Swiss Alpenflage vs US Woodland Camouflage Test 

I was doubting it too but wow

The Alpenflage did a lot better than I expected, honestly..

I guess I never should have doubted German/Swiss ingenuity, but the red really did surprise me.

Right on.. eluding German rangers is a great testament to woodland's effectiveness!

Right on, I have a newfound respect for Alpenflage.

I thought the same thing. It blends better with the dead vegetation during winter where the green actually stood out amongst the other greens. It's really weird how well the red plays into it all.

​@@samuelneil2691red spectrum is hard to see at distance esp at night, dad laughed at my Taz 83 set till we went pig hunting in central texas brazos river bottom the pigges chased him not me and he lost me in woods several times and he was professional tracker.....he bought a set after he saw me pull down the mesh veil 😂

Thanks, man. Glad somebody got a couple laughs out of it.

Right on. And if it doesn't work out, someone commented on here that they used green dye on theirs. I've used black Rit dye on an ACU camo shirt and got dark shades of gray that looked a lot better, and it was a pretty easy project.

@@vikingsharia I thought about doing that if things don’t seem to work out but after getting my jacket, I’m confident enough in it and will most likely be hunting in it this year as is and all around enjoying this awesome gear because the quality really is impeccable for a $10 field jacket and $30 pants. I think I’ve found my camo!

I haven't tested any digital patterns, but I did try out flecktarn and the desert tropentarn version this past fall/winter and was really impressed by them. I should probably make a video about that.

And lol that Belgian is pretty interesting

Yea I wanna do a spring/summer test now..

The old BDUs did too, but you had to be careful about what kind of detergent you washed them; no color brighteners, and you didn't want to starch them, even pressing and starching was required. But I've heard that some, not me, kept a specific set of BDUs just for the field that never got starched and pressed.

Very cool idea!

no! this is absolute stupid idea. this camo was ment for night operations so defezting night visions. you are just potentially ruining its purpose

@@firstlast-dj5ou I am not doing night ops and nobody with nightvision is looking for me. 😂😂

Thanks man! I definitely wanna do more comparisons and it's a good excuse to expand the camo collection.

@@vikingsharia Yeah--I like to have camo for dark and light seasons. I've viewed a few more vids, and I'm glad I subbed.

@@vikingsharia I wanted to share one more thing. Check out the Alpenflage as night time camo. The white spots really throw off spotting an outline. Put a jacket over a bush at night and even shine a light on it. Sweet. Keep up the good vids.

@@TutorWindow That sounds interesting.. I'll give it a try. I wonder if chocolate chip desert camo would have a similar effect?

Lol glad somebody got the joke.

Alright a vote for Woodland!

This reminds me of "everything is better in Scotland" but with Germany haha ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-rv2BcBZan2A.html

@Viking Sharia O. K. But I am a Czech. Leibermuster provides makro/mikro camouflage. The whole idea behind the Leibermuster was: Patterns, that are effective at longer distances and break up the outline of the human body, lose much of their effectivenes at short distances. And vice versa: Patterns, effective at close distances, turn into one solid colour at longer distances, thus losing the properties and advantages of multicolour camouflage. Plus, the intended camo should have been effective in IR spectrum too. Leibermuster succedes in overcoming the makro/mikro camouflage dilema, while Woodland fails to do so. Leibermuster was copied not only by Swiss, but also by early Bundeswehr, Spanish army, and, since the WW2 in Europe ended in Czechoslovakia, thus making the German troops here the main users of this very last camo pattern, the Czechoslovak army copied Lwibermuster too. While woodland was used primarily by the u.s. vasal states, lacking their own capacity and expertise, needed for development of sophisticated camouflage pattern. Thats why I wrote what I wrote.

@@jankorinek2397 I was just joking around man but I appreciate you explaining your point. Do you think in my tests, Alpenflage beats woodland close and far away or do you think the distance needs to be greater to really demonstrate that?

@@vikingsharia I am sorry, I didn't want to sound hostile. I think the distance is quite accurate to demonstrate the whole thing.

@@vikingsharia The point is: Anybody can see and figure it out himself, that closing the distance would affect woodland effectivenes in a negative way, and increasing the distance would make the woodland concept more and more justifiable. On the other hand, Leibermuster is much more inert to these distance games. Thanks for your video anyway.

I lean towards woodland for most situations but I can't wait to test them again this fall..

@@vikingsharia Hell, yeah! Any other plans for videos testing out other commos?

@@vikingsharia I would also say that Alpenflage is most definitely the superior camo in the fall foliage

@@jaketungseth7600 I'd like to test sumpftarn or maybe some type of snow camo..

It's just a Swiss M83 field jacket with a Coleman hoodie underneath.

Nah it's an m83 field jacket.. it'd be cool if it had a hood.