The History of: Rhodesian Brushstroke and its other Camouflage Patterns | Uniform History

Edit: At 3:00 the picture is actually of SADF soldiers rather than Rhodesian.
In this episode of The History of we, for the first time, dive into a nation's entire camouflage history. That nation? Rhodesia. In this video we cover all the patterns from the World War II Denison smocks up through the various Rhodesian Brushstroke patterns.
A very special thanks to Rhodesian Brushstroke for helping out with this video using information gained doing research for KommandoStore's reproduction project (kommandostore.com/). You can check out his collection on his website at: kommandopost.com/.
Music by: www.juliancrowhurst.com/

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  • @gooby8953
    @gooby89535 жыл бұрын

    _sees camouflage history_ _sees rhodesian brushstroke_ _quietly takes laptop into the bathroom_

  • @ah5308

    @ah5308

    5 жыл бұрын

    slotting your own floppy heh?

  • @Themichaelwesten

    @Themichaelwesten

    4 жыл бұрын

    I went straight into poop mode too.... idk what it is about interesting topics, but they create a bowel movement and it’s some sort of primal instinct to seek out complete satisfaction in a safe & solitary environment (my toliet)

  • @gunmonkey1185

    @gunmonkey1185

    3 жыл бұрын

    A Man among Men

  • @stansmith4054

    @stansmith4054

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Themichaelwesten Only something a fellow man would understand!

  • @cumpanions8105

    @cumpanions8105

    2 жыл бұрын

    cringe

  • @simonyip5978
    @simonyip59784 жыл бұрын

    When I was a kid, some of my relatives emigrated to South Africa (late 70's), and one Christmas I was given a full Rhodesian camouflage suit (trousers, shorts, tunic, cap) and I distinctly remember hiding in the bushes at the bottom of my grandma and grandads garden one Christmas day night, with my two uncles looking from the bedroom window with a powerful torch/spotlight, trying to spot me in between the shrubs and bushes.. Even though Northern England on Christmas Day night, close to the North Sea coast, the temperatures and the foliage is 'slightly' different to Central/Southern Africa in the bush, my uncles couldn't find me and I wasn't found until I voluntarily surrendered around midnight when it was time for us all to leave my grandparents and for us to go home.. (or maybe it was a cunning plan to occupy the noisy and boisterous kids while the adults got down to drinking and eating..😂😂) Either way, it was a pretty good camouflage pattern, and it is so effective that I didn't even realise that there was a matching cap in the top pocket until 6 months later. 😂

  • @lauritorni4879

    @lauritorni4879

    3 жыл бұрын

    Do you still have the uniform?

  • @simonyip5978

    @simonyip5978

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@lauritorni4879 I wish I still had it, but Its been lost or discarded over the last 35-40 years. It was a perfect replica, even down to the distinctive cap with the rear flap, even the buttons and the shoulder patches etc were identical to the genuine uniform. It was probably a couple of years before Rhodesia was renamed Zimbabwe so it was probably based on the genuine Rhodesian Army combat uniform.

  • @lauritorni4879

    @lauritorni4879

    3 жыл бұрын

    Simon Yip darn, that sucks

  • @jackchoo9336

    @jackchoo9336

    3 жыл бұрын

    Simon, did you managed to take a photo in it?

  • @simonyip5978

    @simonyip5978

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@jackchoo9336 maybe some of my relatives have a picture of me wearing the uniform but I am not aware of a specific photo unfortunately, I will definitely ask around my family though.👍

  • @bluemonday09
    @bluemonday095 жыл бұрын

    7:01 who would've thought short shorts, converse all stars, and an FAL would look so appropriate together

  • @bishopm4401

    @bishopm4401

    5 жыл бұрын

    Short shorts are to FALs what adidas are to AKs

  • @JoinMeInDeathBaby

    @JoinMeInDeathBaby

    5 жыл бұрын

    And what cargo shorts to AR

  • @loglad5394

    @loglad5394

    5 жыл бұрын

    And a shotgun to jeans

  • @bishopm4401

    @bishopm4401

    5 жыл бұрын

    JoinMeInDeathBaby 5.11 operator pants, under armor boots, and a punisher t shirt*

  • @larpingtonboogecke

    @larpingtonboogecke

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@loglad5394 a stoner m63 goes well with Levi's

  • @anulfadventures
    @anulfadventures5 жыл бұрын

    Still viable even by today's standards. The large colour blotches break up the human form much better than many modern patterns with small squiggles.

  • @fractaltigerstripe6955

    @fractaltigerstripe6955

    5 жыл бұрын

    Adjust the colorway for optimal near infrared concealment, pixelate it, and you'll have one helluva pattern.

  • @rhodesianwojak2095

    @rhodesianwojak2095

    5 жыл бұрын

    .

  • @flavortown3781

    @flavortown3781

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@fractaltigerstripe6955 I'm fairly certain you'd have something like CADPAT, or similars

  • @Bravo-Too-Much
    @Bravo-Too-Much4 жыл бұрын

    My old man was in the Rhodesian SAS and I have all kinds of old brushstroke camo gear he brought back for me as a kid and eventually was handed down his actual uniforms when he died.

  • @lunchpin403

    @lunchpin403

    3 жыл бұрын

    Rest in piss

  • @lunchpin403

    @lunchpin403

    3 жыл бұрын

    @john smith "real soldiers" who got their shit kicked in lmao

  • @lunchpin403

    @lunchpin403

    3 жыл бұрын

    @john smith well now "Rhodesia" only exists six feet under, so rest in piss

  • @ceroew4239

    @ceroew4239

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@lunchpin403 not really

  • @blyatman7244

    @blyatman7244

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@lunchpin403 big word coming from a shit-coloured nugget. enjoy your hyperinflation

  • @rouymalic4463
    @rouymalic44635 жыл бұрын

    How about Tigerstripe especially the recent Philippine Tigerstripe that was used in Marawi

  • @elmarmamaril3958

    @elmarmamaril3958

    4 жыл бұрын

    @C J Bowen what is the best Camo Pattern for Texas environment in your opinion brother?

  • @elmarmamaril3958

    @elmarmamaril3958

    4 жыл бұрын

    @C J Bowen Hahaha thanks for info Sir.

  • @elmarmamaril3958

    @elmarmamaril3958

    4 жыл бұрын

    @C J Bowen Is the environment Of Nevada Is similar to that Of Texas??

  • @elmarmamaril3958

    @elmarmamaril3958

    4 жыл бұрын

    @C J Bowen I Don't really hunt Feral Pig's Since I Don't eat pork but. I am starting investing On small games but since I am new to this I Don't know much Of the ropes In hunting.

  • @elmarmamaril3958

    @elmarmamaril3958

    4 жыл бұрын

    @C J Bowen that's good to you brother. What I Only had here was The old camouflage from my father when he was a Soldier back in my country. And an ALICE gear like Gear But like dates Back to Vietnam War. I Don't know the name Bug That's the only Gear I inherited from him.

  • @tb7771
    @tb77715 жыл бұрын

    Wish I would have bought all of the surplus in the early 80's when it was cheap and plentiful. I remember it in all the surplus stores. If I could only time travel.

  • @angelo_giachetti

    @angelo_giachetti

    2 жыл бұрын

    Just didnt have the extra cash at the time.

  • @idontlikecommunists9677

    @idontlikecommunists9677

    2 жыл бұрын

    Oh cmon, now you’re just giving us young rhodieboos a hard on, no fair

  • @micahfrye8885

    @micahfrye8885

    2 жыл бұрын

    Was this in the states? I didnt know it would have been common at all.

  • @tb7771

    @tb7771

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@micahfrye8885 Yes, very much so. It was plentiful in military surplus stores.

  • @rc59191

    @rc59191

    2 жыл бұрын

    I think Ranger Up still sells those Rhodesian Ranger panties lol. I don't got near enough the balls to wear them though.

  • @Milquetoastfireball
    @Milquetoastfireball5 жыл бұрын

    It really is a remarkable pattern. So effective you can't even find Rhodesia on a map.

  • @sovietchadster907

    @sovietchadster907

    5 жыл бұрын

    F

  • @goober4860

    @goober4860

    5 жыл бұрын

    fuckgoogle 😢😢😪😪

  • @DonPatrono

    @DonPatrono

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@Milquetoastfireball welp, i guess the Zimbabweans really enjoy now the freedom of being probably the most corrupt and starving country in Africa Keep politics and your crappy ideas off these videos, we're military history enthusiasts and we don't care about your edginess and libertism here

  • @harveysmith100

    @harveysmith100

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@Milquetoastfireball So you were alive when it was Rhodesia were you? You were born in Rhodesia?

  • @sovietchadster907

    @sovietchadster907

    5 жыл бұрын

    fuckgoogle hehe...only if you knew

  • @stuartcampbell3861
    @stuartcampbell38615 жыл бұрын

    I have an never used Rhodesian brushstroke bush jacket still with it's elbow protection pads intact that was given to me in 1978 by a family friend that served in Rhodesia

  • @Captain_Insano_nomercy

    @Captain_Insano_nomercy

    4 жыл бұрын

    You selling? Lol

  • @geraldoarnoldo6440

    @geraldoarnoldo6440

    3 жыл бұрын

    I have shorts, 2 t shirts, overshirt, selous scout tshirt, 3 Selous beret flash pins, 1 RLI, flash, and 1 RAR flash from my brother in law who was Selous Scout.

  • @sculptureshard377
    @sculptureshard3775 жыл бұрын

    I was in the BSAP and wore this camo on COIN operations. Well researtched and excellent coverage by Uniform History; taught me a few things I didn't know. Wish I'd kept my jacket and cap

  • @Nephi895
    @Nephi8955 жыл бұрын

    Interesting. Looking forward to a video on British DPM.

  • @Ruvik92

    @Ruvik92

    4 жыл бұрын

    Nephi895 bring dpm back !!!!

  • @nathanielhamer7699

    @nathanielhamer7699

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Ruvik92 I HIGHLY agreed but nooooo we have to copy the Americans. Take this quote from me and this is a quote from my dad about the mtp camo "if something isn't broke, don't fix it"

  • @normalplayer7377

    @normalplayer7377

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Ruvik92 Aye, it is a truly remarkable pattern.

  • @normalplayer7377

    @normalplayer7377

    Жыл бұрын

    @@nathanielhamer7699 Don't get me started on that, while Multicam has it's uses. It's overuse by many, and mean MANY armies has made it an eyesore.

  • @Hermann-lz2jb
    @Hermann-lz2jb5 жыл бұрын

    Owning many examples of original and reproduction Rhodesian camo and original Denison smocks I can attest it truly is one of the most effective and coolest patterns around

  • @gyanko8147

    @gyanko8147

    4 жыл бұрын

    Any opinions on the products of Fireforce Ventures?

  • @ellis8238

    @ellis8238

    4 жыл бұрын

    Gyan Ko I would recommend their hats but defiantly not the tunics. The tunics they produce just aren’t accurate.

  • @gyanko8147

    @gyanko8147

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@ellis8238 FFV is definitely Zimbabwe pattern stuff, it's not the best and was pretty expensive. I suggest What Price Glory, they do good repros with good print and they're fairly cheap too.

  • @ellis8238

    @ellis8238

    4 жыл бұрын

    Gyan Ko Or just buy a original ;) I got mine for cheaper than a FFV repro.

  • @gyanko8147

    @gyanko8147

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@ellis8238 Originals are hardly an option if you're considering wearing them.

  • @gojira7824
    @gojira78245 жыл бұрын

    *"Rhodesians never die" Incoming*

  • @vanessaparker6232

    @vanessaparker6232

    4 жыл бұрын

    We may smell that way,but we are not dead. Not yet anyway.

  • @zacshaw3395

    @zacshaw3395

    4 жыл бұрын

    Godgutten A Land both fair and great

  • @smtx2117

    @smtx2117

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@zacshaw3395 on the 11th of November an independent state

  • @whenwe9168

    @whenwe9168

    4 жыл бұрын

    We here we dont mate

  • @oskareriksson2202

    @oskareriksson2202

    4 жыл бұрын

    but we re all Rhodesians

  • @FIREBRAND38
    @FIREBRAND385 жыл бұрын

    That's C Squadron, 22d Special Air Service still commemorated to this day in the 22 SAS having A, B, D & G Squadrons but not C.

  • @garypulliam3740

    @garypulliam3740

    4 жыл бұрын

    Nor E and F.

  • @sander7165
    @sander71655 жыл бұрын

    Could you make a video on frogskin camo used by the USMC, US army , French army , dutch army and dutch east indies army?

  • @aanciao
    @aanciao5 жыл бұрын

    A suggestion following up the Zimbabwe video: Portuguese camouflage patterns during the war in Africa (1963-1974)

  • @joaocorreia1156

    @joaocorreia1156

    5 жыл бұрын

    Isto não é Zimbábue amigo, é Rodésia !

  • @aanciao

    @aanciao

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@joaocorreia1156 o autor do vídeo, na introdução, refere que a seguir a este vídeo sobre a Rodésia iria focar os uniformes do Zimbabué, num vídeo de continuação (vídeo esse que até já foi publicado). Era a isso que me referia.

  • @louisbeerreviews8964

    @louisbeerreviews8964

    4 жыл бұрын

    André Ancião English

  • @louisbeerreviews8964

    @louisbeerreviews8964

    4 жыл бұрын

    Filósofo Lusófono English

  • @thevaultguy7736
    @thevaultguy77365 жыл бұрын

    Criminally underrated channel

  • @shidder_mutt
    @shidder_mutt5 жыл бұрын

    7:00 dudes rockin Chuck Taylor's. Noice

  • @AirsoftReviewArgentina
    @AirsoftReviewArgentina5 жыл бұрын

    Excellent video and great overall channel. You deserve a whole lot more attention. Respect from Argentina!

  • @Bloomcycle
    @Bloomcycle Жыл бұрын

    I used to hit all the surplus stores in my city back in the 90's and had all the camo patterns and my favorite was Vietnam Tiger Stripe

  • @Paladin1873
    @Paladin18735 жыл бұрын

    Somewhere among my photo albums I have a picture of a soldier I photographed while visiting some friends and hunting in Zimbabwe in 1985. It is no understatement to say their equipment and uniforms were eclectic.

  • @michaelnuss372
    @michaelnuss3725 жыл бұрын

    Very impressive, informative, and incredible. Thank you

  • @zanewelensky6377
    @zanewelensky63774 жыл бұрын

    At 1:39, my father Ben Welensky, 3rd row down, 7th from the left. C Sqn Rhodesia SAS.

  • @Toncor12
    @Toncor123 жыл бұрын

    A good video thank you! I remember a group of men walking away from me along the banks of the Zambezi river. After about eighty metres distant I could no longer see their upper bodies covered in camouflage but could clearly see their white legs, as they wore shorts. It looked like legs walking without torsos it was really weird. Also, during a refresher training exercise I had a platoon of men looking for me in broad daylight from twenty metres away but they could not spot me. It was superb camo.

  • @brucecamparmament3728
    @brucecamparmament37285 жыл бұрын

    Fascinating, thanks for uploading this.

  • @dawnofjustice4689
    @dawnofjustice46895 жыл бұрын

    Can't wait to see the history older Uniforms ☺

  • @MichaelR58
    @MichaelR585 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for sharing, one of my favorites

  • @ChannelNaim
    @ChannelNaim5 жыл бұрын

    Who else wants to see a video about Malaysia's camouflage? Especially the firefighter's orange camo hahaha

  • @SkySky-dk7si

    @SkySky-dk7si

    5 жыл бұрын

    Syed Naim Shah Syed Nagiff are we the only country with a firefighter camo?XD

  • @FriendChicken

    @FriendChicken

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@SkySky-dk7si well no. Here in the Philippines. There is a city that uses a digital camo. It's orange color dominant. 😊👍🏻 This link will bring you to a page about different camo from different countries. This one will direct you to the Philippines camo. 😊 camopedia.org/index.php?title=Philippines#Camouflage_of_the_Philippine_National_Police_.28PNP.29_and_other_Agencies

  • @ChannelNaim

    @ChannelNaim

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@SkySky-dk7si to fight fire. One must be fire. Hide in it, be molded by it.

  • @AlexSDU

    @AlexSDU

    5 жыл бұрын

    Do you guys think that our M70 pattern inspired by the Rhodesian brushstroke? Look almost the same, except ours is much darker.

  • @ChannelNaim

    @ChannelNaim

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@AlexSDU camopedia.org/index.php?title=Malaysia The oldest camouflage pattern in Malaysian service is the M70 Brushstroke pattern, loosely based on the WW2 and 1950s era British designs. Several minor variations have been produced printed on different types of abrics. The pattern was in use with the Malaysian Armed Forces from the 1970s to approximately 1994. googled it for ya mah dude

  • @UkShaia
    @UkShaia4 жыл бұрын

    Super informative! A remarkably effective pattern. Saw the current regime are still using this as of 2019!

  • @thegunshow7635
    @thegunshow76355 жыл бұрын

    Congratulations 17k subs! You still deserve at least 100k tho

  • @Porch412
    @Porch4124 жыл бұрын

    What’s a zam bob way? All I know is Rhodesia

  • @ponraul1221
    @ponraul12215 жыл бұрын

    Can you please do Tigerstripe and the Mitchell Reversible Pattern next?

  • @seansabhaois
    @seansabhaois5 жыл бұрын

    Very interesting. Thank you for a really informative video. I see your footnote, regarding SADF troops around #300 on the counter. Certainly circa early nineteen eighties. National Servicemen and their PT instructor. (Crossed swords = Physical Training) Definitely old style SADF Nutria-Browns, 'Bos hoed' (Bush Hat) and canvas web belts. Difficult to place where these recruits are being put through their paces? One man's dry Savanna is another man's Ovamboland. They're certainly being given some tips on military etiquette. Those were the 'daze'

  • @3452te
    @3452te5 жыл бұрын

    It's interesting that old camouflage are still very useful today even if they are not used by the military or by sometimes by its S.O.F and PMC's are used. And I gotta say....Tigerstripes, Brushstrokes, and U.S Woodland are just awesome camouflages. Sure today's camo have some uses. But used in jungles, temperate forests and swamps can literally be useful. But hot damn nothing beats old camo.

  • @travismcgreat3823

    @travismcgreat3823

    Жыл бұрын

    The old woodland pattern is still my favorite

  • @FirstnameLastname-py3bc

    @FirstnameLastname-py3bc

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@travismcgreat3823 it's too dark unless you're in woodland... To be honest British multipat (multicam but browner and in British camo stroke) is the best among modern camos

  • @FirstnameLastname-py3bc

    @FirstnameLastname-py3bc

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@travismcgreat3823 it's too dark unless you're in woodland... To be honest British multipat (multicam but browner and in British camo stroke) is the best among modern camos

  • @travismcgreat3823

    @travismcgreat3823

    Жыл бұрын

    @@FirstnameLastname-py3bc I grew up hunting the Big Cypress, when it's brand new it's a lil too dark unless you're setting up deep in a pine head, but it fades perfectly into the right color for everywhere else down here after wearing and washing em.

  • @FirstnameLastname-py3bc

    @FirstnameLastname-py3bc

    Жыл бұрын

    @@travismcgreat3823 yeah thought so, I've heard British equivalent of woodland is great, I've heard marvels about its camo ability in autumn or woodland environment 15 years ago (not tried or owned myself until 1 year ago) Their stroke is so better - it's both big blobs and small strokes (but had redder colors than US woodland, so colors in woodland seemed to be better) All in my opinion

  • @jimphillips1980
    @jimphillips19804 жыл бұрын

    GREAT series!

  • @xirensixseo
    @xirensixseo5 жыл бұрын

    please cover Snake's uniforms along with the Diamond Dogs throughout the Metal Gear series

  • @gettinglost316
    @gettinglost3165 жыл бұрын

    Hopeing to see a video on the Australian DOCU camoflage known as "jellybean" or Auscam

  • @jackoneilsg1289
    @jackoneilsg12895 жыл бұрын

    Great video! Again! Still eagerly waiting for the Stargate Video 😉

  • @PerturaBased
    @PerturaBased5 жыл бұрын

    Awesome video dude

  • @sakosan547
    @sakosan5475 жыл бұрын

    Now SADF, 32 Battalion and Koevoet pls !

  • @robert-trading-as-Bob69
    @robert-trading-as-Bob696 ай бұрын

    I was a kid in South Africa in the 70s. I had a childs overall in Rhodesian camo that I wore as often as possible. My parents destroyed it when they found out camo was illegal in civilian hands... was I upset! I had many ex-Rhodesian friends in the 80s and 90s. Most of them burned their camo before fleeing over the border to South Africa because they were told the new Zimbabwe border guards acted harshly with known white Rhodesian ex soldiers. Many of the troops experimented with their camo by dying it themselves. An ex-C Squadron SAS mate had the 1970 standard pattern dyed black for night operations. As the black washed out over time and the underlying pattern re-emerged, the more effective it became for night ops. He had different patterns for different times of the year from heavily faded to new to dyed camo.

  • @danielmarshall4587
    @danielmarshall45873 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for this video. This is a wonderfull patern and very effective.

  • @BlackMetalVengeance
    @BlackMetalVengeance5 жыл бұрын

    Nice. I didn't even know that the dry version of this pattern existed.

  • @aeromaton
    @aeromaton5 жыл бұрын

    Great video!

  • @col.strayga1389
    @col.strayga13895 жыл бұрын

    Keep up the good work!

  • @mnk9073
    @mnk90735 жыл бұрын

    09:12 I see you never served in a conscript army. As our Chief Sergeant Major put it after handing out various patterns in all kinda states of fading: "Camo is camo, if you want everything to be the same colour, go roll in the mud."

  • @scottmclennan6114
    @scottmclennan61144 жыл бұрын

    Interesting to see C squadron still using the Owen gun at 2:00.

  • @ViperGBTwitchdaftrajy
    @ViperGBTwitchdaftrajy5 жыл бұрын

    we don't use the Z word around here

  • @ViperGBTwitchdaftrajy

    @ViperGBTwitchdaftrajy

    5 жыл бұрын

    Paddy Mac At least everyone's a billionaire now am i right?

  • @paddymac5161

    @paddymac5161

    5 жыл бұрын

    Literally Hitler id rather be free and poor than under foreign rule and have an extra dollar in my pocket. Says alot about you really.

  • @Leo-vr3bg

    @Leo-vr3bg

    5 жыл бұрын

    Paddy Mac Rhodesia was an independent country

  • @john.t645

    @john.t645

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@paddymac5161 enjoy your dirt cookies

  • @paddymac5161

    @paddymac5161

    5 жыл бұрын

    That Contra Guy im talking about the black population under white rule.

  • @boereriem
    @boereriem3 жыл бұрын

    My favourite camo pattern, ever, but what most don't know is that it was really thick, high quality material. Felt thicker, and better quality than any other military materiel I've experienced in South Africa.

  • @MayumiC-chan9377
    @MayumiC-chan9377Ай бұрын

    my husband has this camouflaged in his closet along with the hat and it’s historical to his family. His uncle fought in the Rhodesian black rifles as a volunteer from South Africa Cape Corp. My husband served in the SANDF South African National defense forces 2005-15.

  • @AMX-30B
    @AMX-30B5 жыл бұрын

    More please love these

  • @snodre3123
    @snodre31235 жыл бұрын

    Can you make a video about the Norwegian camopatterns?

  • @MarkzOng
    @MarkzOng5 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for your Video, I did not know they participated in Malaya Emergency. Great insight thanks.

  • @kurtasiak
    @kurtasiak4 жыл бұрын

    Super very professional

  • @thomasf.9869
    @thomasf.98695 жыл бұрын

    The Zimbabwe National Army still use the old Rhodesian pattern, because it is effective.

  • @moluccas3699

    @moluccas3699

    4 жыл бұрын

    Proof?

  • @poolee77

    @poolee77

    4 жыл бұрын

    They changed the colors sadly

  • @youraveragereloader649

    @youraveragereloader649

    3 жыл бұрын

    I mean, they are too broke to buy or develop a new one

  • @happyman5.798
    @happyman5.7984 жыл бұрын

    Cool to see the Owen SMG in original videos of history.

  • @hernandemornay7559
    @hernandemornay75595 жыл бұрын

    Good job!

  • @shirleylyn11
    @shirleylyn114 жыл бұрын

    My father in law, John LaCour Sr, served with 5th Special Forces Group. He served 27 months in country(being wounded on his 3rd tour) won a Silver Star for Valor. He was a hero. Please do a vid on the Tiger Stripe cammo he wore.

  • @paladinrense2324
    @paladinrense23244 жыл бұрын

    The camo was so effective that you can't even find them in the history books

  • @ellis8238

    @ellis8238

    4 жыл бұрын

    John Smith Israel was one of the only countries who recognised, and supported Rhodesia along with Portugal and South Africa during the bush war. Rhodesia wasn’t a racist, or anti semi nation...

  • @lunchpin403

    @lunchpin403

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@ellis8238 yes it was

  • @youraveragereloader649

    @youraveragereloader649

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@lunchpin403 it's not, lmao

  • @Ju5-I-S0m36UY

    @Ju5-I-S0m36UY

    3 жыл бұрын

    Nice pfp

  • @MichaelBessinger
    @MichaelBessinger26 күн бұрын

    I am proud to say i wore this uniform I was in the SAS i still have my uniform. I love it. ❤❤

  • @AlanRobertsarchitect
    @AlanRobertsarchitect3 жыл бұрын

    I served in the Rhodesian Army Infantry from 08 January 1976 through 31 January, 1977 and I still have my combat cap, combat jacket, camo hat, two camo T-shirts and two company T-shirts plus my dog tags stained by my sweat, a camo shirt that was my dad's, (as he was still serving at 46 when I did my service at 18) and, even a SAP combat jacket that an SAP member gave him on one of his operational stints...

  • @zacksmith2402

    @zacksmith2402

    3 жыл бұрын

    It’s insane that people will just admit to being racists, war criminals, violent oppressors, unequivocal bad guy online. Like where do you get the chutzpah to just say this stuff publicly?

  • @Ju5-I-S0m36UY

    @Ju5-I-S0m36UY

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@zacksmith2402 because he not only has balls but he did nothing wrong

  • @alexs5744

    @alexs5744

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@zacksmith2402 Piss off communist.

  • @tylerfreal6472

    @tylerfreal6472

    Жыл бұрын

    @@zacksmith2402 are you american?

  • @fiskersproductions

    @fiskersproductions

    Жыл бұрын

    @@zacksmith2402 id recommend reading the book Fireforce by Chris Cocks before casting judgment like that

  • @mittyvidz8259
    @mittyvidz82594 жыл бұрын

    Also used by some western nation's non-conventional forces in the 80s when they wanted plausible deniability of black ops.

  • @composingwithjames
    @composingwithjames4 жыл бұрын

    They loved their short shorts

  • @heebeejeebee7322

    @heebeejeebee7322

    4 жыл бұрын

    Not gay to wear bootyshorts as long as they are Rodesian Brushstroke ;)

  • @magritteetmoncouteau
    @magritteetmoncouteau8 ай бұрын

    I inherited of an old vintage camo jacket. For years I was persuaded it was a rhodesian pattern but a few months ago, someone corrected me and I found out it was Belgian Brushstroke... kind of logical since I'm belgian myself. But the two really look alike.

  • @WilliamWest74
    @WilliamWest745 жыл бұрын

    My favorite by far!

  • @G58
    @G583 жыл бұрын

    There were all in one jumpsuits too. Got issued various versions at different times. But I preferred the long sleeved shirt, combat jacket and trousers. I wore plain shorts and ex Nam (USA) plain T-shirts. My objective was to have a change of clothes, plus warmer options for night time and avoiding getting eaten by bugs. They liked me rather too much.

  • @jumpfold
    @jumpfold3 жыл бұрын

    Loving the camo history vids very entertaining. What military job do you need to be in to study camouflage for the military? Lol.

  • @rider660r
    @rider660r3 жыл бұрын

    I had a cap with the rear flap that was of the 1st pattern.My father got it from a guy that served in the war and came to the US from Rhodesia in the mid/late 70's to live.It had all buttons,not snaps.Yeah it was pretty faded. Might still have it somewhere.

  • @richardpcrowe
    @richardpcrowe5 жыл бұрын

    I am wondering why it took so long for the USA to to issue camo pattern utility uniforms to all troops. When I first arrived in Vietnam (1966) we were wearing the standard olive green jungle utilities. Camo patterns were worn only by special units. And other than in Vietnam, the army and the Marines wore he cotton O.D. uniform. However, by the time I left Vietnam for the last time (early 1972), camo utilities were pretty well issued to all the troops... Was price the issue or was it that the armchair leaders didn't like the look of camo pattern uniforms. Or was it a ploy to keep "special" units "special" by having them wear "special" uniforms... The pattern that I liked the most was the green "Tiger Stripe" variety... I was a combat cameraman with the Pacific Fleet Combat Camera Group and spent an aggregate of 26-months in-country filming the Brown Water Navy, the Seabees, the Vietnamese Navy River Assault Groups and various other activities. My unit went the "el cheapo" way in providing us uniforms. They issued us olive drab shirts that had been refused by the SeaBees because they were woven so tightly that they couldn't breath. My unit got these shirts free from salvage. I did my first amphibious landing (Deckhouse Three Phase Two) wearing one of these shirts. That ws in IV Corps area, just north of Vung Tau in heavy jungle. I almost died from the heat and the shirts were terrible.

  • @joekurtz8303
    @joekurtz83033 жыл бұрын

    Hope to find or get a repro for my collection, used to have a SADF reversible camo T- shirt, unique pattern.

  • @MrPh30
    @MrPh303 жыл бұрын

    One of the best developed camos of them all and it signal freedom,stubborness ,resourcefullness and ingenuity .

  • @SocialistDistancing
    @SocialistDistancing4 жыл бұрын

    In the mid 80s I stumbled upon a Rhodesian jacket. It was either the second or fourth version. It was in a surplus store in Canada and I don't remember which city that it was in. Calgary, Edmonton, Ottawa or maybe Winnipeg. Anyway, I was shocked to see it and if I remember correctly, it had a hefty price tag. I don't remember the exact amount but I think it was $400 or more. Far beyond what I could spend at the time. That's probably about $1200 in today's dollars. That was back when the Swiss pattern was about $1500 for a complete set. Now you can get it for $10.

  • @user-hq4zu6wd9p
    @user-hq4zu6wd9p3 жыл бұрын

    Хорошо и интересно изложенный материал.

  • @AlexSDU
    @AlexSDU5 жыл бұрын

    Any chances that you would make video about Malaysian Army's M70 brushstroke camo? I gotta feeling that they got inspired by the Rhodesian brushstroke. Thanks for the videos.

  • @timo191
    @timo1914 жыл бұрын

    Any recommendations of where to get reproduction clothing in this pattern? Couldn't afford or wear the real stuff (I'm too big)

  • @RichardJohnson1969

    @RichardJohnson1969

    4 жыл бұрын

    tim o Amazon sells some, get it quick though. It’s selling out

  • @CC-kj4yc

    @CC-kj4yc

    4 жыл бұрын

    www.green-leader.net/

  • @aliasje2snj731
    @aliasje2snj7315 жыл бұрын

    Nobody: Me: *head to toe in Rhodesian brushstroke*

  • @jacobbuxton932
    @jacobbuxton9325 жыл бұрын

    Please do a video on Belgian Jigsaw camo!

  • @filipeamaral216
    @filipeamaral2164 жыл бұрын

    You forgot to mention the heavy influence of the French airborne ténue léopard, both in color scheme and in cutting - especially on the field cap.

  • @paulwolf2775
    @paulwolf27755 жыл бұрын

    My favorite camo pattern, along with the or Tiger Stripe. No disrespect, but I was far too young,(born in 67) to be in. But, I have a lot of interest in the Rhodesian and other "brush-fire" wars.

  • @boereriem
    @boereriem3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the video. Can you do one on the South African camouflage uniforms: The Hunter Group 32 Battalion Reconnaissance Regiment: Copy of the Portugese Camo for use in Mozambique, Copy of Cuban Elm Leaf, FAPLA Copy as well as the East German Rain Patterns South African Police Camo Railway Police Camo Soldier 2000 Pattern and much more.

  • @koalaseatleaves1277
    @koalaseatleaves12775 жыл бұрын

    Can you do a video on AUSCAM.

  • @justiceforjoggers2897
    @justiceforjoggers28975 жыл бұрын

    Rhodesia lives on in my heart

  • @hyong-qc3ss

    @hyong-qc3ss

    5 жыл бұрын

    cute

  • @easyfiveOsink
    @easyfiveOsink5 жыл бұрын

    You can get this camo at Sarco Inc. in Easton PA.

  • @garethfairclough8715
    @garethfairclough87155 жыл бұрын

    OOf, god, firing a rifle grenade from the shoulder?! No thanks! :O

  • @woodland5325
    @woodland53253 жыл бұрын

    The best pattern 💚

  • @ninus17
    @ninus175 жыл бұрын

    i would like to see a video about the danish m/84 camo

  • @mardiffv.8775

    @mardiffv.8775

    5 жыл бұрын

    The M/84 has briefly been mentioned in the Flecktarn video of this channel. kzread.info/dash/bejne/gJijj66jXbqweaw.html

  • @johnrodriguez3870
    @johnrodriguez3870 Жыл бұрын

    Where do I Myself find and purchase the Rhodesian Brush Stroke Camouflage, as well as the French Lizard Pattern Camouflage Combat Uniforms?

  • @marcogianfranco4918
    @marcogianfranco49185 жыл бұрын

    Any Idea where I could find a reproduction?

  • @franzs9157
    @franzs91574 жыл бұрын

    Enjoyed the video very much iam A collector as well very hard to find those patterns

  • @juliusdream2683
    @juliusdream26832 жыл бұрын

    I love that pattern. The Portuguese used that brush stroke camo as well fighting in Africa. Angola if I’m not mistaken.

  • @TimSerras

    @TimSerras

    9 ай бұрын

    Portuguese fought in Angola from 1961 until 1975, Guinea Bissau 1963 until 1974 and Mozambique 1964 until 1974. A coup in Lisbon ended these three wars otherwise they would still be there.

  • @ktb8699
    @ktb86995 жыл бұрын

    can you do a video for the serbian M-89/M-93 camos especially the ones in blue?

  • @jameswhoneedstoknow5148
    @jameswhoneedstoknow51485 жыл бұрын

    Are you going to talk about the 1942 frogskin camo

  • @sander7165

    @sander7165

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yes! Would be interesting !it was used by the US army, French army, dutch east indies army, USMC and dutch army/commandos!

  • @steven1001
    @steven10015 жыл бұрын

    You should do British DPM next, I would be forever in your debt

  • @KiLDELTA
    @KiLDELTA5 жыл бұрын

    I am interested if possible you can discuss one for the Philippine military as it is really a lot of mixed for NATO inspired/adaptation and had its own versions

  • @macumuzahn
    @macumuzahn5 жыл бұрын

    Koevoet camo is one you need to make.

  • @cryo2156
    @cryo21565 жыл бұрын

    Can you do the East German rain pattern?

  • @GAUROCH2
    @GAUROCH23 жыл бұрын

    ...it seems quite similar to the pattern the portuguese used in Angola and Mozambique (the rodhesian a bit more yellowish)

  • @gtfkt
    @gtfkt5 жыл бұрын

    A Finland camo history would be great too.

  • @spirosstav838
    @spirosstav8385 жыл бұрын

    Could you make lizard camo and it's multiple versions

  • @ReviveHF
    @ReviveHF5 жыл бұрын

    Malayan Emergency or Darurat was also caused by Chinese Civil War, it all started by the Chinese Nationalist and Chinese Communist rivalry in China 1927, later the KMT-CPC rivalry spread to the overseas Chinese communities including the ones in Malaya and Borneo. On the other hand, racial tension between Malay and Chinese caused by economic upheaval also a key catalyst to this conflict.