Camouflage pattern - Original A-TACS AU Camo™

 Camouflage pattern Original A-TACS AU Camo™

State of deployment: The manufacturer is a third party, not a country, so it is used by all armies and private organizations worldwide that show interest.

The type of camouflage Original A-TACS AU Camo™ is designed as universal coverage for the widest range of places and areas with slight color variations according to the local environment. Likewise, its introduction was later followed by a few sub-variants.

Many modern digital camouflage patterns commonly used by armies and state/private organizations have some flaws. There are currently two main philosophies for modern camouflage patterns for tactical coverage:

• Digital and geometric camouflage patterns – designed primarily for a person (or camouflaged equipment, object, ...) to blend into the standard background noise. The problem is that although it works, it does not replicate shapes and forms, shadows, for natural environments. They "stand out" a bit, especially when someone looks at them through optics. Digital and geometric camouflage patterns use 90° angles and few natural colors, so in many cases, this camouflage is not as effective as initially intended.
• Natural camouflage patterns – these are organic "pieces of nature" and are a type of camouflage clearly older than the first type. These utilize interlocking lines from different colors, making them look like terrain and regular environments. However, these types often have limited palettes and colors, which is increasingly being addressed with modern technologies, materials, and colors.

The camouflage pattern Original A-TACS AU Camo™ was the first of the modern class of hybrid types of camouflage and, as such, did not explicitly fit into either category. This type of camouflage improved the old style in three ways:

1. Replaced unnatural square pixels with organic pixels – using a unique process, A-TACS^® created a palette of natural colors digitally sampled from real photographs of nature with carefully controlled lighting. The pattern is then produced using a mathematical algorithm that places pixels organically and uses colors as needed. The resulting camouflage pattern, although still digital, has a much more "natural" feel.

2. Used an arrangement of small patterns to create larger shapes that work from a distance – small patterns create larger patterns, and these larger patterns are organized into specific large designs without a clear vertical or horizontal orientation. This unique "pattern within a pattern" allows A-TACS^® to effectively break any human lines at long distances, thereby minimizing the effect of clustering the same patterns seen from afar (the human brain still looks for order).

3. Utilized color scales more effectively to ensure better coverage – products from A-TACS^® are created using a much broader color scale than was ever possible before. The base color is "neutral light brown," which serves well in open areas, rocky surfaces, or arid surfaces.