ocp vs multicam

Operational Camouflage Pattern (OCP), originally codenamed Scorpion W2, is a military camouflage pattern adopted in the mid-2010s by the United States Army for use as the U.S. Army's main camouflage pattern on the Army Combat Uniform (ACU). The patters have to blend to each other as well as the environment, otherwise the eye may catch it and compromise the very individual the camo is intended to protect.If Scorpion W2 isn’t being pushed as a legacy pattern but rather a new one, which all Services “would” or “could” adopt, then why didn’t the Army use the PhIV winning patterns to push as the selection that all Services “would” or “could” adopt? Upon the release of photos of Scorpion W2, Predator Intelligence posted a side-by-side comparison to the Army's OCP (MultiCam) pattern, which can be seen here.. From the available photos, the Scorpion W2 variant appears to be an enlarged version of the original Scorpion pattern, likely with color changes for improved visual and NIR performance. Use MC Tropic and Arid colors on the Scorpion W2 screens and voila, instant bookends.I’m being slightly sarcastic. A color palette can be, and certain elements can be, and sometimes composition of the material can be, but not the pattern in and of itself.Two different types of IP. You glossed over the fact that the Army has a license for the pattern and is presumably well within its rights to contract for production without paying or even involving Crye.You could argue the point (you attempted to in a subsequent article on the subject) but it appears that Crye Precision is not going to despite clear incentives to do so.

..That being said, I understand why splitting hairs is noteworthy on this, although CSA/SMA or not, Joes would still be wrongly calling it Multicam, it wouldn’t be the first time something in the military was called by the wrong name.It’s one thing when Joe does it and something else entirely when the Chairman of the Board makes a gaff. Canning the A10, getting a new scout helo (we’re taking all of them out of the fleet to save money), the MARPAT vs. ACU adoption back in the early ’00’s, fighting doing FID when it’s an SF mission etc. The pattern is also available for civilian usage.

there should be some generals in prison for this whole camo debacle.It’s not just the Army, the fraud and wasteful spending throughout Government is horrible. Unfortunately, licensing negotiations between the Army and Crye Precision to field MultiCam to the entire force stalled last Spring due to Army inaction, resulting instead in the Army choosing to field a So you can refer to multicam as OCP, but you better NOT refer to OCP as multicam. At least, that was the impression I was getting at the time. From Chief of Staff of the Army GEN Ray Odierno’s lips to our ears during a Virtual Town Hall earlier this week, we learn that the Army is adopting MultiCam. “What is the difference between OCP and Mulitcam camouflage?” Depends on who you talk to. share. MultiCam) and the Operational Camouflage Pattern (OCP, i.e. The MC family of patterns match and compliment each other. Or do you support wasting taxpayer money?No, I do not support wasting taxpayer money. It just gets worse the higher up the Governmental ladder you go. used in the Mil-Spec M4, even though the manufacturer (Colt…) has demonstrated the spring has a longer service life and increases reliablitly of the rifle. If the Air Force got their way they would have been centralized if not worse, owned by the Air Force. How could the Army use the Marine Corps field uniform which has “hidden” Eagle, Globe, and Anchors in the pattern?

I’m sure many others are in the same boat.I don’t think this is as big a deal as you’re making it out to be. MultiCam will continued to be fielded by the Army under the name OCP. They did extensive testing, and simply chose the weapon platform that won the tests/trials designed for the role of an IAR. The Army was funded to pursue and procure the plane. Sometimes the Army goes to the mat. Tough to see/understand these stratospheric level balancing games that are going on but they are there.I bet Mr. Crye has people furiously screencapping all media coverage of the statement for use in a future lawsuit…the army is so freaking stupid and corrupt. will it result in the M0 platform being replaced, or will this current pistol trial simply be cast aside, after a signifficant amount of $$$ is spent.All that said, I’ll tip my hat to the Marine Corps. Check out the history and negatives of the BAR, M14 and M16 in the role of the squad automatic weapon and why they were often temporarily replaced with .30 cals, M60’s and eventually permanently by the SAW. I know that PEO’s stance is that only colours matter, but that line of reasoning is crap.