a total mishmash of area and directional lighting with a little bit of natural daylight thrown into the mix. My initial impression is that this predominantly horizontal design has more dark green in the mix and a slightly redder dark brown shade than the American patterns, but I must emphasise that I both saw and photographed BME under exhibition lighting conditions – i.e. Gloves: enhanced hand protection and better ergonomics (suited for shooting).Ī French Army Lieutenant Colonel wearing the new BME camo pattern.Combat boots: designed for the comfort and protection of warriors, they are tailored to the operational engagement constraints.Eyewear: ballistic eyewear protects the eyes from secondary splashes, fragments, dust and the sun.Its carrying capacity has been greatly improved through new interfaces, which increases the operational capability of warriors. TAP F3: the F3 helmet is the optimised version of the FÉLIN helmet.It provides warriors with better precision and range. HK416 ( airsoft model displayed): the HK416F assault rifle is the new issue weapon of conventional forces.SMB V2: personal and scalable modular ballistic vest with optimised ergonomics, weight and ruggedness (10kg in standard configuration).According to the equipment plan, it will be fielded to forces in 2024. Example of a winter fabric uniform of a given size: the F3 BDU weighs 1,350g against 1,850g for the T4 S2 BDU (reduction in weight of 27%). Since it has a streamlined and more suitable cut and fewer pockets its weight has been significantly reduced. Its heat-stable capacities protect soldiers from flames for several seconds (flame retardant). BME F3 battle dress uniform: this uniform is designed to provide warriors with improved protection, comfort and ease when carrying out their missions.An aesthetic appearance survey was conducted on more than 300 people of the three services. Performance evaluation means: detection speed and distance, reconnaissance and identification. It provides an increased concealment capability compared with current patterns (25% increase). Multi-environment pattern: this new pattern is to replace, as from 2024, Central Europe and Desert patterns that have been used by the French Army since 1990s.Mannequin dressed in the new BME camo pattern at Eurosatory 2022 īefore concentrating on the new camo pattern, let’s look at the description given for the BME Mannequin displayed last week at Eurosatory:. Back panel of a French Army BME pattern combat jacket Īs of yet ( updated below) I have not had an opportunity to see a full-width swatch of this brand new camo, or to compare directly against a large sample of MultiCam, but those uniform examples I was fortunate to be able to snap at Eurosatory 2022 were sufficiently different for me to spot from some distance that they were the new design having said that, I suspect when worn in the field the new pattern will be quite compatible with MultiCam once dusty and slightly faded by the sun.
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