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But isn't the new camo pattern gone to a private company? That would significantly expedite the deliveries, allowing troops to start using them. Is it not possible for the Army to re-sell the remaining surplus orders to some other country using the pattern? It's easy money or even diplomatic...

Looks more like the Army wants to exhaust the remaining stocks of old fabrics before getting the new ones. This camo was the pattern of IA in the 90s, isn't it? Even in Kargil pics, we can see our troops wearing it:

Yup. point taken. I really don't want to see a repeat of this shit: If I were a Pakistani/Chini sniper, I won't be needing my scope to take them out.

This looks better than the stock image we were presented earlier. Is less yellow, more realistic and will blend in reasonably well with the general semi-arid/green terrains. While this can be a standard, I am eager to see other camos for other terrains. Ideal way to bring down the cost would be...

What's the latest global trend in camo then? Going back to traditional patterns? Or looking at smart uniforms with real-time changing capabilities?

This camo is suitable for the semi-arid terrain of Gujarat, MP and Rajasthan. What exactly are we going to be hunting in these states? Tell me what good does it do in: 1) Ladakh, Arunachal, north Sikkim, east Uttarakhand and Northeast Himachal 2) Green plains of Punjab & Jammu 3) Golden sands...

It is going to change. That's the whole point of changing it. If you read all the various reports on this, the era of soldiers buying their own fabric is over. The Army is centralizing uniform sales with private tender participants. These will be the only ones who will be allowed to print the...

CRPF commandos use this: What part of this camo looks like Coupta's version to you? This is what I hope that it really is at the very least and not the yellow shit-pit that coupta showed us.

I don't think that is the color. It is what Coupta told us, meanwhile other news agencies re claiming the same for their colors. However, the reports said that it will just be a pixelated version using the "same earthy colours" i.e., more like digital woodlands camo. Something like this...

The press is speaking only about the standard uniform at this point, that you'd see troops wearing generally. But at this point chances are that in order to ensure sizeable orders to make it tender-worthy (it is going to be tender-based now onwards), there are going to be specialist camo...

This is what happens when the administrative class of the country is still not able to resonate with the changing times. UPSC is a disease-ridden body that needs to be dismantled. All government appointments need to be based on psychometric assessments, qualifications, and passion/interest...

I don't think that the press will get the full details. You see, speculation is rife and it is common for government agencies to provide misleading / semi-fabricated news to increase the speculation until the official release date of some program/some equipment. It would be foolish to...

Tell me, isn't this stealthy? Just wear one and lie down on the forest floor and you'd go invisible. An arid, snow, and a night version of this design would be a killer fitment for our terrains. But nooooooo..... NIFT has to prove itself again and again... 🙄

Was just wondering this; would it kill Rajnath Singh and his advisors to introduce Kryptek style digital camoflage? Just look at how effective these would be in Indian terrains:

Yes, he is, but then what would be the point of releasing a pattern before the much-vaunted inauguration on the Army day? Chances are that the army gave him one of the officially considered patterns as it is unlikely to make a leak to just Coupta like that. The Army HQ would go crazy. But...

No other news agency has reported this other than Coupta. Let's not jump the gun. So I am not the only one who sees this eerie resemblance to the LTTE uniform. 😁

We are all speculating on which came the army would use. While the sources quote "digital camo" all the pics are that of non-digital camo patterns. Given our mixed terrain, the MARPAT Woodland digital camo would be the most practical adoption. The CRPF uses a version of this already and is...