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Ranger Green: An Origin Story
Ranger Green was developed specifically to fulfill an Army SOF requirement for a new color for armor and load carriage systems. Ranger Green is more desaturated than OD Green, with dull gray undertones. Due to its gray tint, Ranger Green works well in environments with dark foliage, and it blends into the darkness in low light.
The immediacy of requirements early in the Global War on Terror pushed the color development project to the back burner, but a need to field common armor and load carriage across Army SOF led to the adoption of a variation of the Maritime Load Carriage System fielded to Naval Special Warfare, and along with it a unique color consistent with the Army’s needs. As a result, the color development project was revived in 2003, and a color with a richer green hue was settled upon. This was named Ranger Green in honor of the unit which would see its initial fielding.
In order to get the desired consistency and durability of color in the fabric, Ranger Green became the first instance of solution dyed Cordura for military use.
Ranger Green vs. OD Green
Olive drab, or OD, is described as a "dull olive-green color" or a "shade of greenish-brown" that works great as a guise. This protective coloring established itself successfully as the guise of military personnel, equipment and installations in armed forces all over the world. The OD Green was used widely by the U.S. Army during the Second World War, where it was used as a camouflage color for uniforms and equipment in the armed forces. Olive drab was the standard color of the fighting uniform for U.S. soldiers and military vehicles during World War II. Because of its three-dimensionality and solid nature, it is regarded to be not as effective as multi-color patterns for the purpose of functional camouflage. However, despite the decline in its popularity with the armed forces over the years, it is still used by the U.S. military to color webbing and accessories.
Ranger Green carries more desaturated undertones of green in contrast to the OD Green and contains a higher tinge of brown. Owing to its inclination to the olive color range, the color is traditionally associated with military attire and vehicles. Aside from this, Ranger Green is also a popular choice for outdoor and tactical clothing, combat gear and camping equipment. When measured against the quintessential OD Green, Ranger Green manifests itself as a more toned down, decolorized, lighter and almost washed-out color. However, when both the colors are juxtaposed next to each other, the dissimilarity between their underlying tones produces a complementary effect, giving an overall appealing impression.
Ranger Green vs. OD Green
OD Green works relatively better when it comes to blending in with areas that are densely vegetated like forests, jungles and woodlands because it no longer looks extremely militaristic as compared to modern military clothing and camouflage patterns used in the U.S. Army. After some washings, however, the color appears to be a bit faded than its original shade and works successfully to evade being captured by blending in with all kinds of terrains. It is regarded to be one of the military greens that can be easily missed if one is not actively looking for it. But there seems to be different "shades" of OD Green depending upon the manufacturing company. OD Green is a light-toned and faint color as compared to the darker and richer olive green used by the European armed forces. However, OD Green is not a fitting option for combat in direct sunlight because it is best suited for carrying out military operations in the shadows.
On the other hand, Ranger Green is best suited for environment that consists of darker foliage with a grayer tint. In addition to that, Ranger Green almost instantaneously blends in with the darkness during night combat. Another reason why Ranger Green has not gone out of fashion is because of its efficacy and aptness during urban warfare.
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Ranger Green was developed specifically to fulfill an Army SOF requirement for a new color for armor and load carriage systems. Ranger Green is more desaturated than OD Green, with dull gray undertones. Due to its gray tint, Ranger Green works well in environments with dark foliage, and it blends into the darkness in low light.
Ranger Green Development
Pre-9/11 there was a color in development called Mouse Grey, but it was deemed too grey for effective use. Fabric dye processes at the time produced inconsistent color results with striations that got worse over time when exposed to the elements.The immediacy of requirements early in the Global War on Terror pushed the color development project to the back burner, but a need to field common armor and load carriage across Army SOF led to the adoption of a variation of the Maritime Load Carriage System fielded to Naval Special Warfare, and along with it a unique color consistent with the Army’s needs. As a result, the color development project was revived in 2003, and a color with a richer green hue was settled upon. This was named Ranger Green in honor of the unit which would see its initial fielding.
In order to get the desired consistency and durability of color in the fabric, Ranger Green became the first instance of solution dyed Cordura for military use.
Ranger Green vs. OD Green
Olive drab, or OD, is described as a "dull olive-green color" or a "shade of greenish-brown" that works great as a guise. This protective coloring established itself successfully as the guise of military personnel, equipment and installations in armed forces all over the world. The OD Green was used widely by the U.S. Army during the Second World War, where it was used as a camouflage color for uniforms and equipment in the armed forces. Olive drab was the standard color of the fighting uniform for U.S. soldiers and military vehicles during World War II. Because of its three-dimensionality and solid nature, it is regarded to be not as effective as multi-color patterns for the purpose of functional camouflage. However, despite the decline in its popularity with the armed forces over the years, it is still used by the U.S. military to color webbing and accessories.
Ranger Green carries more desaturated undertones of green in contrast to the OD Green and contains a higher tinge of brown. Owing to its inclination to the olive color range, the color is traditionally associated with military attire and vehicles. Aside from this, Ranger Green is also a popular choice for outdoor and tactical clothing, combat gear and camping equipment. When measured against the quintessential OD Green, Ranger Green manifests itself as a more toned down, decolorized, lighter and almost washed-out color. However, when both the colors are juxtaposed next to each other, the dissimilarity between their underlying tones produces a complementary effect, giving an overall appealing impression.
Ranger Green vs. OD Green
OD Green works relatively better when it comes to blending in with areas that are densely vegetated like forests, jungles and woodlands because it no longer looks extremely militaristic as compared to modern military clothing and camouflage patterns used in the U.S. Army. After some washings, however, the color appears to be a bit faded than its original shade and works successfully to evade being captured by blending in with all kinds of terrains. It is regarded to be one of the military greens that can be easily missed if one is not actively looking for it. But there seems to be different "shades" of OD Green depending upon the manufacturing company. OD Green is a light-toned and faint color as compared to the darker and richer olive green used by the European armed forces. However, OD Green is not a fitting option for combat in direct sunlight because it is best suited for carrying out military operations in the shadows.
On the other hand, Ranger Green is best suited for environment that consists of darker foliage with a grayer tint. In addition to that, Ranger Green almost instantaneously blends in with the darkness during night combat. Another reason why Ranger Green has not gone out of fashion is because of its efficacy and aptness during urban warfare.
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Ranger Green: An Origin Story
Ranger Green was developed specifically to fulfill an Army SOF requirement for a new color for armor and load carriage systems. Ranger Green is more desaturated than OD Green, with dull gray undertones. Due to its gray tint, Ranger Green works well in environments with
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Ranger Green vs. OD Green
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