Desert Night Camouflage Effectiveness 

The irony of this pattern is that the day time chocolate chip camo proved to be more effective when viewed through a AN/PVS night vision device. And due to advancements in foreign night vision devices it has been rendered obsolete.

Can you do a video on trying to hide from nvgs

From a distance I think it would look like the OD fatigues used in Vietnam.

Adding a macro Coyote Tan or Nutria brown gradient would do wonders in making dnc visually effective, hell even adding IR compliant rain droplets would disrupt the pattern better.

with these films, you helped many people to choose the right equipment, great job, nr. 1

What was interesting about the night vision camouflage was that underneath a Gen 2 or gen 3 it stuck out as opposed to blend it in so that is why it never saw used beyond Kuwait.

They also made a reversible set combined this night pattern with the 3 color desert pattern.

You should do a video on the LBX Project Honor pattern. It is a large digitized MultiCam.

Where the hell, did you get that boonie hat?!?! We NEVER SAW SHIT like that! Hell, we were lucky to get the overgarment!

god i remember this camo, and the basic 3 tone crappy desert camo they gave us, great vid brent.

great video, i still have some old NDC's in my gear, and i kind of think of them as similar to OD gear...not really great for breaking up the human form, but they do give some sort of a subdued color...

my man, i can always count on you to have da camo effectiveness. on point.

Another good video, Brent.

Yeah it sure is. If you ever do by some luck it'd be awesome if you could test it out. Keep the videos coming. They're great man

Great video

Interesting, good vid. Given the overall color, I'm not surprised that it's so effective.

I always thought it looked Bad Ass . There was a episode of Star Gate Atlantis We're the STG Team was wearing it . Until the Night Scenes , Then they were seen wearing Woodland Camo . So maybe it did Evade the Television Camera's .

Really surprised I missed this vid when it came out. I just like the idea and look of the pattern. It's like East German rain pattern, its not obvious when you just look at it why it even exists.

Another great video Brent. I only just found this series and I'm loving them. I always liked this Desert night stuff, still seems futuristic somehow and I always imagined it'd be effective under trees in full leaf.

Great video ! your pack gave you away in that second clip

found it, this was what I was talking about, desert night vision camouflage, but they made this in a Parka/Smock... basically I'm looking for some sort of Parka/Smock, to keep in my Gear, the camouflage pattern I'm looking for, something that would blend into my neighborhood, but I find that the traditional, Smock with its simple design, works best for my needs....

Could you test "subdued urban digital" night camo? I plan on doing some night games soon and I'm not sure if I should go with that or navy blue.

Always great demonstrations! Question, at this point of current devices, would you say the material is more important for disguising signatures than the pattern itself? When I was in, some guys had some really salty cammies and they stuck out big time under Nods, and we were using PVS 14's. If they were brand new, no problem, though.

On >10m it just looks like a solid green... Some macro elements would be usefull...

Hey has anyone ever experimented with a pattern cold midnight tiger stripe it would be cool to see that pattern covered

I was thinking pretty much the same. A little darker, though.

I had a parka when I was around 12. I woukd hide in the weed patches and cuss at people. They couldnt see me if I didnt move. One issue with these was they would fade pretty badly. That ME sun would burn any of these exposed for half a day. Made the camo stand out under night vision. You can see this in a good bit of the ebay listings.

What kind of web gear are you using? Is that just standard ALICE or something else?

Despite 720p my eyes were instantly drawn to you about 70% of the time.

i wonder if it worked against gen 1 night vision

From a visual standpoint I think mc tropic would be ideal for that setting

This camo is very effective in real life - not in a video ..dduuhh!! In 1986-87 our paintball team adopted night desert (very available then) as our official "travel team" camo. .,We travelled from Ala. to: Ga., Fla., Tn., Ms., Ark., IL., Ind., Oh., Ky. and NC., playing paintball tournaments for several years. ALL the other teams complimented us on the camo, saying it was the best at non-detection and once detected-then lost - very hard to redetect unless you moved. Action Pursuit Games magazine featured our team and our camo on the cover.. forgot which issue, still have it somewhere. It works anywhere there is green cover! A camera is NOT real life - this stuff works in real life, where it counts!! I will admit its not the best in totally dead, brown/grey wooded, but still is better than most. The paintball team was originally name: "The Death Squad", later renamed "The Squad" when paintball got more attention and political correctness became necessary for the good of the game. ps.. We were in the magazine a second time as the first entire team to join the IPPA. Fredo, A.K.A. "The Predator"

I TOTALLY think you should try and test out the Colombian Army's woodland camo. It's called "Patriota" if I'm not mistaken. But in my opinion I think it works better then the American digital woodland. I really hope you get your hands on a uniform and try it out. Goodbye and thanks for reading.

I’ve had deer walk so close that you could reach out and touch them while wearing this camo in the woods.

Never seen this camo

Can I test it through infrared

It's not ineffective as a woodland camo, per se, but solid olive would be the same, as the fine line grid pattern isn't even visible beyond a few feet.

But does it hide u from ir sensors or ir camers

I wish i could find this camo in my size. 😥

Get the parka and make a ghilli. Great for that. Durable and you can put it together easily.

I’m sad it wasn’t tested with NVG’s

How well does it do against 1st gen night vision (civil or early night vision basically) because I was thinking of talking it to an airsoft night game.

We're can you get some of the BDU pants in this pattern? All I can find is the over pants.

What do you consider the most universal camo when it comes to plain tan vs plain OD green? And in general actual camo like multicam or what?

Id argue its more effective during cold times when there's not too much or some snow in a slightly urbanized environment

At distant I wouldn't think they are much different than od's

What good is 20-20 vision when looking at a computer screen? 20-30 is just as good as 20-20 when you're looking at screen pixels...

How is the sizing on these? I've heard they can be really baggy, and I prefer clothes closer to my body. I wear a small for BDU pants (and even that is a little big) so should I get an extra small for these?

Where on Earth did you find an entire set of these? When I was 13, a friend of mine had a smock that he had been given, I think by an uncle who might have been a prepper. We tried it out one night playing "spotlight", where we went out trying to find each other with a flashlight. This stuff REALLY worked! My backyard was overgrown with ivy and blackberry thorns, etc. and this camo worked!

Going for a walk in the woods and this dude creeps along the path.

a few times I could see him but most of the time I could not.

how did you get the boonie cap and I'm still looking for one in that same pattern

how good is it through all types of night vision, I've heard, actually not well.

Dig the nomex flight gloves

What's the rarest camo pattern you have come across? For me its sandf "Soldier 2000" pattern I can't find it anywhere.

This can work in th South European countries, where they have too many Olive trees and generally, trees that much that colour way more, than the enviroment, of a jungle or tropical. Actually,that's the green that you see in most Olive tre fields in Greece and Italy.

I'd like to see somebody try to paint their rifle in this pattern, that would be awesome.

Not bad for what it was. I have the bottoms, but can't find a jacket / top.

Shoulda tried Green ERDL for this terrain/vegetation

What pattern of boonie is that?

Still better than ACU

Would you please tell me where I can find that boonie!!! I've searched everywhere and no luck! Thanks!

Where'd you get the DNC boonie hat from?

Something people need to understand... is that the title of this video should be "Desert Night Camouflage Effectiveness - IN MY EVIRONMENT." Chances are, especially in the Midwest, that this video in not applicable. Not a dig on the creator, just something to keep in mind. Camo effectiveness is relative to location a season.

Spotted it every time,o.d.never worked well. Relish would've been better.

just like ods.

In defense of the DNC, it was designed in hopes to counter Soviet Gen 1 nvgs. It was tested with Western night vision which was clearly too much for the DNC and way past Soviet tech. As for actual tests performed with actual Soviet gen 1's, I've yet to see or read about one and I'd love to find out if there are out there.

wow looks good to bad u suck at hideing unless its your cam is asisting my sight but i got 20 20

This camo absolutely sucks

"cough" UCP "cough" Clearly this had some concepts borrowed by the idiots who designed UCP 20 years later

What the actual fuck... How is this considered an effectiveness test when it's not night nor did you look at it through night vision. This stuff didn't stick around for a reason.. It doesn't work

You are dead, picked you up in every scene.