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anyone remember when the u.s. first started using the 6 color desert cammies?

"Used first by the U.S. Army in the 1980s, during desert exercises, the U.S. six-color desert camouflage pattern was fielded by all branches of the U.S. Armed Forces during the First Gulf War. It was quickly discovered, though, that the so-called 'chocolate chip' camouflage was not so effective as had been hoped.
The problem arose from the fact that the six-color desert camouflage pattern was developed for, and trialled in, rocky, high desert terrains. Unfortunately, the areas of uniform colour perceived in open deserts are typically ten times larger than those perceived in wooded areas; the combination of large areas of pinkish-tan, medium brown, light green, and dark brown with small black-and-white flecks was simply too 'busy'. "

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[rhoiye]

anyone remember when the u.s. first started using the 6 color desert cammies?

Used first by the U.S. Army in the 1980s during desert exercises, became well-known in early 1990s because of the First Gulf War but its development was dated as early as 1960s.....

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia....

"Desert Battle Dress Uniform(abbreviated DBDU, often called Chocolate-Chip Camouflage, Cookie Dough Camouflage, or the Six-Color Desert Pattern) was the camouflage used by the United States military forces during the Persian Gulf War era in the early 1990s. The camouflage received its nickname because it resembles chocolate-chip cookie dough. It is made up of Light Tan, Tan, Brown, Dark Brown, White and Black.

Although the chocolate-chip camouflage became well-known during the Persian Gulf War, it was developed in the 1960s. The Army, believing that it might become necessary to intervene into the Arab-Israeli conflicts, developed a test pattern using the deserts of southwestern United States as a model. When the hostilities in the Middle East wound down, the test pattern was mothballed. The six-color desert pattern would be used in limited numbers in the U.S.-Egyptian military exercise, Bright Star 82, but issued in large numbers prior to the Persian Gulf War."

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chocolate-chip_camouflage