08/09/2022 / By Zoey Sky
Camouflage isn’t always about wearing camo gear while hunting. After SHTF, you need to know how to stay camouflaged if you have to get around an urban environment like a crowded city. (h/t to ModernSurvivalOnline.com)
Camouflage is usually synonymous with natural environments like forests, jungles, deserts or mountains. But if you’re in the city when SHTF, you will need to follow different rules for urban camouflage.
Don’t waste money on off-the-shelf camo solutions if you want to stay in an urban location. While urban camo relies on the same principles of camouflage as any other environment, much of the implementation is specific to this unique environment.
The typical “urban camouflage” advertised by manufacturers of tactical gear and clothing is the type typically consisting of any common pattern of camouflage (digital, woodland, etc.) with the color palette swapped to some variety of black, white and gray.
This type of camo is often useless in cities since it can make you stand out more, not less. This is because these patterns are too bright and contrast far too much with both modern indoor and outdoor environments.
Camouflage will become useless if you don’t try to hide your presence in its entirety.
Light is a major giveaway, especially in an area experiencing a power outage. Seeing lights on at night or within the dark interior of a building is a dead giveaway, along with noise often associated with humans.
Noises like talking, the clatter of equipment or the sound of cooking noise can betray your presence. (Related: Urban prepping: 10 Ways to prep in the city.)
If you want to keep your presence hidden while in an urban setting, wear medium dusky tans and medium grays or “manatee” grays. Note that there are many exceptions to this rule depending on the city you’re in. Also, earth tones and light colors (when compared to the color of the surrounding environment) are best for urban camouflage.
To figure out which color is best for the urban environment you’re in, review your surroundings. Study various sectors during different times of day. Look at the color of the ground and pavement and the overarching color of the buildings.
There are many things to try if you need to conceal your presence in an urban environment. It might be hard if there are many people around, but if you’re careful you can disappear into the background.
Follow these tips to conceal your presence in an urban environment:
Finally, you must “camouflage” your persona when trying to lay low in an urban environment, especially when surrounded by many people. While you can’t truly camouflage your presence from detection, trying to camouflage your persona can make it easier to blend in.
This means adopting the “gray man” mindset or blending in with everyone else. Don’t look like a prepper, but you also don’t want to look like a meek, helpless civilian.
Maintain a look that’s somewhere in between based on the baseline state of the people around you. Change your clothing, mannerisms, basic level of equipment and every outward factor about your appearance. If you do this right, you’ll blend in. This will give you an advantage when SHTF and the situation is dangerous and uncertain.
It can be hard to stay camouflaged in urban environments, but it’s not impossible. Wear clothes in muted colors and try to blend in so you can survive a post-SHTF world.
Watch the video below to know more about important urban survival concepts.
This video is from the TopGunsWorld channel on Brighteon.com.
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