Fun fact. The Australian army still uses a version of Tiger stripe for its enemy party out field.

The "John Wayne" one is Silver Tiger Stripe. The Golden Tiger Stripe was worn more by MAC-V-SOG teams. My dad gave me a set of Golden Tiger Stripe when I was in the 5th grade (1978) after moving to Oklahoma (OSU) where he started instructing ROTC. He was a Army Ranger in Vietnam in 1966. I was made fun of when I wore it to school.

buy a set of Rothco Tiger Stripe, leave it out in the sun for a week, cut the tags off and sell it to some douche bag for a grand

Remember M. Sheen in Apocalypse Now.

I have a few sets of 'Tigers' that were Dads, local made in South Vietnam. He was a green beanie working with the Montagnards. I wore these as a kid 'playing army'. I still have a handfull of berets (5th & 7th Grp Flash & old JFK White flash). Dad use to wear his old 'Jungles' to JFK. Of course this was pre tab days, onlyway to tell a 'Q' course guy was they wore the full flash not a candy stripe on the beret...when they did wear a beret. Sadly, about 20 years ago Mom cleaned out the basement and gave most of his stuff to the Salvation Army &other Charity shops. Yep...even his Kahki's that looked brand new. I was able to save a few things as stated above. Enjoyed your video's on the historical aspects! Yes, you are very right, many many selling fakes out there, I have seen 'Fantasy' uniforms that folks swear was worn by SF'ers.....looks just like a Hollywood fantasy uniform, they got mad when I called them out. Once again, enjoyed the video's, keep up the good work. Thank you!

Flektarn, M44 dot, & tiger stripe are my favorite camo patterns. I wish we would’ve adopted the tiger stripe pattern during Vietnam

Nice tiger stripe

btw this is one of the best breakdowns of this camo pattern.

I have my Father in law"s jungle hat. He was in Vietnam and Cambodia in 1965. He was a Marine. The hat was made in country. Its a 3 green color "leaf" pattern. I have a picture of him from '65- drinking a beer with 2 other Marines- and he is wearing the hat. I first met Jim when i was 17. I was friends with his son. And i ended up marrying his daughter. The hat always hung in his shed. He wrote "Vietnam " on the outside of the brim. I was very interested in the military ( I enlisted in my local National Guard Field Artillery Unit right after my 18th birthday). We became friends very quickly. We would hang out in his shed sometimes. Jim would tell me about his experiences in the war, as we took a hit or 2 from his whiskey bottle. Lol. He was very happy his daughter and i got married. He told me, right before he died, that he didnt trust any man to love and take care of his daughter, except for me. And he ask me to promise him i would always stay with her and protect her. I made that promise - and ive never broken it. And that original jungle hat hangs on our bedroom wall.

A truly free market solution to the need for camouflage

My understanding is that the pattern and the fabric was developed in Taiwan commercially, in the mid fifties and manufactured in Taiwan and the Philippines on rip stop poplin.

I never know tiger stripe wasn't an issued uniform, it's pretty neat to know there is no "official" tiger stripe.

I have a legit tiger stripe boone hat from my dad. He was 1st cav radioman in early 70's. I think he may have the pants and top somewhere.

There is a guy selling a ARVN tiger stripe shirt in my local surplus shop for £2000, bloody ridiculous

I have always loved tigerstripe, I think it is a better spring/summer camo than woodland. My grandma used to have several bolts of the fabric in one of her rooms of various fabric bolts but I've still not found it yet going through her stuff slowly.

In the 90s OPFOR was issued Tiger Stripe, I got x2 sets. So there’s an NSN out there, granted it wasn’t an Army wide issue. Weird though, our issued snow camo was German made. Keep the great content rolling.

Cool video Mike The uniform looks great on ya, have a good one.

My are still in my duffel bag...Opened it up about 3 months ago, they still smell like sweat and jungle.

Looking good MB! I love the tiger stripe pattern!

My dad wore the stripes in “ south east asia” in 69. LRRP

SEALS in Nam used to have tiger stripe fabric sewn on to Levi's for super tough trousers.

Came for the ASMR, will now be staying for the Vietnam War history episodes

I've wanted Tiger Stripe camo since I was 14, thanks to Vietcong on PC. Years later I finally was able to play the Fist Alpha expansion. Now I finally have the opportunity to get a garment in Tiger Stripe, and it's the M65 field jacket. I just hope it fits when it arrives. This reproduction I've bought before in the same size, WW2/Vietnam olive, so it should fit the same. Made in the same country too. I'm very excited. Amazing, unique pattern. Very stylish for camo. Any other camo is not really wearable in the street. Most people in my area wouldn't recognise it's Vietnam Era aesthetic, which is another plus. As a kid I had arctic camo cargo pants, but that's what the "scene" was wearing at that time. I'd never wear something like that again. If I wanted camo again, it's Tiger Stripe. Otherwise Woodland will do fine on an M65.

A new Vietnam episode YES !!!! Thanks mike b

Fun photo find regarding Australian SAS patrols wearing tiger stripe in Vietnam; A 1967 photo caption taken from the book SAS A Pictorial History of the Australian Special Air Service 1957-1997 states; "John is wearing a tiger suit camouflage uniform. These cams were bought by the boys in Baria and Vung Tau as they were seen as superior to Aust greens. The issue greens were seen as adequate by the Army as once they became wet and dirty they were ideal camouflage in the bush."

Good video mike thanks for your research

Vietnam collecting is as bad a minefield as the fake WW2 German items especially with patches. Tiger stripe shirts were usually stamped on the inside near the collar area with AS, AM, & AL for Asian sizes. Larger sizes for US troops were stamped US-S,US-M, & US-L.. Most original boonie tiger hats usually had no chinstrap or foliage loops like what you are wearing. The interiors were usually lined with black or gold cloth. Some that I have seen were made with different patterns of stripes on the same hat. The Vietnamese people were very resourceful.

Great video, Mike!

Fucking love Tigerstripe. Thanks for this in-depth breakdown of my favorite camo pattern!

Hey man, been watching you series here and it has been great. It is nice to see a fresh take on the Vietnam War that is not based on movies or other politically motivated stuff. I know this might be a bit different than the usual stuff you have been doing here, but do you plan on covering the ARVN or RVN? That might be pretty neat, and there are large communities of people you could interview for that. I really wish the Republic of Vietnam could get some more light, it is very interesting but you basically need to be literate in Vietnamese to really read into it.

Awesome vid ,am very informative keep up the great work can I make a video idea suggestion. That being what corps zones the major combat commands fought in if that makes sense.

DoD policy in Vietnam was local command had final say, DOD authorized and recommended modify issued uniforms through dyeing or paint but any efforts failed after washings. ERDL aka “Flower Power” uniforms

Always liked it

Really loved the video! Was wondering where’d you get ur tiger stripe uniform from?

I love the Kamysh Tiger camouflage pattern version! 🇺🇦😌💐🇺🇸

Can you make a video on lapel pins and lapel insignia worn in the Vietnam war? I've seen photos of soldiers wearing cavalry and infantry pins and Im curious as to who would have worn them and when

it works better when it fades a little

Nice tiger stripe.

I just got the official tiger stripes.My uncle had brought his back from his tour n NAM... AH real Blood...This brings back memories

Can you imagine finding a box of unissued Tiger Stripe? Just kidding. Nice Tiger Stripe!

Hey Mikey B did they ever wore m1 helmet withs it's original cover while wearing the tiger stripe ? Or was Boone hats was worn than m1 helmet?

Guys wearing a mix of tiger stripe and erdl reminds me of a guy on an airsoft forum years ago who thought using mixed camp worked better. I think he had like flecktarn pants and a Brit dpm shirt at the time.

Good video, I like the tiger stripe. I have a indigenous Vietnam rucksack made with cotton material. Has the heavy metal cross designed frame. Have had it since the 80’s . Do you have one. If so could you to a video on that. Alan R.

Hey there mike I have a question where can you find the 3rd pattern of fatigues. I was looking for them on eBay but I just don't want to spend 100$ on a shirt and pants just asking thanks.

I was in SF in VN, and I liked tiger stripe camouflage because it worked…

I dont even know your referred film with John Wayne. I have seen some Vietnam war movies and only can remember Martin Sheen in Apocalypse Now wearing it. I think the south vietnamese army wear it but a different own version.

I still have one complete set from my time...tired looking but complete.

Is there a front side on the mitchell helmet cover?

I've got a tiger stripe M1 helmet cover. Someone suggested it may be South Vietnamese, does that sound correct?

Did they wore that with the original Olive green as well?

Who makes you tigerstripe out fit you donned in your video?

which uniform are you wearing in the video?

I know this response is late but technically America did issue tiger stripe the CISO or Counter Insurgency Supply Office headed by Conrad Ben Baker made sets for SF. Mostly they are known for making the sterilized gear for SOG and Mike Force but Tiger Stripe Uniforms was something which they made. Usually these are marked US with before the size and A before the size denoting the cut. Like I said these pieces were only issued to SF. One of biggest things I hate is when people associate Tiger Stripe with MacV Sog as Sog never used Tiger Stripe on cross border operations though pictures do come up with them wearing it during training. The rationale for this is due to Tiger stripe being associated with the US enough for it to be compromising if one of the wearers is captured with it on. Everything Sog did had to have “plausible deniability.” Also I wouldn’t mind a video on some of the CISO uniform pieces made for Sog as they are not known about by a lot of Vietnam collectors. They made Fake NVA and VC uniforms as well as hats, ruck sacks, and rations among other things. These got used on Cross border operations quite a bit

What about Dott 44. Buy instead of brown it would be a gray, green, and charcoal colors. Like in colorized photos where they get the colors wrong but it still looks Hella Kool.

My dad had two sets of them during the war.

Today I decided to go over to my local surplus store. As a Vietnam War collector, I was ready to start my Tiger Stripe uniform collection. And im wondering why I can only find the blouse and booney, and why I couldnt find the fatigues. Well, I realized that newer generations like to steal collecting pieces and use them for regular wear! Ha! I couldnt hold myself together.... Im trying to complete my reenacting Tiger Stripe uniform, and here people are just wearing those things to "Look Cool". I guess they dont realize that most clothing brands actually make camo schemed pants, shirts, etc...

Tiger stripe is cool but I prefer m84 bc gods plaid. Awesome video hope you are feeling better

Military history is awesome! Btw check out Squad: Vietnam. A realism shooter mod for the game Squad soon to be released. Rising storm 2: Vietnam is decent but tends to be more arcadey compared to Squad and Post Scriptum.

Know anything about Marine issue ERDL? My old man has a few full uniforms from the late 60s. Edit: spoke too soon, well alright.

I meant to say Vietnam era rucksack, worn by our US military in the early part of the campaign. Alan R.

Nice

The originals were hand painted.

Nice stripes :)

Another really informtative video, but wasn't the tiger stripe uniform originally cut in the OG-107 cut?

The only real one be seen was in one of my grandpas photos in the late 60s

Now I don't got any sources to back this up. But in the early years, didn't some US military Personnel use a pattern That looked like the camouflage pattern used by the Marines During the second World War

I must have a repo, picked it up in the 90's at a Army navy store, it has the tags inside,Rotnco Military div, Large Made in USA

What branch were you in and was the camp you used good?

Philippine Naval Special Operations Command still using the tiger stripes in jungle warfare.

Your tiger top your wearing in this video is more akin to advisors/tadpole sparse. The John Wayne variations have larger spaced black stripes.

Did they used M1 helmet tiger stripe cover?

Is there any evidence of M1 covers that are in any kind of Tiger Stripe?

The coolest looking cammo patern ever! Granted thats sort of not the point of camouflage, But man it is cool!

Just looks " mean " , that's it. Aussie units bought a mob when we got sick of condys crystal dipped greens.

It’s popular again because of metal gear sold 3: Snake Eater. 😬

Sog,adviser etc

I thought you gonna talk about tiger attack during Vietnam War?

Army surplus world has them for $15 but idk if that’s legit

Tiger Stripe Products has been making this uniform since the 90s (in fact thats the very design they make that you are wearing) it was based off an actual set of ARVN fatigues made in vietnam itself during the war, so that one is about as authentic a set as you can buy. Most others are trash "get rich quick copies of what people think Tiger Stripe should be, but that one? thats the real deal.

👍☕😎

I don’t understand why American love so much ARVN lizard

Dude I had a gnarly dream last night that I was fighting in the Vietnam War. Thats so weird. Crazy coincidence.

Sọc hổ là của cục quân nhu Việt Nam Cộng Hoà sáng tạo năm 1950, được trang bị cho binh chủng Thủy Quân Lục Chiến Việt Nam Cộng Hoà cho đến bây giờ nó vẫn còn rất phổ biến và phát triển ở trong lực lượng quân đội của các nước trên thế giới nên chúng tôi rất tự hào.