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Eagle
April 5th, 2003, 23:08
Can anyone tell me what the background color is for the name and service tapes on the light desert camo BDUs being worn in Iraq? Is it olive drab, light tan, or ...?
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April 5th, 2003, 23:18
Should be the same as the base colour for the 6-colour desert "chocolate chip" camo, which is a not-quite-tan, called "sand." If you are looking to get nametapes made for a set of your own, a shop that knows what they are doing will list colours by uniform pattern - Desert6, Desert3, Desert Grid, Woodland, Blackout, &c...

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RichP
April 6th, 2003, 09:20
Short of making a trip to clothing sales uscav sells them. As good as and usually better than issue, they also 'price match' against clothing sales.
http://www.uscav.com
Eagle
April 6th, 2003, 18:10
I know US Cav sells them. I have the US Cav catalog and I am a customer -- that's why I want to know what color name tapes go on Desert Camo.
5-90
April 6th, 2003, 20:06
Eagle -
Just went and had a look as USCav, and the base colour you will want is tan. Are you making a set of chocolate chips for yourself? Just wondering...

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woody
April 7th, 2003, 12:33
When did the USMC adopt new green camo? Next thing ya know, tiger-stripe will be back in vogue.
5-90
April 7th, 2003, 16:25
That new MARPAT (sometimes called "pixelated"\) camo pattern was adopted last year, IIRC - no earlier than 2001, tho...

My reticence to answer right out was caused by the simple fact that manufacturers like to use different names for colours when they can get away with it, and Eagle let slip who his vendor would be. Once I had that, I knew where to look... Our feathered fiend has been out of service for some time now, and was last seen in uniform where it was completely OG507...

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