARPAT and CADPAT
Another example is SS-Leto Partizan camo used by the Russians. Damn near an exact copy of the SS Oakleaf Camo used by the Nazis in WW2. Idk if id call it shameless but its a for sure copycat camo
I think this is the first time i have seen a law firm sponsor a youtube video..
Don't forget the Canadian CADPAT uniform was copied by the US Marine MARPAT camo uniform.
The King's Royal Rifle Corps, 1756 why did British rifles wear green?
They were the only British regiment to wear a green uniform rather than the standard red coatee. This was for camouflage, as the Rifles were supposed to take cover from the enemy rather than stand in line, and to use their accurate weapons to pick off enemy soldiers. Just a historical update rather than critique.
So the Danish "Copied" Flecktarn, but not mentioning the Russian copying of European Camos since the 70s?! Izlom, "Partizan" etc.?!
I like how they never brought up the USA copying Cadpat
Yeah the US doesn't like to admit that.
China’s abilities to Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V are too op.
Was not expecting Morgan and Morgan lol
Expecting rum
Didn't expect i would ever see a youtuber advertising a law firm
The 3 tone M84 of the Danish Army Uniform is awesome.
Today, lots of countries are adopting & copying multicam.
I remember grinding for the Tiger Pattern in Rising Storm 2 Vietnam. Worth every kill.
Such a good game.
Do you say ARVN Lizard?
Ok @Simple History where are the camo soldiers?! I CANT SEE ANYONE! Yes few glimpses like half a guy, floating hands and arms and that guy behind the counter! Your animator dropped the ball on this one!!
you missed the big one. the canadians were the first to use digital camo in afghanistan and now digital seems to be the standard
Nobody cares about canada
Yes, big miss considering that even the US copied Canada's work. A lot of countries are just copying the pixelated look, but the real innovation behind CADPAT was getting computers to design the disruptive micropatterns. Even more innovative are the ideas Canada was looking at for an urban environment camo pattern (CUEPAT). They ended up either being too non-traditional (ie. weird) for the Canadian Armed Forces or CAF decided that an urban-only pattern wasn't practical. My guess is a combination of both, but with more weight on the latter.
@@JonMartinYXD actually the Soviet was the first with KLMK to use a computer for make a camouflage
@@youngdenard264 It's not computer generated.
@@youngdenard264 Do you have a source to back that claim? Remember, we're not talking about just using a computer during the design process, but actually having the computer create the design.
0:44 did anyone see a German Empire flag like me?
@Simple_History_1319 wha
The Philippines uses DPM too since the 90's at least, however, the marines and the army had evolved in using digicams while the Air Force are still using it.
Fun fact: Russia actually has the most anti tank vehicles
I'm not an expert or anything but I feel like the Tiger Pattern is probably the best
Coolest pattern ever
@SimpleHistory_1 scam!
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surprised they didnt mention the most copied pattern on earth. the US M81 woodland
At 5:34 I like how you show the Chinese watching a video of the British soldiers on the Falkland island
Since this is the second copycat episode, as far as I know, lets turn back the clock to when other ancient civilizations tried to copycat the Ancient Romans’ military & such…
The Roman’s copied a ton of stuff. Their whole culture was practically imported. XD
Valid, @@Justin-pe9cl; its much like how Northern China copied the architectural culture of Southern China, excluding Western China of course.
HOWEVER, you missed one key crucial thing: Military, NOT Culture. Try again…
@@nickvinsable3798 They took a lot of inspiration from Greek culture, including their gods. It’s not just their military.
Oh? Well, I’m technically not too surprised that they might’ve borrowed from the Spartans, but don’t forget that there was more to it, especially the roads, @@Justin-pe9cl…
@@nickvinsable3798 Chiefly the Greeks as a whole were a huge inspiration for them, and they most certainly took inspiration from everywhere.
M1929 Telo mimetico (Italian: camouflage cloth) was a military camouflage pattern used by the Italian Army for shelter-halves (telo tenda) and later for uniforms for much of the 20th century. Being first issued in 1929 and only fully discontinued in the early 1990s, it has the distinction of being the first printed camouflage pattern for general issue, and the camouflage pattern in longest continuous use in the world.[1]
In 1944, telo mimetico was adopted by the Germans and distributed to Waffen-SS units operating in Italy and Normandy during the spring and summer of 1944. Most frequently published photos show members of the 1st and 12th SS Panzer Divisions wearing the Italian attire along with a mix of standard issue Waffen-SS uniforms and equipment. After the Italian surrender, stocks of the Italian pattern were captured and used on other fronts.[3] Some of it appears to have ended up in the hands of Czechoslovakian and Soviet units.[4]
It is possible that the whole production machinery was moved by the Germans to Czechoslovakia, laying the foundation for the country's post-war production.[5]
Originally only printed on shelter halves, the pattern was not intended to be worn by soldiers though the shelter halves could be used as rain-ponchoes. From 1942, the printed fabric was also used for smocks for the Italian paratroopers. At some point before the outbreak of the Second World War, the pattern was changed, possibly to accommodate printing with smaller rolls.
Don’t forget the M81 Woodland, and the various digital patterns.
My uncle nicked so some choc camo and flak jacket and I've still got it cheers uncle andy . passed away from gulf war syndrome 2009
I think nee zealand should switch to Multicam Tropic. The greens are just right in dense bush out here. Perfect.
Armies needed to find new ways to hide from, observe and deceive enemy forces. In 1915, the French Army became the first to create a dedicated camouflage unit. The word 'camouflage' came from the French verb meaning 'to make up for the stage'. Its practitioners, many of whom were artists, were known as camoufleurs , the researchers said it’s not Germany 🇩🇪 or British 🇬🇧 but France 🇫🇷
There is also the Finnish m05 pattern that the Russians copied as the yeger pattern
I wrote a comment above explaining why this is not the case. But as for the Ukrainian form, isn't it copied from the USA?
You forgot, that the Russians copied their "Yeger" camo from Finnish "M05" camo. Finland published unique "M05" camo in 2007 and Russia "published" their "Yeger" camo during the war of Georgia in 2008.
Did Canada dirty by not including the USMC adaptation of Canadian CADPAT
a more recent case was russia copying the finnish M05 pattern, with their jagel pattern. to be frank, it wasn't just a version, it was a 1:1 photocopy, with parts of the pattern being a direct match with the M05.
Some argue that the M05 is a copy of the canadian cadpat, but this is just not true. the colors are similar, due to flora of finland and canada being very similar. both are a digital pattern. but the finns genuinely developed the M05 pattern on their own. they're just similar.
the finns actualy fed a ton of pictures of their forrests to a computer algorithm that then produced the pattern from the most prevalent shapes and colors of finnish forests.
ofcourse you could also argue that the finns copied the german tropetarn with the M04 desert pattern, but the M04 has more green on it. still a very close in comparison. it is likely that the finns took lead from the tropetarn, but it's not a 1:1 copy.
You should've added the russian copy of the m81 woodland called "Kirpichka" AKA "Little Bricks" or the "Les" forest m81 copy, Although there isn't alot of info on those camo's I do know they were used by MVD units in the early 90s from what i've heard.
Bro you have to be a floridian with a Morgan and Morgan ad! Love that!
Should see how some overzealous Sheriffs Departments like to pick and choose elements from US Military uniforms, wear them on Patrol and don't get called out for stolen valor.
The British don’t use the “M” designation. You’re thinking of USA. They use “P” with a date or refer to a “mark”.
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