Originally published at Notes from the bunker…. You can comment here or there.

In fact, UCP will not be among the baseline patterns used in the forthcoming tests. Instead, the Army will use the Operation Enduring Freedom Camouflage Pattern, or OCP, Woodland and Desert MARPAT (Marine Pattern), and AOR 1 and 2, which resemble the Marine desert and woodland digital patterns but are specially treated to reduce the wearer’s infrared signature.

The final nail in UCP’s coffin likely came by way of a Sept. 21 report that details how and why the Army selected the OEF Camouflage Pattern, commonly called MultiCam. That process started when senior enlisted personnel deployed to Afghanistan expressed “serious concerns … regarding UCP’s camouflage effectiveness during combat operations,” according to the eight-page report, which was compiled by the Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center in Massachusetts.

Apparently, no one else likes that digital camo either. If you like it, though, it looks like youre going to have a great opportunity to stock up on it soon.

Personally, I like Multicam. I also like the german flectar varaiants (which are uncomfortably close to the patterns the Nazis used). However, Ive never had to hide from people shooting at me (not yet, anyway) so my opinion counts for very little.

Be interesting to see how this turns out.