The U.S Army $5B pixel pattern is a FAIL

Here are your tax dollars hard at work: after years of use in the field of two major wars, and heavy criticism from a number of troops which claim that the pattern makes them actually more visible, the Army has decided to stop using the pixel “camo” pattern used on its uniforms. It is similar to the Marines MARPAT (MARine PATern) which was introduced around 2002 in the field. In theory, this digital pattern is supposed to make the soldiers less visible as it was the product of science – fractals in particular. (more…)

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