Urban camouflage (fabric, film): description, application

2024 Author: Priscilla Miln | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 00:21

Camouflage is a special type of clothing made from fabrics that have a camouflage color. Today, there are many types of colors for such products for different types of terrain, seasons, and the surrounding nature.

A few words about camouflage in general

Initially, camouflage was used only by the military to hide especially important objects and troops from recognition by enemy reconnaissance equipment. The fabric was camouflage or khaki. Later, five international types of camouflage clothing were developed and implemented:

1. Desert (used in the deserts of North America and Asia).
2. Jungle (used in the jungles of South America and Africa).
3. Forest (the main use is the territory of Europe and America).
4. Bush (this is a rather rare color that is applicable only in southern Africa).
5. Winter (worn in winter).

Today such clothes are used not only by the military. Urban camouflage is also worn by athletes, geologists, tourists, fishermen and hunters. These are multifunctional products that allow you to merge with the environment, feel warm, dry andcomfortable in different conditions.

Camouflage for the city

Camouflage went into mass use around the 80-90s of the twentieth century. Warms well and looks amazing. At the moment, there is a huge range of camouflage clothing of various types and purposes: from camouflage for fishing to clothing for the regular or mercenary armed forces of a certain country.

Due to its practicality, camouflage clothing has been used as urban camouflage. It is very popular with hunters: it hides well in forest conditions. Such products go well with berets or massive sneakers.

Camo lovers have a variety of coloring options to go with any style, but are more suitable for punks, metalheads and regular rockers.

Camouflage fabric is usually used for sewing vests, jackets, trousers, hats. Men most often prefer to wear such clothes, but among the representatives of the beautiful half of humanity there are lovers of such outfits.

Urban camouflage fabric

There are a huge number of fabrics:

• Twill - very durable, the body breathes in it, dimensionally stable, hygroscopic.
• Greta is a very good fabric of good quality. Perfectly absorbs moisture. Removes dirt quickly.
• The well-known cotton.
• Rip-stop.

Depending on your preference, you can choosethe camouflage uniform that suits you in different colors. It has also become popular to paint cars in camouflage. Agree, it looks amazing on some car brands, for example, on BMW.

Camo colors

• Gray camouflage is most often used to paint military aircraft and ships, so they are almost invisible.
• White is needed for camouflage in the snow.
• Pink camouflage fabric is usually used for making fashionable women's clothing (military style).
• Black camouflage suitable for night wear.

Colors

As mentioned earlier, there are several colors. Consider the main types of camouflage colors:

Flora. The destination is the area of forests in the middle zone of the Russian Federation. The color inherent in the military of the Russian Federation. As you know, they are still successfully used by them

The next color called "Tiger". The area of application is the forest and the area with a large number of swamps. There is also an urban version, made in gray style, it is worn by our valiant OMON. Dull, unremarkable style

Another color - "City" (alloy). Place of application - urban environment. Created for riot police, but are worn by all sorts of informals and security guards. Very stylish, does not get dirty, wearing it, you can hide well from prying eyes

Camo called Woodland. From the name you can understand that it is intended for the forest. A very popular camouflage style in the USA. We wear civil andall kinds of lovers of military uniforms, collectors of equipment from different countries and continents

• Camo "Marpat". Judging by the colors, you can also understand that it is intended for the forest. Used by the Americans. In our country, it is worn by representatives of various informal youth movements.
• "Akupat". Urban style and desert. Commonly worn by Americans in Iran. Abundantly used by airsoft players in almost all countries, and in particular, in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus.

Camo clothing

The fashion for urban camouflage and sportswear has not bypassed:

• Similar colors of anorak jackets are worn both in special equipment and in everyday life.
• T-shirts made of camouflage fabric are worn not only by military personnel, but also by ordinary citizens. They have gained considerable popularity.
• Camouflage shorts are part of the fashion and leisure wardrobe.
• Camouflage fabric has firmly entered the life of modern youth. It is even used in fashion jeans.
• Camo backpacks are used by both fishermen and tourists, as well as the military, as well as fashionable youth.

So, camouflage has entered our lives quite firmly, now it is worn not only by the military, but also by civilians.

Camouflage for cars

Auto should reflect the status of its owner, give some idea of his habits, nature, hobbies. As a rule, this is not just a means of transportation, but an imagea thing that tells a lot about the owner. It is for this reason that the trend of vehicle decoration has become so popular in recent years. Car enthusiasts add originality to their car according to their preferences.

For those who prefer to lead an active lifestyle, the film "urban camouflage" is perfect. You can paste it over the whole car or its individual parts. This is an excellent option for those who love fishing, hunting and other outdoor activities. These people quite often have to ride off-road, where the car is endangered in the form of branches, small pebbles and other elements harmful to the coating. The film is able to reliably protect the vehicle from such mechanical influences. In addition, camouflage on a car perfectly masks dirt and prevents it from sticking to the surface of the vehicle, reliably protects against unpleasant surprises such as scratches, scuffs, and also effectively complements the appearance. With its low cost, this is a great alternative for those people who want to make their vehicle stand out from the city. With the help of a camouflage film, you can also hide existing small flaws on the car body. It is best suited for massive, large vehicles such as SUVs.

Colors

Vinyl film "camouflage" on a car has different color options (forest, reed, summer, pixel, winter and others). In addition, it can be made according to customer's sketches.

There are several main areas of camouflage coloring:

• Sandy camouflage, combining patches of sandy shades (yellows, browns and grays).
• Winter camouflage: dark trunks of stones or trees occasionally occur on a white background, spots with sharp corners of black and gray colors.
• Forest camouflage: color in the main colors of wildlife. Dominated by shades of green, gray and brown. As a pattern, images of leaves, coniferous needles, twigs are used.