Like many of you I have attended "traditional" sniper and field training. As you would expect, my gear and techniques have been driven by that training...which is typically based around military sniper applications.
I am now working in LE position and am finding I need to adopt to my new "environment" I did some searching here but have not been so successful at finding good advice about concealement in an urban environment.
While traditional Camo, Ghillies and veils are good at breaking up your outline, in most cases they will be out of place in many urban environments (they do have their place, though it is more limited). In my AO we have a few parks (with nicely manicured grass) and the occasionl yard foliage, but for the most part there are few places where traditional "field" concealment techniques will work.
In a recent deployment, it bacame painfully obvious that a blue plastic tarp, a moving blanket or a pile of old clothes would be much better camo than the field oriented gear that we are working with. Sadly enough a pile of empty Bud Light bottles would not be out of place anywhere in my AO...however I suspect a Ghillie made of old Bud Light bottles and cans would be a little too noisy for practical use
Do any of you have any experience operating in urban type environments??...and are you willing to share some tips and techniques that have worked for you?
Any creative ideas would be greatly appreciated.
I am now working in LE position and am finding I need to adopt to my new "environment" I did some searching here but have not been so successful at finding good advice about concealement in an urban environment.
While traditional Camo, Ghillies and veils are good at breaking up your outline, in most cases they will be out of place in many urban environments (they do have their place, though it is more limited). In my AO we have a few parks (with nicely manicured grass) and the occasionl yard foliage, but for the most part there are few places where traditional "field" concealment techniques will work.
In a recent deployment, it bacame painfully obvious that a blue plastic tarp, a moving blanket or a pile of old clothes would be much better camo than the field oriented gear that we are working with. Sadly enough a pile of empty Bud Light bottles would not be out of place anywhere in my AO...however I suspect a Ghillie made of old Bud Light bottles and cans would be a little too noisy for practical use
Do any of you have any experience operating in urban type environments??...and are you willing to share some tips and techniques that have worked for you?
Any creative ideas would be greatly appreciated.
