NOS MEN'S S PANTS COLD WEATHER US MILITARY CHOCOLATE CHIP DESERT STORM BOTTOMS

Description

GENUINE US MILITARY ISSUE / SURPLUS
DESERT STORM CAMO
“CHOCLATE CHIP PATTERN”
TROUSERS, PANTS, BOTTOMS
ITEM:
GENUINE US MILITARY ISSUE DESERT STORM CAMOUFLAGE UNIFORM PIECE
NOMENCLATURE:
TROUSERS, DESERT CAMOUFLAGE PATTERN; COMBAT
MATERIAL:
50% NYLON / 50% COTTON – NYCO FABRIC
MANUFACTURER:
VARIOUS – PER DOD CONTRACT
SIZE:
SEE LISTING TITLE & ITEM SOPECIFICS FOR SIZE
COLOR:
SHADES of: BROWN, COYOTE TAN, BEIGE, WHITE, & BLACK
PATTERN:
DESERT STORM CAMOUFLAGE CAMO PATTERN
ALSO CALLED:
6-COLOR, SIX-COLOR DESERT CAMOUFLAGE PATTERN
COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS:
CHOCOLATE CHIP CAMO PATTERN
CONDITION:
NEW OLD STOCK CONDITION – MAY HAVE DUST, DIRT, WATER SPOTS FROM LONG TERM STORAGE - SEE PHOTOS
ABOUT DESERT CHOCOLATE CHIP CAMOUFLAGE:
THE TERM "CHOCOLATE CHIP" IS A NICKNAME FOR THE SIX-COLOR DESERT CAMOUFLAGE PATTERN ORIGINALLY DEVELOPED BY THE UNITED STATES IN 1971. THE DESIGN WAS PRIMARILY INFLUENCED BY CONDITIONS ENCOUNTERED IN THE ROCKY DESERTS OF CALIFORNIA, WITH THE NICKNAME WAS GIVEN BY US SOLDIERS WHO SAW A RESEMBLANCE IN THE SCHEME TO CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE DOUGH.
THE ORIGINAL DESIGN OF THE SIX-COLOR DESERT CAMOUFLAGE PATTERN CONSISTED OF BLOTCHES IN TWO SHADES OF MID-BROWN OVER LARGER AREAS OF SAND & TAN, DOTTED WITH SMALLER "ROCK" SHAPES PRINTED IN BLACK & OFF-WHITE. THIS CAMOUFLAGE PATTERN SAW ITS HEAVIEST PRODUCTION BETWEEN 1981 AND 1991.
IT WAS WORN INITIALLY BY US MILITARY PERSONNEL SERVING IN MULTINATIONAL FORCE OF OBSERVERS, OR MFO, IN SINAI, EGYPT; BUT ITS MOST PREVALENT USE OF THIS PATTERN WAS DURING OPERATION DESERT SHIELD / STORM (THE PERSIAN GULF WAR, AKA: DESERT STORM CAMO, AS WELL AS IN LATER DEPLOYMENTS TO SOMALIA.
FIELD EXPERIENCE SHOWED THAT THE DESIGN ACTUALLY HAD LIMITED EFFECTIVENESS IN MANY OF THE BARREN, SANDY DESERTS OF THE PERSIAN GULF AND NORTH AFRICA, AND BEGINNING IN 1991 IT WAS REPLACED BY THE THREE-COLOR DESERT PATTERN. NEVETHELESS, THE ORIGINAL SIX-COLOR DESIGN GAINED POPULARITY WITH MANY NATIONS, AND HAS SPAWNED A VAST ASSORTMENT OF DERIVATIVES USING DIFFERENT COLOR SCHEMES.
THE ORIGINAL US-MANUFACTURED SIX-COLOR "CHOCOLATE CHIP" DESERT PATTERN IS THE MOST COMMON AND THE SAME PATTERN HAS BEEN UTILIZED BY: ARGENTINA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, EL SALVADOR, KUWAIT, NIGER, PARAGUAY, AND PERU.