Swiss Leibermuster "Alpenflage" Effectiveness PART II 

I'm surprised and impressed at how effective alpenflage is in non-swiss terrain. When looking at it up close you'd think it would not be effective in a bright green environment but it is, great job man keep up the good work.

I like how you always use the correct (or as correct as possible) weapons and gear for the pattern. To preserve historical and scientific accuracy. Very thorough.

Alpenflage did fairly well, it especially excelles at greater ranges and it's apparently multiseasonal and just like in part 1 the red completely disappears at a distance. I love you're series you have the best camo test videos on the net and as always keep up the good work and keep 'em coming.

I remember being a kid in the 90s and a friend got a set of this camo, we were all amazed how well it did in Virginia woodland areas.

Wow, I have a lot of experience with this camo and I knew it was good, but I am absolutely blown away by this. I just thought it worked well with leave clutter and ground clutter, but it turns out that it also blends nicely with trees and foliage. Wow. This really is the best camo pattern I have ever used.

works well ... especially in the shadows, the way the red appears as brown at a distance is cool effect

man brent when you fired your gun in the last scene it scared the crap out me LoL

The patterns that don't look like they should work but do are just fantastic, this pattern really did the job and is highly underrated. I'm on the way to getting myself a set (hopefully if I can get the right sizes). Thanks, Great Stuff!!

Cool video and concept! You just need to get a SIG SG 510 to complete your set ;) Salutations de Suisse

Great video. The swiss alpenflage system was truly ahead of its time. The complete outfit included a jacket and bib overalls. Many have wrongly concluded that this was for paratroopers or winter gear. The swiss used this all year round. The system allowed the soldier to carry all his gear without a rucksack while distributing the weight evenly across his body. The red in the camouflage blends in excellent with the red clay ground in Switzerland. That being said it works well in any part of the country that has reddish clay. Every part of the swiss system was well thought out and the quality is top notch. Many have written this camouflage off but that is because they dont understand how it works as a whole.

Today a went into the woods to test it with my friends(I live in czech republic, sl that was pretty typical central european forest) and I told them not to look until I lay down somewhere and they didn't find me until I stood up, even though they were looking right at me, this camo is really effective, it's now my third favourite 2d camo

Brent0311 your videos are truly outstanding. You are very informative with everything you post here when it comes to camouflage and military equipment and tactics. Your camouflage videos really makes my mind focus on where the hell you are. Keep up the outstanding work sir and god bless.

I live in the Highlands of Scotland and this kit is awesome in a mountain environment, whether on a relatively bare hillside or in pine forests, great vids btw.,

This Leibermuster was also used by the Wehrmacht. You will find some pictures of soldiers wearing it in 1944 and 1945.

Awesome pattern Brent0331! More effective in the first video for autumn season. In the Spanish Armed Forces there were similar patterns (maybe of German influence) called M59, it was a reversible camouflage uniform (Green and Brown). After, improve model M61 pattern was used by elite troops: paratroopers, Legión, EZAPAC, and COE. Also known "camuflaje rocoso" or "amoeba", highly apreciatted by collectors.

Great video presentation in the variety of applications and scenery and how to make it work. Keep up the great work and I enjoy watching your videos.

the swiss army may be small, but their gear is always of outstanding quality and they are a nation that prides themselves on fine, meticulous attention to detail. its no surprise this stuff works. the swiss wouldn't have it any other way.

Between 10 to 15 yards I could start to pick out the red in the spring time. Watched the fall video first, more like 5 to 10 yards to pick out the red. May have to purchase this came for fall hog hunting, I was very impressed.

Already after the first video I was very surprised. Extremely well working. In 8:06 and the following clip I get the feeling that Flecktarn for example would have been more effective though.

It's amazing how the red parts help to look more like dirt or wood rather than the forest having chicken pox.

Nice video. It may look strange, but it works amazingly well here, especially in any kind of low light or shadow, dusk/dawn etc. Many here around 50 years old still has hanging in the cupboard, just in case ... ;-)

Great videos, thanks for all the work done! Actually you can find this type of surroundings in the swiss low lands, and small river beds are about identical. Higher altitude woods are less cluttered with small vegetation and above a certain altitude tree species switch to pines so you have longer visual distances and darker backdrops. Woods are no redder in the alps, but indeed Alpenflage was surprisingly effective in breaking shapes, specially at short/mid ranges (10-30m). The dark red color might not be too much of an issue as over distance colours merge and you get an average shade of a tone, and red being in the lower-energy zone of the visual spectre it quits first. BTW there is little chance you will get hold on a original TAZ90 (even here in CH you only find imitations): when swiss government saw Alpenflage all around the TV news during the Balkan wars of the 90's they decided all aging TAZ90 would be incinerated rather than sold as surplus :(

It works super good in Maryland. Especially fall and winter.

this is awesome

great pattern!

That is pretty cool.

very goog camouflage.

Dis is de Original TAZ83 TAZ=Tarnanzug 83=1983 ... in use till 1990

I wonder how effective the pattern would be for a homemade ghillie suit for turkey hunting by adding leaf-style netting to it?

Ooh, an HK-33! Nice choice of rifle!

Red can be almost any colour when mixed in, white also can be.. and tan or brown meshes with yellow, brown, tan, green.

You should try it in the fall. From what I hear it works well with all the colored leaves and vegetation of red and, orange, yellow, etc.

Just found your channel. *great stuff dude* Seems like the Alpenflage is a very region specific camo. There was a guy on your previous video's comments talking about "Infrared Holes" as an explanation but it doesn't seem convincing. Anyways, cool channel.

Good Stuff Guns!

Use it as hunting camo. Most animals see red as a brownish green so it doesn't stand out at all. Plus it hides the blood stains.

looks very good to me. have to get me some

this more useful in this area and timing

What chest rig is he wearing

Schweizer Qualität :) Swiss Quality, it's almost impossible as a civilian to get the new swiss camouflage but I'd really enjoy if you try it in one of your videos. It's called TAZ90 (Tarnanzug 90). Greetings from Switzerland, you do a great job with all those camouflages!

Some of the spots were a little too obvious, but perhaps that was intentional?

Hi Brent! The Swiss army purposely made this outstanding cammo pattern. Mainly to make it unique in its own form. Firstly to make it difficult to copy, secondly to stake out any eastern block infiltration. Not to mention the name Macaroni cammo.

you need to make a test with nvg. as this camo was specifically meant to defeat nvg and for night opérations. because the theory of the swiss army at that time.was to compensate the inferiority in numbers of theyr army by fighting in night opérations exclusively that is why those colours

I can see you ar 2:08 because the sun is lighting up the red and creating a contrast instead of blending. But even then, it's not bad!

What do you think the camo is out of all them.

Why did they put red color on it? looks unique though

Yeah, the so-called 'Vierfrucht pyjama' (4 fruit colours pajama) of my youth 😅

The reddish parts are a little bit over the top in brighter light conditions in my opinion. I would prefer these red parts more earth-coloure.

Nice video! Are you going to test any of the new multicam patterns?

I swear I smelled cordite after the weapon discharge. Great videos!

This has the be the most surprising camo ever invented you would think that it would not work

Great pattern, one of the best of all your vids I think. id love to get me some of them but the Swiss are tiny ass people and I cant fit my fat a$$ into any of them uniforms. the biggest ive seen is 2x and its hard to get! cool chest rig too !

The main reason this pattern works, is because the Marine wearing it, is an 03 humpalot! They live for this shit!

It reminds me a lot of the French Lizard, you think the colors couldn't possibly work, but they do. I bet in a Boreal forest in autumn it would be damn near impossible to detect. Check your email, I'm going to send one your way.

man it works great it was really hard to see for me in the open

Saw you breathing in one clip.....thats the only way i found you lol

I Have that uniform

Sir the Swiss Army has a new Version since 10 year i think, this is the Old one :)

Swiss doctrine claims defence tactic which is provided from position above enemy ,on mountains. There are many shrubs called alpenrose between rocks. Hiding behind rocks and shrubs soldier became invisilble in this camo. Its special camo for special environment. Very effective.

It works better than UCP.

Spotted you almost everytime. Clearly better suited to winter but as it happens, i have just purchased a brand new alpenflage jacket becase it looks so cool. Cost £7 which is about $10 On another note. I think you should have hidden abit closer to really test the camo. Good vid though Stu

I'm getting some real mw2 vibs.

Okay yeah this Swiss camo is def really good for that environment but damn that foliage is so thick this man could be wearing a bright pink suit and I still wouldn't see him lmao.

unicorn gun!

This is a no-go camo, i saw the red spots every time. They give jou away..just like the belgium jigsawcamo..😂

First I was like that red looks stupid then I was like were the hell is he?

Not my favorite

Sticks out like a sore thumb to me.