Tiger Stripe Products
In business since the 1984, this company started by faithfully reproducing one of the original South Vietnamese tiger stripe designs worn by both ARVN and US personnel during the Vietnam War. The original textiles and clothing was manufactured in Thailand, but production was later switched to the United States in 1985, where products were sold directly to the public through retail catalog companies such as Brigade Quartermasters®, U.S. Cavalry®, and Quartermaster Uniform®. [1] The company has since introduced other patterns based on the original design but utilizing a different color palette or alternative design features. Tiger Stripe Products also has a large number of patterns available to license that are not currently in production. These include All Terrain Tiger NT3 Snow, the MilCam series, the StrikeCam series, the Spec-Ops Tiger series, and many others.
- The original Vietnam Tiger Stripe Pattern™ design is copied from the "John Wayne Dense" (a term coined by author and collector Richard Denis Johnson) design that was produced during the Vietnam War and saw extensive use by Vietnamese and American (as well as some Australian SAS) personnel.
- The Desert Tiger™ pattern was introduced shortly before Operation Desert Storm in 1991, and the original production run was purchased by the US Marine Corps for evalulation and deployed with Marine Corps special operations personnel, receiving favorable reviews of its performance in desert combat environments. The pattern has since become a favorite of other American and foreign special operators, and saw use in both Iraq and Afghanistan during Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). [2]
- Circa 2000, TSP was also chosen to work with the US Air Force in developing an organizational camouflage design for the USAF. Although the three year program produced an attractive, blue-dominant design very reminiscent of Vietnam War era patterns, the Air Force ultimately rejected it in favor of a pixelated variation incorporating the same color scheme as the Army's Universal Camouflage Pattern.
- Circa 2011, the company introduced its All Terrain Tiger Pattern™ (ATT), an attempt to enter the competitive camouflage market with its version of a multi-terrain or multi-environment design that would work in various geographical locations. Although it bears a heavy similarity to the original Multicam design, the ATT designer has been quoted as saying the color palette was actually influenced by the natural environment in Denver, Colorado. [3]
- All Terrain Tiger NT3 is intended for use in forests and fields.
- TACTIGER is intended for urban or night operations.
