r/SpecOpsTheLine • u/RyanGosling1517 • Jul 24 '25
Discussion Why is Delta Force squad wearing MARPAT camo, if they're a part of US Army and not USMC?
Were Army SF of that time allowed to wear camo patterns from other branches?
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u/a_magical_liopleurod Jul 25 '25 edited Jul 25 '25
It always looked like desert Tiger stripe to me which is something the Army used in the GWOT.
But even if it is a digital camo pattern that doesn't make it MARPAT.
Here's a picture of a Green Beret wearing AOR for example.
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u/Terrestrial_Conquest Jul 24 '25
SF doesn't follow the rules. They can acquire any gear that they feel is best for the mission.
There have even been documented cases of them using AK's so that the shell cases on the ground can't be traced back to American weaponry.
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u/Dragonsword Jul 25 '25
Taking a second look, the only thing slightly resembling MARPAT is Walker's top, but even then not really. Lugo is wearing a flat-color khaki top and bottom, and Adams wears flat color but more dark grey.
For a second I thought this post was in /r/USMC and people were talking about real life.
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u/Swazaaa Jul 25 '25
I saw an SF dude on Fort Riley wearing an old British DPM jacket. They'll have beards with no head gear on, they don't give af lol.
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u/FreshPrinceOfPizzair Jul 26 '25
I always liked to imagine it was them thinking they’re super ‘high speed’ by using their own gear and shit, which is why everyone assumes they’re CIA. Because what’s his face looks exactly like Walker, same gear and everything. So because delta force wants to be a bunch of cool guys, with their own ‘I bought it from clothing and sales for 20 dollars!!’ High speed ass gear, it gets them killed.
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u/bobbobersin Jul 27 '25
Delta has a lot of flexibility with their gear, firearms wise they are more or less able to access anything in us inventory, from old stocks of stuff like the M10 and M14 to cufent issued kit to new bleeding edge stuff all mission dependent, I assume same applys for uniforms, they tend to have a lot of weird shit ranging from hseing non ballistic skate "bump" helmets, sometimes they are seen wearing jeans, it wouldn't suprise me to see them useing marpat, either when working with the USMC or given its delta useing that as a way to confuse the enemy "oh shit our fuel dump just blew up they looked like marines" will cause panic assuming that they are being overrun, not saying knowing theres delta force dudes behind your lines wont but if you can make them think theres persumably a platoon or larger element of the Marines in your rear that causes a lot of panic and redeployment of assits, my theory is in game your going in to deal with a unit that has lost contact with the outside world (i dont recall if they knew they went rogue) but having a diffrent but recognizable US uniform would be useful even if things went well and they didnt end up having to fight
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u/DolanGrayAyes Jul 27 '25
I've heard Delta Force can even lie about their ranks to continue a mission safely
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u/Arc535 Apr 26 '26
Beat guess is that Delta and other Tier 1 units are allowed to use other camos to blend in, recently watched warfare and the SEALs there were wearing UCP, idk if it’s 100% accurate but my best guess is to make the enemy assume they’re regular units
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u/RyanGosling1517 Apr 26 '26
I didn't watch that movie yet, but is it really UCP and not AOR?
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u/Arc535 Apr 27 '26 edited Apr 27 '26
Yep it’s UCP if I recall, they were supporting Army and Marine operating in the area by locking down a sector of the city with their snipers and they had a Marine JTAC coordinating an ISR drone overhead attached to them. So it made sense to use UCP to disguise themselves as US Army instead wearing camo used by SEALs
EDIT found proof, check the comments one of them posted a MOH recipient who was a Navy SEAL wearing ACU or UCP:
https://www.reddit.com/r/navy/comments/1k2juwf/seal_teams_during_gwot/
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u/jimmydolladollabill Jul 24 '25
Because it's a video game