Field Expedient Ghillie Suit

There may be times when one needs to further enhance their personal camouflage abilities, or if lacking any camouflage, improvise a system to provide personal concealment. Ghillie-style systems work very well for concealing oneself when hiding from an enemy at close range.

With a saw, field knife, and cordage, one can construct a ghillie-style system out of natural materials, designed to be worn on the user's back. Vegetation will begin to wilt and brown within several hours or less, so care must be taken to replace the natural materials when required. This system does have the limitation of not easily permitting the user to wear a backpack, depending on its size.

The construction time for the one created in this video took 25 minutes to produce, lending itself to be highly useful for rapid field expedient camouflage.

Please excuse the overpowering sound of the locusts.

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[DCC350]

you just earned yourself a sub! thank you for sharing this

[JeremyHopper007]

@DCC350 No problem!

[TheMrBoyer]

I've seen him do this in the real world. snuck up on a camp full of people with no one noticing. Got probably 10 feet from us, maybe closer.

[JeremyHopper007]

@TheMrBoyer No one in my neighborhood ever wanted to play hide-and-seek with me ever again after I built a natural ghillie. A couple hours later and they gave up looking. I was within touching distance of them most of the time.

I felt like reliving that experience when at the camp with you guys. There's a certain thrill of excitement that comes when you're close enough to touch someone, but they never know you're there.

[firedude384]

subd awesome video

[adamanime2]

@JeremyHopper007 ok it just didn't look like could see much is all

[JeremyHopper007]

@Prepper1776 I learned this trick from an Army Ranger in the late 90's. The hardest part is trying to find a green branch which will not break when bent that drastically. This also works superbly as a covering over a spider hole. Metal coat hangers can also be cut and bent into u-shapes to help secure grasses to the frame and lattice work.

[JeremyHopper007]

@adamanime2 Just like with any ghillie suit requiring you to motor on your stomach, you have to pick and choose the times you raise your head to increase your visibility. The closer you are to the enemy, the less you want to raise your head. I could, in fact, see the camera very clearly. This also requires you to use your other senses, such as sound and smell, to try and detect any threats if your visibility is limited. Military snipers do this all the time and 1000 times better than I can.

[adamanime2]

@JeremyHopper007 your only stuffed if you sit up wrong time lol unless you can see?

[JeremyHopper007]

@adamanime2 Not to mention how easy and inexpensive it is to construct.