We all are familiar with the many variations of camouflage as shown below, but what is YOUR urban camoflage? Considering there can be a number of changing landscapes in an urban environment, how do you best blend in and become a part of this landscape?
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Urban Camouflage...
We all are familiar with the many variations of camouflage as shown below, but what is YOUR urban camoflage? Considering there can be a number of changing landscapes in an urban environment, how do you best blend in and become a part of this landscape?
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I go for dark blue usually. Blends in a bit at night. Doesn't look like I am trying to during the day.
although they can see you very well, ive learned that wearing a hi-viz shirt (construction/road workers/safety workers) keeps you pretty camouflaged and under the radar in the ghetto....
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it might sound crazy, but its true....
it might sound crazy, but its true....
Old Doc, I see you too were a Corpsman. I was an HM1 (FMF) and saw many applications of cover and concealment including camoflage. Here is a more extreme version of what I would wear in order to be a Gray Guy...
Interesting that when I have asked this before, the responses I got were about camo patterns, not other forms of diversion.
Interesting that when I have asked this before, the responses I got were about camo patterns, not other forms of diversion.
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Wear whatever you like, your actions will give you away. Just like a country boy can tell a city boy in overalls and work boots, the same is true for us cityslickers - we can spot the people that just fell off the farm truck.
Not that many care - hence the post here about "WHY would you be in a ghetto?" - I can't tell you how I might unwillingly end up in the country, but SHTF won't care. I train in the country - how many of you come train in the city?
Watching videos about "us" or one weekend a year being shacked up in a hotel that you never leave doesn't count anymore than one weekend at a B&B in the country and watching Duck Dynasty would for a city dweller.
Not that many care - hence the post here about "WHY would you be in a ghetto?" - I can't tell you how I might unwillingly end up in the country, but SHTF won't care. I train in the country - how many of you come train in the city?
Watching videos about "us" or one weekend a year being shacked up in a hotel that you never leave doesn't count anymore than one weekend at a B&B in the country and watching Duck Dynasty would for a city dweller.
Good threat for a newbie. I think staying low $ is absolutly important. No watches or rings, no bling at all.
I often have a dummy wallet and dead cellphone with me here in our town if I get held up and handing those over makes more sence than pulling my CCW. Let the idiots wear the Browning Arms jackets and $ 400 boots, that will never blend in.
Did slip past a guy out robbing people one time by acting insane and yelling at the trees and things that were not there. The guy down the street was not so lucky.
I often have a dummy wallet and dead cellphone with me here in our town if I get held up and handing those over makes more sence than pulling my CCW. Let the idiots wear the Browning Arms jackets and $ 400 boots, that will never blend in.
Did slip past a guy out robbing people one time by acting insane and yelling at the trees and things that were not there. The guy down the street was not so lucky.
Not as funny...
...but worth mentioning here:
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^^^ An "Urban Hipster Realtree" clad survivor would draw all of the attention, leaving these force multipliers undetected near by.
...but worth mentioning here:
^^^ An "Urban Hipster Realtree" clad survivor would draw all of the attention, leaving these force multipliers undetected near by.
Urban areas are about access. You need to look like you belong there and are capable or suffer the consequences of extra scrutiny. Which could be no access, limited access, or detainment.
In an emergency situation this becomes even more crucial. Looking like a bum will get you no access. Looking like a mall ninja won't either.
I would think a simple work uniform like that of a construction or a utilities person (if that is not the cause of the emergency) would cover most of the bases.
In an emergency situation this becomes even more crucial. Looking like a bum will get you no access. Looking like a mall ninja won't either.
I would think a simple work uniform like that of a construction or a utilities person (if that is not the cause of the emergency) would cover most of the bases.
I have a tape on Hello Kitty badge for my holster, makes the 44 in the shoulder harness less threating than the Go Ahead and Make My Day patch on the hat.
Personally, I wear blue jeans/contractor pants and button up shirts and my hat really everyday. I can pass for "high class" if I need to, and can pop the collar, turn the hat at an akward angle, slouch and pass by as a bum.
If you mean a camo pattern, there really isnt one. Personally if SHTF, I would only move around in urban areas at night, and even then its woodland camo pants and my black combat shirt. Now given I also have a Gen II NVG monocular to make night travel slightly easier, but still hide and look normal.
In short, blend with the surroundings as best as you can, or be indiscreet if your out of place (think the opening scene of the Delta guy in Black Hawk Down)
If you mean a camo pattern, there really isnt one. Personally if SHTF, I would only move around in urban areas at night, and even then its woodland camo pants and my black combat shirt. Now given I also have a Gen II NVG monocular to make night travel slightly easier, but still hide and look normal.
In short, blend with the surroundings as best as you can, or be indiscreet if your out of place (think the opening scene of the Delta guy in Black Hawk Down)
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