I deployed twice to Afghanistan and saw a myriad of cam patterns worn by: ANA, ANCOP, ABP, Commandos etc. Many of the older types were wearing a type of US woodland. The 2 Hyperstealth pats were in good use (ANA, ANCOP). ANP wore plain blue. I never ever saw any non-Canadian wearing CADPAT. To be fair, I didn't see every sq inch of the country so... Besides, we Canadians weren't even wearing it. We wore the ARIDPAT cam. Pretty much the only Canadians who wore CADPAT were members of the first contingent to deploy there (aside from SOF) centred around Third Bn, PPCLI beginning in Jan/Feb of 02. The ARIDPAT wasn't quite ready for general distribution in 01. Besides, testimony from many of my friends who were on that tour was that CADPAT seemed to be pretty effective in the scrub of the Tora Bora region.
I know cadpat has also been used as a stand in for the afghan pattern for filming in shows such as homeland and seal team so there is a potential that it was used for that too
Man, you can get a scuffed set of airsoft CADPAT in Canada for $60-80 which looks more or less the same, $150-250 is ridiculous for that quality. Pretty much all of them have white edges to the fabric, since cheaper cuts don't dye the fabric all the way through and tend to just spray the pattern on like a printer. Not good enough to slip past a change parade inspection unless you've got kit deficiencies and CoC gives the green light.
Austrian Company Invader Gear (cheap subcompany of ClawGear/TMH Trading) offers a copy of cadpat. I know they are produced in Pakistan. I owned a copy of their cadpat copy it looked similar, could it be that zarina and invader gear share the same fabric supplier?
I’m ex British Army. Never noticed a Cadpat variant used, but when simulating ANSF forces when on exercise in the UK, I did see a lot of Viper’s ‘digital DPM’. Viper mostly make clothing for the airsoft community and made a digital version of the standard (dark green) British DPM we previously used. I guess it was the closest thing to the actual Afghan digital uniform we could get in the UK and was relatively inexpensive. I remember the Gurkhas (acting as ANA) all wearing it. A quick google image search for ‘viper digital dpm’ will bring it up.
Since Viper seem to have abandoned that pattern in favour of something that looks a bit more like MTP, and many of the images I find when I search for ‘viper digital dpm’ show it on old-style ACU-cut pieces, I wonder how long before we start seeing them on eBay at a huge markup sold as 'Experimental Mid-2000s British Army Digital DPM Uniforms, Very Rare'?
I`d love to see an episode on South African patterns, namely SAP I and II, Koevoet, Bophuthatswana Police "Reed" Pattern, 32 Battalion and SAP Railway Police (The one with the UZI mag pockets in the trousers).
Hey I see you have a uniform jacket in m84 danish camouflage, are you ever gonna make a video on that camouflage and the uniforms and or gear they are printed in?
genuine cadpat is honestly not that hard to come by despite it being illegal here in Canada. My "local" military surplus store has cadpat tw and arid uniform and lbvs, a genuine flak vest and a genuine CG634 with a cover. It gets out all the time.
How could I get a full set in medium regular? I want the real stuff, not the airsoft fake garbage. Cadpat has been a dream edition to my collection for years now. It's perfect for my local terrain here in VT. I'd drive up to Canada to visit some local army surplus stores, I'm just unsure what would happen if they found it crossing the border. I also really want to get my hands on a medium regular Estonian digital uniform. Btw...I wish Canada would get rid of their PM, and left leaning government. I always feel bad for the honest hard working firearms enthusiast up there. I hear they've pretty much banned everything now right?
A lot of weird CADPAT-like pieces come out of Pakistan. Mainly US BDU style cuts. The best commercials were a very short run of Parkland produced sets, 80% correct with a very close base material and pattern, accurate buttons, accurate enough construction, but with some corner cutting (like using white muslin for pocket liners instead of OD, OG material). Back when CPGear/Wheelers wasn't pissing off CF big-wigs their OTW Combat Shirt was essentially an issue item without being an actual issued item (though if I recall, it had an NSN, but that doesn't meant a whole lot unless the number is super specific). I've seen some Chinese examples that are impressively close to the correct process and substrate material. I've seen some "far from good, good from far" CADPAT outerwear that was convincing. I was on my way out when CADPAT was rolling in. Lots of pieces slipped through the proper R&D (Repair & Disposal) and surplus/demil processes then (and I'm sure for many years after). It's surprising how many pieces ended up in the US and EU. You still see TacVests in TW crop up from the US every so often. It's really weird how CADPAT was handled inside Canada. Without it being written into actual law (as far as I able to find out, I am not a lawyer but occupationally was intimate with aspects of the Criminal Code of Canada for many years in corrections work) they "made" it illegal to possess CADPAT pieces of any kind. 14 year old kids and adult collectors being questioned and the water with arrest for possession of pieces, most of which were properly demilled (with accompanying stamp marks). Even though most of those pieces were widely available through those who purchased surpluses and demilled lots through the Crown Assets itself (mainly surplus stores and vintage clothing shops). Even asking personal friends who stayed in the Forces, some PAFOs, and some in JAG and related legal positions: Not a single person had a real answer or was able to get a real answer from those above them in, the admittedly, junior officer ranks (save for a few Majors, as if that delineation opens magical doors). Heck, even some Army and Air cadet LHQs (mainly corps attached and affiliated with res or reg force units) were "authorized" (whatever that meant) to wear privately acquired CADPAT (issued, yes, I know, wtf, I witnessed that myself at CFB Borden) while on training or field ex. This was a time when the actual CIC officers, those in res that were charged with training these cadets, commissioned officers in CF themselves couldn't themselves get CADPAT. I heard later on the OG107 was no longer authorized, some army cadet units tried to field a MARPAT commercial clone with proper insignia, then OG107 was reauthorize but by then nothing was left in the surplus system so reproductions were ordered from issued sources with cadet specific markings and embroidery. Efficiency. If I'm not mistaken more uniform shuffling is due soon for the CF (CAF, what genius wanted that change and its massive associated cost to the taxpayer). (I must say, the newish ACU-like cut mandarin CADPAT looks pretty nifty, same goes for the multicam-ish CANSOFCOM unforms-- those cats always had to be unique snowflakes, ironically) You Canadians are a weird bunch of cookies!
You can find this fabric or this pater on every paintball field in canada. Real canpat its hard to find, so every body who what canpat camo have to buy this kind of copie. Its funny cause its more green that the real one so it look like a old combat but its new.
@@Stribog1337 I guess? The pictures from the Taliban right when they claimed the Kabul airport had the Taliban posing in US OCP scorpion acus with a bunch of mixed US helmets and knee pads, rigging and armor... some of the Taliban fighters in the pictures were wearing what looked like desert tiger stripe or something...
@@gobshite5150 well even those sold from Amazon are sourced from Pakistan or China. Pakistan and China are well known for manufacturing textile products including uniform and Alibaba marketplace is available on both countries. While Taliban is hailing from Pakistan.
Did you watch his video on the camo pattern and its choice? US Marines also used woodland camo in certain provinces of Afghanistan too, there was a reason for it. Go watch that video, bro.
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I deployed twice to Afghanistan and saw a myriad of cam patterns worn by: ANA, ANCOP, ABP, Commandos etc. Many of the older types were wearing a type of US woodland. The 2 Hyperstealth pats were in good use (ANA, ANCOP). ANP wore plain blue. I never ever saw any non-Canadian wearing CADPAT. To be fair, I didn't see every sq inch of the country so...
Besides, we Canadians weren't even wearing it. We wore the ARIDPAT cam. Pretty much the only Canadians who wore CADPAT were members of the first contingent to deploy there (aside from SOF) centred around Third Bn, PPCLI beginning in Jan/Feb of 02. The ARIDPAT wasn't quite ready for general distribution in 01. Besides, testimony from many of my friends who were on that tour was that CADPAT seemed to be pretty effective in the scrub of the Tora Bora region.
I know cadpat has also been used as a stand in for the afghan pattern for filming in shows such as homeland and seal team so there is a potential that it was used for that too
Man, you can get a scuffed set of airsoft CADPAT in Canada for $60-80 which looks more or less the same, $150-250 is ridiculous for that quality.
Pretty much all of them have white edges to the fabric, since cheaper cuts don't dye the fabric all the way through and tend to just spray the pattern on like a printer. Not good enough to slip past a change parade inspection unless you've got kit deficiencies and CoC gives the green light.
Austrian Company Invader Gear (cheap subcompany of ClawGear/TMH Trading) offers a copy of cadpat. I know they are produced in Pakistan. I owned a copy of their cadpat copy it looked similar, could it be that zarina and invader gear share the same fabric supplier?
The Afghan CADPAT uniform no longer exists. Unfortunately, the Taliban were recently able to upgrade to OCP.
Oh well it's Taliban army camo now
I doubt they will standardise......
USA's snafu in Afghanistan will really change the world. Baddies in movies will start using M4s instead of AKs.
@@w0t3rdog yup that’s because Hollywood already making movies with Bad guys using M4s so now they’re gonna make even more now
Man that was sad... one could truly say
Afghanistan was America's Vietnam.
Thanks to Afghan Army. It surrenders even faster than 93.000 Pakistani during 1971 Indo-Pakistani War or French Army in WW2.
I’m ex British Army. Never noticed a Cadpat variant used,
but when simulating ANSF forces when on exercise in the UK, I did see a lot of Viper’s ‘digital DPM’. Viper mostly make clothing for the airsoft community and made a digital version of the standard (dark green) British DPM we previously used. I guess it was the closest thing to the actual Afghan digital uniform we could get in the UK and was relatively inexpensive.
I remember the Gurkhas (acting as ANA) all wearing it.
A quick google image search for ‘viper digital dpm’ will bring it up.
Since Viper seem to have abandoned that pattern in favour of something that looks a bit more like MTP, and many of the images I find when I search for ‘viper digital dpm’ show it on old-style ACU-cut pieces, I wonder how long before we start seeing them on eBay at a huge markup sold as 'Experimental Mid-2000s British Army Digital DPM Uniforms, Very Rare'?
You ever gonna do a video on the blue camo the OMON use?
YES PLEASE.
Isn't it like a blue tigerstripe?
@@Stribog1337 they have 3 blue ones
@@Stribog1337 Yes, essentially, the name of the camo is called Kamysh.
@@kalimakalima5536 Only one currently, but they formerly used 3 or 4
@@thomashendriks6798 we still see the other patterns, check out the response units for the perm shooting
I`d love to see an episode on South African patterns, namely SAP I and II, Koevoet, Bophuthatswana Police "Reed" Pattern, 32 Battalion and SAP Railway Police (The one with the UZI mag pockets in the trousers).
3:05 well that solves the mystery of why the Afghanis chose a woodland camo: They wanted to blend in with their green pickups.
would love to see an Austrian K4 pea dot video!
Can you make a video about the history of the USMC FROG uniform and gear? I would like to how they started this project
Pbbbt, look at that stunning burqa at 1:54. Man, that model is beautiful!
The greek air force has an interesting pattern similar to tiger stripe but with a grey and purple/blue scheme
Does it have rgb too?
Franz Ferdinand I’m not particularly sure, what is it you are referring to in terms of ‘rgb’?
Good video thumbs up and thank you.
As a video idea do a video on the lapd swat uniform and kit of the 1990s and early 2000s
Could you do a video on auscam that would be super cool
Hey I see you have a uniform jacket in m84 danish camouflage, are you ever gonna make a video on that camouflage and the uniforms and or gear they are printed in?
Fascinating!
What a nice country in the thumbnail. Never heard of it though.
It would be nice to see some videos on Australian camouflage, like the RAAF camo and Auscam to AMCU.
lmao the joker @ 3:20 doing PMCS
Can you please do a video on the Russian (SMK) Chechyna war camo please.
Fantasy piece might be a more realistic depiction of the ANA, then the "real" ANA
Good job
I bought a box of this stuff a few years ago from a guy in a facebook group. He was selling it as OPFOR uniforms.
_Ah yes. The CADPAT TCU - Taliban Combat Uniform._
Why green camo in a desert? Why not purple?
Because not all of Afghanistan is a "desert"
Can you talk about the Panamanian ERDL and Woodland pattern?
they were unique and had minor but notable cammo pattern and material
genuine cadpat is honestly not that hard to come by despite it being illegal here in Canada. My "local" military surplus store has cadpat tw and arid uniform and lbvs, a genuine flak vest and a genuine CG634 with a cover. It gets out all the time.
They say they throw it out when you turn kit in… HA. 😂
How could I get a full set in medium regular? I want the real stuff, not the airsoft fake garbage. Cadpat has been a dream edition to my collection for years now. It's perfect for my local terrain here in VT. I'd drive up to Canada to visit some local army surplus stores, I'm just unsure what would happen if they found it crossing the border. I also really want to get my hands on a medium regular Estonian digital uniform. Btw...I wish Canada would get rid of their PM, and left leaning government. I always feel bad for the honest hard working firearms enthusiast up there. I hear they've pretty much banned everything now right?
Yet every time i go to a surplus, they only have mockup cadpat. Soldiers and veterans can really see the color difference in a second
I have a set of BDUs in this that I bought last month
Velcro colors are off. Why they not used olive instead of tan.
your next video should be about the "50 shades of UCP"
I think they should have been used colors of the multicam and put on that on ucp instead the grey green tan colors.
The new on scorpion W2 desert and forest and snow camo
Wow & literally first 🥇. Wish for Ops-Core FAST helmet soon
Everyone calls it cadpat but it is also has been known as electric relish. The arid pattern is mustard stain. Just saying.
You should do some videos on the French uniform
Can you preview finnish M05 camo
What mannequin do you use?
A lot of weird CADPAT-like pieces come out of Pakistan. Mainly US BDU style cuts. The best commercials were a very short run of Parkland produced sets, 80% correct with a very close base material and pattern, accurate buttons, accurate enough construction, but with some corner cutting (like using white muslin for pocket liners instead of OD, OG material). Back when CPGear/Wheelers wasn't pissing off CF big-wigs their OTW Combat Shirt was essentially an issue item without being an actual issued item (though if I recall, it had an NSN, but that doesn't meant a whole lot unless the number is super specific).
I've seen some Chinese examples that are impressively close to the correct process and substrate material. I've seen some "far from good, good from far" CADPAT outerwear that was convincing.
I was on my way out when CADPAT was rolling in. Lots of pieces slipped through the proper R&D (Repair & Disposal) and surplus/demil processes then (and I'm sure for many years after).
It's surprising how many pieces ended up in the US and EU. You still see TacVests in TW crop up from the US every so often.
It's really weird how CADPAT was handled inside Canada. Without it being written into actual law (as far as I able to find out, I am not a lawyer but occupationally was intimate with aspects of the Criminal Code of Canada for many years in corrections work) they "made" it illegal to possess CADPAT pieces of any kind. 14 year old kids and adult collectors being questioned and the water with arrest for possession of pieces, most of which were properly demilled (with accompanying stamp marks). Even though most of those pieces were widely available through those who purchased surpluses and demilled lots through the Crown Assets itself (mainly surplus stores and vintage clothing shops). Even asking personal friends who stayed in the Forces, some PAFOs, and some in JAG and related legal positions: Not a single person had a real answer or was able to get a real answer from those above them in, the admittedly, junior officer ranks (save for a few Majors, as if that delineation opens magical doors). Heck, even some Army and Air cadet LHQs (mainly corps attached and affiliated with res or reg force units) were "authorized" (whatever that meant) to wear privately acquired CADPAT (issued, yes, I know, wtf, I witnessed that myself at CFB Borden) while on training or field ex. This was a time when the actual CIC officers, those in res that were charged with training these cadets, commissioned officers in CF themselves couldn't themselves get CADPAT. I heard later on the OG107 was no longer authorized, some army cadet units tried to field a MARPAT commercial clone with proper insignia, then OG107 was reauthorize but by then nothing was left in the surplus system so reproductions were ordered from issued sources with cadet specific markings and embroidery. Efficiency.
If I'm not mistaken more uniform shuffling is due soon for the CF (CAF, what genius wanted that change and its massive associated cost to the taxpayer).
(I must say, the newish ACU-like cut mandarin CADPAT looks pretty nifty, same goes for the multicam-ish CANSOFCOM unforms-- those cats always had to be unique snowflakes, ironically)
You Canadians are a weird bunch of cookies!
Could the Zarina uniforms have also been used by Taliban/Jihadi infiltrators?
That's a possibility but then again ANA soldiers would sell their uniforms and weapons when their pay would mysteriously dissapear in officers pockets
Mexico has as well a custom made CADPAT.
Australian disruptive pattern family please
Does it come with a special pocket for the white flag of surrender?
I saw that Afghan cadpat on ebay!
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Unpopular opinion I really like the look of cadpat and marpat
please make a video about the Pakol hat
I wore a pakol to school
Idea for the future- Turkish digital camo from 2007 with the horizontal and vertical lines.
Agree. This looks like pixelated French Lizard pattern to my eyes
Afghans buy Canadian flag patches too. Actually give them out as free gifts when over seas
The Afghan special forces I saw were wearing bdu style
You can find this fabric or this pater on every paintball field in canada. Real canpat its hard to find, so every body who what canpat camo have to buy this kind of copie. Its funny cause its more green that the real one so it look like a old combat but its new.
Cool
Philippines nexttttt uniformssssss!!!!! Pls
Could have got it from Hyperstealth.
Make a video on Indian army's camouflage patterns
I too would love to see a video on Street-Sheet Tarn.
CADPAT best digital camo
No
@@PerturaBased yes
People who don't like cadpat don't have tastes. Might not be the Best for everything but dam dose it look good
@@dragoonTT no
No the best is Marpat desert🇺🇸
So, my question is, since Afghanistan has fallen, will the Afghan Army Spec4 pattern be used to the general public?
Good question. That and Ghostex Kilo
What uniform is the Taliban sportin? It looks like commercial desert tiger stripe?
They're using civvies, and ANA cadpat
@@Stribog1337 I guess? The pictures from the Taliban right when they claimed the Kabul airport had the Taliban posing in US OCP scorpion acus with a bunch of mixed US helmets and knee pads, rigging and armor... some of the Taliban fighters in the pictures were wearing what looked like desert tiger stripe or something...
@@gobshite5150 Must be from Afghan commando's inventory
@@casioak1683 yeah maybe the special forces gear... Or they hit up the local Amazon werehouse for the commercial Rothco arid tiger stripe bdus 😀
@@gobshite5150 well even those sold from Amazon are sourced from Pakistan or China. Pakistan and China are well known for manufacturing textile products including uniform and Alibaba marketplace is available on both countries. While Taliban is hailing from Pakistan.
Looks like the Estonian camo
Artur Rehi? 😁
Estonian camo is a copy of Cadpat my friend..
I think Afgan camo is more of a digital Portuguese then a CADPAT.
This is Taliban camo now
estonian cadpat still the best.
Afghan national army. Lol
Issue of woodland cammo to Afghan military is reflective of US conduct of that war in general. Just didn’t make any sense.
Did you watch his video on the camo pattern and its choice? US Marines also used woodland camo in certain provinces of Afghanistan too, there was a reason for it. Go watch that video, bro.
Afghanistan has widely varied terrain