HyperStealth® SpecAm™ - HCD (High Contrast Disruption) Woodland
SpecAm HCD™ (High Contrast Disruption™) Woodland:
(October 16, 2005, Vancouver, B.C.) HyperStealth Biotechnology Corp. reveals the first authorized photos of the SpecAm HCD Woodland uniform. SpecAm HCD woodland was a special request for a Southeast Asian country's Special Forces for Jungle operations. The country was looking for colors which they were currently using on their camouflage rather than switching to SpecAm Tropical. The brightest color is somewhat brighter than seen in traditional woodland camouflage to simulate the colors typical of the region where plants have a high reflection off the waxy leaves. However, the primary reason for this bright color is that when the material gets wet the color actually becomes a common color of the region as the remainder of the camouflage darkens, the high percentage of the bright layer that has dimmed enough to continue to blend into the background. This contrast allows the uniform to continue to Blend/Disrupt in both Dry and Wet conditions which occur on a daily basis. Typically when camouflage cloth gets wet the colors will become to dark to effectively conceal in forested or jungle as plants tend to retain a similar hue when wet. The Fader Pixels unique in the SpecAm pattern help this brighter color look like a few different colors where these small pixels are equally dispersed. Why call it HCD woodland when it was designed for the Jungle?
The color scheme actually covers vast
areas of Woodland Temperate regions where the bark of the birch tree is very light.
As you can see from maps provided at the end of this paper SpecAm HCD Woodland camouflage is well suited to regions that have white/grey birch trees such as Canada, UK, Europe, Russia, Japan...
There
are similarities to British DPM (Disruptive Pattern Material) however the
green is darker than DPM while the brown is almost the same. The darkest color
is actually Dark Green.
This color scheme is being made available for the Alpha series (civilian market) as we believe that the woodland colors and bright layer will work best for those regions which have birch and other white/gray bark trees, the green in the HCD version is also similar to the leaves of birch trees.
The photos on this site are of the SpecAm HCD color scheme (color differences are due to different lighting conditions). The uniform design for the HCD Woodland is a temperate weather version of the ACU (Army Combat Uniform) without zippers using 100% tightly woven cotton:
SpecAm Alpha series uniforms in this color scheme is now available to Pre-order from HyperStealth. For more Camouflage news go to the HyperStealth® Home Page New Article August 17, 2005: Something Wicked This Way Comes: New Special Operations (SpecAm) Digital Camouflage New Article September 3, 2005: The Science of SpecAm Digital Camouflage Press Release September 14, 2005: NxGenUSA Acquires U.S. license for HyperStealth® SpecAm™ Press Release September 22, 2005: HyperStealth® Camouflage goes Biotechnical New Article October 9, 2005: Satellite Determined - Regional Specific SpecAm™ Camouflage New Article October 20, 2005: SpecAm UT™ (Urbanized Terrain) New Article November 13, 2005: SpecAm Desert Jackal Camouflage HyperStealth News November 24, 2005: SpecAm Production Announcement For more Camouflage news go to the HyperStealth® Home Page References http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hfd/library/documents/treebook/paperbirch.htm http://www.iiasa.ac.at/Research/LUC/GIS/img/birch.jpg http://www.washington.edu/home/treetour/pbirch.html http://www.biodiversity.org.uk/ibs/envmath/resources/year3/env324/moffatt/dist_maps/b_pube_map.jpg http://linnaeus.nrm.se/flora/di/betula/betul/betupen.html These patterns are copyrighted ©2004 HyperStealth Biotechnology Corp., All Rights Reserved. Patterns may be licensed only with permission. |
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