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Originally Posted by Golf1echo

Interesting how with all the discussion about new theaters and environments of operation they chose a pattern that only scored higher than Multi Cam in a desert environment. There doesn't seem to be much difference between the two in the pattern. Personally I think equipment should be part of the camouflage scheme making the the function more effective. From a small business perspective, Cryes partnership with Duro has made a huge difference in innovation enabling developers to use an ever increasing vocabulary of materials...when we first started 1000D Cordura was all that was available in smaller quantities, eventually more and more weights and varieties of fabric became available. If you are required to buy 3500-5000 yards per run you are restricted. If you look at the current breadth of availability from Duro now it is impressive.

You need to read the fine print.

MultiCam is a plagiarized copy of Scorpion.

Army officials also balked at paying for "printing fees" the coArmy officials even tried to buy the rights to MultiCam but rejected Crye's figure of $25 million, according to Caleb Crye, owner of Crye Precision.mpany receives on MultiCam -- a small figure that amounts to about one percent of the 20 percent price hike uniform companies want to charge the Army for MultiCam, according to Crye.

And, ironically, in March 2013 the Army decided to drop the fifth finalist -- a government pattern developed at the Army's Natick Soldier Systems Center. The pattern, known as Scorpion, was too similar to one of the industry submissions, Army officials said.

It's similar to MultiCam because Crye developed the pattern with the Army for its Objective Force Warrior program in 2012. He later made small adjustments to the pattern for trademark purposes and called it MultiCam.