| Other Airsoft Article | Most players typically wear military uniforms known as BDUs consisting of separate pants and shirts or jackets when playing, because it . just as with real soldiers . aids concealment from adversaries. Aside advantage of camouflage, some participants aim to faithfully replicate a specific military (particularly in games such as MilSim). The choice of camouflage pattern of the BDUs is normally determined by suitability to the playing area, but sometimes simply local availability. Typically military surplus stores are a good source for such items. In the U.S. the most common pattern is "Woodland" camouflage pattern, but recently MARPAT (recently adopted by the United States Marine Corps) and ACU (adopted in 2005 by the United States Army) have also become popular choices in North America, but most European camouflage patterns are suitable with Flecktarn (Germany) being a popular alternative or even strictly commercial patterns such as Multicam. Similarly in Europe, local military uniforms are more readily available and probably more suitable to local conditions. Popular patterns include the German Flecktarn, British DPM or Swiss alpenflage
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