Arktis have partnered with Tiger Stripe Products to bring the historic camo with roots in the Vietnam War up to date with modern designs.
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Press Release, Exeter, May 2025: “Tigerstripe – an iconic camouflage pattern with roots stretching back to the French occupation of Vietnam and made legendary by elite US forces during the Vietnam War. We’ve partnered with Tiger Stripe Products to bring this historically rich, battle-proven camo into a new era, with Shirts, Smocks, Trousers and more in both classic and new Arktis styles.”
The six launch range Arktis Tiger Stripe garments are: B110 Combat Smock; B310 Waterproof Combat Smock; A110 All Climate Shirt; A135 Field UBACS; C145 Field Cargos; and V194BTS SF Boonie. All garments, with the exception of the Boonie Hat, are produced in eight sizes.
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Editor’s Footnote: Although the original ‘tiger stripe’ camo pattern design, itself a variation of a slightly earlier French ‘lizard’ pattern, is almost 70 years old its derivatives are still used around the globe. Indeed as recently as 2020 I photographed the pattern being worn by US Army Europe OpFor (Opposing Forces) troops on the Hohenfels Training Area; see Cherokee Company ~ US OpFor Tiger Stripe.
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