Rank slide on chest has been standard for british army
since...forever? It makes sense for the SAF to adopt this practice
but it should be standadised across all ranks. The Orifices don't
need something like this to feel specshul do they, or will this
hurt their fragile hearts?
I wonder what sort of testing has been done on digital
camouflage by the SAF or DSTA. I think the British Army very
recently looked at digitising their camouflage but apparently,
tests show their standard camouflage performed better with minor
alterations to the colour.
I suspect the DSTA just googled MARPAT and then cut and paste
into photoshop...
Camouflage is not as simple as putting a piece of cloth on
different backgrounds then deciding which is less obvious. You have
to look at the distances you want the camouflage to perform, how
versatile you want it to be and more importantly, you have to look
at how the camouflage performs when the wearer is moving and
standing still. Otherwise, everyone will be wearing real-tree
camouflage.
We know how the yanks operate. Its not always which kit is best
(though they do have some of the best kit in the world because they
can throw money at the problem) but also which is in fashion. The
difference between the yanks and Singapore is they have tons more
money to throw away than we do.
I am not convinced about digital camouflage, in case anyone is
wondering...
