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Title: Sniper Ghillie Suits
Description: Ghillie suits Camouflage
URL: http://www.theghilliesuits.com
The Ultimate Ghillie
Suit for Camouflage
Next time you spend some time
enjoying nature, you will notice that nothing around you has
perfectly straight lines. Everything is either curved, crooked,
bent or jagged.
When you put a hunter with
a rifle beside it, they are instantly noticable.
That is, without the proper clothing to offset this unnaturalness.
Of course, most everyone is
familiar with the standard camouflage clothing. A set of pants
and jacket with patterns that mimic nature in an attempt to
offsetting the unnatural form of the hunter and his gear.
And this type of clothing
does work. But if you want to go full out and become part
of your surroundings, this can only be accomplished with what
is known as a ghillie
suit.
The word Ghillie is an old
Scottish term for a special kind of game warden. Ghillies
were tasked with protecting the game on their Lord's lands
from poachers. From time to time, the ghillies would stalk
the game by hiding in the grass and lying perfectly still.
They would wait for unsuspecting deer to amble by and then
leap out and grab it with their bare hands. Ghillies would
then haul their prize back to the keep so the Lord could shoot
it in the castle courtyard in a “mock hunt.”
 Ghillie
suits are used most professionally by military snipers. You
may have seen in recent news pictures of snipers looking half
man and half shrub. That is because nothing in nature has
perfectly straight lines, so equipment like rifles and antennas
often betray concealed positions. To counter this, snipers
also make little ghillie suits for their rifles. The human
form is the most unnatural occurrance in nature and the sniper
knows that with the proper camouflage, someone can walk
right by and not know he is there.
The advantage you can gain
over your target never ceases to amaze first time
users. Airsoft and paintball players are continually
impressed with the effectiveness of the Bushrag
suits. Some of these suits are used by the military and experiences
of being stepped on and walked over during scenario games
are common.
Before purchasing your own,
analyze the environment around you in order to choose the
suit with the proper pattern. You will generally have 4 patterns
to choose from and must carefully choose the pattern that
most perfectly matches the environment you will be using it
in.
If you are a do it your-self
type. There are ghillie
suit kits available so you can custom build a suit to
your perfection.
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