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Hyde Definition – in your ears…

August 28, 2012/0 Comments/in Media/by Lawrence

We took part recently in a programme on Monocle 24, the 24/7 internet radio outlet modeled on the BBC World Service and part of the same business portfolio as London-headquartered lifestyle magazine Monocle.

Lawrence, was asked to explain how the US Army got into the situation of needing to find a new camouflage pattern for its soldiers’ uniforms and gear. Then he and Guy Cramer of HyperStealth, were asked to discuss the question of whether this means that digital camouflage is “dead” because of the US Army’s UCP mistake*.

To listen to the archived programme of The Monocle Daily from the 23rd of August, follow the link to the programme home page, scroll back to the 23/08 episode, click play and then fast-forward to the 42 minute mark.

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* And speaking of mistakes, the programme host mistakenly referred to Hyde Definition as designers of “traditional camouflage”, and described Guy Cramer as “American” (he’s actually Canadian, and from the same Province as Lawrence).

PenCott-GreenZone in Germany

August 28, 2012/1 Comment/in Clothing Manufacturers, SABRE/by Lawrence

Our friend Florian over at Svensson Tactical Blog posted a series of photos yesterday featuring SABRE’s Gen.III Special Forces Smock and Sniper trousers in the “GreenZone” variant of our PenCott family of camouflage patterns. The location was “somewhere along the lower Rhine”, and its easy to see from the photos why the pattern is gaining such a growing following among law enforcement and military special operations units.

Here are a few examples from Florian’s photo-shoot:

You can view the entire gallery here.

Check out SABRE’s website for more info about their smocks, shirts and trousers in the PenCott patterns here.

“GreenZone” IRR patches from COMBAT-ID

August 25, 2012/0 Comments/in Accessories, COMBAT-ID/by Lawrence

COMBAT-ID is the brain-child of Remik Matuszewski from Lodz, Poland – described on his Facebook page as a “one man army of ideas, stuff and technology” – and turns out unique, custom team, call sign, morale, flag and special patches.

One of the defining characteristics of his work is the use of IR reflective and glow-in-the-dark materials. He’s also a fan of PenCott. So recently he combined these two interests to produce the team patch for Polish paintball team “Stronghold Group”, and also IRR Canadian and UK flag patches.

“Stronghold Group” team patches.