Tiger Stripe Camo: The Uniform Immortalized by SOF in Vietnam

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11 ай бұрын

While jungle green fatigues were the standard issue uniform for American GIs deployed to Vietnam, special operations soldiers generally preferred more unconventional combat attire. Members of SEAL Team 1, for example, were known to sometimes patrol in blue jeans and boonie hats. SEAL Team 2, on the other hand, adopted the fashion of their South Vietnamese counterparts and clad themselves in tiger stripe camouflage.
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@kyledunn6853 11 ай бұрын

I love the tiger stripe fatigues. So iconic and a real retrograde camo. You can't go wrong.

@anthonyeckerman9513 11 ай бұрын

The air force f#cked it up pretty good.

@wullieg7269 4 ай бұрын

dense and sparse tadpole the sparse is for HOT temps light cotton

@JohnDoe-wt9ek 4 ай бұрын

Vietnam, as Admin Results stated, hit that trifecta of aesthetic. The Music? Fire. The Uniforms and Kit? Fire. The Weapon Systems and Equipment? Fire. Vietnam redefined the War Fighter and the mindset therein.

@CBB-dg9jy 11 ай бұрын

Air Force tiger stripe: "Am I a joke to you?!" Everyone: "yes"

@THE_CRIMSON_FUCKXR 4 ай бұрын

very much so

@RogerCharlamange 4 ай бұрын

Dye it with rit dye and it becomes fucking fantastic

@tristanschmidt1239 3 ай бұрын

It makes sense for the airforce they are in urban environments but I still like tigerstrips that sog used

@StratBurst92 3 ай бұрын

Seal Teams in Vietnam chose what worked, not what looked good. They also used regular OD and Erdl uniforms. Lrrp units also used tiger stripes.Also tigerstripes were never an issued item to US forces. They were locally made in tailor shops and other small businesses. in Saigon, etc. When tigers were not available, some units just spray-painted black stripes on their OD uniforms.

@nofearnelson58 11 ай бұрын

Philippine Navy SEALs and Philippine Army Green Berets still use different patterns of tiger stripes as their official issue combat uniform.

@japs7424 11 ай бұрын

And also MILF Fighters use this camo😅😅😅

@ncstonecrew 4 ай бұрын

Yup, I have a picture of Manny Paq wearing his in formation and also knocking out push-ups.

@bigbadbamboo1 3 ай бұрын

Copy, good choice in your dense AO. They were good then and good now. I've been wearing mine since forever it seems. I hunt with them every season and I use my old M1a/14 as well. A proven combination. 🤘🤘

@abdulqudz89 3 ай бұрын

mgs3 snake eater introduced me to the tiger stripe camo. you can't go wrong with tiger stripe camo.

@roc5291 11 ай бұрын

In the era of the OD green uniform, these were just SO ahead of their time. I don’t have a clue how well they legit “worked” in Vietnam and the other hot spots they were used, but if I was handed this after wearing the OD green uniform, I would like to think it would have immediately boosted my: “I can kick down doors and move mountains in this, therefor I shall” part of my mindset.

@Chevelle602 4 ай бұрын

I think the USMC reversible frogskin from WWII was way ahead of its time.

@markpalik5455 4 ай бұрын

It's never been about the uniform on the man, but the man in the uniform!

@corporaterobotslave400 11 ай бұрын

My Dad was one of the 1st Marine Advisors in Vietnam. I still have his tiger stripe uniforms. They should probably be in a museum. Any suggestions?

@Captain_Cinnamon 11 ай бұрын

Only humans think they can do better what nature has designed for millenia. Tiger stripe was peak!🎉

@_Saracen_ 11 ай бұрын

The National Marine Corps museum might be interested I'd imagine. I'd say your local or state Museum would as well. Like the video suggest, they're pretty iconic, especially if your dad was one of the first advisors in there.

@ethanmeyer6916 11 ай бұрын

Try finding a local veterans museum in your area that will take a look at it.

@jasonsolis5416 11 ай бұрын

Find an email for a national or war museum and see if they’d take it, I’m sure someone would compensate you as well.

@marquestaton9124 5 ай бұрын

Honestly dude you might be better served selling them to a private collector. I have seen certain tiger patterns depending upon their rareness sell for up to 2500 per set.

@rooftopcat1785 4 ай бұрын

The marpat tiger looks to be a nice pattern, with so many types these days. These look they will work in woodland environments.

@MountaintravelerEddie 11 ай бұрын

As my uncle that was Marine Recon told me, tiger stripe stuck out near Dalat, Bien Hoa and Dak To…they were usually the first casualties As time went on, I joined the Marine Corps…..did a bunch of deployments and even lived in Vietnam from 2016-2017, returned 2019/2020/2023 currently in Thai Bình. Do là ok….tôi không điện…tên tôi là lo đít…. So I learned a lot about everything here. Semper USMC / Retired

@josephnikolai415 4 ай бұрын

lol that the nice name

@dave-d-grunt 4 ай бұрын

Simper Fi Marine

@rebelscumspeedshop8677 4 ай бұрын

Tiger stripe is the 1911 of cammo.

@pyeitme508 11 ай бұрын

Also Green Berets of the 5th SFG(A) used Tigerstripe for OPFOR recently.

@JammyDodger45 11 ай бұрын

Without doubt the 'coolest' combat uniform ever. I have no idea if the camouflage pattern worked well, if it was comfortable to wear or durable in use but it looks the absolute business so gets my vote.

@proudtobeautistic 9 ай бұрын

I beg to differ in my opinion Rhodesian brushstroke is the coolest camo pattern ever, however I would place tiger stripe at second I'm a big fan of both patterns and they're both extremely effective.

@BlutoandCo 4 ай бұрын

@@proudtobeautisticDenison. Simple.

@jegsdinogod5091 6 ай бұрын

Tiger stripe is very effective. Hard lines of contrasting black and greens breaks up the human figure and helps blend in with foliage and shadows. It's as simple and effective camo as you can get. Hell it's why tigers can hide from not just deer who can't detect orange on their fur, but humans who can.

@einundsiebenziger5488 4 ай бұрын

... hard lines (plural) break* up the human figure and help* blend ...

@gregbarber7585 4 ай бұрын

In South Sudan today the Presidential Guard is called 'Tiger Battalion' as they wear this uniform to distinguish them from other arms of the military.

@Alpha__Whiskey98 10 ай бұрын

Anyone else notice the guy at 0:16 who had the mag light taped to his stoner?

@kyletango 3 ай бұрын

I read once that Tiger Stripes were designed by a South Vietnamese. I believe this because I saw a Vietnamese parade on YT where their troops were wearing the Tiger Stripe fatigues.

@thelastjohnwayne 4 ай бұрын

NOTE Tiger Strip Camo Pattern is the coolest camo pattern ever made.

@-1Patroit. 3 ай бұрын

Best camo ever I have it and it’s ten times better the any of the new stuff it blends in great in the shadows

@jamalwilburn228 11 ай бұрын

I talked to a 1LT in Mike Force ( A-341) who said he didnt like the Tiger Stripe due to the thin cloth and chaffing. Much preferred the ERDL uniforms supplied by the Air Force.

@bretamcclanahan7920 3 ай бұрын

Karl Weathers' character in the movie "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" wore the Tiger Stripe Camo as military Special Forces providing security at Devils Tower in Wyoming. Trivial perhaps to this historic video but Bad Ass Cool from Hollywood.

@54upchuck 11 ай бұрын

Use to wear tiger stripe camo bow hunting in 60s and 70s was really good early in the season not good in cold weather

@einundsiebenziger5488 4 ай бұрын

Used* to wear ...

@viking7558 3 ай бұрын

Best camo for hunting turkey in mixed woods that you can get your hands on!

@starkparker16 11 ай бұрын

This guy is a good narrator

@WisdomShortsEntertainment 4 ай бұрын

Actually it has always been used by namely Greeks, but the whole eastern block of Europe. Americans just picked it up when seeing it for the first time in Vietnam.

@charlesloomis2224 4 ай бұрын

There was discussion about USAF TACPs receiving tiger stripes. We were excited!! Our excitement was quickly dashed when we receive the crap ABUs for garrison and OCPs on deployment.

@bigbadbamboo1 4 ай бұрын

Still use them every hunting season. And I've hunted with my M1a/14 for ever. I hunt in SC and there perfect

@ShowaEraGaijin 4 ай бұрын

As a Marine grunt (0341) on liberty in Olongapo, Philippines in 1979 I had a short sleeve shirt tailor made in Tiger stripe - this was before I knew that camo was becoming popular with civilians back in the US at the time.

@baghdaddymike6669 11 ай бұрын

Bring back BRCC Tiger Stripe gear!

@officialserechallenge 4 ай бұрын

Soon to be an icon of SERE Challenge!

@MrStevesTrains 10 ай бұрын

Love me some tiger stripe camo. Looks great. 👍🏻

@scottmaxson7978 4 ай бұрын

The USAF ABU is digital Tiger stripes...Was based on Urban/Desert uses...

@roberthultz9023 4 ай бұрын

Well; you called it. Six months into my airsoft experience I bought a faux Crye Gen 3 Tiger Stripe uniform from Hong Kong. F'''"K"n rocked too !

@bobbyknoth6985 4 ай бұрын

SF loved it when it was new in the Nam.The problem was that it worn in fast,turned shiny and obvious.Guys who loved it at first generally turned away from it soon.Even in your video you can tell some of it is brand new....good job..

@pyeitme508 11 ай бұрын

Tiger stipes🐅🐯 rules!

@Krevin1775 11 ай бұрын

Preach

@einundsiebenziger5488 4 ай бұрын

tiger stripes* rule*

@ChrisArmstrong-ir3fg 4 ай бұрын

The Australian SAS in Vietnam also wore the tiger cam clothing

@alexvanderlinden6027 11 ай бұрын

Immortality camo pattern first by the French SF and later by the US it will always be my favourite

@peteshour768 2 ай бұрын

We had black, tiger stripe and camo. It was our choice. Five man team, five days out and five days back. Freeze dried food. You can carry any weapon you choose. Area of operation was four countries.

@dionthomas5418 11 ай бұрын

Tiger stripe Camo is Real American badass, especially when the Navy SEALs, Four Recon Marines, Army Rangers, Army Special Forces Green berets and CIA paramilitary Shadow Warriors. Great job with the history of the Tiger Stripe Camo outfits. The camo reminds me of the novel called the Secret Wars of Vietnam War history, Rambo, A Team, Magnum P. I., the Green Berets movie, Navy seal video called the Men with Green faces, the last season/mission of Tour of Duty series and Call of Duty Black ops Cold War back in 2010

@louisgovernale598 4 ай бұрын

Mac v sog

@Spacemonkeymk1 4 ай бұрын

You forgot young John Connor...

@Harry_JJ 11 ай бұрын

Haters: “Tiger stripe is stupid. Shit doesn’t grow horizontal!” Nature: (grows ferns and tree branches horizontally)

@rooftopcat1785 4 ай бұрын

In jungle so thick you can't tell which end is up.

@scottgorman7166 3 ай бұрын

And so does the shadows. Effect in certain circumstances.

@DaishaMcCoy 11 ай бұрын

So interesting

@tattoochef 4 ай бұрын

Coolest camo pattern ever. People could argue against the fact. But they would be wrong

@marcusaetius9309 3 ай бұрын

Its my favourite camo!👍🏻

@ExtremelyAverageMan 4 ай бұрын

Grooooovy base riff!

@Apoc_Bone_Daddy 4 ай бұрын

My absolute favorite "green" type camo I even like the digital tiger 💀😭

@timothyhines7845 11 ай бұрын

My father was in 3rd Marine recon. He told me several times how they would get black dye and stripe their fatigues when readying to insert into SE Asia.

@kevinduong337 11 ай бұрын

01:52 I think it might've been South Vietnamese Marines, actually. I believe the Marines did so to have a unique camo to distinguish them from the South Vietnamese Army Airborne, who had lizard camo (but were transitioning to bloodcake camo) at the time.

@sonnysantana5454 11 ай бұрын

their are many photos of op'lon 43A' ( delta sog ) wearing OD-107's cammies or custom made comando black cammies

@WAFFENAMT1 4 ай бұрын

Didn't the US Air force use a Tiger stripe pattern for many years, may still be using it...😮

@charlescasey9799 4 ай бұрын

Udt swimmer shorts in tiger stripe so cool

@mr.pmr.p978 4 ай бұрын

Our naval speak cousins in the Phil NAVSOU still wears that tiger, only on a light bronish finish. I use to envy them as they stand out but then in 09 we got our hands on the first digi pattern bdu's The Green Marpat and we became the envy of everyone. Now everyone including those that dont need digis are using digitals😂😂

@vlima7164 9 ай бұрын

in my opinion this is the REAL God's plaid. Best looking camo ever

@michaelholt8590 4 ай бұрын

I have a book on Seal Team 2 named "Good to Go". In the book they talked about how great of camo it was but it has one problem. You had to keep them rather new. After wearing and washing for months they said they would start to fade to white. So they got new ones every couple weeks.

@joker747A 4 ай бұрын

Tadpole sparse (John Wayne tigers) are the best. I think the desert tigers are cool too 🫡

@robertdigrappa8660 2 ай бұрын

I wore them on occasion with my recon squad, but they were so think that in heavy jungle they didn't last long. They looked cool though.

@toastymctrigger6061 4 ай бұрын

By far the sexiest camo pattern to date💯

@rayquitana1453 4 ай бұрын

Hall of fame camo: the Tiger stripe camo😊

@willm687 4 ай бұрын

I believe the SASR also used it during nam

@Steve_Raglan_aka_William_Afton 12 күн бұрын

This camoflauge also saw action in Marawi

@rogerherron5948 4 ай бұрын

I wish my first wife hadn't sold mine at yard sales, while I was at work. I still have a few original pieces left, now 50 some years later.

@user-to9ux9tj8r 4 ай бұрын

Out fucking standing! 💀

@stvargas69 4 ай бұрын

Tiger Stripes are just too cool. But I still have a soft spot for the Vietnam OD BDUs with the slash pockets on the chest. The square pockets were just blah

@sheamartin911 4 ай бұрын

The only thing that could’ve improved the pattern is replacing the black stripes with dark green and/or dark brown. Black just stands out too much in the light and makes you way to dark for your surroundings.

@vieuxacadian9455 10 ай бұрын

Its still hard to match the tru spec tigers in jungle terrain. I have seen tru spec desert tigers that worked great as well. It bears stating Kryptik civilian patterns are great in mountainous locations and if digitized may prove useful .

@RiamCute 8 ай бұрын

.i thought it was origin from US.! Very smart design by the vietnamese peoples. Salute!

@pablomaquiling9252 Ай бұрын

1:44 "every air softer who wants to become the next John Rambo"😂 ..air softers.. 😅

@theo3053 4 ай бұрын

Tiger Stripe is cool, but the original French lizard is the king --

@missourimongoose8858 3 күн бұрын

I got to go to a extremely expensive hunting club last year and of course everyone there is decked out in sitka, kudu, pretty much every brand that ill prolly never be able to buy but i show up in full tiger stripe and everyone was giving me googley eyes lol i showed a few folks where to get it but i thought that was funny

@Airsoftdesde1996 10 ай бұрын

Green faces

@PhongThanhLuu-yn8zb 4 ай бұрын

Tiger command😊🙏

@NickyB0718 11 ай бұрын

I read a few SOG books and it was interesting to me that the tiger stripe uniforms weren’t used much on operations as they tended to be heavier and held the moisture making them uncomfortable and not the best option on long reconnaissance operations. Although they were used back at camp and during training exercises

@malicioussigmaape7432 4 ай бұрын

The reasoning for that heavier weight was the fact that the earlier Advisor-cut uniforms were made of a twill or sateen fabric, rather than the significantly lighter poplin or ripstop jungle fatigues that were issued.

@robbieglass9125 4 ай бұрын

They weren’t heavier, they were made out of very thin material. They worn out very fast . That’s why sf didn’t use them.

@NickyB0718 4 ай бұрын

Gotcha, I just figured since the old SF guys spoke about them that maybe they were a bit heavy weight but maybe you’re right also. I know there were different makers and different color schemes so it’s definitely possible some were lighter or heavier depending on those factors.

@6Alpha-yankie_novemberdy2n 3 ай бұрын

U must consider that every camo looks in silhouette black at 100m. 60m if ur combat is in foiledge. PS: Lizard pattern is horizontal in striping.

@-1Patroit. 3 ай бұрын

Keep it.

@Christian_P01 4 ай бұрын

personally i think no camo should have black and all that do are just not as effective but tiger stripe is more of a cool style so it can bypass this. and its main usage was in thick jungle so low light areas with many darker situations. out of all the camos my personal favourite is pencott greenzone but tiger stripe is a favourite of many and i can see why it just looks cool mostly on weapons.

@Rogers_Ranger 4 ай бұрын

this is any serious Vet's choice of jungle Camo up to woodland

@billmessner8052 4 ай бұрын

My father had a boonie hat,trousers and blouse custom made on r&r in 1967...some jerk stole the boonie hat from his duffle bag.

@Kabutoes Ай бұрын

Always take pride that the Tiger Stripe was made by the Vietnamese

@user-jo8yr1zo9k 11 ай бұрын

I had Tiger strip pants, that were too small for me, now i have a TS hat too small for me. and I'm not a big Guy

@harrykuheim6107 4 ай бұрын

Neither Deer nor Rabbits have fancy Camo...and anyone who's been Hunting knows it

@tonyelberg7814 4 ай бұрын

Finally someone who knows that the French invented it

@ID-8491 3 ай бұрын

Charlie Sheen wearing tiger stripe is my guy. John Wayne is not my kind of guy. John Wayne dense, yup, he was dense XD

@rubenlopez1393 11 ай бұрын

@Whitecat76 4 ай бұрын

All i rock

@treos17 11 ай бұрын

then why did yall get rid of the tiger stipe hoodie

@tomaccino 11 ай бұрын

Pixelated pattern seems more effective.

@einundsiebenziger5488 4 ай бұрын

... stripe*

@mrdynamic8678 7 ай бұрын

You didn’t mention the Air Force tiger stripe

@Chevelle602 4 ай бұрын

Because its dumb

@Lynchfan88 4 ай бұрын

I've been a fan of Special Ops and their tiger stripe uni's since about '80 or '81 when I first saw pics. Maybe..5-6 years ago I saw pics of SEALS in Vietnam with what was shown in this vid..wearing Levi's!! I thought it was a fake or somehow doctored photo and indeed it's not. You go with what works and what works isn't always U.S. Military garb in certain cases.

@brianfoley4328 4 ай бұрын

Tiger Stripes were good if you weren't moving much but plain OG107 Jungle were better if you were moving. Effective camo is more about the wearer than what he had on. Obviously International Orange was harder to hide and the best camo can be defeated by noise and odors. Remember the 12th Commandment "It's not the glove, it's the player".