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What are the advantages of digital camouflage and traditional camouflage painting in the military today?

In 2002, the U.S. Army began issuing digital camouflage, which is designed to take full advantage of visual physiology, taking into account the changing environment. From a close distance, the pattern of digital camouflage clothing is similar to the smallest unit of the composition of the image - pixels; from a distance, this camouflage pattern can be easily integrated into a variety of different backgrounds, so that the naked eye is difficult to find. Now equipped with the U.S. military digital camouflage clothing has woodland digital camouflage and desert digital camouflage two kinds, are made of blended material (50% cotton + 50% nylon). This fabric is characterized by the fact that it does not need to be ironed, making it suitable for lazy people. There is an additional pocket on the arm; the chest pocket is closed with Velcro; the cufflinks are changed from open buttons to concealed buttons to avoid hooking things; there is a space between the reinforcement layer and the fabric of the elbows, knees and hips, which are easy to wear, and the space left for filling pads; the chest pockets and the name strips are all tilted inward, similar to the M42 paratrooper uniforms of the World War II and the tropical combat uniforms of the Vietnam War. As can be seen, the U.S. Army camouflage in the full use of high-tech under the premise of humanized a lot of full consideration of the battlefield long soldiers may encounter a variety of problems, reflecting the rigorous style of its researchers.